bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Synthesis of CaO/Fe3O4 magnetic composite for the removal of Pb(II) and Co(II) from synthetic wastewater
Authors: Shakerian Khoo , Esmaeili Hossein
Published: August 2017

In this study, CaO was prepared from chicken egg shells. Then, to improve its properties, CaO/Fe3O4 magnetic composite was synthesized and was used for the removal of lead (Pb (II)) and cobalt (Co (II)) ions from aqueous solutions. For this purpose, the effects of several parameters including pH, contact time, temperature, adsorption dosage and initial concentration of ions on the adsorption were studied. The optimum conditions of pH, contact time, temperature, adsorption dosage and initial concentration of Pb and Co ions were determined to be 6, 30 min, 25 ?C, 2 g L-1 and 5 mg L-1, respectively. The best efficiency for the adsorption of lead and cobalt ions was found to be 97.24 and 94.32 %, respectively. To investigate the equilibrium behaviour of adsorbent, Langmuir and Freundlich models were used. Also, pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic models were applied for the consideration of kinetic behaviours of experimental data. Additionally, the thermodynamic parameters including enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs energy were calculated for the adsorption of these heavy metal ions. The results showed that Freundlich isotherm model and the pseudo-second order kinetic model achieved the best match with the experimental data and the maximum adsorption capacities obtained from the Langmuir model were 227.27 and 217.39 mg g-1 for lead and cobalt, respectively. Also, thermodynamics studies revealed that the adsorption process of lead and cobalt ions using CaO/Fe3O4 was suitable, spontaneous and exothermic.
ENZIM AMILASE SEBAGAI KOMPONEN ANTAGONIS BACILLUS SUBTILIS B315 TERHADAP RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM KENTANG
Authors: Prihatiningsih Nur , Djatmiko Heru Adi
Published: August 2017

Enzyme amylase as an antagonist component of Bacillus subtilis B315 against potato Ralstonia solanacearum. One of the antagonist mechanism of Bacillus subtilis B315 is that it produced secundary metabolites. Enzyme amylase is produced by B. subtilis B315 as a secondary metabolite. The aims of the research were: (1) to test mechanism of antagonistics by B. subtilis B315 against potato Ralstonia solanacearum and (2) to detect antibiosis activity of B. subtilis B315. The research was conducted in the Laboratory of Plant Protection Agriculture Faculty and Laboratory of Integrated Research of Jenderal Soedirman University from April to October 2014. The research method is an experimental with growing double layer of B. subtilis B315 in YPGA medium and Ralstonia solanacearum in water agar. This research used a Completely Randomized Design with 3 treatments and 8 replications. The treatments were B. subtilis B1, B. subtilis B46 and B. subtilis B315. The activity of antibiosis was tested by amylase activity enzyme and than it was analyzed using FTIR (Fourier Transform-infra Red). Result of the research showed that B. subtilis B315 could suppress R. solanacearum growth with 14 mm inhibition zone. Antibiosis activity of B. subtilisB315 as biological agents was showed by the production of amylase enzyme by activity of 0,802 unit/ml. Analysis by FTIR was showed by the production of compound group of alkane, aldehyde, ketones, carboxylic acid, esther, amina, and amida.
Hans-Josef Niederehe, Die Sprachauffassung Alfons des Weisen. Studien zur Sprach- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Max Niemeyer, Tübingen, 1975; xii + 204 pp. (Beih. zur ZRPh, 144).
Authors: Lara Luis Fernando
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: Die Sprachauffassung Alfons des Weisen. Studien zur Sprach- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte.
Dorothy Sherman Severin, Memory in "La Celestina". Tamesis Books, London, 1970; x + 73 pp. / Adrienne Schizzano Mandel, "La Celestina" studies: A thematic survey and bibliography, 1824-1970. Scarecrow, Metuchen, N. J., 1971; 261 pp. / Fernando de Rojas, Celestine or the tragick-comedie of Calisto and Melibea. Trans. by James Mabbe. Ed. by Guadalupe Martínez Lacalle. Tamesis Books, London, 1972; xiii + 268 pp. / Gaspar Gómez de Toledo, Tercera parte de la Tragicomedia de Celestina. Critical ed., introd. and notes by M. E. Barrick. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1973; x + 597 pp. / Pierre Heugas, "La Célestine" et sa descendance directe. Inst. d'Études Ibériques et Ibero-Américaines de l'Université, Bordeaux, 1973; 612 pp.
Authors: Eisenberg Daniel
Published: August 2017

Se reseñaron los libros: Memory in "La Celestina"; "La Celestina" studies: A thematic survey and bibliography, 1824-1970; Fernando de Rojas, Celestine or the tragick-comedie of Calisto and Melibea. Trans. by James Mabbe. Ed. by Guadalupe Martínez Lacalle; Gaspar Gómez de Toledo, Tercera parte de la Tragicomedia de Celestina. Critical ed., introd. and notes by M. E. Barrick; y "La Célestine" et sa descendance directe.
Epistolario de Rufino José Cuervo con los miembros de la Academia Colombiana. Ed., introd. y notas de Mario Germán Romero. Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Bogotá, 1972 (Archivo epistolar colombiano, 5).
Authors: Lara Luis Fernando
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: Epistolario de Rufino José Cuervo con los miembros de la Academia Colombiana.
César Vallejo: dos poemas elegíacos
Authors: Fernández Cifuentes Luis
Published: August 2017

En este número no se incluyeron resúmenes ni palabras clave.
Robert Lima, An annotated bibliography of Ramón del Valle-Inclán. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Libraries, 1972; xi + 401 pp. (Bibliografical series, 4).
Authors: Schiavo Leda
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: An annotated bibliography of Ramón del Valle-Inclán.
La fragmentación de "fiducia" en hispanorrománico
Authors: Malkiel Yakov
Published: August 2017

En este número no se incluyeron resúmenes ni palabras clave.
Oswald Ducrot y Tzvetan Todorov, Diccionario enciclopédico de las ciencias del lenguaje. Trad. E. Pezzoni. Siglo XXI, Buenos Aires, 1974; 421 pp.
Authors: Plenat Marc
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: Diccionario enciclopédico de las ciencias del lenguaje.
Maria Grossmann et Bruno Mazzoni, Bibliographie de phonologie romane. Mouton, The Hague, 1974; 115 pp. (Janua linguarum, Series practica, 232).
Authors: Ávila Raúl
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: Bibliographie de phonologie romane.
Germán Orduna (ed.), Selección de romances viejos de España y de América. Estudio preliminar y notas de... Kapelusz, Buenos Aires, 1976; 158 pp. (Grandes obras de la literatura universal, 121).
Authors: Díaz Roig Mercedes
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: Selección de romances viejos de España y de América.
Un informe desconocido de Moratín y la Oficina de Interpretación de Lenguas
Authors: Rodríguez Cepeda Enrique
Published: August 2017

En este número no se incluyeron resúmenes ni palabras clave.
Lope de Vega, El primero Benavides. Ed. with introd. and notes by A. Reichenberger and A. Espantoso Foley. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1973 (Haney Foundation series, 13).
Authors: Weber de Kurlat Frida
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: El primero Benavides. Ed. with introd. and notes by A. Reichenberger and A. Espantoso Foley.
Distribuição de riquezas e o impacto social do trabalho voluntário das entidades sem finalidade de lucros
Authors: Herdt Jeferson Antonio , Mazzioni Sady
Published: August 2017

O objetivo do presente estudo é investigar o impacto dos serviços voluntários na formação e distribuição do valor adicionado em uma entidade sem fins lucrativos de Ituporanga – SC. As características de investigação permitem classificá-lo como exploratória e de cunho qualitativo. O ambiente de estudo é o Lar de Idosos Abrigo Mão Amigo (AMA), localizado na cidade de Ituporanga/SC, fundado em 2008 e com início das atividades em 2011. Com o propósito social de acolhimento de idosos desamparados por seus familiares ou até mesmo que por vontade própria do idoso, preferiu viver em abrigo. No tocante a distribuição do valor adicionado, nota-se que o principal grupo de beneficiários são os empregados, isso, devido ao grande número de funcionários necessários para os cuidados com os idosos. Após a mensuração e reconhecimento dos serviços voluntários recebidos, de acordo com as normas contábeis, há um acréscimo de 3,34% no total das receitas da entidade, atribuindo-se a distribuição da riqueza gerada à sociedade e à própria entidade como os beneficiários. A elaboração da demonstração do valor adicionado expandido serve para melhor compreensão da atividade social e econômica das entidades, por considerar em sua elaboração os valores das entradas e saídas sociais, que são recursos não monetários, atribuindo-lhes valores.
Gestão de pessoas: analisando as políticas e práticas aplicadas em um centro espírita
Authors: Avila Vinicius Porto de , Müller Camila Vieira , Scheffer Angela Beatriz Busato
Published: August 2017

Este artigo analisa as políticas e práticas de gestão de pessoas realizadas em um centro espírita. Inicia abordando alguns aspectos sobre políticas e práticas de gestão de pessoas. A seguir, aborda os temas religião e espiritualidade com o objetivo de contextualizar o espiritismo. Logo em seguida, apresenta o centro espírita pesquisado e os procedimentos metodológicos utilizados no estudo. Prosseguindo, são descritas e analisadas as políticas e práticas de gestão de pessoas adotadas pela organização espírita. Concluindo, busca-se responder se as políticas e práticas de gestão de pessoas, segundo a percepção de diferentes atores organizacionais, sofrem influência da espiritualidade.
Vantagens dos fundos imobiliários como forma de aplicação no mercado imobiliário para o pequeno investidor
Authors: Jesus Guilherme Cardoso
Published: August 2017

Os antepassados sempre diziam que investir em imóveis era um investimento com um retorno excelente e seguro, mas sabe-se que nem todos têm condições de investir devido ao alto custo que acaba se tornando. Com isso foi criado os Fundos Imobiliários que aproximaram o pequeno investidor da possibilidade de diversificar seu portfólio de investimentos no mercado imobiliário. Neste caso o objetivo do estudo é compreender o que é o Fundo Imobiliário e apresentar ao pequeno investidor uma porta de acesso para aplicações no mercado imobiliário através das FIIs e com isso trazer diversificação para sua carteira de investimentos. Também demonstrar a rentabilidade de um determinado Fundo Imobiliário por um certo período e fazer uma comparação com a poupança, uma das mais antigas e populares formas de aplicação financeira existente no Brasil. Alguns autores como Martini explicam a importância dos FII’s e os riscos e vantagens desta ferramenta de investimento. O artigo tem seu procedimento metodológico disciplinar com sua pesquisa pura, o autor busca aplicar uma pesquisa histórica, seu objetivo descritivo e tendo como meio de investigação utilizará a pesquisa bibliográfica e análise de dados.
Resenha sobre a teoria do estado de exceção de Giorgio Agamben
Authors: Silva Ricardo Pereira da
Published: August 2017

O estado de exceção é o estado oposto ao estado normal e sua definição torna-se mais complicada à medida que vincula-se a zona de indecidibilidade da guerra civil, insurreição e a resistência, de modo que diante da insurgência de uma guerra civil, o estado aciona a exceção
Opus Dei: Para compreender as assinaturas teológicas da ética no Ocidente
Authors: Catenaci Giovanni Felipe
Published: August 2017

Este artigo tem por finalidade introduzir os(as) leitor(as) no universo de Opus Dei: arqueologia do ofício (2015), quando Giorgio Agamben vai em busca de analisar e compreender as razões pelas quais no Ocidente tanto o ser como o agir, são indissociáveis da noção de efetuabilidade. Para tanto, iremos seguir passo a passo a escrita do autor no presente livro, dedicando melhor atenção aos seus conceitos principais, de modo a apresentar as linhas mestras que compõem suas reflexões. Ao final, como sugere o título deste artigo, temos por objetivo ter desvendado as assinaturas teológicas da ética no Ocidente.
Estado, crise política, jurídica, econômica e perspectivas de desenvolvimento
Authors: Bazzanella Sandro Luiz , Tomporoski Alexandre Assis , Borguesan Danielly
Published: August 2017

O presente artigo procura compreender variáveis da crise política, jurídica e econômica em curso em âmbito nacional e internacional e as perspectivas de desenvolvimento. A crise anunciada e em curso aponta para uma condição entrópica caracterizada pela imposição de limites por parte do capital financeirizado global à ação do Estado democrático de direito. Neste contexto, democracia e estado de exceção se apresentam como técnicas de governo que incidem sobre a ordem social. Assim, os diversos discursos em defesa da democracia revelam os contornos do estado exceção em que estamos inseridos que entre outras características se apresenta como constante estado de insegurança jurídica. Nesta direção, constata-se uma separação entre  política e economia, em que a primeira se apresenta como espaço da corrupção, da ineficiência e a segunda como transcendência inquestionável em seu modus operandi, mesmo que sua ação comprometa a qualidade de vida e o desenvolvimento de povos, das regiões e comunidades. É diante deste contexto, que se faz necessário questionar o que significa desenvolvimento? O desenvolvimento pode ser pensado como o desafio diante de uma ordem social, política e jurídica em que o velho que definha e o novo que ainda não se apresenta?
DESAIN SISTEM PENGELOLAAN SAMPAH MELALUI PEMILAHAN SAMPAH ORGANIK DAN ANORGANIK BERDASARKAN PERSEPSI IBU - IBU RUMAH TANGGA
Authors: Yudhistirani Sri Anastasia , Syaufina Lailan , Mulatsih Sri
Published: August 2017

Saat ini, volume sampah yang tinggi  di Jakarta merupakan salah satu masalah penting bagi masyarakat Jakarta Timur. Berdasarkan data yang diperoleh dari Dinas Kebersihan Pemerintah Jakarta Timur, ada sekitar 30% dari volume sampah yang tidak dikirim ke TPA per hari. Masalah ini berkaitan dengan kurangnya pendidikan tentang pentingnya pemisahan sampah oleh sebagian besar warga. Aturan pemerintah tentang pengelolaan sampah masih belum sepenuhnya dilaksanakan. Suatu lembaga  konseling terpadu yang mengelola sampah untuk semua komponen di masyarakat diperlukan untuk memberikan hasil yang optimal. Sistem Pengelolaan Sampah harus melibatkan ibu-ibu rumah tangga dan harus  menerapkan Pemerintah Peraturan Nomor 81 Tahun 2012 tentang tentang Pengelolaan Sampah Rumah Tangga dan jenis sampah rumah tangga yang lain. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dengan menggunakan sistem pemisahan pengelolaan sampah terpadu, volume sampah akan dturunkan sebesar 33%. Penurunan ini disebabkan karena daur ulang sampah anorganik. Melalui cara ini, pemerintah Jakarta hanya perlu untuk mengelola sampah organik yang yang terdiri 67% dari semua limbah. Ini adalah suatu cara untuk mengurangi jumlah volume sampah di JakartaKata Kunci : manajemen limbah, pemisahan, limbah organic, limbah anorganik
PEMBUATAN BIOETHANOL DARI LIMBAH AMPAS PATI AREN DENGAN METODE HIDROLISIS ENZIMATIS MENGGUNAKAN ENZIM LIGNINOLITIK DARI JAMUR PELAPUK PUTIH
Authors: Dayatmo Dwi , Santoso Hartini Hadi
Published: August 2017

Proses pembuatan bioethanol dari lignosellulose  terdiri dari 3 tahap,  yaitu tahap pendahuluan, tahap hidrolisa, dan  tahap fermentasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kondisi optimum dari penambahan kadar katalis pada tahap perlakuan pendahuluan terhadap kemampuan pendegradasian lignin dan jumlah enzim ligninolitik jamur pelapuk putih pada tahap hidrolisa terhadap kadar gula reduksi. Dalam pembuatan bioetanol ini menggunakan variabel bebas meliputi kadar asam yang ditambahkan sebesar 10% b/b 20% b/b dan 30% b/b pada tahap perlakuan pendahuluan dan jumlah enzim ligninolitik jamur pelapuk putih sebanyak 20% b/b, 30% b/b dan 40%b/b pada tahap hidrolisis. Pada tahap perlakuan pendahuluan, ampas aren yang sudah dikeringkan pada suhu 100oC digrinding dan dianyak dengan mesh 100, kemudian didegradasi dengan penambahan H2SO4 (10% b/b 20% b/b dan 30% b/b) dan diautoklaf pada suhu 121oC selama 30 menit. Lalu campuran dinetralkan menggunakan aquadest dan dilanjutkan ke tahap hidrolisa dengan penambahan enzim ligninolitik jamur pelapuk putih (20% b/b, 30% b/b dan 40%b/b) dan didiamkan selama 2 jam yang bertujuan untuk merombak polisakarida menjadi monosakarida. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa kadar asam yang berbeda menyebabkan penurunan jumlah lignin yang berbeda dan penambahan jumlah enzim yang berbeda juga memberikan kadar gula reduksi yang berbeda pula.Kata kunci : Bioethanol, lignosellulose, limbah pati aren
PENGARUH PENAMBAHAN LIDAH BUAYA (Aloevera sp) TERHADAP KEKENTALAN DAN PH PADA SOYGURT
Authors: Rusanti Wenny Diah
Published: August 2017

Lidah buaya adalah tanaman yang memiliki kandungan serat yang baik untuk pencernaan. Soygurt adalah minuman susu berfermentasi yang terbuat dari susu kedelai. Soygurt menjadi minuman alternative bagi penyuka yogurt tapi tidak dapat mengkonsumsi minuman dari susu sapi. Yogurt yang banyak beredar di pasaran biasanya memiliki kadar keasaman yang tinggi dan kental. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh penambahan lidah buaya terhadap kekentalan dan pH pada yogurt dengan komposisi ekstrak lidah buaya (v/v) 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% dan 25%. Data dianalisis menggunakan pHmeter dan alat uji kekentalan Brookfield viscosimeter. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa semakin besar penambahan ekstrak lidah buaya pada soygurt dapat menurunkan derajat keasaman yogurt dan tingkat kekentalan yogurt meningkat.  Kata Kunci : lidah buaya, pH, kekentalan, soygurt, susu kedelai
The Significance of the Amorphous Potential Energy Landscape for Dictating Glassy Dynamics and Driving Solid-State Crystallisation
Authors: Ruggiero Michael T. , Krynski Marcin , Kissi Eric Ofosu , Sibik Juraj , Markl Daniel , Tan Nicholas Y. , Arslanov Denis , van der Zande Wim , Redlich Britta , Korter Timothy M. , Grohganz Holger , Lobmann Korbinian , Rades Thomas , Elliott Stephen R. , Zeitler J. Axel
Published: August 2017

The fundamental origins surrounding the dynamics of disordered solids near their characteristic glass transitions continue to be fiercely debated, even though a vast number of materials can form amorphous solids, including small-molecule organic, inorganic, covalent, metallic, and even large biological systems. The glass-transition temperature, Tg, can be readily detected by a diverse set of techniques, but given that these measurement modalities probe vastly different processes, there has been significant debate regarding the question of why Tg can be detected across all of them. Here we show clear experimental and computational evidence in support of a theory that proposes that the shape and structure of the potential-energy surface (PES) is the fundamental factor underlying the glass-transition processes, regardless of the frequency that experimental methods probe. Whilst this has been proposed previously, we demonstrate, using ab initio molecular-dynamics (AIMD) simulations, that it is of critical importance to carefully consider the complete PES – both the intra-molecular and inter-molecular features – in order to fully un- derstand the entire range of atomic-dynamical processes in disordered solids. Finally, we show that it is possible to utilise this dependence to directly manipulate and harness amorphous dynamics in order to control the behaviour of such solids by using high-powered terahertz pulses to induce crystallisation and preferential crystal-polymorph growth in glasses. Combined, these findings provide direct evidence that the PES landscape, and the corresponding energy barriers, are the ultimate controlling feature behind the atomic and molecular dynamics of disordered solids, regardless of the frequency at which they occur.
Predilection of Teaching Aids Among Year I Medical Students at a Medical College of Mauritius
Authors: Mahat Barun , Limbu Prakash , Banerjee Indrajit , Dhungel Sunil , Das Pawan Kumar Lal
Published: August 2017

Introduction: Teaching aids are the motivational tool which plays an important role in teaching and learning processes in such a way that it makes the classroom lively, active and interactive. It creates an environment of interest for the students as well as it helps to clarify and understand the subject matter in a better way. The objective of this study is to know the opinion of students regarding the teaching aids among 1st year MBBS students during teaching and learning activities in physiology at SSR Medical College.Methods: The data were collected by pre-designed questionnaire among the 1st year MBBS students of SSR Medical College, Belle Rive, Mauritius. The study was conducted between March and April, 2016. Out of 147 students, 139 students were participated in the study. The data were analyzed using nonparametric test and P values were analyzed by using Chi-Square test. P < 0.05 was considered significant.Results: 60.4% of students thought that the combination of black board and PowerPoint slides was more beneficial compared to blackboard, PowerPoint and whiteboard which were selected by 24.5%, 14.4% and 0.7% respectively. The combination of blackboard and Power Point slides was selected as the most understandable and informative by 51.8% and 64% students respectively. Similarly, the same teaching method was considered the most helpful in retention by 48.2% respondents and most emphatic on important points by 47.5%. More than 50% of the students found the combination of blackboard and Power Point slides as the most captivating (55.4%), interactive (57.6%), providing excellent visual clarity (56.8%), easy for summarization (51.1%) and effective for presentation (56.8%). 46% of the students thought that this combination of teaching aid covered the more topic per lecture. Conclusion: This study shows that the majority of the students preferred combination of aids viz. black board and Power Point for learning and teaching physiology.
Laparoscopic Ureterolithotomy: A Prospective Comparative Study
Authors: Giri Naresh Kumar , Thapa Narayan , Thapa Bikash Bikram , Bhandary Bharat Bahadur , Hamal Bhairab Kumar
Published: August 2017

Introduction: With the developments of non invasive and minimally invasive technology in the management of urolithiasis, the choice of open surgery is rapidly decreasing. The optimal modality of stone management is governed by multiple factors like stone parameters, patient character, availability of technology and surgeon's skill. Open or laparoscopic ureterolithotomy can be used as primary treatment option for large, impacted ureteral stones of more than 1.5 cm or as an adjunct procedure in case of failed ESWL and attempted URS or PCNL.Methods: This is a prospective comparative study to see the outcome of Trans-peritoneal Laparoscopy Ureterolithotomy (TPLU) with Open Ureterolithotomy (OU). Out of 42 patients 21 had undergone laparoscopic ureterolithotomy and same number had undergone open surgery over the period of two and half years. The variables evaluated were age, sex, stone character, operative time, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain, complications and hospital stay.Results: The patient and disease characteristics in both groups were comparable. Mean operative time was 107.62 ± 32.84 mins in TPLU VS 65.48 ± 15.72 mins in OU group. Median hospital stay was 2.19 ± 1.78 days in TPLU VS 4.62 ± 1.53 days in OU group. The pain score is significantly low in TPLU than OU (p < 0.05).Conclusion: Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy is a safe and feasible treatment option for the selected ureteric stone with comparable outcomes.
Estimation of Serum Vitamin D, Calcium and Phosphorus in Chronic Kidney Disease
Authors: Rajbhandari Ajay , Agrawal Rajendra Kumar , Baral Anil , Pokhrel Anil , Shrestha Dineshwori , Hada Rajani
Published: August 2017

Introduction: Abnormalities in mineral metabolism are invariable with progressive deterioration of kidney function in chronic kidney disease (CKD). These abnormalities are documented in CKD on dialysis in our population but not on pre dialysis. So, present study aims to estimate serum vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus in CKD stage 3-5ND. Methods: It was a cross sectional study of established new CKD patients not on dialysis, vitamin D, calcium, phosphate binders and corticosteroids therapy. Blood sample was drawn for estimation of serum vitamin D, creatinine, calcium, phosphorus and albumin and CKD staging done by KDIGO (2012) criteria. SPSS software version 19 was used for data analysis and chi-squared and ANOVA test was applied as the test of significance.Results: Sixty six (51 male and 15 female) CKD patients with a mean age of 54.3±14.8 years were studied. Hypovitaminosis D (<30 ng/ml) was present in 84.8%, with deficiency (<20 ng/ml) in 50% and insufficiency (20-30) ng/ml in 34.8%. Other abnormalities observed were hypocalcemia (60.6%), hypercalcemia (1.5%) and hyperphosphatemia (63.6%) with no difference of corrected calcium, significant difference of serum phosphorus (p<0.001) with hyperphosphatemia in stage 4 and 5 CKD and vitamin D insufficiency in stage 3b, deficiency in stage 3a, 4 and 5 CKD. There was no correlation of serum vitamin D with calcium and phosphorus in different stages of CKD.Conclusion: Present study concludes that hypovitaminosis D, hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia is common in our pre-dialysis CKD patients and serum phosphorus raises more with reduction of GFR.
Primary Hepatic Lymphoma: A Complex and Challenging Diagnosis
Authors: Joshi Rinku , Singh Pritanjali , Shrestha Dhan Bahadur
Published: August 2017

Primary hepatic lymphoma is the rare condition affecting liver and presents to clinician as space occupying lesion and is an extranodal variety of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The diagnosis is based on the suspicious eye with keen laboratory investigation after ruling out the other common pathologies of the liver which presents as space occupying lesion.Here we present a case who presented to us with dull pain and swelling right upper abdomen accompanied by prodromal symptoms which after proper work up was diagnosed as primary diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) of liver.
In Development: The Joys and Challenges of Fostering New Musicals
Authors: Brazier Adam , Tracy Michailidis
Published: August 2017

Canadian Theatre Review interviews Adam Brazier, Artistic Director of the Charlottetown Festival, and Tracy Michailidis, founder of Musical Works in Concert, about the development of new musical theatre works in Canada. They share their insights on the workshopping process, and the development of new Canadian musicals. Brazier discusses his approach to restructuring programming at the Charlottetown Festival to support of new musical development, and his plans for the 2017 Charlottetown Festival Conference, which will feature presentations of several new works in development. Michailidis discusses the origins of Musical Works in Concert, and shares her thoughts on collaboration and workshopping.
Developing New Musicals & Supporting New Writers
Authors: Marcus Mitchell , Wong Kevin
Published: August 2017

Canadian Theatre Review sits down with The Musical Stage Company’s Artistic & Managing Director Mitchell Marcus and Intern Artistic Director Kevin Wong to talk about the development of Canadian musicals and Canadian musical theatre writers. They discuss how The Musical Stage Company (formerly Acting Up Stage Company) has supported the development of Canadian Musical Theatre in the past through projects like its NoteWorthy program and the production of Reframed at the Art Gallery of Ontario. They also discuss The Musical Stage Company’s new initiatives: the Dan Fund, and the Crescendo Series, a three-year writer’s residency. Marcus and Wong explore the challenges and rewards of developing new musical theatre works in Canada from the perspective of an arts administrator (Marcus) and a composer-lyricist (Wong). Topics explored include whether Canadian musicals need the approval of Americans, The Musical Stage Company’s place in an emerging network of new musical theatre development in Canada, and the challenges of supporting new musical development over a long period, particularly through the middle of the development process.
Good Pain and Bad Pain: Talking About Writing Musicals (in Canada)
Authors: Dauncey Colleen , Johnson Anika , Johnson Britta , Johnston Barb
Published: August 2017

In this article, Canadian Theatre Review interviews Canadian musical theatre writers Anika Johnson, Barbara Johnston, Britta Johnson, and Colleen Dauncey about their work. They share their thoughts on the craft of writing for the musical theatre, the importance of Fringe Festivals in developing new musicals at the grassroots level, the challenges of integrating dance into an already resource-starved development process, and how being young women shapes their approach to writing.
The Next Generation
Authors: Choi Deanna , Lam Richard , Simmons Colin
Published: August 2017

Canadian Theatre Review interviews three participants from the CMTWC (Canadian Musical Theatre Writers Collective) 2016–17 Writers Workshop. Deanna Choi, Richard Lam, and Colin Simmons discuss their experiences working with the various instructors from the Workshop (including Leslie Arden, Jim Betts, and David Warrack). They also share their thoughts about writing musicals, what (if anything) defines a Canadian musical, and the importance of promoting diversity in musical theatre performance and creation.
Immersed in Musicals
Authors: Tepperman Julie
Published: August 2017

In the interview, Tepperman and Renyk discuss the experience of writing musical theatre for the first time, and the fascinating collisions between musical theatre and immersive theatre. The two projects discussed are Brantwood, a site-specific musical created and written by Tepperman and Mitchell Cushman (with songs by Bram Gielen, Anika Johnson, and Britta Johnson), and produced by the Canadian Music Theatre Project and Sheridan College, and The Preposterous Posthumous Predicament of Paulie Peel, written by Tepperman (book) and Kevin Wong (music and lyrics) as part of The Musical Stage Company’s NoteWorthy project. A twenty-five-minute excerpt of Paulie Peel was presented as a staged concert as part of REFRAMED, a partnership between The Musical Stage Company (formerly Acting Up Stage) and The Art Gallery of Ontario, and is published in this issue of CTR.
Exploring Intersectionality at Q2Q
Authors: Rana Amal
Published: August 2017

Amal Rana reflects on “Intersecting,” a day-long session she designed and facilitated for Queer and Trans Indigenous, Black, and other theatre and performance artists of colour who participated in Q2Q: A Symposium on Queer Theatre and Performance in Canada. Participants from “Intersecting” drafted four key recommendations for the conference.
Q2Q Conference: Artist’s Statement and Reflections
Authors: McKenzie Berend
Published: August 2017

In an expanded artist’s statement, playwright and actor Berend McKenzie examines his artistic practice and its effects in light of his experiences at the Q2Q conference.
Twenty-Six Observations on a Queer Theatre Conference
Authors: King Moynan
Published: August 2017

This article is a brief poetic précis of a queer theatre and performance conference in Vancouver in 2016.
To Blow or Not to Blow? Thoughts about Self-Censorship
Authors: Drake Sunny
Published: August 2017

Through a self-reflective investigation of his own artistic practice, Sunny Drake reflects on issues of self-censorship in queer performance. Neither an inherently “good” or “bad” thing, Drake suggests that addressing audiences is always a complex interaction that sometimes requires shaking them out of their comfort zones and other times meeting them on common ground.
Samuel Beckett’s Hypnotic Theatre
Authors: Wakeling Corey
Published: August 2017

Exemplary works of hypnotic dramaturgy in Samuel Beckett’s work include three plays enjoying special attention at present: Not I (1972), Footfalls (1976), and Rockaby (1981). Historically, hypnosis was used in the clinics of Jean-Martin Charcot and Josef Breuer, among others. Hypnotically compromised characters from the psychoanalytic corpus, such as Anna O. and Blanche Wittman, demonstrate parallels with the protagonists of Beckett’s three plays. I argue that Beckett develops a hypnotic dramaturgy that simulates hypnotic character worlds in order to stage the affective problems of verifying the truth of memory. Specifically, theatrically simulating hypnotic situations draws spectators into intimate, sensory contact with the human subject’s ultimately false self-witnessing. My firsthand experience of the three plays in production provides a contemporary context to consider memory and the subject in Beckett’s theatre. In particular, actor Lisa Dwan and director Walter Asmus’s Royal Court production in 2014 signals the plays’ capacities for eliciting an affectively prone, empathic spectatorship.
Sarah Bernhardt’s Exteriority Effects
Authors: Marcus Sharon
Published: August 2017

Sarah Bernhardt’s audiences often described feeling thrilled and dominated by the star performer, and they relished the ways in which her agency seemed to exceed or even negate their own. This essay uses rarely cited archival materials to identify the performance techniques that induced such extreme responses. Those techniques included mobility, framing, tempo control, and hyperextension, and I group them under the rubric of “exteriority effects.” By attending to exteriority effects and the affects they inspired, we can (1) challenge accounts of female performers as lacking agency or exercising it only to extend it to other women, (2) move beyond affect theory’s focus on bad feelings, and (3) reorient accounts of nineteenth-century theatricality away from their focus on interiority and privacy.
Sirkku Aaltonen and Areeg Ibrahim, Rewriting Narratives in Egyptian Theatre: Translation, Performance, Politics
Authors: Maggor Rebekah
Published: August 2017

Rewriting Narratives in Egyptian Theatre is an ambitious collection of essays, authored by theorists and practitioners, that fuses theatre studies, translation studies, and cultural studies. It argues boldly and persuasively that dramatic translation is a form of “rewriting,” which interweaves a set of culturally embedded textual and performative practices.
David Kornhaber, The Birth of Theater from the Spirit of Philosophy: Nietzsche and the Modern Drama
Authors: Stern Tom
Published: August 2017

The Birth of Theater from the Spirit of Philosophy presents a reading of Nietzsche as a theorist of the theatre, followed by a careful study of three playwrights – Strindberg, Shaw, and O’Neill – each of whom, David Kornhaber argues, was demonstrably influenced by Nietzsche’s theatre theory.
Use of Statewide Models as a Decision Tool for Zero-Emission Vehicles Deployment
Authors: Fan Wenbo , Erdogan Sevgi , Welch Timothy F. , Ducca Frederick W.
Published: August 2017

Under worldwide environmental stress, zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) are rapidly coming to market. However, it is not clear how such vehicles reduce vehicular emissions at a spatially explicit level, which is crucial for developing specific policies. This study proposed a quantitative approach to estimate the effectiveness of ZEVs in reducing emissions to support investment decisions promoting the use of ZEVs. The approach uses existing statewide travel demand and mobile emission models in an integrated framework. Scenarios are designed to measure the emissions reduction effects of ZEVs at different spatial scales (statewide, county, and roadway) and characteristics (densely and sparsely populated counties) and with various levels of market penetration and driving range limits. Results show significant spatial differentiation of the impact of ZEV deployment from county to roadway levels. Offering greater spatial detail and new insights on decision-making processes, this study described an integrated tool for identifying effective strategies for ZEV implementation.
Cost-Effective and Ecofriendly Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging Management
Authors: Kontou Eleftheria , Yin Yafeng , Ge Ying-En
Published: August 2017

This study explored two charging management schemes for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The PHEV drivers and the government were stakeholders who might have preferred different charging control strategies. For the former, a proposed controlled charging scheme minimized the operational cost during PHEV charge-depleting and sustaining modes. For the latter, the research minimized monetized carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation for the PHEVs charging, as well as tailpipe emissions for the portion of PHEV trips fueled by gasoline. Hourly driving patterns and electricity data were leveraged. Both were representative of each of the eight North American Electric Reliability Corporation regions to examine the results of the proposed schemes. The model accounted for drivers’ activity patterns and charging availability spatial and temporal heterogeneity. The optimal charging profiles confirmed the differing nature of the objectives of PHEV drivers and the government; cost-effective charge should occur early in the morning, while ecofriendly charge should be late in the afternoon. Each control’s trade-offs between operation cost and emission savings are discussed for each North American Electric Reliability Corporation region. The availability of workplace and public charging was found to affect the optimal charging profiles greatly. Charging control is more efficient for drivers and government when PHEVs have greater electric range.
Editorial
Authors: Welch Penny , Wright Susan
Published: August 2017

This tenth anniversary issue of Learning and Teaching: The International
Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences (LATISS) focuses on a
range of learning and teaching innovations in our core disciplines of anthropology,
politics and sociology.
Experiments with image theatre: accessing and giving meaning to sensory experiences in Social Anthropology
Authors: Strauss Annika
Published: August 2017

This article puts forward an experiential teaching method for becoming aware of, getting access to, and giving meaning to the sensory experiences that constitute and shape learning processes during social anthropological fieldwork. While social anthropologists use all their senses in the field, the preparation and processing of fieldwork are limited to certain senses. In accordance with the academic habitus, it is common to discuss theoretical texts pre-fieldwork and almost exclusively rely on making meaning of written fieldwork material afterwards. While cognitively produced textual sources and techniques of verbalisation (e.g. presentations) are extensively focused on, the body, emotional and sensory experiences are often overlooked in academic discourse and practices. The proposed experiential method integrates the dimensions of sensory experiences in classes, colloquiums and workshops, and brings into practice a teaching approach that includes the analysis of embodied knowledge and stresses its importance as an ethnographic source.
Improving student assessments of elections: the use of information literacy and a course-embedded librarian
Authors: Booke Paula , Wiebe Todd J.
Published: August 2017

The study of U.S. elections as a part of introductory political science
courses has become an increasingly difficult endeavour as students
encounter the ever-changing landscape of electoral politics. Instructors
seeking to equip students with the skills needed to navigate
this complex terrain may look for partnerships with library faculty
and staff as a means of bridging the research gap faced by students
in these courses. This article examines the efficacy of a courseembedded
librarian and information literacy training as a means of
increasing student research confidence and competence. The findings
of our quasi-experiment suggest that students participating in a
course with an embedded librarian, information literacy training and
an assignment based on the training session reported higher levels
of research confidence and demonstrated the use and understanding
of selected information literacy skills and concepts.
Quantitative Indicators of Social Sustainability and Determination of Their Interdependencies. Example Analysis for a Wastewater Treatment Plant
Authors: Popovic Tamara , Kraslawski Andrzej
Published: August 2017

Social impact as growing concern is becoming an important aspect of the design and operation of wastewater treatment processes. A need has arisen for the development of quantitative indicators of social sustainability. Design and operation of wastewater treatment processes additionally require simple and effective methods to represent and understand the interconnections between the indicators of social sustainability. This paper presents an approach for the development of quantitative social sustainability indicators, and introduces a novel method for defining and visualizing indicator interdependence. It outlines equations for quantitative evaluation of health, safety and security, and comfort. Weighting method of the bipartite network of the relations between the indicators and stakeholders enables clear visualization of the interdependencies of the indicators and facilitates simplification of the set of social sustainability criteria. It creates a basis for reduction of amount of data needed for performing the analysis and reducing the social sustainability assessment’s costs.
Effect of Superpave Short-Term Aging on Binder and Asphalt Mixture Rheology
Authors: Ramadan Khaled Z. , Saad Aboqdais A.
Published: August 2017

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of Superpave short term aging period length and type of additive used in modifying the asphalt binder on the creep behavior of asphalt binder and asphalt mix. Hot-mix asphalt (HMA) specimens were prepared at optimum asphalt content using unmodified asphalt, or asphalt with 4% by weight of SBS or PE. The Universal Testing Machine was used to conduct dynamic creep tests. Tests results indicated that the effect of extending the aging period on creep deformation is highly dependent on type of additive used in preparing the asphalt mix. Extending the aging period more than three hours caused insignificant effect of creep behavior of control asphalt mixes. On the other hand, extending the aging period more than one hour caused insignificant effect of creep behavior of asphalt mixes prepared using SBS additive. While for mixes prepared using PE, the creep deformation continues to decrease as aging period increase.
The Alternative Way to Drive the Automobile Air-Conditioning, Improve Performance, and Mitigate the High Temperature: A Literature Overview
Authors: Setiyo Muji , Soeparman Sudjito , Wahyudi Slamet , Hamidi Nurkholis
Published: August 2017

Over fuel consumption and increasing in CO2 emissions are problems as compensation from the imposition of automobile A/C systems. Another problem is the extreme temperature when the car is parked under sunlight so that the thermal load becomes very large when A/C is turned on. Therefore, this article presents various methods to overcome the problem. Methods to reduce fuel consumption and to reduce CO2 emissions are done by application of VCC and the absorption system. Potential of turbo A/C system and combining vapor compression and LPG fuel system has also been studied. Potential of turbo A/C system and combining vapor compression and LPG fuel system has also been studied. Related to the mitigating of high temperature inside the car cabin when parked under sunlight, the addition of a ventilator and portable car cooling system is a promising option.
Retraction Notice for "Pharmacist-strengthen adherence to antiretroviral therapy and the contributing factors among HIV-infected paediatric patients in Nigeria"
Authors: Al-Mahmood Abu Kholdun
Published: August 2017

Retraction Notice:The article "Pharmacist-strengthen adherence to antiretroviral therapy and the contributing factors among HIV-infected paediatric patients in Nigeria" DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v16i2.31942 was published on April 2017. There was a printing mistake in the authorline which was absolutely unintentional. To avoid any misunderstanding, the Editorial Board of BJSM retracted it on August 2017.
Double-Threshold Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Algorithm Based on Sevcik Fractal Dimension
Authors: Diao Xueying , Dong Qianhui , Yang Zijian , Li Yibing
Published: August 2017

Spectrum sensing is of great importance in the cognitive radio (CR) networks. Compared with individual spectrum sensing, cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) has been shown to greatly improve the accuracy of the detection. However, the existing CSS algorithms are sensitive to noise uncertainty and are inaccurate in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) detection. To address this, we propose a double-threshold CSS algorithm based on Sevcik fractal dimension (SFD) in this paper. The main idea of the presented scheme is to sense the presence of primary users in the local spectrum sensing by analyzing different characteristics of the SFD between signals and noise. Considering the stochastic fluctuation characteristic of the noise SFD in a certain range, we adopt the double-threshold method in the multi-cognitive user CSS so as to improve the detection accuracy, where thresholds are set according to the maximum and minimum values of the noise SFD. After obtaining the detection results, the cognitive user sends local detection results to the fusion center for reliability fusion. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method is insensitive to noise uncertainty. Simulations also show that the algorithm presented in this paper can achieve high detection performance at the low SNR region.
Innovative Solution for Reducing the Run-Down Time of the Chipper Disc Using a Brake Clamp Device
Authors: Colantoni Andrea , Mazzocchi Francesco , Laurendi Vincenzo , Grigolato Stefano , Monarca Francesca , Monarca Danilo , Cecchini Massimo
Published: August 2017

Wood-chippers are widely used machines in the forestry, urban and agricultural sectors. The use of these machines implies various risks for workers, primarily the risk of contact with moving and cutting parts. These machine parts have a high moment of inertia that can lead to entrainment with the cutting components. This risk is particularly high in the case of manually fed chippers. Following cases of injury with wood-chippers and the improvement of the technical standard (ComitéEuropéen de Normalisation-European Norm) EN 13525: 2005 + A2: 2009, this technical note presents the prototype of an innovative system to reduce risks related to the involved moving parts, based on the “brake caliper” system and electromagnetic clutch for the declutching of the power take-off (PTO). The prototype has demonstrated its potential for reducing the run-down time of the chipper disc (95%) and for reducing the worker’s risk of entanglement and entrainment in the machine’s feed mouth.
Broken Rotor Bar Detection in LS-PMSM Based on Startup Current Analysis Using Wavelet Entropy Features
Authors: Rezazadeh Mehrjou Mohammad , Mariun Norman , Misron Norhisam , Radzi Mohd , Musa Suleiman
Published: August 2017

High-efficiency motors are being gradually introduced in many industrial applications because of their positive impacts on the environment by reducing energy consumption and CO2 emission. In this respect, line start permanent magnet synchronous motors (LS-PMSMs) have been introduced recently. Due to their unique configuration, LS-PMSMs allow the obtaining of super premium efficiency levels, accompanied with a high torque and power factor. However, since the use of LS-PMSMs in the industry is in its infancy, no efficient scheme has yet been reported for broken rotor bar (BRB) fault detection in this type of motor. Accordingly, the main aim of this research is to investigate the fault-related feature for BRB faults on LS-PMSMs. In this regard, a simulation model and experimental setup for the investigation of BRB in LS-PMSM are implemented. The detection strategy for BRB in LS-PMSM proposed here is based on the monitoring of the start-up current signal and discrete wavelet transform. The entropy features are used as fault-related features for BRB faults. Finally, the ability of these features is validated for the detection of BRB in LS-PMSM through statistical analysis. In this research, the importance of the starting load is also considered for BRB detection in LS-PMSMs.