bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Sustainable Agriculture Research, Vol. 8, No. 1
Authors: Lee Joan
Published: January 2019

Sustainable Agriculture Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated.

Sustainable Agriculture Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/sar/editor/recruitment and e-mail the completed application form to sar@ccsenet.org.

 

Reviewers for Volume 8, Number 1

Anchal Dass, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India

Bed Mani Dahal, Kathmandu University, Nepal

Beye Amadou Moustapha, Rice Research Center, Cote d'Ivoire

Cristina Bianca Pocol, Univ. of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj Napoca, Romania

Dietrich Darr, Hochschule Rhein-Waal, Germany

Entessar Mohammad Al JBawi, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Syria

Giuseppina Migliore, University of Palermo, Italy

Inder Pal Singh, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, India

Junjie Xu, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States

Kassim Adekunle Akanni, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria

Kaveh Ostad Ali Askari, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Manuel Teles Oliveira, University Tras os Montes Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal

Mirela Kopjar, University of Osijek, Croatia

Murtazain Raza, Subsidiary of Habib Bank AG Zurich, Pakistan

Nasim Ahmad Yasin, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan, Pakistan

Nehemie Tchinda Donfagsiteli, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies, Cameroon

Nicusor-Flavius Sima, University of Agricultural Studies and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Sait Engindeniz, Ege University Faculty of Agriculture, Turkey

Tenaw Workayehu, Hawassa Research Center, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia
ANTI-CRISIS STATE INTERVENTION AND CREATED IN MEDIA IMAGES OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
Authors: Prokopowicz Dariusz
Published: January 2019

The global financial crisis in 2008 was the reason for increasing the scale of interventionist economic policies in developed countries. The main instrument of this policy was the significant development of a mild monetary policy and interventionist measures aimed at forcing the restructuring processes of heavily indebted enterprises and stopping the decline in lending by commercial banks. As part of the pro-development activities of the state intervention, the Federal Reserve Bank applied a mild monetary policy of low interest rates and a program for activating lending and maintaining liquidity in the financial system by financing the purchase from commercial banks of the most endangered assets. A few years later, the European Central Bank applied the same activities of activation monetary policy. The functioning of the financial system will not be fully corrected as long as there will be a message in the media encouraging the banks that the global financial crisis is primarily attributable to the Federal Reserve Bank in the USA. In many para-documentary films, which, as a para-scientific explanation and education of citizens, promote the philosophy of combining deregulation of financial markets with the development of a free market, and attempts to regulate markets are trying to implement the principles of real socialism, a system quite different from that considered an ultramarine US economy.
Toward a Post-critical Literary Theory
Authors: Bocharova Jean ,   The Polanyi Society
Published: January 2019

This essay examines Meaning as Polanyi’s statement on aesthetics. The core of his aesthetic theory emphasizes the power of art to move the imagination. I examine metaphors he uses for this kind of movement—descent along a gradient, indwelling, and transcendence—and suggest implications for literary study.
Interview with Gábor István Bíró
Authors: Mullins Phil ,   The Polanyi Society
Published: January 2019

This interview with Gábor István Bíró reviews topics explored in his 2017 Budapest University of Technology and Economics dissertation on Polanyi’s work in economics education and on his diagrammatic film.
The Association of Invasive Cribriform Lesions With Adverse Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Outcomes: An Institutional Experience, Systematic Review, and Meta-analysis
Authors: Luo Xunda , Khurana Jasvir S. , Jhala Nirag , Zhao Huaqing , Wang He
Published: January 2019

Context.—

Recent studies and a few reviews suggest that presence of invasive cribriform lesions (ICLs) in prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma correlates with adverse outcomes. However, a systematic review with meta-analysis on this correlation is currently lacking.

Objective.—

To compare the likelihood of adverse outcomes by the status of ICLs in prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma with the meta-analysis of high-quality published data and institutional experience.

Data Sources.—

PubMed, Scopus, manually searched references, and institutional data.

Study Selection.—

Observational retrospective case-control studies or prospective cohort studies of adverse outcomes stratified by the status of ICLs were selected.

Data Extraction.—

Study quality was analyzed. The prevalence of adverse outcomes stratified by the status of ICLs was extracted.

Conclusions.—

Eighty-five cases were reviewed. Extraprostatic extension, seminal vesicle invasion, and regional lymph node metastasis were observed in 18 (45%), 14 (35%), and 7 (17.5%) of the 40 cases with cribriform lesions, respectively. These features were observed in 4 (8.9%), 1 (2.2%), and 0 (0%) of the 45 cases without ICLs. During the follow-up, biochemical prostate-specific antigen recurrence, local recurrence, and metastasis/disease-specific death were documented in 7 (17.5%), 2 (5%), and 2 (5%) of the 40 cases with ICLs. These poor outcomes were found in 6 (13.3%), 1 (2.2%), and 1 (2.2%) of the 45 cases without ICLs. Meta-analysis revealed a significant increase in the risk of adverse outcomes in patients who had ICLs relative to those who did not (odds ratio, 3.95; 95% CI, 2.61–5.97; I2 = 53%; Z = 6.52; P < .01). These results suggest that presence of ICLs is associated with adverse outcomes.
The Significance of So-Called Equivocal Immunohistochemical Staining for Cytomegalovirus in Colorectal Biopsies
Authors: Ambelil Manju , Saulino David M. , Ertan Atilla , DuPont Andrew W. , Younes Mamoun
Published: January 2019

Context.—

Recent studies examining immunohistochemical staining of colorectal biopsies for cytomegalovirus (CMV) reported that some cases showed only occasional small positive nuclei that were called equivocal for CMV.

Objectives.—

To determine the extent and clinical significance of equivocal CMV staining in colorectal biopsies.

Design.—

Two-hundred twenty-one consecutive cases of colon and rectal biopsies that were stained for CMV by immunohistochemistry were retrieved from our files and reviewed. Staining results were recorded as negative, unequivocal, or equivocal. Results were correlated with clinicopathologic data, results of polymerase chain reaction studies for CMV, and treatment history.

Results.—

Fifty-two cases (24% of all tested, 63% of positive cases) showed equivocal staining for CMV, and of these, 41 had follow-up information. Polymerase chain reaction for CMV was performed largely on blood samples and was not found to be sensitive for the detections of CMV proctocolitis. Of 25 patients who received antiviral treatment, 21 (84%) had complete resolution of symptoms, compared with 8 of 16 (50%) who did not receive antivirals (P = .02). There was no statistically significant difference in response to antiviral drugs in patients with equivocal and unequivocal CMV staining (P = .17).

Conclusions.—

Equivocal CMV staining likely represents true CMV proctocolitis. Prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings.
Metrica de poesias liricas y fragmentos epicos de Jose de Espronceda
Authors: Aguado Martínez Justo
Published: January 2019

El Romanticismo trajo consigo profundos cambios en la versifi cación. Espronceda es uno de los autores que mejor ejemplo muestran de las nuevas costumbres métricas. La edición de Robert Marrast (José de Espronceda) Poesías líricas y fragmentos épicos ofrece un corpus de casi 5 000 versos, donde podemos observar con detalle en qué consistieron algunos de esos cambios.
ENDECASÍLABOS CON ACENTOS EN 6ª Y 7ª SÍLABAS
Authors: Márquez-Guerrero Miguel Ángel
Published: January 2019

El estudio del endecasílabo con acentos en 6ª y 7ª sílabas permite abordar el problema que plantea la secuencia de dos acentos consecutivos en un verso silabo-tónico. Se trata de un fenómeno métrico que los poetas canónicos han sabido utilizar como recurso expresivo. Por otra parte, el análisis de las curvas de tono demuestra que la tonicidad relativa de las sílabas 6ª y 7ª no está prefi jada, y podemos encontrar un tono más alto tanto en una como en otra sílaba. Por último, la secuencia de los dos acentos facilita que el verso se realice y se oiga como un verso con dos hemistiquios.
LA MÉTRICA DE EN SILENCIO... DE ERNESTINA DE CHAMPOURCIN
Authors: Toro Ballesteros Sara
Published: January 2019

El objetivo de este trabajo es reivindicar En silencio... ópera prima hoy casi olvidada de Ernestina de Champourcin. La maestría del poemario reside en la pluralidad de ritmos y metros utilizados que demuestran la infl uencia y el vasto conocimiento de la poeta sobre los escritores románticos, modernistas y simbolistas tanto españoles como europeos.
SAMUEL DANIEL: Defensa de la rima; estudio preliminar, traducción y notas de Juan Frau; prólogo de Esteban Torre. Ed. bilingüe. Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid, Secretariado de Publicaciones e Intercambio Editorial, 2011.
Authors: Romero Luque Manuel
Published: January 2019

SAMUEL DANIEL: Defensa de la rima; estudio preliminar,traducción y notas de Juan Frau; prólogo de Esteban Torre.Ed. bilingüe. Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid, Secretariadode Publicaciones e Intercambio Editorial, 2011.
LEVENTE SELÁF, PATRICIA NOEL AZIZ HANNA Y JOOST VAN DRIEL: Formes strophiques simples/Simple Strophic Patterns. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2010.
Authors: González-Blanco García Elena
Published: January 2019

LEVENTE SELÁF, PATRICIA NOEL AZIZ HANNA Y JOOST VANDRIEL: Formes strophiques simples/Simple Strophic Patterns.Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2010.
PARA EL ESTUDIO DE LA DIÉRESIS MÉTRICA
Authors: Domínguez Caparrós José
Published: January 2019

PARA EL ESTUDIO DE LA DIÉRESIS MÉTRICA
EL ESTRIBILLO Y SUS VARIANTES EN LA POESÍA ESPAÑOLA DEL SIGLO XX NOTAS SOBRE SU CARACTERIZACIÓN Y TIPOLOGÍA
Authors: Luján Atienza Ángel Luis
Published: January 2019

El estribillo se caracteriza habitualmente por la repetición idéntica y regular de una fórmula, que constituye el tema del texto, al fi nal de cada una de las estrofas de una composición poética. Esta defi nición presenta diversos problemas cuando la aplicamos a la práctica de la poesía del siglo XX. El presente trabajo se ocupa de esta problemática en un doble sentido. Por una parte, propone, para la caracterización del procedimiento, un esquema semiótico que al incorporar simultáneamente rasgos de todos los niveles de signifi cado permite defi nir el estribillo de manera más compleja y matizada. Por otra parte, se analizan varios ejemplos del uso del estribillo en poetas españoles del siglo XX en un intento de clasifi cación del procedimiento según sus rasgos diferenciadores. Para ello es imprescindible distinguir previamente entre poesía que se presenta como continuadora de la tradición popular (en términos amplios: poemas del género “canción”) y poesía que contiene estructuras del tipo del estribillo sin ninguna vinculación con la estética tradicional.
INNOVACIONES EN LA RIMA: POESÍA Y RAP
Authors: Martínez Cantón Clara Isabel
Published: January 2019

El uso de la rima ha decrecido considerablemente en la poesía actual en español por varias razones, entre las que destaca la transición de la oralidad a una cultura escrita. En realidad, gracias a la cultura oral la rima no se ha perdido en las letras de canciones, sino más bien todo lo contrario. En algunos estilos de música su uso se ha reforzado y se ha comenzado a experimentar con sus vastas posibilidades. En este artículo analizaremos estos experimentos que prueban que hay todavía mucho que descubrir en este campo, y que la rima no es un elemento tan limitado como podía parecer. Nos centraremos únicamente en un estilo, el rap, y en un grupo, Violadores del Verso. Trataremos, asimismo, de relacionar y comparar estas innovaciones de la rima que se utilizan en la música con las utilizadas en la poesía en lengua española actual.
LA MÉTRICA DE LA COPLA SEFARDÍ
Authors: Domínguez Caparrós José
Published: January 2019

De las manifestaciones literarias de los sefardíes, sólo los romances encuentran alguna mención en los manuales de historia de la literatura española (Alborg, 1970: 434- 436). Esto ocurre porque se ve como una variedad del importantísimo romancero hispánico. Sin embargo, los otros géneros de la literatura sefardí, historiados, por ejemplo, por Paloma Díaz-Mas (1986: 131-184) y por Elena Romero (1992), tienen un grandísimo valor cultural y lingüístico, pero no alcanzan la consideración estética que pueda hacer que estas formas de literatura entren en el canon, en la institución de las historias de la literatura española.
TEORÍA MÉTRICA DEL VERSO ESDRÚJULO
Authors: Domínguez Caparrós José
Published: January 2019

La terminación esdrújula en español tiene unas características que explican las condiciones del verso que termina con esta clase de palabras. El presente trabajo trata de la historia de la teoría del esdrújulo en el fi nal de verso. Rengifo teoriza el primer empleo del verso esdrújulo español como forma de combinación limitada al verso de origen italiano: Caramuel ilustra la extensión del esdrújulo a toda clase de verso español en el s. XVII, Joseph Vicens se hace eco de las artifi ciosas combinaciones del barroco tardío, y Bello teoriza el uso neoclásico y la apertura romántica a una mayor libertad. En los tratados de métrica del siglo XX la cuestión del verso esdrújulo se limita al aspecto técnico: equivalencia de fi nales y características de la rima (consonante y asonante) esdrújula. Puede decirse que, aparte de su papel histórico, el verso esdrújulo desaparece como tal en la conciencia teórica moderna: ni su expresividad ni su función rítmica ni su papel en la construcción de formas poemáticas ocuparán lugar preciso en los tratados de métrica.
RESEÑA de: Pla Colomer, Francisco P.: Letra y voz de los poetas en la Edad Media castellana. Estudio fi lológico integral. Valencia: Tirant Humanidades, Universitat de València, Université de Neuchâtel, 2014.
Authors: Domínguez Caparrós José
Published: January 2019

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Algunas consideraciones sobre la métrica de la poesía infantil española contemporánea
Authors: Luján Atienza Ángel Luis
Published: January 2019

La poesía infantil no ha sido muy estudiada en su nivel métrico. Este trabajo propone un primer acercamiento a la caracterización métrica y rítmica de la poesía escrita para niños en España en las últimas décadas. A partir del estudio de ciertos rasgos con respecto al uso de la rima, la medida de versos y los agrupamientos estróficos se llega a la conclusión de que este tipo de poesía presenta más complejidades de las esperadas a nivel métrico y explota en mucha mayor medida que la poesía adulta los procedimientos rítmicos y sonoros. Se pretende así sentar las bases para futuros estudios sistemáticos de la métrica de la poesía infantil.Children’s poetry has not been studied in the metrical level. This paper proposes a first approach to the characterization of metrics and rhythm of poetry written for children in Spain in the last decades. From the study of certain features regarding the use of rhyme, the measures of verses and the strophic groupings we come to the conclusion that this type of poetry shows more complexities than expected in the metrical level and takes advantage of rhythmic and sound procedures in much greater extent than adult poetry. The aim is to lay the foundation for future systematic studies of the metrics of children’s poetry.
English historical metrics: 1990-2015
Authors: Duffell Martin J.
Published: January 2019

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The iambic pentameter and its rivals
Authors: Duffel Martin J.
Published: January 2019

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The Basis for the Crisis in Norwegian Shipping
Authors: Tenold Stig
Published: January 2019

This chapter analyses the shipping crisis in relation to Norwegian shipping, shipbuilding, and the Norwegian economy. It claims that Norway felt the collapse of the shipping market more severely than other maritime nations. It contrasts Norwegian shipowning practices with shipowning from other countries in order to account for the difference in impact of the crisis. It examines fleet structure, chartering policy, and the volume of new building contracts to highlight Norway’s suffering in comparison to other nations. It concludes by refuting the oft-cited claim that Norwegian shipowners were overly prone to taking risks, suggesting that recklessness was not a factor in the severity of the Norwegian crisis as has often been assumed.
Introduction
Authors: Martínez del Campo Luis G.
Published: January 2019

In this chapter, I link the creation of the British-Spanish Society (BSS) and the development of soft power strategies in the Western World. I also put the history of the BSS in the context of British-Spanish relations in the 20th Century. Finally, I describe the BSS as one example of those institutions involved in the cultural side of foreign policy.
“Great to see ur staff are doing their job properly”
Authors: Palomino-Manjón Patricia
Published: January 2019

The emergence of new technologies has changed the way people communicate. Social media have allowed businesses to connect with customers and to market their products more efficiently. However, these platforms also allow customers to share information and opinions with the company and fellow customers, diverting from previous online service encounters which only allowed the interaction between the service provider and the customer. This new digital space of communication is in need of research. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to analyze how customer (dis)affiliation is discursively realized on Facebook. To do so, a corpus of comments published by customers on the Facebook page of a British grocery chain was compiled. The data were analyzed drawing on Appraisal Theory (Martin & White, 2005). The findings show that customers used a varied range of Appraisal resources to evaluate the company and express (dis)affiliation with it and fellow customers.
Love, Attachment, and Effacement
Authors: Wierzchowska Justyna
Published: January 2019

This article examines seventeen children poems by Sylvia Plath written in the years 1960-63, in relation to the poetics of romantic love. Drawing on motherhood studies (Klein, 1975; O’Reilly, 2010; Rich, 1976; Winnicott, 1956, 1965, 1967), the maternal shift in psychoanalysis (see Bueskens, 2014: 3-6), and attachment theory (Bowlby, 1950, 1969, 1988), it reads love as a continuous human disposition, informed by one’s attachment history, and realized at different stages of one’s life (Hazan & Shaver, 1987). It specifically refers to Daniel Stern’s and Anthony Giddens’s largely overlapping concepts of maternal and romantic love to argue that Plath’s children poems are significantly infused with a poetics of romantic love. This poetics, however, becomes gradually compromised by a poetics of ambivalence, withdrawal, and self-effacement.
ГОРЊЕ И ДОЊЕ БАРЕ − НЕКИ ЕЛЕМЕНТИ ОДРЖИВОСТИ И КВАЛИТЕТА ЈЕЗЕРСКЕ ВОДЕ
Authors: Гњато Рајко , Декић Радослав , Трбић Горан , Лолић Светлана , Гњато Обрен , Попов Татјана
Published: January 2019

Током љета 2016. године обављена су истраживања глацијалних језера Горње и Доње Баре на планиниЗеленгори у циљу утврђивања квалитета језерске воде и утврђивања карактеристичних процеса у језерскимбазенима. Сем морфометријских мјерења, извршено је мјерење температуре воде језерских базена на различитимдубинама. Узети су узорци воде како би се утврдили физичко-хемијски, микробиолошки и сапробиолошкипараметри. Резултати истраживања су показали изражене процесе еутрофизације језера Горње Баре. Интензивнапримарна продукција у површинском слоју овог језера огледа се у израженој хиперсатурацији као резултатфотосинтетске активности фитопланктона и макрофита. На дну језера изражена је хипосатурација усљедмикробиолошке разградње органске материје. Такође, истраживање је обухватило параметре кисеоничног режимаи pH вриједност: На основу њих вода језера Горње Баре сврстана је у III класу и директна је посљедица интензивногразвоја фитопланктона у периоду узорковања. Састав фитопланктонске заједнице указује на β-мезосапробну воду.Вриједности физичко-хемијских параметара језерске воде су у оквиру I, а санитарно-микробиолошких у оквируII класе. Језеро Доње Баре има олигосапробну воду одличног квалитета. Сем нешто повишених вриједностиконцентрације суспендованих материја, засићеност воде кисеоником, бројност аеробних хетеротрофних и укупнихколиформних бактерија одговара II класи површинских вода. Вриједности осталих праћених параметара биле суу оквиру I класе. Извор којим се језеро напаја водом, према физичко-хемијским и санитарно-микробиолошкимпараметрима, одговара I класи, док отока има нешто повишену концентрацију суспендованих материја. Бројностбактерија одговара II класи површинских вода. Интензиван развој фитопланктона и макрофита доводи донагомилавања органске материје на дну и убрзава процес старења језера.
АРХИТЕКТУРА И ЖИВОПИС ЦРКВЕ СВЕТОГ КЛИМЕНТА У МОСТАЋИМА КОД ТРЕБИЊА
Authors: Лојовић Милинић Нина
Published: January 2019

Црква Светог Климента у Мостаћима код Требиња саграђена је и живописана почетком XVII вијека.Припада издвојеној скупини цркава скромних димензија, које су покривене каменим плочама, са карактеристичнимпреклопом плоча на сљемену. Унутар ових једнобродних цркава налазе се прислоњени лукови дуж бочнихзидова и подужни полуобличасти свод. Код оваквог типа цркава обједињене су ортодоксне идеје наручиоца иелементи западнохришћанског стила, које уносе градитељи. Живопис у цркви израдио је зограф Василије 1623.године поштујући традиционални распоред какав је био устаљен у мањим херцеговачким црквама током XVI иXVII вијека. Детаљнијом анализом стила утврђен је сликарски квалитет зографа Василија. Овај зограф, поредуобичајених иконографских схема, уноси и неке иконографске посебности − тролику представу Свете Тројице,појаву трнових вијенаца на главама светитеља и неуобичајен приказ сцене Мртав Христос у гробу (Imagiopietatis). Циљ овог рада јесте да укаже на ове иконографске посебности и да се размотре могући утицаји који судовели до појаве ових изузетака у сликарству Херцеговачке епархије, као и анализирање стила зографа Василијаи утврђивање провенијенције архитектонских облика на простору Херцеговачке епархије у XVI и XVII вијеку.
Can CRISPR help in the fight against parasitic worms?
Authors: McVeigh Paul , Maule Aaron G
Published: January 2019

The first reports of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in flatworms could usher in a new era of research on these dangerous human parasites.
Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of new cytokinin metabolic genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Authors: Shoaib Muhammad , Yang Wenlong , Shan Qiangqiang , Sajjad Muhammad , Zhang Aimin
Published: January 2019

Cytokinins (CKs) are involved in determining the final grain yield in wheat. Multiple gene families are responsible for the controlled production of CKs in plants, including isopentenyl transferases for de novo synthesis, zeatin O-glucosyltransferases for reversible inactivation, β-glucosidases for reactivation, and CK oxidases/dehydrogenases for permanent degradation. Identifying and characterizing the genes of these families is an important step in furthering our understanding of CK metabolism. Using bioinformatics tools, we identified four new TaIPT, four new TaZOG, and 25 new TaGLU genes in common wheat. All of the genes harbored the characteristic conserved domains of their respective gene families. We renamed TaCKX genes on the basis of their true orthologs in rice and maize to remove inconsistencies in the nomenclature. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the early divergence of monocots from dicots, and the gene duplication event after speciation was obvious. Abscisic acid-, auxin-, salicylic acid-, sulfur-, drought- and light-responsive cis-regulatory elements were common to most of the genes under investigation. Expression profiling of CK metabolic gene families was carried out at the seedlings stage in AA genome donor of common wheat. Exogenous application of phytohormones (6-benzylaminopurine, salicylic acid, indole-3-acetic acid, gibberellic acid, and abscisic acid) for 3 h significantly upregulated the transcript levels of all four gene families, suggesting that plants tend to maintain CK stability. A 6-benzylaminopurine-specific maximum fold-change was observed for TuCKX1 and TuCKX3 in root and shoot tissues, respectively; however, the highest expression level was observed in the TuGLU gene family, indicating that the reactivation of the dormant CK isoform is the quickest way to counter external stress. The identification of new CK metabolic genes provides the foundation for their in-depth functional characterization and for elucidating their association with grain yield.
Empirical analysis and modeling of Argos Doppler location errors in Romania
Authors: Rozylowicz Laurentiu , Bodescu Florian P. , Ciocanea Cristiana M. , Gavrilidis Athanasios A. , Manolache Steluta , Matache Marius L. , Miu Iulia V. , Moale Ionut C. , Nita Andreea , Popescu Viorel D.
Published: January 2019

Background

Advances in wildlife tracking technology have allowed researchers to understand the spatial ecology of many terrestrial and aquatic animal species. Argos Doppler is a technology that is widely used for wildlife tracking owing to the small size and low weight of the Argos transmitters. This allows them to be fitted to small-bodied species. The longer lifespan of the Argos units in comparison to units outfitted with miniaturized global positioning system (GPS) technology has also recommended their use. In practice, large Argos location errors often occur due to communication conditions such as transmitter settings, local environment, and the behavior of the tracked individual.

Methods

Considering the geographic specificity of errors and the lack of benchmark studies in Eastern Europe, the research objectives were: (1) to evaluate the accuracy of Argos Doppler technology under various environmental conditions in Romania, (2) to investigate the effectiveness of straightforward destructive filters for improving Argos Doppler data quality, and (3) to provide guidelines for processing Argos Doppler wildlife monitoring data. The errors associated with Argos locations in four geographic locations in Romania were assessed during static, low-speed and high-speed tests. The effectiveness of the Douglas Argos distance angle filter algorithm was then evaluated to ascertain its effect on the minimization of localization errors.

Results

Argos locations received in the tests had larger associated horizontal errors than those indicated by the operator of the Argos system, including under ideal reception conditions. Positional errors were similar to those obtained in other studies outside of Europe. The errors were anisotropic, with larger longitudinal errors for the vast majority of the data. Errors were mostly related to speed of the Argos transmitter at the time of reception, but other factors such as topographical conditions and orientation of antenna at the time of the transmission also contributed to receiving low-quality data. The Douglas Argos filter successfully excluded the largest errors while retaining a large amount of data when the threshold was set to the local scale (two km).

Discussion

Filter selection requires knowledge about the movement patterns and behavior of the species of interest, and the parametrization of the selected filter typically requires a trial and error approach. Selecting the proper filter reduces the errors while retaining a large amount of data. However, the post-processed data typically includes large positional errors; thus, we recommend incorporating Argos error metrics (e.g., error ellipse) or use complex modeling approaches when working with filtered data.
Taxifolin protects rat against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by modulating the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway
Authors: Tang Zhenqiu , Yang Chunjuan , Zuo Baoyan , Zhang Yanan , Wu Gaosong , Wang Yudi , Wang Zhibin
Published: January 2019

Background

Taxifolin (TAX), is an active flavonoid, that plays an underlying protective role on the cardiovascular system. This study aimed to evaluate its effect and potential mechanisms on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.

Methods

Healthy rat heart was subjected to I/R using the Langendorff apparatus. Hemodynamic parameters, including heart rate, left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP), maximum/minimum rate of the left ventricular pressure rise (+dp/dtmax and −dp/dtmin) and rate pressure product (RPP) were recorded during the perfusion. Histopathological examination of left ventricular was measured by hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining. Creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities in the effluent perfusion, and the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX) in the tissue were assayed. Apoptosis related proteins, such as B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), Bcl2-associated X (Bax), and cytochrome c (Cyt-c) were also assayed by ELISA. Western blot was employed to determine apoptosis-executive proteins, including caspase 3 and 9. Transferase-mediated dUTP-X nick end labeling assay was performed to evaluate the effect TAX on myocardial apoptosis.

Results

Taxifolin significantly improved the ventricular functional recovery, as evident by the increase in LVDP, +dp/dtmax, −dp/dtmin and RPP, the levels of SOD, GSH-PX were also increased, but those of LDH, CK-MB, and MDA were decreased. Furthermore, TAX up-regulated the Bcl-2 protein level but down-regulated the levels of Bax, Cyt-c, caspase 3 and 9 protein, thereby inhibits the myocardial apoptosis.

Discussion

Taxifolin treatment remarkably improved the cardiac function, regulated oxidative stress and attenuated apoptosis. Hence, TAX has a cardioprotective effect against I/R injury by modulating mitochondrial apoptosis pathway.
ALGUNOS ASPECTOS SOBRE LIBERTAD RELIGIOSA Y LOS PUEBLOS ORIGINARIOS DE COLOMBIA
Authors:   Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia), Olano García Hernán Alejandro
Published: January 2019

El autor, dentro de su línea de investigación en Derecho Eclesiástico del Estado, Proyecto Historia de las Instituciones-I, nos presenta las consideraciones preliminares acerca de la evolución del tratamiento jurídico religioso de los aspectos sobre libertad religiosa de los pueblos originarios de Colombia, incluyendo algunas notas jurisprudenciales que permiten ver cómo ha sido la evolución de la materia en este país sudamericano.
RELIGIONES INDÍGENAS Y JURISPRUDENCIA CHILENA
Authors:   Max Planck Institute (Halle: Alemania), Céspedes Proto Rodrigo
Published: January 2019

Este trabajo analiza los casos judiciales chilenos que han lidiado, en el ámbito criminal y ambiental, con aspectos relacionados con creencias y prácticas ancestrales indígenas. Los fallos aplican tratados como el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos (1966) y la Convención OIT-169 (1989). Estas decisiones tienen relevancia para la dogmática penal en materia de eximentes de responsabilidad criminal y también para la estructura del procedimiento de evaluación impacto ambiental.
COSMOVISIÓN INDÍGENA, PLURALISMO, RAZONAMIENTO JUDICIAL Y HABEAS CORPUS SOBRE RESTOS MORTALES VELARDE ALCOBA, OSORIO OPORTO y ÁVALOS ZAMUDIO (Hospital Clínico “Viedma”)
Authors:   Max Planck Institute (Halle: Alemania), Mehlhorn Annette , Céspedes Rodrigo ,   Max Planck Institute (Halle: Alemania)
Published: January 2019

El fallo comentado concede un habeas corpus por la retención de un cadáver debido al no-pago de una deuda hospitalaria. El Tribunal utiliza la cosmovisión religiosa indígena para estimar que el cadáver tiene dignidad humana y, de alguna manera, “sigue vivo”. Lo más interesante de la decisión es que las categorías indígenas no son utilizadas para defender “minorías” sino en un nivel más abstracto (el concepto de “muerte”), no obstante ninguna de las partes se auto-identificaba como indígena o invocó algún elemento de la cosmovisión indígena en sus peticiones.
EL PATRIMONIO CULTURAL INMATERIAL RELIGIOSO EN EL ORDENAMIENTO JURÍDICO ESPAÑOL: ENTRE NEUTRALIDAD DEL ESTADO Y GESTIÓN DE LA DIVERSIDAD RELIGIOSA Y CULTURAL
Authors:   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Mesenguer Velasco Silvia
Published: January 2019

Este trabajo analiza la protección jurídica de los bienes inmateriales de carácter religioso. En concreto, de aquellas festividades, celebraciones y tradiciones que nacieron con una finalidad religiosa, principalmente de transmisión de la fe, a las que con el paso del tiempo se les han adherido otros elementos sociales, culturales, etc., que las hacen acreedoras de especial consideración en cuanto a dichos valores. Partir de su estatuto peculiar será necesario para lograr el equilibro entre la protección jurídica del valor cultual y cultural que comparten estos bienes.
LUGARES SAGRADOS, RELIGIONES INDÍGENAS Y PATRIMONIO CULTURAL: EL CASO DEL CERRO COLO-COLO
Authors:   University College Roosevelt - Utrecht University (Países Bajos), Sánchez de Jaegher Carolina , Céspedes Rodrigo ,   Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle/Saale: Alemania)
Published: January 2019

El cerro Colo-Colo, un lugar sagrado mapuche, sufrió severos daños a consecuencia del terremoto del 2010 y el Municipio de Arauco realizó labores tendientes a prevenir derrumbes, talando árboles sagrados y removiendo restos arqueológicos. La Municipalidad actuó sin previa consulta a las comunidades indígenas. La Comunidad Indígena Chilcoco, recurrió de protección frente a la omisión de un trámite esencial ordenada por un tratado de derechos humanos ratificado por Chile. La Corte de Apelaciones de Concepción calificó como arbitraria e ilegal la medida, pues los sitios sagrados no pueden ser intervenidos sin previa consulta a las comunidades indígenas según la Convención OIT 169.
JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO, PAPA FRANCISCO: EN TUS OJOS ESTÁ MI PALABRA. HOMILÍAS Y DISCURSOS DE BUENOS AIRES 1999-2013. CON UNA CONVERSACIÓN CON ANTONIO SPADARO
Authors:   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Precht Pizarro Jorge
Published: January 2019

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Papa Francisco: en tus ojos está mi palabra. Homilías y discursos de buenos aires 1999-2013. Con una conversación con Antonio Spadaro. M. BERGOGLIO, 1ª ed. Madrid, Publicaciones Claretianas, 2018, 1075 pp. ISBN: 978-84-796661-0-1 JORGE PRECHT PIZARRO
DEEPER ROOTS. MUSLIMS IN THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN FROM BEFORE COLUMBUS TO THE PRESENT
Authors:   Equipo RLDR
Published: January 2019

RECENSIÓN DEEPER ROOTS. MUSLIMS IN THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN FROM BEFORE COLUMBUS TO THE PRESENT Dr. ABDULLAH HAKIM QUICK, 3ª ed. New Edition, 2007, 108 p.p. ISBN: 1-897940-46-7 DOI: 10.7764/RLDR.7.89 EQUIPO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE DERECHO Y RELIGIÓN
1‐ und 2‐Brompropan – Bestimmung von 1‐ und 2‐Brompropan in Urin mittels dynamischer Headspace‐GC/MS [Biomonitoring Methods in German language, 2019]
Authors: Roßbach B. , Rißler E. , Budnik L.T. , Finger S. , Göen Th. , Hartwig A. ,   MAK Commission
Published: January 2019

The working group “Analyses in Biological Materials” of the Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area verified the presented biomonitoring method.

The analytical method described herein permits the sensitive determination of both unmetabolised 1‐bromopropane and 2‐bromopropane in urine. Prior to the determination using GC‐MS in the Single‐Ion‐Mode (SIM), the analytes are extracted and enriched using Headspace Solid Phase Dynamic Extraction (SPDE). To this end, the urine samples are incubated at 50 °C and the analytes are extracted from the gas phase using SPDE. The headspace extract is then injected into the gas chomatograph for separation and mass spectrometric analysis. Calibration standards are prepared in urine and processed in the same way as the samples to be analysed. Deuterated benzene is used as the internal standard (IS).
1‐Bromopropane and 2‐bromopropane – Determination of 1‐bromopropane and 2‐bromopropane in urine by dynamic headspace GC/MS [Biomonitoring Methods, 2019]
Authors: Roßbach B. , Rißler E. , Budnik L.T. , Finger S. , Göen Th. , Hartwig A. ,   MAK Commission
Published: January 2019

The working group “Analyses in Biological Materials” of the Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area verified the presented biomonitoring method.

The analytical method described herein permits the sensitive determination of both unmetabolised 1‐bromopropane and 2‐bromopropane in urine. Prior to the determination using GC‐MS in the Single‐Ion‐Mode (SIM), the analytes are extracted and enriched using Headspace Solid Phase Dynamic Extraction (SPDE). To this end, the urine samples are incubated at 50 °C and the analytes are extracted from the gas phase using SPDE. The headspace extract is then injected into the gas chomatograph for separation and mass spectrometric analysis. Calibration standards are prepared in urine and processed in the same way as the samples to be analysed. Deuterated benzene is used as the internal standard (IS).
Triethanolamine [MAK Value Documentation, 2018]
Authors: Hartwig A. ,   MAK Commission
Published: January 2019

The German Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has re‐evaluated the maximum concentration at the workplace (MAK value) of triethanolamine [
102‐71‐6
].

Critical effect is the inflammation of the larynx observed in a 28‐day study in rats with a BMDL
05
of 14 mg/m
3
. An analysis of the studies with monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and 7 other studies with substances that cause inflammation of the larynx shows that the NOAEC in subchronic or chronic studies is lower than in subacute studies. Therefore, for a chronic exposure to triethanolamine at the workplace a decrease of the NOAEC cannot be excluded and the MAK value is lowered to 1 mg/m
3
for the inhalable fraction.

Triethanolamine remains assigned to Peak Limitation Category I for locally acting substances. An excursion factor of 1 is set by analogy with the other ethanolamines.
Ethylamin [MAK Value Documentation in German language, 2019]
Authors: Hartwig A. ,   MAK Commission
Published: January 2019

The German Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has re‐evaluated ethylamine [
75‐04‐7
], considering all toxicological endpoints.

The critical effect is irritation of the nasal epithelium of rats with a NOAEC of 100 ml/m
3
in a 24‐week inhalation study. The maximum concentration at the workplace (MAK value) for ethylamine is derived by using additional data of the structurally related diethylamine. For diethylamine a MAK value of 2 ml/m
3
was derived based on a two‐year study in rats with a NOAEC of 16 ml/m
3
for irritation of the nasal epithelium and a study in humans with a LOAEC of 10 ml/m
3
for sensory irritation. As the inhalation toxicity of ethylamine is lower than that of diethylamine, the previous MAK value for ethylamine of 5 ml/m
3
is retained. As the local effect is critical, ethylamine remains classified in Peak Limitation Category I. The excursion factor of 2 and the momentary value (concentration which must not be exceeded at any time) of 10 ml/m
3
are retained.

There are no developmental toxicity studies and ethylamine remains assigned to Pregnancy Risk Group D. Ethylamine is not genotoxic in vitro, data on genotoxicity in vivo and carcinogenicity are lacking. There is, however, no corresponding structural alert. There are no data on sensitization. According to skin absorption models, percutaneous absorption does not contribute significantly to systemic toxicity.
Microstructural integrity of white matter moderates an association between childhood adversity and adult trait anger
Authors: Kim M. Justin , Elliott Maxwell L. , d'Arbeloff Tracy C. , Knodt Annchen R. , Radtke Spenser R. , Brigidi Bartholomew D. , Hariri Ahmad R.
Published: January 2019

Amongst a number of negative life sequelae associated with childhood adversity is the later expression of a higher dispositional tendency to experience anger and frustration to a wide range of situations (i.e., trait anger). We recently reported that an association between childhood adversity and trait anger is moderated by individual differences in both threat‐related amygdala activity and executive control‐related dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) activity, wherein individuals with relatively low amygdala and high dlPFC activity do not express higher trait anger even when having experienced childhood adversity. Here, we examine possible structural correlates of this functional dynamic using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data from 647 young adult men and women volunteers. Specifically, we tested whether the degree of white matter microstructural integrity as indexed by fractional anisotropy modulated the association between childhood adversity and trait anger. Our analyses revealed that higher microstructural integrity of multiple pathways was associated with an attenuated link between childhood adversity and adult trait anger. Amongst these pathways was the uncinate fasciculus (UF; ΔR
2 = 0.01), which not only provides a major anatomical link between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex but also is associated with individual differences in regulating negative emotion through top‐down cognitive reappraisal. These findings suggest that higher microstructural integrity of distributed white matter pathways including but not limited to the UF may represent an anatomical foundation serving to buffer against the expression of childhood adversity as later trait anger, which is itself associated with multiple negative health outcomes.
Controllable Ceramic Green‐Body Configuration for Complex Ceramic Architectures with Fine Features
Authors: Zhang Danwei , Peng Erwin , Borayek Ramadan , Ding Jun
Published: January 2019

Fabrication of dense ceramic articles with intricate fine features and geometrically complex morphology by using a relatively simple and the cost‐effective process still remains a challenge. Ceramics, either in its green‐ or sintered‐form, are known for being hard yet brittle which limits further shape reconfiguration. In this work, a combinatorial process of ceramic robocasting and photopolymerization is demonstrated to produce either flexible and/or stretchable ceramic green‐body (Flex‐Body or Stretch‐Body) that can undergo a postprinting reconfiguration process. Secondary shaping may proceed through: i) self‐assembly‐assisted shaping and ii) mold‐assisted shaping process, which allows a well‐controlled ceramic structure morphology. With a proposed well‐controlled thermal heating process, the ceramic Sintered‐Body can achieve >99.0% theoretical density with good mechanical rigidity. Complex and dense ceramic articles with fine features down to 65 μm can be fabricated. When combined with a multi‐nozzle deposition process, i) self‐shaping ceramic structures can be realized through anisotropic shrinkage induced by suspensions' composition variation and ii) technical and functional multiceramic structures can be fabricated. The simplicity of the proposed technique and its inexpensive processing cost make it an attractive approach for fabricating geometrically complex ceramic articles with unique macrostructures, which complements the existing state of‐the‐art ceramic additive manufacturing techniques.
Novel Molecular Doping Mechanism for n‐Doping of SnO2 via Triphenylphosphine Oxide and Its Effect on Perovskite Solar Cells
Authors: Tu Bao , Shao Yangfan , Chen Wei , Wu Yinghui , Li Xin , He Yanling , Li Jiaxing , Liu Fangzhou , Zhang Zheng , Lin Yi , Lan Xiaoqi , Xu Leiming , Shi Xingqiang , Ng Alan Man Ching , Li Haifeng , Chung Lung Wa , Djurišić Aleksandra B. , He Zhubing
Published: January 2019

Molecular doping of inorganic semiconductors is a rising topic in the field of organic/inorganic hybrid electronics. However, it is difficult to find dopant molecules which simultaneously exhibit strong reducibility and stability in ambient atmosphere, which are needed for n‐type doping of oxide semiconductors. Herein, successful n‐type doping of SnO2 is demonstrated by a simple, air‐robust, and cost‐effective triphenylphosphine oxide molecule. Strikingly, it is discovered that electrons are transferred from the R3P+O−σ‐bond to the peripheral tin atoms other than the directly interacted ones at the surface. That means those electrons are delocalized. The course is verified by multi‐photophysical characterizations. This doping effect accounts for the enhancement of conductivity and the decline of work function of SnO2, which enlarges the built‐in field from 0.01 to 0.07 eV and decreases the energy barrier from 0.55 to 0.39 eV at the SnO2/perovskite interface enabling an increase in the conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells from 19.01% to 20.69%.
Antimicrobial Microwebs of DNA–Histone Inspired from Neutrophil Extracellular Traps
Authors: Song Yang , Kadiyala Usha , Weerappuli Priyan , Valdez Jordan J. , Yalavarthi Srilakshmi , Louttit Cameron , Knight Jason S. , Moon James J. , Weiss David S. , VanEpps J. Scott , Takayama Shuichi
Published: January 2019

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are decondensed chromatin networks released by neutrophils that can trap and kill pathogens but can also paradoxically promote biofilms. The mechanism of NET functions remains ambiguous, at least in part, due to their complex and variable compositions. To unravel the antimicrobial performance of NETs, a minimalistic NET‐like synthetic structure, termed “microwebs,” is produced by the sonochemical complexation of DNA and histone. The prepared microwebs have structural similarity to NETs at the nanometer to micrometer dimensions but with well‐defined molecular compositions. Microwebs prepared with different DNA to histone ratios show that microwebs trap pathogenic Escherichia coli in a manner similar to NETs when the zeta potential of the microwebs is positive. The DNA nanofiber networks and the bactericidal histone constituting the microwebs inhibit the growth of E. coli. Moreover, microwebs work synergistically with colistin sulfate, a common and a last‐resort antibiotic, by targeting the cell envelope of pathogenic bacteria. The synthesis of microwebs enables mechanistic studies not possible with NETs, and it opens new possibilities for constructing biomimetic bacterial microenvironments to better understand and predict physiological pathogen responses.
Surface‐Activated Amorphous Iron Borides (FexB) as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Authors: Wang Lincai , Li Jiaxuan , Zhao Xiangsen , Hao Weiju , Ma Xiaohua , Li Shengji , Guo Yanhui
Published: January 2019

The development of efficient and earth‐abundant water‐splitting electrocatalysts is of great importance for energy conversion and storage technologies. In this study, surface‐activated amorphous FexB catalysts, Fe–B–O@Fe2B and Fe–B–O@FeB2, are synthesized and remarkable activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is achieved, e.g., Fe–B–O@FeB2 delivering a current density of 10 mA cm−2 at overpotential of 260 mV with Tafel slope of 57.9 mV dec−1 for OER in alkaline electrolyte. Iron oxide/hydroxide and oxidized borate species on the surface of FexB are found to have a synergistic effect on promoting the OER activity of the sample. Moreover, it is found that the OER active oxidization layer of iron boride is less active toward hydrogen evolution reaction.