bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ameloblastomas: current aspects of the new WHO classification in an analysis of 136 cases
Authors: Cadavid Ana Maria Hoyos , Araujo Juliane Piragine , Coutinho-Camillo Cláudia Malheiros , Bologna Sheyla , Junior Celso Augusto Lemos , Lourenço Silvia Vanessa
Published: June 2019

Introduction

Ameloblastomas are neoplasms that have inspired great controversy and clinical interest; their incidence, radiographic features, treatment and behavior are still discussed quite often in the literature. In 2017, the classification of these lesions underwent modifications in terminology with the introduction of prospective views based on updates in current genetic studies.

Objective

To describe the most important features of the new classification, as well as to evaluate the prevalence and the clinical and radiographic characteristics of 136 ameloblastomas.

Methodology

The clinical-pathological characteristics of 136 patients diagnosed with ameloblastoma in two large hospitals in São Paulo were analyzed. All the hematoxylin-eosin (HE) stained slides were reviewed using an optical microscope (Olympus Cover) and tumors were classified according to the new WHO criteria (2017). Two independent evaluators analyzed the slides; in cases where there was disagreement a third evaluator was used and the result was established in consensus.

Results

71% of the lesions were of the conventional type, the predominant histopathological pattern being plexiform (40%), 72% of the tumors showed cortical expansion, and 84% had a radiographic pattern of the multilocular type. The treatment of choice in most cases was segmental resection (45%) and recurrence was present in 13% of the cases.

Conclusion

Studies with clinical-pathological correlations will be necessary in the near future, in order to provide new therapies that are more effective and conservative, improving the quality of life of patients effected.
Trends in State-Level Opinions toward the Affordable Care Act
Authors: Pacheco Julianna , Maltby Elizabeth
Published: June 2019

Context: This article argues that the devolution of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to the states contributed to the slow progression of national public support for health care reform.

Methods: Using small-area estimation techniques, the authors measured quarterly state ACA attitudes on five topics from 2009 to the start of the 2016 presidential election.

Findings: Public support for the ACA increased after gubernatorial announcement of state-based exchanges. However, the adoption of federal or partnership marketplaces had virtually no effect on public opinion of the ACA and, in some cases, even decreased positive perceptions.

Conclusions: The authors' analyses point to the complexities in mass preferences toward the ACA and policy feedback more generally. The slow movement of national ACA support was due partly to state-level variations in policy making. The findings suggest that, as time progresses, attitudes in Republican-leaning states with state-based marketplaces will become more positive toward the ACA, presumably as residents begin to experience the positive effects of the law. More broadly, this work highlights the importance of looking at state-level variations in opinions and policies.
The use of prostate MR for targeting prostate biopsies
Authors: Kelley R. Phelps , Zagoria Ronald J. , Nguyen Hao G. , Shinohara Katsuto , Westphalen Antonio C.
Published: June 2019

Management of prostate cancer relies heavily on accurate risk stratification obtained through biopsies, which are conventionally performed under transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guidance. Yet, multiparametric MRI has grown to become an integral part of the care of males with known or suspected prostate cancer. This article will discuss in detail the different MRI-targeted biopsy techniques, their advantages and disadvantages, and the impact they have on patient management.
Innovation in Indian Philosophy in Context
Authors: Johannes Bronkhorst
Published: June 2019

This article draws attention to the fact, often overlooked, that innovation is not foreign to the history of Indian philosophy. Three such episodes are briefly discussed (in reverse chronological order): (1) the innovations introduced by Raghunātha and his followers in the Nyāya school of thought (ca. 1500 CE); (2) the innovations that gave rise to satkāryavāda, pariṇāmavāda, śūnyavāda, anekāntavāda and other philosophical positions (early centuries CE); (3) the innovations responsible for the first manifestations of rational philosophy in India (ca. second century BCE). Raghunātha’s innovations are most instructive in that a great deal is known about his politico- cultural surroundings. Lessons drawn from these help us to understand the beginnings of Indian rational philosophy better.
Veṅkaṭanātha’s Impact on Śrīvaiṣṇavism
Authors: Elisa Freschi
Published: June 2019

This article maintains that the resemantization of Hayagrīva from a minor pan-Indian deity to a major local deity can be traced to Veṅkaṭanātha (traditional dates 1269–1370), who chose Hayagrīva because of his connection with learning and the Vedas. As a consequence of this intentional resemantization, in Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta following Veṅkaṭanātha, Hayagrīva has acquired distinct and standardized traits that are clearly recognizable in all reuses of his image and trope. To conclude, the article shows how Hayagrīva took on a particularly sectarian flavor as an identifying mark of the sub- school of Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta, which considers Veṅkaṭanātha its founder.
(Nie)znaczące przesunięcia gramatyczno-stylistyczne w tłumaczeniu sądowym
Authors: Biernacka Agnieszka
Published: June 2019

(In)significant Grammatical and Stylistic Shifts in Court Interpreting

Court interpreters in Poland are obliged to satisfy legal provisions and principles of professional ethics, which govern the way the utterances produced by main participants in the trial should be rendered. Empirical research into interpreting in court setting proves that interpreters intervene in the original utterances e.g. through applying grammatical and stylistic shifts. In this article an empirical qualitative analysis of the activities of court interpreters of English consisting in introducing modifications in style and grammatical person as regards original utterances is presented. The aim of the analysis is to discuss the changes proposed by interpreters, indicate the underlying mechanisms, as well as evaluate them from the perspective of complying with ethical principles of accuracy and impartiality.
A Monte Carlo Method for Estimating Sensitivities of Reflected Diffusions in Convex Polyhedral Domains
Authors: Lipshutz David , Ramanan Kavita
Published: June 2019

We develop an effective Monte Carlo method for estimating sensitivities or gradients of expectations of sufficiently smooth functionals of a reflected diffusion in a convex polyhedral domain with respect to its defining parameters, namely its initial condition, drift, and diffusion coefficients and directions of reflection. Our method, which falls into the class of infinitesimal perturbation analysis (IPA) methods, uses a probabilistic representation for such sensitivities as the expectation of a functional of the reflected diffusion and its associated derivative process. The latter process is the unique solution to a constrained linear stochastic differential equation with jumps whose coefficients, domain, and directions of reflection are modulated by the reflected diffusion. We propose a consistent estimator for such sensitivities using an Euler approximation of the reflected diffusion and its associated derivative process. Proving that the Euler approximation converges is challenging because the derivative process jumps whenever the reflected diffusion hits the boundary of the domain. A key step in the proof is establishing a continuity property of the related derivative map, which is of independent interest. We compare the performance of our IPA estimator with a standard likelihood ratio estimator (whenever the latter is applicable) and provide numerical evidence that the variance of the former is substantially smaller than that of the latter. We illustrate our method with an example of a rank-based interacting diffusion model of equity markets. Interestingly, we show that estimating certain sensitivities of the rank-based interacting diffusion model using our method for a reflected Brownian motion description of the model outperforms a finite difference method for a stochastic differential equation description of the model.
Intuição e Conhecimento em Sartre
Authors: Benevides Barbosa Gomes Rodrigo
Published: June 2019

Em O Ser e o Nada: Ensaio de Ontologia Fenomenológica (1943), Sartre caracteriza o Para-si como a negatividade que, invariavelmente, existe em função de uma apreensão ininterrupta do Em-si. Logo, o Para-si é, originariamente, fundado pela relação de transcendência ao Em-si. Com isso, Sartre pode debruçar-se sobre o conhecimento do Para-si e defini-lo, necessariamente, como intuitivo. Em outras palavras, Sartre defende que a dedução, a indução ou qualquer outro tipo de categoria epistemológica similar não passam de instrumentos para se chegar àquilo que de fato pode ser chamado de conhecimento, isto é, a intuição. Portanto, o presente artigo trata de refazer o percurso da discussão epistemológica sartreana que encontra-se, mais especificamente, no terceiro capítulo da segunda parte de sua principal obra fenomenológica.
METÁFORA E DISCURSO FILOSÓFICO
Authors: Oliveira Rita De Cássia
Published: June 2019

A investigação de Ricoeur do uso da metáfora no discurso filosófico conduz o discurso a um centro de gravidade que se assenta no plano da hermenêutica por deslocar os pressupostos da retórica para a semântica e os problemas de sentido para os problemas de referência, o que faz emergir sob a forma de postulados um determinado número de pressupostos do discurso filosófico. O plano da hermenêutica torna-se fundamental devido possibilitar a elevação da linguagem no seu sentido autônomo, privilegiando o primado da subjetividade por explicitar o mundo que o discurso filosófico descobre e abre, tematizando sobre seu referente e seu valor de verdade.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Metáfora; Discurso filosófico; Retórica; Semântica; Significação; Locução.
O Ser e o nada ou o romance da matéria
Authors: De Coorebyter Vincent
Published: June 2019

Tradução do artigo de  Vincent de Coorebyter,  "L'Être et le néant, ou le roman de la matière", publicado originalmente em Les Temps Modernes, 2012/1 (n° 667), p. 1-11. DOI 10.3917/ltm.667.0001Tradução de Fernanda Alt
Unusual presentation of a tooth associated with an adenomatoid odontogenic tumour
Authors: Patel Nimit J , Toms Simon , McDonald Fraser , Johnson Joanna , McArdle Louis
Published: June 2019

Unilocular radiolucent lesions of the dental hard tissues can present regularly, however they are impossible to diagnose definitively without appropriate imaging and histopathology. A case is reported that involves a 14-year-old that presented with a history of an unerupted maxillary first premolar. An initial Dental Panoramic Tomograph (DPT) did not identify any localized opacities and was diagnosed as a dentigerous cyst. A Cone Bean Computed Tomogram (CBCT) identified calcified opacities resulting in a re-evaluated radiological interpretation. With the help of a multidisciplinary approach, the removal of the benign lesion allowed orthodontic traction to extrude the tooth and for it to be brought into alignment.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: This report highlights the importance of three-dimensional imaging as an adjunct to aid diagnosis and highlights the importance of multidisciplinary teams in the management of clinical challenges.
Lichen Planus − the role of the general dental practitioner
Authors: Dawoud Basim ES , Mohamed Samira H , Wareing Jonathan
Published: June 2019

Oral lichen planus is frequently encountered in primary and secondary dental care. The soft tissues of the mouth should always be examined carefully at check-ups and any abnormality be palpated to detect change in consistency (induration) along with any changes in colour or general appearance. Such changes should prompt a referral for specialist review.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: The general dental practitioner (GDP) can play a simple yet effective role in the management of lichen planus by removing obvious traumatic stimuli, improving oral hygiene and advising on simple topical treatment.
Crystallization of Poly (Lactic Acid), PLA: Effect of Nucleating Agents and Structure-Properties Relationships
Authors: Abid Marwa , Mallet Benoit , Lamnawar Khalid , Maazouz Abderrahim
Published: June 2019

In this paper, a brief state of the art is given firstly on structure-processing-properties relationships on PLA. Secondly, a specific focus is devoted on some recent and not yet unpublished recent work regarding the isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization behaviors of the poly (lactic acid). Thereby, they were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. The effect of heterogeneous nucleation was assessed by additive talc, ethylenebis (12- hydroxy stearyl amide) (EBHSA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) as potential nucleating agents. Thus, the improvement of crystallization kinetics under isothermal crystallization was described by the Avrami equation. A new formulation system can be used as a nucleating agent. This system consists of (1% wt talc, 1% wt PEG and x% wt EBHSA), “x” is equal to 1, 3 and 5%. Startling, Its increase the crystallization rate of pure PLA and reduce drastically its half-time of crystallization. Hence, the obtained results are for the great interest of some biopolymer processing as well injection molding or extrusion.
Examining the Impact of Respondent-Level Factors on Scores on the Supports Intensity Scale – Children's Version
Authors: Hagiwara Mayumi , Shogren Karrie A. , Shaw Leslie A.
Published: June 2019

This secondary analysis examined the impact of respondent-level factors on scores on the Supports Intensity Scale–Children's Version (SIS-C) for children and youth with intellectual disability to determine if there were any significant differences in the SIS-C scores by different respondent pairs when considering children's age, intellectual functioning level, and adaptive behavior level. Results indicated whenever a pair of respondents included a teacher or a paraprofessional, the support needs scores were lower than when the pair included a family member. Moreover, there was a significant interaction effect across respondent pairing, child age, and child intellectual functioning levels as well as across respondent pairing, child age, and child adaptive behavior levels. Implications for administration and use of the SIS-C are provided.
A Cross-Syndrome Comparison of Sleep-Dependent Learning on a Cognitive Procedural Task
Authors: Joyce Anna , Hill Catherine M. , Karmiloff-Smith Annette , Dimitriou Dagmara
Published: June 2019

Sleep plays a key role in the consolidation of newly acquired information and skills into long term memory. Children with Down syndrome (DS) and Williams syndrome (WS) frequently experience sleep problems, abnormal sleep architecture, and difficulties with learning; thus, we predicted that children from these clinical populations would demonstrate impairments in sleep-dependent memory consolidation relative to children with typical development (TD) on a cognitive procedural task: The Tower of Hanoi. Children with DS (n = 17), WS (n = 22) and TD (n = 34) completed the Tower of Hanoi task. They were trained on the task either in the morning or evening, then completed it again following counterbalanced retention intervals of daytime wake and night time sleep. Children with TD and with WS benefitted from sleep for enhanced memory consolidation and improved their performance on the task by reducing the number of moves taken to completion, and by making fewer rule violations. We did not find any large effects of sleep on learning in children with DS, suggesting that these children are not only delayed, but atypical in their learning strategies. Importantly, our findings have implications for educational strategies for all children, specifically considering circadian influences on new learning and the role of children's night time sleep as an aid to learning.
Architecture matters: Doing television history at ground zero
Authors: Mustata Dana
Published: June 2019

This article grounds television historiography within physical places of television, arguing that they function as vantage points that offer raw access into television’s past and unearth politicized histories of television. Making use of material culture approaches as interventions within the politics of television history writing, the article treats the Television Centre in Bucharest as a historical record that offers insights into what has been discarded, silenced or taken for granted in the writing of television history under a repressive regime. Looking at how the Television Centre was planned and lobbied for, how it was built, designed and prepared for production and how it accommodated everyday work practices, the article traces how television in communist Romania challenged the politics of the regime and of the nation state.
Television style/stylish television: Mad Men, television and the fashioning of the self
Authors: Kleinecke-Bates Iris
Published: June 2019

Mad Men utilizes television, quotes television and contemplates and negotiates its role, to the extent that the show is also about television, mediating it as diegetic and non-diegetic, within and without, deliberately returning to the medium’s early days in memory and celebration of itself and its origin, all the while making full use of the various media platforms that it has at its disposal today to promote itself and construct itself as a nostalgic object of desire. Part of a television experience that fetishizes the materiality of authentic objects, the show constructs a mise en abyme of longing and nostalgia that positions the television set at its very centre. This article will trace the role of television in AMC’s Mad Men (2007–15). It will examine the medium’s developing role in modern life, and the way it is used to integrate the show’s narrative within a wider sense of history. Moreover, it will contemplate the way the medium is constructed both within the diegetic reality of the show and outside it, as authentic period prop and as a fetishized nostalgia object that is itself again framed and distributed by television.
Obesity and reproductive function of women: epigenetic and somato-psychological features
Authors: Andreeva Elena N. , Absatarova Yulia S. , Sheremetyeva Ekaterina V. , Fursenko Valentina A.
Published: June 2019

The review article presents data on the effects of obesity on the female reproductive system and offspring of mothers with overweight or obesity, such as infertility, miscarriages, premature birth, stillbirth, congenital anomalies and prematurity, as well as a high risk of cesarean section. Obesity accompanies polycystic ovary syndrome, worsening the metabolic profile and increasing the risk of developing depression and eating disorders. Maternal obesity and hyperglycemia are able to influence the formation of the fetus by epigenetic mechanisms without affecting the nucleotide sequences. Subsequently, the metabolic and cardiovascular risks increase in the descendants of obese or overweight mothers and gestational diabetes. Patients with obesity are characterized by a folic acid deficiency and a deficiency of the luteal phase. Exogenous administration of these substances improves pregnancy outcomes and prevents congenital malformations.
Musikgeschichte ohne Markennamen
Authors: Döhl Frédéric
Published: June 2019

Klavier plus Streichquartett. Im vierstelligen Bereich sind Werke bekannt. In mittlerer dreistelliger Zahl als Tonaufnahme zugänglich. Über 200 Jahre kontinuierliche Produktion. Bis heute. Und doch fehlt das Genre weitgehend in den Leitmedien Klassischer Musik. In den meinungsführenden Feuilletons und Musikgeschichtswerken. Und in den Programmen der prestigeträchtigen Rundfunksender und Labels, Konzertsäle, Festivals und Ensembles. Bis auf die Handvoll Werke berühmter Komponisten, von Schumann über Brahms bis Schostakowitsch. Frédéric Döhl präsentiert ein Nachdenken über Musikgeschichtsschreibung in Zeiten der Digital Humanities - und über die Rolle des eigenen ästhetischen Erlebens dabei.
Theorie der Strukturierung
Authors: Canzler Weert
Published: June 2019

Das private Auto gehört zum Kern des individuellen Lebenskonzepts vieler. Das Auto gehört einfach dazu. Woher kommt diese hohe Attraktivität des Automobils, obwohl mit der Massenmotorisierung seine Schattenseiten und nicht-intendierten Effekte längst offensichtlich geworden sind? Der wachsende Anteil des Verkehrs an den Treibhausgasemissionen, die Stickoxid-Belastungen an vielbefahrenen Straßen, die zeitraubenden PendlerInnenströme und nicht zuletzt die Staus und der Parksuchverkehr für viele Autofahrende in den Städten. Wie attraktiv ist vor diesem Hintergrund der Besitz eines eigenen Fahrzeugs heute und in Zukunft noch? Mit Anthony Giddens und seiner Strukturationstheorie lässt sich erklären, warum der Automobilismus in der modernen Gesellschaft eine solche Stabilität erlangt hat. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei handlungsentlastende Routinen. Sie finden ihren Niederschlag sowohl in gewachsenen Raum- und Infrastrukturen als auch in habitualisierten Verhaltensweisen. Dennoch entstehen in urbanen Nischen neue Handlungsmuster im Verkehr jenseits des privaten Autos. Inwieweit sie sich jedoch zu gesellschaftlich relevanten neuen Routinen verstetigen, hängt nicht zuletzt von veränderten Regeln in der Nutzung des öffentlichen Raumes und von der Herausbildung neuer Mobilitätsroutinen ab.
Die Verschmutzung der Literatur
Authors: Rosenbaum Lars
Published: June 2019

Sauber, sittlich und vorbildlich sollte sie sein, die Schöne Literatur im 19. Jahrhundert. Um 1900 galt sie jedoch als massiv von ›Schmutz und Schund‹ bedroht - sowohl seitens des Naturalismus und der Avantgarde, wie auch von den massenhaft verbreiteten Kolportageromanen. Lars Rosenbaum zeichnet diese Konflikte und ihre Vorgeschichte im ›langen 19. Jahrhundert‹ erstmals systematisch nach. Er analysiert die Semantik des Schmutzes in ästhetischen und literarischen Diskursen, in der Reinlichkeitserziehung, in Theorie und Praxis der Hygiene und in der bürgerlichen Konversationskultur. So macht sein literaturgeschichtlicher Überblick die ›Verschmutzung‹ der literarischen Moderne verständlich und liefert zudem eine Geschichte populistischer Debatten um 1900 auf dem Feld der Literatur.
¿Cómo encajar las piezas del puzle? El cambio pedagógico hacia las metodologías activas
Authors: Peña Flores Emma de la , Pollán Moreno Raúl
Published: June 2019

Hoy en día está en auge el concepto de metodologías activas y cómo su aplicación en el aula puede conducir a mejorar notablemente los resultados del alumnado. Actualmente encontramos un gran número de propuestas y formación alrededor de métodos y metodologías en los que inspirarnos para acoger aquella que más nos identifique. En este artículo queremos plantear desde nuestra experiencia propia, la manera de unificarlas seleccionando aquellas que más útiles nos puedan parecer y combinarlas a nivel de programación globalizada (AICLE), teniendo en cuenta la estructura del currículo.
Trabajando en un colegio bilingüe
Authors: Marcos Salazar Carmen
Published: June 2019

El artículo trata de la experiencia personal y profesional de una profesora que empezó a trabajar en el bilingüismo desde sus orígenes en la CAM. Esos años de trabajo han sido su mayor enseñanza para ver la educación como un ente en movimiento al que hay que ir adaptándose. Para descubrir distintos estilos de aprendizaje e incorporarlos en el aula y para aplicar distintas técnicas y metodologías, encontrando la manera de irlas adaptando a sus alumnos, muy distintos unos de otros en muchos aspectos.
Notes from the Editors, June 2019
Authors: The Editors -
Published: June 2019

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The situation in Venezuela has become extremely dire due to Washington's heightened economic warfare, its continuing attempts to engineer a political coup, and its growing threats of massive military intervention—all aimed at bringing down the Bolivarian Republic. The recent seizure of Venezuelan oil assets in the United States and its gold reserves in British banks, as well as the sanctioning of Venezuelan oil sales, have come on top of a long series of economic sanctions—beginning with the Obama administration and now intensified under Trump's—that constitute nothing less than a modern form of siege warfare, extended to food supplies and medicine. But the Venezuelan Revolution has managed to resist in the face of the economic and political warfare of the most powerful imperialist nation in the world, and the reasons why are to be found in the nature of the Bolivarian Revolution and the Venezuelan people themselves.
Las pedagogías en la asunción del texto literario en las aulas: experiencias de colectivos de investigación e innovación
Authors: Jurado Valencia Fabio De Jesús
Published: June 2019

Toda investigación tiene como punto de partida el panorama sobre la trayectoria del campo de estudio en la que se inscribe. En la tradición académica se trata de los antecedentes. Los antecedentes indican en dónde está la punta de la investigación para desde allí avizorar lo que falta, o lo que es prioritario investigar o innovar, y justificar la pertinencia del proyecto nuevo. Pero los antecedentes son siempre amplios en áreas tan generales como la educación y la pedagogía e incluso respecto a problemas específicos relacionados con las pedagogías de la lengua y la literatura. De allí la importancia de la delimitación del tema, cuando se trata de un seminario, una conferencia o ponencia a través de la cual se busca sintetizar los avances y las características de las experiencias acumuladas en una ruta determinada. Para este trabajo delimitaremos dos rutas: 1) La ruta del Premio a la Innovación y la Investigación que convoca cada año el IDEP y la SED en Bogotá, y 2) La ruta de la Red Colombiana para la Transformación de la Formación Docente en Lenguaje. Se trata de caracterizar las modalidades pedagógicas prevalecientes en la asunción del texto literario en las aulas según las ponencias presentadas al XVI Taller Nacional de la Red en el año 2018 y los artículos de los docentes de Bogotá para participar en el premio, en el tramo 2011 a 2015. Este panorama, o estado de arte, nos permitirá aproximarnos al concepto o enfoques sobre la literatura en los discursos de los docentes y las maneras como proceden en el trabajo pedagógico con el texto literario en los diversos grados de la escolaridad (pre-escolar, primaria, secundaria y media). El balance ha de conducir al esbozo de estrategias pedagógicas posibles para fortalecer el asombro implicado en la reconstrucción de los sentidos constelados en el texto literario, esto es, el trabajo con la interpretación y sus imbricaciones interdisciplinarias.
Daftar Isi Jurnal Hukum Progresif, Vol. 7, No. 1, April 2019
Authors: Progresif Jurnal Hukum
Published: June 2019

Daftar Isi Jurnal Hukum Progresif, Vol. 7, No. 1, April 2019
Pengaruh pemberian susu almond terhadap glukosa darah puasa pada tikus diabetes
Authors: Ningsih Ryta Ristantia , Probosari Enny , Panunggal Binar
Published: June 2019

Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases with characteristic hyperglycemia that occurs due to abnormalities in insulin secretion and insulin action. Diet plus high fiber can help control glucose levels. Almond contains fiber, vitamin E, and magnesium that contributes to the fasting blood glucose levels. This study aimed to analyze the effect of almond milk to the fasting blood glucose diabetic rats.Method: This study used an experimental design with pre-post test control group design. The sample were Rattus norvegicus Wistar which were divided into 4 groups: K (-), K (+), A1 and A2. Almond milk was given in the group treatmeant for 14 days with a dose of 4.32 ml and 8.64 ml. Fasting blood glucose measurement taken before and after treatment used Oxidase Glucose - Peroxidase Aminoantypirin (GOD PAP). Analysis of data used paired t-test, ANOVA and Post Hoc.Results: The fasting blood glucose levels decreased significantly (p = 0.01) in the treatment group which were intervened with almond milk. A decrease in fasting blood glucose levels in a dose treatment group 1 for 116.96 ± 4.45 (p = 0:01), whereas in the group treated at a dose of 2 for 155.53 ± 3.15 (p = 0.01). There were a significant difference in decreased of the fasting blood glucose levels between the two treatment groups (p = 0.01).Conclusion:  Giving a dose almond milk 4.32 ml and 8.64 ml for 14 days can lower the fasting blood glucose levels significantly.
Perform the Map: Using Map-Score Experiences to Write and Reenact Places
Authors: Olmedo Élise , Christmann Mathilde
Published: June 2019

In this article, we aim to show the implementation of a kind of mapping that combines spatial experience, sensitive cartography, and choreographic scores. We explore this approach through an experiment led in the city of Washington, DC, in and around the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Memorial, in July 2017. Showing how research and creation can support each other, such an experiment locates the map in the sensory and emotional side of cartographic practices, which leads us to reconsider how the spatialized and temporalized language of an experience might be reconstructed with drawings and writings. In other words, the map-score methodology allows us to observe how the experience of a place may be recorded during fieldwork (memory, drawings, notebooks) to create an archive that extends and enhances our knowledge of sensory perceptions, emotions, and points of view. This kind of experiment allows another regime of reflective cartographic practice, one that reconsiders its spatial and temporal dimensions and its modes of creation.
Polityka informacyjna organizacji terrorystycznych – na przykładzie Daesh
Authors: El Ghamari Magdalena
Published: June 2019

Polityka informacyjna w aspekcie ekstremizmu islamskiego jest tematyką niezwykle obszerną oraz skomplikowaną. Dlatego należytym jest, by na samym początku określić, co zgodnie z przyjętym zamierzeniem prezentowanej treści, należy rozumieć pod pojęciem polityki informacyjnej oraz propagandy fundamentalistów. Przedstawiony artykuł obejmuje szerokie spectrum propagandy polityczno, kulturowo, społecznej, jak również techniki masowej perswazji, charakteryzujące społeczeństwo postindustrialne. W tym obszarze obejmuje umiejętne posługiwanie się obrazami, sloganami i symbolami, odwołującymi się do uprzedzeń oraz emocji odbiorców, przez organizacje terrorystyczne. Zidentyfikowane zostały obszary efektywnej komunikacji, oparte na wielorakich płaszczyznach, mające na celu skłonienie odbiorcy do „dobrowolnego” przyjęcia punktu widzenia organizacji terrorystycznych. Płaszczyzny komunikacji, są zależne od grupy docelowej odbiorców, których można podzielić wedle zajmowanego statusu społecznego, majętności, przekonań religijnych, postaw społecznych, konserwatyzmu czy też opcji politycznej. W badanym kontekście, wymiar informacyjny, ekstremizmu islamskiego będzie obejmował działania grup ekstremistów, powołujących się na stworzenie kalifatu muzułmańskiego oraz tworzenie Daesh (ang. Islamic State) Państwa Islamskiego. Z uwagi, iż sama historia oraz tematyka funkcjonowania, legalności oraz działań bezpośrednich ISIS, nie jest tematyką niniejszego artykułu, zostaną przedstawione jedynie metody działania polityki informacyjnej, sposoby wykorzystywania popularnych massmediów, w celach propagandowych, czy też werbunkowych, samej organizacji. Wymiar informacyjny będzie dlatego opierał się głównie na propagandzie politycznej, religijnej oraz metodach dezinformacji potencjalnego odbiorcy.
Dyplomacja futbolowa jako próba normalizacji stosunków dwustronnych Armenia–Turcja w XXI wieku
Authors: Kobierecki Marcin
Published: June 2019

Stosunki polityczne pomiędzy Armenią a Turcją należą do nieprzyjaznych. W XXI wieku, w związku z objęciem władzy w obu krajach przez bardziej skłonnych do porozumienia polityków, pojawiła się szansa na wzajemne otwarcie. Wykorzystano do tego dyplomację sportową, określaną w tym przypadku jako dyplomacja futbolowa. Prezydenci dwóch państw: Serzh Sarkisyan i Abdullah Gül wykorzystali bowiem mecze piłkarskie w ramach eliminacji mistrzostw świata, aby spotkać się. Szczególnie pierwsze z dwóch spotkań doprowadziło do intensyfikacji kontaktów dyplomatycznych, których efektem było podpisanie protokołów będących wstępem do otwarcia granicy i nawiązania stosunków dyplomatycznych. Celem artykułu jest weryfikacja hipotezy, iż w przypadku nieprzychylnego nastawienia dwóch państw dyplomatyczne wykorzystanie sportu może stwarzać okoliczności dla politycznego zbliżenia, mimo że sama dyplomacja sportowa nie jest wystarczająca dla tego celu. Podjęte zostaną ponadto rozważania dotyczące piłki nożnej w kontekście jej adekwatności dla dyplomacji sportowej pomiędzy Turcją i Armenią.
Attitudinal bias, individual differences, and second language speakers’ interactional performance
Authors: Trofimovich Pavel , McDonough Kim , Dao Phung , Abashidze Dato
Published: June 2019

This study examined whether an interlocutor’s attitudinal bias affects second language (L2) speakers’ recall of narratives and their responses to corrective feedback (recasts) and whether the role of attitudinal bias depends on individual differences in speakers’ background and personality characteristics. After receiving a positive or negative attitudinal bias orientation, 70 L2 English speakers completed tasks with an interlocutor who provided recasts in response to language errors. Speakers also completed questionnaires targeting individual differences in their motivation and acculturation to the home and target cultures. There were no general effects for positive or negative attitudinal bias on speakers’ recall of personal narratives or responses to feedback. However, under negative bias, motivation scores were associated with speakers’ accurate reformulation of errors. Under positive bias, there was an association between accurate narrative recall and greater psychological adaptation and motivation. Results imply that attitudinal bias plays a subtle role in L2 speakers’ interactional performance.
Evaluation of New Methods and Measuring Systems for Characterisation of Flow Behaviour of Complex Foods
Authors: Roos H. , Bolmstedt U. , Axelsson A.
Published: June 2019

Conventional methods often impose difficulties when measuring the viscosity of fluids containing particles or fibres, e.g. tomato paste or fruit preparations, mainly due to the narrow gaps of the viscometer. In order to solve these problems different geometries have been developed, e.g. different mixer systems and wide gap double concentric cylinders. However, these can not be evaluated assuming a constant shear rate throughout the fluid. In this study, three different kinds of mixer systems have been studied; a small and a large paddle and a helix. For the mixer systems an average shear rate must be determined and a quotient between torque and shear stress must be found. In addition, a wide gap double concentric cylinder (DCC) was examined and evaluated using two different methods. When evaluating the mixer systems a method based on the Couette analogy has been used successfully for a number of complex fluids, including prepared sauces and fruit samples containing particles of different size. The DCC has been evaluated using a numerical as well as an approximate method, both giving results of good accuracy. All systems had the limitation that no consistent results were obtained for tomato paste. However, when starch was added to the diluted tomato paste dispersion, satisfying results were once again obtained.
Rheology of Star Fruit Pulp (Averrhoa Carambola L.)
Authors: Vendrúsculo A.T. , Hotza D. , Gomes C.M. , Quadri M.G.N.
Published: June 2019

Rheological properties of food fluids are useful for quality control, texture evaluation, and food structure determination. The rheological behavior is dependent on the size, form and concentration of solids in suspension and the system structure. Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola L.) pulp was obtained from the crude fruit and treated enzymatically, pasteurized and homogenized at 11000 rpm for 2 min and 22000 rpm for 5 min. The pulp presented Newtonian characteristics with R2 values greater than 0.98. Enzymatic treatment under 55˚C for 1 h reduced the crude pulp viscosity from 1.84 to 1.22 mPa·s. Pasteurization under 100˚C for 10 min increased the viscosity at around 26% in relation to the crude pulp, resulting in a turbid and homogeneous product. To evaluate the influence of the insoluble solids, filtration or concentration to 50% from the initial volume were carried out using laboratory procedures. Filtration of the pasteurized pulp promoted a viscosity decrease of 60% while concentration increased the viscosity from 2.28 to 7.98 mPa·s.
Prediction of Zero Shear Viscosity of Poly (Vinyl Chloride) Plastisols
Authors: Lainé Carole , Cassagnau Philippe
Published: June 2019

The rheological behaviour of PVC plastisols composed of a blend of suspension and micro-suspension resins in different proportions was investigated. The present work was mainly focused on the variation of the zero shear viscosity versus the concentration of the extender resin. Hence, the packing fraction Fm was evaluated using the Krieger-Dougherty equation. These experiments confirmed the major influence of particle size distribution concerning the decrease of viscosity for concentrated suspensions. In addition, a model based on the porosity model developed by Ouchiyama et al. (Ouchiyama N, Tanaka T: Porosity estimation for random packings of spherical particle”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam. 23 (1984) 490-493) to predict the packing fraction in the case of multimodal lattices was successfully applied to our PVC plastisols formulations.
Simple and Accurate Formulas for Flow-Curve Recovery from Couette Rheometer Data
Authors: De Hoog F. R. , Anderssen R. S.
Published: June 2019

In Couette rheometry, most of the current flow-curve recovery algorithms require the explicit numerical differentiation of the measured angular velocity data. The exceptions and popular choices, because it avoids the need for a numerical differentiation, are the parallel plate approximation (cf. Bird et al. [1], Table 10.2-1) and the simplest of the formulas given in Krieger and Elrod [2]. However, their applicability is limited to narrow gap rheometer data. In this paper, equally simple formulas are presented which are exact for Newtonian fluids, do not involve a numerical differentiation and are consistently more accurate than the simple formulas mentioned above. They are based on a generalization of the Euler-Maclaurin sum formula solution of the Couette viscometry equation given in Krieger and Elrod. As well as illustrating the improved accuracy for the recovery of flow-curves for fluids with and without a yield-stress, details about more general and accurate formulas for flow-curve recovery from Couette rheometry data are given. The situation for the recovery of flow-curves from wide gap rheometery measurements is also discussed.
Physical and Mechanical Characterization of Soya, Colza and Rye Seeds
Authors: Degouet Cédric , Nsom Blaise , Lolive Eric , Grohens André
Published: June 2019

This paper presents a characterization of the following dry granular materials: soya, colza and rye seeds. The physical properties of the grains and the materials are useful for characterizing the materials’ behaviour during flow, while the external conditions (consolidation) determine storage and handling conditions. The physical properties of the grains (specific densities) and of the materials as a whole (compacity or porosity, and critical angles) were measured. The flow functions were determined by modified shear box testing. Then the internal friction angles and the flowability index for each granular material were obtained. Indeed, the behaviour of a flowing granular material results from these two groups of factors and is characterized by the flowability, which is the ratio of highest consolidation stress and unconfined yield strength. In practice, the flowability index is used to classify materials, so that the larger the flowability index, the smaller the bulk solids strength will be in relation to the consolidation stress, and therefore the higher the flowability of the bulk solid.
Definition of an Experimental Blood Like Fluid for Laser Measurements in Cardiovascular Studies
Authors: Benard Nicolas , Jarny Sébastien , Coisne Damien
Published: June 2019

Nowadays it is necessary to perform experimental measurements to compare with numerical calculations. In this study we focus on different aqueous solutions which are tested to obtain in the same time a rheological blood like fluid and particular optical properties for laser measurements (particle image velocimetry (PIV) or laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV)). Using viscometric tests we show that the non Newtonian behavior of blood is reached by adding xanthan gum in aqueous glycerol and aqueous potassium thiocyanate solutions. Optical properties are directly achieved by modifying glycerol or thiocyanate potassium concentrations. Indeed we proove using refractometric measurements that the addition of xanthan gum does not affect the value of the refractive indexes. Finally, we can prepare an optical blood like fluid adapted to cardiovascular studies by adjusting the proportion of the different components.
Development of a Sliding Plate Rheometer to Measure the High Frequency Viscoelastic Properties of Polymer Melts
Authors: Braybrook Chelsea A. , Lee Jennifer A. , Bates Philip J. , Kontopoulou Marianna
Published: June 2019

A newly designed and constructed sliding plate rheometer is used to measure the high frequency (210 Hz) linear viscoelastic properties of two model polymers: polybutene (PB) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Using well-known rheological models, extrapolations of the viscoelastic measurements obtained on a rotational parallel plate rheometer to a frequency of 210 Hz are used to assess the performance of the high frequency sliding plate rheometer. Good agreement between the extrapolated and measured data demonstrates the ability of the sliding plate rheometer to measure the high frequency rheological properties of both Newtonian and shear-thinning materials.
Nonlinear Rheological Modeling of Asphalt Using White-Metzner Model with Structural Parameter Variation Based Asphaltene Structural Build-up and Breakage
Authors: Vijay Rohit , Deshpande Abhijit P. , Varughese Susy
Published: June 2019

Rheological behavior of asphalt is strongly affected by loading conditions, temperature and environment. One of the main challenges in understanding the rheology of asphalt is to relate the chemical constituents and the micro-structure of asphalt on one hand to its rheological behavior on the other hand. In this work, nonlinear rheological behaviour of asphalt was investigated using a structural rheological model. A first order kinetic equation to describe structural changes in asphalt has been incorporated with the nonlinear rheological model of White- Metzner. The resulting set of governing equations was solved numerically to describe the rheology of asphalts. Different modes of rheological testing and asphalts with different compositions were considered. An analysis and comparison of model behaviour with experimental data from the literature is carried out in both stress growth at constant shear rate and oscillatory shear modes. A strategy is proposed for the estimation and tuning of the model parameters based on available experimental data and literature. Qualitatively, the model can capture the rheological behaviour of non-Newtonian fluids such as asphalt under different modes of rheological testing. Quantitative analysis from this work shows that the model describes the rheological behaviour of asphalt for the temperature range of 20 – 60ºC. It is demonstrated that a single set of equations tuned with the steady shear experimental data can be used to predict the nonlinear rheological behaviour of asphalts. In addition, it is shown that the model parameters can be related to the chemical composition of asphalts.
Unsteady Parallel Flows of an Elasto-Visco-Hypoplastic Fluid with Oscillating Boundary
Authors: Fang Chung , Lee Cheng-Hsien
Published: June 2019

In the present study, an evolution equation for the Cauchy stress tensor is proposed to take elastic, viscous and plastic characteristics of complex fluids simultaneously into account. In particular, hypoplasticity is incorporated to account for the plastic features. The stress model is applied to investigate time-dependent flows of an elasto-visco-plastic fluid driven by an oscillating boundary with/without an additional stationary boundary to study the cyclic responses and the model performance. Numerical simulations show that while different degrees of elastic and viscous effects can be captured by varying the model parameters, plastic deformation plays a significant role in the velocity distribution, and can be simulated appropriately by use of hypoplasticity. The stress model is capable of accounting for the combined elastic, viscous and plastic features of complex materials in transient motions, and applications may be found in geomorphic fluid motions like granular and debris flows, and flows involving polymers.
Rheological Idiosyncrasies of Elastomer/Clay Nanocomposites
Authors: Susteric Zoran , Kos Tomaz
Published: June 2019

Rheological properties of elastomeric nanocomposites with organically modified Montmorillonite clays, as possible replacements or supplements to classical active fillers, such as carbon black or silica, have been intensively studied in recent years. Possessing large specific surface areas acquired through the melt-mixing processes of elastomeric intercalation and subsequent filler exfoliation, the clay particles have indeed proved to be highly eligible reinforcing and thermally stabilizing ingredients for application in elastomers. In fact, their performance has shown to be in many respects superior to that of classical fillers, particularly owing to some unusual, though beneficial, exhibited properties. Namely, apart from uncommonly high surface activity, manifested by creation of a host of van der Waals type secondary linkages with elastomer molecules, the main curiosity of clay filler is its dissipative action. Using dynamic mechanical functions under different deformational and temperature conditions, as means for rheological characterization of nanocomposites, the foregoing nano-scale traits are clearly reflected in substantial stiffness at low strains and, unexpectedly, dwindling energy loss with increasig filler content and/or decreasing temperature. Besides, rheological analysis of this kind, together with appropriate theoretical grounds, has enabled elucidation of peculiar conduct, as well as macroscopic insight into the very nature of secondary interactions in elastomers.