bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Twenty-five Years of Chronic Strongyloidiasis in an Immigrant
Authors: Kalambay Junior D , Zaman Rehana , Zaman Mohammed H , Zaman Taufiq
Published: March 2017

Chronic strongyloidiasis is an infection of the tropical regions, caused by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis. In the United States, patients are typically immigrants. The very long asymptomatic phase followed by the clinical presentation of the disease mimics asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as in this case report. The inconsistency of eosinophilia and the low sensitivity of microscopic stool examination make chronic strongyloidiasis a disease that is frequently misdiagnosed in the United States. The use of corticosteroids in these misdiagnosed cases transforms chronic strongyloidiasis into disseminated strongyloidiasis or hyperacute syndrome, which leads to high mortality. Iatrogenic errors represent the essential cause of mortality due to chronic strongyloidiasis in the United States. We recommend a high index of suspicion of chronic strongyloidiasis when a physician approaches an immigrant presenting with symptoms mimicking asthma, COPD, and IBD with subcutaneous masses.
Adaptation of Maternal-Fetal Physiology to Exercise in Pregnancy: The Basis of Guidelines for Physical Activity in Pregnancy
Authors: Newton Edward R , May Linda
Published: March 2017

Only 50 years ago obstetric care providers and women had many concerns regarding whether exercise during pregnancy created a harmful competition for substrate resources between the fetus and the mother. Animal and human research in the past 50 years, which includes acute and chronic aerobic exercise during pregnancy, has a reassuring margin of safety throughout gestation in women. Maternal physiology adapts to pregnancy changes involving the cardiorespiratory and glucometabolic alterations. Due to these changes, pregnant women have slight differences in response to acute exercise sessions. Chronic exposure to aerobic exercise before and during pregnancy is associated with numerous maternal and neonatal adaptations which may have short- and long-term benefits to maternal and child health. On the basis of the consistent evidence of safety of exercise during pregnancy, multiple nations and health care organizations, including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, recommend moderate exercise for 20 to 30 minutes most days of the week. Despite the 15 to 20 years since the first recommendations were made, only 10% to 15% of pregnant women meet this recommendation. It seems there may be 2 foci for failure to achieve these exercise recommendations: patient specific and culturally driven and/or obstetric provider not recommending regular exercise due to lack of knowledge or motivation. This article addresses the provider knowledge by a review of the normal (at rest) physiologic adaptation to pregnancy. Then, we provide a detailed description of the type and intensity of controlled experiments that document the safety of exercise during pregnancy. The short- and long-term benefits are reviewed, including the safety in moderate-risk women.
“‘It will crush you like a bug’: Maternal incarceration, secondary prisonization, and children’s visitation”
Authors: Aiello Brittnie L , McCorkel Jill A
Published: March 2017

Over the last three decades, the number of children experiencing the incarceration of one or both parents has grown dramatically. Although the children of prisoners are not under legal sanction, they are nonetheless indirectly subject to the coercive apparatus of the state by virtue of their parent’s status and they are directly subject to this apparatus during their visits to correctional facilities. In this ethnographic study of a mother–child visitation program in jail, we examine secondary prisonization among children of incarcerated mothers. Previous research on secondary prisonization has focused primarily on adults, finding that contact with the prison system alters their conception self, body, moral statuses, emotions, and relationships. Our ethnographic data demonstrate that the implications of this for children are considerable. Here, we analyze secondary prisonization as it impacts children across two domains: discipline of the body and regulation of emotion.
Use of a Microcatheter to Cannulate the Contralateral Gate in Endovascular Aortic Repair
Authors: Maleux Geert , Houthoofd Sabrina , Fourneau Inge
Published: March 2017

Cannulation of the contralateral gate is a crucial step in endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) to configure a modular stent-graft. Most commonly, the contralateral gate is cannulated retrogradely using a conventional catheter and hydrophilic guide wire; if this maneuver fails, a cross-over technique or additional access in the left brachial artery in association with a contralateral femoral snare catheter may be used. A cross-over technique using a microcatheter and a contralateral snare catheter might be a valuable alternative to cannulate the contralateral gate, especially in cases where there is a partly nondeployed contralateral stent-graft limb.
‘In war-torn Spain’: The politics of Irish press coverage of the Spanish civil war
Authors: O’Brien Mark
Published: March 2017

The Spanish civil war was a conflict that acted as a touchstone for the divisions within Irish society. As a newly-independent state that was 93 per cent Catholic, reporting a conflict that involved, on the one hand, an armed rebellion against a democratically elected government, and on the other, the killing of clergy and the burning of churches, proved divisive. The decisions by Ireland’s three national newspaper titles to send correspondents to Spain only further polarized opinion as their reportage reinforced divergent opinions on the origins and meaning of the conflict. The examination, through digital archives, of the activities of these correspondents sheds new light on the experiences of war correspondents in this conflict and on the ‘newspaper war’ that sought to influence public and political opinion on it. Similarly, the reactions to these reports give an insight into how divisive the conflict was within a state seeking to bed down its own democratic institutions.
Is a short arm cast appropriate for stable distal radius fractures in patients older than 55 years? A randomized prospective multicentre study
Authors: Park M. J. , Kim J. P. , Lee H. I. , Lim T. K. , Jung H. S. , Lee J. S.
Published: March 2017

We conducted a prospective randomized, multicentre study to compare short arm and long arm plaster casts for the treatment of stable distal radius fracture in patients older than 55 years. We randomly assigned patients over the age of 55 years who had stable distal radius fracture to either a short arm or long arm plaster cast at the first review 1 week after their injury. Radiographic and clinical follow-up was conducted at 1, 3, 5, 12 and 24 weeks following their injury. Also, degree of disability caused by each cast immobilization was evaluated at the patient’s visit to remove the cast. There were no significant differences in radiological parameters between the groups except for volar tilt. Despite these differences in volar tilt, neither functional status as measured by the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand, nor visual analogue scale was significantly different between the groups. However, the mean score of disability caused by plaster cast immobilization and the incidence rate of shoulder pain were significantly higher in patients who had a long plaster cast. Our findings suggest that a short arm cast is as effective as a long arm cast for stable distal radius fractures in the elderly. Furthermore, it is more comfortable and introduces less restriction on daily activities.

Level of evidence: II
Sex-specific cardiopulmonary exercise testing indices related to hemodynamics in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Authors: Yuan Ping , Chen Tian-Xiang , Pudasaini Bigyan , Zhang Jie , Guo Jian , Zhang Si-Jin , Wang Lan , Zhao Qin-Hua , Gong Su-Gang , Jiang Rong , Wu Wen-Hui , He Jing , Liu Jin-Ming , Hu Qing-Hua
Published: March 2017

Background:

Many studies have highlighted sex preponderance in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). It is well established that there are differences in exercise capacities in the two sexes but how much of that difference reflects on disease severity or correlates to markers of severity in the two sexes is still not clear. Right heart catheterization (RHC) and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) have been widely used for assessing functional capacity, prognosis and treatment response in IPAH. We aimed to investigate the ‘sex-specific’ CPET parameters in relation to hemodynamics in IPAH.

Methods:

Data were retrieved from 30 males and 53 females [mean ± standard deviation (SD) age: 39.6 ± 17.2 and 37.5 ± 12.0] stable IPAH patients who underwent both RHC and CPET at Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital from 2010 to 2016. Univariate and forward/backward multiple stepwise regression analysis was performed to assess the prognostic value of CPET and hemodynamic parameters.

Results:

There were no significant differences in clinical variables between men and women. Peak workload, peak oxygen uptake, anaerobic threshold (AT), peak minute ventilation, carbon dioxide output, O2 pulse and oxygen uptake efficiency slope were significantly higher in men compared with women ( p < 0.05). Several CPET indexes correlated with hemodynamics. Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and cardiac output (CO) were distinctly different between the sexes. Peak end-tidal partial pressure of CO2 (PETCO2) was an independent predictor of PVR elevation in all patients and in men. Peak maximum oxygen consumption (VO2) was independently predictive of CO decline in all patients and in men. Only peak O2 pulse was an independent predictor of increased PVR and decreased CO in women.

Conclusions:

Even after adjusting for age, body mass index and World Health Organization functional class, different CPET parameters correlated with PVR elevation and CO decline in men and women differently, which could potentially better predict severity in men and women with IPAH.
Effect of the blow-up ratio on morphology and engineering properties of three-layered linear low-density polyethylene blown films
Authors: Auksornkul Suthakarn , Soontaranon Siriwat , Kaewhan Chonthicha , Prasassarakich Pattarapan
Published: March 2017

A series of linear low-density polyethylene films were produced using a three-layer co-extrusion machine. How the blow-up ratio and resin characteristics affected the final film morphology and engineering properties were studied. The crystalline morphology and orientation during the blown film process of the low-density polyethylene film were investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Increasing the blow-up ratio increased the transverse direction molecular orientation and decreased the machine direction orientation. The resulting low-density polyethylene morphology was a regular lamellar stacking parallel to the machine direction. The film morphology strongly influenced the mechanical properties. Increasing the blow-up ratio from 1.7 to 2.8 decreased the machine direction tensile strength by 14% and increased the transverse direction tensile strength up to 27% for both the low-density polyethylene/1-butene and low-density polyethylene/1-octene co-monomers, while the machine direction tear strength increased up to 36% and the transverse direction decreased by 16%. Moreover, the first and second heating characteristics from differential scanning calorimeter showed the inherent crystallinity change with increasing blow-up ratio for both the low-density polyethylene/1-octene and the low-density polyethylene/1-butene copolymer. The crystalline orientation changes induced with increasing blow-up ratio affected the film water vapor and oxygen permeability.
Transdimensional seismic inversion using the reversible jump Hamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm
Authors: Sen Mrinal K. , Biswas Reetam
Published: March 2017

Prestack or angle stack gathers are inverted to estimate pseudologs at every surface location for building reservoir models. Recently, several methods have been proposed to increase the resolution of the inverted models. All of these methods, however, require that the total number of model parameters be fixed a priori. We have investigated an alternate approach in which we allow the data themselves to choose model parameterization. In other words, in addition to the layer properties, the number of layers is also treated as a variable in our formulation. Such transdimensional inverse problems are generally solved by using the reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo (RJMCMC) approach, which is a tool for model exploration and uncertainty quantification. This method, however, has very low acceptance. We have developed a two-step method by combining RJMCMC with a fixed-dimensional MCMC called Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, which makes use of gradient information to take large steps. Acceptance probability for such a transition is also derived. We call this new method “reversible jump Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (RJHMC).” We have applied this technique to poststack acoustic impedance inversion and to prestack (angle stack) AVA inversion for estimating acoustic and shear impedance profiles. We have determined that the marginal posteriors estimated by RJMCMC and RJHMC are in good agreement. Our results demonstrate that RJHMC converges faster than RJMCMC, and it therefore can be a practical tool for inverting seismic data when the gradient can be computed efficiently.
Mitogenomes of Giant-Skipper Butterflies reveal an ancient split between deep and shallow root feeders
Authors: Zhang Jing , Cong Qian , Fan Xiao-Ling , Wang Rongjiang , Wang Min , Grishin Nick V.
Published: March 2017

Background:Giant-Skipper butterflies from the genusMegathymusare North American endemics. These large and thick-bodied Skippers resemble moths and are unique in their life cycles. Grub-like at the later stages of development, caterpillars of these species feed and live inside yucca roots. Adults do not feed and are mostly local, not straying far from the patches of yucca plants.

Methods:Pieces of muscle were dissected from the thorax of specimens and genomic DNA was extracted (also from the abdomen of a specimen collected nearly 60 years ago). Paired-end libraries were prepared and sequenced for 150bp from both ends. The mitogenomes were assembled from the reads followed by a manual gap-closing procedure and a phylogenetic tree was constructed using a maximum likelihood method from an alignment of the mitogenomes.

Results:We determined mitogenome sequences of nominal subspecies of all five known species ofMegathymusandAgathymus mariaeto confidently root the phylogenetic tree. Pairwise sequence identity indicates the high similarity, ranging from 88-96% among coding regions for 13 proteins, 22 tRNAs and 2 rRNA, with a gene order typical for mitogenomes of Lepidoptera. Phylogenetic analysis confirms that Giant-Skippers (Megathymini) originate within the subfamily Hesperiinae and do not warrant a subfamily rank. GenusMegathymusis monophyletic and splits into two species groups.M. streckeriandM. cofaquicaterpillars feed deep in the main root system of yucca plants and deposit frass underground.M. ursus,M. beulahaeandM. yuccaefeed in the yucca caudex and roots near the ground, and deposit frass outside through a "tent" (a silk tube projecting from the center of yucca plant).M. yuccaeandM. beulahaeare sister species consistently with morphological similarities between them.

Conclusions:We constructed the first DNA-based phylogeny of the genusMegathymusfrom their mitogenomes. The phylogeny agrees with morphological considerations.
The mechanism of translation
Authors: Frank Joachim
Published: March 2017

Translation of the genetic code on the ribosome into protein is a process of extraordinary complexity, and understanding its mechanism has remained one of the major challenges even though x-ray structures have been available since 2000. In the past two decades, single-particle cryo-electron microscopy has contributed a major share of information on structure, binding modes, and conformational changes of the ribosome during its work cycle, but the contributions of this technique in the translation field have recently skyrocketed after the introduction of a new recording medium capable of detecting individual electrons. As many examples in the recent literature over the past three years show, the impact of this development on the advancement of knowledge in this field has been transformative and promises to be lasting.
Calculation of Toxic Substance Burning with Formation of Combustion Products’ Vertical Supersonic Stream
Authors: Дорофеев  , Dorofeev A. , Бурцев  , Burtsev I.
Published: March 2017

A system for burning of a destroyed highly toxic substance with formation of a vertical supersonic stream of combustion products moved away to the atmosphere on considerable heights has been considered. A technique and an algorithm for conjugated gas-dynamic and thermodynamic calculation of working processes in two-zonal unit with primary burning using air in a camera similar to the one of a liquid rocket engine, and after-burning in a supersonic flow have been proposed. The technique has been approved on the examples of after-burning mathematical modeling and a parametrical research on combustion completeness influence on composition and properties of products resulting from heptyl combustion in air with after-burning in case of methane supply in the second zone.
A Dynamic Model of Health Insurance Choices and Healthcare Consumption Decisions
Authors: Mehta Nitin , Ni Jian , Srinivasan Kannan , Sun Baohong
Published: March 2017

Chronic diseases, which account for 75% of healthcare expenditure, are of particular importance in trying to understand the rapid growth of healthcare costs over the last few decades. Individuals suffering from chronic diseases can consume three types of services: secondary preventive care, which includes diagnostic tests; primary preventive care, which consists of drugs that help prevent the illness from getting worse; and curative care, which includes surgeries and expensive drugs that provide a quantum boost to the patient’s health. Although the majority of cases can be managed by preventive care, most consumers opt for more expensive curative care that leads to a substantial increase in overall costs. To examine these inefficiencies, we build a model of consumers’ annual medical insurance plan decisions and periodic consumption decisions and apply it to a panel data set. Our results indicate that there exists a sizable segment of consumers who purchase more comprehensive plans than needed because of high uncertainty vis-à-vis their health status, and that once in the plan, they opt for curative care even when their illness could be managed through preventive care. We examine how changing cost-sharing characteristics of insurance plans and providing more accurate information to consumers via secondary preventive care can reduce these inefficiencies.

Data and the Web appendix are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.2016.1021 .
ECG of the month
Authors: Regan Martin
Published: March 2017

Martin Regan presents an ECG for you to analyse
Research Roundup
Authors: Cowan Helen
Published: March 2017

Helen Cowan presents a selection of recently published articles of interest to nurses working in cardiovascular nursing. The aim of this roundup is to provide a brief overview of the research papers selected. A full reference is provided for those who wish to take a look at the research in further detail
The medical aesthetics sector continues to transition through a turbulent time
Authors: Bennett Sharon
Published: March 2017

Minimal regulation in the aesthetics sector has made many aesthetic practitioners feel aggrieved about implications for patient safety. For some, the formation of the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners, which is inclusive of health and non-health groups, has added to this discontent. Sharon Bennett makes the British Association of Cosmetic Nurses' stance clear on non-health injectors
Clinical trial sith SQ 11, 302 on acute gastroenteritis
Authors: Mangiwa J. , Agusman Suharti , Nasar Sri Sudarjati
Published: March 2017

SQ 11,302, now known as Dexacillin or Epicillin is a new semisynthetic penicillin developed by The Squibb Institute for Medical Research. It is designated chemically as 6-D-2-amino-2- (1,4-cyclohexadien-1-yl) acetamido penicillanic acid.
NeuroCar Virtual Driving Environment: Simultaneous Evaluation of Driving Skills and Spatial Perceptual-attentional Capacity
Authors: Luimula M , Hämäläinen H , Rashid Izullah F , Aho A , Koivisto M , Laine T , Qvist P , Peltola A , Pitkäkangas P
Published: March 2017

We describe here a simple, inexpensive and effective system for simultaneous evaluation of a subject's driving ability and spatial auditory and visual perception and attention. It consists of a commercial steering wheel and virtual glasses and a program for driving on a two-lane road with curvatures at about 100 km/h speed, and simultaneously reacting by pressing two buttons attached to the steering wheel to randomly delivered uni- and bilateral auditory signals via earphones and light dots appearing in the peripheral visual field. Three different difficulty levels of the task were applied in randomized counterbalanced order, each session of 2 min duration. The results of  25 young (17-45 years) and 20 elderly (47-96 years) healthy participants demonstrate  the tendency for simultaneous right side spatial perceptual/attentional bias and the left side driving bias especially in the elderly participants.
Anonymization of Court Decisions: Are Restrictions on the Right to Information in “Accordance with the Law”?
Authors: Gruodytė Edita , Milčiuvienė Saulė
Published: March 2017

In Lithuania rules for the anonymization of court decisions were introduced in 2005. These rules require automatic anonymization of all court decisions, which in the opinion of the authors violates the public interest to know and freedom of expression is unjustifiably restricted on behalf of the right to privacy. This issue covers two diametrically opposed human rights: the right to privacy and the right to information. The first question is how the balance between two equivalent rights could be reached. The second question is whether this regulation is in accordance with the law as it is established in the national Constitution and revealed by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania and developed by the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. The authors conclude that the legislator is not empowered to delegate to the Judicial Council issues which are a matter of legal regulation and suggest possible solutions evaluating practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights, and selected EU countries.
Context of the inventory management expenses in the case of planned shortages
Authors: Korponai János , Tóth Ágota Bányainé , Illés Béla
Published: March 2017

The main purpose of the paper is to present the relations between the different cost factors of the inventory management systems, and the context between the order quantities and the cost level. The theoretical approach of the model assumes a deterministic operational environment with planned shortages. We make the examination of the contexts by applying the ceteris paribus principle; we change only one cost factor from among the initial conditions at once and examine its effect on the cost level.

By using the economic order quantity with the planned shortage model, we can define the optimal order quantity, along which our stock management can be guaranteed by the most favourable cost level. The optimisation of the inventory level and the inventory management expenses together means an important factor in the competitiveness of the company. During the definition of the optimal inventory level of purchased parts, the purchasing and stock holding costs, and also the consequence of shortages play an important role. The presentation of the specific expense factors in each other’s function, and the representation of the onetime order expenses show their proportion compared to each other and the effect of their change on the total cost, and define the opportunities of the optimisation. The significance of the model is that it represents the level line of costs, the movement of the different cost factors in relation to others and their operating mechanism. Thus, it facilitates the representation of costs and the definition of the direction of optimisation.
Death scene investigation: parents’ experiences
Authors: Heltne Unni , Dyregrov Atle , Dyregrov Kari
Published: March 2017

This article presents the results of a study undertaken to evaluate how parents experience voluntary Death Scene Investigation (DSI) in their homes. In total, 35 parents were interviewed using semi-structured qualitative interview guidelines developed for this project. These focused on the parents’: 1) appraisal of information provided prior to the DSI and motivation for participating in the study, 2) experience of, and reactions to the DSI, and 3) thoughts and reactions following the DSI. The evaluation shows that performing a DSI is an important part of providing good care for bereaved parents following Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. If such an investigation is undertaken by professionals with extensive professional knowledge and experience in meeting bereaved parents in an empathic and caring manner, it can be a positive experience for parents, and help support them in coping with the painful death of their infant.
Study regarding the development of agility skills of students aged between 10 and 12 years old
Authors: Sopa Ioan Sabin , Pomohaci Marcel
Published: March 2017

Physical education classes, at primary school level, are based on developing psychomotor skills, out of which the most important are coordination and speed. At this age, skills like coordination, speed or the two combined, namely agility, are developed the best. Agility is an important characteristic of motor development, a quality needed to maintain and control body position while changing direction.

Our study focuses on a primary school class that practices physical education and we tried to see how they develop their combined coordination and speed skills. We choose to use a set of six agility tests that analyze the main components of agility like speed of movement, lateral movement, balance, coordination: Illinois Agility, Agility T-test, Agility Cone, Box Drill, AFL Agility, Arrowhead agility test and so on. After using some specific programs to develop speed and coordination we used the same tests and saw the improved results. We had two groups that we worked with, first group, the experimental group, included 16 students (age 10±1.3 years; body mass 40.3±5.4 kg; body height 142.3±5.1); the control group, included 19 students (age 10±1.6 years; body mass 43.6±3.4 kg; body height 138.5±4.7).

Results showed that the experimental group developed skills like speed, coordination and agility easier than the other group. Statistically significant differences were determined within the experimental group both in the initial and in the final tests (p<0.05), also significant differences were discovered between the experimental and the control group in the final measurement (p<0.05).

Conclusions. The Hypothesis of this study was confirmed - participation of young children in special programs for developing agility skills can prove to be very constructive for their future by developing skills like speed, coordination, lateral movement etc.
Evaluation of some physical fitness characteristics at age 11 to 13
Authors: Popovici Ileana-Monica , Popescu Lucian , Radu Liliana-Elisabeta
Published: March 2017

Many studies indicate that an adequate physical fitness is an important marker for a healthy body and a healthy mind. The aim of the study was investigate the level of physical fitness of students aged 11-13. Depending on the results, we will determine the type of measures to propose in order to improve the obtained data.

251 volunteer students participated in this research, including 95 boys and 156 girls aged 11 to 13, who participated in the physical education class two times a week. Subjects underwent six anthropometric characteristics and five physical tests. For the statistical analysis the mean, standard deviation, and multiple comparisons were used in order to find the differences between genders, using Anova and Bonferoni Test for differences between certain age groups. Anthropometric measurements included height, weight, arm span, waist, hip, body mass index and physical testing as agility, balance and strength.

The findings suggest some differences between male and female subjects, as well as between age groups, namely boys obtained higher mean results compared to girls.
Postural differences of volleyball players
Authors: Borozan Ion-Silviu , Grădinaru Sorin , Miron Paul , Puta Tiberiu , Bota Eugen
Published: March 2017

Aim: The paper’s purpose is to determine the existence of differences in anthropometric and postural characteristics in specific sport branches, in this case, to find the ergonomic posture for athletes in the area of volleyball. Differences can be used by professional teams and sport clubs in the selection of new athletes, in improving performance monitoring for the active athletes and in determining specific ergonomic position for each sport.

Materials and methods: Participants included in the study were seven active athletes (all male volleyball representatives) aged 16 to 23. They had been involved in a series of non-invasive tests using a postural baro-podometric electronic platform consisting of a pressure plate with 6400 active sensors. This unit examines the pressure orthostatic bipedal (static exam) and balance (stabilometric exam) using Miletrix 2.0 software exams that have produced a number of parameters and indicators. After analyzing and comparing the obtained parameters, analytical and graphical differences were observed between the volleyball athletes’ in regard to posture.

Results: The differences occur because of various exercises used in motor development and specific skills needed in each sport.

Conclusion: Proving these differences by using a small number of indicators and parameters, applied on just 7 athletes included in the study, opens new ways and offers new opportunities for further scientific analysis of this field, with the final goal of being able to suggest the best suitable sport for an individual based only on a few, fast, non-invasive measurements, able to tell if an individual suits the ergonomic posture specific for that certain sport.
Attachment and Reflective Functioning in Women With Borderline Personality Disorder
Authors: Badoud Deborah , Prada Paco , Nicastro Rosetta , Germond Charlotte , Luyten Patrick , Perroud Nader , Debbané Martin
Published: March 2017

Insecure attachment and impairments in reflective functioning (RF) are thought to play a critical role in borderline personality disorder (BPD). In particular, the mentalization-based model argues that insecure attachment indirectly accounts for increased BPD features, notably via disruption of RF capacities. Although the mediation relationship between attachment, RF, and BPD is supported by previous evidence, it remains to be directly tested in adults with BPD. In the current study, a sample of 55 female adult BPD patients and 105 female healthy controls completed a battery of self-report measures to investigate the interplay between attachment, RF capacities, and BPD clinical status. Overall, the results showed that BPD patients pre- dominantly reported insecure attachment, characterized by negative internal working models of the self as unlovable and unimportant to others, and decreased RF abilities. Our findings further indicated that actual RF capacities mediated the relationships between adult insecure attachment and BPD clinical status.
Ten-year chemical signatures associated with long-range transport observed in the free troposphere over the central North Atlantic
Authors: Zhang B. , Owen R. C. , Perlinger J. A. , Helmig D. , Val Martín M. , Kramer L. , Mazzoleni L. R. , Mazzoleni C.
Published: March 2017

Ten-year observations of trace gases at Pico Mountain Observatory (PMO), a free troposphere site in the central North Atlantic, were classified by transport patterns using the Lagrangian particle dispersion model, FLEXPART. The classification enabled identifying trace gas mixing ratios associated with background air and long- range transport of continental emissions, which were defined as chemical signatures. Comparison between the chemical signatures revealed the impacts of natural and anthropogenic sources, as well as chemical and physical processes during long transport,on air composition in the remote North Atlantic. Transport of North American anthropogenic emissions(NA-Anthro) and summertime wildfire plumes (Fire) significantly enhanced CO and O3 at PMO. Summertime CO enhancements caused by NA-Anthro were found to have been decreasing by a rate of 0.67 ± 0.60 ppbv/year in the ten-year period, due possibly to reduction of emissions in North America. Downward mixing from the upper troposphere and stratosphere due to the persistent Azores-Bermuda anticyclone causes enhanced O3 and nitrogen oxides. The d[O3]/d [CO] value was used to investigate O3 sources and chemistry in different transport patterns. The transport pattern affected by Fire had the lowest d [O3]/d [CO], which was likely due to intense CO production and depressed O3 production in wildfire plumes. Slightly enhanced O3 and d [O3]/d [CO] were found in the background air, suggesting that weak downward mixing from the upper troposphere is common at PMO. Enhancements of both butane isomers were found during upslope flow periods, indicating contributions from local sources. The consistent ratio of butane isomers associated with the background air and NA-anthro implies no clear difference in the oxidation rates of the butane isomers during long transport. Based on observed relationships between non-methane hydrocarbons, the averaged photochemical age of the air masses at PMO was estimated to be 11 ± 4 days.
Contribuição ao estudo das plantas medicinais no Estado de Alagoas V
Authors: Campelo Cornélio Ramalho
Published: March 2017

O nosso trabalho é mais uma etapa, a quinta, do estudo sobre as plantas medicinais, ocorrentes no Estado de Alagoas. Várias excursões foram feitas, a fim de coletar espécies, utilizadas na medicina caseira. Os espécimens coletados foram preparados, identificados e incorporados ao Herbario "Professor Honorio Monteiro" (MUFAL) da Universidade Federal de Alagoas. O estudo das plantas medicinais, abrangendo famílias, nomes científicos e vulgares e a descrição sucinta para cada espécie, bem como o uso medicinal e a posologia, foi feito com auxílio de bibliografias especializadas no assunto. Foram estudadas as seguintes espécies, consideradas medicinais: Allium ascalonicum L. (cebola-branca); Astronium urundeuva (Fr. All.) Engl. (aroeira-do-sertão); Cecropia sp. (imbáuba); Coix lacryma-jobi L. (capim-de-contas); Daucus carota L. (cenoura); Eucalyptus citriodora Hook. (eucalípto); Eugenia jambosa L. (jambo-rosa); Eugenia malaccensis L. (jambo-roxo); Genipa americana L. (genipapo); Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. (mutamba); Helianthus annuusL. (girassol); Hedychium coronarium Koening (lírio-do-brejo); Imperata brasiliensis Trin. (capim-sapê); Jatropha curcas L. (pinhão-manso) Melocactus bahiensis (Brit. et Rose) Luetzelb. (coroa-de-frade), Monniera trifolia L. (alfavaca-de-cobra), Pithecollobium avaremotemo Mart. (bordão-de-velho); Polygonum persicaria L. (erva-de-bicho); Solidago microglossa DC. (erva-lanceta) e Syzygium jambolana DC. (azeitona).
Entre o risco e a leveza - dois poetas brasileiros contemporâneos
Authors: Lins Vera
Published: March 2017

O artigo trata de dois poetas contemporâneos que na sua linguagem procuram um outro tipo de pensamento, que articule outras possibilidades de real. Críticos da realidade tal como está estruturada no mundo contemporâneo, sua poesia é interrogação e questionamento.
Between prophecies and prognoses: Januário da Cunha Barbosa, slavery, and the future of the nation (1830-1836)
Authors: Ferretti Danilo José Zioni
Published: March 2017

This article aims at understanding the role played by the discussions about slavery and slave trafficking in the literate culture of Brazil in the 19th century, especially regarding the forms of figuring out the future of the nation. The way Canon Januário da Cunha Barbosa, an important politician and an illustrated intellectual, related projections of the future of the nation and treated the slavery issue (from 1830 to 1836) is analyzed. We discuss the use of projection modalities: prophecy and prognosis. Through them, Januário was involved in political discussions regarding the end of slave trafficking, and made political use of the Malê Revolt and Haitianism. The constitution of a horizon of antislavery expectation is indicated by the Canon, which is seen as one of the reasons to create the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute (1838).
Diversas abordagens conceituais sobre o trabalho em rede
Authors: Rufino Alexandra Cronemberger , Bonfim Washington Luís De Sousa
Published: March 2017

Diversas abordagens conceituais sobre o trabalho em rede. Rede é uma forma de interação social e organizacional em que se formam laços entre indivíduos e/ou instituições para o alcance de um objetivo comum. Este artigo apresenta as várias abordagens conceituais possíveis para o termo rede, as quais dependem da área de conhecimento e do contexto em que as redes estejam inseridas. Além disso, demonstra que elas assumem diversas tipologias, dependendo dos atores envolvidos em sua formação e dos laços que os unem. Para tanto, realizou-se uma revisão bibliográfica que permitiu abarcar todos os universos propostos. Por fim, foram demonstradas as conclusões, em que ficou evidente a importância e as facilidades da utilização das redes atualmente, mas também, que esta forma de associação não está imune às críticas nem livre de tensões.

Palavras-chave: Rede. Associação. Tensão.
La calidad de vida infantil y sus dimensiones: percepción de escolares
Authors: Fiuza Fialho Lia Machado , Santana José Rogério , Brandenburg Cristine
Published: March 2017

Resumen:

El estudio pretende evaluar la Calidad de Vida (CV) percibida de escolares, identificar la relevancia de sus dimensiones desde la óptica de niños de escuela pública y particular en Fortaleza-CE, y determinar si la dimensión Rendimiento Escolar se relacionaba con la CV. Participaron 90 niños, entre ocho y once años, que realizaron dos tareas: contestar al cuestionario AUQEI (Manificat & Dazord, 1997) y efectuar el ordenamiento de dimensiones de CV. También fue correlacionado el rendimiento escolar com la puntuación final del AUQEI. Fue comprovado que la CV de los niños fue satisfactoria aunque con diferencia significativa a favor de los niños de la escuela particular, las dimensiones más relevantes para todos los escolares fueron: Rendimiento, Bienestar Físico y Emocional y Relaciones Interpersonales, con diferencias al analizar las preferencias por tipo de escuela; no hubo relación entre Rendimiento escolar y el puntaje final de CV.
Intervenções genéticas em seres humanos: aspectos éticos e jurídicos
Authors: Uhry Lauxen Elis Cristina , Goldim José Roberto
Published: March 2017

Os avanços da biotecnologia podem gerar crescentes e significativas transformações na vida e na saúde de seres humanos. Em que pese os relevantes benefícios que advêm do uso das respectivas técnicas, os riscos inerentes e o desconhecimento de limites são motivos de inquietações e divergências, especialmente no que diz respeito às intervenções genéticas. Exemplo recente é o uso do sistema CRISPR-Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats – Cas9 associated) para introduzir mutações específicas no genoma humano. O presente artigo tem como escopo abranger aspectos éticos e jurídicos que permeiam a medicina genética corretiva. Para desenvolver o objetivo proposto, utilizamos o método qualitativo de abordagem, mediante pesquisa documental sobre o assunto. Como resultado, apuramos a importância da (des)construção de parâmetros para nortear o desenvolvimento e a implementação das técnicas de intervenção na genética humana, de modo a promover maior segurança à pesquisa e à humanidade.
A legitimação da intolerância nas declarações do pastor Silas Malafaia
Authors: Gabatz Celso
Published: March 2017

A lógica que configura a composição do quadro doutrinário neopentecostal supõe uma nova cartografia discursiva marcada pela fragmentação das subjetividades. Enseja uma compreensão capaz de abarcar uma religiosidade que concebe o mundo em tensão permanente entre os espíritos ou demônios causadores do mal e da desordem e os deuses associados ao bem e a ordem. A religiosidade neopentecostal se articula e amolda, em grande medida, com base em um discurso acusatório que deriva dessa sua capacidade de tocar, atingir, incorporar e reorientar alguns elementos presentes no universo simbólico de referência da população brasileira. A intolerância religiosa se delineia através da batalha espiritual já não mais circunscrita à esfera espiritual, mas, cotidianamente, exacerbada pelos discursos beligerantes, sobretudo em relação ao homossexualismo e ao aborto, como os protagonizados pelo pastor Silas Malafaia. O artigo pretende aprofundar a perspectiva dos direitos humanos, as questões inerentes às minorias e grupos vulneráveis, o preconceito suscitado pela violência simbólica e a retórica do preconceito alicerçado pela crítica pública com nuances fundamentalistas.
Pathogenetic bases and efficacy of slow calcium channel blockers in the therapy of recurrent peptic ulcer disease associated with hypertension
Authors: Fomina L A , Chernin V V
Published: March 2017

Aim. To clarify blood calcium concentrations (BCCs) as an indicator of the functional state of the calcium-regulating system in the concomitant course of recurrent peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and hypertension, by comparing with the severity of a ulcerous process, with changes in regional microcirculation, and with the functions of the stomach. To elucidate the pathogenetic justification for and clinical efficacy of slow calcium channel blockers (SCCBs) in the treatment of this comorbidity. Subjects and methods. In the case-control study, each patient with recurrent PUD and grade 1, Stage I hypertension (Group 1; n=23) corresponded to a recurrent PUD patient matched for sex, age, and ulcer site (Group 2, n=23). The complex of treatment for these patients included the SCCB nifedipine. A control group consisted of 56 recurrent PUD patients who received combination therapy without nifedipine. All the patients over time underwent clinical and endoscopic examinations and determinations of BCCs, indicators of gastric secretory and motor functions, and regional microcirculation in the gastroduodenal mucosal biopsy specimens. Results. Recurrent PUD was present with a reliable BCC increase that was more substantial when it was associated with hypertension. Calcium imbalance was accompanied by changes in regional microcirculation and gastric secretory and motor functional indicators forming an acid peptic factor, as well as by hypermotor dyskinesia, which were more pronounced in patients with comorbidity. Incorporation of a SCCB into a complex of therapy for recurrent PUD to eliminate the pathogenic effect of blood calcium contributed to more rapid arrest of the clinical symptoms of a recurrence, to elimination of acute-phase microcirculatory disorders in the gastroduodenal zone, and to the recovery of gastric functional indicators. Elevated blood pressure was ruled out during the therapy of concomitant diseases. Conclusion. Incorporation of a SCCB into the combination therapy of recurrent PUD associated with hypertension is pathogenetically sound and clinically effective.
Diabetes mellitus and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: The verges of contingency
Authors: Bakulin I G , Sandler Yu G , Vinnitskayа E V , Keiyan V A , Rodionova S V , Rotin D L
Published: March 2017

Aim. To estimate the incidence of hepatic steatosis (HS) and liver fibrosis (LF) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), by applying the noninvasive techniques of liver fibroelastometry (LFE) and a battery of fibrotests (FTs); to determine their diagnostic value and to identify factors influencing the development of LF. Subjects and methods. A comprehensive examination was made in 82 diabetic patients (mean age, 56.7±12.7 years; p=0.033). The data were statistically evaluated using ROC curve analysis, correlation and single-factor analyses of variance, and multiple logistic regression analysis. Results. FTs and LFE revealed that the DM patients had liver cirrhosis (LC) (METAVIR F4) in 12 (14.6%) and 15 (18.2%) patients, respectively. Those showed clinically significant fibrosis (METAVIR fibrosis stages F2-3) in 19 (23.1%) and 23 (28%) patients, respectively. Varying degrees of HS were present in 79 (96.3%) patients. LFE and FTs demonstrated comparable results in detecting LC (the area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUROC), 0.83 and 0.81, respectively). The development of LF is influenced by factors, such as the degree of HS, obesity, the activity of an inflammatory process, and the level of alanine aminotransferase and α2-macroglobulin. Conclusion. Diabetic patients are at high risk for NAFLD to develop LF and LC. LFE and FTs showed a comparably high accuracy in the diagnosis of LC in patients with DM and these may be used for screening. With allowance made for the existing risk factors of LF and LC, it is necessary to identify groups of patients with DM for further examination and follow-up. Patients who are diagnosed with stage F4 should be examined carefully to evaluate concurrent diseases and to make liver biopsy.
De novo transcriptome assembly workflow v1
Authors: Mamrot Jared , Roxane Legaie not provided , Stacey J Ellery not provided , Trevor Wilson not provided , Torsten Seemann not provided , David Gardner not provided , David W Walker not provided , Peter Temple-Smith not provided , Anthony T Papenfuss not provided , Hayley Dickinson not provided
Published: March 2017

This protocol describesthe production ofa reference-qualityde novotranscriptome assembly for the spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus).These methods can be applied to other RNA-Seq datasets to generate high-quality transcriptome assemblies in other species.Validation and description of assembly output is described in 'De novo transcriptome assembly for the spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus)'bioRxiv, p.076067.