bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fat content of striped mice decreased during the breeding season but not during the food-restricted dry season
Authors: Rimbach Rebecca , Blanc Stéphane , Zahariev Alexandre , Robin Jean-Patrice , Pillay Neville , Schradin Carsten
Published: November 2019

Individuals that are capable of accumulating appropriate fat stores are assumed to have selective advantages when food becomes scarce. Similar to species from temperate zones, some species inhabiting arid areas accumulate fat stores prior to periods of food limitation. Yet, we have little knowledge concerning seasonal variation in body composition and the relationship between fat store size and disappearance risk in species from arid habitats. Using the water dilution method, we examined the body composition of African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) living in a seasonal habitat with a long food-restricted dry season. We tested for seasonal changes in body composition (N=159 measurements of 113 individuals) and whether dry season survival was related to fat mass (N=66 individuals). Fat stores were similar in size at the onset and the end of the dry season, but surprisingly smaller at the onset of the moist breeding season. Fat stores showed a negative relationship with food availability. Individual variation in fat stores was not associated with disappearance risk, but there was a positive association of disappearance risk with body mass. Increased disappearance risk of heavy individuals suggests elevated dispersal rates in competitive individuals. This study suggests that non-breeding philopatric striped mice do not accumulate large fat stores prior to the food-limited dry season but that they might mobilize fat stores at the onset of the breeding season to satisfy the energetic demands of reproduction and/ or to decrease costs associated with larger fat stores such as increased predation risk.
Guidance on the use of MRI for treatment planning in radiotherapy clinical trials
Authors: Johnstone Robert I , Guerrero-Urbano Teresa , Michaelidou Andriana , Greener Tony , Miles Elizabeth , Eaton David , Thomas Christopher
Published: November 2019

The aim of this article is to propose meaningful guidance covering the technical and safety issues involved when designing or conducting radiotherapy clinical trials that use MRI for treatment planning. The complexity of imaging requirements will depend on the trial aims, design and MRI methods used.

The use of MRI within the RT pathway is becoming more prevalent and clinically appropriate as access to MRI increases, treatment planning systems become more versatile and potential indications for MRI-planning in RT are documented. Novel MRI-planning opportunities are often initiated and validated within clinical trials.

The guidance in this document is intended to assist researchers designing RT clinical trials involving MRI, so that they may provide sufficient information about the appropriate methods to be used for image acquisition, post-processing and quality assurance such that participating sites complete MRI to consistent standards. It has been produced in collaboration with the National Radiotherapy Trials Quality Assurance Group (RTTQA).

As the use of MRI in RT is developed, it is highly recommended for researchers writing clinical trial protocols to include imaging guidance as part of their clinical trial documentation covering the trial-specific requirements for MRI procedures. Many of the considerations and recommendations in this guidance may well apply to MR-guided treatment machines, where clinical trials will be crucial. Similarly, many of these recommendations will apply to the general use of MRI in RT, outside of clinical trials.

This document contains a large number of recommendations, not all of which will be relevant to any particular trial. Designers of RT clinical trials must therefore take this into account. They must also use their own judgement as to the appropriate compromise between accessibility of the trial and its technical rigour.
MODERN FINANCIAL SYSTEM AS A BIFURCTION OF A NONLINEAR DYNAMIC SYSTEM
Authors: Байгузина Люза , Bayguzina Lyuza
Published: November 2019

The purpose of the article is to consider the theoretical foundations of the synergetic effect in the financial and credit system. The current globalization of the world crisis as an economic phenomenon affects all spheres of social and economic life. It turned out that the linear approaches to the methodology of studying and forecasting changes in the financial sector, inherent in the classical economic theory, no longer work, so the use of a nonlinear approach to study the development of the financial and credit system is extremely relevant. Due to the nonlinearity, it is possible to study in detail all the changes that take place in the economic system of Russia taking into account the external environment. But the problem arises, how to identify nonlinear processes in the financial and credit sphere? This is a question of synergistic economics. For the analysis, the author chose the methodology of synergetics, which is based on the theory of self-organization, self-disorganization and self-management of complex systems. The author considers the formation of a synergistic effect, bifurcation of a nonlinear dynamic system and the development of new attractors in relation to the financial sphere
Putting Identification in Motion: A Dynamic View of Organizational Identification
Authors: Bednar Jeffrey S. , Galvin Benjamin M. , Ashforth Blake E. , Hafermalz Ella
Published: November 2019

Building on work at the individual and organizational levels suggesting that an individual’s self-concept and an organization’s identity are dynamic, we relax the generally held assumption that perceptions of organizational identification are perceived as relatively stable over time and highlight the importance of understanding the perceived dynamism in members’ relationships with their organizations over broader time horizons. We introduce various identification trajectories—a member’s current perception of how his or her identification has evolved and will evolve over time—and investigate the sense of momentum that characterizes these trajectories. We also generate theory about the different action tendencies created by various types of trajectories and examine their influence on cognition, affect, and behavior in the present. Our theoretical model helps to explain why two members of the same organization with similar degrees of identification in the present might think, feel, and behave quite differently. In addition, our theoretical perspective enables us to understand why high (or low) identifiers might display cognition, affect, and behavior typically associated with low (or high) degrees of identification.
Analysis of Indonesian Language Learning Obstacles in Primary Schools
Authors: Farizi Muhammad Fathan Al , Sudiyanto Sudiyanto , Hartono Hartono
Published: November 2019

Learning Indonesian in elementary schools can help students get to know themselves, their culture and other cultures, express ideas, participate in society, and discover and use the analytical and imaginative abilities that are present in them. In the implementation of Indonesian language learning there are many gaps, so it is less able to achieve the specified learning objectives to the maximum. This research was conducted in class 5 of Totosari Elementary School No. 102 Surakarta, Indonesia. The purpose of this research is to explore obstacles in the process of learning Indonesian in elementary schools. This research uses a case study approach. Data collection was carried out by observing the Indonesian learning process, interviewing, and examining the average student test scores. The collected data were analyzed using interactive analysis according to Miles and Huberman. The results of his research are 1) The teacher has not used the media in the learning process especially Indonesian Language learning; 2) Learning is carried out is still conventional; 3) Students in learning tend to memorize subject matter. Through learning innovations that are in accordance with the characteristics of elementary school students are expected to be able to create meaningful learning.
How does US college students’ sense of life purpose relate to their emotional expectations of being a volunteer in the community as part of a service-learning course?
Authors: Moran Seana , Garcia Randi
Published: November 2019

INTRODUCTION. Few studies consider how purpose in life predicts emotions related to community service in college courses even though a purpose in life, a “compass” for finding opportunities to make meaningful prosocial contributions, should motivate students to serve. METHOD. Multilevel structural equation modeling estimated direct and indirect effects of survey responses regarding students’ past service experience, sense of purpose, and searching for purpose on their emotional expectations for service-learning before starting. RESULTS. Controlling for age, gender, extrinsic motivation, and characteristics of universities and courses, students’ past service experience and two purpose variables positively related to expected positive emotions toward service work, mediated through both students’ helping identity and intrinsic motivation to serve. Only sense of purpose was associated with higher intrinsic motivation, which was associated with lower expected negative emotions. DISCUSSION. Considering students’ life purpose may stimulate intrinsic motivation and schemas of being a helping person, which could contribute to positive emotions toward community service even before the service work begins.
Meaningful practices: The contemporary relevance of traditional making for sustainable material futures
Authors: Walker Stuart , Evans Martyn , Mullagh Louise
Published: November 2019

This article explores the relationship between design for sustainability and traditional making practices. It presents results from key informant interviews and observational research into traditional hand making of functional goods in Santa Fe in the United States, Jingdezhen, China, various locations in New South Wales, Australia and Cumbria, United Kingdom. We find that such goods fall into three main categories, primarily utilitarian, symbolic and aesthetic. These practices are discussed in terms of their contemporary relevance, potential futures and relationship to current understandings of sustainability. More specifically, they are considered against the four elements of the Quadruple Bottom Line of Design for Sustainability (), a rigorous interpretation extended from the philosophy of , which comprises: practical meaning including environmental impacts; social meaning; personal meaning; and economic means. The originality of this research lies in the development of new arguments and insights with regard to the complex issues of design for sustainability and traditional making practices. Significantly, we find that many of these practices are intellectually consistent with broad, contemporary understandings of design for sustainability. However, we also find that it is often not easy to reconcile these practices with modern consumer culture. Our research shows that pursuing these practices part-time for their own sake, rather than for primarily commercial reasons can often facilitate the pursuit of excellence and the continuation of cultural traditions.
The permanency of film festivals: Archiving the changing India
Authors: Acciari Monia
Published: November 2019

Time and space are two dimensions that define a film festival in relation to duration, cultural, social, urban and political relations to the event. While the notion of space is well documented by the literature on film festivals, the idea of time is merely connected to the length of the event, mostly defined as volatile in nature. The overall aim of this article is to present an understanding of film festivals as multifaceted sociocultural and historical events beyond the idea of volatility that is naturally conferred to them. The idea of diverse intersecting temporalities is explored in this article by observing curated units of a festival – commemorative events – as loci to uncover the distinctive connotations of a changing nation. Time in film festival is discussed here not only as a dimension defining the length of the event, but also as an active element able to present history, moments of remembrance and renegotiate and contextualize current political and social instances. Hence, it is argued that festivals can be considered within the broad debate of archive a counter-archive, in which history and documents (the films) become channels to reassess the everyday social life of India, and shape a renovated image of the nation.
The logic structure deriving Lorentz transformation
Authors: Hu Chang-Wei , Shi Zhi-Heng
Published: November 2019

The Lorentz transformation derivation process of three different logics is shown and analyzed and compared. It is found that in the process of deriving the Lorentz transformation, the principle of the invariance of the speed of light can be used as a precondition, also can be a result of a logical reasoning. The different derivation methods of the Lorentz transformation will show different logical structures, giving different revelations, but they have intrinsic consistency, instant space-times uniformity and symmetry.
Optimizing Suitable Conditions for the Removal of Ammonium Nitrogen by a Microbe Isolated from Chicken Manure
Authors: Zhang Yan , Fu Chun-Yan , Li Xin-Hua , Yan Pei-Pei , Shi Tian-Hong , Wu Jia-Qiang , Wei Xiang-Fa , Liu Xue-Lan
Published: November 2019

Strain C was isolated from chicken manure, and its phenotypic characteristics were gram-stain negative, yellow-pigmented, aerobic bacterium, heterotrophic, non-motile, chemoorganotrophic, non-gliding as well as non-spore-forming. A 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain C occupied a distinct lineage within the family of the genus Chryseobacterium, and it shared highest sequence similarity with Chryseobacterium solincola strain 1YB-R12 (80%). The new isolate has been studied for removing ammonium-nitrogen (NH4-N) and the optimization of suitable conditions. The strain C was able to degrade over 42.8% of NH4-N during its active growth cycle. Experimental study of the effect of temperature and pH on NH4-N removal showed that the temperature and pH optima for NH4-N removal were 30–35℃ and 4–8, respectively. The results indicated that strain C shows a potential application for wastewater treatment.
Effects of Fluoride and Sulphate Mineralizers on the Properties of Reconstructed Steel Slag
Authors: Xu Ying , Yang Shan-shan , Wang Qiao-ling , Hu Chen-guang
Published: November 2019

Improving the cementitious activity and volume stability of steel slag by thermal reconstruction is an innovative method for efficient utilization of steel slag. In this study, different amounts of CaF2 and CaSO4 were added to steel slag as a mineralizer based on the determining admixtures needed for the reconstruction reaction, and the effects of CaF2 and CaSO4 on the cementitious activity and volume stability of the reconstructed steel slag were investigated. The results show that when the CaF2 content is increased to 5 wt%, the cementitious activity index of the reconstructed steel slag gradually increases to 92%, which is 12% higher than the first level technical requirement specified by the national standards, and the free CaO (f - CaO) and MgO (f-MgO) contents gradually decrease to 0.35 and 0.13 wt%, respectively. With increasing CaSO4 content, the cementitious activity index first increases and then decreases, while the contents of f -CaO and f-MgO show the opposite trend. When the CaSO4 content is 2 wt%, the activity index is 105%,which is 25%higher than the first level technical requirement specified by the national standards, and the f -CaO and f-MgO contents reach minima of 0.44 and 0.35 wt%, respectively.
Vom Spitzen- zum Spezialbedarf
Authors: Kreusch Julia , Röschlein Jens
Published: November 2019

Der Beitrag problematisiert eingangs den in den Richtlinien für die Fachinformationsdienste (FID) eingeführten Leitbegriff „Spitzenbedarf“ und dessen Ablösung durch „Spezialbedarf“. In der Zusammenfassung der Evaluierungsergebnisse des Förderprogramms werden sowohl Bandbreite als auch Kernbereiche der entwickelten Services dargestellt. Am Beispiel des FID Erziehungswissenschaft und Bildungsforschung wird die dort vorgenommene Umsetzung der Programmvorgaben beschrieben. Abschließend wird ein Ausblick auf die Weiterentwicklung des Förderprogramms gegeben.
Assessment of cardiac risk in chronic asymptomatic alcoholics using blood pressure and electrocardiogram, and the relation with duration of drinking
Authors: Iyer Shruti , Omprakash Abirami
Published: November 2019

Background

The Global Status Report 2017 reveals that 11% of Indians indulge in binge drinking. Chronic alcohol intake may lead to cardiac problems and hypertension. The aim of this study was to evaluate cardiovascular risk among asymptomatic chronic alcoholics.

Methods

A total of 80 asymptomatic chronic alcoholics of South Indian origin, from the psychiatry ward of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, India were diagnosed with alcohol dependence syndrome(ADS). Group I includes alcoholics for 10 years or less and group II includes alcoholics for more than 10 years. Alcohol consumption was measured using the DSM IV criteria. Blood pressure (BP) and electrocardiographic (ECG) data were measured on admission and 2 weeks later. The paired t-test compared a significant outcome of the two sets of data at p ≤ 0.05 level of significance.

Results

Forty percent of the patients were found to be hypertensive and only 2.5% were found to be pre-hypertensive on admission. The mean age of the hypertensives was 46.9 and nonhypertensives was 42.1 The difference in the BP evaluated after 2 weeks was staggering – systolic BP had a mean fall of 6.1 mm Hg (p < 0.001) and diastolic BP 2.25 mm Hg (p = 0.001). The electrocardiogram results showed significant changes like left ventricular hypertrophy, abnormal T waves, and QT prolongation.

Conclusions

Chronic alcoholism is a major criterion for heart abnormalities such as elevated BP and left ventricular enlargement, and our study supports this as we see that alcohol consumption for more than 10 years shows significant deterioration. Further clinical observations and long-term prospective studies are needed to confirm these observations.
Das palimpsestische Selbst. Zur Genese, Struktur, Darstellung und Vermittlung von personaler Identität nach Sören Kierkegaard
Authors: Engmann Matthias
Published: November 2019

This article examines the subjective structure and genesis of personal identity in (some of) Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous writings. Based on a structural analysis of self-awareness (here, in particular, the category of existential becoming, the social embeddedness of the individual and the irreducible fact of mediation of personal identity), the main thesis is that, according to Kierkegaard, personal identity can best be described as a constant interweaving of hypertextual and intertextual layers. Accordingly, the central metaphor of palimpsest is used in order to account for the self-relation as an overwriting process, realized by a constant self-reinterpretation of the individual. The article focuses on certain structural, existential, hermeneutic, and semiotic key aspects of such an interpretation.
A Prompter’s Play? Kierkegaard’s Puzzling Portrait of Authorial Withdrawal in “An Occasional Discourse”
Authors: Damgaard Iben
Published: November 2019

Kierkegaard portrays his role as an author with the image of a prompter in “An Occasional Discourse” of 1847. A prompter in the theatre whispers not his own words, but a text by someone else already familiar to the actors on stage. This raises the question as to which text Kierkegaard is prompting. I seek to answer the question through a close reading of his imagery of authorial withdrawal in this discourse in connection with his repeated description of his writings as readings of the original text of individual human existence-relationships, the old familiar text handed down from the fathers.
Weird Allies? Kierkegaard and Object-Oriented Ontology
Authors: Wilde Niels
Published: November 2019

This paper examines the connection between Kierkegaard’s philosophy of existence and Graham Harman’s object-oriented ontology. The claim is that Harman’s position provides a conceptual apparatus that can beneficially address some basic ontological points in Kierkegaard about actuality, the self and the reality of individual subsisting mind-independent entities. On the other hand, Kierkegaard’s emphasis on the human self as a place situated in existence can provide a supplement to Harman’s realism which implicitly relies on topological notions. If we define an entity, in a broad sense of the term, as something in its own right irreducible to its being-in-a-relation, but we do not want to end up in a frozen universe of isolated monads, we must revisit the notion of relationality in terms of vicarious causation (Harman) or indirect communication (Kierkegaard).
“Out into the Middle of Life”: The Age of Disintegration and Ecological Perspectives in Kierkegaard’s Thought
Authors: Ryan Bartholomew
Published: November 2019

This essay is an attempt to link aspects of Kierkegaard’s experimental writings with new contemporary ecological perspectives which—in the act of interpenetration—are fusing philosophy, science, literature, anthropology, political thought, new economic perspectives, and visual and sound media, in order to open up new ways to live and flourish on a damaged planet—in our “age of disintegration.” I present Kierkegaard’s diagnosis of his time as “the age of disintegration” (from 1848) as something that can be connected to the contemporary socio-political conditions in late modernity, and to the new epoch on the horizon which we are now experiencing. I interpret Kierkegaard’s expression “out into the middle of life” as the kernel of Kierkegaard’s authorship of interruption and unsettling. I argue it can be implicitly included in aspects of ecological perspectives offered by innovative writers today.
Nonesuch phonemes in loanwords
Authors: Kennard Holly J. , Lahiri Aditi
Published: November 2019

Loanwords may or may not affect the phonological system of a language. Much of the loanword literature has focused on the adaptation of “foreign” contrasts to native systems; however, there are certain cases where languages appear to have borrowed new phonemes. We argue that loanwords alone cannot introduce a new phoneme into a language unless there are special circumstances. We examine three case studies of apparently borrowed “unusual” phonemic contrasts: Swiss German initial geminates, Bengali retroflex stops, and English voiced fricatives. In each case, we find that rather than the loanwords introducing brand-new phonemes, an existing allophonic alternation has become phonemic due to a large influx of loanwords. Thus, the phonology rather than the phonetics alone – marked or otherwise – dominates the absorption of loans.
Sternenpolitik
Authors: Reidenbach Christian
Published: November 2019

Fontenelle’s dual role as a representative of the Modernes as well as the perpetual secretary of the French Academy of Sciences explains his hesitation in making any public statements about politics. Nevertheless, this article identifies within his best-known Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds a liberal interpretation of the heavens that is supported by the metaphorical transfer between political semantics and the field of cosmology. The idea of this liberality flourishes in the gallant dialogue between two protagonists (the marquise and the philosopher), unfolds within the context of an opening, expert scientific discourse, and is reflected through the physical description of a commerce among celestial vortices. Thus, different aspects of the political within the Conversations are examined - starting from the self-understanding of the individual all the way up to the idea of an egalitarian universe that is characterised by collective interaction.
Strafrechtliche Theorie und Praxis um 1800 als eine Herausforderung für die ›Vernunft der Literatur‹?
Authors: Schönert Jörg
Published: November 2019

The starting point for this article is the question of the extent to which knowledge generated and mediated by literature can supplement or modify the professional knowledge of criminal law and practice around 1800. In particular, the article looks at the genres of the criminal case study and crime story, which were popular in this period, as a field of experience for the literary-productive observation of crime and criminal law. It explores the discursive constellations for possible relations between the areas of knowledge produced by the ›professional reason of law‹ and the ›reason of literature‹. These relations are discussed with regard to (1) types of ›medial places‹ in which legal as well as literary texts on criminal matters were published, (2) the aforementioned literary genres and (3) the literary approach of so-called poetic lawyers (›lawyers as writers‹). These perspectives determine the final analyses of texts by August Gottlieb Meisner, Karl Friedrich Muchler and Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach.
Die Rhetorik (in) der Phänomenologie
Authors: Zambon Nicola
Published: November 2019

Dedicated to the interrelation between philosophy and rhetoric, this article focuses on the rhetoric of philosophy, respectively a rhetoric in the service of philosophy. Here, rhetoric is not understood as a mere art of eloquence or sophistry. Rather, the term defines: first, speech and persuasion as a spontaneous, pre-theoretical and communicative ability of humans, second, the regular and systematic use of this ability, and, finally, the technique of persuasion itself. In this article, special attention is paid to the rhetorical means that play a central role in the constitution and assertion of science and theory. In particular, the article investigates the rhetoric of phenomenology as conception and as use of language in the aversion of rhetoric in Edmund Husserl’s Logische Untersuchungen and in Heidegger’s affinity for rhetoric in Sein und Zeit. Initially, it outlines the respective conceptions of language in Husserl and Heidegger and scrutinizes their mutual influences in order to reconstruct the network of transfer, continuation, and repercussion that characterizes the relation between both authors. In a second step, it focuses on Heidegger’s use of language.
OS DESAFIOS DO LETRAMENTO DIGITAL NA ESCOLA DO SÉCULO XXI
Authors: Silva Carlos Antonio Pereira da , Triani Felipe Da Silva , Oliveira Joaquim Humberto Coelho de , Novikoff Cristina
Published: November 2019

Este texto mostra um pouco da construção do letramento digital diante da realidade da escola do século XXI, com seus desafios atinentes ao processo de compreensão escrita e leitora com o uso dos meios digitais presentes no dia a dia. O aluno não tem somente a sua frente uma folha de papel para construir sua escrita ideológica, tem meios capazes de lhe auxiliar nessa construção e que irá transformar a sua visão de ver o mundo sob o pilar da comunicação célere, interativa e cooperativa. Ao longo do trabalho também é mostrada a participação do professor nesse processo de letramento, em que se enfatiza a importância de o corpo docente de uma escola ter objetivos e propostas condizentes à realidade dos alunos que passam a ter contato com o mundo virtual.  Não fica de fora dessa discussão a cumplicidade do poder público em inserir na educação formal instrumentos digitais adequados estruturalmente capazes de auxiliar no caminho da construção alfabetizadora e do letramento digital. Sob uma metodologia pautada pela pesquisa em bibliografias vinculadas ao assunto, busca esse artigo, também, trazer uma reflexão sobre caminhos o docente pode tomar para enfrentar esses desafios e ser ainda um co-participante de novas conquistas em relação ao letramento digital.
PRÁTICAS CULTURAIS E A EXPRESSÃO DA QUESTÃO SOCIAL NO AMBIENTE ESCOLAR
Authors: Dos Santos Adriana Carla , Cristina Flavia
Published: November 2019

As práticas culturais são consideradas verdadeiras interações sociais, que promovem a ação entre os grupos e fortalecem laços entre os participantes. Sabe-se que o contexto escolar favorece e muito a compreensão de opiniões e pensamentos e facilita aceitar o que é diferente. Este trabalho visa refletir sobre as práticas culturais no ambiente escolar, como ações sociais que fortalecem a cultura indígena e africana nestes espaços. A partir da análise e discussão sobre o ambiente escolar foi possível compreender que a sala de aula é um lugar de interação social que através das práticas de ensino e aprendizagem, cria conceitos e compartilha diferentes olhares culturais, por este motivo trabalhar as práticas culturais neste espaço é muito importante.
A (IN)EXISTÊNCIA DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS PARA AS MULHERES NA BAIXADA FLUMINENSE
Authors: Oliveira Pedro César Sousa , Franco Dalton Rodrigues , Pereira Gustavo , Silva Marta Catarina
Published: November 2019

O presente artigo busca examinar as Leis Orgânicas dos Municípios da Baixada Fluminense com o marco teórico fixado nos dois princípios da justiça de John Rawls. Atenta-se para a proteção da minoria majoritária, mulher, como passivo social carente de potenciais políticas públicas para efetivação dos direitos formais já dispostos na Constituição da República de 1988. Sendo assim, nossa pesquisa apresenta de que maneira as cidades se comportam quanto a quantidade e qualidade, através do método da leitura comparada, extraindo e analisando as tutelas destinadas à proteção das cidadãs, entendendo que as leis locais poderão oferecer um grau de compreensão de como o problema da injustiça é internalizado pelas cidades. Conclui-se que os Municípios não atentam de maneira uniforme e satisfatória às contingências sociais, possuindo baixo grau na captação e consagração das necessidades sui generis da mulher.
Social Anxiety, Loneliness, and the Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation
Authors: O'Day Emily B. , Morrison Amanda S. , Goldin Phillippe R. , Gross James J. , Heimberg Richard G.
Published: November 2019

Background: Loneliness is a universal experience that is particularly relevant to social anxiety. However, research has not examined loneliness among treatment-seeking individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) or assessed whether mal-adaptive or adaptive emotion regulation strategies moderate the relationship between social anxiety and loneliness.

Methods: We examined the baseline scores of individuals with SAD (n = 121) who sought treatment as part of a waitlist-controlled trial of cognitive behavioral group therapy versus mindfulness-based stress reduction. Healthy controls (n = 38) were also examined.

Results: Individuals with SAD exhibited greater social anxiety (SA), greater loneliness, more frequent expressive suppression (ES), and less frequent cognitive reappraisal (CR) than controls. Hierarchical multiple regressions indicated that emotion regulation variables moderated the relationship between social anxiety and loneliness. At lower CR and higher ES, there was a positive relationship between social anxiety and loneliness. At higher CR and lower ES, there was unexpectedly a stronger positive relationship between social anxiety and loneliness. Higher SA was associated with higher loneliness regardless of emotion regulation strategy, whereas lower SA was associated with more moderate and lower levels of loneliness dependent on level of ER strategy.

Discussion: Implications for understanding the prevalence and burden of loneliness among individuals with SAD, the role of emotion regulation in the relationship between social anxiety and loneliness, and directions for future research are discussed.
Harmful Attributions: The Role of Mind Perception
Authors: Silva Caroline , Tsay Chia-Jung
Published: November 2019

Introduction: Drawing from literature in social and clinical psychology, we explore mechanisms associated with the lack of empathy for people who engage in self-injurious behaviors.

Methods: Using implicit and explicit measures across three samples, we tested whether knowledge of prior self-injury impacts observers' empathy, perceived agency, perspective taking, and willingness to help a target individual.

Results: We found in Studies 1-2 that observers report decreased empathy, perceive less agency, and make more dispositional attributions toward a person who engages in deliberate self-injury, compared to accidental injury. Study 3 indicates that observers perceive a target who engaged in deliberate self-injury to have lower agency. Furthermore, when evaluating a target who has been victimized, observers report less empathy, compassion, and likelihood of helping if the target has a history of deliberate self-injury. Perceived agency accounted for decreased empathy, whereas empathy accounted for lower likelihood of helping.

Discussion: Our findings imply that observers may be better able to empathize with people with a history of self-injury if they focus on the agency of the indi-vidual and situational causal explanations for the behavior.
Numerical Modeling of the Sources of Magnetic Anomalies in the South Urals Earth’s Crust1
Authors: Fedorova N.V. , Rublev A.L.
Published: November 2019

—Using new computer technologies for the northern part of the South Urals, the structural features of the anomalous magnetic field have been studied, magnetic anomalies from different layers of the Earth’s crust have been identified, and corresponding volume models of the sources of anomalies (the boundaries of basite–ultrabasite massifs, deep-seated belts, and basalt layer) have been constructed. The new data on the structure of the South Urals Earth’s crust make it possible to clarify the position of deep faults and their connection with deep-seated basite–ultrabasite belts. Deep-seated root blocks have been identified for large hyperbasite massifs. Within the Taratash anticlinorium, the constructed models of the sources of magnetic anomalies allow us to conclude that the oldest Taratash complex in the Urals is an elevated part of the deep-seated basite–ultrabasite belt of the East European Platform.
Las TICs y el perfil del docente para el desarrollo de actividades didácticas.
Authors: Furguerle Rangel Johel , Villegas Blanca , Daboín Zoraida
Published: November 2019

Esta investigación se efectuó bajo la modalidad de investigación descriptiva con un diseño de campo, la cual tuvo como objetivo evaluar el perfil del docente para desarrollar actividades didácticas en Centro Bolivariano de Informática y Telemática (CBIT) del Liceo Bolivariano “Sanare”, ubicado en el Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco, Estado Laraen Venezuela. La población del estudio estuvo conformada por veinte (20) docentes que trabajaron en el CBIT durante el año escolar 2014-2015. Para recabar la información se aplicó un instrumento tipo cuestionario con preguntas cerradas de cinco (5) alternativas de selección: siempre, casi siempre, algunas veces, casi nunca, nunca; el cual fuevalidado por un panel de tres expertos en cuanto a pertinencia del contenido, objetivos de la investigación, variable, dimensión e indicadores, el tipo de preguntas y la redacción de los ítems; con respecto a la confiabilidad se empleó el cálculo del coeficiente de Alfa de Cronbach, dando como resultado un valor de 0,95 designándolo como altamente confiable. El análisis de los resultados permitióconcluir que la mayoría de los docentes escasamentetienen el perfilnecesario para desarrollar las actividades didácticas en el CBIT, puesaspectos como la formación, actualización, uso y manejo de las TIC, mediación del proceso; así como la planificación y aplicación de estrategias algunas veces se cumplen durante el desarrollo de las actividades didácticas; de igual manera, muestran un rechazo a este recurso tecnológico de vital importancia en la educación de los estudiantes.
Facile synthesis of two azete-steroid derivatives and theoretical evaluation of its interaction with the aromatase enzyme
Authors: LAURO Figueroa , FRANCİSCO Diaz , NEXTİCAPA Rosas , ALEJANDRA Garcimarrero , VİRGİNİA Mateu , PATRİCİA Hernandez , EDUARDO Pool , RAMOS Lopez , LENİN Hau , YARİTZA Borges
Published: November 2019

Several aromatase inhibitors
have used for the treatment of breast cancer; however, some of these drugs may
produce some side effects such as endometrial cancer and bone loss. The aim of
this study was to synthesize two new azete-steroid derivatives (compounds 9
or 10) to evaluate its theoretical interaction with an aromatase enzyme
(2wd3) using anastrozole and exemestane as controls in a docking model. The
preparation of 9 and 10 was carried out using a series of
reactions which involves amination, etherification, nitration, and addition.
Chemical structure of the compounds was confirmed using elemental analysis and
NMR spectrum. The results showed that compounds 9 or 10 could
bind to a different type of aminoacid residues involved in of 2wd3 protein
surface compared anastrozole and exemestane; this phenomenon may exert changes
in the biological activity of aromatase enzyme. All data suggest that compounds
9 or 10 could be an alternative for the treatment of breast
cancer.
Guidelines for Evaluating Clinical Research Training using Competency Assessments
Authors: Samuels Elias , Ianni Phillip Anton , Chung Haejung , Eakin Brenda , Martina Camille , Murphy Susan Lynn , Jones Carolynn
Published: November 2019

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Effective training programs in clinical and translational research (CTR) are critical to the development of the research workforce. The evolution of global CTR competencies frameworks motivates many CTR institutions to align their training offerings with these professional standards. Guidelines for integrating competency-based frameworks and assessments into rigorous program evaluations are needed in order to promote the quality and impact of these training programs. These guidelines provide practical suggestions for how to ensure that subjective and objective assessments of CTR knowledge and skill can be effectively integrated in the evaluations used to improve these essential training programs. The approach presented here necessarily involves the systematic and deliberate incorporation of these particular types of assessments into comprehensive evaluation plans. While these guidelines are broadly applicable to the work of those charged with developing, administering and evaluating CTR training programs, they have been specifically designed for use by program directors.
A Graduated Responsibility Supervising Resident Experience Using Mastery Learning Principles
Authors: Schnapp Benjamin , Kraut Aaron , Barclay-Buchannan Ciara , Westergaard Mary
Published: November 2019

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Introduction: Supervising other residents and independently running an emergency department (ED) is different from anything residents are asked to do in their early years of residency. There is often little training for this new responsibility. We created a new supervising experience that allows residents to progressively master skills associated with independently running an ED. Methods: We created an experience where PGY-3 residents supervised at our community site, removing the difficulties associated with an academic site such as junior residents and multiple consultants but requiring them to perform all other duties expected of the attending. Residents were scheduled in blocks of 4 shifts to allow them to iteratively improve their performance. Mastery was defined as 23 of 24 points across two shift evaluations, with 3 points available across 4 domains of Organization, Leadership/Communication, Flow and Patient Care. Residents who achieved this standard were allowed to progress to a more advanced supervising experience. Results: Eighty three percent of PGY-3 residents (10/12) achieved the mastery standard by the end of the year. Residents scored highest in Leadership/Communication (2.67 out of 3). They scored lowest on Flow (2.41 out of 3). Ninety percent of residents felt that the experience prepared them for being an attending. Discussion: A mastery learning-based supervising experience successfully allows residents to progressively acquire skills associated with running a busy ED. We plan to continue to evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention by examining the number of residents meeting the mastery standard as well as feedback from residents and faculty.
Azolla filiculoides sporocarp cryo-preservation v1
Authors: Brouwer Paul , Schluepmann Henriette
Published: November 2019

Method extracted from https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12708 Brouwer P, Bräutigam A, Külahoglu C, Tazelaar AO, Kurz S, Nierop KG, van der Werf A, Weber AP, Schluepmann H. A zolla domestication towards a biobased economy?. New Phytologist. 2014 May;202(3):1069-82.
1% Agarose Gel Electrophoresis Prep v1
Authors: E Rycroft Claire , JG Sutherland Ben
Published: November 2019

Ararose (1%) gel electrophoresis for genomic DNA quality checking. This protocol comes with no guarantees from the authors.
Ethnocultural Space of Krasnoyarsk Krai: The Current State
Authors: Reznikova Ksenia V. , Pimenova Natalia N. , Kistova Anastasia V. , Kolesnik Maria A. , Koptseva Natalia P. , Sitnikova Alexandra A. , Seredkina Natalia N. , Zamaraeva Yulia S. , Petrova Ksenia I.
Published: November 2019

The main features and challenges of the ethnocultural space of one of the largest and most varied in its ethnic composition regions of the Russian Federation are studied in the article based on research material of the current state of culture of the indigenous minorities of the north living in the territory of Krasnoyarsk Krai (the Selkups, the Nenets, the Enets, the Dolgans, the Nganasans, the Evenks, the Kets and the Yessey Yakuts). The study is based on modern approaches to the consideration of the mechanisms of sociocultural changes, such as the concept of “cultural trauma” of the Polish sociologist Piotr Sztompka. The article is based on the results of numerous field studies conducted by the scientists of Siberian Federal University. Preference of mass culture and replacement of traditional with pseudo-traditional are emphasized among the main challenges of the current state of the ethnocultural space of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Overview of Relevant Regional Culture Studies (the Krasnoyarsk Krai): Challenges and Approaches
Authors: Degtyarenko Kseniya A. , Metlyaeva Svetlana V. , Pchelkina Daria S. , Fil’ko Antonina I. , Shpak Anna A. , Khrebtov Mikhail Ya. , Shimanskaya Kseniya I.
Published: November 2019

This article presents the results of the analysis of relevant regional culture studies. The purpose of this analysis was to determine which areas of cultural research in the modern world are the most promising ones in terms of studying the culture of the regions. Not only the articles of foreign authors were particular examples therein, but also culture studies conducted directly in the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The overview allows to conclude that studies in the following areas are relevant for the Krasnoyarsk Krai at the moment: ethnocultural processes, ethnic identity and its development, transformation of ethnic identity, language and culture of indigenous peoples of the North, migration processes, urban studies, contemporary art, art mediation, musical folklore, the concepts of “war” and “peace”
O ciclo de políticas públicas educacionais: o tortuoso caminho entre quem formula e quem implementa a política
Authors: Bairros Mariângela
Published: November 2019

Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar alguns conceitos para o aprofundamento do debate sobre o ciclo de políticas públicas educacionais, as etapas do ciclo de políticas e um conjunto de elementos que oportunizem a mobilização e geração de conhecimento acerca do campo de políticas públicas. A partir disto apresentamos a importância do PNE como propulsor de políticas educacionais e de quanto estas políticas, quando não entendidas ou aprofundadas acabam por impedir sua implementação. Para isso mostramos os resultados através de uma pesquisa realizada em uma escola da rede pública estadual.
ICBM—Integrated Combined Baseline Modification: An Algorithm for Segmented Baseline Estimation
Authors: von Specht Sebastian
Published: November 2019

Accelerograms are the primary source for characterizing strong ground motion. It is therefore of paramount interest to have high‐quality recordings free from any nonphysical contamination. Frequently, accelerograms are affected by baseline jumps and drifts, either related to the instrument and/or a major earthquake. In this work, I propose a correction method for these undesired baseline drifts based on segmented linear least squares. The algorithm operates on the integrated waveforms and combines all three instrument components to estimate a model that modifies the baseline to be at zero continuously. The procedure consists of two steps: first a suite of models with variable numbers of discontinuities is derived for all three instrument components. During this process, the number of discontinuities is reduced in a parsimonious way, for example, two very close discontinuities are merged into a single one. In the second step, the optimal model is selected on the basis of the Bayesian information criterion. I exemplify the application on synthetic waveforms with known discontinuities and on observed waveforms from a unified strong‐motion database of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED, Japan) networks for the major events of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. After the baseline jump correction, the waveforms are furthermore corrected for displacement according to Wang et al. (2011). The resulting displacements are comparable to the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar‐derived displacement estimates for the Kumamoto earthquake sequence.
PENGARUH LATIHAN SMALL SIDED GAMES 4X4 DAN 8X8 TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN PASSING PADA PEMAIN SEPAKBOLA EKSTRAKURIKULER SMP NEGERI 2 GRATI KABUPATEN PASURUAN
Authors: Perdana Diki Satria , Sudjana I Nengah , Januarto Oni Bagus
Published: November 2019

Abstract: In a game of football needed a good technical can do to the game of footballwhich qualified .The purpose of this research is to know the influence of small sidedexercise games 4x4 and 8x8 to increasing skill of passing on football player .Research method used is research experiment using design randomized control group pretestposttest design .The result of this research is there are a significant increase in test results of passing football before and after receiving training using methods small sided game 4x4 and 8x8.Key words: Soccer, Small side games, passingAbstrak: Dalam permainan sepakbola dibutuhkan teknik yang baik untuk dapatmelakukan permainan sepakbola yang berkualitas. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalahuntuk mengetahui pengaruh latihan small sided games 4x4 dan 8x8 terhadappeningkatan keterampilan passing pada pemain sepakbola. Metode penelitian yangdigunakan adalah penelitian eksperimen menggunakan rancangan Randomized Control Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah terdapat peningkatan yang signifikan pada hasil tes passing sepakbola sebelum dan sesudah menerima latihan menggunakan metode small sided game 4x4 dan 8x8.Kata kunci: sepakbola, small side games, passing.