bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Incidence and risk factors associated with cytomegalovirus infection after the treatment of acute rejection during the first year in kidney transplant recipients receiving preemptive therapy
Authors: Felipe Claudia , Ferreira Alexandra Nicolau , de Paula Mayara , Viana Laila , Cristelli Marina , Medina Pestana Jose , Tedesco‐Silva Helio
Published: May 2019

Introduction

The complex interaction between cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and acute rejection after kidney transplantation is well recognized.

Methods

This single center retrospective cohort analysis investigated the incidence and risk factors associated with CMV infection after treatment for acute rejection (tAR) in kidney transplant recipients receiving only CMV preemptive therapy. Of the 938 kidney transplants performed between 04/30/2014 and 04/30/2015 we identified 87 (9.3%) that were treated for acute rejection within the first year.

Results

Most patients (64%) received rATG induction therapy followed by tacrolimus in combination with azathioprine (67%) or mycophenolate (33%) and corticosteroids. The incidence of CMV infection/disease after tAR was 47%, of which 73% occurred within 30 days. Using multivariable logistic regression analysis, eGFR at 1 month (OR = 0.98; 95% CI, 0.97‐0.99; P = 0.007) and timing of tAR (OR = 0.98; 95% CI, 0.96‐0.99; P = 0.021) were independently associated with CMV infection/disease after tAR.

Conclusion

In this cohort of kidney transplant recipients receiving tacrolimus‐based immunosuppressive and preemptive CMV therapy, almost 50% developed CMV infection/disease after tARin the first year of transplantation. Early rejection and poor initial renal function were risk factors associated with CMV infection or disease.
Life tables and feeding habits of Proprioseiopsis lenis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and implications for its biological control potential in Southeast Asia
Authors: Tung Nguyen Duc , Than Anh The , Jonckheere Wim , Nguyen Viet Ha , Van Leeuwen Thomas , De Clercq Patrick
Published: May 2019

Development, survival and reproduction of Proprioseiopsis lenis (Corpuz and Rimando) (Acari: Phytoseiidae), a predatory mite distributed in parts of Southeast Asia, were assessed on different foods. These included four pollens (Typha latifolia, Luffa aegyptiaca, Zea mays, Ricinus communis), the natural prey Tetranychus urticae (mixed stages) and Frankliniella occidentalis (first-second instars), and the storage mite Carpoglyphus lactis (mixed stages) as a factitious prey. The total immature developmental time of females fed at 27 °C on T. latifolia pollen (4.1 days) or C. lactis (4.0 days) was significantly shorter than that of those offered Z. mays pollen (5.3 days), R. communis pollen (6.7 days) or T. urticae (4.3 days). Nearly 60% of the predators fed on R. communis pollen died in the immature stages and adult females failed to produce eggs. The daily oviposition rate of P. lenis reared on C. lactis (2.9 eggs/female/day), T. latifolia pollen (2.7 eggs/female/day) and F. occidentalis (2.6 eggs/female/day) was significantly higher than that of females maintained on the other diets. Total fecundity of females offered C. lactis (37.3 eggs/female) was highest, followed by F. occidentalis (26.5 eggs/female), T. urticae, L. aegyptiaca pollen, and T. latifolia pollen and was lowest on Z. mays pollen (7.4 eggs/female). The intrinsic rates of increase (rm) were highest on C. lactis (0.293), T. latifolia pollen (0.285) and T. urticae (0.283), followed by F. occidentalis (0.260) and L. aegyptiaca pollen (0.233) and were lowest on Z. mays pollen (0.115). Our findings suggest that P. lenis may have potential as a natural enemy to be used in augmentative biological control of spider mites and thrips in Southeast Asian greenhouse or field crops. The predator can be reared on the storage mite C. lactis and can also survive on several pollens in case prey is scarce or absent in the crop.
Bacillus cereus
cshA
Is Expressed during the Lag Phase of Growth and Serves as a Potential Marker of Early Adaptation to Low Temperature and pH
Authors: Français Marina , Carlin Frédéric , Broussolle Véronique , Nguyen-Thé Christophe
Published: May 2019

The spore-forming bacterium
B. cereus
is a major cause of foodborne outbreaks in Europe. Some
B. cereus
strains can grow at low temperatures and low pH in many processed foods. Modeling of the bacterial lag time is hampered by a lack of knowledge of the timing of events occurring during this phase. In this context, the identification of lag phase markers, not currently available, could be a real advance for the better prediction of lag time duration. Currently, no molecular markers of this phase are available. By determining that
cshA
was always expressed early during the lag phase, we provide a molecular marker of the early adaptation process of
B. cereus
cells when exposed to low temperature and pH.
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus nsp11 Antagonizes Type I Interferon Signaling by Targeting IRF9
Authors: Wang Dang , Chen Jiyao , Yu Chaoliang , Zhu Xinyu , Xu Shangen , Fang Liurong , Xiao Shaobo
Published: May 2019

The nidovirus-specific endoribonuclease (NendoU) encoded by PRRSV nonstructural protein 11 (nsp11) is a unique NendoU of nidoviruses that infect vertebrates; thus, it is an attractive target for the development of antinidovirus drugs. Previous studies have revealed that the NendoU of nidoviruses, including porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E), acts as a type I interferon (IFN) antagonist. Here, for the first time, we demonstrated that overexpression of PRRSV nsp11 also inhibits IFN signaling by targeting the C-terminal interferon regulatory factor (IRF) association domain of IRF9. This interaction impaired the ability of IRF9 to form the transcription factor complex IFN-stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF3) and to act as a signaling protein of IFN signaling. Collectively, our data identify IRF9 as a natural target of PRRSV NendoU and reveal a novel mechanism evolved by an arterivirus to counteract innate immune signaling.
Interplay between the Hsp90 Chaperone and the HslVU Protease To Regulate the Level of an Essential Protein in Shewanella oneidensis
Authors: Honoré Flora Ambre , Maillot Nathanael Jean , Méjean Vincent , Genest Olivier
Published: May 2019

Maintaining a healthy proteome is essential in every living cell from bacteria to humans. For example, proteostasis (protein homeostasis) imbalance in humans leads to devastating diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases and cancers. Therefore, proteins need to be assisted from their synthesis to their native folding and ultimately to their degradation. To ensure efficient protein turnover, cells possess an intricate network of molecular chaperones and proteases for protein folding and degradation. However, these networks need to be better defined and understood. Here, using the aquatic bacterium
Shewanella oneidensis
as a model organism, we demonstrate interplay between two proteins with antagonist activities, the Hsp90 chaperone and the HslVU protease, to finely regulate the level of an essential client of Hsp90. Therefore, this work provides a new bacterial model to better study protein regulation and turnover, and it sheds light on how proteostasis by Hsp90 and proteases could be controlled in bacteria.
Exposure of the Host-Associated Microbiome to Nutrient-Rich Conditions May Lead to Dysbiosis and Disease Development—an Evolutionary Perspective
Authors: Lachnit Tim , Bosch Thomas C. G. , Deines Peter
Published: May 2019

Inflammatory diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, are dramatically increasing worldwide, but an understanding of the underlying factors is lacking. We here present an ecoevolutionary perspective on the emergence of inflammatory diseases.
Crying and breathing by new-born preterm infants after early or delayed cord clamping
Authors: Murphy Madeleine C , McCarthy Lisa K , O’Donnell Colm Patrick Finbarr
Published: May 2019

Guidelines recommend delayed cord clamping (DCC) of at least 30 s for vigorous preterm infants who do not require resuscitation. It is not known whether DCC affects the rate of crying and breathing after birth. We reviewed videos of 80 preterm infants in the delivery room. Most infants cried and breathed after both immediate and delayed cord clamping before respiratory support was given. Infants arrived at the resuscitaire in similar physiological condition, regardless of the time after birth at which they arrived.
Cancer cell niche factors secreted from cancer-associated fibroblast by loss of H3K27me3
Authors: Maeda Masahiro , Takeshima Hideyuki , Iida Naoko , Hattori Naoko , Yamashita Satoshi , Moro Hiroshi , Yasukawa Yoshimi , Nishiyama Kazuhiro , Hashimoto Taiki , Sekine Shigeki , Ishii Genichiro , Ochiai Atsushi , Fukagawa Takeo , Katai Hitoshi , Sakai Yoshiharu , Ushijima Toshikazu
Published: May 2019

Objective

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), a major component of cancer stroma, can confer aggressive properties to cancer cells by secreting multiple factors. Their phenotypes are stably maintained, but the mechanisms are not fully understood. We aimed to show the critical role of epigenetic changes in CAFs in maintaining their tumour-promoting capacity and to show the validity of the epigenomic approach in identifying therapeutic targets from CAFs to starve cancer cells.

Design

Twelve pairs of primary gastric CAFs and their corresponding non-CAFs (NCAFs) were established from surgical specimens. Genome-wide DNA methylation and H3K27me3 analyses were conducted by BeadArray 450K and ChIP-on-Chip, respectively. Functions of potential a therapeutic target were analysed by inhibiting it, and prognostic impact was assessed in a database.

Results

CAFs had diverse and distinct DNA methylation and H3K27me3 patterns compared with NCAFs. Loss of H3K27me3, but not DNA methylation, in CAFs was enriched for genes involved in stem cell niche, cell growth, tissue development and stromal–epithelial interactions, such asWNT5A,GREM1,NOGandIGF2. Among these, we revealed that WNT5A, which had been considered to be derived from cancer cells, was highly expressed in cancer stromal fibroblasts, and was associated with poor prognosis. Inhibition of secreted WNT5A from CAFs suppressed cancer cell growth and migration.

Conclusions

H3K27me3 plays a crucial role in defining tumour-promoting capacities of CAFs, and multiple stem cell niche factors were secreted from CAFs due to loss of H3K27me3. The validity of the epigenetic approach to uncover therapeutic targets for cancer-starving therapy was demonstrated.
Downward seepage effects on dynamics of scour depth and migrating dune-like bedforms at tandem piers
Authors: Chavan Rutuja , Kumar Bimlesh
Published: May 2019

The present study focuses on multi-scale statistical characterization of scour depth at tandem piers and migrating dune-like bedforms forming behind the piers in downward seepage affected alluvial channel, using an experimental approach. Experiments were conducted using two circular piers arranged in a tandem manner for no seepage, 10% seepage, and 15% seepage condition. The erosive capacity of reversal flow is hindered with downward seepage, which results in reducing velocity and Reynolds stress near the bed at upstream of piers in case of seepage runs. The bed elevation of the scoured region is decreasing with the increasing seepage percentage and the growth in scour depth is diminishing with time. The celerity of scour depth is decreasing with time as well as decreasing with increasing downward seepage. Probability density function of bedform elevation has positive tail slightly thicker than the Gaussian.
A CHOLERA METAPOPULATION MODEL INTERLINKING MIGRATION WITH INTERVENTION STRATEGIES — A CASE STUDY OF ZIMBABWE (2008–2009)
Authors: SENAPATI ABHISHEK , SARDAR TRIDIP , CHATTOPADHYAY JOYDEV
Published: May 2019

Cholera is a water-borne disease and a major threat to human society affecting about 3–5 million people annually. A considerable number of research works have already been done to understand the disease transmission route and preventive measures in spatial or non-spatial scale. However, how the control strategies are to be linked up with the human migration in different locations in a country are not well studied. The present investigation is carried out in this direction by proposing and analyzing cholera meta-population models. The basic dynamical properties including the domain basic reproduction number are studied. Several important model parameters are estimated using cholera incidence data (2008–2009) and inter-provincial migration data from Census 2012 for the five provinces in Zimbabwe. By defining some migration index, and interlinking these indices with different cholera control strategies, namely, promotion of hand-hygiene and clean water supply and treatment, we carried out an optimal cost effectiveness analysis using optimal control theory. Our analysis suggests that there is no need to provide control measures for all the five provinces, and the control measures should be provided only to those provinces where in-migration flow is moderate. We also observe that such selective control measures which are also cost effective may reduce the overall cases and deaths.
Betti splitting from a topological point of view
Authors: Bolognini Davide , Fugacci Ulderico
Published: May 2019

A Betti splitting [Formula: see text] of a monomial ideal [Formula: see text] ensures the recovery of the graded Betti numbers of [Formula: see text] starting from those of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we introduce an analogous notion for simplicial complexes, using Alexander duality, proving that it is equivalent to a recursive splitting condition on links of some vertices. We provide results ensuring the existence of a Betti splitting for a simplicial complex [Formula: see text], relating it to topological properties of [Formula: see text]. Among other things, we prove that orientability for a manifold without boundary is equivalent to the admission of a Betti splitting induced by the removal of a single facet. Taking advantage of our topological approach, we provide the first example of a monomial ideal which admits Betti splittings in all characteristics but with characteristic-dependent resolution. Moreover, we introduce new numerical descriptors for simplicial complexes and topological spaces, useful to deal with questions concerning the existence of Betti splitting.
Efficiently Engineering Cu-Based Oxide by Surface Embedding of Ce for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3
Authors: Sun Qian , Zeng Chun , Xing Meng-Meng , Chen Bo , Zhao Dan , Hong San-Guo , Zhang Ning
Published: May 2019

Deliberately engineering oxide composites on constructing and manipulating interactive structures particularly in surface layers was highly desirable for heterogeneous catalysis. Herein, upon the redox replacement reaction between Ce(IV) precursor (Ce(NO[Formula: see text] and Cu2O nano-substrate, an attempt to directly engineer the surface structure of Cu-based substrate was performed by the Ce(IV)–Cu2O etching-embedding process, then the obtained powders were thermo-treated to get a series of Ce–O–Cu catalysts with different Ce:Cu molar ratios for NH3selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) of NO. Characterized by ICP-OES, XRD, Raman, XPS, SEM, BET, H2-TPR, NO- and NH3-TPD measurements, it was demonstrated that the Cu–O–Ce catalysts were structured as CuO matrix with an interactive surface composed by co-present Cu(I)–Cu(II) and Ce(III)–Ce(IV) species, even the introduction of Ce was confined in a quite low loading range (0.83–2.3[Formula: see text]wt.%); such a surface exhibited the distinct synergistic effect with positively manipulated physical-chemistry properties such as active site distributions, redox features and surface reactivity compared to pure CuO and traditional Cu–Ce composite catalyst, leading to attractive catalytic performance such as [Formula: see text]% NO conversion with [Formula: see text]% N2selectivity and the two-fold TOF enhancement versus traditional catalysts, even SO2was present in reactant mixture on well-manipulated catalyst (Ce loading at 1.6[Formula: see text]wt.%) These results indicated that the etching-embedding strategy illuminated in this work could be referred as a feasible method to directly engineer and construct interactive oxide composite surface for advanced application as well as current efficient Ce–O–Cu catalytic interface for heterogeneous catalysis.
Seismic Performance of Precast Concrete Composite Shear Walls with Multiple Boundary Elements
Authors: Xue W. C. , Li Y. , Cai L. , Hu X.
Published: May 2019

Compared with traditional precast concrete composite shear walls (PCCSWs) with two boundary elements adjacent to edges, the PCCSWs with multiple boundary elements investigated in this paper have extra boundary elements at the intersections with other shear walls. In this paper, low reversed cyclic loading tests were conducted on three full-scale shear wall specimens with multiple boundary elements under in-plane loading and two full-scale shear wall specimens under out-of-plane loading. The in-plane loaded specimens included a PCCSW with double precast layers (i.e. precast concrete double skin shear wall, PCDSSW), a PCCSW with single precast layer, and a cast-in-pace (CIP) control specimen, whereas the out-of-plane loaded specimens included a PCDSSW and a CIP control specimen. Test results revealed that all specimens failed in bending. The hysteresis loops of the precast composite specimens were stable but slightly pinching, which were similar to those of the corresponding CIP control specimen. Compared with the CIP specimens, the PCDSSWs showed similar energy dissipation. The loading capacity of the precast composite specimens was generally a little lower than that of the corresponding CIP specimen with difference not more than 15%. In the in-plane loading tests, the PCDSSW reached higher displacement ductility (2.45) than the CIP specimen (1.88), whereas the ductility of the PCCSW with single precast layer was relatively low. Regarding the specimens under out-of-plane loading, the ductility of the PCDSSW (3.83) was close to that of the CIP specimen (3.02). Moreover, the stiffness degradation of the precast composite specimens was found to be comparable to that of the control specimens. Based on the test results, a restoring force model was developed.
Disjoint superheavy subsets and fragmentation norms
Authors: Kawasaki Morimichi , Orita Ryuma
Published: May 2019

We present a lower bound for a fragmentation norm and construct a bi-Lipschitz embedding [Formula: see text] with respect to the fragmentation norm on the group [Formula: see text] of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of a symplectic manifold [Formula: see text]. As an application, we provide an answer to Brandenbursky’s question on fragmentation norms on [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is a closed Riemannian surface of genus [Formula: see text].
EVALUATING INDIA’S CLIMATE TARGETS: THE IMPLICATIONS OF ECONOMY-WIDE AND SECTOR-SPECIFIC POLICIES
Authors: SINGH ARUN , WINCHESTER NIVEN , KARPLUS VALERIE J.
Published: May 2019

We employ a numerical economy-wide model of India with energy sector detail to evaluate the impact of achieving India’s commitments to the Paris Climate Agreement. We simulate targets for reducing CO2 emissions intensity of GDP via an economy-wide CO2 price and for increasing non-fossil electricity capacity via a Renewable Portfolio Standard. We find that compared with the no policy scenario in 2030, the average cost per unit of emissions reduced is lowest under a CO2 pricing regime. A pure RPS costs more than 10 times the cost of a CO2 pricing regime. Projected electricity demand in 2030 decreases by 8% under the CO2 price, while introducing an RPS further suppresses electricity demand. Importantly, a reduction in the costs of wind and solar power induced by favorable policies may result in cost convergence across instruments, paving the way for more aggressive decarbonization policies in the future.
Towards resolving the metamorphic enigma of the Indian Plate in the NW Himalaya of Pakistan
Authors: Treloar Peter J. , Palin Richard M. , Searle Michael P.
Published: May 2019

The Pakistan part of the Himalaya has major differences in tectonic evolution compared with the main Himalayan range to the east of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis. There is no equivalent of the Tethyan Himalaya sedimentary sequence south of the Indus–Tsangpo suture zone, no equivalent of the Main Central Thrust, and no Miocene metamorphism and leucogranite emplacement. The Kohistan Arc was thrust southward onto the leading edge of continental India. All rocks exposed to the south of the arc in the footwall of the Main Mantle Thrust preserve metamorphic histories. However, these do not all record Cenozoic metamorphism. Basement rocks record Paleo-Proterozoic metamorphism with no Cenozoic heating; Neo-Proterozoic through Cambrian sediments record Ordovician ages for peak kyanite and sillimanite grade metamorphism, although Ar–Ar data indicate a Cenozoic thermal imprint which did not reset the peak metamorphic assemblages. The only rocks that clearly record Cenozoic metamorphism are Upper Paleozoic through Mesozoic cover sediments. Thermobarometric data suggest burial of these rocks along a clockwise pressure–temperature path to pressure–temperature conditions of
c.
10–11 kbar and
c.
700°C. Resolving this enigma is challenging but implies downward heating into the Indian plate, coupled with later development of unconformity parallel shear zones that detach Upper Paleozoic–Cenozoic cover rocks from Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic basement rocks and also detach those rocks from the Paleoproterozoic basement.
Multisensory Anthropology
Authors: Howes David
Published: May 2019

The senses are made, not given. Multisensory anthropology focuses on the variable boundaries, differential elaboration, and many different ways of combining the senses across (and within) cultures. Its methodology is grounded in “participant sensation,” or sensing—and making sense—along with others, also known as sensory ethnography. This review article traces the sensualization of anthropological theory and practice since the early 1990s, showing how the concept of sensory mediation has steadily supplanted the prior concern with representation. It concludes with a discussion of how the senses are engaged in filmmaking, multispecies ethnography, and material culture studies as well as in achieving social justice.
Genetic Predisposition to Childhood Cancer in the Genomic Era
Authors: Plon Sharon E. , Lupo Philip J.
Published: May 2019

Developments over the past five years have significantly advanced our ability to use genome-scale analyses—including high-density genotyping, transcriptome sequencing, exome sequencing, and genome sequencing—to identify the genetic basis of childhood cancer. This article reviews several key results from an expanding number of genomic studies of pediatric cancer: ( a) Histopathologic subtypes of cancers can be associated with a high incidence of germline predisposition, ( b) neurodevelopmental disorders or highly penetrant cancer predisposition syndromes can result from specific patterns of variation in genes encoding the SMARC family of chromatin remodelers, ( c) genome-wide association studies with relatively small pediatric cancer cohorts have successfully identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms with large effect sizes and provided insight into population differences in cancer risk, and ( d) multiple exome or genome analyses of unselected childhood cancer cohorts have yielded a 7–10% incidence of pathogenic variants in cancer predisposition genes. This work supports the increasing use of genomic sequencing in the care of pediatric cancer patients and at-risk family members.
Machine Learning for Sociology
Authors: Molina Mario , Garip Filiz
Published: May 2019

Machine learning is a field at the intersection of statistics and computer science that uses algorithms to extract information and knowledge from data. Its applications increasingly find their way into economics, political science, and sociology. We offer a brief introduction to this vast toolbox and illustrate its current uses in the social sciences, including distilling measures from new data sources, such as text and images; characterizing population heterogeneity; improving causal inference; and offering predictions to aid policy decisions and theory development. We argue that, in addition to serving similar purposes in sociology, machine learning tools can speak to long-standing questions on the limitations of the linear modeling framework, the criteria for evaluating empirical findings, transparency around the context of discovery, and the epistemological core of the discipline.
A Short Review on Recent Developments in TMD Factorization and Implementation
Authors: Scimemi Ignazio
Published: May 2019

In the latest years the theoretical and phenomenological advances in the factorization of several collider processes using the transverse momentum dependent distributions (TMD) have greatly increased. I attempt here a short resume of the newest developments discussing also the most recent perturbative QCD calculations. The work is not strictly directed to experts in the field and it wants to offer an overview of the tools and concepts which are behind the TMD factorization and evolution. I consider both theoretical and phenomenological aspects, some of which have still to be fully explored. It is expected that actual colliders and the Electron Ion Collider (EIC) will provide important information in this respect.
Secure and Efficient Searchable Public Key Encryption for Resource Constrained Environment Based on Pairings under Prime Order Group
Authors: Zhang Yu , Li Yin , Wang Yifan
Published: May 2019

Searchable public key encryption scheme is a key technique for protecting data confidentiality in today’s cloud environment. Specifically, public key encryption with conjunctive and disjunctive keyword search (PECDK) can provide flexible search options without sacrificing keywords security and thus attracts a lot of attention nowadays. However, the most effective PECDK scheme is based on the inner product encryption (IPE), which needs more time and space cost. In this paper, by utilizing the bilinear pairing with a prime order group, we propose an efficient PECDK scheme needing less time and storage consumption. The proposed scheme is proven to be secure under a rigorous security definition. The theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate that our proposed scheme can significantly improve the time and space efficiency over the state-of-the-art scheme.
The Mid-Term Forecast Method of F10.7Based on Extreme Ultraviolet Images
Authors: Lei L. , Zhong Q. , Wang J. , Shi L. , Liu S.
Published: May 2019

The solar radio flux at 10.7cm (F10.7) is a direct monitor and an important indicator of solar variability, and F10.7is commonly used in empirical atmospheric models, ionosphere models, etc. The source regions of F10.7are mainly in the corona above the active regions, and the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) images reflect the coronal thermal structure. In this paper, an index is defined asPSRbased on the intensity values of solar EUV images to represent the coronal contribution to F10.7. The Spearman correlation coefficient between the observed values of F10.7andPSRis 0.85 in 304 Å EUV images. Based on the high correlation, an empirical model is constructed. Combining the EUV data of SDO/AIA and the twin STEREO/EUVI, solar full-disk EUV images can be generated, and the future 27-day values ofPSRcan be calculated. Then, a realistic estimation of F10.7from 1 to 27 days in advance can be provided by the empirical model. Compared to the predictive values of F10.7by the 54th-order autoregressive models in 2012-2013, the error drop-rate of our model is 12.54%, and our method has significant advantages in the upcoming 3 to 27 days’ forecast.
An Insidious Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Secondary Aortoduodenal Fistula Leading to Septic Shock
Authors: Khan Ahmad , Ahmad Ejaz , Javaid Saad , Sankari Mohamed Riad
Published: May 2019

Insidious gastrointestinal bleeding from a secondary aortic fistula poses a significant diagnostic challenge. Failure to recognize it early on can lead to devastating outcomes. We describe a case of insidious gastrointestinal bleeding from a secondary aortic fistula in an elderly woman who presented with recurrent admissions for melanotic stools and eventually developed septic shock. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy did not reveal any obvious source of bleeding. The patient eventually had push endoscopy that revealed infected graft and a secondary aortoduodenal fistula. One should proceed with push enteroscopy in occult bleeding if the patient has a history of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Valores culturais e estilos de aprendizagem dos operadores da contabilidade do setor público brasileiro frente ao processo de adoção das normas internacionais
Authors: Silva Neto Antonio Firmino da , Silva José Dionísio Gomes da
Published: May 2019

O objetivo deste estudo é analisar os valores culturais e estilos de aprendizagem dos operadores da contabilidade, que formam a comunidade epistêmica da adoção das IPSAS no Brasil. Utilizou-se a teoria dos valores culturais de Hofstede (1980) e a aprendizagem experiencial de Kolb (1984) na formatação do questionário. Obteve-se uma amostra de 426 respondentes de todos os estados brasileiros. A comunidade epistêmica envolvida no desenho ou ensino das normas (normatizadores) e na operação e adoção (executores federal, estadual e municipal) apresentam valores culturais de distância hierárquica equilibrada, coletivismo, feminilidade, baixa aversão à incerteza e alta orientação de longo prazo. O estilo de aprendizagem é diferente entre executores contábeis nos níveis federal e estadual, quando comparados com o nível municipal. Enquanto no primeiro grupo (federal e estadual) os executores utilizam reflexões abstratas, os executores do segundo grupo (municipal) são propensos a ter um aprendizado baseado em experiências concretas e casos práticos. Na prática das organizações públicas devem ser realizados treinamentos com diferentes concepções de aprendizagem, incluindo as iniciativas de disseminação das IPSAS.
Motivação de Viagem: uma problematização a partir dos pressupostos teóricos da análise do discurso pecheutiana
Authors: Moreira Maicon Gularte , Campos Luciene Jung de
Published: May 2019

Este trabalho se propõe a oferecer uma contribuição da análise do discurso para os estudos no campo do turismo. Reconhecendo a condição plural e contraditória da produção do conhecimento neste campo do saber, buscamos problematizar o modo como a motivação de viagem é produzida como própria do sujeito. Dessa forma, filiados ao dispositivo teóricometodológico da análise do discurso proposta por Michel Pêcheux, apresentamos o sujeito do inconsciente como sendo aquele que se desloca, pois é da ordem do desejo. Com isso, posicionamos a motivação de viagem em oposição ao deslocamento do sujeito desejante. A motivação de viagem, apresentada como o teatro da consciência, é um efeito ideológico produzido pela interpelação do sujeito como turista, cujas evidências de si e dos sentidos servem para controlar, censurar e cercear o próprio desejo do sujeito. Essa produção ideológica está ligada à realização da ideologia dominante no interior do turismo, apresentado como aparelho ideológico de Estado, responsável pela reprodução das relações de produção, que são as relações de exploração capitalistas, nas quais o desejo dos sujeitos não possui lugar.
Como a identidade de uma São Paulo cultural é vendida: Um estudo da agregação da identidade de São Paulo.
Authors: Massini Vitoria Nonato , Leonarde Alexandre
Published: May 2019

A identidade é instável e devido a isso pode mudar com diversos fatores como: sociedade, época, atores sociais, política e meios de comunicação. Antes São Paulo era a terra da garoa, e hoje a garoa se tornou mínima perto do que acontece na vida cosmopolita da cidade. Com isso, o objetivo da presente pesquisa é investigar se a identidade de São Paulo faz jus ao que ela oferece de entretenimento cultural. Por meio de uma pesquisa de gabinete, analisam-se as identidades da cidade ao longo dos anos, assim como uma coleta de dados online, sobre como as agências e operadoras turísticas representam a capital nos seus sites, ou seja, para os turistas. Os resultados da coleta foram reproduzidos em duas imagens de nuvens de palavras, uma dos adjetivos da descrição de “Sampa”, e outro com os atrativos mais indicados. Observando-se que o entretenimento na cidade já é destaque, sendo colocada como capital do entretenimento da América Latina.
Preferência da paisagem no Parque Municipal Rudolfo Arno Goldhardt de Panambi/RS
Authors: Christmann Samara Simon , Foleto Eliane Maria
Published: May 2019

O presente artigo busca analisar um dos principais espaços livres dedicados ao lazer e recreação da população de Panambi/RS: o Parque Municipal Rudolfo Arno Goldhardt. Procura-se avaliá-lo por meio da preferência da paisagem – que pode ser replicado em outros espaços livres –, através de fotografias e questionários de abordagem quali-quantitativa que exploram a percepção e opinião da população. Ao final, procura-se contribuir com recomendações que subsidiem na sua gestão e planejamento territorial, com o objetivo de valorizar as potencialidades locais, investir nas fragilidades, possibilitar melhor apropriação e identidade e promover a conservação ambiental.
REPRESENTAÇÃO DO FEMININO NO CONTO “SWEAT” DE ZORA NEALE HURSTON
Authors: Mangueira José Vilian , Gonçalves Leite Francisco Edson
Published: May 2019

O presente trabalho pretende problematizar a construção das personagens femininas na obra “O pardal é um pássaro azul”, de Heloneida Studart, escrito e publicado no período referente ao Regime Militar no Brasil, estabelecido em 1 de abril de 1964, cuja vigência se deu até o ano de 1985. Para tanto, dialoga-se com a teoria feminista, uma vez que juntamente ao protesto contra a ditadura, assume-se uma postura de contestaçãoà situação de opressão feminina e à desigualdade de gênero, explicitada especialmentena construção das personagens e na manipulação do foco narrativo.
APONTAMENTOS PARA UMA POÉTICA QUEER: UMA LEITURA DA POESIA DE LUÍS MIGUEL NAVA
Authors: Sales Sinei Ferreira
Published: May 2019

Neste artigo, objetivamos ler sete poemas de Luís Miguel Nava – “Ars poética”, “Ars erotica”, “Paixão”, “O último reduto” “O mar”, “Ao mínimo clarão” e “Através da nudez” –, contidos na reunião da obra poética naviana, publicada em 2002, pela editora Dom Quixote, com o título de Poesia completa. Em nossas leituras, empregaremos pressupostos da Teoria Queer, aliada aos Estudos Literários, a fim de mostrar como o corpo, não apenas o do poeta, mas também o corpo do poema, é plataforma de novas subjetividades, que convidam o leitor a experimentar uma trajetória sensorial que explora vias pouco usuais de prazer, para além do tato e da visão, desentranhando dos corpos em interação, o gozo da leitura.
Serum Phosphate and the Risk of New-Onset Hyperuricemia in Hypertensive Patients
Authors: Cao Jingjing , Zhang Jingping , Li Qinqin , Jiang Chongfei , Song Yun , Liu Chengzhang , Liu Lishun , Wang Binyan , Li Jianping , Zhang Yan , Cui Yimin , Huo Yong , Wang Xiaobin , Tang Genfu , Xu Xiping , Qin Xianhui
Published: May 2019

The relationship of serum phosphate and new-onset hyperuricemia remains uncertain. We aimed to evaluate the relationship of serum phosphate with the risk of new-onset hyperuricemia, and to examine any possible effect modifiers in hypertensive patients. This is a post hoc analysis of the Uric Acid substudy of the CSPPT (China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial). A total of 10 612 participants with normal uric acid levels (<357 μmol/L [6 mg/dL]) at baseline were included in the current study. The primary outcome was new-onset hyperuricemia, which was defined as a uric acid concentration ≥417 μmol/L (7 mg/dL) in men or ≥357 μmol/L (6 mg/dL) in women. During a median follow-up of 4.4 years, 1663 (15.7%) participants developed new-onset hyperuricemia. Overall, there was a significant inverse association between serum phosphate and the risk of new-onset hyperuricemia (per SD increment; odds ratio, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.66–0.76). When serum phosphate was assessed as quartiles, a significantly lower risk of new-onset hyperuricemia was found in participants in quartile 4 (≥1.4 mmol/L; odds ratio, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.40–0.57) compared with those in quartile 1 (<1.2 mmol/L). Similar results were found in males and females. In summary, there was an inverse association between serum phosphate and the risk of new-onset hyperuricemia in hypertensive adults.
Shame, Moral Motivation, and Climate Change
Authors: Powell Russell C.
Published: May 2019

An emotion like shame is endowed with special motivational force. Drawing on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s concept of shame, I develop an account of moral motivation that lends new perspective to the contemporary climate crisis. Whereas religious ethicists often engage the problem of climate change by re-imagining the metaphors, symbols, and values of problematic cosmologies, I focus on some specific moral tactics generated by religious communities who use their traditions to confront climate destruction. In particular, Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries, a Christian non-profit organization that seeks to infuse a renewed commitment in church parishes to bioregions and watersheds, effectively employs shame in the context of its Christian practice and leadership. My analysis of Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries demonstrates both the efficacy of shame to motivate environmentally responsible behavior as well as the advantage to religious ethics of considering contextual practices over abstract cosmologies.
A new species of Elamenopsis from Papua, Indonesia (Decapoda, Brachyura, Hymenosomatidae)
Authors: Rahayu Dwi L. , Ng Peter K. L.
Published: May 2019

Elamenopsis gracilipes n. sp. is described from Papua, Indonesia, and is easily distinguished from congeners by its relatively longer and more slender ambulatory legs, with the merus of the third ambulatory leg almost seven times as long as broad. The new species superficially most closely resembles E. lineata A. Milne-Edwards, 1873, in having male pleonal somites 4 and 5 fused and the male first gonopod straight with the distal portion slightly curved. The two species differ in the shapes of their rostrums, as well as in the proportions of the carapace and fourth ambulatory meri. A revised key to all the species in the genus is provided.
A new species of isopod of the genus Curassanthura (Cymothoida, Anthuroidea, Leptanthuridae) from anchialine caves of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Authors: Alvarez Fernando , Benitez Sergio , Iliffe Thomas M. , Villalobos Jose Luis
Published: May 2019

A new stygobitic isopod from the anchialine systems of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, is described, bringing the total number of anchialine isopods to seven. Curassanthura yucatanensis sp. nov. of the family Leptanthuridae is the first species of the genus to be recorded from a continental site. It can be distinguished from the other known species in the genus by the shape of the head, wider than long, and the number of robust setae (30) on the palmar margin of the propodus of pereopod 1.
Molecular identification of Meloidogyne species isolated from potato in China and evaluation of the response of potato genotypes to these isolates
Authors: Mao Yanzhi , Hu Yanfeng , Li Chunjie , Zhang Hongji , Yu Decai , Liu Xicai , Yang Gengbin , Wang Congli
Published: May 2019

Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are one of the most economically important groups of plant-parasitic nematodes on potato (Solanum tuberosum), but there has been little study regarding their occurrence on potato in China. In this study, the nematodes in two nematode-infected potato samples collected from Yunnan Province were identified as Meloidogyne spp. Amplicon sizes with species-specific PCR primers indicated that one sample was M. javanica and the other was M. incognita. Cultures established from these two isolates were used to screen 28 potato genotypes in China. All genotypes were susceptible to both M. javanica and M. incognita. However, the mean root galling index and number of egg masses were generally higher for M. javanica than M. incognita. Variable susceptibility was demonstrated among the tested potato genotypes. No available resistant potato cultivars plus a rapid spread of Meloidogyne spp. will result in a potential threat to potato production in China.
The Importance of Being Earnest (in Mediation): Rebel Group Structure, Leadership Turnover, and Success in Civil War Mediation
Authors: Keels Eric
Published: May 2019

Within the study of mediation, a common argument is that mediators are often successful because they provide credible information to combatants thereby reducing asymmetries of information. Unfortunately, there are a number of reasons to assume that rebel groups are providing misinformation to mediators as well as to the government. Equally, mediators must also deal with an incumbent government that may not be negotiating in good faith. This study suggests that rebel group structure may assist with this problem. Rebel groups that operate parallel political wings often inadvertently signal their reservation points in an effort to mobilize support. Mediators also seek signals that the government is willing to credibly commit to a settlement. Leadership turnover may be one such signal, as new leaders are not beholden to old vested interests. To evaluate these propositions, a statistical test of mediation efforts in civil wars is conducted from 1989 to 2005.
Ethno-Regionalism, Politics and the Role of Religion in Zambia: Changing Ecumenical Landscapes in a Christian Nation, 2015-2018
Authors: Sakupapa Teddy Chalwe
Published: May 2019

This contribution explores the interaction between religion and politics in a religiously plural and ethnically multidimensional Zambian context. Given the political salience of both religion and ethnicity in Zambian politics, this research locates an understudied aspect in the discourse on religion and politics in Zambia, namely the multiple relations between religion, ethnicity and politics. It specifically offers a historical-theological analysis of the implications that the political mobilisation of religion has for ecumenism in Zambia since Edgar Chagwa Lungu became the country’s president (2015-2018). Underlining the church-dividing potential of non-theological (doctrinal) factors, the article argues that the ‘political mobilisation of religion’ and the ‘pentecostalisation of Christianity’ in Zambia are reshaping the country’s ecumenical landscapes. Accordingly, this contribution posits the significance of ecumenical consciousness among churches and argues for a contextual ecumenical ecclesiology.
The Number of the ’Ahl aḏ-Ḏimma in the Vilayet of Armīnīya of the Arab Caliphate
Authors: Shahinyan Arsen K.
Published: May 2019

The article is an attempt to restore the approximate number of the people classified by the Shariʽa law as ’ahl aḏ-ḏimma, i.e. gentiles (mostly Christians), who were under the protection of the Arab (Islamic) Caliphate in the vilayet of Armīnīya and in its three administrative units—Armīnīya I, Armīnīya II (Arrān), and Armīnīya III (Djurzan/Ǧurzān).
Victims, Apologies, and the Chinese in Australia
Authors: Edwards Louise
Published: May 2019

This article explores recent public debates in Australia about Chinese living overseas and the recent actions by members of the Chinese community in seeking official apologies for historic and current injustices. It explores the ways in which these calls to rectify both current and past injustices draw Chinese overseas into current PRC agendas by embedding their experiences into narratives of China’s humiliation and victimhood — key tenets of the China Dream to rejuvenate the nation in the twenty-first century. This article argues that by drawing Chinese Overseas into biologized notions of ethnicity and into an ethno-nationalist identity of victimhood, the PRC may cause harm to Chinese living in multicultural Australia.
Directions in Jewish-Shīʿī Studies
Authors: Krinis Ehud
Published: May 2019

So far Jewish-Shīʿī Studies have failed to receive clear and wide recognition from the community of scholars of both Jewish and Shīʿī Studies. In an effort to substantiate the case for clearer and wider scholarly recognition of Jewish-Shīʿī Studies, the present article provides a survey of the state of art of these studies, especially regarding the period of the 1st /7th-7th/13th centuries. While the survey testifies to the diversity and the manifold directions included in this field of studies, the article also addresses the question of what can be considered the unique features in Jewish-Shīʿī affinities.
What Is Wrong with Divinitia?
Authors: Stemplowska Zofia
Published: May 2019

Theorists of liberalism put forward diverse conditions for what makes a state just and legitimate. In what follows I examine Cécile Laborde’s suggestion that a just and legitimate liberal state may have an established religion. Such a state may take the form of what she calls Divinitia: a state with some symbolic recognition of religion, conservative laws in matters of bioethics including abortion, religious accommodation from general laws, and religious references in public debate. I argue that Laborde’s requirement that public justification of policies by public officials is conducted in terms of accessible reasons either rules out too many or too few policies. I then suggest that not only justice but also the legitimacy of states can be ensured only if concern for justice has a greater role to play in the selection of state policies than Laborde suggests. We have good reasons to doubt that Divinita would qualify as just and legitimate.
Justice in Exemptions
Authors: White Stuart
Published: May 2019

When (if ever) does justice require that individuals have exemptions from general laws on grounds relating to religion? In Liberalism’s Religion, Cécile Laborde argues that the focus ought not to be ‘religion’ but ‘integrity’, an interest shared by religious and non-religious people. Integrity-protecting commitments (IPC s) include commitments expressive of the individual’s sense of what they are obligated to do (‘obligation-IPC s’) and commitments that, while not a matter of obligation, are nevertheless crucial to the individual’s identity (‘identity-IPC s’). Laborde argues that justice permits and requires exemptions from general laws so as to secure these commitments and, thereby, the individual’s underlying interest in integrity. This paper considers whether there is a class of integrity-related commitments which Laborde's approach fails to accommodate - a class of commitments related to ideals of ‘self-transcendence’.
Molecular phylogeny of the genus Hylodesmum (Fabaceae)
Authors: LI HUAI-CHENG , ZHAO XUE-LI , GAO XIN-FEN , XU BO
Published: May 2019

The phylogenetic relationships of 12 Hylodesmum species and closely related genera were reconstructed using maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian analyses based on two chloroplast DNA regions (rps16-trnQ and trnL-F) and one nuclear marker (internal transcribed spacer, ITS). All analyses yielded reliable relationships among the major lineages within Hylodesmum, suggesting that Hylodesmum is monophyletic. Neither the traditionally defined Desmodium sect. Podocarpium nor D. sect. Repanda within the genus was supported as being monophyletic based on the ITS analyses and the combined ITS and chloroplast dataset analyses. The phylogenetic topologies indicated that the three species included in D. sect. Repanda were separated into different clades, which suggested that D. sect. Repanda is paraphyletic. Generally, the clades retrieved by phylogenetic analyses within D. sect. Podocarpium were consistent with traditionally defined groups except for the American group. The molecular analysis provides information regarding the revision of the traditional taxonomic system of Hylodesmum and for the evaluation of the systematic positions of each species within the genus Hylodesmum.