bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cutaneous form of maculopapular mastocytosis in a foal
Authors: Junginger Johannes , Geburek Florian , Khan Muhammad Akram , Müller Gundi , Gruber Achim D. , Hewicker‐Trautwein Marion
Published: April 2016

Background

Cutaneous mastocytosis is a rare benign disease occurring in domestic animals and humans. In previous reports, dermal findings in foals were accompanied by systemic mast cell infiltrations, whereas lesions in human cutaneous mastocytosis, including urticaria pigmentosa and solitary mastocytoma, are usually restricted to the skin.

Objectives

To describe a new variant of equine cutaneous maculopapular mastocytosis lacking systemic involvement.

Animals

A 2.5‐month‐old warmblood foal with multiple skin nodules since birth.

Methods

Clinical examination (including haematology, fine needle biopsy and thoracic radiographs), postmortem examination, histopathology and immunohistochemistry.

Results

Clinical examination showed 41 skin nodules that contained numerous mast cells as detected by cytology. Macroscopic examination at postmortem examination revealed intradermal circumscribed lesions ranging from 2 to 5 cm in diameter. Histologically, they were composed of well differentiated mast cells with metachromatic granules stained with toluidine blue accompanied by many eosinophils. Immunohistochemically, mast cells had mast cell growth factor receptor c‐KIT predominating at the cell surface and intracytoplasmic expression of tryptase. In other organs similar mast cell infiltrations were not detected.

Conclusions and clinical importance

The case presented here fulfils the criteria of equine cutaneous maculopapular mastocytosis (ECMM), representing a rare entity in foals that is reported to be associated with spontaneous regression, although the long‐term prognosis is not known. Unlike in previous reports, lesions described here were restricted to the skin. This may imply that ECMM is primarily a dermal disease sharing similarities with urticaria pigmentosa in young children.
Bienestar, salud e imagen corporal de adolescentes brasileiros: la importancia de los contextos familiar, de amistad y escolar
Authors: Gonçalves Câmara Sheila , Bedin Tomasi Lívia Maria
Published: April 2016

Este estudio tuvo por objetivo verificar la contribución de las variables de relaciones en los contextos familiar, de amistad y escolar en la predicción de la percepción del bienestar, de la salud y de la imagen corporal de adolescentes. Los participantes son 3396 adolescentes de la región metropolitana de Porto Alegre. Como instrumentos fueron utilizados The Health Behavior in Schoolchildren; la Escala de Afectos Positivos y Negativos; el Cuestionario General de Salud y la Breaf Muldimensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale. Utilizando el modelaje de ecuaciones estructurales, los resultados presentan un modelo adecuado para explicar el bienestar, la salud y la imagen corporal. Los coeficientes obtenidos señalan que las relaciones familiares, con amigos y en la escuela influyen positivamente en el desarrollo de los adolescentes.
Delincuencia, Infancia y Alteridad: una propuesta de inteligibilidad
Authors: Valdenegro Egozcue. Boris
Published: April 2016

Este artículo se sitúa desde la Psicología Social Comunitaria, abordando los procesos de alteridad sobre la relación que se establece en Chile entre infancia y delincuencia. Enmarco esta discusión desde la noción de dispositivo, en el contexto de las políticas públicas. Los apartados desarrollan la relación entre infancia, delincuencia y alteridad desde distintas perspectivas (Políticas Públicas, Investigación Social, Dispositivo Foucaultiano, Historiografía e Intervención Social), desarrollando una crítica a los procesos de criminalización de la infancia y proponiendo la noción de Alter- Infancia como posibilidad de comprensión crítica.
Economy and planet: a blind spot for community psychology?
Authors: Burton Mark
Published: April 2016

Conventional economics shares a number of characteristics with mainstream psychology: individualism, acontextualism, and both social and ecological irrelevance. Community psychology has been one response to the shortcomings of mainstream psychology, but has not typically engaged with criticisms of the conventional economics with which it shares assumptions, nor with the economic dimension of community. I reflect on experience promoting alternatives to the dominant economic growth / global competitiveness policy paradigm in the region of Manchester, England, and on the community psychological nature of this project. Community psychology can help articulate an alternative set of values and provide conceptual and practical tools for counter-hegemonic social movements, but the path from community psychology praxis to social movement praxis is not obvious
Evaluación de la restrictividad de dispositivos residenciales para personas con un diagnóstico psiquiátrico en el modelo de Salud Mental Comunitaria en Chile
Authors: Grandón Fernández Pamela , Bustos Navarrete Claudio , Tapia Cárdenas Carolina , Cova Solar Félix
Published: April 2016

Los hogares y residencias protegidas son elementos centrales de la red asistencial que atiende a personas con un diagnóstico de trastorno mental severo, dentro del modelo de salud mental comunitaria. Este modelo tiene como uno de sus propósitos centrales estimular la autonomía y participación social de los usuarios. Se evaluó la restrictividad presente en estos dispositivos y factores asociados a su predicción. Se evaluaron 21 servicios residenciales mediante la escala de prácticas restrictivas que se aplicó a un cuidador por lugar. Se observó que estos dispositivos poseen un nivel de restrictividad que limita la capacidad para tomar decisiones de los residentes en aspectos de su vida. Esta situación dificulta el empoderamiento y la participación de las personas en la comunidad.
Simulation of Forced Expiration in a Biophysical Model, With Homogeneous and Clustered Bronchoconstriction
Authors: Hedges Kerry L. , Tawhai Merryn H.
Published: April 2016

One limitation of forced spirometry is that it integrates the contribution of the complex and dynamic behavior of all of the airways and tissue of the lung into a single exhaling unit, hence, it is not clear how spirometric measures are affected by local changes to the airways or tissue such as the presence of “ventilation defects.” Here, we adapt a wave-speed limitation model to a spatially distributed and anatomically based airway tree that is embedded within a deformable parenchyma, to simulate forced expiration in 1 s (FEV1). This provides a model that can be used to assess the consequence of imposed constrictions on FEV1. We first show how the model can be parameterized to represent imaging and forced spirometry data from nonasthmatic healthy young adults. We then compare the effect of homogeneous and clustered bronchoconstriction on FEV1 in six subject-specific models (three male and three female). The model highlights potential sources of normal subject variability in response to agonist challenge, including the interaction between sites of airway constriction and sites of flow limitation at baseline. The results support earlier studies which proposed that the significant constriction of nondefect airways must be present in order to match to clinical measurements of lung function.
Enhancement of the Analyte Mass Transport in a Microfluidic Biosensor by Deformation of Fluid Flow and Electrothermal Force
Authors: Selmi Marwa , Khemiri Randa , Echouchene Fraj , Belmabrouk Hafedh
Published: April 2016

Fluid deformations around a cylinder combined with an applied electric field are used to enhance the kinetics rate and the response time of heterogeneous immunosensors in microfluidic systems. The insertion of an obstacle in the microchannel as well as the application an applied electric field are used to change the fluid motion topology that improves the transport of diffusion-limited proteins. The response time is affected by various parameters such as the inlet flow velocity, the initial analyte concentration and the obstacle position. The effects of the parameters related to the kinetics reaction on the sensitivity and the performance of the biosensor have been studied numerically. Numerical results reveal that an appropriate choice of the inlet analyte and inlet flow velocity with applied electric field may reduce considerably the response time and enhance the microfluidic sensor performance.
Emerging Behavioral Flexibility in Loop Writing: A longitudinal study in 7- to 9-Year-Old Primary School Children
Authors: Bosga-Stork Ida M. , Bosga Jurjen , Meulenbroek Ruud G.J.
Published: April 2016

The development of the ability to adapt one’s motor performance to the constraints of a movement task was examined in a longitudinal study involving 7 to-9-year-old children who were asked to perform a preparatory handwriting task. The capacity for sensorimotor synchronization was captured by the standard deviation of the relative phase between pacing signals and writing movements and the capacity to adjust wrist-finger coordination while performing repetitive movements was analyzed by autocorrelations of the vertical pen-tip displacements. While the capacity for synchronization improved with age, the autocorrelations were positive at short time lags only and hardly changed with age. A measure of “the long-term memory” of time series (Hurst exponent) confirmed that the findings were systematic rather than noise. Collectively, the results indicate that flexible movement strategies emerge early on in the first 3 years of formal handwriting education. Implications for educational and clinical practice are considered.
Do Performers’ Experience and Sex Affect Their Performance?
Authors: Jacobs Emmanuel , Roussel Nathalie , Van Caekenberghe Ine , Cassiers Edith , Van den Dries Luc , Rutgeerts Jonas , Gielen Jan , Hallemans Ann
Published: April 2016

This cross-sectional study aimed at developing a biomechanical method to objectify voluntary and unpredictable movements, using an automated three-dimensional motion capture system and surface electromyography. Fourteen experienced theater performers were tested while executing the old man exercise, wherein they have to walk like an old man, building up a sustained high intensive muscular activity and tremor. Less experienced performed showed a different kinematics of movement, a slower speed of progression and more variable EMG signals at higher intensity. Female performers also differed from males in movement kinematics and muscular activity. The number of the trial only influenced the speed of progression. The performers showed results which could be well placed within the stages of learning and the degrees of freedom problem.
Hoarseness of voice, respiratory distress and dysphagia due to giant primary posterior mediastinal ectopic goitre: a rare clinical entity
Authors: Chaudhry Ikram Ulhaq , Cheema Ahsan Iqbal , AlShamasi Zahra , Mutairi Hadi
Published: April 2016

Primary posterior mediastinal ectopic goitre is an extremely rare entity; we report a case of a 28-year-old man who presented with dysphagia, respiratory distress and hoarseness of voice, gradually worsening over a period of 3 months. CT scan of the thorax revealed a giant posterior mediastinal ectopic goitre. The mass was removed through a right posterolateral thoracotomy. The patient's symptoms, respiratory distress and dysphagia disappeared immediately after surgery while his voice gradually returned to normal after 6 weeks.
Environmental conditions affect phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of leaves and fruit in wild partridgeberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
Authors: Alam Zobayer , Morales Hugo R. , Roncal Julissa
Published: April 2016

Partridgeberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) is a good source of food and pharmaceutical ingredients, for which cultivation interest is increasing in North America. Nutrition-oriented breeding programs will benefit from an understanding of how the environment affects the biochemical traits of interest in wild populations. Total phenolic content (TPC) and antioxidant capacity (AC) as measured by the ability to capture free radicals were evaluated simultaneously in leaves and fruit of 56 wild populations across Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. We tested variation in TPC and AC as a function of eight environmental factors, which showed different effects in leaves and fruit. Contrary to our expectations, TPC was not correlated with AC in either leaves or fruit, and mean TPC and AC were higher in fruit than in leaves. We propose a series of environment-based models for the selection of wild populations. Models for fruit involved ecoregion, temperature, and coastal proximity, and explained up to 51% of variation. While leaf models included surface water pH and sensitivity to acid rain, explaining up to 31%. We conclude that wild population selection in the province should target the North Shore Forest ecoregion and warm temperatures for fruit; and regions with low water alkalinity and pH > 6.6 for leaves.
Investigating the expression of F10 and G11 xylanases in Aspergillus niger A09 with qPCR
Authors: Cui Shixiu , Wang Tianwen , Hu Hong , Liu Liangwei , Song Andong , Chen Hongge
Published: April 2016

There exist significant differences between the 2 main types of xylanases, family F10 and G11. A clear understanding of the expression pattern of microbial F10 and G11 under different culture conditions would facilitate better production and industrial application of xylanase. In this study, the fungal xylanase producer Aspergillus niger A09 was systematically investigated in terms of induced expression of xylanase F10 and G11. Results showed that carbon and nitrogen sources could influence xylanase F10 and G11 transcript abundance, with G11 more susceptible to changes in culture media composition. The most favorable carbon and nitrogen sources for high G11 and low F10 production by A. niger A09 were xylan (2%) and (NH4)2C2O4 (0.3%), respectively. Following cultivation at 33 °C for 60 h, the highest xylanase activity (1132 IU per gram of wet mycelia) was observed. On the basis of differential gene expression of F10 and G11, as well as their different properties, we deduced that the F10 protein initially targeted xylan and hydrolyzed it into fragments including xylose, after which xylose acted as the inducer of F10 and G11 gene expression. These speculations also accounted for our failure to identify conditions favoring the high production of F10 but a low production of G11.
Structurally characterized bimetallic porphyrin complexes of Pb, Bi, Hg and Tl based on unusual coordination modes
Authors: Le Gac Stéphane , Boitrel Bernard
Published: April 2016

This minireview highlights the unusual coordination geometries observed in bimetallic complexes of mercury, thallium, lead and bismuth. These bimetallic complexes remain scarce and through an analysis of their X-ray structures, the various structural features that favorise them will be underlined.
Designing Noise-Minimal Rotorcraft Approach Trajectories
Authors: Morris Robert , Johnson Matthew , Venable K. Brent , Lindsey James
Published: April 2016

NASA and the international aviation community are investing in the development of a commercial transportation infrastructure that includes the increased use of rotorcraft, specifically helicopters and civil tilt rotors. However, there is significant concern over the impact of noise on the communities surrounding the transportation facilities. One way to address the rotorcraft noise problem is by exploiting powerful search techniques coming from artificial intelligence to design low-noise flight profiles that can be then validated though field tests. This article investigates the use of discrete heuristic search methods to design low-noise approach trajectories for rotorcraft. Our work builds on a long research tradition in trajectory optimization using either numerical methods or discrete search. Novel features of our approach include the use of a discrete search space with a resolution that can be varied, and the coupling of search with a robust simulator to evaluate candidates. The article includes a systematic comparison of different search techniques; in particular, in the experiments, we are able to do a trade study that compares complete search algorithms such as A
*
with faster but approximate methods such as local search.
Families with Infants
Authors: Golovnev Alexander , Kulikov Alexander S. , Mihajlin Ivan
Published: April 2016

Assume that a group of
n
people is going to an excursion and our task is to seat them into buses with several constraints each saying that a pair of people does not want to see each other in the same bus. This is a well-known graph coloring problem (with
n
being the number of vertices) and it can be solved in
O
*(2

n

) time by the inclusion-exclusion principle as shown by Björklund, Husfeldt, and Koivisto in 2009. Another approach to solve this problem in
O
*(2

n

) time is to use the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). For this, given a graph
G
one constructs a polynomial

P
G

(
x
) of degree
O
*(2

n

) with the following property:
G
is
k
-colorable if and only if the coefficient of

x
m

(for some particular value of
m
) in the
k
-th power of
P
(
x
) is nonzero. Then, it remains to compute this coefficient using FFT.

Assume now that we have additional constraints: the group of people contains several infants and these infants should be accompanied by their relatives in a bus. We show that if the number of infants is linear, then the problem can be solved in
O
*((2 − ε)

n

) time, where ε is a positive constant independent of
n
. We use this approach to improve known bounds for several NP-hard problems (the traveling salesman problem, the graph coloring problem, the problem of counting perfect matchings) on graphs of bounded average degree, as well as to simplify the proofs of several known results.
Crowdsourcing Human Annotation on Web Page Structure
Authors: Han Shuguang , Dai Peng , Paritosh Praveen , Huynh David
Published: April 2016

Parsing the semantic structure of a web page is a key component of web information extraction. Successful extraction algorithms usually require large-scale training and evaluation datasets, which are difficult to acquire. Recently, crowdsourcing has proven to be an effective method of collecting large-scale training data in domains that do not require much domain knowledge. For more complex domains, researchers have proposed sophisticated quality control mechanisms to replicate tasks in parallel or sequential ways and then aggregate responses from multiple workers. Conventional annotation integration methods often put more trust in the workers with high historical performance; thus, they are called performance-based methods. Recently, Rzeszotarski and Kittur have demonstrated that behavioral features are also highly correlated with annotation quality in several crowdsourcing applications. In this article, we present a new crowdsourcing system, called Wernicke, to provide annotations for web information extraction. Wernicke collects a wide set of behavioral features and, based on these features, predicts annotation quality for a challenging task domain: annotating web page structure. We evaluate the effectiveness of quality control using behavioral features through a case study where 32 workers annotate 200 Q&A web pages from five popular websites. In doing so, we discover several things: (1) Many behavioral features are significant predictors for crowdsourcing quality. (2) The behavioral-feature-based method outperforms performance-based methods in recall prediction, while performing equally with precision prediction. In addition, using behavioral features is less vulnerable to the cold-start problem, and the corresponding prediction model is more generalizable for predicting recall than precision for cross-website quality analysis. (3) One can effectively combine workers’ behavioral information and historical performance information to further reduce prediction errors.
A Line Rate Outlier Filtering FPGA NIC using 10GbE Interface
Authors: Hayashi Ami , Tokusashi Yuta , Matsutani Hiroki
Published: April 2016

As data sets grow rapidly in size and the number, an outlier detection that filters unnecessary normal information becomes important. In this paper, we propose to move the unsupervised outlier detection from an application layer to a network interface card (NIC). Only anomalous items or events are received for a network protocol stack and the other packets are discarded at the NIC. The demands for storage and computation costs at a host are thus dramatically reduced. However, because normal items are discarded at the NIC and the application layer can no longer know what is normal, in our approach, the application at the host periodically peeks at the NIC buffer. We select an outlier detection based on the Mahalanobis distance as one of the simplest algorithms. Our approach is implemented on an FPGA-based NIC that has 10GbE interfaces. The sampling frequency of the NIC buffer vs. outlier detection precision is analyzed. Real experiments using the FPGA NIC demonstrate a 14,000,000 samples-per-second throughput in performance, which is close to the 10GbE line rate.
Interface Based Memory Synthesis of Image Processing Applications in FPGA
Authors: Mefenza Michael , Edwards Nicolas , Bobda Christophe
Published: April 2016

Image processing applications are computationally intensive and data intensive and rely on memory elements (buffer, window, line buffer, shift register, and frame buffer) to store data flow dependencies between computing components in FPGA. Due to the limited availability of these resources, optimization of memory allocation and the implementation of efficient memory architectures are important issues. We present an interface, the Component Interconnect and Data Access (CIDA), and its implementation, based on interface automata formalism. We used that interface for modeling image processing applications and generating common memory elements. Based on the proposed model and information about the FPGA architecture, we also present an optimization model to achieve allocation memory requirements to embedded memories (Block RAM and Distributed RAM). Allocation results from realistic video systems on Xilinx Zynq FPGAs verify the correctness of the model and show that the proposed approach achieves appreciable reduction in block RAM usage.
Orbital Pseudotumor as a Rare Extrahepatic Manifestation of Hepatitis C Infection
Authors: Misselwitz Benjamin , Epprecht Jana , Mertens Joachim , Biedermann Luc , Scharl Michael , Haralambieva Eugenia , Lutterotti Andreas , Weber Konrad P. , Müllhaupt Beat , Chaloupka Karla
Published: April 2016

Hepatitis C is frequently accompanied by immune-related extrahepatic manifestations affecting the skin, kidneys, central and peripheral nervous system and exocrine glands. We present the case of a 40-year-old man with left-sided ptosis, exophthalmos and headache. MRI demonstrated left-sided orbital pseudotumor with lacrimal and retro-orbital contrast enhancement extending to the cavernous sinus and the vestibulocochlear nerve. Immunological tests of serum and cerebrospinal fluid identified hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a potential causative agent but did not indicate any additional infectious, malignant or immunological disorder. Hepatological evaluation revealed no signs of advanced liver disease. After initial spontaneous improvement, the patient subsequently developed vestibulocochlear failure with gait disorder, tinnitus and transient left-parietal sensory loss. Lacrimal biopsy demonstrated lymphocytic infiltrate, prompting steroid treatment. After initial improvement, steroids could not be tapered below 40 mg daily for several months due to recurrent symptoms. Twelve months after the initial presentation, the patient’s chronic HCV infection was successfully treated with sofosbuvir, simeprevir and ribavirin and he remains now free of symptoms without steroids. In patients with chronic hepatitis C, lymphocytic infiltrate of the salivary and lacrimal glands is a frequent phenomenon. However, the extent of the lymphocytic infiltrate beyond the lacrimal gland to the tip of the orbit, cavernous sinus and vestibulocochlear nerve as in our patient is highly unusual. For all symptomatic extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C infection, treatment of HCV as the underlying immune stimulus is recommended, and it helped to control the symptoms in our patient. In addition, long-term follow-up for recurrent lymphocyte infiltrate and development of lymphoma is warranted.
The Mechanism of Procedural Stroke Following Carotid Endarterectomy within the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial 1
Authors: Huibers Anne , de Borst Gert Jan , Thomas Dafydd J. , Moll Frans L. , Bulbulia Richard , Halliday Alison ,   on behalf of ACST-1 Collaborative Group
Published: April 2016

Introduction: Understanding the pathophysiological mechanism of procedural stroke during carotid intervention may help reduce the risk of stroke in those undergoing surgery. We therefore studied the features of procedural strokes within the first Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-1 (ACST-1) to identify the underlying pathophysiological mechanism. Methods: In ACST-1, 3,120 patients with severe asymptomatic carotid stenosis thought suitable for surgery were randomized to CEA or indefinite deferral of surgery. Information on procedural (within 30 days) stroke type, laterality, severity and timing was collected. Eight possible mechanisms were defined: embolism from the carotid artery, haemodynamic, thrombosis or occlusion of the carotid artery, hyperperfusion syndrome, cardioembolic, either carotid embolic or haemodynamic, either carotid embolic or thrombotic occlusion, or undetermined. Results: Procedural strokes occurred in 53 patients (2.7%). Strokes were predominantly ischaemic (n = 43; 81%), ipsilateral to the treated artery (n = 42; 79%), often occurred on the day of the operation (n = 32; 60%) and in over half the patients, were disabling or fatal (n = 27; 51%). The identified stroke mechanism was carotid embolic (n = 7), haemodynamic (n = 5), thrombosis or occlusion of the carotid artery (n = 9), hyperperfusion (n = 7), cardioembolic (n = 3), ‘probably carotid embolic or haemodynamic' (n = 7), ‘probably carotid embolic or thrombotic occlusion' (n = 3) and undetermined in 12 cases. Conclusion: In ACST-1, the risk of procedural stroke was low. Most strokes (60%) occurred on the day of the procedure and were caused by thrombosis or thrombotic occlusion of the ipsilateral carotid artery. These findings emphasize the importance of immediate assessment of the treated carotid artery when a stroke occurs after CEA.
On the Etiology of Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization
Authors: Vieira Alexandre R. , Kup Elaine
Published: April 2016

Molar-incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a condition that is defined based on its peculiar clinical presentation. Reports on the etiology of the condition and possible risk factors are inconclusive and the original suggestion that MIH is an idiopathic condition is often cited. Our group was the first to suggest MIH has a genetic component that involves genetic variation in genes expressed during dental enamel formation. In this report, we provide a rationale to explain the preferential affection of molars and incisors. We suggest that MIH is a genetic condition based on its prevalence, which varies depending on the geographic location, and the evidence that on occasion second primary molars, permanent canines, and premolars can show signs of hypomineralization of enamel when molars and incisors are affected.
Endovascular Stroke Management: Key Elements of Success
Authors: Manning Nathan W. , Chapot René , Meyers Philip M.
Published: April 2016

Background: In the last 12 months, treatment of acute ischaemic stroke secondary to large vessel occlusion has undergone a paradigm shift. The success of endovascular surgery, and in particular, the use of stent-retrievers, is remarkable. Summary: Beyond percentages and p values, the endovascular trials demonstrated, in their similarities and their differences, the critical elements of successful intervention in acute ischaemic stroke. Patient selection based on non-invasive neuroimaging has emerged as a critical step in acute ischaemic stroke management. The more sophisticated imaging-based selection, those assessing collateral blood flow or ischaemic penumbra appear to be associated with better outcomes and possibly fewer complications. The importance of achieving effective, quality reperfusion is also demonstrated, in a remarkably linear fashion, across the 5 published trials. This may emerge as the single most important determinant of functional outcomes. While reperfusion may succeed time as the preeminent modifiable variable, it remains clear that achieving quality reperfusion in a timely manner should remain the goal of all acute stroke programs. Key Message: Comparing the recent successful endovascular stroke trials, both between one another, and to their unsuccessful predecessors, emphasizes the importance of patient selection, time and reperfusion. Highlighting these factors allows for a better understanding of the challenges facing clinicians and the changes required to be made in hospital systems in order to achieve a new standard of care in treating acute ischaemic stroke.
A Literatura e seu Duplo: Uma Aventura dentro da História
Authors: Fryszman Noemia Davidovich
Published: April 2016

Análise de alguns fatos marcantes da História norte-americana, vistos de uma perspectiva  literária.                              •
Correspôndencias em Às Avessas
Authors: Nehring Marta
Published: April 2016

Características da prosa e do personagem central do romance Às Avessas, de J.­K. Huysmans, constituem o ponto de partida para reflexões sobre o caráter inovador da obra. São relacionadas referências ao contexto histórico, a poetas do simbolismo francês e a outros romancistas.
Osman Lins - unindo o aqui e o ontem
Authors: Nunes Juçara Marçal
Published: April 2016

Este exercício de leitura de A Rainha dos Cárceres da Grécia desenvolve algumas possibilidades de significação do modelo de interpretação  proposto por José Paulo Paes, um "dispositivo de espelhos conjugados", com o qual ele desvenda o romance de Osman Lins. Análise de Ismail Xavier sobre a produção cultu ral brasileira da década de 1970 é outra referência. A partir dela, será possível perceber os efeitos alcançados  por Osman Lins na criação de emblemas que traduzem a realidade do país num momento de crise econômica,  política  e cultural.
A Descoberta do Mundo
Authors: Pacheco Ana Paula
Published: April 2016

Fundamentalmente, uma questão atravessa nossa leitura: como o universo in­ fantil se entremeia ao universo do narrador adulto, onisciente, que acompanha seu olhar até certo ponto. Para tentar responder, o ensaio investiga de que maneira esse universo infantil se relaciona com o tempo e o espaço que o Menino percorre, o que leva a uma questão maior: a articulação entre História e mito-tanto no sentido de enredo, "mythos", · como, e sobretudo, no sentido de narrativa mítica, de significação simbólica.
Cruz e Sousa: o poeta Malsim
Authors: Gimenez Erwin Torralbo
Published: April 2016

O ensaio intenta examinar a poesia de Cruz e Sousa em suas tensões com a política nacional do século XIX: trançam-se os percursos lírico e histórico. Para tanto, supomos três momentos nessa carreira: a ilusão ariana, o intervalo torturado e a tomada de consciência em favor dos seus pares, os excluídos.
O diário íntimo d'O Trapicheiro: um exercício para o equilíbrio
Authors: Melo Ana Cecília Água de
Published: April 2016

O presente artigo discute alguns aspectos da subjetividade representada n’O Trapicheiro, primeiro volume do diário-ficção O espelho partido, de Marques Rebelo. O exame dos procedimentos formais, do arranjo dos fragmentos nas páginas do diário mostra que o Eu, como narrador, se mescla a processos a partir dos quais emerge uma consciência suprapessoal.
Possibilidades e limitações da narrativa em “A quinta história” de Clarice Lispector
Authors: Kahn Daniela Mercedes
Published: April 2016

A análise de “A quinta história” (A legião estrangeira) de Clarice Lispector pretende mostrar como o texto constitui-se num exemplo de plasticidade do conto moderno. Mimetizando o eterno duelo que recontam obsessivamente a mesma história. Ao se debater entre múltiplas possibilidades e as limitações do gênero conto, “A quinta história” remete à própria história da narrativa.
Manuel Bandeira, autor de Casa-grande & senzala
Authors: Correia Éverton Barbosa
Published: April 2016

Este ensaio pretende destacar algumas das características comuns existentes na obra de Manuel Bandeira e na de Gilberto Freyre. Tal exploração pode ser feita através do livro Casa-grande & senzala, cujo título e algumas de suas contradições internas foram incorporadas na estrutura de um dos poemas de Bandeira.
Aproximação de um problema: a ficção do leitor nas tramas de Guimarães Rosa
Authors: Gama Mônica
Published: April 2016

Este artigo propõe o apontamento de algumas questões relativas à construção da imagem do leitor nas tramas de Guimarães Rosa. Partiremos da percepção de que o texto ficcional é composto por uma série de preorientações para sua recepção e também de que na obra de Guimarães Rosa temos como marca constitutiva a ficção de um leitor no texto. Essa ficção apresenta-se desde Sagarana até Ave, palavra e Estas estórias, livros publicados postumamente.  Para entender como se dá essa ficcionalização do leitor, partiremos aqui da análise desse aspecto nos contos “Corpo fechado”, “Desenredo” e “Antiperipléia”, o primeiro de Sagarana e os dois últimos de Tutaméia.
Como burro no arenoso: as contradições da forma em "Cara-de-Bronze" de Guimarães Rosa
Authors: Santiago Emmanuel
Published: April 2016

O intuito deste trabalho é abordar a problemática envolvendo a integração do Brasil no mundo do capitalismo industrial (e seus impactos sobre a realidade regional dos gerais mineiros) e como essa problemática está por trás dos princípios constitutivos pelos quais se organiza a estrutura formal de “Cara-de-Bronze”, novela de Guimarães Rosa.
Notas sobre Le Club des Hachichins, de Théophile Gautier
Authors: Moreto Bruno Penteado Natividade
Published: April 2016

O trabalho tece alguns comentários sobre Le Club des Hachichins, de Téophile Gautier, numa abordagem que releva o caráter persuasivo, no texto literário, da sugestão do consumo do haxixe. O recurso é calculado e resulta na oficialização do relato ficcional (devido à proximidade com o compte-rendu), aproximando-o do âmbito do real, sem que o texto perca, no entanto, seus traços fantásticos.
Turista em transe
Authors: Vonk Arthur Vergueiro
Published: April 2016

Trata-se de, a partir da leitura da série de crônicas O turista aprendiz, escrita por Mário de Andrade durante viagem ao Nordeste em fins dos anos 1920, examinar os gestos de um intelectual às voltas com as contradições da experiência modernista brasileira. Através do exame de alguns textos decisivos, busca-se rastrear na composição literária a fixação dos impasses estéticos e históricos revelados no contato com o quadro social encontrado no curso da viagem.
Rigor e liberdade: a causa de João Gilberto
Authors: Pires Carlos
Published: April 2016

Este estudo é parte introdutória de uma pesquisa em que se pretende caracterizar alguns momentos centrais do trabalho de João Gilberto. Essa caracterização traz elementos para se entender o “projeto utópico” do autor em certo descompasso com a bossa nova e sua cultura de consumo. Este artigo pretende, ainda, mostrar de que maneira a obra de João Gilberto mudou a tradição musical brasileira.
O processo compositivo de “O Relógio”, sua expressão plástica e a desconfiguração do tempo da narrativa como legado literário de Iberê Camargo
Authors: Tessuto Junior Edgard
Published: April 2016

É intenção do presente artigo realizar análise crítica literária do conto “O Relógio”, de Iberê Camargo, pintor, gravurista e escritor gaúcho. Cabe ressaltar, entretanto, que o trabalho não se limita a discorrer apenas sobre os processos de construção da literatura, mas trata-se de um estudo comparativo entre essa produção literária e as artes plásticas, nas quais o autor teve grande êxito e reconhecimento.
A crítica pelo escárnio: notas sobre o sarcástico discurso mefistofélico na primeira parte do Fausto de Goethe
Authors: Souza Luciano De
Published: April 2016

Embora a primeira menção à lenda de Fausto em um livro impresso tenha sido feita no texto anônimo editado por Johann Spiess em 1587, a propagação e perenidade do assunto fáustico no imaginário ocidental são fenômenos que certamente devem ser creditados à tragédia escrita por J. W. von Goethe no século XIX, sobretudo à primeira parte, publicada em 1808. Tendo em vista que em sua recriação do mito fáustico Goethe reconhecidamente atribui um papel fundamental ao demônio Mefistófeles, o que se propõe neste artigo é uma interpretação do discurso mefistofélico, em passagens selecionadas da primeira parte do Fausto goethiano, como o veículo de uma visão autoral crítica, ainda que irônica, em relação a determinados aspectos do contexto sociocultural alemão da época.
Reflexões sobre o Indianismo em Gonçalves Dias
Authors: Sá Teles Ana Carolina
Published: April 2016

Este artigo aborda a poesia indianista de Gonçalves Dias, observando como o poeta se apropriou de fontes indiretas sobre as sociedades ameríndias. Essas fontes são constituídas pelo conjunto de escritos do período colonial. Objetiva-se problematizar o lugar-comum de que a caraterização do indígena na obra de Gonçalves Dias seja uma mera reprodução de modelos do medievalismo cristão. Assim, recorre-se à recepção de Gonçalves Dias por meio da crítica de Antonio Candido, Alfredo Bosi, Cláudia Neiva de Matos, Lúcia Sá e David Treece. Também foram lidos cronistas e viajantes como Hans Staden, Jean de Léry, Pero de Magalhães Gândavo e Claude d’Abbeville.
Entre carne e sopro: corpos da voz em Nuno Ramos
Authors: Goldfeder André
Published: April 2016

O trabalho propõe atravessar alguns nichos das produções literária e plástica de Nuno Ramos (1960) mobilizando certo vocabulário em torno de voz e materialidade. No âmbito literário, parte de uma abordagem de Ó (2008), passando também por Cujo (1993) e Junco (2011), enquanto no campo da obra plástica dá ênfase sobretudo a trabalhos que se valem da incorporação de vozes, produzidos na década de 2000.
Lentibulariaceae from the Viruá National Park in the northern Amazon, Roraima, Brazil

Authors: Costa Suzana Maria , Bittrich Volker , Do Amaral Maria do Carmo Estanislau
Published: April 2016

Lentibulariaceae is the family with the second highest number of species in the Viruá National Park (VNP) according to a recent floristic survey of the aquatic and palustrine angiosperms there. The aim of the present study is to provide identification material and information on those species of Lentibulariaceae. Species descriptions were based on recent vouchers collected by the authors and previous collections deposited in various herbaria. We present keys, brief descriptions and images, comments on morphology and the geographic distribution of three species of Genlisea and 22 species of Utricularia. The eight new occurrences raise the number of known species for the family in Roraima to 39. The species composition of the Lentibulariaceae in VNP shows a close similarity with that one of the family on the Guiana Shield.
Detection and tracking of overlapping cell nuclei for large scale mitosis analyses
Authors: Li Yingbo , Rose France , di Pietro Florencia , Morin Xavier , Genovesio Auguste
Published: April 2016

Background

Cell culture on printed micropatterns slides combined with automated fluorescent microscopy allows for extraction of tens of thousands of videos of small isolated growing cell clusters. The analysis of such large dataset in space and time is of great interest to the community in order to identify factors involved in cell growth, cell division or tissue formation by testing multiples conditions. However, cells growing on a micropattern tend to be tightly packed and to overlap with each other. Consequently, image analysis of those large dynamic datasets with no possible human intervention has proven impossible using state of the art automated cell detection methods.

Results

Here, we propose a fully automated image analysis approach to estimate the number, the location and the shape of each cell nucleus, in clusters at high throughput. The method is based on a robust fit of Gaussian mixture models with two and three components on each frame followed by an analysis over time of the fitting residual and two other relevant features. We use it to identify with high precision the very first frame containing three cells. This allows in our case to measure a cell division angle on each video and to construct division angle distributions for each tested condition. We demonstrate the accuracy of our method by validating it against manual annotation on about 4000 videos of cell clusters.

Conclusions

The proposed approach enables the high throughput analysis of video sequences of isolated cell clusters obtained using micropatterns. It relies only on two parameters that can be set robustly as they reduce to the average cell size and intensity.
Lipopolysacharide Rapidly and Completely Suppresses AgRP Neuron-Mediated Food Intake in Male Mice
Authors: Liu Yang , Huang Ying , Liu Tiemin , Wu Hua , Cui Huxing , Gautron Laurent
Published: April 2016

Although Agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons play a key role in the regulation of food intake, their contribution to the anorexia caused by proinflammatory insults has yet to be identified. Using a combination of neuroanatomical and pharmacogenetics experiments, this study sought to investigate the importance of AgRP neurons and downstream targets in the anorexia caused by the peripheral administration of a moderate dose of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (100 μg/kg, ip). First, in the C57/Bl6 mouse, we demonstrated that LPS induced c-fos in select AgRP-innervated brain sites involved in feeding but not in any arcuate proopiomelanocortin neurons. Double immunohistochemistry further showed that LPS selectively induced c-Fos in a large subset of melanocortin 4 receptor-expressing neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus. Secondly, we used pharmacogenetics to stimulate the activity of AgRP neurons during the course of LPS-induced anorexia. In AgRP-Cre mice expressing the designer receptor hM3Dq-Gq only in AgRP neurons, the administration of the designer drug clozapine-N-oxide (CNO) induced robust food intake. Strikingly, CNO-mediated food intake was rapidly and completely blunted by the coadministration of LPS. Neuroanatomical experiments further indicated that LPS did not interfere with the ability of CNO to stimulate c-Fos in AgRP neurons. In summary, our findings combined together support the view that the stimulation of select AgRP-innervated brain sites and target neurons, rather than the inhibition of AgRP neurons themselves, is likely to contribute to the rapid suppression of food intake observed during acute bacterial endotoxemia.
Οι νεοελληνικές τύχες του Αλκιβιάδη ως το τέλος του 19ου αιώνα
Authors: Αθήνη Στέση
Published: April 2016

The beginning of the closer acquaintance of Modern Greek literature with Alcibiades’ forceful personality is located during the years of Greek Enlightenment, with the discovery of the world of History and the “return to the antiquity” through foreign texts, translated into Greek. Nevertheless, Alcibiades’ appearance as a literary character was delayed compared with his reach European literary fortunes. Alcibiades appears in 1837 through Alcibiades byAugustusGottliebMeissner, a translated “bildungsroman” from German, and half a century later through a second translation, from Italian this time, the homonymous FelicioCavallotti’s historical drama (1889). Examining closely these two texts and considering their presence in the source literatures as well as the terms of their reception in Greek it is concluded that Socrates’ disciple array with literary raiment served the ideological schema aiming at the strengthening of the relations between Modern Greek culture and antiquity and simultaneously the European family.
Greek–American relations in the Yom Kippur War concurrence
Authors: Kallivretakis Leonidas
Published: April 2016

This article suggests that there is no hard evidence supporting the conspiracy theory that Georgios Papadopoulos’ dictatorial regime was overthrown by the United States in 1973, because the Greek junta leader refused to assist their supply effort in support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
Current (2015) Professional Profiles of the Legal Translator in Greece: A Function-oriented Comparison
Authors: Krimpas Panagiotis G.
Published: April 2016

Like translation in general, and even law itself, legal translation is an interdisciplinary field. Legal linguistics (jurilinguistics), comparative law, general law, terminology, text-linguistics and pragmatics, all have a share in legal translation. The latter is generally viewed as a sort of technical translation (Venuti 1995: 41) and legal language as a technical language (Cao 1997: 18). Those who argue for its special status often claim that legal translation is the antipode of technical translation (Bocquet 2000: 16). On the other hand, there are scholars who argue against this special status of legal translation, claiming there is nothing special about legal translation (Harvey 2002: 180). More moderate views are also found (Herbots 1987: 814). In such questions it takes no true/false answer. Rather, there are many sorts of legal translation. Of course, each view has different implications as far as the legal translator’s skills are concerned. Our discussion starts with a presentation of some key-views about legal translation, with particular emphasis on opposing ones. Then we present the main professional profiles of the legal translator in Greece and the relevant legislation. Who does translate legal texts? What skills do they have? How do they describe their profession and/or services in social media and/or professional websites? Who is the ideal legal translator for the several categories of clients? Which is the right kind of education and/or training for every sort of legal translator? Those are some of the questions that this article tries to give an answer to. After presenting the main functions of translated legal texts, the article closes with a comparison of legal translator’s professional profiles in Greece on the basis of those text functions.
Χρονικόν περί της ιεράς και σεβασμίας μεγίστης Μονής Βατοπαιδίου Αγίου Όρους
Authors: Βατοπαιδινός Θεόφιλος
Published: April 2016

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Οι καμπάνες της Θεσσαλονίκης: Πληροφορίες για τους τεχνίτες και την τέχνη τους
Authors: Μηλιατζίδου-Ιωάννου Ευδοκία
Published: April 2016

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Εγκύκλιος Ευγενίου Πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως του έτους 1821
Authors: Δελιαλής Νικόλαος Π.
Published: April 2016

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Πληροφορίες για παλαιούς αποφοίτους του Γυμνασίου Τσοτυλίου που εξελίχθηκαν σε λαμπρούς επιστήμονας και διέπρεψαν στην κοινωνία
Authors: Βασδραβέλλης Ιωάννης Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Ι. Π. Μαμαλάκη, Το Άγιον Όρος (Άθως) διά μέσου των αιώνων
Authors: Ταχιάος Αντώνιος-Αιμίλιος
Published: April 2016

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I. Κ. Βασδραβέλλη, Ο φιλικός και αγωνιστής Γιάννης Φαρμάκης. Η ηρωική άμυνα στη Μολδαβία
Authors: Χιονίδης Γεώργιος Χ.
Published: April 2016

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Δημητρίου Κ. Σαμσάρη, Η Κοινότης του Αγίου Πνεύματος Σερρών επι Τουρκοκρατίας (Ιστορία-Τοπογραφία-Κοινοτικός βίος-Γλωσσικά και Ιστορικά Έγγραφα)
Authors: Γιαράλη-Παπαδοπούλου Δέσποινα
Published: April 2016

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Οι κατάλογοι των πολιτογραφηθέντων Ελλήνων παροίκων της Πέστης και Βούδας στην περίοδο 1687-1848
Authors: Φιούβες Εντέν
Published: April 2016

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Ιδρυτικά έγγραφα περί της Ελληνικής Σχολής Βελβεντού
Authors: Δελιαλής Ν. Π.
Published: April 2016

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Η Κυριακή της Ορθοδοξίας στο Βελβεντό
Authors: Συνδίκα-Λαούρδα Λουΐζα
Published: April 2016

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Τα σχολεία της Βεροίας κατά τα έτη 1849-1912 βάσει ανέκδοτων εγγράφων
Authors: Χιονίδης Γεώργιος Χ.
Published: April 2016

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Η Πανελλήνιος Ιδέα ως πνευματική και πολιτική εκδήλωσις κατά την αρχαιότητα και δη επί Φιλίππου Β' και Μ. Αλεξάνδρου και τα γενεσιουργά αυτής αίτια
Authors: Σκουφάκης Πέτρος
Published: April 2016

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Η Μακεδονία στα 1715
Authors: Βακαλόπουλος Κωνσταντίνος Α.
Published: April 2016

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