bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efficacy of Oral Itraconazole in the Treatment of Seborrheic Dermatitis in Vietnamese Adults Patients
Authors: Van Thuong Nguyen , Hoang Thi Ngo , Hoang Van Tam , Le Van Hung , Dinh Huu Nghi , Thi Minh Phuong Pham , Cam Van Tran , Le Huyen My , Tran Hau Khang , Gandolfi Marco , Satolli Francesca , Feliciani Claudio , Tirant Michael , Vojvodic Aleksandra , Lotti Torello
Published: January 2019

AIM: This longitudinal study aims to evaluate the efficacy of oral itraconazole in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis in Vietnamese patients.
METHODS: Thirty patients were enrolled at National Hospital of Dermatology and Venereology, Hanoi, Vietnam and were treated with oral itraconazole (200 mg daily in 14 days followed by 200 mg weekly in 4 weeks). The clinical severity was assessed by a four-parameter scoring system. All patients completed the six-week regimen with good adherence.
RESULTS: At the week 2nd, 70% of the patients had moderate to severe diseases. At the week 6th, 63.4% of the patients achieve clearance of the lesions, and none had severe disease. No side effects were reported.
CONCLUSION: Oral itraconazole can be an option for seborrheic dermatitis because of good efficacy, safety profile and adherence.
The Decline of PUVA Therapy in Vietnam: Effective Treatment of Narrow Band UVB in Vietnamese Vitiligo Patients
Authors: Thi Thu Hien Do , Thi Hong Nhung Do , Nguyen Van Thuong , Thi Minh Phuong Pham , Hoang Van Tam , Dinh Huu Nghi , Nguyen Trong Hao , Chau Van Tro , Nguyen Ngoc Trai , Tran Hau Khang , Gandolfi Marco , Satolli Francesca , Feliciani Claudio , Tirant Michael , Vojvodic Aleksandra , Lotti Torello
Published: January 2019

AIM: To examine the efficacy and safety of Narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) in Vietnamese vitiligo patients.
METHODS: We recruited thirty-one patients (14 males, 17 females), aged from 7 to 67 years, with both segmental vitiligo (SV) and non-segmental vitiligo (NSV), treated three times weekly with NB-UVB. The starting dose for adults from 15 years old and children less than 15 years old was 200 mJ/cm2 and 150 mJ/cm2, respectively, with 50 mJ/cm2 and 20 mJ/cm2 dose increments at each subsequent visit, respectively, until mild erythema lasting less than 24 hrs reported by patient, given for a period of 6 months. Response to therapy was assessed based on VASI score changes.
RESULTS: Based upon our results, 38.7% (12/31) of patients achieved a very good response of more than 50% VASI changes, 41.9% (13/31) obtained a good response (VASI changed from 25 to 50%). Total good and very good response to therapy significantly increased with prolonged treatment, increasing from 19.4% to 64.5% and 80.6% after 2, 4 and 6 months, respectively. Localised NSV patients obtained good and very good response significantly more frequently than generalised NSV (55.6% versus 18.2%). Adverse effects were minimal, of which one case developed herpes simplex, and 4 cases reported mild photo burn reaction which completely disappeared after adjusting the dose.
CONCLUSION: NB-UVB therapy is an effective and safe tool in the management of Vietnamese vitiligo patients.
Neurocognitive Function and Its Related Potentials in Children with Beta Thalassemia Major: An Egyptian Study
Authors: El-Alameey Inas R. , Alzaree Fatma , Shehata Manal A. , Abu Shady Mones M. , Atti Mohamed Abdel , El-Khonezy Mohamed I.
Published: January 2019

BACKGROUND: Repeated blood transfusions and hemolysis in Î²-Thalassemia major children lead to iron overload in various organs, including the brain which may cause neurodegeneration.
AIM: To evaluate intelligence quotient in children with Î²-thalassemia major and healthy counterparts and to assess risk factors that cause cognitive problems.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This case-control study was performed on 50 children aged 6-16 years old with Î²-thalassemia major as patients group and compared with 50 healthy children as a control group of matched age, sex, and social class. Cognitive functions were evaluated by using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Serum ferritin and iron were measured by ELISA.
RESULTS: There were significantly lower mean performance and full-scale IQ scores of patients group in comparison with controls, whereas no significant differences between both groups as regards to a verbal IQ score. In thalassemic children, block design, comprehension and arithmetic were negatively correlated with age of disease onset, duration of illness and onset of chelation therapy. Serum iron and ferritin were negatively correlated with similarities and digit span. Serum iron levels were negatively correlated with performance IQ score.
CONCLUSION: Children with Î²-thalassemia major need to receive more academic attention and cognitive assessment to improve their IQ.
Successful Treatment of Intralesional Bleomycin in Keloids of Vietnamese Population
Authors: Dinh Huu Nghi , Nguyen Huu Sau , Le Thi Xuan , Nguyen Van Thuong , Thi Minh Phuong Pham , Trinh Minh Trang , Hoang Van Tam , Cam Van Tran , Le Huyen My , Tran Hau Khang , Gandolfi Marco , Satolli Francesca , Feliciani Claudio , Tirant Michael , Vojvodic Aleksandra , Lotti Torello
Published: January 2019

BACKGROUND: Keloid is an overactive condition of the skin tissue to early lesions characterised by proliferation of fibroblasts, excessive collagen production in the lesion. Treatment of keloids is a big challenge because of the poor response rate and high risk of recurrence after treatment. We found that bleomycin offers promise in the treatment of keloids.
AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of bleomycin injected in the injury for keloids treatment.
METHODS: The treatment was carried out in 55 patients having 120 keloids of different sizes and locations. Average treatments were 4 times.
RESULTS: Complete flattening was 70.8%, highly significant flattening was 8.3%, no patient of minimal flattening. Systemic side-effects of bleomycin were not evaluated, but local side-effects were mainly pains (100%), blisters (78.3%), ulceration (5.8%), and hyperpigmentation (56.7%).
CONCLUSION: The percentage of patients recurring 6, 12, 15, 18 months after the last treatment were 3.8, 15.4, 45.5, 50%, respectively.
Vietnamese Dermatology
Authors: Van Thuong Nguyen , Tirant Michael , Thi Minh Phuong Pham , Satolli Francesca , Feliciani Claudio , Lotti Torello
Published: January 2019

BACKGROUND: The World Health Academy of Dermatology, the Vitiligo Research Foundation, the University of Parma-Italy and the University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi, Rome-Italy have successfully joined Vietnamese Dermatology Community in the ambitious project of positionÃ¬ng Vietnam in the Dermatologic Olympus.
AIM: The aim of our special issue is to present some pearls of the Vietnamese Dermatology devoted to the description of the national and hopefully international declining of traditional therapies.
METHODS: We present 36 contributions from all academic hospitals of Vietnam reflecting the therapeutic strategies and every day's dermato-venereology practice in Vietnam.
RESULTS: This special issue show the efficacy and safety of our Vietnamese approach continuously embracing the concept that "old and traditional is beautiful when safe, effective and cheap".
CONCLUSION: Vietnamese Dermatology is deeply concerned with any possible marketing orientated lucrative therapies, thus emphasising the risk/benefits ratio of "old-traditional" versus "new" therapeutic strategies.
Perrottetia wichmaniorum (Dipentodontaceae), a new species from Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands
Authors: Lorence David H. , Wagner Warren L.
Published: January 2019

PerrottetiawichmaniorumLorence & W. L. Wagner,sp. nov. is described as endemic to Kaua‘i. It differs from its Hawaiian congenerP.sandwicensisby its larger, thicker, more densely hirtellous-villosulous rugose leaves with a smaller length:width ratio [1.5–1.7:1], larger inflorescences with usually four degrees of branching with moderately to densely hirtellous axes, and flowers with glabrous petals. This new species falls into the Endangered (EN) category when evaluated using the IUCN Red List criteria for endangerment based on its small area of occupancy, a decline in the extent and quality of its habitat, and number of mature individuals.
Managing the small stream network for improved water quality, biodiversity and ecosystem services protection (SSNet)
Authors: Kelly-Quinn Mary , Bruen Michael , Carlsson Jens , Gurnell Angela , Jarvie Helen , Piggott Jeremy
Published: January 2019

This paper outlines the research being undertaken by the recently-initiated four-year (to March 2022) project on the small stream network in Ireland (SSNet) funded by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The overarching objective of SSNet is to advance knowledge on the role of small streams in water quality, biodiversity and ecosystem services protection that will inform policy, measures and management options to meet water quality and other resources protection targets. The project will start with a synthesis of available information on the importance of small streams to initiate communication with stakeholders and introduce the project. This will be followed by a compilation and analysis of existing data on small streams in Ireland to inform the selection of sites for the proposed research. Three work packages will collect new data on hydrochemistry with a focus on the nutrient retention potential of headwater streams, hydromorphology and biodiversity. All three investigations will share common sites to enable interconnections between the three elements to be explored and provide an integrated approach to the research. Modelling based on the results from each of the aforementioned tasks will be used to estimate the level of intervention in the small stream network required to have measurable effects throughout a catchment on both water quality (N, P & sediment) and flows, and overall delivery/maintenance of ecosystem services. We will also engage volunteers in both biological water quality and hydromorphological assessments and evaluate the potential of citizen science in facilitating greater monitoring coverage of the small stream network.
Four insect oils as food ingredient: physical and chemical characterisation of insect oils obtained by an aqueous oil extraction
Authors: Tzompa-Sosa D.A. , Yi L. , van Valenberg H.J.F. , Lakemond C.M.M.
Published: January 2019

Insect fractionation and insect ingredient characterisation is of relevance in view of the increase in insect production and demand of insect ingredients worldwide. This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of insect oils that were extracted from insects commercially reared in Europe. Oil was extracted from yellow mealworm, lesser mealworm, house cricket and Dubia cockroach by an aqueous based oil extraction method. These insect oils were physico-chemically characterised on the most important parameters for food applications, namely thermal behaviour (differential scanning calorimeter), colour (spectrophotometry) and aroma compounds (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry). The amount and the composition of the un-extracted lipid fraction was determined by means of fatty acid (FA) profiling (gas chromatography with flame ionisation detector). Although no distinctive pattern was seen in all four species, it becomes clear from its FA profile that the extracted fat is more similar to the residue and cream fractions than to the pellet and supernatant. The amount of lipids that was not extracted was species dependent ranging from 40 to up to 82% of the total lipid content. Further work is needed to reduce the oil loss in this extraction. The extracted insect oil presented a wide range of melting peaks, from -30.7 to 22.7 °C, which makes them liquid-like at room temperature. Its thermal profile shows separated peaks showing that fat fractionation is feasible. Oil colour was bright yellow-reddish. Most oils had compounds related to pleasant aromas, except for Dubia cockroach. In the latter oil several acid compounds related to unpleasant aromas were identified. This study shows that yellow meal worm oil, lesser mealworm oil and cricket oil have characteristics desirable for table oils and for oils use as food ingredients.
Social and Emotional Learning: Why Does It Matter?
Authors: Jones-Schenk Jan
Published: January 2019

The evidence is growing that social and emotional skills are better predictors of academic and career success than IQ. The brain, once believed to be hard-wired during childhood, has been found to be neuroplastic throughout the life span. Understanding the elements of social and emotional learning is a critical competency for all educators seeking to foster academic and career success for their students. [
J Contin Educ Nurs.
2019;50(2):57–58.]
Sensor Enhanced Health Information Systems: Issues and Challenges
Authors: Adam Abubakar , Abubakar Adamu , Mahmud Murni
Published: January 2019

Owing to the fact that the world population is aging and considering the high cost of healthcare services, researchers are exploiting the use of sensors to support mobile monitoring of healthcare systems remotely. However, this area is faced with numerous challenges. In this research, the challenges facing the integration of sensors in Health Information Systems (HIS) were reviewed. One of the major challenges faced by such systems is interoperability. In this article, a survey of existing mobile monitoring system is presented and the challenges facing this area are categorized. A significant contribution by some research has indicated the need for further study to thoroughly investigate Interoperability as a Property (IaaP) paradigm for HIS. Recommendation by some researchers requires that a prototype be developed in order to evaluate the performance of IaaP paradigm.
An Integrated Approach for Constructing Cluster-based Virtual Backbone with Mobile Sink
Authors: Al-shqeerat Khalil
Published: January 2019

In Wireless Sensor Networks, no physical backbone infrastructure used while all sensor nodes are energy constrained and impractical to recharge. The behavior of networks becomes unstable once the first node dies. The key challenge in such networks is how to reduce energy consumption to increase the network lifetime, especially with the different amount of energy in heterogeneity environments.

In this paper, the virtual backbone routing solution is suggested to reduce energy consumption in a wireless sensor network. An integrated approach combines both advantages of hierarchical cluster-based architecture and shortest spanning tree topology for constructing a virtual backbone with a mobile sink. The clustering solution is used to divide the network into clusters and reduces the number of nodes included in the communication. On the other hand, the shortest spanning tree technique is used to construct a backbone among all cluster heads and mobile sink every time the sink traverses to a new location. The proposed approach aims to construct an efficient data aggregation spanning tree used to send or receive data between the mobile sink and elected cluster heads in wireless sensor networks. It constructs an efficient virtual backbone to decrease the energy consumption and prolong the lifetime of the network.
Performance evaluation results demonstrate how the proposed approach prolongs the lifetime of wireless sensor networks compared to some conventional clustering protocols.
Intensive Pre-Processing of KDD Cup 99 for Network Intrusion Classification Using Machine Learning Techniques
Authors: Obeidat Ibrahim , Hamadneh Nabhan , Alkasassbeh Mouhammd , Almseidin Mohammad , AlZubi Mazen Ibrahim
Published: January 2019

Abstract— Network security engineers work to keep services available all the time by handling intruder attacks. Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is one of the obtainable mechanism that used to sense and classify any abnormal actions. Therefore, the IDS must be always up to date with the latest intruder attacks signatures to preserve confidentiality, integrity and availability of the services. The speed of the IDS is very important issue as well learning the new attacks. This research work illustrates how the Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (or Knowledge Discovery in Databases) KDD dataset is very handy for testing and evaluating different Machine Learning Techniques. It mainly focuses on the KDD preprocess part in order to prepare a decent and fair experimental data set. The techniques J48, Random Forest, Random Tree, MLP, Naïve Bayes and Bayes Network classifiers have been chosen for this study. It has been proven that the Random forest classifier has achieved the highest accuracy rate for detecting and classifying all KDD dataset attacks, which are of type (DOS, R2L, U2R, and PROBE).
NB-IoT and eMTC: Engineering results towards 5G/IoT Mobile Technologies
Authors: El Mahjoubi Ahmed , Mazri Tomader , Hmina Nabil
Published: January 2019

5G RF technology is an essential part of the wireless mobile technology. Technically, 5G is predicted to empower people-thing and thing-thing interconnections by combining wireless technologies and networks. Our university has been actively support research on 4G/5G/IoT, in which the NB-IoT, eMTC and Massive Carrier Aggregation new features challenge are of big interest. New 5G trials put forward a lot of prerequisites for new RF interface in terms of radio bandwidth, power issues, as well as the huge number of connections for IoT capacity management and optimization. Based on Morocco’s current situation, this paper first discusses the 5G technologies; In addition, we will discuss IoT SoftRadio application support, and NB-IoT master plan recap. At last, based on the current plan of 5G RF KPIs management according to first Morocco 5G trail Results and Deployment plans.
A New Axiomatics for Masures
Authors: Hébert Auguste
Published: January 2019

Masures are generalizations of Bruhat–Tits buildings. They were introduced by Gaussent and Rousseau to study Kac–Moody groups over ultrametric fields that generalize reductive groups. Rousseau gave an axiomatic definition of these spaces. We propose an equivalent axiomatic definition, which is shorter, more practical, and closer to the axiom of Bruhat–Tits buildings. Our main tool to prove the equivalence of the axioms is the study of the convexity properties in masures.
Long-Term In vitro Cultivation of Plasmodium falciparum in a Novel Cell Culture Device
Authors: Géry Antoine , Basco Leonardo K. , Heutte Natacha , Guillamin Marilyne , N’Guyen Ho-Mai-Thy , Richard Estelle , Garon David , Eldin de Pécoulas Philippe
Published: January 2019

The standard in vitro cultivation procedure for Plasmodium falciparum requires gas exchange and a microaerophilic atmosphere. A novel system using a commercially available cell culture device (Petaka G3™; Celartia Ltd., Powell, OH) was assessed for long-term cultivation of a P. falciparum reference laboratory clone in normal air. Parasite growth during 30 days was similar, or better, in Petaka G3 than that in the standard cultivation method with gas exchange in a CO2 incubator. The successful cultivation of P. falciparum in the Petaka G3 device suggests that low O2 content available in hemoglobin and dissolved gas in the blood is sufficient for long-term cultivation. This finding may open the way to novel methods to cultivate and adapt P. falciparum field isolates to in vitro conditions with more ease.
Potential for Seasonal Lassa Fever Case Exportation from Nigeria
Authors: Tuite Ashleigh R. , Watts Alexander G. , Kraemer Moritz U. G. , Khan Kamran , Bogoch Isaac I.
Published: January 2019

The largest epidemic of Lassa fever in recent history occurred in Nigeria in 2018. We assessed the potential for cases of Lassa fever originating in Nigeria to arrive at international destinations via air travel using a probabilistic model. We estimated no exported cases in 62% of 1,000 model simulations. In 30% of simulations, a single exported case was projected. Greater than 40% of outbound travelers from Nigeria arrived in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ghana, placing these countries at greatest risk for receiving an exported case. There was a wide range in the capacity of highly connected countries to respond to infectious disease threats, as measured by the Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index. Although we quantified a low probability of case exportation during this outbreak, countries with the greatest connectivity to Nigeria should be alert to the potential risks of Lassa fever importation and be prepared to manage infected individuals.
O princípio da conexão e as perturbações estruturais no processo judicial eletrônico
Authors: Rover Aires José
Published: January 2019

O acesso à Justiça no contexto do avanço do e-processo aponta diretamente para um fundamental e novo princípio: o chamado princípio da conexão, que será objeto principal deste trabalho. A visão de mundo e a metodologia adotadas é a sistêmica, notadamente a elaborada por Maturana e Varela (1995). A abordagem será dedutiva. O objetivo principal do trabalho é realizar um quadro analítico das dimensões do processo judicial, inter-relacionando as variáveis dos processos analógico e digital e as variáveis sistêmicas.
Apropriação indevida de palavras articuladas em textos científicos: a justiça restaurativa como possibilidade de resolução dos conflitos gerados
Authors: De Alencar Gomes Pinheiro Adriana , Cioatto Roberta Marina
Published: January 2019

De discursos de autoridades a trabalhos científicos, a apropriação indevida de palavras tem deixado em alerta a comunidade acadêmica no tocante à ética na escrita da academia. O presente artigo tem como objetivo geral apresentar uma reflexão sobre a apropriação de palavras nesta seara e, como objetivo específico, dialogar na perspectiva da Justiça Restaurativa como possibilidade de resolução dos conflitos decorrentes de plágio. O trabalho traz em seu bojo o método científico indutivo e de procedimento na pesquisa bibliográfica. Para tanto, do ponto de vista da abordagem qualitativa, como resultado, acredita-se ser possível a justiça restaurativa proporcionar mudança no comportamento das pessoas envolvidas nessas apropriações indevidas. Assim, conclui-se pela colaboração da Justiça Restaurativa na construção de uma sociedade que tenha corresponsabilidades alicerçadas em uma cultura do bem comum, responsável pelas mudanças e pela paz.
Extradition in Fascist Italy (1922-1943) and in Brazil of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) between the ascension of “Fascism Criminal Law” and the survival of the liberal tradition of Criminal Law
Authors: Nunes Diego
Published: January 2019

O presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar o tratamento jurídico dado à extradição na Itália Fascista e no Brasil de Getúlio Vargas para compreender se o instituto sofreu torsões autoritárias, seja no campo do direito interno como nas relações diplomáticas entre os dois países. No Codice Rocco, as regras sobre extradição foram pensadas para fortalecer a repressão. Por sua vez, se de um lado a lei brasileira de extradição de 1938 retomava elementos do instituto quando criado no século XIX, também adicionou importantes elementos para a defesa de um Estado forte. Porém, o tratado Itálo-Brasileiro de extradição de 1932 aproximou-se do paradigma liberal, resultando em proteção aos indivíduos sujeitos à extradição. Assim, tais regras teriam realmente uma origem fascista? A hipótese é a perceber que o “Direito Penal fascista” não foi exatamente uma revolução, já que apesar de introduzir alterações importantes, coabitou com a tradição liberal de Direito Penal.
Bound in Place
Authors: Teves Stephanie Nohelani
Published: January 2019

This chapter analyzes what it looks like when aloha comes home from the Hawaiian diaspora. I perform a close reading of a short story in the book, This is Paradise (2012). In the past fifteen years, the number of Kānaka Maoli living outside of Hawaiʻi has increased forty percent, thus creating a division between on-island Kānaka Maoli and those living in the diaspora. This division is exacerbated by a growing cultural nationalist movement that prioritizes land-based forms of Indigeneity. Focusing on the story, “The Old Paniolo Way” to provide a close reading of the quotidian spaces where our cultural performances and interactions support a more inclusive sense of belonging that is not landlocked or tied to touristic visions of Hawaiianness. These spaces are contingent on and maintained through performing aloha and other forms of community recognition. Rather than emphasize an eventual homecoming as the solution to the diaspora, these stories offer an opportunity to animate the kinship networks and Indigenous understandings of place, history, and time that are performed in the diaspora.
Simultaneous observations by sky radiometer and MAX-DOAS for characterization of biomass burning plumes in central Thailand in January–April 2016
Authors: Irie Hitoshi , Hoque Hossain Mohammed Syedul , Damiani Alessandro , Okamoto Hiroshi , Fatmi Al Mashroor , Khatri Pradeep , Takamura Tamio , Jarupongsakul Thanawat
Published: January 2019

Abstract. The first intensive multicomponent ground-based remote-sensing
observations by sky radiometer and multi-axis differential optical absorption
spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) were performed simultaneously at the SKYNET Phimai
site located in central Thailand (15.18∘ N, 102.56∘ E)
from January to April 2016. The period corresponds to the dry season
associated with intense biomass burning (BB) activity around the site.
The near-surface concentration of formaldehyde (HCHO) retrieved from MAX-DOAS
was found to be a useful tracer for absorption aerosols from BB plumes, when
BB was the dominant source of HCHO and absorption aerosols over other
sources. As the HCHO concentration tripled from 3 to 9 ppbv, the ratio of
gaseous glyoxal to HCHO concentrations in daytime decreased from
∼0.04 to ∼0.03, responding presumably to the
increased contribution of volatile organic compound emissions from BB. In
addition, clear increases in aerosol absorption optical depths (AAODs)
retrieved from sky radiometer observations were seen with the HCHO
enhancement. At a HCHO of 9 ppbv, AAOD at a wavelength of 340 nm reached as
high as ∼0.15±0.03. The wavelength dependence of AAODs
at 340–870 nm was quantified by the absorption Ångström exponent
(AAE), providing evidence for the presence of brown carbon aerosols at an AAE
of 1.5±0.2. Thus, our multicomponent observations around central
Thailand are expected to provide unique constraints for understanding
physical–chemical–optical properties of BB plumes.
Evaluating post-glacial bedrock erosion and surface exposure duration by coupling in-situ OSL and 10Be dating
Authors: Lehmann Benjamin , Herman Frédéric , Valla Pierre G. , King Georgina E. , Biswas Rabiul H.
Published: January 2019

Abstract. Assessing the impact of Quaternary glaciation at the Earth’s surface implies understanding of the long-term evolution of alpine landscapes. In particular, it requires simultaneous quantification of the impact of climate variability on past glacier fluctuations and on bedrock erosion. Here we present a new approach for evaluating post-glacial bedrock surface erosion in mountainous environments by combining in-situ cosmogenic 10Be (TCN) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) surface exposure dating. Using a numerical approach, we show how it is possible to simultaneously invert bedrock OSL signals and 10Be concentrations into quantitative estimates of post-glacial exposure duration and bedrock surface erosion. By exploiting the fact that OSL and TCN data are integrated over different timescales, this approach can be used to estimate how bedrock erosion rates vary spatially and temporally since glacier retreat in an alpine environment.
Interactive impacts of fire and vegetation dynamics on global carbon and water budget using Community Land Model version 4.5
Authors: Seo Hocheol , Kim Yeonjoo
Published: January 2019

Abstract. Fire plays an important role in terrestrial ecosystems. The burning of
biomass affects carbon and water fluxes and vegetation distribution. To
understand the effect of interactive processes of fire and ecological
succession on surface carbon and water fluxes, this study employed the
Community Land Model version 4.5 to conduct a series of experiments that
included and excluded fire and dynamic vegetation processes. Results of the
experiments that excluded the vegetation dynamics showed a global increase
in net ecosystem production (NEP) in post-fire regions, whereas the
inclusion of vegetation dynamics revealed a fire-induced decrease in NEP in
some regions, which was depicted when the dominant vegetation type was
changed from trees to grass. Carbon emissions from fires are enhanced by
reduction in NEP when vegetation dynamics are considered; however, this
effect is somewhat mitigated by the increase in NEP when vegetation dynamics
are not considered. Fire-induced changes in vegetation modify the soil
moisture profile because grasslands are more dominant in post-fire regions.
This results in less moisture within the top soil layer than that in
unburned regions, even though transpiration is reduced overall. These
findings are different from those of previous fire model evaluations that
ignored vegetation dynamics and thus highlight the importance of
interactive processes between fires and vegetation dynamics in evaluating
recent model developments.
A General Lake Model (GLM 3.0) for linking with high-frequency sensor data from the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)
Authors: Hipsey Matthew R. , Bruce Louise C. , Boon Casper , Busch Brendan , Carey Cayelan C. , Hamilton David P. , Hanson Paul C. , Read Jordan S. , de Sousa Eduardo , Weber Michael , Winslow Luke A.
Published: January 2019

Abstract. The General Lake Model (GLM) is a one-dimensional open-source code designed to simulate the hydrodynamics of lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands. GLM was developed to support the science needs of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON), a network of researchers using sensors to understand lake functioning and address questions about how lakes around the world respond to climate and land use change. The scale and diversity of lake types, locations, and sizes, and the expanding observational datasets created the need for a robust community model of lake dynamics with sufficient flexibility to accommodate a range of scientific and management questions relevant to the GLEON community. This paper summarizes the scientific basis and numerical implementation of the model algorithms, including details of sub-models that simulate surface heat exchange and ice cover dynamics, vertical mixing, and inflow–outflow dynamics. We demonstrate the suitability of the model for different lake types that vary substantially in their morphology, hydrology, and climatic conditions. GLM supports a dynamic coupling with biogeochemical and ecological modelling libraries for integrated simulations of water quality and ecosystem health, and options for integration with other environmental models are outlined. Finally, we discuss utilities for the analysis of model outputs and uncertainty assessments, model operation within a distributed cloud-computing environment, and as a tool to support the learning of network participants.
Responses of sub-ice platelet layer thickening rate and frazil-ice concentration to variations in ice-shelf water supercooling in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Authors: Cheng Chen , Jenkins Adrian , Holland Paul R. , Wang Zhaomin , Liu Chengyan , Xia Ruibin
Published: January 2019

Abstract. Persistent outflow of supercooled ice-shelf water (ISW)
from beneath McMurdo Ice Shelf creates a rapidly growing sub-ice platelet
layer (SIPL) with a unique crystallographic structure under the sea ice in
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. A vertically modified frazil-ice-laden ISW plume
model that encapsulates the combined non-linear effects of the vertical
distributions of supercooling and frazil concentration on frazil-ice growth
is applied to McMurdo Sound and is shown to reproduce the observed ISW
supercooling and SIPL distributions. Using this model, the dependence of
the SIPL thickening rate and depth-averaged frazil-ice concentration on ISW
supercooling in McMurdo Sound is investigated and found to be predominantly
controlled by the vertical distribution of frazil concentration. The complex
dependence on frazil concentration highlights the need to improve frazil-ice
observations within the sea-ice–ocean boundary layer in McMurdo Sound.
Interactions between lemongrass and lavender essential oils in combination with ampicillin influencing antibacterial activity on Sporosarcina ureae and Serratia liquefaciens
Authors: Araz Kurdo , Patel Salonee , Khajehdehi Nika , Wade Christopher Bjerkan , Thomas Jacob , Krajnyk Irene
Published: January 2019

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of various combinations of essential oils (EOs) with antibiotics on bacterial growth. The molecular mechanisms behind the effects of individual phytochemicals in EOs and antibiotics is well understood, unlike the mechanisms behind the interactions between multiple phytochemicals and antibiotics in a mixture. Serratia liquefaciens and Sporosarcina ureae were exposed to various treatments of different combinations of Lavandula officinalis (lavender oil), Cymbopogon citratus (lemongrass oil) with ampicillin. For each treatment group, mean zones of inhibition (ZOI) were measured after exposure for 48 hours. Controls for both species did not yield any ZOI whereas all other treatments resulted in the inhibition of bacterial growth in both Serratia liquefaciens and Sporosarcina ureae. Statistical analyses showed that the combination of lemongrass oil and ampicillin was significantly more effective than all other treatments for Serratia liquefaciens. The lemongrass oil and ampicillin treatment was the only treatment that displayed additive effects. All treatments for Sporosarcina ureae, with the exception of the control and lavender oil treatments, showed a significantly higher mean ZOI when compared to control and lavender oil treatments. It was concluded that lemongrass oil was a better candidate to be included in antibacterial cocktails than lavender oil. However, further investigation is required to elucidate EOs that interact synergistically with ampicillin when acting on Serratia liquefaciens and Sporosarcina ureae. Additionally, further investigation into the molecular mechanisms behind the interactions of the components found in these EOs with ampicillin is required.
Mammonogamus Laryngeus: A HUMAN CASE REPORT IN FLORIANOPOLIS, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL
Authors: Alves de Almeida Patricia , Amélia Martins Fernanda , Paula Lazzaretti Marostega Ana , Jose de Carvalho Pinto Carlos , Ana Bricarello Patrizia , Mattos Lima Lenilza
Published: January 2019

Mammomonogamus laryngeus (sin.: Syngamus laryngeus) is a nematode which parasites the respiratory tract of some animals. It is occasionally seen in humans, who present symptoms similar to other diseases with respiratory manifestations, such as a chronic dry cough and chest pain, in addition to a “foreign body” sensation in the throat. It can be diagnosed through rhinolaryngoscopy or bronchoscopy examinations, but this often occurs only after spontaneous expectoration of the worms, a long period of symptomatology and the use of several types of medication. In this report, we describe a case of syngamosis in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina, Brazil). The patient consulted several health professionals during the course of the disease and was prescribed numerous drugs. Diagnosis was eventually reached after the spontaneous expectoration of a nematode couple.
Ecotoxicological studies of Akmola region lakes
Authors: Akbayeva Lyailya , Tulegenov Erdaulet , Omarbayeva Ainur , Kobetaeva Nazira , Nurgalieva Zina , Nurkeyev Yerlan , Martišová Patrí­cia , Vietoris Vladimir , Zhanabaev Assylbek
Published: January 2019

The research object is water, bottom sediments in Akmola region lakes located in the intensive agriculture area. The territory of Akmola region is subjected to intensive human impacts, including the inevitable pollution with agricultural pesticides, which are ecotoxicants. The work has carried out hydrochemical studies in technogenic polluted lakes: general hydrochemical indicators, persistent organic pollutant content. The POPs in the samples were determined on the gas chromatograph Clarus 580 (PerkinElmer) with a mass spectrometer detector Clarus-SQ 8. According to the analysis results, the general hydrochemical pollution is classified as an average. The MPC excess indicators in the Akmola region lakes are observed for salt ammonium (up to 0.002 MPC), magnesium (up to 1.15 MPC), nitrites (up to 1.12 MPC), petroleum products (up to 1.98 MPC), iron (up to 2.0 MPC), SSAS (up to 3.8 MPC). High concentration indicators for the sulphate (3.5 MPC), copper (4.3 MPC), magnesium (1.125 MPC). Mainly the lakes are dominated by sulfates, ion chloride. But in general among 21 investigated POPs 8 substances are accumulated in bottom sediments of the investigated Zhalauly, Tastykol lakes, Unnamed Lake to the south of Akkol village, Itemgen lake, Zhalanash lake near Malinovka village (near Astana city), Kokay, Yesey, Bolshoe Chebachie.
The Scope Taxation in Influencing Entrepreneurship: Historical Overview of Tax Policies
Authors: Martin Anthony Ray
Published: January 2019

Policymakers constantly face the challenge of aligning micro- and macroeconomic policies with the existing needs of the social, political and economic facets of their areas of jurisdiction. Given the pivotal role played by taxation in any economy, it is not surprising that many countries often turn to tax breaks as a method of easing pressure on existing enterprises with the hope of sparking investment. One common explanation for issuing such breaks is that taxation affects microeconomic decisions undertaken by organizations in terms of investments, innovation and job creation and policies of the existing tax regime directly affect opportunities for enterprises that may seek to venture beyond the boundaries of a taxation authority’s area of jurisdiction. However, empirically, the world of entrepreneurship is difficult to analyze. This is especially true when identifying the relationship between tax- promoted economic activities of entrepreneurs and the overall behavior of different businesses. This paper reviews the scope of taxation within the US’s economic policy through a historical analysis of the manner in which the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations utilized policy tools to shape the course of the country’s micro- and macro-economic conditions.
Cohort Effect and the Impact of Environmental Characteristics on Obesity
Authors: Arbel Yuval , Fialkoff Chaim , Kerner Amichai
Published: January 2019

Obesity and overweight have become the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. They might be affected by a variety of different externalities, such as processed food, traffic noise, and other environmental factors. The objective of the current study is to examine the impact of cohort, gender and environmental characteristics of the residential unit on overweight and obesity. We make use of an extensive and unique set of questions concerning the environmental characteristics of the housing unit asked within the framework of the 2015-2016 longitudinal survey conducted by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) via face-to-face interviews. The survey also includes information regarding the weight, height, gender and age of each household member. The opportunity to use the BMI measure, namely, WEIGHT÷(HEIGHT2), and estimate the probability to become overweight (BMI≥25) provides unique measures of the impacts of environmental externalities. The prominent public policy reprecussion from our study is that a reduction in traffic noise, may improve residents health, as they lead to a decrease in the prbability of overweight for both genders. Further implication is that positive environmental characteristics, particularly, number of exposures in the residential unit, tends to improve significantly the probabity of overweight among women.
Simplifying MATCH WORD: Evidence from English functional categories
Authors: Tyler Matthew
Published: January 2019

In work on the syntax-prosody interface, there is a prevalent idea that while lexical categories are preferentially mapped to prosodic words, no such pressure exists for functional categories (Selkirk 1984; 1996; 2011; Selkirk & Shen 1990; Truckenbrodt 1999; Elfner 2012). In Match Theory (Selkirk 2011), in which syntax-prosody isomorphism is enforced by a series of violable constraints, this supposed pressure is built into the system with the claim that MATCH WORD in some sense “ignores” functional categories. I argue that this idea is misguided, and that MATCH WORD does not discriminate between lexical and functional heads. The pervasive phonological reduction of function words is instead ascribed to the idiosyncratic prosodic requirements of the function words themselves. In particular, I adopt the model of Prosodic Subcategorization (Inkelas 1989; Zec 2005). This approach explains particular interactions that would be unexpected if MATCH WORD were genuinely indifferent to functional categories, and fits in with a large body of evidence suggesting that functional elements can behave in prosodically idiosyncratic ways (Nespor & Vogel 1986; Inkelas & Zec 1990; Zec 2005). The evidence comes from the behavior of several classes of English functional categories: prepositions, auxiliaries, determiners, weak object pronouns and contracted negation -n’t.
Proceso enseñanza- aprendizaje constructivista en la asignatura de Química general QQ-103 de la UNAH (año 2016)
Authors: Ramírez María De los Angeles , Orellana Karen , Rodriguez Rivas Fredy
Published: January 2019

El objetivo del estudio consistió en analizar e implementar estrategias didácticas coherentes al enfoque de competencias y aprendizaje efectivo/significativo para la comprensión y resolución de problemas relacionados a las ciencias químicas, estas estrategias comprendieron: Mapas Conceptuales, diagrama de flujo, UVE de Gowin, resolución de problemas y estudio de casos aplicados al tema de medición de masa, volumen y densidad de sustancias sólidas y líquidas de la materia, mediante una guía didáctica diseñada en función de los contenidos analizados. Para el estudio se utilizó una muestra aleatoria de 55 estudiantes de tres secciones de Química General QQ103 durante el primer período académico del año 2016, una de ellas se estableció como grupo control conformado por 15 estudiantes y las otras dos secciones con un total de 40 estudiantes. Se diagnosticó el aprendizaje efectivo/- significativo mediante un pre test,  considerando sus actitudes positivas y negativas hacia el conocimiento de la química, así como su comprensión del temario antes y después de la aplicación de las estrategias didácticas implementadas, asimismo como de una guía didáctica validada. Se efectuó un pos test para indagar el logro de competencias básicas. La información obtenida se procesó empleando el programa estadístico para las ciencias sociales (SPSS). Los resultados fueron expresados entérminos numéricos y porcentuales mostrado una actitud positiva muy favorable en los grupos control y experimental, ambos con conocimientos y competencias previas similares. El grupo experimental mostró mayor fijación de conocimiento y un aumento en el desarrollo de competencias básicas.
Ecología de especies de Candida encontrada en diversas áreas del Departamento de Pediatría del Hospital Escuela Universitario Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Authors: Pérez Alemán Erika , Ortiz Bryan , Galo Carmen , Montoya Sandra , Enriquez Flores Maria De Lourdes
Published: January 2019

En los últimos 45 años se ha descrito un aumento importante de infecciones por el género Candida entre la población general, reportándose como la cuarta causa de infecciones sanguíneas de origen nosocomial(1). Estas infecciones han sido observadas con más frecuencia en pacientes en estado crítico. La identificación de especies de Candida es necesaria debido a que, entre cepas se presentan patrones diferentes de resistencia natural hacia los fármacos antifúngicos. Este grado de resistencia podría inhabilitar la efectividad del tratamiento aumentando así la estancia hospitalaria y la mortalidad entre pacientes en estado crítico. Determinar la ecología de especies de Candida encontrada en diversas áreas del Departamento de Pediatría del HEU en 55 cultivos positivos por Candida, provenientes de diferentes tipos de muestras de pacientes pediátricos mediante las técnicas de Tubo germinal, CHROmagar y PCR-RFLP, implementando esta última técnica como método diagnóstico. La prevalencia general dentro de las áreas del Departamento de Pediatría del HEU de especies de Candida, tomando en cuenta la PCR-RFLP como gold standard en orden de frecuencia descendente, fue C. tropicalis con un 25.5%, C.albicans con 21.8%, C. parapsilosis con 12.7%. C. glabrata con 7.3%, y C. Krusei con un 5.5%. Se encontró que la mayoría de los cultivos positivos provenían de la Sala de Oncología Pediátrica 12 (21.8%), seguido por la sala de Nutrición 12 (21.8%) y sala de Lactantes 10 (18.2%). El tipo de muestra con positividad más frecuente fuela de orina con 31 aislamientos (56.4%). El método de PCR-RFLP resultó ser una herramienta valiosa para la identificación de especies de Candida y en la discriminación de co-infecciones entre estas especies. Las características del método de PCR-RFLP evidencia que es un método rápido y útil en el tratamiento, profilaxis, y en diseños de estrategias de reducción de mortalidad por este género.
Desarrollo histórico de la guitarra en Honduras desde el punto de vista académico, 1900-2016
Authors: Acosta Salgado Eduardo Antonio , Benavides Romero Jorge Adalberto , Umanzor Rafael
Published: January 2019

El objetivo de la presente investigación fue analizar el desarrollo histórico de la guitarra en Honduras dentro de las ciudades de Tegucigalpa y San Pedro Sula, lugares donde existe mayor referencia en el ámbito académico y artístico-musical. Además de entrevistar a exponentes del arte específicamente de la guitarra, también se incluyeron directores de centros de enseñanza musical y personalidades del acontecer nacional que poseen referencias históricas de la sinergia artística, social, cultural, económica y política del país. El profesor Donaldo Umanzor de 90 años (Tegucigalpa) y Don Francisco Carranza de 72 años (San Pedro Sula) fueron informantes claves por edad, trayectoria, viabilidad, factibilidad y ubicación geográfica. La investigación comprueba el vacío teórico que existe sobre la temática, se ha descrito una cronología de los precursores del estudio de la guitarra en el país, biografía, obra, aportes en la enseñanza, metodologías, partituras y memorias gráficas. Se evidenció el desarrollo de la guitarra en el contexto académico en estos últimos diez años, considerando las instituciones de enseñanza formal y no formal, específicamente la Escuela Nacional de Música, el Plan Propedéutico y la Licenciatura de Música con orientación en Guitarra de la UNAH, instituciones que han tenido más demanda y por ende, más eficiencia terminal. La Antología de la Guitarra en Honduras es resultado del presente estudio, siendo la primera vez que se ordena de manera sistemática un repertorio propio de la guitarra cronológicamente, considerando la edad de los autores.