bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Talking Fate, Torchlight and Rebel Galaxy with video game designer and developer Travis Baldree
Authors: Klaehn Jeffery
Published: August 2019

Travis Baldree is a video game designer and developer (Fate, Torchlight, Rebel Galaxy), co-founder of Runic Games (2008) and co-founder and CEO of Double Damage Games (2014). This interview covers his career to date and includes discussion of the Fate series; Mythos; Diablo; Runic Games; Torchlight; Hob; Double Damage Games; Rebel Galaxy; game design; video game journalism; the gaming industry in relation to gender, race and ethnicity; accessibility; randomization, aesthetics, atmosphere and humour in games; in-game art and voice work; and the appeal of sandbox games.
CD meets CAT
Authors: Kapovitch Vitali , Ketterer Christian
Published: August 2019

We show that if a noncollapsed

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and X is an Alexandrov space of curvature bounded below by

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. We also show that if a

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space Y with finite n has curvature bounded above, then it is infinitesimally Hilbertian.
Bill of quantities and quantity survey of construction works of renovated buildings - case study
Authors: Lendo-Siwicka Marzena , Pawluk Katarzyna , Kowalczyk Arkadiusz , Trach Roman
Published: August 2019

The article presents detailed analysis of the case of the renovation of one of historic tenement houses in Warsaw. Other, similar cases analyzed in less detail- were called verification cases. The aim of the article was, first of all, to present the scale of discrepancies between planned and performed amount of works and possibly precise indication of the reasons for these underestimations. The scope of the research included the inventory of the technical condition of selected building elements, the execution of bill of quantities, quantity survey and cost estimates of selected works. The conducted research shows that quantity survey of works subjected to analysis such as: repair of walls, chimneys and brick walls reached the value at least twice as large. The planned cost of works calculated on the basis of the event was exceeded approximately twice. This was mainly due to the fact that the impact of repair works on deterioration of the technical condition of existing building elements was not foreseen. The poor technical condition of elements that were covered was not foreseen either. On the basis of the case studied, universal observations about renovated facilities can be provided. First of all, it should be stated that a person who makes bill of quantities on such facilities should have executive experience on similar projects. Thus, a good practice would be a cooperation with a person experienced in the implementation of similar investments.
Hyperboloid offset surface in the architecture and construction industry
Authors: Koźniewski Edwin , Borowska Anna
Published: August 2019

In this paper the issue of approximation of the hyperboloid offset surface off(S(t, v); d) at distance d by the hyperboloid surface S
1(ϕ, v) is considered. The problem of determining various surfaces approximating the hyperboloid offset surface off (S(t, v); d) is important due to the applications of the hyperboloid as a mathematical model for miscellaneous objects in the architecture and construction industry. The paper presents the method of determining the angles and coordinates of points of various surfaces approximating the hyperboloid of revolution. A two-sheet hyperboloid offset surface can be used for modelling double-layer domes. A one-sheet hyperboloid offset surface was used to model the reinforced structure of the cooling tower.
The “new” and “traditional” speaker dichotomy: bridging the gap
Authors: Hornsby Michael
Published: August 2019

This article analyzes the tensions and dynamics which exist between “new” speakers and other speakers, such as traditional or native speakers of minority languages (MLs), in an attempt to discover just how much of a barrier to communication are the (perceived) differences which are purported to exist between them. The dynamics between “new” and native speakers seem to be complex and nuanced, and “(in)authenticity” can be indexed through accent, the lexicon and grammatical structures, both by local users and more widely by researchers and other interested third parties, reflecting a wide range of ideo-logical stances. Using a critical sociolinguistic framework, these differences are examined from the perspective of the power differentials among and between various ML speakers/users in two situations of language endangerment, Breton and Yiddish. The reproduction of “symbolic violence”, as described by Bourdieu (1991), which results from such differentials can hinder language revitalization projects and can run counter to the interests of the language community in question. Both settings appear to share a commonality of experience that is wider than just the two language communities under scrutiny here and possible ways of reconciling such differences are examined toward the end of the article.
Interactions with Asians in Higher Education: Beyond Multicultural Myths
Authors: Obiakor Festus E.
Published: August 2019

One of the critical issues in education today is how to help all students to maximize their fullest potential. Achieving this goal seems to be difficult for many people who come from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds. At all levels, they endure direct and indirect disenfranchisements, disadvantages, and disillusionments, especially if they learn differently, are racially different, demonstrate different behavioral patterns, have different personal idiosyncrasies, or come from different countries. Despite these apparent impediments, Asians are viewed by many as “model” minorities when compared to African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. This view has continued to affect how Asians view themselves and how the society as a whole views them. Coming originally from Nigeria to the United States, I have had myriad interactions with Asians as student, professor, scholar, leader, and professional. In this article, I share my experiences with Asians and how these experiences have exposed multicultural realities and myths.
Toxicity of secondary metabolites
Authors: Madariaga-Mazón Abraham , Hernández-Alvarado Ricardo Bruno , Noriega-Colima Karla Olivia , Osnaya-Hernández Adriana , Martinez-Mayorga Karina
Published: August 2019

Secondary metabolites, commonly referred to as natural products, are produced by living organisms and usually have pharmacological or biological activities. Secondary metabolites are the primary source for the discovery of new drugs. Furthermore, secondary metabolites are also used as food preservatives, biopesticides or as research tools. Although secondary metabolites are mainly used by their beneficial biological activity, the toxicity of some of them may limit their use. The toxicity assessment of any compound that is prone to be used in direct contact with human beings is of vital importance. There is a vast spectrum of experimental methods for toxicity evaluation, including in vitro and in vivo methodologies. In this work, we present an overview of the different sources, bioactivities, toxicities and chemical classification of secondary metabolites, followed by a sketch of the role of toxicity assessment in drug discovery and agrochemistry.
Combined approach of homology modeling, molecular dynamics, and docking: computer-aided drug discovery
Authors: Chahal Varun , Nirwan Sonam , Kakkar Rita
Published: August 2019

With the continuous development in software, algorithms, and increase in computer speed, the field of computer-aided drug design has been witnessing reduction in the time and cost of the drug designing process. Structure based drug design (SBDD), which is based on the 3D structure of the enzyme, is helping in proposing novel inhibitors. Although a number of crystal structures are available in various repositories, there are various proteins whose experimental crystallization is difficult. In such cases, homology modeling, along with the combined application of MD and docking, helps in establishing a reliable 3D structure that can be used for SBDD. In this review, we have reported recent works, which have employed these three techniques for generating structures and further proposing novel inhibitors, forcytoplasmic proteins, membrane proteins, andmetal containing proteins. Also, we have discussed these techniques in brief in terms of the theory involved and the various software employed. Hence, this review can give a brief idea about using these tools specifically for a particular problem.
Intervenção educativa para avaliação do conhecimento de enfermeiros intensivistas sobre lesão por pressão
Authors: Araújo Thiago Moura de , Araújo Márcio Flávio Moura de , Barros Lívia Moreira , Oliveira Francisca Jane Gomes de , Silva Leonardo Alexandrino da , Caetano Joselany Áfio
Published: August 2019

Objetivo: comparar o conhecimento de enfermeiros intensivistas sobre lesões por pressão antes e após intervenção educativa. Métodos: estudo longitudinal, antes e depois, realizado com nove enfermeiros intensivistas alvos de intervenção educativa online sobre lesão por pressão. O conhecimento foi investigado por meio de instrumento com itens sobre prevenção, estadiamento e avaliação de lesões por pressão. Resultados: a média de acertos foi de 81,1% e 84,6%, na avaliação pré e pós-intervenção, respectivamente. Quanto à prevenção, houve média de acertos de 25,11 (78,5%) antes da intervenção e 26,22 (81,9%) após a realização do curso. Sobre o estadiamento, no pré-teste, obteve-se média de acertos de 4,33 questões (86,6%), enquanto no pós-teste a média foi de 4,66 (93,2%). Na avaliação das lesões, os resultados foram iguais no pré e pós-intervenção. Conclusão: após realização do curso, verificou-se aumento no conhecimento dos enfermeiros sobre lesão por pressão, destacando-se os itens de estadiamento.
Qualidade de vida no período puerperal: importância e satisfação
Authors: Condeles Paulo César , Silva Sarah Gazarra Ferreira da , Fernandes Dyego Brito , Parreira Bibiane Dias Miranda , Paschoini Marina Carvalho , Ruiz Mariana Torreglosa
Published: August 2019

Objetivo: mensurar a qualidade de vida de mulheres que estão vivenciando o puerpério. Métodos: estudo transversal, realizado com 103 puérperas, a partir da aplicação do instrumento “Índice de Qualidade de Vida”, de Ferrans e Powers. Resultados: a média do índice de qualidade de vida geral foi de 24,77 pontos. Dentre os domínios, o que teve a maior pontuação foi o família e o mais afetado foi o socioeconômico. Presença de dor e condições socioeconômicas foram os principais motivos de insatisfação das puérperas, enquanto que a saúde dos filhos e da família foi sinalizada como o item mais importante e de maior satisfação. Conclusão: as puérperas apresentaram altos escores de qualidade de vida. Contudo, o domínio socioeconômico foi o mais comprometido e o domínio família o que apresentou melhores escores, indicando importância e satisfação diante do nascimento e da configuração familiar.
Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres in the Budding Yeast Naumovozyma castellii
Authors: Cohn Marita , Andersson Ahu Karademir , Mateo Raquel Quintilla , Möller Mirja Carlsson
Published: August 2019

The enzyme telomerase ensures the integrity of linear chromosomes by maintaining telomere length. As a hallmark of cancer, cell immortalization and unlimited proliferation is gained by reactivation of telomerase. However, a significant fraction of cancer cells instead uses alternative telomere lengthening mechanisms to ensure telomere function, collectively known as Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT). Although the budding yeast Naumovozyma castellii (Saccharomyces castellii) has a proficient telomerase activity, we demonstrate here that telomeres in N. castellii are efficiently maintained by a novel ALT mechanism after telomerase knockout. Remarkably, telomerase-negative cells proliferate indefinitely without any major growth crisis and display wild-type colony morphology. Moreover, ALT cells maintain linear chromosomes and preserve a wild-type DNA organization at the chromosome termini, including a short stretch of terminal telomeric sequence. Notably, ALT telomeres are elongated by the addition of ∼275 bp repeats containing a short telomeric sequence and the subtelomeric DNA located just internally (TelKO element). Although telomeres may be elongated by several TelKO repeats, no dramatic genome-wide amplification occurs, thus indicating that the repeat addition may be regulated. Intriguingly, a short interstitial telomeric sequence (ITS) functions as the initiation point for the addition of the TelKO element. This implies that N. castellii telomeres are structurally predisposed to efficiently switch to the ALT mechanism as a response to telomerase dysfunction.
THE USE OF CAD/CAM FOR TEXTILE DESIGNS AND FABRICS
Authors: Indrie Liliana , Diaz-García Pablo , Kazlacheva Zlatina
Published: August 2019

The paper illustrates the role of CAD/CAM technology in developing virtual textile design on the computer screen. First, it was created the shape of the symbol "Flower of Life" from Sacred Geometry by using the CAD system ASCON Kompas for the design of shapes and the graphic software Adobe Photoshop for colour combinations. Then, we drew few graphic sketches of garments on which we applied the textile design “Flower of life”. In order to obtain fabric-manufacturing orders, the image was processed with a specific design software for fabric: EAT DesignScope Victor. At last, we converted the design into a fabric by using the weaving machine Smit Textile GS900 Jacquard Loom.
STUDY ON THE ACIDIFICATION DYNAMICS AND SYNERESIS OF YOGHURT ENRICHED IN GOJI BERRY FRUITS (LICIUM BARBARUM L.)
Authors: Taneva Ira , Dimitrovska Gordana
Published: August 2019

Yoghurt was prepared with addition of 2, 4 and 6 % goji berry fruits with respect to yoghurt mass. From the data on the titratable and active acidity, it can be summarized that the addition of goji berry fruits did not exert effect on the dynamic of acidification and proper course of the lactic acid fermentation in the yoghurts obtained. At the end of the storage periods of the yoghurts containing or not containing goji berry fruits, the active acidity reached up to pH 4,1÷4,3 and the titratable acidity – up to 140÷ 44 oТ. It was found that the addition of dry goji berry fruits improves the syneresis and protects the product from stratification. The lowest syneresis values were observed for sample S3 - 4,1 cm3. The goji berry fruits did not affect the vital activity of the lactic acid bacteria. At the end of the storage period (14 days), the highest number of viable lactic acid bacteria was established in sample S2 - 3,6.108 CFU.g-2. This makes the yoghurt obtained beneficial and possessing certain effect on health.
FATTY ACID PROFILE AND HEALTHY LIPID INDICES OF BULGARIAN GOAT MILK FROM BREEDS, PASTURE-RAISED IN A MOUNTAIN REGION
Authors: Pamukova D. , Naydenova N. , Mihaylova G.
Published: August 2019

The aim of the present study was to characterize the fatty acids profile and the related health lipid indices of goat`s milk from different Bulgarian breeds in order to add information on its nutritional quality. The study was performed with goat milk from a private farm in the Stara Planina Mountain. Milk samples were collected from three breeds – Bulgarian White Dairy Goat, Toggenburg and local goats. The content of saturated fatty acids was the highest in the milk of the local breed – 83.6% compared to for Bulgarian White Dairy Goat - 75.4% and Toggenburg - 75.2%. The atherogenic index was calculated on the obtained values for lauric (C12:0), myristic (C14:0) and palmitic (C16:0) acids and the unsaturated fatty acids. The data for the Bulgarian White Dairy Goat was – 3.12; Toggenburg – 3.14 and for local breed – 5.54. The values of the atherogenic index showed that it is the lowest for the Toggenburg, following Bulgarian White Dairy Goat and local breed. Omega 6/Omega 3 ratio varies from 1.58 for local breed to 2.44 for Toggenburg which is within the range of the optimal values for healthy nutrition.
Distribution Consistency Based Covariance Metric Networks for Few-Shot Learning
Authors: Li Wenbin , Xu Jinglin , Huo Jing , Wang Lei , Gao Yang , Luo Jiebo
Published: August 2019

Few-shot learning aims to recognize new concepts from very few examples. However, most of the existing few-shot learning methods mainly concentrate on the first-order statistic of concept representation or a fixed metric on the relation between a sample and a concept. In this work, we propose a novel end-to-end deep architecture, named Covariance Metric Networks (CovaMNet). The CovaMNet is designed to exploit both the covariance representation and covariance metric based on the distribution consistency for the few-shot classification tasks. Specifically, we construct an embedded local covariance representation to extract the second-order statistic information of each concept and describe the underlying distribution of this concept. Upon the covariance representation, we further define a new deep covariance metric to measure the consistency of distributions between query samples and new concepts. Furthermore, we employ the episodic training mechanism to train the entire network in an end-to-end manner from scratch. Extensive experiments in two tasks, generic few-shot image classification and fine-grained fewshot image classification, demonstrate the superiority of the proposed CovaMNet. The source code can be available from https://github.com/WenbinLee/CovaMNet.git.
Temporal Bilinear Networks for Video Action Recognition
Authors: Li Yanghao , Song Sijie , Li Yuqi , Liu Jiaying
Published: August 2019

Temporal modeling in videos is a fundamental yet challenging problem in computer vision. In this paper, we propose a novel Temporal Bilinear (TB) model to capture the temporal pairwise feature interactions between adjacent frames. Compared with some existing temporal methods which are limited in linear transformations, our TB model considers explicit quadratic bilinear transformations in the temporal domain for motion evolution and sequential relation modeling. We further leverage the factorized bilinear model in linear complexity and a bottleneck network design to build our TB blocks, which also constrains the parameters and computation cost. We consider two schemes in terms of the incorporation of TB blocks and the original 2D spatial convolutions, namely wide and deep Temporal Bilinear Networks (TBN). Finally, we perform experiments on several widely adopted datasets including Kinetics, UCF101 and HMDB51. The effectiveness of our TBNs is validated by comprehensive ablation analyses and comparisons with various state-of-the-art methods.
Recognizing Unseen Attribute-Object Pair with Generative Model
Authors: Nan Zhixiong , Liu Yang , Zheng Nanning , Zhu Song-Chun
Published: August 2019

In this paper, we are studying the problem of recognizing attribute-object pairs that do not appear in the training dataset, which is called unseen attribute-object pair recognition. Existing methods mainly learn a discriminative classifier or compose multiple classifiers to tackle this problem, which exhibit poor performance for unseen pairs. The key reasons for this failure are 1) they have not learned an intrinsic attributeobject representation, and 2) the attribute and object are processed either separately or equally so that the inner relation between the attribute and object has not been explored. To explore the inner relation of attribute and object as well as the intrinsic attribute-object representation, we propose a generative model with the encoder-decoder mechanism that bridges visual and linguistic information in a unified end-to-end network. The encoder-decoder mechanism presents the impressive potential to find an intrinsic attribute-object feature representation. In addition, combining visual and linguistic features in a unified model allows to mine the relation of attribute and object. We conducted extensive experiments to compare our method with several state-of-the-art methods on two challenging datasets. The results show that our method outperforms all other methods.
Towards Highly Accurate and Stable Face Alignment for High-Resolution Videos
Authors: Tai Ying , Liang Yicong , Liu Xiaoming , Duan Lei , Li Jilin , Wang Chengjie , Huang Feiyue , Chen Yu
Published: August 2019

In recent years, heatmap regression based models have shown their effectiveness in face alignment and pose estimation. However, Conventional Heatmap Regression (CHR) is not accurate nor stable when dealing with high-resolution facial videos, since it finds the maximum activated location in heatmaps which are generated from rounding coordinates, and thus leads to quantization errors when scaling back to the original high-resolution space. In this paper, we propose a Fractional Heatmap Regression (FHR) for high-resolution video-based face alignment. The proposed FHR can accurately estimate the fractional part according to the 2D Gaussian function by sampling three points in heatmaps. To further stabilize the landmarks among continuous video frames while maintaining the precise at the same time, we propose a novel stabilization loss that contains two terms to address time delay and non-smooth issues, respectively. Experiments on 300W, 300VW and Talking Face datasets clearly demonstrate that the proposed method is more accurate and stable than the state-ofthe-art models.
Robust Deep Co-Saliency Detection with Group Semantic
Authors: Wang Chong , Zha Zheng-Jun , Liu Dong , Xie Hongtao
Published: August 2019

High-level semantic knowledge in addition to low-level visual cues is essentially crucial for co-saliency detection. This paper proposes a novel end-to-end deep learning approach for robust co-saliency detection by simultaneously learning highlevel group-wise semantic representation as well as deep visual features of a given image group. The inter-image interaction at semantic-level as well as the complementarity between group semantics and visual features are exploited to boost the inferring of co-salient regions. Specifically, the proposed approach consists of a co-category learning branch and a co-saliency detection branch. While the former is proposed to learn group-wise semantic vector using co-category association of an image group as supervision, the latter is to infer precise co-salient maps based on the ensemble of group semantic knowledge and deep visual cues. The group semantic vector is broadcasted to each spatial location of multi-scale visual feature maps and is used as a top-down semantic guidance for boosting the bottom-up inferring of co-saliency. The co-category learning and co-saliency detection branches are jointly optimized in a multi-task learning manner, further improving the robustness of the approach. Moreover, we construct a new large-scale co-saliency dataset COCO-SEG to facilitate research of co-saliency detection. Extensive experimental results on COCO-SEG and a widely used benchmark Cosal2015 have demonstrated the superiority of the proposed approach as compared to the state-of-the-art methods.
HEMŞİRELİKTE İNOVASYON KÜLTÜRÜ OLUŞTURMA; BİR BAŞARI ÖYKÜSÜ
Authors: DOĞAN MERİH Yeliz , ALİOĞULLARI Ayşegül , YAŞAR KOCABEY Meryem , GÜLŞEN Çiğdem , SEZER Aytül
Published: August 2019

Amaç: Hemşireler hizmet sunumlarında etkin ve istendik sonuçları yakalayabilmek için sürekli değişime ayak uydurmak ve inovasyon sürecini hizmetlerine entegre etmek zorundadırlar. Hemşirelik hizmetlerinde inovasyon sürecini aktive etmek, hasta bakım maliyetini azaltırken, bakım kalitesini de artırmaktadır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Hastanemiz hemşirelik hizmetlerinde inovasyon sürecini aktive etmek için bazı basamaklar takip edilmiştir. İlk adımda hemşirelerimizin farkındalıklarını düzenli eğitimler ile bilgi düzeyleri arttırılmış, koçluk sistemi ile bireysel danışmanlıklar başlatılmış, süreci cazip hale getirecek yarışmalar düzenlenmiş, ödül süreci ile katılım arttırılmış ve hemşirelikte inovasyon kültürü oluşturulmuştur.  Bulgular: Hastanemizde 2012 yılında başlatılan hemşirelikte inovasyonu aktive etme süreci dahilinde; yarışma ve sempozyum süreçleri  gerçekleştirilmiştir. 7 yıllık süreçte hastanemiz hemşireleri toplam 376 inovatif proje geliştirmiştir.  Her biri yeni bir buluş özelliği taşıyan projeleri ile hemşirelerimizin bakım kalitesini arttırıcı, yeni ve yaratıcı faaliyetleri  desteklemeleri sağlanmıştır. İnovatif 50 proje için patent alma süreci tamamlanmıştır ve yeni buluşların üretimi için çalışmalar aktive edilmiştir. Sonuç: Hemşirelerde inovasyon sürecinin aktifleştirilmesinde; düzenli eğitimlerin, süreci tanıtacak, cazip hale getirecek, yol gösterecek bilimsel aktivitelerin yapılmasının ve rol model olmanın  yeri büyüktür.
Supervivencia de una cohorte de plántulas de Abies religiosa bajo diferentes condiciones postincendio
Authors: Ángeles Cervantes Efraín , López Mata Lauro
Published: August 2019

Se investigó la supervivencia de una cohorte de plántulas de Abies religiosa durante ocho años, en parches de bosque no afectados (BNA) y afectados por incendios: superfi ciales (BICSUP), de copa moderados (BICMOD) y de copa severos (BICSEV). El objetivo fue aportar mayor entendimiento sobre los procesos de regeneración natural de Abies religiosa . En cada parche se establecieron 8 parcelas de 1m2 en las que se marcaron las plántulas de la cohorte de 1998. La mortalidad y el tipo de daño asociado se registraron mediante censos desde 1998 hasta 2006. La caída de ramas y la desecación de plántulas fueron los factores más importantes asociados con su muerte. Las probabilidades de supervivencia fueron mínimas en BISUP y nulas en los BNA. Las más altas probabilidades de supervivencia resultaron bajo la condición de BICMOD, lo que sugiere que estos incendios son parte integral del nicho de regeneración de A. religiosa .
El género Panicum (Poaceae: Panicoideae) en el noreste de México
Authors: Valdés Reyna Jesús , Zuloaga Fernando O. , Morrone Osvaldo , Aragón Laura
Published: August 2019

Se presenta un estudio taxonómico del género Panicum para el Noreste de México, el cual incluye los estados de Coahuila, Nuevo León y Tamaulipas. La región es considerada un centro de origen y diversifi cación de plantas de las zonas áridas y semiáridas del país, donde la agricultura y la ganadería son dos actividades muy importantes. El género es el más grande de la tribu Paniceae, con distribución mundial, está representado en el área de estudio por un total de 19 especies con cuatro variedades. Se presenta además una clave para diferenciar los géneros recientemente segregados de Panicum , descripciones de las especies, distribución en México y se incluyen mapas de distribución para el área de estudio.
Morfología polínica de especies de la selva mediana subperennifolia en la cuenca del río Candelaria, Campeche
Authors: Sánchez Dzib Yajaira de los Angeles , Sosa Nájera Susana , Lozano García María del Socorro
Published: August 2019

Se presenta la descripción de la morfología polínica de 81 especies pertenecientes a 29 familias de la selva mediana subperennifolia en la cuenca del río Candelaria, Campeche. Se describe el polen de algunas especies endémicas de la selva mediana subperennifolia de la península de Yucatán como son: Diospyros cuneata, Croton icche, Acacia gaumeri, Bauhinia erithrocalyx, Calliandra houstoniana, Lonchocarpus longistylus, Trichilia minutiflora, Coccoloba refl exiflora, Neomillispaughia emarginata, Randia longiloba, Talisia floresii, Thinouia paucidentata and Pouteria amygdalina . Las descripciones palinológicas incluyen datos sobre la estructura y ornamentación de la exina, aberturas, tamaño y forma. El polen de cada especie se ilustra con microfotografías que muestran los detalles de la exina y aberturas.
Estructura genética de poblaciones de Eriocaulon bilobatum (Eriocaulaceae): una especie amenazada de humedades temporales
Authors: Magallán Hernández Fabiola , Martínez Mahinda , Hernández Sandoval Luis , Oyama Ken
Published: August 2019

Eriocaulon bilobatum es una especie acuática que vive en humedales temporales del centro de México. Es una herbácea anual, enraizada emergente, con reproducción sexual y asexual, monoica y polinizada por insectos. Es una especie rara y vulnerable a la extinción debido a que sus hábitats se encuentran amenazados. Los objetivos de este estudio fueron determinar la estructura y diversidad genética de poblaciones de E. bilobatum a nivel regional, y conocer si éstas se relacionan con sus características ecológicas y de historia de vida en forma similar a plantas terrestres. Se analizaron 160 individuos en cuatro poblaciones con la técnica de electroforesis de isoenzimas en geles de almidón. E. bilobatum presenta mayor diversidad genética (A=2.32, Ae=1.31, P=69.65, Ho=0.134, He=0.197, HT=0.221) que especies con características ecológicas y de historia de vida similares, endogamia moderada (FIS = 0.312) y baja diferenciación genética entre sus poblaciones (FST = 0.053 y GST = 0.048). Su diversidad y estructura genética está determinada por el sistema de reproducción y su historia de vida más que el hecho de vivir en ambientes acuáticos.
Composición florística y diversidad de la vegetación de humedales en los lagos interdunarios de Veracruz
Authors: Peralta Peláez Luis Alberto , Moreno Casasola Patricia
Published: August 2019

Los lagos interdunarios de la costa de Veracruz, México, son cuerpos de agua dulce, someros, que presentan condiciones favorables para el establecimiento de humedales herbáceos y arbóreos. Las dunas que los rodean han sido transformadas en potreros introduciéndose especies forrajeras y caña de azúcar. Nuestro objetivo es describir y comparar la estructura, composición y diversidad de la vegetación de humedales de 15 lagos interdunarios en la zona rural. Se tomaron en cuenta factores ambientales como pH, salinidad, tamaño, profundidad y número de meses secos. Se registraron 46 familias (27 de las cuales son acuáticas estrictas) y 82 especies, entre ellas Sagittaria lancifolia, Pontederia sagittata, Ceratophyllum demersum. La riqueza fluctuó entre 5 y 33 especies. La clasificación encontró nueve grupos florísticos en los humedales de estos lagos, y en tres de ellos aparecen especies de pastos usados en la ganadería (Cynodon dactylon, Echinochloa pyramidalis). El principal eje de variación en la ordenación separó a los lagos en función del pH y del número de meses que permanecen secos. Su conservación y uso sustentable requieren de planes de manejo conjuntos con los usuarios.
Laura Arriaga Cabrera (21 de junio de 1956 - 26 de agosto de 2009)
Authors: Breceda Aurora , Aguilar Verónica , Lara Liliana
Published: August 2019

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Enrique Portilla Gutiérrez (27 de julio de 1953 - 13 de agosto de 2009)
Authors: Zavala Hurtado José Alejandro
Published: August 2019

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Características foliares y tasas vitales de árboles sucesionales tardíos de un bosque tropical perennifolio
Authors: Martínez Garza Cristina , Howe Henry F.
Published: August 2019

Para acelerar la sucesión vegetal y restaurar la vegetación en áreas degradadas ( e.g ., pastizales abandonados) se ha sugerido utilizar especies sucesionales tardías. Para determinar cómo la dinámica foliar está relacionada con altas tasas de crecimiento y supervivencia en sitios sucesionales tempranos, evaluamos la hipótesis de que la plasticidad en la demografía foliar está positivamente correlacionada con el establecimiento de árboles de siete especies sucesionales tardías creciendo en ambientes soleados (pastizal y borde) y obscuros (bosque secundario) en Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México. Se monitorearon cohortes de hojas de 517 individuos de siete especies arbóreas creciendo en los tres hábitats durante un año. Los individuos que crecieron en bosque secundario y borde tuvieron mayor supervivencia foliar y menor producción de hojas que aquellos que crecieron en pastizal. Los individuos con mayor crecimiento y supervivencia en pastizal tuvieron una plasticidad alta en su supervivencia foliar y plasticidad baja en su producción de hojas (estabilidad), mientras que los individuos en el borde y el bosque con tasas altas de supervivencia fueron aquello que tuvieron estabilidad alta en su producción foliar. Nuestros resultados indican que Nectandra ambigens, Licaria velutina y Pouteria rhynchocarpa pueden ser sembradas en pastizales ya que muestran tasas altas de crecimiento y supervivencia en esos hábitats, además alcanzan diferentes estaturas a la edad adulta por lo que proveerían de diversidad estructural al bosque resultante. Especies con supervivencia baja en pastizales como Calophyllum brasiliense, Pimenta dioica, Amphitecna tuxtlensis y Eugenia inirebensis , podrían sembrarse en grandes cantidades o hasta que un dosel de pioneras se haya formado.
Reinhard Weber Göbel (2 de junio de 1938 - 13 de agosto de 2009)
Authors: Velázquez Montes Ernesto , Zambrano García Ángel , Sour Tovar Francisco , Quiroz Barroso Sara A. , Zamudio Varela Graciela
Published: August 2019

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Luis Diego Gómez-Pignataro (18 de julio 1944 - 13 de noviembre de 2009)
Authors: Pérez García Blanca
Published: August 2019

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Ultracentrifugal separation of HDL alone and calculation of non-HDL v1
Authors: Teupser Daniel , Breslow Jan
Published: August 2019

Summary: This protocol is used to isolate the various lipid fractions from blood plasma using ultracentrifugation. The actual measured concentrations are performed separately once the isolations are complete. NOTE: This protocol IS applicable for ApoE knockout mice. Diabetic Complication:
96-well Growth Curve Analysis v1
Authors: Van Rhijn Norman , Papastamoulis Panagiotis , Furukawa Takanori , Bignell Elaine , Bromley Mike , Rattray Magnus
Published: August 2019

Generally, growth assays for filamentous fungi have been performed on solid media, either as dilution series or spot tests. However, the solid media environment does not accurately mimic the environment encountered during infection (ie the mammalian lung). Previously, we have developed a methodology to perform liquid growth assays in time for A. fumigatus and other filamentous fungi including analysis via mathematical modelling. This protocol is designed for Aspergillus species (and other filamentous fungi) to generate growth curves in liquid media in a 96-well plate. This can be done in high-throughput to generate 96 growth curves per run.
RNA Isolation from Plant Tissue Protocol 6: pBIOZOL and Qiagen RNeasy Plant Mini Kit Method v1
Authors: T. J. Johnson Marc , J. Carpenter Eric , Tian Zhijian , Bruskiewich Richard , N. Burris Jason , T. Carrigan Charlotte , W. Chase Mark , D. Clarke Neil , Covshoff Sarah , W. dePamphilis Claude , P. Edger Patrick , Goh Falicia , Graham Sean , Greiner Stephan , M. Hibberd Julian , Jordon-Thaden Ingrid , M. Kutchan Toni , Leebens-Mack James , Melkonian Michael , Miles Nicholas , Myburg Henrietta , Patterson Jordan , Chris Pires J. , Ralph Paula , Rolf Megan , F. Sage Rowan , Soltis Douglas , Soltis Pamela , Stevenson Dennis , Neal Stewart Jr C. , Surek Barbara , J. M. Thomsen Christina , Carlos Villarreal Juan , Wu Xiaolei , Zhang Yong , K. Deyholos Michael , Ka-Shu Wong Gane
Published: August 2019

This protocol is part of a collection of eighteen protocols used to isolate total RNA from plant tissue. (RNA Isolation from Plant Tissue Collection: https://www.protocols.io/view/rna-isolation-from-plant-tissue-439gyr6) and was originally published as part of Appendix S1 of "Evaluating Methods for Isolating Total RNA and Predicting the Success of Sequencing Phylogenetically Diverse Plant Transcriptomes" Marc T. J. Johnson et al. PLOS ONE, November 21, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050226
Comparison and Contrast of the Translations of Gone With the Wind Based on Norms
Authors: Yin Xunfeng
Published: August 2019

In this article, by using Gideon Toury’s theory of translation studies and focusing on norm, the author intends to analyze two commonly accepted editions, Fu’s version and Huang’s version of Gone with the Wind. Consequently, it is proved that controlled by a specific translation norm, translators tend to take a specific translation strategy, so when evaluating all translated texts, the translation norms at that time should also be taken into consideration besides some set standards.
The Research and Application of Critical Discourse Analysis
Authors: Fan Xiaoyan
Published: August 2019

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) reveals the relationship between power and ideology behind language by analyzing discourse. News as an important channel for people to obtain information in their daily life, its objectivity is self-evident, but the ideology contained in it is often ignored by readers. This paper reviews the development and characteristics of critical discourse analysis, and analyzes the critical discourse from four aspects: transitivity, modality, transformation and classification, to explore the ideological and political positions behind the text.
A Review of Mobile Learning Research at Home and Abroad in Recent 20 Years
Authors: Qiu Jiaosheng
Published: August 2019

Mobile learning is a new learning mode with the increasing popularity of multimedia technology and Internet application. It not only emphasizes the learner's subjective status and initiative, but also helps learners construct meanings through various forms of interaction. It is becoming a research area of multi-disciplinary participation, cross-cutting and Multi-thematic synthesis, and gradually becoming a core research topic in the field of educational technology at home and abroad. The analysis and classification of mobile learning research at home and abroad in the past two decades will help deepen the understanding of mobile technology tools and seamlessly apply them to mobile learning practice, so that technology can really promote learning.
Репрезентация русской классики в западном мире: британская интерпретация «Евгения Онегина»
Authors: Шапинская Екатерина Николаевна
Published: August 2019

Статья написана на основе доклада на III Академических чтениях памяти Вл. А. Лукова «Тезаурусы и проблемы культуры», прошедшей в Московском гуманитарном университете 4 апреля 2019 г. Изучение взгляда на русскую культуру как на Другого важно как для самоидентификации культуры, так и для понимания ее универсальных, вечных сюжетов и образов. На примере интерпретации «Евгения Онегина» как литературного и музыкального текста проанализированы репрезентационные стратегии в отношении культуры Другого с точки зрения их важности для понимания культурной идентичности.
Цифровизация и цифровая культура
Authors: Кузнецова Татьяна Федоровна
Published: August 2019

В статье рассматриваются вопросы становления цифровой культуры по мере внедрения технологий цифровизации в экономику России. В этом процессе большую роль призвана сыграть гуманитаризация высшего образования, которая в связи с современными процессами в обществе меняет свое содержание в сравнении с тем, какое ей придавалась в 1980-е — начале 1990-х гг.
Justification for preservation of the projected skin flap above the tumor during surgical treatment of primary resectable breast cancer
Authors: Khamitov A R , Ismagilov K Kh
Published: August 2019

Aim. Improvement of the aesthetic outcomes of reconstructive plastic surgery for nodular breast cancer due to the scientific rationale of conservation of the projected skin flap and moving the postoperative scar to aesthetically acceptable zones.

Methods. Data of clinical and instrumental methods of investigation of 240 patients with primary resectable breast cancer were analyzed. The probability of involvement of the front layer of the superficial fascia in the projection of a malignant tumor depending on its clinical and topographic anatomical figures was estimated.

Results. The study revealed that the fascia involvement does not depend on the skin flattening. The skin flatte­ning is an indirect sign of superficial tumors having a probability of intimate adherence of the tumor to the fascia of 31.8±0.401%. In turn, the intimate adherence of the tumor to the front layer of the superficial fascia with a pro­bability of its involvement of 39.3±0.41% is a significant risk factor for the projected skin flap involvement. It was also found that involvement of the fascia studied does not depend neither on the size of the tumor, nor on the nodal status, nor on the biological subtype. The key risk factor is the depth of the tumor.

Conclusion. The indication for the projection skin flap preservation is the location of a malignant tumor at a depth of more than 1.05 cm, at which the probability of affecting the fascia is statistically insignificant and is 1.7±0.1%, which requires placing the subcutaneous tissue resection line in the tumor projection from the side of preserved skin flap.
Yenilikçi, Destekleyici ve Bürokratik Örgüt Kültürünün Pazar Odaklılık Üzerine Etkisi: Otel İşletmeleri Üzerine Bir Çalışma
Authors: ÇATIR Ozan
Published: August 2019

Bu
çalışmanın amacı, yenilikçi, destekleyici ve bürokratik kültürün otel
işletmeleri bağlamında pazar odaklılık üzerindeki etkilerini incelemektir. Bu
araştırma için yöntem, tanımlayıcı olarak tasarlanmıştır. Uygulama için 312 anket
formu dağıtılmış ve elde edilen 242 anket formundan 226 tanesi değerlendirmeye
uygun görülmüştür. Anketlerden elde edilen veriler düzenlenerek istatistik
paket programında uygun analizler (ortalama, standart sapma, faktör analizi,
regresyon) yapılarak yorumlanmıştır.  Çalışmanın
sonuçlarına göre, yenilikçi ve destekleyici örgüt kültürü boyutlarının pazar
odaklılık üzerinde pozitif yönlü bir etkisinin olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Ayrıca, otel işletmeleri için mevcut olan örgütsel planlama ve pazarlama
seçeneklerinin geliştirilmesi ve örgüt kültürünü şekillendirmeye çalışan
yöneticilere pazar odaklılığın uygulanması ile ilişkili davranışlara rehberlik
edilmesi gerekliliği vurgulanmıştır.
Yerli Sosyolojinin İmkânı Olarak Baykan Sezer
Authors: KOYUNCU Ahmet Ayhan , BOZKURT Recep
Published: August 2019

19.
yüzyılda Batı’da yaşanan sorunlara çözüm getirme çabalarıyla sosyoloji bilimi ortaya
çıkmıştır. Batı’da ortaya çıkan yeni toplumsal sorunlar ve bu sorunlara karşı
düzen arayışı ve dünya egemenliğinin meşruluğu problemlerinin çözümü için sosyoloji
araçsal bir şekilde kullanılmıştır. Ülkemizde Batı’nın sorunlarına karşı
geliştirilen çözüm reçeteleri alınıp Türk toplumunun sorunlarına hazır reçete
olarak sunulmuştur. Ancak Türk sosyolojisi bütünüyle bu taklitçi ve nakilci
yaklaşımdan ibaret olmamıştır. Bu yöndeki özgün/yerli katkılardan biri Baykan
Sezer’dir. Sezer, Türk toplumunun sorunlarını Doğu-Batı ilişkileri ve çatışması
çerçevesinde ele alıp değerlendiren, sosyal bünyemizi açıklayan, düşünce
geleneğimiz ve tarihimizle ilişki kuran bir “Türk Sosyolojisi” inşa etme
kaygısında olmuştur. Sezer, Kemal Tahir’den etkilenerek sosyoloji biliminin
merkezine tarihselliği koyarak Doğu-Batı ikilemi içerisinde Türk toplumunu
anlamaya çalışmış, Türk sosyolojisinde yerlilik üzerinde durmuştur. Bu
çalışmada Türk sosyolojisinin bir imkânı olarak Sezer’in görüşleri ele
alınacaktır.
THE PREDICTORS OF SPORTS TOURISM INVOLVEMENT IN MALAYSIA: AN EXTREME SPORT OVERVIEW
Authors: Hj. Ahmad Arman , Ibrahim Alisa , Hj. Ahmad Zulkarnian , Masri Ridzuan
Published: August 2019

Purpose of Study: Malaysian tourism sector has widened its scope by venturing into extreme sports tourism. With this new development, tourism opportunities are created and boosting the Malaysian tourism industry growth. The study highlights the development of extreme sports destination that closely related to international and tourists’ involvement and preferences in Malaysia. The purpose of this paper is to determine the predictors of sports tourism involvement in Malaysia from the extreme sports perspective. Specifically, it is going to investigate the possible significant predictors that possibly influenced the international or local tourists’ preferences in choosing Malaysia as their preferred extreme sports tourism destination. This study is restricted to international or local tourists who participated or going to participate in extreme sports activities in Malaysia.

Methodology: This study proposes a theoretical framework that is developed based on the review of past researches and literatures. We identified five factors that possibly influenced international tourists or local tourists to choose Malaysia as their extreme sports tourism destination simultaneously involved in such activities. Those predictors are event popularity and entertainment, economics (costs and expenses), facilities and infrastructures, social, and environmental impact.

Results: The proposed hypotheses predicted a significant and positive relationship exists between event popularity and entertainment, economics (costs and expenses), facilities and infrastructures, social, and environmental impact towards the tourist involvement and sports tourism development in Malaysia. For the future research, we proposed to further conduct an empirical analysis to test these hypotheses.

Implications/Applications: This study could help tourism sectors to explore opportunities for development particularly in the extreme sports sectors in Malaysia.  This study is also useful for researchers, students, tourism operators, tourism sectors, government and society because it could increase the involvement of international tourist or local into the extreme sports activities in Malaysia.
UNCERTAINTY AS AN ANTECEDENT OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN RISK: DOES SUPPLY CHAIN FLEXIBILITY MATTER IN RISK MITIGATION?
Authors: Sutduean Jutamat , Joemsittiprasert Watcharin , Jermsittiparsert Kittisak
Published: August 2019

Purpose: This study aims to address the existing research gap, as well as to explore the various types of flexibility which could contribute in mitigating supply chain risks.

Methodology: In this regard, we consider three aspects under SCR namely; manufacturing process risk, delivery risk, and supply risk. The study explores the relationships among supply chain risk and environmental uncertainty, and the moderating role of supply chain flexibility by employing data of 91 manufacturing companies and develop a structural equation modelling.

Results: Developing economies are contributing well in the global trade and are responsible for 50% of the generated global output. They present future prospects for economic growth and pose challenges mainly because of immature supply chain operations. Considering the critical role of emerging economies in global supply chain, such as India and China, it is also important to observe the moderating and driving supply chain risk factors in these regions. It is assumed that this study will not only fill the existing gap in the literature of SCRM but will assist researchers and practicing managers, by enabling them to fully understand certain types of supply chain flexibility, thus reducing the SCR under business environments.
INTERVENÇÃO MEDIACIONAL E PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE COM CRIANÇAS PRÉ-ESCOLARES
Authors: Moreira Kéllen Campos Castro
Published: August 2019

O Programa MISC (Mediated Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers), a Teoria da Modificabilidade Cognitiva Estrutural (MCE) e a Experiência da Aprendizagem Mediada (EAM) são abordagens capazes de promover o desenvolvimento e o ensino-aprendizagem através do uso de critérios de mediação. Os cinco critérios mediacionais foram aplicados em oficinas de educação em saúde com crianças pré-escolares. Objetiva relatar a experiência de educação em saúde com crianças pré-escolares. Foram realizadas oficinas educativas em uma escola filantrópica, com crianças de três e quatro anos, sobre temas de saúde a partir da perspectiva da intervenção mediacional. Os dados obtidos se deram através da análise das gravações em vídeo e dos desenhos realizados pelas crianças durante as oficinas. Conclui-se a pertinência da intervenção mediacional para a Promoção da Saúde e apropriação pelas crianças dos conceitos de saúde trabalhados durante as intervenções. Contudo, devido ao tamanho reduzido da amostra, novos estudos deveriam ser empreendidos.