bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ALLELOPATHIC EFFECT OF Tephrosia cinerea L. (Pers.) PLANT EXTRACTS IN LETTUCE
Authors: De La Salles Ana Yasha Ferreira , Souto Jacob Silva , Borges César Henrique Alves , Alencar Lyanne Dos Santos , Moreira Francisco Tibério De Alencar
Published: November 2018

Allelopathy has been conceptualized as the direct or indirect effect of a plant onto another one through secondary metabolites, or allelochemicals spread in the environment, with the power to interfere in seed germination and increase or inhibit the development of neighboring plants. The objective of this study was to analyze the possible allelopathic effects of aqueous extracts of Tephrosia cinerea in the germination of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) seeds. The experiment has been carried out at the Laboratório de Nutrição Mineral de Plantas (Laboratory of Plant Mineral Nutrition)/UAEF/UFCG in Patos (state of Paraíba). We collected T. cinerea organisms, having separated the stem, leaves, roots fractions and the aerial part of the plant + roots, having prepared the extract at 20%. The experimental delineation that we adopted was entirely casualized, with five treatments and four repetitions (without extract, leaf extract, root extract, stem extract, aerial part extract + roots). The seeding was held in aluminum trays, with autoclaved sand as the substrate, setting 25 seed per tray. The calculation of the number of germinated seeds was made in a dailybasis, and, after a week of seeding, the next step was the deactivation, with the evaluations being performed regarding the length of the radicle and of the hypocotyl, as well as the height of the seedlings. The data collected in this research allows us to conclude that: the extracts obtained from T. cinerea plants has a negative impact on the germination of lettuce seedlings. Now, when it comes to the height of lettuce seedlings, it is affected by the use of leaf, stem and aerial part extracts + T. cinerea roots. It is crucial to make efforts in order to determine the existing constituents in the several parts of T. cinerea plants.
Gender, sexual danger and the everyday management of risks: the social control of young females
Authors: Roberts Nicola Jayne
Published: November 2018

Women fear crime more than men (Cops and Pleysier, 2011), have heightened awareness of everyday risks particularly of sexual and physical danger (Stanko, 1990), and they engage in more constrained behaviours than men (Rader et al, 2007; Tomsich et al, 2011). Little research had examined the adoption of such risk management strategies and the impact of gender (May et al, 2010), in an English context. However, focusing on the most at risk age-group for criminal victimisation, 393 students completed an online survey, which was designed to assess whether gender affected the strategies they adopted to prevent victimisation of both acquisitive and personal crimes, on-campus, and to stay safe. The findings indicate that females are more likely to adopt risk-management strategies to prevent personal sexual attack during the day and after dark, compared to males. Females also adopt additional strategies after dark to stay safe. The implications of the findings to convey accurate messages about risks of victimisation are discussed.
ℜeALIS: a mi kölcsönös és élethossziglani tudásunk
Authors: Alberti Gábor , Szeteli Anna
Published: November 2018

Kölcsönös és élethossziglani interpretációs rendszerünk célja: a frégei antipszichologizmus jegyében fogant formális szemantika Montagueféle mintaillesztő eszköztárával megragadni a pragma¬szemantika problémáit, amelyeknek a megoldása a nyelvi jelenségekre vonatkozó kutatásaink szerint a beszélői hipotézisek, vágyak és szándékok pontos leírásán áll vagy bukik, valamint annak feltárásán, hogy a beszélő pszichológiai énje hogyan illeszkedik a megnyilvánulás nyelvileg konvencionalizálódott feladói szerepéhez, illetve a (leginkább szemkontaktus felvételével) kiválasztott hallgató megfelel-e a címzetti szerepnek. A ℜeALIS tehát egyszerre vállaltan pszichologista elmeábrázolás és eltökélten formális nyelvészeti megközelítés. Lehetővé teszi a hagyományos öt mondattípusnak – mint a propozicionális mondattartalom minimális beágyazásának – evolúciós újraértelmezését. Továbbá a hazugság számtalan változatát és fokozatát is segít formálisan megragadni.
Rekurzió egy szkizoaffektív zavarral élő személy diskurzusaiban – esettanulmány
Authors: Kárpáti Eszter , Bagi Anita , Szendi István , Tóth Lujza Beatrix , Janacsek Karolina , Ildikó Hoffmann
Published: November 2018

Esettanulmányunk célja bemutatni, hogy egy szkizoaffektív zavarral élő személy narratív és dialógus diskurzusaiban a rekurzió előfordulása mind szintaktikai, mind pragmatikai szinten alátámaszthatja a nyelvi funkciók eddig feltárt hibáit. Crow elmélete szerint a nyelv és a pszichózis közös evolúciós eredetűek (Crow, 1997; 2000). Munkájában kifejti, hogy a nyelv mindkét agyi féltekéhez köthető: a domináns szekvenciális, míg a nem-domináns párhuzamos megosztott mintázatú. A szkizofréniát jellemző főbb nyelvi tünetek tekinthetőek épp a nyelv két agyféltekei koordinációjának hibájaként. A sikeres kommunikáció elengedhetetlen feltételei a jobb agyféltekéhez köthető nyelvi funkciók. A tipikus szkizofrén betegségekben szenvedők gyengébben teljesítenek az e funkciókat vizsgáló tesztekben (Mitchell & Crow, 2005). A rekurzió (beágyazásként értve) lehet a nyelvi képesség legfontosabb területspecifikus jegye (Levinson, 2014, p. 6).
Tanulhatóak-e a fogalmak? Álláspontok a megismeréstudomány egy nevezetes vitájában
Authors: Jakab Zoltán
Published: November 2018

Jerry Fodornak a fogalomtanulás elméleteivel kapcsolatos nevezetes kritikája az idők során többféle formát is öltött. A korai változat szerint (Fodor, 1975, 1981) minden tanulási jelenség végső soron hipotézis-vizsgálat jellegű, illetve hipotézis-vizsgálatra vezethető vissza. Ahhoz viszont, hogy megfogalmazzunk egy hipotézist, minden fogalommal rendelkeznünk kell, melyet az magában foglal. Ezért a tanulás folyamán evidenciát gyűjthetünk egyes hipotézisek mellett vagy ellen, de új fogalmakat nem sajátíthatunk el. Eddig ez az érv szoros rokonságot mutat Platón egy klasszikus példájával: ha az erény fogalmát szeretnénk megérteni, akkor példákat kell gyűjtenünk az erény megnyilvánulására (ti. erényes cselekedetekre), és ki kell emelnünk ezekből valamiféle lényegi közös elemet. Igen ám, de ha előzetesen nem rendelkeznénk az erény fogalmával, már a gyűjtést sem tudnánk elkezdeni (Platón, 2013).
University Leadership of Professional Development Schools
Authors: Gómez Diane W. , Wepner Shelley B.
Published: November 2018

This study investigated the roles and responsibilities of University-Based Administrators (UBAs) in relation to their oversight of Professional Development Schools PDSs. UBAs refer to college administrators such as department chairs, program coordinators, directors, assistant deans, associate deans, and deans. The participants were 36 UBAs ranging from mid-level administrators to faculty chairpersons. They represented universities of various sizes and Carnegie classifications from across the United States. The UBAs responded through email or by telephone to nine semi-structured interview questions related to their PDS work. The majority of UBAs were tenure-track or clinical faculty, who spent less than 50% of their time on PDS work. Forty-six percent of the UBAs’ Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) partnered with between one to ten PDSs. The majority of the IHEs had been doing PDS work for 11-19 years. Findings revealed significant variation in UBA’s roles and responsibilities. There is no standardized leadership title, set of responsibilities or qualifications, or structure for the oversight of PDS activities and networks. Three major administrative responsibilities related to PDS work emerged: personnel, programs, and documents. UBAs reported the greatest challenges were time, sustainability, resources/support.
A comparison of sessional ratings of perceived exertion to cardiovascular indices of exercise intensity during competition in elite field hockey players
Authors: Perrotta Andrew Scott , Warburton Darren E. R.
Published: November 2018

Study aim: Recent evidence has revealed a reduction in the strength of correlation between ratings of perceived exertion and a heart rate (HR) derived training load in elite field hockey players during competition. These competitive periods involve sustained levels of cardiovascular performance coupled with considerable time performing above the anaerobic threshold. As such, the purpose of this investigation was to examine the magnitude of correlation between ratings of perceived exertion and time spent above threshold and two HR derived training loads.

Material and methods: Seventeen (n = 17) international caliber female field hockey players competing as a national team were monitored over four matches during a seven-day competition period within the 2016 Olympic Cycle. Cardiovascular indices of exercise intensity were derived from HR dynamics and were quantified through estimating time spent above anaerobic threshold (LT2), the Edwards training load model (TLED) and the Polar Training Load (TLPOL). Sessional ratings of perceived exertion (sRPE) were recorded after each match.

Results: 64 samples were recorded for analysis. HR derived (TLED& TL POL) and sRPE training loads remained comparable between matches. A large correlation (p = 0.01) was observed between sRPE and each heart rate derived training load (TLED& TLPOL). An unremarkable relationship (p = 0.06) was revealed between time spent above LT2 and sRPE.

Conclusions: Our results demonstrate HR derived training loads (TLPOL& TLED) exhibit a stronger correlation with sRPE than time spent above LT2 in elite field hockey players during competition.
Narrative mapping as cognitive activity and as active participation in storyworlds
Authors: Ryan Marie-Laure
Published: November 2018

Ever the devil’s advocate, Richard Walsh argues in a 2017 article that drawing maps based on narrative fiction is a meaningless activity, because (1) narrative cognition is temporal and not spatial; (2) narrative fiction does not project worlds in any experiential sense of the term (i. e. worlds as immersive environments) but only “worlds” as textual constructs, as products ofécriture; and (3) reading should lead to meaningful interpretations, and inferences should be limited by a principle of relevance. His example of futile map-making is the floor plan which is included in the English editions of Alain Robbe-Grillet’sLa Jalousiebut is absent from the original French edition. In this article, I argue that narrative cognition is not a specialized ability distinct from the forms of cognition that we use in practical life, but rather, the product of these abilities; and I defend the validity of narrative mapping as way to engage the imagination with – yes – a storyworld. This is not to say that narrative understandingrequiresthe drawing or mental contemplation of a comprehensive representation of the storyworld; usually the formation of partial mental maps is sufficient to follow the plot. But for some readers (among them Nabokov) drawing graphic maps is a way to engage the imagination with the storyworld and to enhance comprehension. This map-making activity can go far beyond making sense of the text and become an autonomous activity comparable to writing fan fiction. To support this view, I invoke the numerous maps found on the Internet for narratives ranging from Proust’sA la recherche du temps perduto Tolkien’sLord of the Rings. While the strictly “textualist” aesthetics of orthodox literary theory would regard these maps as frivolous, a world-oriented approach regards the urge to map and diagram as a legitimate form of active participation in narrative, because, while you can imagine too little to appreciate these texts, you cannot imagine too much.
Anybody (at) home? Communicative efficiency knocking on the Construction Grammar door
Authors: Levshina Natalia
Published: November 2018

The present study focuses on the locative adverbials home and at home, which are interchangeable in some contexts, e.g. She decided to stay (at) home today. Using data from the spoken component of COCA and different multivariate statistical techniques, such as conditional inference trees and dichotomous logistic regression, I investigate the differences between home and at home with regard to several contextual variables, such as the syntactic function of (at) home, the presence of particular adverbs, e.g. back (at) home, figurativeness of semantics and the presence of presupposed arrival in the context. Moreover, special attention is paid to the variables that represent predictability of Verb + (at) home given a verbal predicate and the other way round, as well as linguistic distance between the predicate and the locative adjunct. The effects of these variables are interpreted as a manifestation of the universal tendency to maximize communicative efficiency and minimize cognitive complexity. I also argue that these effects represent an important social aspect of language use that should be taken into account by contemporary Cognitive Linguistics and Construction Grammar.
Construction Grammar for students: A Constructionist Approach to Syntactic Analysis (CASA)
Authors: Herbst Thomas , Hoffmann Thomas
Published: November 2018

Over the last 30 years, our insight into mental grammars has radically changed with usage-based constructionist approaches providing cognitively- and psychologically-plausible models of language processing and use. And yet, these models have had practically no impact on language teaching at school or university level. With our CASA (‘A Constructionist Approach to Syntactic Analysis’) project, we now want to address this issue. As outlined in the present paper, we propose a constructionist model for the analysis of complex, authentic utterances that will equip pupils, students and teachers with an up-to-date scientific model of human language.
Modeling and Comparison a Thermally Coupled Reactor of Methane Tri – Reforming and Dehydrogenation of Cyclohexane Reactions for Syngas Production in Both Co- & Counter-Current Modes
Authors: Dehghanfard E. , Aboosadi Z. Arab
Published: November 2018

The aim of this work is a comparison of different inlets (Co- and Counter-current modes) to feed a thermally coupled reactor (TCR) in producing syngas as a valuable chemical. The novel thermally coupled reactor has been designed as a double pipe reactor where tri-reforming of methane for syngas production has been considered in the exothermic side of fixed bed plug reactor, and dehydrogenation of cyclohexane reaction occur in the endothermic side. The heat generated in the exothermic part by the walls of the tube side is transferred to the endothermic section. A steady-state homogeneous one-dimensional model predicts the performance of this reactor for simultaneous production of synthesis gas and benzene in an economical approach for both co- and counter-current modes of operation. The reversed flow of cyclohexane has been considered for the counter-current flow regime. The simulation results of co- and counter-current modes of TCR and also an optimized tri-reforming of methane (OTRM) single reactor are investigated and compared with each other. The results showed that methane conversion, hydrogen yield and

${H_2}/Co$ ratio in the exothermic side of TCR reached to 91.1 %, 1.82 and 2.1 in co-current mode and 87.8 %, 1.77 and 2.3 in counter-current mode, respectively. Additionally, the results showed that cyclohexane conversion at the endothermic side of the reactor in co- and counter-current modes achieved to 98.6 % and 99.9 %, respectively. So, the results for counter-current mode showed superior performance in hydrogen and benzene production in the endothermic side of TCR. Also, Changes in various operating parameters during the reactor have been studied.
Abundant Lump Solution and Interaction Phenomenon of (3+1)-Dimensional Generalized Kadomtsev–Petviashvili Equation
Authors: Lü Jianqing , Bilige Sudao , Gao Xiaoqing
Published: November 2018

In this paper, with the help of symbolic computation system Mathematica, six kinds of lump solutions and two classes of interaction solutions are discussed to the (3+1)-dimensional generalized Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation via using generalized bilinear form with a dependent variable transformation. Particularly, one special case are plotted as illustrative examples, and some contour plots with different determinant values are presented. Simultaneously, we studied the trajectory of the interaction solution.
OriginStamp: A blockchain-backed system for decentralized trusted timestamping
Authors: Hepp Thomas , Schoenhals Alexander , Gondek Christopher , Gipp Bela
Published: November 2018

Currently, timestamps are certified by central timestamping authorities, which have disadvantages of centralization. The concept of the decentralized trusted timestamping (DTT) was developed by Gipp et al. to address these drawbacks. The paper provides insights into the architecture and implementation of a decentralized timestamp service taking the integration of multiple blockchain types into account. Furthermore, the components are introduced and the versatile application scenarios are presented. A future direction of research is the evaluation of blockchain technology and their suitability for timestamping.
Sturm-Picone comparison theorems for nonlinear impulsive differential equations
Authors: Kayar Zeynep , Masiha Sarbast Kamal Rasheed
Published: November 2018

The celebrated Sturm-Picone comparison theorem as well as the well known Leighton’s variational lemma and Leighton’s theorem, all of which are the fundamental tools of comparison and so, oscillation theory, are obtained for regular and singular nonlinear impulsive differential equations and related previous results in the literature are generalized to such equations.
Refinements of the heinz inequalities for operators and matrices
Authors: Gohari Mahdi Mohammadi , Amyari Maryam
Published: November 2018

Suppose thatA,B∈ 𝔹(𝓗) are positive invertible operators. In this paper, we show that

A#B≤11−2μA12Fμ(A−12BA−12)A12 ≤12[A#B+Hμ(A,B)] ≤12[11−2μA12Fμ(A−12BA−12)A12+Hμ(A,B)] ≤⋯≤12nA#B+2n−12nHμ(A,B) ≤12n(1−2μ)A12Fμ(A−12BA−12)A12+2n−12nHμ(A,B) ≤12n+1A#B+2n+1−12n+1Hμ(A,B) ≤⋯≤Hμ(A,B)$$\begin{array}{} \displaystyle A \# B \leq \frac{1}{1-2\mu}A^\frac{1}{2}F_\mu(A^\frac{-1}{2}BA^\frac{-1}{2})A^\frac{1}{2}\\ \displaystyle\qquad~\,\leq\frac{1}{2}\bigg[ A \# B +H_\mu (A,B)\bigg]\\ \displaystyle\qquad~\,\leq\frac{1}{2}\bigg[ \frac{1}{1-2\mu}A^\frac{1}{2}F_\mu(A^\frac{-1}{2}BA^\frac{-1}{2})A^\frac{1}{2}+H_\mu (A,B)\bigg]\\ \displaystyle\qquad~\,\leq \dots \leq \frac{1}{2^n}A \# B + \frac{2^n-1}{2^n}H_\mu (A,B)\\ \displaystyle\qquad~\,\leq \frac{1}{2^n(1-2\mu)}A^\frac{1}{2}F_\mu(A^\frac{-1}{2}BA^\frac{-1}{2})A^\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2^n-1}{2^n}H_\mu (A,B)\\ \displaystyle\qquad~\,\leq \frac{1}{2^{n+1}} A \# B +\frac{2^{n+1}-1}{2^{n+1}}H_\mu (A,B)\\ \displaystyle\qquad~\,\leq \dots \leq H_\mu (A,B) \end{array}$$

for eachμ∈[0,1]∖{12},$\begin{array}{} \displaystyle \mu \in [0,1]\smallsetminus\{\frac{1}{2}\}, \end{array}$whereHμ(A,B) andA#Bare the Heinz mean and the geometric mean for operatorsA,B, respectively, andFμ∈C(sp(A−12BA−12))$\begin{array}{} \displaystyle F_{\mu}\in C({\rm sp}(A^\frac{-1}{2}BA^\frac{-1}{2})) \end{array}$is a certain parameterized class of functions. As an application, we present several inequalities for unitarily invariant norms.
Cluster sets and topology
Authors: Jędrzejewski Jacek , Kowalczyk Stanisław
Published: November 2018

Limit numbers (cluster sets) of a real function of a real variable were discussed in the literature by many authors. Generalizations of cluster sets were considered by distinctions of some classes of sets which generated some kind of limit. In general they were close to some topology on the set of real numbers. However not all such classes allowed to define a topology on ℝ in a simple way.

We consider some topologies in ℝ generated by those classes of sets. We investigate a connection between limit numbers generated by those classes and limit numbers defined by a topology generated by a class 𝔅.
Some characterizations for Markov processes as mixed renewal processes
Authors: Macheras Nikolaos D. , Tzaninis Spyridon M.
Published: November 2018

In this paper the class of mixed renewal processes (MRPs for short) with mixing parameter a random vector defined by Lyberopoulos and Macheras (enlarging Huang’s original class) is replaced by the strictly more comprising class of all extended MRPs by adding a second mixing parameter. We prove under a mild assumption, that within this larger class the basic problem, whether every Markov process is a mixed Poisson process with a random variable as mixing parameter has a solution to the positive. This implies the equivalence of Markov processes, mixed Poisson processes, and processes with the multinomial property within this class. In concrete examples, we demonstrate how to establish the Markov property by our results. Another consequence is the invariance of the Markov property under certain changes of measures.
How to be a Realist about Similarity: Towards a Theory of Features in Object-Oriented Philosophy
Authors: Roderick Noah
Published: November 2018

This essay calls for an independent theory of features in object-oriented philosophy. Theories of features are in general motivated by at least two interconnected demands: 1) to explain why objects have the characteristics they have, 2) to explain how regular divisions in those characteristics can be intuited. While a theory of universal properties may be the most internally consistent means of addressing these demands, an object-oriented metaphysics needs to address them without a concept of shared features. This means that regular divisions of invariant features and our intuitions of them cannot be explained by the repetition of self-same characteristics or natural laws. They can instead be explained by the immanent repetition of similar features. However, this requires a new, radically aesthetic understanding of what it means to be similar in the first place, one in which similarity is an emergent process rather than a state of affairs existing between resembling particulars.
Reformation 500: Any Cause for Celebration?
Authors: Milbank John
Published: November 2018

In general the effect of the Reformation has been negative, but this is because it but imperfectly overcame the legacy of later medieval philosophy which was both univocalist and nominalist. In consequence it has encouraged some of the negative features of modernity: capitalism, the emergence of the sovereign state, the disenchantment of nature, iconoclasm, literalism and the disparagement of tradition. However, modern Catholicism has not been altogether free of this legacy and its consequences either. There has also been, to an almost contradictory degree, a positive consequence of the Reformation at its most radical: the pursuit of the ethical for its own sake and a greater sacralisation of all aspects of reality.
Periodontal, metabolic, and cardiovascular disease: Exploring the role of inflammation and mental health
Authors: Makkar Hina , Reynolds Mark A. , Wadhawan Abhishek , Dagdag Aline , Merchant Anwar T. , Postolache Teodor T.
Published: November 2018

Previous evidence connects periodontal disease, a modifiable condition affecting a majority of Americans, with metabolic and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This review focuses on the likely mediation of these associations by immune activation and their potential interactions with mental illness. Future longitudinal, and ideally interventional studies, should focus on reciprocal interactions and cascading effects, as well as points for effective preventative and therapeutic interventions across diagnostic domains to reduce morbidity, mortality and improve quality of life.
Soziale Ungleichheit bei der Inanspruchnahme gesundheitlicher Versorgung
Authors: Klein Jens , von dem Knesebeck Olaf
Published: November 2018

Analysen zu sozial ungleich verteilter Inanspruchnahme gesundheitlicher Versorgung in Deutschland ergeben ein differenziertes Bild in Abhängigkeit des jeweiligen Versorgungsbereiches. Insbesondere Fachärzte und verschiedene Präventionsangebote werden verstärkt von Personen mit höherem sozioökonomischem Status in Anspruch genommen. Schwierig bleibt dabei die Interpretation dieser Disparitäten, da die Ungleichheiten Ausdruck unterschiedlicher Präferenzen oder Möglichkeiten (Informiertheit, Zugangsbarrieren) sein können.
Arbeit, Tauschgerechtigkeit und gesundheitliche Ungleichheit
Authors: Siegrist Johannes
Published: November 2018

Sozial ungleich verteilte Arbeitsbelastungen tragen zu einer höheren Krankheitslast bei sozial benachteiligten Gruppen bei. Im Zuge wirtschaftlicher Globalisierung sind diese Gruppen zunehmend von Belastungen infolge verletzter Tauschgerechtigkeit betroffen. Internationale Forschungsergebnisse zu damit assoziierten stressbedingten Erkrankungsrisiken legen geziel-te verhältnispräventive Aktivitäten auf betrieblicher und überbetrieblicher Ebene nahe.
Obdachlosigkeit und Gesundheitsversorgung
Authors: Trabert Gerhard
Published: November 2018

Wohnungslosigkeit in Deutschland ist ein zunehmendes soziales Phänomen, insbesondere was die Anzahl betroffener Menschen und die Bedeutsamkeit für die Realisierung einer inklusiven Gesellschaft angeht. Seine Ausprägung ist sowohl psychosozial (mit-)verursacht als auch sozioökonomisch bedingt, oft mit sich negativ verstärkenden Wechselwirkungen. Eine Übersicht über die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen wird gegeben, und konkrete Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten an Hand des Mainzer Modells und der Poliklinik ohne Grenzen, sogenannte niedrigschwellige Gesundheitsversorgungseinrichtungen, aufgezeigt. Eine flächendeckende Verfügbarkeit einer angemessenen medizinischen Versorgung ist individuelles Recht und soziale Pflicht für eine der Inklusion (selbst)verpflichteten Gesellschaft.
Sagbares, Unsagbares, Unsägliches
Authors: Danzer Gerhard
Published: November 2018

Rhetoric in medicine refers to various acts and actors: the patients speech; the doctors speech; the resulting narratives - for instance the medical history; the patients biography; the narration of the doctor-patient relationship; the cultural history of doctor, patient and illness.
Krankheitstheorien und Versorgungserwartung von Patienten sichtbar machen
Authors: Pirnay-Dummer Pablo , Kampmann Inga
Published: November 2018

In this chapter, we present a new method for the medical field, which can contribute to patient-oriented care, especially in shared decision making. The mental models and conceptions of patients about their illness and the expected care determines their perception, decision and use of the care system - and thus they also influence the adherence. If the illness-health-model as part of the health literacy of the patients is known and recognized by the doctors throughout the decision-relevant processes, this facilitates a working patient-doctor relationship not only on a level of general kind communication. It helps doctors to better understand why patients decide in a certain way and why. By using the computer-linguistic methodology and software presented in this chapter, it is possible to automatically and objectively analyse, aggregate and cluster large data sets of written mental models and beliefs based on the patientsʼ models to create a comprehensive overview of common belief clusters. The results can be visualized on comprehensive knowledge maps and then used by the treating physicians. The knowledge maps are disease-specific and can - after a successful instruction and training - be used by physicians to improve the factual understanding of patient concerns.
Model Development for Computing Cracking in Soil Reinforced with Fibers from Three Different Bioresources
Authors: Gopal Phani , Bordoloi Sanandam , Cai Weiling , Liang Huasheng , Boddu Rishita , Sreedeep S. , Buragohain Poly , Garg Ankit
Published: November 2018

The study explores the effects of three different lignocellulose fiber-reinforced (jute, coir, and water hyacinth [WH]) soils on the desiccation potential of compacted clayey silt soil. A new model was developed using artificial neural networks (ANN) for estimating cracking in soil reinforced with different fibers as a function of suction and water content. The program for ANN was developed in house using C++. Before model development, suction and water content were simultaneously monitored for 105 days along with the crack intensity factor (CIF). After model development, relative significance of each parameter (suction and water content) on the corresponding CIF was estimated. Adding lignocellulose fibers significantly increased the water retention capacity in the soil and reduced the CIF significantly as compared to unreinforced soil (almost half the amount). Obtained ANN models were efficient in predicting the CIF. The CIF is inversely proportional to water content and directly proportional to suction. The CIF value in bare soil, jute, and WH composites primarily depends on suction. Because of the increased water retention capacity of coir, the value of CIF depends equally on both suction and water content values. The log normal distribution of CIF was found in soil–jute composites.
Chopin Fragments: Narrative Voice in the First Ballade
Authors: Klein Michael L.
Published: November 2018

This article considers the problem of narration in a collection of works gathered around Chopin's Ballade in G Minor, op. 23: Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak, Poe's “The Raven,” Mickiewicz's Konrad Wallenrod, Dickens's The Chimes, and Władysław Szpilman's The Pianist along with its cinematic adaptation by Roman Polanski. Chopin's Ballade is featured prominently in the two movies under consideration, while the remaining works are either influential for the composer (Konrad Wallenrod) or develop themes common to the Ballade. Study of narration in these works reveals that the narrator can be just as unstable in literary texts as in musical ones. The problems of narration that have been imputed to music are problems of narration itself. Regarding the era of Chopin's Ballade, these problems also point to unstable models of subjectivity, which the logic of narrative glosses over.
Not a “Telephone to the Beyond”: Nietzsche's Early Writings on Music
Authors: Fry Katherine
Published: November 2018

Much has been written about the importance of music and music making to Nietzsche's life and works as a whole, and the relevance of his philosophy for particular composers, repertoires, and works. Meanwhile, music historians and philosophers have approached Nietzsche's musical aesthetics by way of larger nineteenth-century paradigms such as “absolute” music or the history of “metaphysics.” This article explores Nietzsche's philosophical writings on music from the 1870s as they reveal the emergence of his critical outlook on Romantic aesthetics and the musical culture of his time. Against the backdrop of more recent debates about material culture and aesthetics in current musicology, it traces the development of his critical ideas about musical expression and listening as presented in his published and unpublished texts, concentrating on the period from Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geist der Musik (The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music, 1872) to the first volume of Menschliches, Allzumenschliches (Human, All Too Human, 1878). Rather than foreground Nietzsche's relationship with particular composers or works, it illuminates his double relationship with music as actual compositional practice in society and as an idealist metaphor for philosophy.
Parenting Stress and Hypertension in Parents of Mental Retardation Children
Authors: Kamerawati Choni , Prasetyowati Irma , Ariyanto Yunus
Published: November 2018

Abstract

 

Parents with mental retardation children experience higher parenting stress than parents with other types of disability. Differences in responses to stressors indicate a level of parenting stress that is influenced by the characteristics of children, family, parents, and the environment. Parenting stress that is not managed and occurs in a long time can cause physical disorders of hypertension. The purpose of this study was to describe the parenting stress and the incidence of hypertension in the parents of children with mental retardation aged 12-15 years. This research is a descriptive research with quantitative approach. The sample of this study was the father and mother of mental retardation  students aged 12-15 years of 59 respondents who met the criteria of inclusion and exclusion. The result of this research is most of the hypertension respondent have high parenting stress level of 53,6% in fathers and 64,5% in mothers.

 

Keywords: hypertension, mental retardation, parenting stress, parents.

 

 

Abstrak

 

Orang tua dengan anak retardasi mental cenderung mengalami parenting stress tinggi dibandingkan orang tua dengan anak jenis kecacatan lain. Adanya perbedaan tanggapan terhadap stressor menunjukkan adanya tingkatan parenting stress yang dipengaruhi oleh karakteristik anak, keluarga, orang tua, dan lingkungan. Parenting stress yang tidak dikelola dan tejadi dalam waktu lama terjadi dapat menyebabkan gangguan fisik hipertensi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menggambarkan parenting stress dan kejadian hipertensi pada orang tua yang mengasuh anak retardasi mental usia 12-15 tahun. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Sampel penelitian ini adalah ayah dan ibu siswa retardasi mental usia 12 – 15 tahun sebesar 59 responden yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah sebagian besar responden hipertensi mengalami tingkat parenting stress tinggi sebesar 53.6 % pada ayah dan 64.5 % pada ibu.

 Kata kunci: hipertensi, orang tua, parenting Stress, retardasi mental.
An atypical case of pulmonary embolism from a jugular vein
Authors: Velcea A. E. , Baldea S. Mihaila , Muraru D. , Badano L. P. , Vinereanu D.
Published: November 2018

Neck venous malformations and their potentially life-threatening complications are rarely reported in the available literature. Cases of aneurysmal or hypo-plastic jugular vein thrombosis associated with systemic embolization have not been frequently reported. We present the case of a 60-year-old male, without any known risk factors for thromboembolic disease, admitted for sudden onset dyspnea. The physical examination was remarkable for a right lateral cervical mass, expanding with Valsalva maneuver. Thoracic CT with contrast established the diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary embolism and raised the suspicion of superior vena cava and right atrial thrombosis. Bedside transthoracic echocardiography confirmed the presence of a large right atrial thrombus, with intermittent protrusion through the tricuspid valve. Systemic thrombolysis with Alteplase was initiated shortly after diagnosis, in parallel with unfractionated heparin, with complete resolution of the intracavitary thrombus documented by echocardiography. The patient showed significant improvement in symptoms and was later started on oral anticoagulation. Computed vascular tomography of the neck was performed before discharge, showing hypoplasia of the left internal jugular vein and aneurismal dilation of the contralateral internal jugular vein, without thrombosis. There were no identifiable systemic causes for thrombosis. Surgical resection of the aneurismal jugular vein was excluded, because of its potential to cause intracranial hypertension. The preferred therapeutic option in this case was long-term oral anticoagulation.
Alteracións climáticas e mudanza democrática. Unha aproximación dende a ecoloxía política.
Authors: Franco Barrera Alberto José
Published: November 2018

El cambio climático representa un desafío urgente para las democracias modernas y para las formas de acción colectiva organizadas para luchar contras las consecuencias del calentamiento global. Ante esto, ¿pueden los sistemas democráticos evolucionar para afrontar estos desafíos? El presente trabajo diseña una reformulación de la democracia liberal a través de dos principios generales: la sostenibilidad y la democratización de la democracia. Teniendo en cuenta que las consecuencias generadas por el cambio climático tendrán un impacto considerable en ls formas sociales de organización, analizaré el vínculo entre sostenibilidad y democracia; en primero lugar para definir de que se habla cuando hablo de sostenibilidad. En segundo lugar, para estudiar como los nuevos riesgos originados por el calentamiento global exigen una revisión de las formas representativas de la democracia.
La duración bergsoniana: análisis de un modelo de temporalidad intensiva
Authors: Ballester Corres Roberto
Published: November 2018

A través del análisis del concepto de duración (durée) a lo largo de la filosofía de Henri Bergson, se propone una particular filosofía del tiempo como modelo de temporalidad intensiva, vivida, heterogénea y antitética de toda explicación mecanicista, en aras de situar dicha filosofía del tiempo en una necesaria interlocución con el planteamiento teórico acerca del tiempo desde un punto de vista fenomenológico. Para ello, nos serviremos de nociones claves del pensamiento de Henri Bergson, como son: memoria intuición o vida, en su necesaria interrelación con el fenómeno de la duración, que dará cuenta de la coherencia interna del pensamiento bergsoniano y permitirá esclarecer mejor el carácter intensivo de la temporalidad.
High Efficiency Targeting of Non-coding Sequences Using CRISPR/Cas9 System in Tilapia
Authors: Li Minghui , Liu Xingyong , Dai Shengfei , Xiao Hesheng , Wang Deshou
Published: November 2018

The CRISPR/Cas9 has been successfully applied for disruption of protein coding sequences in a variety of organisms. The majority of the animal genome is actually non-coding sequences, which are key regulators associated with various biological processes. In this study, to understand the biological significance of these sequences, we used one or dual gRNA guided Cas9 nuclease to achieve specific deletion of non-coding sequences including microRNA and 3′ untranslated region (UTR) in tilapia, which is an important fish for studying sex determination and evolution. Co-injection of fertilized eggs with single gRNA targeting seed region of miRNA and Cas9 mRNA resulted in indel mutations. Further, co-injection of fertilized eggs with dual gRNAs and Cas9 mRNA led to the removal of the fragment between the two target loci, yielding maximum efficiency of 11%. This highest genomic deletion efficiency was further improved up to 19% using short ssDNA as a donor. The deletions can be transmitted through the germline to the next generation at average efficiency of 8.7%. Cas9-vasa 3′-UTR was used to increase the efficiency of germline transmission of non-coding sequence deletion up to 14.9%. In addition, the 3′-UTR of the vasa gene was successfully deleted by dual gRNAs. Deletion of vasa 3′-UTR resulted in low expression level of vasa mRNA in the gonad when compared with the control. To summarize, the improved CRISPR/Cas9 system provided a powerful platform that can assist to easily generate desirable non-coding sequences mutants in non-model fish tilapia to discovery their functions.
gestión del recurso malacológico en cazadores-recolectores del Holoceno tardío: los concheros de la costa norte de Santa Cruz (Patagonia, Argentina)
Authors: Hammond Heidi
Published: November 2018

RESUMEN: Los recursos malacológicos que fueron empleados por las sociedades cazadoras-re- colectoras generalmente han sido relegados a un segundo plano en los análisis arqueofaunísticos a pesar de la valiosa información que aportan sobre múltiples aspectos de dichas sociedades. En este trabajo se presentan los moluscos asociados con sitios de cazadores-recolectores de la costa norte de la provincia de Santa Cruz en la Patagonia argentina. El objetivo consiste en analizar el papel de los recursos malacológicos en el marco de las estrategias de subsistencia de las socie- dades que ocuparon este área durante el Holoceno tardío. Se estudiaron muestras arqueomalaco- lógicas de diez concheros donde se evaluaron la representación y abundancia de las especies, así como la preservación de los restos. Se discuten las zonas de recolección y las posibles estrategias de obtención de las principales especies. Se registraron diferencias biométricas a través del tiem- po que apuntarían a un proceso de explotación mantenida donde es posible postular un proceso tenue de intensificación en el uso del recurso durante el Holoceno tardío.
dogs of Roman Vindolanda, Part III: Quantifying juvenilization and pleiotropic effects of miniaturization
Authors: Bennett Deb , Timm Robert M.
Published: November 2018

In this report we focus on harriers, small dogs of gracile build widely represented in Roman artwork, yet not previously documented from skull or skeletal material. With them we compare remains of other types of small dogs from Vindolanda and other Roman-era sites. Accurate characterization of small dogs requires differentiation between paedomorphy and juve- nilization in skull ontogeny. We present a new method for quantifying the degree of juveniliza- tion in dog skulls which is based on understanding the differential development of endochondral and dermal centers of ossification. We enumerate functional and pleiotropic effects of skull and dental morphology and development that are characteristic of miniature dogs but rare in dwarf dogs and in large, normally-proportioned dogs. By comparing a wide array of modern dogs and wolves, we determine the degree to which small gracile dogs of the Roman era differ from prim- itive, non-juvenilized forms. We employ ratio analysis of dog skull shape utilizing parameters previously indicated by principal component analysis (PCA) as being of high diagnostic value. Although some small and medium-sized domestic dogs have highly juvenilized skulls, equally small skulls from Vindolanda are no more juvenilized than wolves or Dingoes. While small, gracile dogs existed as early as the late Iron Age, we conclude that juvenilization in dogs arose after the Roman era.
Animal remains from Neolithic Lameiras, Sintra: the earliest domesticated sheep, goat, cattle and pigs in Portugal and some notes on their evolution
Authors: Davis Simon J.M. , Gabriel Sónia , Simões Teresa
Published: November 2018

The fauna of Neolithic Lameiras includes abundant sheep. Many could be secure- ly identified by applying criteria described by the late Joachim Boessneck as well as metrical methods. Sheep bones from Early Neolithic contexts, several dated directly via 14C, pinpoint the arrival here, 5450 cal BC, of this exotic animal three thousand years after its domestication 5000 km to the east. Thus sheep were transported at a rate of 1,6 km per year – considerably faster than suggested by the ‘wave of advance’ theory. It therefore seems probable that part of the journey was undertaken by ship. Most of the mammal remains identified at Lameiras belonged to domes- ticated forms and besides sheep and some goat, they include cattle and pig. Zooarchaeologically there is little difference between Early and Late Neolithic. However the Neolithic spectrum of species contrasts with that from a small assemblage in the underlying Mousterian level as well as other pre-Neolithic assemblages in Portugal. It is possible that in southern Portugal the adop- tion of animal husbandry was sudden. Measurements of the remains of Canis, Bos, Ovis, Capra and Sus compared with an increasingly large corpus of data from the South-Western part of the Iberian Peninsula indicate several occasions when these animals underwent size changes. Bos, Capra and Canis were considerably larger in the Pleistocene – a size difference now documented in other regions. Besides a Pleistocene-Holocene reduction in size, they underwent a further dim- inution associated with their domestication. It is possible that aurochs and wild boar recovered some of their former size after the Neolithic, perhaps due to a relaxation of hunting pressure after the Mesolithic. Domestic sheep, goats and cattle increased in size in more recent times perhaps reflecting Moslem and Christian improvements.
King of the Birds! The changing role of white-tailed (Haliaeetus albicilla) and golden-eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) in Britain’s past
Authors: Holmes Matilda
Published: November 2018

El trabajo valora restos de Águila Real y Pigargo de 58 yacimientos arqueológicos británicos que cubren desde el Mesolítico a época medieval desde la perspectiva de los variados y cambiantes roles de estos animales utilizando fuentes zooarqueológicas, contextuales, docu- mentarias y etnográficas. Se presenta evidencia que revela la cambiante importancia cultural y social de ambas aves. Ello incluye su explotación por parte de las poblaciones costeras como talismanes en la Edad del Bronce por sus plumas en la Edad del Hierro y romana y como an- imales de exhibición en las ferias medievales. Las relaciones entre las águilas y los humanos   se valoran también sobre la base de percepciones recurrentes y duraderas a través de distintas culturas.
Immune responses elicited by the recombinant Erp, HspR, LppX, MmaA4, and OmpA proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice
Authors: Okay Sezer , Çetin Rukiye , Karabulut Fatih , Doğan Cennet , Sürücüoğlu Süheyla , Kızıldoğan Aslıhan Kurt
Published: November 2018

Immunogenic potency of the recombinant Erp, HspR, LppX, MmaA4, and OmpA proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), formulated with Montanide ISA 720 VG adjuvant, was evaluated in BALB/c mice for the first time in this study. The five vaccine formulations, adjuvant, and BCG vaccine were subcutaneously injected into mice, and the sera were collected at days 0, 15, 30, 41, and 66. The humoral and cellular immune responses against vaccine formulations were determined by measuring serum IgG and serum interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukin-12 (IL-12) levels, respectively. All formulations significantly increased IgG levels post-vaccination. The highest increase in IFN-γ level was provided by MmaA4 formulation. The Erp, HspR, and LppX formulations were as effective as BCG in enhancement of IFN-γ level. The most efficient vaccine boosting the IL-12 level was HspR formulation, especially at day 66. Erp formulation also increased the IL-12 level more than BCG at days 15 and 30. The IL-12 level boosted by MmaA4 formulation was found to be similar to that by BCG. OmpA formulation was inefficient in enhancement of cellular immune responses. This study showed that MmaA4, HspR, and Erp proteins from MTB are successful in eliciting both humoral and cellular immune responses in mice.
Building envelope and energy demand in retrofitting office
Authors: Darula S. , Malikova M.
Published: November 2018

Building envelopes have a significant role in the protection of interiors against weather conditions. While wind, rain barriers and barriers against excessive heat gains were constructed from insufficient elements in the past, the current requirements for envelope functions are different. New materials and technologies allow for more complex design and evaluation of parameters in regard to the needs of occupants and economical interior performance.

This paper is focused on the daylighting solutions inside lit office space in which renovation of the lighting system is expected. Several retrofit scenarios based on window shading variations and lighting systems are investigated. Achieved results are evaluated from the point of view of energy demand. The integrative multi-platform tool, the Lighting Retrofit Adviser (LRA) is applied to calculate energy renovation preferences and to accept decision.