bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Youth Distance Running: Strategies for Training and Injury Reduction
Authors: Krabak Brian J. , Tenforde Adam S. , Davis Irene S. , Fredericson Michael , Harrast Mark A. , d’Hemecourt Pierre , Luke Anthony C. , Roberts William O.
Published: February 2019

Running is a popular sport for children in the United States. However, review of available literature on health effects and safety recommendations for youth running has not been previously conducted. Unique factors for injury include periods of growth during puberty and potential for growth plate injury. Youth runners may benefit from activities that incorporate high-impact loading and multidirectional movement for optimal bone maturation, exercises to strengthen tendons and muscles, and strategies aimed at improving running biomechanics to reduce risk of injury. In addition, addressing lifestyle factors, including nutrition and sleep is essential for a runner’s general health. Similar to other sports, sports specialization should not be encouraged in youth runners. Reducing running-related injury in growing children and assessing readiness for running should be based on a combination of physical, emotional, psychological, social, and cognitive factors. Youth runners require individualized training and competition to safely participate in the sport.
High-resolution crystal structures of ribosome-bound chloramphenicol and erythromycin provide the ultimate basis for their competition
Authors: Svetlov Maxim S. , Plessa Elena , Chen Chih-Wei , Bougas Anthony , Krokidis Marios G. , Dinos George P. , Polikanov Yury S.
Published: February 2019

The 70S ribosome is a major target for antibacterial drugs. Two of the classical antibiotics, chloramphenicol (CHL) and erythromycin (ERY), competitively bind to adjacent but separate sites on the bacterial ribosome: the catalytic peptidyl transferase center (PTC) and the nascent polypeptide exit tunnel (NPET), respectively. The previously reported competitive binding of CHL and ERY might be due either to a direct collision of the two drugs on the ribosome or due to a drug-induced allosteric effect. Because of the resolution limitations, the available structures of these antibiotics in complex with bacterial ribosomes do not allow us to discriminate between these two possible mechanisms. In this work, we have obtained two crystal structures of CHL and ERY in complex with the Thermus thermophilus 70S ribosome at a higher resolution (2.65 and 2.89 Å, respectively) allowing unambiguous placement of the drugs in the electron density maps. Our structures provide evidence of the direct collision of CHL and ERY on the ribosome, which rationalizes the observed competition between the two drugs.
Evaluation of retention of knowledge, skill and competency of health workers one year after completion of the Helping Babies Breathe training program in South Sudan
Authors: Vunni Draiko Christopher , Yamarat Khemika , Panza Alessio , Draleru Judith
Published: February 2019

Introduction: The aim of the study is to evaluate the long-term retention of knowledge, skill and competency of health workers who completed Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) training and effect on newborn mortality 

Methods: The study employed pre-post-interventions study and participants were selected based on their previous training on HBB protocols. Health workers were assessed for knowledge, skill and competency pre, post training in March, and 3months in June 2017 and 1-year post implementation in September 2018.  Health workers were scored on knowledge, skill and competency. The mean score was obtained and repeated ANOVA, chi-squared test and Pearson’s test was used to compare pre- and post-intervention and one-year implementation. Retention of health worker’s knowledge, skill and competency was assessed using the HBB questionnaires, checklist, practical skill and drills, and were scored on knowledge, skill and competency. The scores were computed into percentages, mean scores and mean differences, and compared against scores at 3 months and 1 year. Impact on management of newborn asphyxia was conducted using a review of delivery registry at maternity and children ward scores were group into percentages, averages means, computed using the Chi-square test.

Results: There were 53 health workers evaluated; 29 were in the intervention and 24 in the control hospital.  There was marked decline in the knowledge (84% to 69.4% p=0.001), skills, (94.6% to 77%, p=0.001), competency for simple resuscitation (88.5% to 76.4%, p=0.36) and complex resuscitation (83.3% to 76.9%, p=0.001) in intervention hospitals. Health workers in the control had good retention and improvement of knowledge (50.6% to 61.2%, p= 0.004), skills (40.3% to 56.5% p=0.004), competency for simple resuscitation (38.0% to 53.1% p=0.001) and complex resuscitation (33.1% to 53.4% p=0.001).

Conclusions: Health workers in the control hospital had improvement in retention of their knowledge, skill and competency. Newborn mortality decreased in both hospitals.
Accuracy of linear measurements obtained from stitched cone beam computed tomography images versus direct skull measurements
Authors: Hamed Doaa Ahmed Fouad , Hamdy Reham Mohamed , El Dessouky Sahar Hosny
Published: February 2019

Background: To assess whether the linear measurements obtained from stitched cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images were as accurate as the direct skull measurements.

Methods: Nine dry human skulls were marked with gutta-percha at reference points to obtain Twenty-two linear measurements on each skull. Ten measurements in the cranio-caudal plane, two measurements in the antero-posterior plane, and ten measurements in the medio-lateral plane. CBCT linear measurements obtained using stitching software were measured and compared with direct skull measurements.

Results: The absolute Dahlberg error between direct linear measurements and linear measurements on stitched CBCT images ranged from (0.07 mm to 0.41 mm). The relative Dahlberg error ranged from (0.2% to 1.8%). Moreover, Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) ranged from (0.97 to 1.0) indicating excellent agreement.

Conclusion: Stitched CBCT linear measurements were highly comparable to the direct skull measurements using a digital caliper.
Harmony and Help: Recognizing the Impact of Work-Life Balance for Women Leaders
Authors: Brue Krystal L.
Published: February 2019

Women leaders operate within multiple roles, managing both work and nonwork obligations. Exploring work-life balance constructs, this study examined role integration, social support sources, and work-family conflict to determine their influence on women leaders. Findings suggested that women leaders felt the benefit of a variety of social support services, but especially from sources external to the organization. Women leaders were diverse in role integration strategies, with respondents largely divided between blurring and segregating their work and nonwork roles. Time-based work-family conflict was slightly more apparent than strain-based conflict. Women leaders also indicated that their work interfered with their family more than their family interfered with their work. Findings provide valuable insights as to how women view work-life balance within their roles as leaders.
The Development of Problem-Solving Skills for Aspiring Educational Leaders
Authors: Visone Jeremy D.
Published: February 2019

This study concerned aspiring educational leaders’ problem-solving skill development, specifically through classroom instruction with real-world scenarios. Professional educators obtaining an advanced degree in educational administration at a public university were surveyed in the fall and spring about their problem-solving abilities. Participants were also asked to respond to real-world principal scenarios. Focus group interviews were conducted in the spring. Results indicated that participants’ confidence in their problem-solving abilities did improve, though their ability to address the real-world problems did not improve significantly. Participants identified the value of learning from real-world scenarios and professors who had experience as administrators, and they also recognized the importance of learning from one another during discussions of the scenarios. Participants indicated that they still needed experience working in actual administrative contexts.
Learning to Lead: Perceptions of Undergraduate Leadership Minor Programs
Authors: Mitchell Tyree D. , Daugherty Jenny
Published: February 2019

As leadership continues to be a targeted outcome of student learning within higher education, university faculty are left with the challenge of how to best teach and develop leadership in college students. Students are a key component of undergraduate leadership education; their motivations, learning goals, and understanding of their experiences in leadership programs. However, the research on undergraduate leadership programs from the students’ perspectives is relatively scarce and limited in scope. To address this gap in the literature, we surveyed 130 current students and alumni of one leadership minor program and interviewed coordinators of seven other leadership minor programs. Our mixed methodology allowed us to capture unique insights regarding the perceived benefits and challenges of a leadership undergraduate minor.
Microbe-enriched compost application on germination substrates of Beilschmiedia roxburghiana, Bouea oppositifolia and Syzygium polycephalum
Authors: HELMANTO HENDRA , DAMAYANTI FRISCA , LATIFAH DIAN
Published: February 2019

Helmanto H, Damayanti F, Latifah D. 2017. Microbe-enriched compost application on germination substrates of Beilschmiedia roxburghiana, Bouea oppositifolia and Syzygium polycephalum. Nusantara Bioscience 9: 300-305. The success of germination has been an important issue in many forest restoration programs; that is mainly affected by the quality of sowing media. Application of Bioposka compost (microbe-enriched compost) in the sowing media was hypothesized to increase the success of the germinating and transplanting also. The research aimed at investigating the effect of Bioposka compost to the germination and the seedling growth of the study species. The complete-randomized research design was used for three sowing media, i.e., sand, Bioposka compost and the mixture of sand: compost (1: 1 ratio) of tree species i.e., Syzygium polycephalum, Bouea oppositifolia and Beilsmedia roxburghiana. The variables observed were total and normal germination capacity, first germination, final germination, germination rate, germination simultaneity and seedling growth. The results were analyzed using STAR (Statistical Tool for Agricultural Research). In addition, the microbial abundance of bacteria, fungi, and yeast in each media were calculated using the spread-plate methods. The germination and seedling growth responses were varied between the different media. The germination capacity and seedling growth of Syzygium polycephalum and Bouea oppositifolia were lower by microbe-enriched compost. By contrast, the germination capacity and the seedling growth of Beilsmedia roxburghiana were not significantly different. Moreover, the microbe-enriched compost application increased the abundance of bacteria, fungi, and yeast in the media.
Growth, biomass production and nutrient accumulation of Macaranga gigantea in response to NPK fertilizer application
Authors: SUSANTO DWI , MULYATI SRI , PURNOMO HERI , RUHIYAT DADDY , AMIRTA RUDIANTO
Published: February 2019

Susanto D, Mulyati S, Purnomo H, Ruhiyat D, Amirta R. 2017. Growth, biomass production and nutrient accumulation of Macaranga gigantea in response to NPK fertilizer application. Nusantara Bioscience 9: 330-337. Research described in this paper investigated the effect of fertilizer application on the growth, biomass production and nutrient accumulation of mahang (Macaranga gigantea) plant components. The experiment was carried out in a research area of the Faculty of Forestry, Mulawarman University, Samarinda, East Kalimantan. The effects of five dose levels of an NPK (16-16-16) fertilizer on the growth rate of mahang seedlings planted in field conditions were compared. The treatments consisted of a control group (with no fertilizer), and dosages of 40 g, 80 g, 120 g and 160 g per plant. Fertilization at those levels was applied twice: the first application at four weeks after the planting and the second application at 6 months after the first. Growth rates between treatments were compared over a twelve month period. The research findings revealed that as the dosages of fertilizer increased, so the growth, biomass production and nutrient accumulation in components of the plants also increased. The best growth was found in the treatment in which fertilizer was applied (twice) at a dosage of 120 g per plant; at this dose level, by twelve months of age, the stem basal diameter had reached 45.2ï‚±4.9 cm, stem height 219.2ï‚±39.1 cm, number of leaves per plant 17.3ï‚±1.2, and canopy diameter 246.7ï‚±25.0 cm. The highest production of above-ground biomass was also found in the fertilizer treatment of 120 g per plant; the largest proportion of the biomass was in the leaves, followed by the wood, and then bark. The nutrient element that had accumulated most in plants at 1 year of age was potassium, followed by phosphorus and then nitrogen. The highest nitrogen uptake of stands was found in the NPK fertilization with a dosage of 160 g per tree, while the highest phosphorus and potassium uptake was found at a fertilizer dosage of 120 g per tree. The amount of nutrients accumulated in producing one tonne of above-ground biomass increased in response to different fertilization treatments. The fertilizer treatment of 120 g per plant (applied twice; the first soon after planting and the next after 6 months) resulted in the accumulation within the 1 year old plants of 2.38 kg of nitrogen, 6.36 kg of phosporus and 17.83 kg of potassium, with an N:P:K ratio of 13.3 : 35.6 : 100. The availability of the element potassium needs special attention when this species is cultivated.
Robust in vitro propagation and regeneration of ubi kuning high beta carotene cassava genotype through somatic embryogenesis
Authors: SUPATMI SUPATMI , FITRIANI HANI , RAHMAN NURHAMIDARR , HARTATI N. SRI , SUDARMONOWATI ENNY
Published: February 2019

Supatmi, Fitriani H, Rahman N, Hartati NS, Sudarmonowati E. 2017. Robust in vitro propagation and regeneration of ubi kuning high beta carotene cassava genotype through somatic embryogenesis. Nusantara Bioscience 9: 352-360. Ubi kuning is a local genotype of cassava with high beta carotene content but the development of this genotype is still low because of plant disease susceptibility. Objectives of this study were to robust induce and regenerate somatic embryos of ubi kuning in vitro as well as to define a protocol of cyclic somatic embryogenesis of ubi kuning. Different size of leaf lobes, various concentration of picloram and different light conditions were tested to produce an effective and efficient somatic embryos (SEs).The best response of the induction of embryogenic callus was observed in leaf lobes explant with range size of 1-3 mm and >5mm cultured on induction medium (MS + 4% sucrose + 4 Î¼M CuSO4 + 0.1 mM Glutamine + 0.8% Microagar) supplemented with either 10 or 18 mg/L picloram grown under dark light for 4 weeks. Retransferring embryogenic callus to the same medium supplemented with 16 mg/L picloram gave the advanced development of primary somatic embryos (PSEs) after 70 d grown under both dark and light condition treatments. A positive correlation between globular and cotyledon stages was obtained in all treatments (Pâ‰¤ 0.01). The highest shoot and root growth (30% and 25%) was achieved in the regeneration of cotyledonary like-tissues cultured on callus embryogenic media (CEM) (MS basal+ 2.5 Î¼M CuSO4 + 3% sucrose + 2.75 g/L phytagel) supplemented with 1.6 mg/L of BAP (6-Benzylaminopurine).
The effect of gelatin hydrolysate from pygostyle of broiler produced by enzymatic hydrolysis process of Aspergillus niger to prophylaxis
Authors: KUNTANA YASMI PURNAMASARI , BALIA ROOSTITA , MURAD SAYUTI , HIDAYAT YULI ASTUTI , PARTASASMITA RUHYAT
Published: February 2019

Kuntana YP, Balia R, Murad S, Hidayat YA, Partasasmita R. 2017. The effect of gelatin hydrolysate from pygostyle of broiler produced by enzymatic hydrolysis process of Aspergillus niger to prophylaxis of osteoporosis white rat. Nusantara Bioscience 9: 361- 366. The pygostyle of the broiler is a cartilage tissue containing collagen, a mucoprotein being a plasma expander. The hydrolysis process of collagen by enzyme can produce gelatin hydrolysate differently compared to that from commercial gelatin because it has an amino acid composition with low average molecular weight. It becomes an advantage because it can be directly absorbed by the digestive tract. In addition, the enzymatic process can be done in short time with the low cost and also environment-friendly approach. This process can be assisted by Aspergillus niger, i.e., safe microorganisms (GRASS). A. niger has a protease enzyme that can digest collagen into gelatin hydrolysate. The enzyme is extracellularly removed so that its utilization does not require high input value expenditure. Gelatin hydrolysate can reduce the disease of osteoporosis. The objective of this study was to know the effect of gelatin hydrolysate produced from chicken bones in the favor of A. niger for increasing the benefit products. The specific targets are to find the amount of gelatin hydrolysate, precisely eliminated osteoporosis of rat (Rattus norvegicus). The experimental research was conducted in the laboratory with using complete randomized design followed by the descriptive analysis with 5 treatment and 5 replication. CCl4 dose 0,14 mL/g BW (P1 as a negative control), Potatoes dextrose Broth (PDB) dose 0,5 mL/g BW (P2 positive control), gelatin hydrolysate dose 0.25; 0.5; 0.75 mL/g BW (P3-P5). The observed parameters were including body weight and histological observation of musculoskeletal tissue in terms of measurement of fiber muscle, cartilage and collagen diameter. The test animal used was male white rat (R. norvegicus) Wistar strain aged 2-3 months with body weight 185-200 g. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and Duncan test. The results show that gelatin hydrolyzate as an environmentally friendly product serves as a prevention of immune diseases and degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis.
Different levels of the fermented yellow cornmeal in diets for jelawat, Leptobarbus hoevenii
Authors: YANTO HENDRY , JUNIANTO JUNIANTO , ROSTIKA RITA , ANDRIANI YULI , JUSADI DEDI
Published: February 2019

Yanto H, Junianto, Rostika R, Andriani Y, Jusadi D. 2017. Different levels of the fermented yellow cornmeal in diets for jelawat, Leptobarbus hoevenii. Nusantara Bioscience 9: 378-384. This research aimed to determine the optimum level of fermented yellow cornmeal in diets to improve the digestive enzyme activity, material digestibility coefficient, growth and feed efficiency for jelawat (Leptobarbus hoevenii Bleeker). The experimental treatments respectively used the fermented yellow cornmeal level of A1 (10%), A2 (20%), A3 (30%), A4 (40%), and two control groups of A5 (10% of unfermented yellow corn meal) and A6 (commercial diet). The experimental diets with the same protein (isonitrogenous) and energy (isocaloric) were given to jelawat with an average size of 32.51Â±0.21 g per fish. The results showed that Î±-amylase activity and carbohydrate digestibility value of the fermented yellow cornmeal increases along with the increasing feed levels. Protein and lipid of the body, retention of protein and lipid, daily growth rate and feeding efficiency were significantly different from each treatment (P<0.05). The fermented yellow cornmeal containing a level of 30% in the diet was the best for jelawat with an optimum level of 28.21-32.28% for the growth performance and feed efficiency of jelawat.
Short Communication: Antibacterial activity of certain Saudi Arabian medicinal plants used in folk medicine against different groups of bacteria
Authors: AL-GHANAYEM ABDULLAH A. , AL SOBEAI SANAD M. , ALHUSSAINI MOHAMMED S. , JOSEPH BABU , SAADABI ABDULMONEIM MOHAMMAD
Published: February 2019

Al-Ghanayem AA, Al Sobeai SM, Alhussaini MS, Joseph B, Saadabi AM. 2017. Antibacterial activity of certain Saudi Arabian medicinal plants used in folk medicine against different groups of bacteria. Nusantara Bioscience 9: 392-395. Medicinal plants from Saudi Arabia has been used in folk medicine for treatment of many diseases. The present research is on medicinal plants, which are locally available such as Acacia ehrenbergiana (Arabic: Salam) (Fabaceae), Calotropis procera (Arabic: Ausher) (Apocynaceae), Haloxylon salicornicum (Arabic: Rimth) (Amaranthaceae), Panicum turgidum (Arabic: Thuman) (Poaceae), Tamarix arabica (Arabic: Athal) (Tamaricaceae), Rhazya stricta (Arabic: Harmal) (Apocynaceae) Rumex vesicarius (Arabic: Humeid) (Polygonaceae) for antimicrobial activity by agar well diffusion method. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) has been determined by broth micro dilution method. A. ehrenbergiana was active against Klebsiella pneumoniae. R. vesicarius and T. arabica showed antibacterial activity against Proteus vulgaris. C. procera showed a moderate inhibitory activity against the bacterial pathogens tested. H. salicornicum extract was more effective towards Gram-positive bacteria. However, other extracts such as P. turgidum and R. stricta were less active against both Gram-positive and negative bacteria tested. The results will be helpful in discovering new phytochemical components with antibacterial activity that can be used against multidrug-resistant bacterial strains.
The phytochemistry of Cymbopogon winterianus essential oil from Lombok Island, Indonesia and its antifungal activity against phytopathogenic fungi
Authors: ANDILA PUTRI SRI , HENDRA I PUTU AGUS , WARDANI PUTRI KESUMA , TIRTA I GEDE , SUTOMO SUTOMO , FARDENAN DEDEN
Published: February 2019

Andila PS, Hendra IPA, Wardani PK, Tirta IG, Sutomo, Fardenan D. 2018. The phytochemistry of Cymbopogon winterianus essential oil from Lombok Island, Indonesia and its antifungal activity against phytopathogenic fungi. Nusantara Bioscience 10: 232-239. Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt ex Bor [Sereh Wangi] is a plant producing essential oil that has been extensively used in perfumery, mosquito repellent, medicinal, and cosmetic industry. In Indonesia, the accession of C. winterianus plant had been collected from natural forest in Sembalun, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province. However, the phytochemical properties and its biological potential of this accession have never been reported. The aim of this study was to determine the phytochemical content of essential oil of C. winterianus from Lombok and to explore its potential as a bioantifungal against several phytopathogen fungi. The essential oils were extracted from fresh stem and leaf of C. winterianus by hydrodistillation. The chemical composition of them was determined by chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 26 and 20 compounds were obtained from the stem and leaf oil with the dominant compounds of essential oil in stem were Torreyol (17.89%), Oxirane, octyl- (15.84%), (-)-Isopulegol (14.44%), Isopulegol 2 (12.18%), and Geranyl Acetate (5.89%) while in leaf were (-)-Isopulegol (22.69%), Oxirane, octyl- (16.64%), Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethenyl)- (14.21%), "KW3 AUS Epiglobulol” (9.47%), and Cyclohexene, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)- (7.14%). The presence of these contents as dominant chemical compounds in S. winterianus was reported for the first time. The highest content of oils was identified as monoterpene (38.01% and 45.78% in stem and leaf oil) and sesquiterpene ( 27.67% and 17.78 % in stem and Leaf oil). The biological study showed that leaf essential of C. winterianus expressed positive antifungal activity against Fusarium solani, Aspergillus niger, dan Cladosporium sp.
Spatial patterns of evapotranspiration distribution in palm oil plantation
Authors: INTARA YAZID ISMI , NUSANTARA ABIMANYU DIPO , SUPANJANI SUPANJANI , ZULBAHRUM CANIAGO ZULBAHRUM , EKAWITA RISKA
Published: February 2019

Intara YI, Nusantara AD, Supanjani, Caniago Z, Ekawita R. 2019. Spatial patterns of evapotranspiration distribution in palm oil plantation. Nusantara Bioscience 11: 1-7. Evapotranspiration can directly calculate by some climatic factors which are processed in the form of simulation modeling of two-dimensional evaporation distribution on specified coordinates. This research had been conducted in palm oil plantation PT. Bio Nusantara Bengkulu, Indonesia. The sampling location covered some areas named as TM2, TM22, Palm oil-Field, Palm oil-Residential Area and Palm oil-Secondary Forest. The TM2 and TM22 were a location of palm oil plantation used for 2 and 22 years planting respectively. The three remaining locations dedicated to areas of which mix TM22 with soccer Field, Residential Area and Secondary Forest. The results showed that in palm oil plantation TM 2 which consisted of herbaceous plants and bushes produced more water vapor. At palm oil plantation TM 22 which had fully developed canopy or the entire soil area had been covered by canopy, so only transpiration occurred at this site, less water vapor was produced. This is due to the temperature condition is inversely proportional to the relative humidity. As a comparison of a palm oil plantation evapotranspiration measurement result, indicated on area of football field where only has grass in the field, with low intensity of light, wind, and humidity, affected directly to high amount of evapotranspiration, therefore, more water vapor produced. The measurement result of palm oil plantation nearby residential area showed that the area which consisted of herbaceous plants and bushes, also zinc-roofed residential with the intensity of light and wind directly hit the area, produced less water vapor. Moreover, the condition at the border area between TM 22 and the palm oil secondary forest contained mixed plantation. The measurement result showed that the palm oil secondary forest had the same height of canopy and almost had equal humidity (>76%), but secondary forest plants had more dense plantation density which produced less water vapor.
Short Communication: Biodegradable of bio-composites made from Polylactid Acid (PLA) and cellulose fibers from oil palm empty fruit bunch
Authors: INDRAYANI YULIATI , SURYANEGARA LISMAN , SAGIMAN SAERI , ROSLINDA EMI , MARWANTO MARWANTO
Published: February 2019

Indrayani Y, Suryanegara L, Sagiman S,, Roslinda E, Marwanto. 2019. Short Communication: Biodegradable of bio-composites made from Polylactic Acid (PLA) and cellulose fibers from oil palm empty fruit bunch. Nusantara Bioscience 11: 8-11. Over the last two decades, plastic has become an integral part of people's everyday life. However, plastic is a material that difficult to be degraded in the environment. Due to environmental concern, it is indispensable to find environmentally friendly plastic materials. This study aimed to determine the biodegradable polymer composites manufacture from cellulose fibers of oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) and polylactic acid (PLA). Cellulose fibers from oil palm OPEFB were isolated by chemical methods. Polymer composites made by mixing cellulose fiber of oil palm OPEFB and PLA based on differences in the composition of the cellulose fiber of OPEFB. The composition used is 0 PHR, 5 PHR, 10 PHR, 15 PHR, and 20 PHR. Results showed that polymer composite with higher composition of cellulose fiber of OPEFB more easily degraded in the environment. There are no significant differences in biodegradable between 15 PHR and 20 PHR, neither among 10 PHR, 5 PHR and control. At higher cellulose fiber of OPEFB content, 20 PHR, polymer composite was the most degraded in the environment.
Effects of Ruta graveolens total and flavonoids extracts on rat blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and urea comparing synthetic drugs
Authors: NOORI MITRA , JAFARI MEHRANA , AZIMI HANIE , NODE-FARAHANI MEHDI
Published: February 2019

Noori M, Jafari M, Azimi H, Node-Farahani M. 2019. Effects of Ruta graveolens total and flavonoids extracts on rat blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and urea comparing synthetic drugs. Nusantara Bioscience 11: 23-29. Rue (Ruta graveolens L.: Rutaceae) is a medicinal plant that is used to treat many diseases in America, Asia and Europe due to its pharmaceutical properties. So far more than 120 different phytochemicals such as flavonoids have been extracted and identified from the species, which make it valuable in traditional medicine and manufacturing of synthetic drugs. Due to its endemic and high potential pharmacological effects, this study examined the oral effect of each of its total, flavonoids and non-flavonoids extracts on reducing blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and urea in STZ-diabetic rats comparing to control and Atorvastatin, Allopurinol, Metformin as synthetic drugs. Aerial part of the plant was collected from around Yazd, Iran and dried in shade, crushed and extracted in 70% ethanol in three steps. Total and flavonoid extracts were prepared after rotary evaporation, then were used for making required doses after calculation. The plant flavonoids were identified using two-dimensional, thin-layer chromatography and TLC Scanner3 methods. Atorvastatin, Allopurinol and Metformin were obtained and also appropriate doses were prepared. Thirty-six adult male Wistar rats were divided in 12 groups (n=3): control, synthetic drugs control, total and flavonoids control, STZ-diabetic control, diabetic treated with synthetic drugs, total and flavonoids extracts, then weighed. All rats were treated orally at a specific time for 2 weeks. Subsequently, the secondary rat weights were determined and blood donation was performed after anesthesia. Then, blood serum glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and urea were determined by spectrophotometry using commercial enzymatic chlorometric assay kits. All data were analyzed using EXCEL and SPSS software. Results showed aerial part of R. graveolens contains flavones C and C-/O glycosides, flavonoid sulphates and had no aglycones. Apigenin, chrycin, isorhamnetin, kaempferol, myricetin, quercetin, rutin and vitexin were found in the species aerial part. This plant had 329/99 gr/kgDW of effective material and 257.7 g/kgDW of flavonoids. The lowest blood glucose levels were observed in treated Metformin and flavonoids control rats respectively. Diabetic rats treated with R. graveolens total extract had the lowest blood cholesterol, urea and glucose levels. The highest renal damage was observed in control diabetic rats and the least renal damage was observed in the STZ-diabetic rats treated with the plant total extract. These results indicate that R. graveolens extract and its rutin contained antihyperglycemia, antihyperlipidemia, insulinity and protective properties.
The Effects of Zanzalacht on the Gonotrophic cycle of the Adult House fly Musca Domestica
Authors: E H Radwan , N S Youssef , H O Hashem , A M Shalaby
Published: February 2019

Melia azedarach extract were applied by feeding the adult female flies on diets mixed with the extracts at different doses. The concentrations of Melia azedarach utilized were 1.8, 2.4 and 3.6%. The gonotrophic cycles of length of 90, 753, 67.6 and 84, 72, 68 hours were obtained after feeding at age 24 hours with diet mixed with doses of 1.8, 2.4 and 3.6% fruit extract; respectively. 98 & 96 hours were the length of gonotrophic cycle in the control groups. The length of 86.7, 72.3, 57.3 and 89.3, 75, 61 hours were obtained after feeding adults at age 48 hours with diets mixed with different doses of fruit extract of the same plant 97.3 and 98.7 hours were the length of the control groups. Proportions of the egg hatching reached 69, 55.3, 49 and 72.9, 64.2, 52 in groups of eggs obtained from 24 hours adults feeding with diets mixed with doses of 1.8, 2.4 and 3.6% fruit extract; respectively. Also 68.7, 53.3,48 5 and 81 2, 70, 56.3 were the proportions of egg hatching obtained from groups at age 48 hours after feeding with diets mixed with the same doses. 85, 77.6, 62.2 and 92.6, 88.9, 84.9 were the proportions of the egg hatching obtained from groups feeding with diets mixed with doses of 1.8, 2.4 and 3.6% fruit extract of Melia azedarach; respectively. The pupae showed larval-pupal intermediates which failed to complete the pupal period and died after emerging from the third larval instar.
Continuing Medical Education Questions: February 2019
Authors: Lustbader Ian
Published: February 2019

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Article Title: Influence of Dietary Restriction on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Art et figures d’artistes dans le cycle œdipien : une transposition ?
Authors: SABLE Lauriane
Published: February 2019

Dans le cycle œdipien d’Henry Bauchau, Lauriane Sable interroge le glissement de Bauchau du statut de peintre amateur à celui d’écrivain de vies d’artistes, comme s’il avait voulu transposer sa pratique artistique (en partie inaccomplie) du vécu au fictionnel, prêtant alors des talents d’artiste efficients à ses personnages romanesques.
Ombres et lumière dans l’Antigone d’Henry Bauchau : approche cinématographique
Authors: LEROUX Yves
Published: February 2019

L’écrivain romancier Yves Leroux propose dans cet article une lecture personnelle d’Antigone au filtre d’une picturalité et d’une possible cinématographie qui inscrit sa réflexion dans la relation tant avérée que virtuelle de l’écriture bauchalienne à d’autres artistes et d’autres arts.
Henry Bauchau en Suisse : « Portrait de l’homme en jeune auteur »
Authors: LAGHOUATI Sofiane
Published: February 2019

Cet article de Sofiane Laghouati explore un aspect de la vie d’Henry Bauchau, mettant en lumière l’éveil de sa conscience artistique et dessinant l’évolution de sa quête identitaire. De nombreux articles ont souligné toute l’importance de la période suisse dans l’œuvre de Bauchau. L’auteur envisage ici la manière dont les éléments qui environnent l’œuvre d’Henry Bauchau - l’univers protéiforme à partir duquel elle émerge - affectent ou donnent à voir et à reconsidérer la production littéraire telle que nous la recevons et l’appréhendons. En somme, quels sont les éléments qui, par-delà le travail scripturaire, donnent à voir l’écrivain ?
Poetics of Géologie (1958)
Authors: STONE Will
Published: February 2019

Grâce à son expérience de traducteur, Will Stone propose des repères intéressants au sujet de la poétique de Géologie, recueil paru en 1958.
Présence lexicale de la Suisse dans la poésie d’Henry Bauchau de 1951 à 1975
Authors: FROYE Marianne
Published: February 2019

La production littéraire des années suisses d’Henry Bauchau, sur le plan poétique essentiellement, est abordée ici par Marianne Froye, à travers un sondage fouillé des champs lexicaux en lien avec le contexte de Gstaad.
Une réception discrète et attentive : Henry Bauchau dans les journaux romands (1958-1975)
Authors: MAGGETTI Daniel
Published: February 2019

Daniel Maggetti présente dans cet article quelques aspects de la réception de Bauchau dans la presse suisse, pour montrer comment quelques commentateurs ont d’emblée été sensibles à sa voix, dont ils ont fidèlement suivi les manifestations, donnant l’impression que le pays d’accueil avait, à certains égards, adopté l’auteur qui avait commencé à s’y exprimer.
« Architecture de louange ». Trame et chaîne d’une traduction.
Authors: HENROT Geneviève
Published: February 2019

L’article développe, au départ de l’exemple concret de la traduction italienne du poème « Architectures de louange », comment une analyse thématique et stylistique doit permettre, préalablement à la traduction, de comprendre les cohérences phoniques, prosodiques, sémantiques, syntaxiques en lien avec le réseau des figures et le rythme propres à l’auteur.
Dal Naturale della mano d’Adriano Marchetti ou la traduction comme « épreuve » du dialogue avec l’inconscient créateur d’Henry Bauchau poète
Authors: AMADORI Sara
Published: February 2019

L’article se fait l’écho de la traduction de poèmes de Bauchau en italien par Adriano Marchetti. Outre l’accent mis sur ce que la poésie de Bauchau doit à la psychanalyse freudienne et à l’écoute des voix de l’inconscient, il met en lumière ce que la traduction apporte de nuances et d’éclairages particuliers. Il analyse dans cette optique deux poèmes de Double zodiaque : La Vierge et les Poissons et conclut : « Ces deux poèmes s’avèrent emblématiques de la pratique de traduction de Marchetti. Ce traducteur trace en effet dans ses textes des parcours phono-symboliques qui, comme les constellations qu’observaient les marins de l’Antiquité, aident le lecteur à s’orienter dans la traversée de la poétique bauchalienne.[…] La parole de traduction est ainsi « apprentissage du propre », […], présence vive et perceptible du traducteur au sein de ses textes. […] ».
« Je crois être un bon écrivain ». Extraits de la correspondance inédite entre Henry Bauchau et André Molitor, présentés et annotés par Catherine Mayaux
Authors: BAUCHAU Henry
Published: February 2019

Extraits (1966-1999) de la riche correspondance entre Henry Bauchau et André Molitor. Les deux hommes ont été co-rédacteurs en chef de La Cité chrétienne en 1939. Henry Molitor a dirigé le cabinet ministériel auprès de Pierre Harmel en 1958 et il a été, de 1961 à 1978, le Chef de cabinet du Roi Baudouin. Cette correspondance est déposée au Fonds Henry Bauchau de l’UCL. Le dossier est commenté par Catherine Mayaux (catherine.mayaux@gmail.com).
L’ Histoire et l’œuvre. Ou la lutte avec l’Ange. Discours inaugural du Centenaire de l’écrivain, Louvain-la-Neuve, 25 octobre 2012
Authors: QUAGHEBEUR Marc
Published: February 2019

A partir du tableau de La lutte avec l’ange de Delacroix, l’œuvre complète d’Henry Bauchau est passée en revue pour y repérer les combats intérieurs, les « scènes capitales » et les principales figures imaginaires et réelles impliquées : Œdipe, Jocaste, Antigone, Diotime, les « Rois-mères », la figure du frère, mais Théo Léger et Blanche Reverchon, entre autres.
Ecritures de soi, connivence des temps, dialogue des genres
Authors: GABOLDE Isabelle
Published: February 2019

L’article analyse l’inventivité des pratiques d’écriture investies par l’autobiographique chez Henry Bauchau. Il souligne la pratique d’une maïeutique socratique, l’importance des rapports dialogiques entre les sources d’énonciation, les connivences entre les temporalités et la porosité générique au sein des fictions existentielles. Il illustre ces phénomènes entre autres à partir du récit de l’incendie de Sainpierre.
Henry Bauchau. Le temps du poème
Authors: LEFORT Régis
Published: February 2019

Si l’une des préoccupations essentielles d’Henry Bauchau semble d’être de « se délier du poids du temps », l’étude montre, en s’appuyant entre autres sur la pensée de François Jullien, comment il répond à ce vœu dans sa poésie par la mise en œuvre du temps présent, qui s’impose soit comme saisie de l’expérience éphémère, soit comme donnée anachronique. Il ne s’agit pas d’évoquer le ponctuel et l’extensif, mais la durée et l’intensif.
Suivre le pas d’Ismène : une alternative à la temporalité tragique
Authors: COUTAZ Nadège
Published: February 2019

L’article observe toutes les modifications qu’implique le passage du genre théâtral tragique au roman dans l’écriture du mythe d’Antigone par Henry Bauchau. Il pointe entre autres l’impact sur la temporalité d’une malédiction non plus oraculaire mais intériorisée, et un espace diégétique non héroïque permettant la réhabilitation des personnages secondaires, en particulier Ismène, avec par corollaire un modèle de sororité active à opposer à celui des frères ennemis.
Le poète au travail : La Grande Muraille. Journal de La Déchirure (1960-1965).
Authors: PRETA DE BEAUFORT Aude
Published: February 2019

L’étude se focalise sur la question de la « réalité » telle qu’elle se donne à lire dans le Journal des années 1960-65, La Grande Muraille, qui correspond au moment où la psychanalyse commence à féconder le travail littéraire et où l’écrivain se donne pour but « l’écriture du corps ». C’est donc la présence au monde, à sa matérialité, qui émerge de ces pages, dans une attitude d’admiration pour la vie cosmique.
Henry Bauchau, Philippe Jaccottet : une « transaction secrète » en poésie
Authors: MICHEL Jacqueline
Published: February 2019

L’article fait sur le point sur la dette qu’Henry Bauchau se reconnaît à l’égard de Philippe Jaccottet. Il fait le point sur les liens entretenus entre les deux écrivains au fil du temps. Il explicite leur quête commune : dire une lumière au cœur même du doute, et met en relief la particularité de ces deux vois poétiques très différentes, entre lesquelles s’est esquissée une « transaction secrète ».
Les origines de l’imaginaire bauchalien. Quelques aperçus génétiques de Géologie
Authors: LAMBERT Jérémy
Published: February 2019

L’article retrace la genèse du recueil Géologie à partir des avant-textes disponibles aux Archives et Musée de la Littérature à Bruxelles et au Fonds Henry Bauchau de Louvain-la-Neuve, en regard de la correspondance de l’auteur au moment de la rédaction. Il observe le choix du titre, du lexique, les modifications de structure du recueil, et souligne que ce qui caractérise l’écriture est la perpétuelle reprise des éléments dans un processus évolutif d’élagage qui considère l’œuvre poétique non comme un objet à finir mais comme un élément vivant.
Aspects de la genèse de L’Escalier bleu
Authors: MAYAUX Catherine
Published: February 2019

L’article retrace la genèse du recueil L’Escalier bleu, dont l’écriture s’échelonne de 1958 à 1964, et qui a connu quatre éditions distinctes du vivant de l’auteur. L’étude des manuscrits, opérée en lien avec les témoignages du poète dans son journal et avec l’écriture du roman La Déchirure, relève les variantes qui trahissent la difficulté de dire un site crucial dans l’histoire de la personnalité de l’auteur. Elle montre combien l’advenue de la forme est en même temps une advenue à soi de l’écrivain.
Henry Bauchau et le « psychodrame »
Authors: DAMBEAN-BOZEDEAN Corina
Published: February 2019

L’article étudie l’imprégnation possible de la pièce La Reine en amont/ La machination, qui met en scène un conflit œdipien, avec la technique thérapeutique du psychodrame. Cette méthode qui diffère de la psychanalyse en ce qu’il ne s’agit pas seulement de perlaborer la crise, mais de la mettre concrètement en action par une représentation corporelle. C’est ce qui s’opère dans la pièce dans l’épisode du théâtre dans le théâtre.
L’écriture en chantier. Les projets dramaturgiques d’Henry Bauchau (1950-1970)
Authors: LAMBERT Jérémy
Published: February 2019

Cet article détaille tous les projets dramaturgiques, pour la plupart inaboutis, d’Henry Bauchau depuis 1951. L’auteur était sensible au théâtre social qui avait vu le jour dans l’entre-deux-guerres et qui mettait en scène des personnages historiques ou mythologiques. Rome d’or sera la première tentative ; toute une série d’autres suivront, dont Gengis Khan et plus tard La reine en amont ne seront que les parties émergées de l’iceberg. « Les premiers projets dramatiques d’Henry Bauchau sont extraordinairement riches. Investissant les figures héroïques qui s’imposent à lui, il interroge celles-ci dans les luttes qu’elles mènent, à commencer par celle, ontologique, qui les conduit à accepter et à aller au-delà de leur propre destin. »
Le rêve, les bribes et le reste.
Authors: PELLET Eric
Published: February 2019

L’article décrit la genèse de la pièce depuis La Machination à Ceinte en passant par La Reine en amont. Écrite entre 1966 et 1968, à la fin de la psychanalyse de l’auteur avec Conrad Stein, elle est à lire à plusieurs niveaux. Cette complexité ne plaira pas à l’époque et elle ne sera pas portée à la scène. Henry Bauchau trouvera cet échec cuisant. Il faudra attendre 2007 pour que le Théâtre de l’Estrade la reprenne et la joue pour la première fois. Elle sera une nouvelle fois adaptée par la même compagnie en 2013 sous le titre de Ceinte : cette fois 4 niveaux d’interprétations seront offerts à un public habitué à cette technique à l’âge l’informatique.
Des cendres au soleil levant
Authors: LEFORT Régis
Published: February 2019

L’article met en regard le récit Diotime et les lions et la pièce musicale Le rêve de Diotime qu’en a tiré Pierre Bartholomée. Il analyse finement les différences induites par le genre musical et montre comment le compositeur réussit à déplacer l’enjeu de l’évocation du rêve, dès lors qu’il fait pleinement intervenir la corporalité.
Bauchau en scène et en musique. Roman, livret, opéra : sources, invention, écriture, récritures
Authors: BARTHOLOMÉE Pierre
Published: February 2019

Pierre Bartholomée raconte comment après avoir été séduit par la lecture d’Œdipe sur la route, il a eu le désir d’en faire un opéra. Il s’est adressé à Henry Bauchau pour lui demander d’en être le librettiste, ce que ce dernier a refusé. Il s’est alors tourné vers Michèle Fabien qui est décédée peu de temps après. Il a essayé enfin d’écrire lui-même le livret avant de revenir à H. Bauchau qui finalement a accepté. Cette collaboration s’est poursuivie avec La Lumière Antigone. La littérature et la musique ont chacune leur sphère d’expression propre. Toutefois la musique supporte seule le poids du non-dit de l’écriture, concise jusqu’à l’épure, d’Henry Bauchau. Pour P. Bartholomée, ce que l’écriture de Bauchau porte en elle tient du sacré.
Liste des mises en scène et en voix des œuvres d’Henry Bauchau
Authors: WATTHEE-DELMOTTE Myriam
Published: February 2019

Il s’agit d’une liste des mises en scène et en voix des œuvres d’Henry Bauchau établie par ordre chronologique, qui va de Gengis Khan en 1961 à une lecture en août 2013.
The Effect of Host’s Dispersal Ability on Fine-Scale Spatial Differentiation
Authors: Xu Julie Y.
Published: February 2019

Gene flow of a parasite is commonly contingent upon its most motile host’s dispersal rate. High gene flow can reduce local differentiation and potentially the rate of adaptation to local hosts (Blasco-Costa, Waters, & Poulin, 2011; Louhi, Karvonen, Rellstab, & Jokela, 2010). We investigated fine-scale spatial differentiation in a parasitic trematode (Microphallus sp.), which alternates between two hosts: a relatively sedentary invertebrate, a freshwater snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum), and a highly motile vertebrate, a duck (Hechinger, 2012). In 2014, adult snails were sampled from 13 different sites around a New Zealand lake to determine the distribution of infection. Juvenile snails were also collected from these sites for experimental manipulation. Finally, parasite eggs were collected by sampling duck feces from a northern and southern site on the lake. Juvenile snails from each site were exposed to parasites from either the northern or southern source. The infection status of field-collected adults and experimental juveniles was determined by dissection. Given the close proximity between sites and the duck host’s strong dispersal ability, we predicted low spatial variation in infectivity of the two parasite sources. The results, however, indicate significant spatial variation in both host resistance and parasite infectivity. Though infection rates across host sites were significantly correlated, the two sources differed significantly in their infectivity to hosts from different sites. This result suggests that the two parasite sources are adapted to infect different hosts, indicating genetic differentiation of the parasite. In addition, the frequency of infection and resistance of the freshwater snail differed significantly between sites within close proximity to one another. Detection of strong variation indicates that dispersal of the vertebrate host does not prevent fine-scale spatial differentiation in this host-parasite system. Further studies are needed to investigate the forces that maintain the extensive spatial variation in disease observed.