bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Tribological behavior and morphology of PTFE particulate-reinforced POM matrix composites
Authors: Liu Qi , Luo Wei , Zhou Shengtai , Zou Huawei , Liang Mei
Published: June 2016

The friction and wear properties of polyoxymethylene/polytetrafluoroethylene (POM/PTFE) composites were investigated by using a block-on-ring friction tester and special focus was paid to the effect of weight average molar mass (M

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) of POM. To study the thermodynamic characteristics and wear mechanism of composites, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used. Results showed that friction and wear properties of the composite blends were strongly affected by the M

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of POM and the loading fractions of PTFE. POM/PTFE composites with lower M

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of POM owned better wear resistance abilities under a high-speed sliding regime, which resulted from the effective lubrication of transferred wear debris under a relatively high sliding speed. However, the transfer layer on the counterface could be easily peeled off under the low sliding speed, resulting in higher wear rate of POM/PTFE composites with lower M

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of POM. POM and its composites with high M

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showed comparative high friction levels, related to the strong adhesion between the resin and the steel counterpart. DSC analysis showed that POM with lower M

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had higher crystallinity, which was beneficial to the improvement of wear resistance in a high-speed sliding condition.
Electrostatic precipitation Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (ePIPAC): first in-human application
Authors: Reymond Marc , Demtroeder Cedric , Solass Wiebke , Winnekendonk Guido , Tempfer Clemens
Published: June 2016

Background: Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) is a drug delivery technique with superior pharmacological properties for treating peritoneal metastasis (PM). Adding electrostatic loading (ePIPAC) as an adjunct to aerosol and artificial hydrostatic pressure improved tissue uptake in a preclinical model.

Methods: We report the first ePIPAC use in 3 patients with PM of hepatobiliary-pancreatic (HBP) origin. All 3 patients received concomitant palliative systemic chemotherapy that was discontinued in two patients. PIPAC with cisplatin 7.5 mg/m2 and doxorubicin 1.5 mg/m2 was applied intraperitoneally at a pressure of 12 mmHg and a temperature of 37% °C for 30 min. Additionally, a voltage 7,500–9,500 V and a current≤10 µA were applied over a stainless steel brush electrode emitting a stream of electrons.

Results: ePIPAC was technically feasible. No intraoperative complication was noted. The procedures were well tolerated with no adverse event CTCAE > 2. Patient 1 with PM of unknown origin (CUP with HBP phenotype) showed an objective histological and radiological response and survived 11 months. Patient 2 with ductal pancreatic cancer underwent secondary resection after ePIPAC with no residual PM; however, tumor recurred 5 months later. Patient 3 with adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder showed a radiological regression of liver infiltration and is alive after 22 months without histological evidence of PM.

Conclusion: ePIPAC is technically feasible, is well tolerated and can induce tumor regression of PM in HBP cancers with and without concomitant systemic chemotherapy. These preliminary results justify prospective clinical studies with ePIPAC.
“You will probably refuse, but…”: When activating reactance in a single sentence increases compliance with a request
Authors: Guéguen Nicolas
Published: June 2016

Studies investigating compliance-gaining procedures have shown that the feeling that someone is free to comply or not with a request is a requirement to obtain compliance. In this study, participants were asked for money for a charitable organization. In the experimental condition, people first heard a sentence saying that they would probably refuse to help, and then they were asked to make a donation. In the control condition, participants were just asked for money. Findings showed that more participants complied with the request in the experimental condition. Reactance theory was used to explain these results.
The effect of self epistemic authority on compliance with expert recommendations
Authors: Stasiuk Katarzyna , Maksymiuk Renata , Bar-Tal Yoram
Published: June 2016

The study examines the interaction effect between source epistemic authority (EA) and self epistemic authority (SEA) on the intention to follow the source’s recommendation. The results showed that high SEA subjects were more likely to follow the recommendation if its source had high EA and less likely if the source’s EA was low. The results are discussed using the Lay Epistemology framework.
Self-esteem, readiness for self-improvement and life satisfaction in Indian and Polish female students
Authors: Zawadzka Anna Maria , Kosakowska-Berezecka Natasza , Niesiobędzka Małgorzata
Published: June 2016

The study examines the question of how personal self-esteem, collective self-esteem and readiness for self-improvement are linked to satisfaction with life in women from countries differing with regard to level of collectivism. Our study participants were Polish (less collectivistic) and Indian (more collectivistic) female students. The obtained results indicate that personal self-esteem plays a very important role in satisfaction with life of women from the two countries. However, collective self-esteem is not directly related to satisfaction with life among women from the two cultures analyzed. Structural Equation Modeling showed that: a) in the Indian group readiness for self-improvement is more important for satisfaction with life than in the Polish group and it is significantly related to satisfaction with life through collectivistic self-esteem, b) the direct influence of both personal and collective self-esteem on satisfaction with life is more significant in the Polish group than in the Indian group.
Size or Openness: Expansive but Closed Body Posture Increases Submissive Behavior
Authors: Bialobrzeska Olga , Parzuchowski Michal
Published: June 2016

Expansive body posture is the most commonly studied and widely described in psychological literature. For many years, expansive posture was universally identified as a pose of power, but more recent research has revealed that the link between expansive posture and power may be moderated by gender, culture or even contextual cues. Our findings show that with little variation added to expansive posture it does not necessarily lead to the sense of power, and may actually trigger the opposite effect: a feeling of submissiveness. In three studies, persons assuming their body in a standing-at-attention posture were perceived as being more obedient (Experiment 1), thus participants who expanded their body in a standing-at-attention manner (although actually doing a non-obedient unrelated task) displayed greater compliance to requests (Experiment 2) and declared greater submissiveness toward social norms (Experiment 3). We discuss how the cultural and interpersonal context imprinted in specific body posture can modify the feedback of innate and universal body states.
Heterogeneity in Clinical Symptoms and Cognitive Functioning of Children with Hyperactivity-Impulsivity and Inattention: Dimensional and Person-Centered Perspectives
Authors: Gambin Małgorzata J. , Święcicka Małgorzata J.
Published: June 2016

The goal of this study was to investigate heterogeneity in clinical symptoms and cognitive functioning among children with hyperactivity-impulsivity and inattention using a novel approach that combined dimensional and person-centered perspectives. Executive, verbal and visuo-spatial functioning, hyperactivity-impulsivity, inattention, externalizing and internalizing symptoms were examined in 102 children (37 girls and 65 boys) at risk for ADHD and 62 children (31 girls and 31 boys) not at risk for ADHD in the age range of 8–10 years. We extracted seven groups with various profiles of psychopathological symptoms and cognitive functioning. We propose that symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity in these groups are related to different cognitive and affective-motivational problems.
Optimal Viewing Position for Fully Connected and Unconnected words in Arabic
Authors: Ganayim Deia
Published: June 2016

In order to assess the unique reading processes in Arabic, given its unique orthographic nature of natural inherent variations of inter letter spacing, the current study examined the extent and influence of connectedness disparity during single word recognition using the optimal viewing position (OVP) paradigm (three-, four- and five-letter stimuli presented at a normal reading size, at all possible locations). The initial word viewing position was systematically manipulated by shifting words horizontally relative to an imposed initial viewing position. Variations in recognition and processing time were measured as a function of initial viewing position. Fully connected/unconnected Arabic words were used. It was found that OVP effects occurred during the processing of isolated Arabic words. In Arabic, the OVP may be in the center of the word. No OVP was found in three-letter words; for four- and five-letter words, the OVP effect appeared as a U-shaped curve with a minimum towards the second and third letters. Thus, the OVP effects generalize across structurally different alphabetic scripts.
Sniffing the mood for cooperation: Personality and odor induced affective states effects
Authors: Marchlewska Marta , Czerniawska Ewa , Oleksiak Karolina
Published: June 2016

The paper explores situational and dispositional underpinnings of cooperative behavior. According to psychological research, cooperation is strongly related to affective states (Forgas, 1998) and personality dimensions (Volk, Thöni, & Ruigrok, 2011). In an experimental study we examined the conditions under which people cooperate with each other. The dispositional traits of co-workers (personality), the contribution to a collaborative effort, and a situational factor – ambient odor condition were taken into consideration. A one-way ANOVA revealed that compared to a malodorous condition, both the pleasant odor condition and the natural odor condition showed higher rates of cooperation. Further analysis indicated that only malodors influenced affective states which in turn determined social decisions. Although we found effects for the participants’ agreeableness and the coworker’s contribution to a joint work, they appeared to play a less critical role than affective states induced by the experimental odor conditions tested here.
Thinking in a foreign language, fast and slow
Authors: Turula Anna
Published: June 2016

Several studies (Keysar et al., 2012; Lazar et al., 2014) suggest that decisions made in a foreign language are more rational. The authors imply that when thinking in a language which is not our native tongue, analytical, slow, deep-thinking is activated. The question that underlies the present article is whether this is a characteristic of every mental operation in the foreign medium. Studies carried out by Costa et al. (2014), Geipel et al. (2015) and Hadjichristidis et al. (2015) suggest the issue is much more complex than it may seem.

The answer to the question above was sought through a study in which 84 Polish advanced users of English as a foreign language were asked to solve mathematical problems from the Cognitive Reflection Test (Frederick, 2005). Initially the subjects were randomly assigned to two groups, who subsequently solved the problems in Polish (native tongue) and in English (foreign language). The article presents the results, discusses them and arrives at a number of conclusions as well as implications for further research.
Why can’t we just ask? The influence of research methods on results. The case of the “bystander effect”
Authors: Grzyb Tomasz
Published: June 2016

The article discusses the issue of the departure from examining real behaviours in a real environment, a trend in social psychology which has been observed going back several years, and the impact of this phenomenon for social psychology as a scientific discipline. The article presents two studies on the well-known and explored “bystander effect” (Darley, Latane, 1968). This phenomenon is examined in two ways – once by way of a “traditional” field experiment conducted in natural conditions, and once through a survey. As it turned out, the results generated by the two studies were diametrically opposite, and only in the field experiment were we able to achieve a pattern of results consistent with those in the original studies.
Maternal Parenting Attitudes and Preschoolers’ Hot and Cool Executive Functions
Authors: Kamza Anna , Putko Adam , Złotogórska Agata
Published: June 2016

The relationships between maternal parenting attitudes and preschoolers’ hot and cool executive functions (EF) were examined. Forty-eight children aged 3 to 4 years and their mothers took part in the study. Self-report questionnaire concerning parenting attitudes was obtained from the mothers of children who performed a set of EF tasks. Additionally, both maternal and child verbal ability were controlled. It was found that maternal parenting attitudes were related only to child cool EF. Protecting attitude was positively related to child inhibitory control and autonomy support was negatively related to child set-shifting ability. Further analyses revealed that maternal autonomy support accounted for unique variance in child set-shifting, above and beyond the child’s age. On the other hand, protecting attitude accounted for unique variance in child inhibitory control, above and beyond child verbal ability. The findings provide further evidence for the importance of mother-child relationships in children’s EF development.
Ionic liquids and supercritical carbon dioxide: green and alternative reaction media for chemical processes
Authors: Liu Ruixia , Zhang Peng , Zhang Suojiang , Yan Ting , Xin Jiayu , Zhang Xiangping
Published: June 2016

Ionic liquids (ILs) and supercritical CO2(scCO2) are two promising types of reaction media for green chemical processes due to their unique properties. They can be integrated into chemical reactions as catalysts and solvents to develop green and environment-friendly processes. This review presents current research trends aiming to solve the major chemical engineering issues in light of a fundamental understanding of these media. Applications of these media in the petrochemical industry, biochemical engineering, and fine chemical production are reviewed, suggesting the challenges and directions of utilizing them for green processes prospectively. These recent explorations and successful examples of applications demonstrate that ILs and scCO2offer huge potential for novel and green chemical engineering processes.
The superior ophthalmic vein approach for the treatment of carotid-cavernous fistulas: our first experience
Authors: Chiriac A. , Dobrin N. , Ion Georgiana , Costan V. , Poeata I.
Published: June 2016

Complex cavernous sinus fistulae (CCF) are still a technical challenge to neurovascular team. The most commonly performed treatment consists in endovascular embolization of the lesion through an arterial or venous approach. Not always these conventional routes are feasible, requiring alternative routes. We report a case of a 44-year-old woman with a complex indirect (Barrow D) carotid cavernous sinus fistula treated by two interventional sessions that imposing a retrograde direct transvenous approach via the superior ophthalmic vein.
An international based survey on perioperative use of tranexamic acid in neurotrauma
Authors: Moscote-Salazar Luis Rafael , Agrawal Amit , Rubiano Andres M. , Dhahir Mohammed Al , Calderon-Miranda Willem Guillermo , Zabaleta-Churio Nasly , Rivera Marco Antonio Blancas
Published: June 2016

Background: Tranexamic acid is used to reduce bleeding, easy to use, affordable and relatively safe. There are few studies on the use of tranexamic acid in trauma and especially in neurosurgery. There is no published study on the trend the use of tranexamic acid in neurotrauma surgery among international doctors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current practice for use of tranexamic acid during neurotrauma surgery.

Materials and Methods: A 11-question electronic survey was sent to 25 practicing physicians worldwide. Basic demographic information and estimated rates of use of tranexamic acid during neurotrauma surgery.

Results: Twenty five physicians responded to our survey. Very Few trusts (12%) use tranexamic acid during neurotraumasurgery.

Conclusion: Further studies are required to establish guidelines in neurosurgery and neurotrauma, especially. The use of this medicine potentially helps improve patient care with head injury and save lives.
Apply of WhatsApp: A quick, simple, smarty and cost competent method of communication in neurosurgery
Authors: Kankane Vivek Kumar , Jaiswal Gaurav , Gupta Tarun Kumar
Published: June 2016

Objective: Neurosurgeons habitually have to hinge on judgments of subordinate staffs to build an assessment on patients whom they cannot be present at immediately. WhatsApp is a no charge to use application for image transfer on Internet. We evaluated the use of WhatsApp in neurosurgical milieu, to show it is economical, quick, available, reliable and practicable.

Materials and methods: We coordinate a prospective observational study from December 2014 to June 2015. Residents were skilled to take sharp pictures and upload them immediately using WhatsApp on Internet. Primary conclusion was difference between opinion of residents and consultants on WhatsApp images and time delay in decision-making. Conflict was evaluated significant if it changed management decision.

Results: In the study period, 1356 (mean age: 35.53 years, 71.28% males) patients were included in study those admitted in after hospital hours. Internet packs of smart phone available in market in very economical cost. Judgment could be made on images received on WhatsApp at an average of 4.06 min. There was Conflict in 7.22% cases between residents’ reports and images on WhatsApp. All Radiological imaging modalities, were associated with statistically Insignificant difference (P >0.05).

Conclusion: This study suggests that apply of WhatsApp in neurosurgery can be a simple quick reliable and almost free mode of communicating images enabling a quick decision. Though this cost-effective method should be used with concern particularly with Radiological imaging modalities, which require dispensation and appraisal on console.
Atípusos aortacoarctatiók sebészi kezelésének hosszú távú eredményei
Authors: Dzsinich Csaba , Entz László , Berek Péter , Vallus Gábor , Barta László , Nagy Gabriella , Nyiri Gabriella
Published: June 2016

Introduction: Aortic coarctation is a frequent congenital cardiovascular disorder representing 5–8% of all cases. It is typically localized in the isthmic region. However, in about 1% of cases coarctation may develop in atypical sites of the aorta and it is frequently complicated with severe hypertension. Aim: The aim of the authors was to present diagnostic and surgical methods used in 27 patients with atypical aortic coarctation during the last 35 years with special interest on long-term results. Method: There was a great advance in diagnostic and surgical treatment methods during the time period analyzed in this study. Nowadays morphologic diagnosis is most commonly obtained using computed tomography angiography and magnetic resonance angiography. Some cases were treated with endovascular techniques, but the authors used also a wide variety of surgical approaches in these patients with atypical aortic coarctation. Results: No patient died after surgery and hypertension was reduced in all patients, too. Reintervention was necessary in patients operated in childhood due to change of body measures. Conclusions: Atypical aortic coarctation can be treated surgically with good early and late outcomes. Somatic growth of children may indicate surgical revision. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(26), 1043–1051.
A jelentési és tanulórendszerek szerepe a betegbiztonság javításában
Authors: Lám Judit , Sümegi Viktória , Surján Cecília , Kullmann Lajos , Belicza Éva
Published: June 2016

The principles and requirements of a patient safety related reporting and learning system were defined by the World Health Organization Draft Guidelines for Adverse Event Reporting and Learning Systems published in 2005. Since then more and more Hungarian health care organizations aim to improve their patient safety culture. In order to support this goal the NEVES reporting and learning system and the series of Patient Safety Forums for training and consultation were launched in 2006 and significantly renewed recently. Current operative modifications to the Health Law emphasize patient safety, making the introduction of these programs once again necessary. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(26), 1035–1042.
A testedzés és az asztma kapcsolata
Authors: Endre László
Published: June 2016

An article was published in the Lancet in 1935 about the therapy of asthmatic patients, using a special breathing exercise (the authors used a control group, too). Swimming, as a complementary therapy for asthmatic children, was first recommended in 1968, by authors from the United States. In Hungary, regular swimming training for asthmatic children is in use since August, 1981. As the result of this exercise, the physical fitness of asthmatic children (using this method regularly for years) increased dramatically, and it is much better compared to that found in the non asthmatic, non swimming children of the same age group. Their asthma medication requirement decreased, and the severity of their disease moderated considerably. On the other hand, asthma is not a rarity even among elite athletes. It is most frequent in the endurance sports (for example in Northern Europe among cross-country skiers its prevalence is between 14–54%, among long distance runners 15–24%, and among swimmers 13–44%). The possible reason is related to the fact that elite athletes inspirate 200 liter air per minutum (mostly through their mouth). The air pollution and the allergens can penetrate in their lower respiratory tract. The air causes cooling and drying of the mucosa of their airways and, as a consequence, mediators liberate which produce oedema of the mucosa, and bronchoconstriction. Beta-2-receptor agonists inhalation can prevent (or decrease significantly) this phenomenon. These agents are used regularly by elite athletes, too. The non-medical possibilities for prevention include wearing a special mask, frequent ventilation of the swimming pool’s air, consumption of omega-3-fatty acid, and inhalation of dry salt (very small, and very clear sodiumchloride particles). Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(26), 1019–1027.
A carvedilolterápia előnyei magas cardiovascularis kockázatú betegek kezelése során
Authors: Fi Zsolt , Szentes Veronika
Published: June 2016

Among the variety of cardiologic pharmacological therapy options, beta-blockers stand on a prominent position. There are several reasons for this. On one hand they have numerous indication rounds, even though professional guidelines have recently tended to de-emphasize them for treatments of hypertension without complication or comorbidity. However, in addition to hypertonic cases associated with cardiac complication, they play a fundamental role in treating heart failure and arrhythmia and the different clinical manifestations (stable angina pectoris, myocardial state) of ischemic heart disease. The decade long development of the pharmacological group made its hemodynamic effects ever more refined. On the other hand we must not neglect the fact that more and more features came to light that positively influence the outcome of cardiovascular diseases. Verification of these latter features in numerous multicentric studies showed how to achieve a beneficial effect on survivability, independent on even hemodynamic effects during beta-blocker therapy. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(26), 1029–1034.
Concepções e Práticas de Psicólogos Escolares e Docentes acerca da Inclusão Escolar
Authors: Braz-Aquino Fabíola de Sousa , Ferreira Ingrid Rayssa Lucena , Cavalcante Lorena de Almeida
Published: June 2016

Resumo A literatura refere que, embora a matrícula e permanência de todo e qualquer aluno seja assegurada por inúmeros dispositivos jurídicos, verificam-se, no contexto brasileiro, atrasos e desafios para alcançar uma inclusão escolar satisfatória. Observa-se, muitas vezes, a inserção de crianças com necessidades educacionais especiais sem que a escola desenvolva condições físicas e de apoio favoráveis para recebê-las ou sem que objetive potencializar as habilidades destas crianças. Frente ao exposto, considerou-se pertinente analisar concepções e práticas de psicólogos escolares e docentes da cidade de João Pessoa acerca da inclusão escolar. Para tanto, realizaram-se entrevistas semiestruturadas, baseadas na literatura da área escolar, com quinze psicólogos e quinze docentes de escolas públicas. Os resultados revelaram que, embora a maioria dos docentes e psicólogos mostre-se favorável à inclusão escolar, suas ações ainda se encontram distantes da perspectiva inclusiva defendida por pesquisadores e profissionais que se debruçam sobre esta questão.
Agón como geração e crescimento
Authors: Fogel Gilvan
Published: June 2016

Agón, entendido grosso modo como luta, combate (pólemos, éris) será caracterizado, inicialmente, sem nenhuma conotação de ordem política, social ou moral, mas, sim, desde o ponto de vista vital, existencial ou ontológico. Luta, combate, entendida(o) como uma confrontação regida por transcendência, isto é, a abertura vida/existência, que se definirá como relação arcaico/originária. A natureza ou o modo de ser de relação será esclarecido e tal relação mostrar-se-á em si e por si como uma tensão, que é luta de contrários, de opostos. Esta luta é geradora e promovedora de identidade ou de próprio (e não destruição, aniquilação), isto é, de essência. A esta geração essencial chamar-se-á também crescimento, no sentido de agravamento, intensificação vital . vida ascendente ou nobre, aristocrática. Nisso e assim harmonia. E é isso mesmo o protofenômeno vida, entendida como existência humana e nada, inicialmente, de cunho biológico ou biogenético.
INSOLVENCY PROCESS OF LEGAL ENTITIES: THE NEW LAW FIRST YEAR’S APPLICATION PROBLEMS
Authors: Kronis Ivars
Published: June 2016

In June 2010 Latvian Parliament (Saeima) adopted the new Insolvency Law. This article provides analysis of the main problem issues arising of a new law regulating legal entities insolvency process, and, subsequently, on the basis of the present research identifies several areas for further improvement of the legal regulation. The above confirms relevance of the topic of the present article and its importance. The research has the following tasks: identification and investigation of the main problem issues arising of a new law regulating legal entities insolvency process; examination and analysis of the legal entities insolvency process. With the view of the purpose set for this research, the author has applied empirical and theoretical scientific research methods.
Are Old Dogs Who Undergo Total Hip Replacement More Predisposed to Perioperative Femoral Fractures than Young Dogs?
Authors: Jacot Valentine
Published: June 2016

Clinical bottom line

There is currently insufficient evidence that old dogs undergoing total hip replacement are more predisposed to perioperative femoral fractures in comparison to young dogs.

  
Sanitary status of slovenian indigenous grapevine cultivar Refosk
Authors: Tomazic Irma , Korosec-Koruza Zora , Petrovic Natasa
Published: June 2016

Sanitary status of visually selected and nonselected indigenous grapevine cultivar 'Refosk' (Vitis vinifera L. cv. 'Refosk') was evaluated. Nine viruses were tested by ELISA: Nepoviruses Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) and Arabis mosaic virus (ArMV), Closteroviruses Grapevine leafroll associated viruses 1 (GLRaV-1), 2 (GLRaV-2), 3 (GLRaV-3), and 6 (GLRaV-6), Grapevine fleck virus (GFkV) and Vitiviruses Grapevine virus A (GVA) and Grapevine virus B (GVB). All viruses except ArMV and GVB were detected. The vines of cv. ‘Refosk’ passing the visual selection were 50 % free of tested viruses in comparison to only 24 % virus-free vines of non-visually selected material. Visually selected plants revealed the highest incidence of virus GLRaV- 1 (37 %) and in addition to that a 15 % incidence of rugose wood (RW) disease symptoms.
Characterisation of cv. Albarin Blanco (Vitis vinifera L.). Synonyms, homonyms and errors of identification associated with this cultivar
Authors: Santiago José-Luis , Boso Susana , Vilanova Mar , Martínez María-Carmen
Published: June 2016

Two grapevine types established in the collection of the Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), both commonly called Albarín Blanco (type I and II), showed characteristics suggesting an error of homonymy. Varieties with similar characteristics to Albarín Blanco I, but with different names (Blanco País, Blanco Verdín, Blanco Legítimo, Raposo), were found in the Principality of Asturias (northern Spain) and Galicia (northwestern Spain). Ampelographic characterisation, agronomic and molecular analysis showed that Albarín Blanco I should be understood as the « true » Albarín Blanco, and that Blanco País, Blanco Verdín, Blanco Legítimo and Raposo are synonyms. Albarín Blanco II was found to be Savagnin Blanc, introduced into the area after the phylloxera epidemic in the 19th century.
Capacidad de predicción del inventario de temperamento y carácter de Cloninger (TCI-R) en la evolución de los trastornos por uso de alcohol.
Authors: Ávila Escribano José Juan , Sánchez Barba Mercedes , Álvarez Pedrero Aida , López Villarreal Ana , Recio Pérez Joaquina , Rodríguez Rodilla Manuela , Fraile García Eulalia
Published: June 2016

Objetivo: se pretende investigar la capacidad de predicción del inventario de temperamento y carácter de Cloninger (TCI-R) en la evolución de los trastornos por uso de alcohol. Metodología: Es un estudio longitudinal de 237 pacientes con trastornos por uso de alcohol, en tratamiento ambulatorio y seguimiento durante seis meses, cuya personalidad fue estudiada mediante el inventario TCI-R. Se analizó la puntuación de cada una de las dimensiones del inventario TCI-R en función de su situación (retención o abandono) al final del estudio. Resultados: La muestra presentaba puntuaciones  elevadas en búsqueda de novedad (BN) y evitación del daño (ED) y baja en autodirección (AD), definidas, estas últimas, como prominentes. El grupo que abandonó presentaba una puntuación significativamente (p= .004) más elevada en búsqueda de novedad (BN) que el grupo en seguimiento; además cuando la puntuación era superior al percentil 67 la probabilidad de abandonar era 1,07 veces superior. Conclusiones: El inventario de temperamento y carácter de Cloninger (TCI-R) es un buen instrumento para predecir la evolución de los pacientes con trastorno por uso de alcohol y la dimensión búsqueda de novedad (BN) está fuertemente relacionada con el abandono terapéutico.
Síntomas psicóticos persistentes después del uso abusivo prolongado de mefedrona: una serie de dos casos
Authors: Barrio Pablo , Gaskell Matthew , Goti Javier , Vilardell Sergi , Fàbregas Josep Maria
Published: June 2016

La mefedrona (4-methylmethcathinone) es un estimulante sintético del grupo de las catinonas. Los usuarios refieren efectos similares a los de la cocaína y el éxtasis, con un potencial adictivo elevado. Dada la creciente tasa de consumo en Europa, cada vez recibe más atención desde el campo de las adicciones. No obstante, poco se sabe sobre las consecuencias a largo plazo de su consumo abusivo. Los dos siguientes casos pueden servir para mostrar alguna de ellas. El caso 1 es un hombre de mediana edad, quien refería un consumo intravenoso de mefedrona de 3 años de duración. Su patrón de uso consistía en atracones que duraban varios días. Tras varios meses de consumo, aparecieron síntomas psicóticos, especialmente delirios paranoides. Tras ser enviado a una comunidad terapéutica, los síntomas psicóticos se continuaron produciendo pese a mantener una abstinencia prolongada. Se observó una buena respuesta a la risperidona. El caso 2 es un hombre joven, con un consume abusivo de 2 años de duración, vía nasal. A su llegada a la comunidad terapéutica, el paciente refirió alucinaciones auditivas que remitieron parcialmente con olanzapina. Ambos casos mostraron una buena conciencia de enfermedad, así como ausencia de deterioro en su personalidad. Dadas las similitudes bioquímicas con otras sustancias con potencial para inducir síntomas psicóticos, y el creciente consumo de mefedrona en Europa, casos similares son esperables en un futuro cercano. El uso de antipsicóticos convencionales parece una estrategia razonable de tratamiento.
A Study of Air Quality and its Effect on Health: A Geographical Perspective of Lucknow city
Authors: Prasad Dipak , Sanyal Srabani
Published: June 2016

Erudite groups of people, scientists, planners, and policy-makers of different countries have come to realise that quality of environment is not necessarily a simple function of nature as in primitive earth. Today natureâ€™s self-regulatory functions are inoperative. All the developed and developing countries are deeply concerned to make balance between their environmental anxiety and their economic development. Dreadful environmental conditions are affecting the biological segment of the ecosystem of these areas. Human being, â€˜one of the most precious component in biosphereâ€™, have regular predicament situation with accretion of sullied air, water, and soil degradation. Though water and land pollution is extremely dangerous, air pollution has its own peculiarities, due to its trans-boundary dispersion of pollutants over the entire world. The effect of air pollution on health is very complex as there are many different sources and their individual effect varying from one to other. It is not only the ambient air quality in the cities but also the indoor air quality in the rural and urban areas that are causing concern.The study is confined with the health impact of deteriorating air quality in Lucknow city. The aim of the present study is also to determine the consequences of ambient air quality on health of the people in the study area.
Impact of Distance in the Provision of Maternal Health Care Services and Its Accountability in Murarai-II Block, Birbhum District
Authors: Ghosh Alokananda , Mistri Biswaranjan
Published: June 2016

The maternal health issue was a part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs, Target-5). Now it has been incorporated into Target-3 of 17 points Sustainable Development Goal-2030, declared by the United Nations, 2015. In India, about 50% of newborn deaths can be reduced by taking good care of the mother during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period. This requires timely, well-equipped healthcare by trained providers, along with emergency transportation for referral obstetric emergency. Governments need to ensure physicians in the rural underserved areas. The utilisation of maternal healthcare services (MHCSs) depends on both the availability and accessibility of services along with accountability.This study is based on an empirical retrospective survey, also called a historic study, to evaluate the influences of distance on the provision of maternal health services and on its accountability in Murarai-II block, Birbhum District. The major objective of the study is to identify the influence of distance on the provision and accountability of the overall MHCSs. The investigation has found that there is a strong inverse relationship (-0.75) between accessibility index and accountability score with p-value = <0.05, where the direct connectivity index seem to have no direct influence on the accountability score (as the â€˜râ€™ is 0.56 and p-value= >0.05). Tracking of pregnant women, identification of high risk pregnancy and timely Postnatal Care (PNC) have become the dominant factors of the maternal healthcare services in the first Principal Component Analysis (PCA), explaining 49.67% of the accountability system. Overall, institutional barriers to accessibility are identified as important constraints behind lesser accountability of the services, preventing the anticipated benefit. This study highlights the critical areas where maternal healthcare services are lacking. The analysis has highlighted the importance of physical access to health services in shaping the provision of maternal healthcare services.Drawing on empirical observations of operation of public distribution system in different states of India, the paper constructs a preliminary game theoretic model. It argues that an effective public distribution must be as universal as possible, delivery mechanism of fair price shops should be reformed, they should be make them commercially viable and that special attention should be paid to PDS at times of high food inflation.
Depletion of forest cover and encroachment in Gonbina Reserved Forest in Goalpara district of Assam
Authors: Medhi Dhananjoy , Kar Bimal Kumar
Published: June 2016

Forests constitute the largest ecosystem and habitat of valuable species of plants and animals on the earth surface. The increasing size of population combined with increasing diversity of human activities is continuously degrading the forest areas of the earthâ€™s surface causing great threat to it in respect of shrinkage of coverage, loss of biodiversity and disturbance in the ecological balance. The intense depletion of forest cover in various parts has also brought about large-scale environmental changes including disappearance of many valuable floral and faunal species. In the said context, the district of Goalpara, located in the western part of Assam, was dominantly covered with dense Sal (Shorea Robusta) forest, widely distributed in both the lowland and hills of the district. However, during last few decades the dense Sal forests of the district have experienced massive depletion because of excessive exploitations and encroachments transforming many patches of forestland treeless and now being used for other purposes. Even the reserved forests are also under acute degradation and encroachment. In this paper, an attempt is made to explore the nature and dimension of forest cover change alongside massive encroachments and associated implications in Gonbina Reserved Forest of Goalpara district, Assam during 1977-2010, with the help of Survey of India toposheet, satellite imagery, field survey and Geographical Information System.
Tea Plantations and Socio-Cultural Transformation: The Case of Assam (India)
Authors: Magar Chandra Kala , Kar Bimal Kumar
Published: June 2016

The tea plantations of Assam, which constitute the country’s 53.97 per cent tea area, 49 per cent tea worker population, and 52.04 per cent tea production, occupy an important place in the economy, culture and polity of the state. The onset of tea plantations during British colonial rule has not only changed the landscape of the upper Brahmaputra valley through green tea bushes being nourished by tea tribes from east-central India, but also evolved a distinct tea culture. Although formation of small tea growers has added a new dimension to the growth of tea industry of Assam in recent times, the culture that emerged due to the long continued interaction of British planters, tea worker tribes and indigenous Assamese is well reflected in the language, way of life, work culture, food habits and many other socio-cultural practices in most of the large tea estates in the state. In fact, the impact of tea culture is so penetrative that it has been able to bring about development in the form of tea festival, tea tourism, tea folk songs and dances, etc. in the state. An attempt is made in this paper to explore the role of tea plantation and the people associated with it to the socio-cultural transformation of Assam based on both secondary data and primary data through field study. The primary data have been collected from selected tea estates, tea garden worker colonies, tea-tribe villages and urban dwellers.
Access to Water Supply among the Tea Pickers in Sylhet, Bangladesh
Authors: Acharjee Shushanta , Ahmed Shah Imran
Published: June 2016

The study explores access to water supply system of tea pickers in six tea estates of Sylhet division of Bangladeshâ€”Malnichhera, Lackaturah, Keramotnagor, Balishera, Kalagul and Rashidpur. Drawing upon a systematic set of semi-structured interviews and cross-sectional data collected randomly from 300 tea pickers, the study considers men and womenâ€™s access to (un)safe water by addressing their sources of both drinking and using water for daily usages and the distances from home to sources by including their concern about safe water and its related diseases.
India-Pakistan: Contours of Relationship
Authors: Mittal Devika , Ranjan Amit
Published: June 2016

Even after about 70 years of separation, India and Pakistan continue to live in the prison of the past. The rhetoric of partition is still alive in the memory of the people of both the countries. They have constructed fixed, unchanging and competing images for each other. While Pakistan became an Islamic Republic, India adopted secularism, thereby, negating the two-nation theory. The â€˜differencesâ€™ along with memories of partition has made Indian and Pakistani to remain in permanent hostile situation. The leaders of the two countries try to settle their disputes but fails because of lack of support from their social and political institutions. Since its coming into power in 2014, the NDA government under the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has managed to engage the Pakistani establishment, despite many problems between the two countries. This article tries to highlight upon the contours of relationships post-2014.
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Authors: Bhattacharyya Rituparna
Published: June 2016

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Recent Issues in Bangladesh-India Relations: A Bangladeshi Perspective
Authors: Kashem Md. Abul
Published: June 2016

What are the recent issues in Bangladesh-India relations that determine the nature of the bilateral relations? This article is an attempt to investigate this question. It argues that there are a number of pertinent issues that determine the nature and state of Bangladesh-India relations. In this context, security, trade, visa, cricket, power, connectivity remain as vital issues. The article recommends that in this age of shared peace, security and prosperity, Bangladesh-India needs to explore and utilise the untapped potentials.
Level of Rural Development in Burdwan and Murshidabad Districts, West Bengal: A Comparative Study
Authors: Tarafder Syfujjaman , Jana Narayan Chandra
Published: June 2016

The key purpose of this research is to examine the level of attainment of rural development in the two districtsâ€”Burdwan and Murshidabad. The reasons for selecting these two districts stems from the fact that majority of the population of these two districts dwell in rural areas. The concept of rural development is comprehensive. It includes economic development of rural people through the development of productive sectors and employment associated with rural infrastructural development as well human development. Therefore, rural development includes in its domain all the aspects of human development of the rural people. The present Central as well as State Governments have undertaken different policies and plans to bring about positive changes amidst the rural people. In most cases, however, the policies and plans fail to achieve the desired level of changes in the rural areas (Desai, 1991). Although in fewer isolated cases, some success has been achieved, but overall development remains to be reached. This research, based mainly on secondary data aims to investigate the scale of progress in the two districts â€”Burdwan and Murshidabad of West Bengal, India, in the areas embracing social correlates of rural poverty, basic infrastructure facilities, standard of living and quality of life. The data are analysed with the help of statistical and cartographical analysis.
Offshore Operators Shed Costs, But Can They Keep Them Off?
Authors: Rassenfoss Stephen
Published: June 2016

Offshore Cost Cuts

Offshore drillers have been battered by the plunge in oil prices with falling day rates and a growing number of older rigs headed for demolition.

Lower oil prices added to the pain of a down market due to a glut of drilling capacity. A wave of new, efficient drilling rigs coming into service created an oversupply that has been magnified by more productive drilling operations, said Bob Fryklund, chief upstream strategist at IHS Energy.

He said day rates for new contracts are off by more than 50%, with rigs once commanding day rates of USD 650,000 now leasing for USD 250,000, he said. For oil companies, “it is a good time to renegotiate contracts. It is a bad time to be on the other end,” Fryklund said during a presentation at the 2015 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).

Drilling rigs are the highest profile target for cost cuts, but “operators are seeking reductions in the cost of most things,” said Andrew Meyers, a manager at Douglas-Westwood, which provides market data and consulting services for companies working offshore.

This low-cost environment is expected to linger. It could take until 2018 for the rig market to tighten enough for rates to recover, said Thomas Shattuck, a research analyst at Wood McKenzie.

But when the oversupply passes, the cost of offshore services will rise again. Lasting cost control will require companies to rethink how projects are run to eliminate inefficient methods that add to the cost of the complex multibilliondollar developments.

“You can cut costs a certain amount but efficiencies that increase productivity are likely to have a benefit that lasts into the next up cycle,” Fryklund said. There is fat to cut. Even when oil was still selling for USD 100/bbl, operators were saying fast-rising costs were eroding margins.

“There have been a lot of inefficiencies in the market for a long time,” Meyers said. The problems include soaring project management costs. Multiple design teams can create incompatible systems requiring costly changes. One sign of the times is the rising number of joint ventures between large offshore service companies that promise to bring together a wider range of experts into teams that look at the larger picture.

“There is a little rethinking of project development,” said Imran Khan, a senior research analyst covering the Gulf of Mexico at Wood Mackenzie. “It is a challenging environment economically and technologically. Low oil prices offer a strong argument for doing things differently, but are not the only motivation for change,” he said.

It is still too early to know if things will change, but the record of past costcutting efforts have been spotty. “What I understand is with every downturn, the major operators talk about savings (on project development), but they never materialize,” Khan said. “This time, they say it is different. Time will tell.”