bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Major lower limb amputation audit – introduction and implementation of a multimodal perioperative pain management guideline
Authors: Aladin Hafiz , Jennings Adrian , Hodges Max , Tameem Alifia
Published: April 2018

Lower limb amputation is a frequent surgical intervention. It is well known to be associated with postoperative pain. Optimisation of perioperative pain has been shown to reduce the risk of chronic pain. There are no national guidelines for the perioperative pain management of lower limb amputations. Following a baseline audit, we devised a multimodal perioperative pain management guideline, which included the insertion of a local anaesthetic perineural catheter. All patients undergoing an elective or emergency above, through and below knee amputation were reviewed prior and following the implementation of this guideline. Patient postoperative pain scores and opiate usage were analysed. One hundred and twenty-four patients were reviewed (68 patients prior to the implementation of the guideline and 56 patients following the guideline introduction). Following the implementation of the guideline, a greater proportion of patient’s pain scores were reported as 0 (i.e. no pain) compared to patients prior to its implementation (78% vs 61%). Pain scores were lower at all time intervals 6 days postoperatively following the guideline introduction. Statistically significant (Kendall’s tau-b analysis) (p < 0.05) reduction in pain scores was found upon admission to the ward, 6, 12, 24 hours and 2 days postoperatively. Fewer patients required the use of opioid patient controlled of analgesia after the guideline was introduced (26% vs 4%). The implementation of a perioperative pain management guideline improved pain scores and reduced opioid consumption in patients undergoing lower limb amputations. We suggest a holistic and collaborative, multimodal pathway towards the perioperative pain management of lower limb amputations.
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee: A meta-analysis
Authors: Jauregui Julio J , Blum Christopher L , Sardesai Neil , Bennett Craig , Henn R Frank , Adib Farshad
Published: April 2018

Background:

Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee (SONK) is a poorly understood but debilitating disease entity. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the standard of care for those patients who fail conservative management, but considering SONK’s predilection for affecting a single knee compartment, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) appears to be a more tailored option. Unfortunately, conflicting data exist on the utility of UKA in SONK. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate functional outcomes and revision rates of UKA in the setting of SONK.

Methods:

A systematic literature search was performed to evaluate all studies examining patients who underwent UKA for SONK. Screening of the articles was performed using multiple Boolean search strings, methodological index for non-randomized studies criteria, and other selected exclusion criteria.

Results:

Seven studies were included, with a total of 276 knees (273 patients). The mean age was 68 years (64–74 years), with a mean body mass index of 26 kg/m2 (25–29 kg/m2). The final range of motion was 125° (124–126°). Standardized mean difference (SMD) of clinical improvement pre- and post-outcome was 3.39 ( p < 0.001). The improvement in the visual analog score was 57.03 points, with an SMD of 4.57 ( p < 0.001). Revision rates were determined to be 5.51% (95% confidence interval of 1.96–10.69%).

Conclusion:

Our meta-analysis demonstrated that in properly selected patients, UKA could be an excellent alternative to TKA for patients with SONK. These data show that UKA has few complications, significant improvements on functional outcomes, and good survivorship at a mean follow-up of 6 years.
Miliary Tuberculosis Presenting With Meningitis in a Patient Treated With Mycophenolate for Lupus Nephritis: Challenges in Diagnosis and Review of the Literature
Authors: Macauley Precious , Rapp Mark , Park Sarah , Lamikanra Olaoluwatomi , Sharma Pratibha , Marcelin Michael , Sharma Kavita
Published: April 2018

Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Central nervous system involvement is usually the least common presentation of tuberculosis occurring in about 1% of all cases but yet can have very devastating outcomes. Lupus nephritis is one of the most common complications of systemic lupus erythematosus with up to two thirds of patients presenting with some degree of renal dysfunction. The mainstay of treatment is glucocorticoids; however, to sustain remission, steroid sparing agents such as cyclophosphamide, azathioprine and mycophenolate mofetil are used. Such patients, in addition to their baseline dysfunctional immune system, have a heightened risk of infections due to these drugs. In this article, we present a young woman who had recently been started on mycophenolate mofetil for control of class V lupus nephritis who presented with headaches, sinus pressure, and fevers. She had a protracted course of hospitalization as she failed to improve clinically and to respond to conventional therapy for acute bacterial sinusitis and meningitis. She was empirically started on antitubercular therapy 9 days after hospitalization. The diagnosis was not confirmed until day 18, the day results of cerebrospinal fluid acid-fast bacillus culture was reported. This case is reported to highlight the challenges in diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in an immunocompromised state and to demonstrate that its presentation can mimic numerous other conditions. Clinicians must maintain a high index of suspicion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in such patients who present with nonspecific or unexplainable symptoms.
Varicella Pneumonia: Case Report and Review of a Potentially Lethal Complication of a Common Disease
Authors: Denny John T. , Rocke Zoe M. , McRae Valerie A. , Denny Julia E. , Fratzola Christine Hunter , Ibrar Sajjad , Bonitz Joyce , Tse James T. , Cohen Shaul , Mellender Scott J. , Kiss Geza K.
Published: April 2018

Varicella zoster virus causes varicella (chickenpox). It can be reactivated endogenously many years later to cause herpes zoster (shingles). Although varicella is usually a benign disease in healthy children, it resulted in over 11 000 hospitalizations and over 100 deaths every year, in all ages, in the United States. Morbidity was considerably worse in older teenagers and adults. Between 5% and 15% of cases of adult chickenpox will produce some form of pulmonary illness. Progression to pneumonia risk factors include pregnancy, age, smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and immunosuppression. Typically, pulmonary symptoms occur 1 to 6 days after varicella zoster infection. They often include cough, fever, and dyspnea. Treatment is a 7-day course of intravenous acyclovir for varicella pneumonia. Early intervention may modify the course of this complication. This review illustrates practical features with a case of a 34-year-old female with severe varicella pneumonia. Despite the lack of significant past medical history and absence of immunosuppression, her pneumonia worsened and by using continuous positive airway pressure mask, intubation was avoided. More important, the radiographic progression of severe varicella pneumonia is shown. This highlights how a common disease of varicella can progress in an adult and manifest with significant organ malfunction.
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Case Series of 9 Patients With Literature Review
Authors: Ghani Ali Raza , Inayat Faisal , Ali Nouman Safdar , Anjum Reema , Viray Michael , Hashmi Arsalan Talib , Riaz Iqra , Klugherz Bruce D. , Virk Hafeez Ul Hassan
Published: April 2018

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an increasingly recognized nonatherosclerotic cause of acute coronary syndrome. Reports regarding the prognosis and natural history of this disease are limited. In addition to the diagnostic difficulty, this condition poses a significant therapeutic challenge due to the lack of specific management guidelines. We present here a case series of 9 patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Additionally, this article reviews the incidence, clinical characteristics, risk factors, diagnostic modalities, therapeutic approaches, and patterns of recurrence in patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and the microcirculation
Authors: Strain W. David , Paldánius P. M.
Published: April 2018

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), yet a significant proportion of the disease burden cannot be accounted for by conventional cardiovascular risk factors. Hypertension occurs in majority of people with T2DM, which is substantially more frequent than would be anticipated based on general population samples. The impact of hypertension is considerably higher in people with diabetes than it is in the general population, suggesting either an increased sensitivity to its effect or a confounding underlying aetiopathogenic mechanism of hypertension associated with CVD within diabetes. In this contribution, we aim to review the changes observed in the vascular tree in people with T2DM compared to the general population, the effects of established anti-diabetes drugs on microvascular outcomes, and explore the hypotheses to account for common causalities of the increased prevalence of CVD and hypertension in people with T2DM.
Personal vs. know-how contacts: which matter more in wiki elections?
Authors: Asim Yousra , Niazi Muaz A. , Raza Basit , Malik Ahmad Kamran
Published: April 2018

The use of online social media is also connected with the real world. A very common example of this is the effect of social media coverage on the chances of success of elections. Previous literature has identified that the outcome of elections can often be predicted based on online public discussions. These discussions can be across various online social network with a special focus on the candidate's own accounts. Among many other forms of social media, Wikipedia is a very widely-used self-organizing information resource. The management and administration of Wikipedia is performed using special users which are elected by means of online public elections. In other words, the results of these elections pose as an emergent outcome of a large-scale self-organized opinion formation process. However, due to dynamical, and non-linear interactions besides the presence of mutual dependencies between election participants, a statistical analysis of this data can both be cumbersome as well as inefficient in terms of information extraction. We believe that social network analysis is a more appropriate alternative. It allows for the identification of local and global patterns, identification of influential nodes as well as the contacts involved in the influence. In general, this particular analytic technique can help in examining the internal complex network dynamics. In the current paper, we investigates whether personal contacts matter more than know-how contacts in wiki election nominations and voting participation. We employ the use of standard social network analysis tools such as Pajek and Gephi. The presented work demonstrates the significance of personal contacts over know-how contacts of a person in online elections. We have discovered that personal contacts, i.e. immediate neighbors (based on degree centrality) and neighborhood (k-neighbors) of a person have a positive effect on a person’s nomination as an administrator and also contribute to the active participation of voters in voting. Moreover, know-how contacts, analyzed by means of measures such as betweenness and closeness centralities, have a relatively insignificant effect on the selection of a person. However, know-how contacts, measured in terms of betweenness centrality can positively contribute only to the voting process—primarily due to the role played in passing information around the network. These contacts, also measured in terms of influence domain and PageRank, can play a vital role in the selection of an admin. Additionally, such contacts have a positive association with the voting process in terms of reachability and brokerage roles.
The impact of the long-lasting socioeconomic crisis in Greece
Authors: Stylianidis Stelios , Souliotis Kyriakos
Published: April 2018

Since 2009, Greece has experienced a long-lasting socioeconomic crisis that has had substantial consequences on the health and mental health of the population. Unemployment, financial hardship and income loss constitute the hallmarks of the socioeconomic landscape. Consequently, a substantial decline in health and mental health has been documented. Converging evidence corroborates a deterioration of self-rated health, an alarming rise in suicide rates and a gradual increase in the prevalence of major depression. Concomitantly, the healthcare system is on the verge of collapse and the mental healthcare system is incapable of addressing the emerging needs. Therefore, a multifaceted and concerted effort is urgently needed to mitigate the mental health effects of the recession.
A fish out of water: experience of working with the Māori people in New Zealand
Authors: Chubb Rebecca
Published: April 2018

Experiencing life and work in an alien culture initially just felt unsettling, but it also really challenged how I perceived myself and my abilities as a doctor. Being the outsider in a group has the ability to hold an uncomfortable and scrutinising mirror up to yourself. It also offers a unique opportunity to reconsider the skills, attributes and knowledge needed to be a psychiatrist. As psychiatrists, we intellectually know that culture is integral to a person's well-being and the care we deliver will never be truly holistic until we encompass that. However, it was only when I was the fish out of water that I truly began to appreciate its significance.
Impact of paternal deployment to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and paternal post-traumatic stress disorder on the children of military fathers
Authors: Fear Nicola T. , Reed Ruth V. , Rowe Sarah , Burdett Howard , Pernet David , Mahar Alyson , Iversen Amy C. , Ramchandani Paul , Stein Alan , Wessely Simon
Published: April 2018

Background

Little is known about the social and emotional well-being of children whose fathers have been deployed to the conflicts in Iraq/Afghanistan or who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Aims

To examine the emotional and behavioural well-being of children whose fathers are or have been in the UK armed forces, in particular the effects of paternal deployment to the conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan and paternal PTSD.

Method

Fathers who had taken part in a large tri-service cohort and had children aged 3–16 years were asked about the emotional and behavioural well-being of their child(ren) and assessed for symptoms of PTSD via online questionnaires and telephone interview.

Results

In total, 621 (67%) fathers participated, providing data on 1044 children. Paternal deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan was not associated with childhood emotional and behavioural difficulties. Paternal probable PTSD were associated with child hyperactivity. This finding was limited to boys and those under 11 years of age.

Conclusions

This study showed that adverse childhood emotional and behavioural well-being was not associated with paternal deployment but was associated with paternal probable PTSD.

Declaration of interest

N.T.F. is a trustee of the Warrior Programme, a charity supporting ex-service personnel and their families. She is also a member of the Independent Group Advising on the Release of Data (IGARD). S.W. is a trustee of Combat Stress, a charity supporting ex-service personnel and their families, and President of the Royal Society of Medicine. S.W. is partially funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Emergency Preparedness and Response at King's College London in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), in collaboration with the University of East Anglia and Newcastle University.
A biochemical logarithmic sensor with broad dynamic range
Authors: Frank Steven A.
Published: April 2018

Sensory perception often scales logarithmically with the input level. Similarly, the output response of biochemical systems sometimes scales logarithmically with the input signal that drives the system. How biochemical systems achieve logarithmic sensing remains an open puzzle. This article shows how a biochemical logarithmic sensor can be constructed from the most basic principles of chemical reactions. Assuming that reactions follow the classic Michaelis-Menten kinetics of mass action or the more generalized and commonly observed Hill equation response, the summed output of several simple reactions with different sensitivities to the input will often give an aggregate output response that logarithmically transforms the input. The logarithmic response is robust to stochastic fluctuations in parameter values. This model emphasizes the simplicity and robustness by which aggregate chemical circuits composed of sloppy components can achieve precise response characteristics. Both natural and synthetic designs gain from the power of this aggregate approach.
Identification of publicly available data sources to inform the conduct of Health Technology Assessment in India
Authors: Downey Laura , Rao Neethi , Guinness Lorna , Asaria Miqdad , Prinja Shankar , Sinha Anju , Kant Rajni , Pandey Arvind , Cluzeau Francoise , Chalkidou Kalipso
Published: April 2018

Background: Health technology assessment (HTA) provides a globally-accepted and structured approach to synthesising evidence for cost and clinical effectiveness alongside ethical and equity considerations to inform evidence-based priorities. India is one of the most recent countries to formally commit to institutionalising HTA as an integral component of the heath resource allocation decision-making process. The effective conduct of HTA depends on the availability of reliable data.  

Methods: We draw from our experience of collecting, synthesizing, and analysing health-related datasets in India and internationally, to highlight the complex requirements for undertaking HTA, and explore the availability of such data in India. We first outlined each of the core data components required for the conduct of HTA, and their availability in India, drawing attention to where data can be accessed, and different ways in which researchers can overcome the challenges of missing or low quality data.

Results: We grouped data into the following categories: clinical efficacy; cost; epidemiology; quality of life; service use/consumption; and equity. We identified numerous large local data sources containing epidemiological information. There was a marked absence of other locally-collected data necessary for informing HTA, particularly data relating to cost, service use, and quality of life.

Conclusions: The introduction of HTA into the health policy space in India provides an opportunity to comprehensively assess the availability and quality of health data capture across the country. While epidemiological information is routinely collected across India, other data inputs necessary for HTA are not readily available. This poses a significant bottleneck to the efficient generation and deployment of HTA into the health decision space. Overcoming these data gaps by strengthening the routine collection of comprehensive and verifiable health data will have important implications not only for embedding economic analyses into the priority setting process, but for strengthening the health system as a whole.
Predicting lithium treatment response in bipolar patients using gender-specific gene expression biomarkers and machine learning
Authors: Eugene Andy R. , Masiak Jolanta , Eugene Beata
Published: April 2018

Background: We sought to test the hypothesis that transcriptiome-level genes signatures are differentially expressed between male and female bipolar patients, prior to lithium treatment, in a patient cohort who later were clinically classified as lithium treatment responders.

Methods: Gene expression study data was obtained from the Lithium Treatment-Moderate dose Use Study data accessed from the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s Gene Expression Omnibus via accession number GSE4548. Differential gene expression analysis was conducted using the Linear Models for Microarray and RNA-Seq (limma) package and the Random Forests machine learning algorithm in R.

Results: In pre-treatment lithium responders, the following genes were found having a greater than 0.5 fold-change, and differentially expressed indicating a male bias: RBPMS2, SIDT2, CDH23, LILRA5, and KIR2DS5; while the female-biased genes were: HLA-H, RPS23, FHL3, RPL10A, NBPF14, PSTPIP2, FAM117B, CHST7, and ABRACL.

Conclusions: Using machine learning, we developed a pre-treatment gender- and gene-expression-based predictive model selective for lithium responders with an ROC AUC of 0.92 for men and an ROC AUC of 1 for women.
Peripeteia in Wonderland: on Translating "Alice"
Authors: Tabakowska Elżbieta
Published: April 2018

The article presents Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as a classical work within the genre of fantasy, or literature of nonsense. The classification is made according to the “five procedures,” postulated for the genre by the American poet and scholar, Susan Stewart. From the point of view of the translator, the procedures make it possible to define the dominant of the book as the tension between the sane protagonist and the mad world of Wonderland. The criterion of dominant, combined by requirements imposed by double readership, makes it possible to characterize Polish translations of the book, which make a translation series. What becomes a challenge for the translator is the wide context of the book, which changes over time. It is possible to trace, within the series, some general tendencies, as well as to demonstrate that, ultimately, translating Alice becomes “translating Alice.”
Ambiguity and the Uncanny in Henry James’s "The Turn of the Screw" and Its Polish Translations
Authors: Sowiński Bartosz
Published: April 2018

Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw poses an interpretative challenge to its researchers, readers, and translators. The unique character of the novelette, which is surrounded by the aura of the uncanny, is closely related to the ambiguous narrative and linguistic devices used by the author. Major interpretations of the text followed Gothic, Freudian, and metanarrative approaches. The paper sets out to investigate the extent to which the translations proposed by Witold Pospieszała and Jacek Dehnel adhere to any these approaches and whether and how they try to deal with the ambiguities that make James’s masterpiece so uncanny.
« Sortir du réel » et « entrer dans le surréel » chez Artaud
Authors: Della Casa Martina
Published: April 2018

“Leave Reality” and “Enter Surreality”: Translation Encounters the Marvelous in Artaud’s Oeuvre Following the initial introductory section, which takes into account Artaud’s adaptations of Matthew G. Lewis and Lewis Carroll’s writings, as well as his comments on them, this project aims to examine the concept of the marvelous as conceived by the French writer and to demonstrate in what manner it constitutes a way of putting to a test the translation with respect to its writing in itself. In order to do so, after having laid the foundations of the issue in question, the objective of the second part of this article is to explore the marvelous in Artaud’s writings, discerning it from the concept of the marvelous in surrealism in order to contextualize it and better delineate its characteristics. The aim of the third section, instead, is to highlight the writer’s challenge towards representation, in all its forms, on the basis of the logic of the marvelous as it emerges from his texts. To conclude, the fourth part, following the path taken to this point, aims to reveal the relationship established by Artaud, between writing and the marvelous, but also between translatable and untranslatable.
Spásbháid, spásárthaí and spáslonga: Issues of Terminology in the Translation of Sci‑fi and Fantasy into Irish
Authors: Ó Fionnáin Mark
Published: April 2018

This article looks at the issue of terminology in Irish language translations of science fiction and fantasy. Although there are no original works per se in the language, there do exist several translations of well‑known international works. This has given rise to the problem of what to do in those cases where concepts or terms do not exist, or have never existed, in Irish: should a term be coined or invented, should they be left in the original form, or should they be written according to Irish orthographic rules? This article examines the reaction to the Irish translation of The Hobbit and of the main terms therein, and then focuses on those cases where Irish does have terms, but which are not one‑to‑one equivalents for the English word in question.
Fantastic Neologisms in Translation: Creature Names in Professional and Amateur Renderings of Sapkowski’s "Witcher" Series into English
Authors: Guttfeld Dorota
Published: April 2018

The paper discusses possible differences between translations of fantasy executed by translators who are themselves members of the source text’s audience, i.e. readers and enthusiasts of the genre, and those who are not, on the example of strategies used to render names of fantastic creatures in the several English translations of works by Andrzej Sapkowski. The examined translations differ in terms of translators’ experience (from amateurs to professionals), competence in the source and target languages and cultures, as well as the presence or absence of series and franchise pressure on consistency. The chief comparison concerns the rendering of nonce formations (mispronounced names) and neosemanticisms (names borrowed by the author from real species for their evocative etymology).
Le traducteur et l’interprète dans la littérature et le film
Authors: Tryuk Małgorzata
Published: April 2018

Les oeuvres de fiction – littéraires et cinématographiques – dans lesquelles apparaissent les traducteurs et les interprètes sont de plus en plus nombreuses. La présente communication s’inscrit dans le tournant en théorie de la traduction qui porte le nom de ‘fictional turn’ et qui postule que les oeuvres de fiction qui ont pour sujet la traduction et les traducteurs sont une source importante pour théoriser et développer la traductologie. Notre but est de vérifier dans quelle mesure les représentations littéraires et cinématographiques des traducteurs et interprètes peuvent être une source d’informations sur leur métier et aussi sur les temps dans lequels ces derniers sont/étaient amenés à vivre et exercer leur métier. Notre intention est de vérifier si les représentations des traducteurs et interprètes changent sous l’influence des connaissances de plus en généralisées sur la traduction et l’interprétation.
Uschematyzowane wyglądy w teorii dzieła literackiego Romana Ingardena z perspektywy przekładu
Authors: Kubaszczyk Joanna
Published: April 2018

Schematized Aspects in Roman Ingarden’s Theory of the Literary Work of Art From the Perspective of Translation In the article is considered if it is possible that there is some kind of representations similarity in case of the author of the Literary Work of Art and its readers and if an “imagination community” between readers of the original and the translation can be established. In the first part of the article the theory of Literary Work of Art by Ingarden is presented with a special focus on his “Schematized aspects”. Their function is to guarantee the vividness of the literary work. The types of vividness which are distinguish in the modern linguistics are told over as well. In the second part of the article the significance is emphasized to reconstruct the stratum of schematized aspects in the translation on the example of visual and auditory aspects and the relevance of the phenomenological theory of Literary Work of Art is pointed out both for translation theory and practice and for teaching of translating as well.The conclusion of the article is that the imagination community is possible because thanks to existence of schematized aspects in the literary work our representations – despite some differences in details – can have common elements if they are steered properly according to text instructions and if the reader self-disciplines his imagination to eliminate involuntary images.Whether the imagination community would be possible among recipients of the original and the translation depends extremely on the translator being able to reconstruct or to create analogous stratum of schematized aspects in the translation. The evidence that it is feasible are the congenial translations like Karl Dedecius’ translation of the poem W drodze by Stanisław Młodożeniec into German.
Tłumaczenie niderlandzkiego czasownika zeggen na przykładzie polskiego i szwedzkiego przekładu "Minoes" Annie M.G. Schmidt
Authors: Liseling-Nilsson Sylvia
Published: April 2018

Translation of the Dutch Verb zeggen: The Case of Polish and Swedish Translation of Minoes by Annie M.G. SchmidtThe article provides an example of the influence of the cultural code, as well as linguistic conventions, on the form of a translation. A comparison between the original text and the translated Polish and Swedish texts revealed the adjustment to the cultures receiving the translations. Polish translator Joanna Borycka-Zakrzewska exploited the stylistic richness of the Polish language and used a variety of marked verbs, where additional paralinguistic elements are also stressed. Frequent repetitions of the same verb would in Polish be felt to be incompatible with accepted conventions. Swedish translator IngridnWikén Bonde have not varied the translation and used the lexical repetitions. It was possible to transfer Schmidt’s simple and repetitive style into the Swedish text without interfering with Swedish linguistic and stylistic conventions.
Translation Theory From Students’ Perspective: an Indispensable Professional Prerequisite or a Tedious Curricular Obligation?
Authors: Giczela-Pastwa Justyna
Published: April 2018

The paper presents and analyses the outcomes of a survey study conducted with the participation of BA and MA students in a translation programme, aimed at gaining insight into the students’ views on translation theory usefulness. It was initially assumed that theory appreciation would develop along with growing translation experience, however, the nature of the predicted correlation appeared more complex. The author attempts to determine what factors may influence the observed interconnection and affect the subjects’ opinions.
Blended Learning in Audio Description Training
Authors: Jankowska Anna
Published: April 2018

This article is a practice report that discusses the course in audio description that was taught by the author of the articles in 2016/2017 at the Chair for Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow by means of blended learning.
Why Leo wears glasses
Authors: Millre Hilda
Published: April 2018

Wearing glasses – and sometimes an eye patch – can be needed to address a squint or ‘lazy eye’. Hilda Miller explains how to help children to feel comfortable with this, both in themselves and a group situation.
Finding a balance
Authors: Conkbayir Mine
Published: April 2018

Author and trainer Mine Conkbayir explains how her new CACHE accredited training can support practitioners to acknowledge and nurture children's emotional states as the key to their future well-being.
Celebrate the seasons
Authors: Chapman Ailsa
Published: April 2018

Ailsa Chapman describes how children's ideas of the ‘here and now’ are directing an interactive display.
Family values
Authors: Harries Judith
Published: April 2018

Re-discover the charm of Shirley Hughes' stories, which resides in their ability to portray secure, familiar worlds in which children are safe to explore new experiences and find solutions to problems.
Know the drill
Authors: Hewson Claire
Published: April 2018

Use International Firefighters' Day as an opportunity to teach children about the role of firefighters and about personal fire safety. Children will enjoy learning together through firefighting role-play.
Formation of NH4-Illite-Like Phase at the Expense of Dioctahedral Vermiculite in Soil and Diagenetic Environments — An Experimental Approach
Authors: Skiba Michał , Skiba Stefan , Derkowski Arkadiusz , Maj-Szeliga Katarzyna , Dziubińska Beata
Published: April 2018

Selective sorption and/or fixation of cations with low hydration energies (e.g. K+, NH4+, Rb+, Cs+) by vermiculites is a well known phenomenon in soil science and it has been described by many investigators since the 1950s. Because most of the available studies deal with trioctahedral vermiculites, cation fixation in dioctahedral vermiculites is not as well understood as fixation by trioctahedral structures. The objective of the present study was to investigate the influence of NH4+ saturation on the structure of a natural dioctahedral vermiculite. Because no dioctahedral vermiculite standard reference material was available, two natural dioctahedral vermiculite-rich soil clay samples were used in the study. The clays were saturated with NH4+ using different protocols to simulate natural processes that likely take place in soils. The degree of NH4+ fixation by the dioctahedral vermiculite was evaluated using X-ray diffraction, elemental N analysis, and infrared spectroscopy. All the treatments that involved NH4+ saturation caused NH4+ fixation and irreversible collapse (i.e. contraction to ~10 Å) of at least a portion of the previously hydrated (vermiculitic) interlayers. Air drying of the NH4+-saturated samples greatly enhanced the degree of the collapse. The results indicated that the collapse of dioctahedral vermiculite leads to the formation of a NH4-illite-like phase that is likely to occur in some soils and sediments that are rich in organic matter. The formation of a NH4-illite-like phase by NHNH4+ fixation in vermiculitic interlayers needs to be taken into consideration in studies that deal with the clay mineralogy of sedimentary basins.
Low-Frequency Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Kaolinite Suspensions II: Counterion Effects and Estimating Stern Layer Mobilities of Counterions
Authors: Weber Christian , Halisch Matthias , Stanjek Helge
Published: April 2018

The electrical state of the interface between a kaolinite-dominated clay sample and aqueous electrolyte solutions was characterized using low-frequency conductance measurements. From these measurements, the ζ-potential and surface conductivity contributions from the diffuse and non-diffuse parts of the electrical double layer were obtained. The suspensions were studied as a function of volume fraction, electrolyte concentration, and electrolyte type (LiCl, NaCl, KCl, CsCl, CaCl2, SrCl2, and BaCl2). Interpretation in terms of the surface conductance revealed that a substantial part of the surface conductivity originates in the inner part of the double layer. Electrokinetic potentials and related diffuse double layer properties are highly dependent on the nature of monovalent counterions, whereas divalent counterions do not show such clear dependencies. Further presented was a simple way to estimate the order of magnitude of counterion mobilities in the inner part of the electrical double layer. All counterions were shown to have a substantial mobility in the inner part of the double layer. Finally, we suggest that the apparent ion-specific effects observed in the diffuse part of the double layer are at least in part related to the finite size of the counterions. Our findings are relevant to scenarios where fluid flow in porous media is accompanied by charged species transport, e.g., in electro-osmotic remediation, spectral-induced polarization, or permeability measurements.
‘Dancing the Four Directions’: The spirit of intuition
Authors: Jones Rosalie M.
Published: April 2018

Among the Anishinaabe of the Great Lakes region, the Medicine Circle is a teaching tool through which to discover the gifts of our world and one’s relationship with them. These teachings could fill many western books, but with Native Peoples, it is left to the individual, with guidance from Elders, to understand aspects of each direction and allow that wisdom to assist in developing Mno-Bimazdiwin – ‘the good life’. In 2016, Daystar/Rosalie Jones met the challenge of creating a contemporary ‘Native modern dance’ inspired by the teachings of the Anishinaabe Medicine Circle. This is the story of her creative process.
‘... You can only follow my body’
Authors: Hess Sally
Published: April 2018

This article focuses on partnership, across couples and centuries. First, the married couple: my mother, a strong and dry intellect, paired with my father, water-god, all flowing passion; seventy years later, my ballroom dance instructor-parents, who teach me relationship through security born of trust, the intact self within dynamic mutuality. Last, the fraught mother–child couple. Woven throughout, a reading of Dante Alighieri’s great medieval poem ‘The Divine Comedy’ (Dante 1949: Inferno, Cantos I, XXXI and XXXIV) serves to shade my travel from dense fear and stasis towards a future where ecstasy can be a daily event. The theme (from earth to dancer) is ground-to-body. Its variations (dancer to earth) glide across the smooth-wood dance floor. In sympathetic parallels, I trace my personal history across multiple psychological landscapes: teacher–student, leader–follower, parent–child, tender care from guide and master to the foundling pilgrim heart. The project of ballroom dancing spontaneously and consciously incarnates the isolated soul. Infernal circles of pain and sin draw the voyagers down; eventually they’ll tunnel up to a new sphere of penance and ultimately of freedom. The circling dance forms evolve but never lose grateful contact with the earth. Neither myth nor literature (maybe both-and), they become a joyfully aware and centred turning on our turning planet as it fulfills its orbit in space.
When arguments are not enough: A kinesthetic intervention
Authors: LaMothe Kimerer L.
Published: April 2018

My book Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming (2015) calls attention to dance as a theoretical and practical resource for discerning how to respond to this cultural moment in ways that will, in the words of Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, ‘Remain faithful to the earth’. Central to my argument is the notion of an experience shift: practices of dancing can offer us the opportunity to know ourselves as movement – not as bodies that move, but as rhythms of bodily becoming, always creating and becoming patterns of movement. After writing the book, I translated my ideas into nine song-poems in order to invite visceral responses. This article shares these song-poems and discusses their importance for dance philosophy.
O programa de mobilidade Erasmus e a cidadania europeia: trinta anos e nove milhões de pessoas depois...!
Authors: Leitão F. Marina Azevedo , Valente Isabel Maria Freitas
Published: April 2018

Estabelecido em 1987, o programa ERASMUS é hoje reconhecido como um dos marcos mais emblemáticos do projeto europeu e como uma das iniciativas europeias que mais tem contribuído a demonstrar as potencialidades de uma Europa sem fronteiras. Trinta anos volvidos sobre a sua implementação, propomo-nos neste texto revisitar o significado deste programa a partir de uma reconstrução histórica da forma como tem evoluído, indagando depois sobre as suas repercussões na promoção de uma cidadania europeia mais ativa e participada.
Human rights accomplished: education, health, and safety in citizenship exercise
Authors: Garcia Maria
Published: April 2018

On consider a perplexed XXI century´s look about the (still), problematic human rights effectiveness and questions centralism search.
Genomic big data hitting the storage bottleneck
Authors: Papageorgiou Louis , Eleni Picasi , Raftopoulou Sofia , Mantaiou Meropi , Megalooikonomou Vasileios , Vlachakis Dimitrios
Published: April 2018

During the last decades, there is a vast data explosion in bioinformatics. Big data centres are trying to face this data crisis, reaching high storage capacity levels. Although several scientific giants examine how to handle the enormous pile of information in their cupboards, the problem remains unsolved. On a daily basis, there is a massive quantity of permanent loss of extensive information due to infrastructure and storage space problems.  The motivation for sequencing has fallen behind. Sometimes, the time that is spent to solve storage space problems is longer than the one dedicated to collect and analyse data. To bring sequencing to the foreground, scientists have to slide over such obstacles and find alternative ways to approach the issue of data volume. Scientific community experiences the data crisis era, where, out of the box solutions may ease the typical research workflow, until technological development meets the needs of Bioinformatics.
Analysis of Broadband Antenna Radiation Pulses
Authors: Cherenkov Aleksander , Hutsol Taras , Garasymchuk Igor , Pancyr Jurii , Terenov Dmytro , Dubyna Vitalii
Published: April 2018

Electromagnetic energy can alter metabolic and biosynthetic processes and under certain parameters of pulsed EMF it can change pulse repetition frequency, operation cycle, power, exposure, as well as it can slow down and inhibit cell growth. MW irradiation range of RNA and DNA – containing virus reduces their infectivity. Inhibition of bacterial cultures growth, changes in phagocytic activity of protein biosynthesis, ultrastructural changes in the cells when exposed to EMF EHF. It was found in experiments with micro-organisms that biological effects of EMF on microorganisms wore a resonant character. One of the basic mechanisms of inhibitory action of EHF radiation on harmful microorganisms is the role of membranes in biological reactions of microorganisms on the EMR.
Orchard’s Pruning for Energy Purposes – Methodology of Environmental Impact Assessment of New Logistic Chain Developed within Europruning Project – Part 1
Authors: Dyjakon Arkadiusz , Boer Jan den , García-Galindo Daniel
Published: April 2018

The energy potential from pruning residues of permanent crops is significant. However, there is not much data about the environmental influence of the processes related to harvesting, storage and transportation of pruning residues. In this paper, the methodology of analysis of the environmental impact assessment applied within the EuroPruning project is presented. The screening and scoping steps in accordance with Directive 97/11/EC as well as other procedures included in ISO 14001 methodology, which are related to the environmental impact, are described. As a result, the selected approach for the determination of the potential environmental effects, including risk description and prevention actions is presented.
Kitchen and Garden Waste as a Source of Heat for Greenhouses
Authors: Neugebauer Maciej
Published: April 2018

The process of composting biological waste is a natural process – in which heat is released. Biological wastes generated in typical households in Poland – are mainly kitchen waste (KW) and green waste from home gardens (GGW – if they are owned). From the ecological point of view – the most advantageous method of their management is their utilization in the place of production. The paper presents a proposal for effective management of bio-waste arising by composting – with the simultaneous use of heat for greenhouse heating in autumn. This is to encourage residents to independently compost bio-waste – and increase the level of recycling of waste generated in Poland by 2020. Calculations for greenhouses were made – in accordance with the energy audit methodology. The obtained thermal balance results were compared with the actual temperature prevailing in the greenhouse in autumn. These calculations were the basis for calculating the amount of KW and GGW enabling effective heating of greenhouses in the autumn so that the internal temperature does not drop below 10ºC. It has been calculated that 22 kg of composted bio-waste (KW and GGW) will suffice to heat the greenhouse in October with an area of 18 m2.
Assessment of Tree Sprouts Pruning with Various Types of Cutting Units
Authors: Nowakowski Tomasz , Nowakowski Maciej
Published: April 2018

Changes in horticulture induce fruit producers to introduce more efficient tree pruning systems. The increase of efficiency is related to application of various cutting devices, the effect of which on cultivated fruit trees has not been completely recognized yet. Therefore, the objective of the paper was to compare and assess the fruit tree sprouts cut with various types of cutting units. Four cutting units were applied in the study: pruning shears, anvil secateur, circular saw and chain saw and four cultivars of fruit trees: apple, pear, plum and cherry tree. A fractal dimension was used for assessment of the cutting quality that allows assessment of the spatial complexity of the image of the cut sprout. The obtained results allowed determination that the least sprout damaging cutting system is in case of the use of the anvil secateur and pruning shears (the best cutting quality) then circular and chain saw. It was also proved that susceptibility to damage is characteristic for the investigated fruit trees. Pear trees proved the lowest susceptibility to damages regardless the cutting unit.
Impact of Sediment Formed in Biogas Production on Productivity of Crops and Ecologic Character of Production of Onion for Chives
Authors: Romaniuk Waclaw , Polishchuk Victor , Marczuk Andrzej , Titova Liudmyla , Rogovskii Ivan , Borek Kinga
Published: April 2018

The solid fraction, according to many researches, is an effective organic fertilizer, the activity of which is at the level of mineral fertilizers and even exceeds their effectiveness, while the use of the liquid fraction does not always give positive results. In the article the optimal concentration of the liquid fraction in water solution for fertilization during cultivation of onion for chives in soil was determined. Sediment from biogas production was obtained at the thermophilic fermentation (50ºC) of cattle manure in the laboratory institution which operated at the periodical regime of loading. Fermentation lasted 25 days. Seven variants of plant feeding were assessed: clean water (control), mineral fertilizers (solution of ammonium nitrate in water in the concentration of 1:25), unsolved liquid biofuel fraction and mixture of liquid fraction from the postferment with water in concentrations of 1:10, 1:50, 1:100, 1:500. It was determined that the highest efficiency was observed in case of fertilization of plants with the mixture of liquid fraction from postferment with concentration of 1:500. Along with the increase of liquid fraction concentration and fertilization of plants with water solution of mineral fertilizers, onion productivity dropped slightly. Fertilization of plants with the liquid fraction from postferment resulted in fractional dying of plants and reduction of efficiency. The crop control of nitrogen content proved that in case of every day watering of onion with clean water and mixture of liquid fraction with water concentration of 1:100-1:500 did not exceed the maximum admissible concentration which is 800 mg·kg−1. Thus, in case of onion cultivation for chives, taking into consideration the crop growth and low nitrogen content, it is recommended to use the mixture of liquid fraction with water of 1:500 concentration.