bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Черезшкірна нефростомія як перший етап малоінвазивного лікування ретенційних захворювань верхніх сечовидільних шляхів
Authors: Zahoruyko R. R.
Published: March 2016

Дослідили історії хвороб 97 хворих, які перебували в урологічному відділі ЛОКЛ у 2009–2013 рр. Перший етап малоінвазивного лікування ретенційних процесів ВСВШ на грунті сечокам’яної хвороби (СКХ) – конкрементів нирки, сечовода, стриктури сечовода, викликаної тривалим перебуванням конкремента, гідронефрозу на ґрунті вади пієлоуретерального сегмента (ПУС) та термінального гідро-, піонефрозу, після невдалого дренування ВСВШ стентом ї полягає у встановленні під УЗ контролем черезшкірної нефростоми. Після нормалізації клініко-лабораторних показників через 4–6 тижнів після І етапу виконується ІІ етап малоінвазивного лікування патології ВСВШ – URS, ЧШНЛ (черезшкірна нефролітотрипсія, лапаксія), лазерна літотрипсія.
Рентгенендоваскулярні методи в лікуванні шлунково-кишкових кровотеч неварикозної етіології
Authors: Bubnyak M. R. , Rachkevych S. L. , Korol Y. A.
Published: March 2016

У статті проаналізовано застосування селективної ангіографії та емболізації лівої шлункової артерії у 6 хворих зі шлунковими кровотечами неварикозної етіології з високим ризиком рецидиву. Завдяки емболізації у всіх пацієнтів вдалося досягти стабільного гемостазу й уникнути ургентної операції з приводу кровотечі, що вказує на ефективність застосування ендоваскулярних методик при шлунково-кишкових кровотечах і дозволяє рекомендувати їх ширше застосування в хірургії.
Аналіз операційних втручань при пошкодженнях ротаційної манжети плеча із застосуванням артроскопії
Authors: Piven Iu. M. , Ksonz I. V. , Lytvyn Iu. P. , Pelypenko O. V. , Pavlenko S. M.
Published: March 2016

У статті наведено результати лікування пошкоджень ротаційної манжети плеча у 72 хворих при використанні як малоінвазивної відкритої методики (61 пацієнт), так і при артроскопії (11 пацієнтів). Проведений аналіз показав: більше половини пацієнтів мали внутрішньосуглобові патології, поєднані з пошкодженням ротаційної манжети плеча; найбільш оптимальним початком операційного втручання є артроскопія, яка дозволяє діагностувати всі пошкодження плечового суглоба, а по можливості їх усунення.

Малоінвазивне відкрите виправдане при тотальних розривах з відривом від місця інсеції ротаційної манжети плеча і в застарілих випадках при вираженій рефракції сухожильних частин.
Діагностика та лікування хворих з абсцесами печінки
Authors: Shaprynskyi V. O. , Kaminskyi O. A. , Biloschytskyi V. F. , Makarov V. M.
Published: March 2016

У статті наведено досвід лікування 66 хворих з абсцесами печінки (АП). 38 пацієнтів були оперовані відкритим традиційним методом, 28 – шляхом використання міні-інвазивних технологій під контролем УЗД. Значна більшість АП правої частки локалізувалась в 7, 8 сегментах, лівої частки – в 3, 4 сегментах. Об’єм рідинних утворів сягав від 1–2 мл  до 1,2 л. Абсцеси печінки мали, як правило, вторинний характер. Застосування міні-інвазивних технологій є ефективним методом лікування АП, дозволяє значно зменшити частоту ускладнень, тривалість госпіталізації та якість життя хворих. Летальних наслідків не було.
The role of various nucleosides in the activation of 5-fluorouracil in gastric adenocarcinoma
Authors: Stashkevych M. A. , Zyablitsev S. V.
Published: March 2016

The main metabolic pathways of anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) include its transformation to active
metabolites via attaching the naturally occurring pentose phosphates. It is known that different tissues use different
nucleosides as donators of pentose phosphates for activation of 5-FU. The objective of the present study was
determination of pentose phosphate sources for 5-FU metabolic transformation in gastric adenocarcinoma and
normal adjacent mucosa. 5-FU was incubated in vitro with one of the nucleosides (adenosine, uridine, thymidine)
and tumor or adjacent tissue homogenates obtained from patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. The concentration
of initial metabolites and the products of the pentose exchange reaction in the samples was determined before and
after the incubation by means of HPLC . Both in systems with tumor and normal tissue homogenates the reaction
of 2’-deoxyribose exchange between thymidine and 5-FU occurred resulting in equimolar production of 5-fluoro-2’-
deoxyuridine and thymine. In the model system containing adenosine free ribose-1-phosphate was formed; however,
the formation of nucleoside from 5-FU did not arise. It was also shown that mutual incubation of 5-FU and uridine
with gastric tissues homogenates did not result in the formation of 5-FUd. Among the examined natural nucleosides
it is only thymidine that serves as pentose phosphate source for the first step of the activation of 5-FU in gastric
adenocarcinoma and normal adjacent tissue.
Changes of redox reactions in the lung tissue under burn injury and combined application of lyophilized xenographt substrate and exogenous surfactant preparation
Authors: Nebesna Z. M. , Volkov К. S. , Lisnychuk N. Ye. , Demkiv І. Ya.
Published: March 2016

Oxidative stress in the body of the experimental animals after burn injury arises and develops on the background
of activation of free radical oxidation and decrease of antioxidant activity and increase of endotoxemia. The combined
use of surfactant preparation and lyophilized xenographt substrate after skin burns lead to a significant decrease of
endotoxemia, inhibition of lipid peroxidation processes and restoring functional activity of antioxidant protection.
The evolution of the immune status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after using enterosorption
Authors: Lototska S. V. , Andreychyn S. M. , Meretskyi V. M.
Published: March 2016

The are presented the results of research indicators of immunological status in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease after incluing in the complex therapy of diseases enterosorbents “Enterosgel” or “Karbolayn”.
Received results showed that the disease is accompanied by increased levels of circulating immune complexes
and immunoglobulin E content and a decrease in serum lysozyme. Enterosorption marked positive effect on the
background of the basic treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as evidenced by the reduction
of circulating immune complexes and immunoglobulin E and rising of lysozyme. After conducting a comparative
analysis of two sorbents we found that carbon sorbent was more efficient.
Peculiarities of process es of lipid peroxidation, antioxidant defense and cytolisis in the conditions of an acute gastric ulcer and their correction
Authors: Tsytsiura R. I.
Published: March 2016

Modeling of an acute gastric reflex ulcer is accompanied by lipid peroxidation intensification of processes in the
liver tissue (increased content of TBA-active products and diene conjugates) and decrease of antioxidant protection
(reduced content ceruloplаzmin serum and total blood peroxide activity). Application on the background of an acute
gastric reflex ulcer of Thiotriazoline for seven days at a dose of 9.07 milligram per kilogram of animal intraperitoneally
eliminates the found violations and is accompanied by a strong anabolic effect which manifests accumulation of
SH-groups in the liver tissue.
До ювілею видатного українського вченого Ю. І. Губського
Authors: Заічко Н. В.
Published: March 2016

Проблемна експертна комісія МОЗ та НАМН України “Біологічна та медична хімія”, редколегія журналу “Медична та клінічна хімія” щиро вітають Юрія Івановича Губського з ювілеєм, бажають йому міцного здоров’я і подальших
творчих успіхів у його багатогранній науковопедагогічній та громадській діяльності.
The investigation of the amino acids content and polysaccharides in the above and underground parts of Primula veris L.
Authors: Shostak L. H. , Marchyshyn S. M. , Lukanyuk M. I. , Demydyak O. L.
Published: March 2016

There were determined the amino acids contents and complex of polysaccharides of the above and underground parts of Primula veris L. In the plant materials it was established the general content of amino acids and the content of free amino acids by high performance liquid chromatography. Ther were identified from 21 to 23 amino acids and 7 were essential. It was determined their quantity content. The fractions of soluble polysaccharides and pectins were isolated from the studied materials and determined their contents. In the leaves, flowers and rhizomes with
roots there were established the qualitative composition and quantitative content of the free saccharides by the gas chromatography.
Age features of liver functional state in experimental chronic al coholic liver damage and correction by quercetin and L-arginine L-glutamate
Authors: Rykalo N. A. , Yarovenko L. O.
Published: March 2016

The article is about the research and study of the influence of the chronic alcohol intoxication on serum biochemical
data at the immature, mature аnd old rats and results with chronic alcoholic liver damage and correction
of by quercetin and L-arginine L-glutamate. Chronic alcoholic liver damage is accompanied by the deviations of the
main reliable biochemical data of carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism at the laboratory rats of the both age
groups. The presence of cytolysis syndrome, cholestasis, mesenchymal inflammation confirm the development of
hepatocellular insufficiency. It was established that quercetin restores protein synthetic function of the liver, and
L-arginine L-glutamate significantly improved the functional state of the liver, which was manifested by decreasing
of the intensity of cytolytic, cholestatic processes and of the manifestations of toxic liver damage and restoring the
reparative regeneration of liver tissue at the immature, mature and old rats with chronic alcohol intoxication.
Evaluation of Known or Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Authors: Blankstein Ron , Waller Alfonso H.
Published: March 2016

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder of unknown cause, and cardiac sarcoidosis affects at least 25% of patients and accounts for substantial mortality and morbidity from this disease. Cardiac sarcoidosis may present with heart failure, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, AV block, atrial or ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. Cardiac involvement can be challenging to detect and diagnose because of the focal nature of the disease, as well as the fact that clinical criteria have limited diagnostic accuracy. Nevertheless, the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis can be enhanced by integrating both clinical and imaging findings. This article reviews the various roles that different imaging modalities provide in the evaluation and management of patients with known or suspected cardiac sarcoidosis.
Quantifying the Area at Risk in Reperfused ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Using Hybrid Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography–Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Authors: Bulluck Heerajnarain , White Steven K. , Fröhlich Georg M. , Casson Steven G. , O’Meara Celia , Newton Ayla , Nicholas Jennifer , Weale Peter , Wan Simon M.Y. , Sirker Alex , Moon James C. , Yellon Derek M. , Groves Ashley , Menezes Leon , Hausenloy Derek J.
Published: March 2016

Background—

Hybrid positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance allows the advantages of magnetic resonance in tissue characterizing the myocardium to be combined with the unique metabolic insights of positron emission tomography. We hypothesized that the area of reduced myocardial glucose uptake would closely match the area at risk delineated by T2 mapping in ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction patients.

Methods and Results—

Hybrid positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance using
18
F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for glucose uptake was performed in 21 ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction patients at a median of 5 days. Follow-up scans were performed in a subset of patients 12 months later. The area of reduced FDG uptake was significantly larger than the infarct size quantified by late gadolinium enhancement (37.2±11.6% versus 22.3±11.7%;
P
<0.001) and closely matched the area at risk by T2 mapping (37.2±11.6% versus 36.3±12.2%;
P
=0.10, R=0.98, bias 0.9±4.4%). On the follow-up scans, the area of reduced FDG uptake was significantly smaller in size when compared with the acute scans (19.5 [6.3%–31.8%] versus 44.0 [21.3%–55.3%];
P
=0.002) and closely correlated with the areas of late gadolinium enhancement (R 0.98) with a small bias of 2.0±5.6%. An FDG uptake of ≥45% on the acute scans could predict viable myocardium on the follow-up scan. Both transmural extent of late gadolinium enhancement and FDG uptake on the acute scan performed equally well to predict segmental wall motion recovery.

Conclusions—

Hybrid positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance in the reperfused ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction patients showed reduced myocardial glucose uptake within the area at risk and closely matched the area at risk delineated by T2 mapping. FDG uptake, as well as transmural extent of late gadolinium enhancement, acutely can identify viable myocardial segments.
Estrogen Receptor α Is Required for Maintaining Baseline Renin Expression
Authors: Lu Ko-Ting , Keen Henry L. , Weatherford Eric T. , Sequeira-Lopez Maria Luisa S. , Gomez R. Ariel , Sigmund Curt D.
Published: March 2016

Enzymatic cleavage of angiotensinogen by renin represents the critical rate-limiting step in the production of angiotensin II, but the mechanisms regulating the initial expression of the renin gene remain incomplete. The purpose of this study is to unravel the molecular mechanism controlling renin expression. We identified a subset of nuclear receptors that exhibited an expression pattern similar to renin by reanalyzing a publicly available microarray data set. Expression of some of these nuclear receptors was similarly regulated as renin in response to physiological cues, which are known to regulate renin. Among these, only estrogen receptor α (ERα) and hepatic nuclear factor α have no known function in regulating renin expression. We determined that ERα is essential for the maintenance of renin expression by transfection of small interfering RNAs targeting Esr1, the gene encoding ERα, in renin-expressing As4.1 cells. We also observed that previously characterized negative regulators of renin expression, Nr2f2 and vitamin D receptor, exhibited elevated expression in response to ERα inhibition. Therefore, we tested whether ERα regulates renin expression through an interaction with Nr2f2 and vitamin D receptor. Renin expression did not return to baseline when we concurrently suppressed both Esr1 and Nr2f2 or Esr1 and vitamin D receptor mRNAs, strongly suggesting that Esr1 regulates renin expression independent of Nr2f2 and vitamin D receptor. ERα directly binds to the hormone response element within the renin enhancer region. We conclude that ERα is a previously unknown regulator of renin that directly binds to the renin enhancer hormone response element sequence and is critical in maintaining renin expression in renin-expressing As4.1 cells.
Cross-Cultural Differences in Emotional Selection on Transmission of Information
Authors: Eriksson Kimmo , Coultas Julie C. , de Barra Mícheál
Published: March 2016

Research on cultural transmission among Americans has established a bias for transmitting stories that have disgusting elements (such as exposure to rats and maggots). Conceived of as a cultural evolutionary force, this phenomenon is one type of emotional selection. In a series of online studies with Americans and Indians we investigate whether there are cultural differences in emotional selection, such that the transmission process favours different kinds of content in different countries. The first study found a bias for disgusting content (rats and maggots) among Americans but not among Indians. Four subsequent studies focused on how country interacts with kind of emotional content (disgusting vs. happy surprises and good news) in reactions to transmission of stories or information. Whereas Indian participants, compared to Americans, tended to be less interested in, and excited by, transmission of stories and news involving common disgust-elicitors (like rats), the opposite pattern held for transmission of happy surprises and good news (e.g., the opening of a new public facility). We discuss various possible explanations and implications.
Introduction
Authors: van Dijk Mathilde , van Aelst José , Gaens Tom
Published: March 2016

This is the introduction to the thematic issue Faithful to the Cross in a Moving World: Late Medieval Carthusians as Devotional Reformers. The editors discuss how the Carthusian order expanded in the Late Middle Ages and how, in contrast to the first Carthusians, new charterhouses were created in or close to the cities. The introduction studies how this change came about, connecting it to the order's origin in the monastic reform movement of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the changing economy of piety in the Late Middle Ages, and developing ideas as to what was the best form of religious of religious life.
Nicholas Love as an Ecclesiastical Reformer
Authors: Sargent Michael G.
Published: March 2016

Nicholas Love was the prior of the Carthusian house of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Mount Grace from its incorporation into the Order at the General Chapter of 1410 until shortly before his death, which occurred between 15 March and 28 July, 1423. He is most commonly known to present-day scholarship as the author of The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ and because of the licensing of the Mirror by Archbishop Thomas Arundel in accordance with the stipulations of the Lambeth Constitutions of 1409, as an agent in the archbishop's campaign against the followers of John Wyclif, and against Wycliffite translation of the scriptures into the vernacular. It would be better, however, to see him as an actor in his own right, a promoter, like his continental European Carthusian confrères, of the reform of the western Church in the fifteenth century.
Marginal Importance
Authors: Mutch Alistair
Published: March 2016

Comparison of the eighteenth century diaries of an English Dissenter and a Scottish Presbyterian indicates a contrast between English watchfulness and Scottish accountability. Attention to the genres of record keeping in Scotland, with a particular focus on the use of the margin, suggests systemic practices of accountability. The self-examination revealed by the diaries of the faithful needs to be set against the context of taken-for-granted practices in the broader church. Governance routines in the Church of Scotland, derived from belief and promulgated in guidance manuals before being shaped by local practice, formed a particular culture of accountability founded on detailed record keeping. The value of examining religion as social practice, as opposed to as belief system or institution, is that it points to enduring influences on the conduct of the faithful.
L’Alcorano of Andrea Arrivabene
Authors: Chicote Pompanin Maria Teresa
Published: March 2016

L’Alcorano published by Arrivabene in 1547 has been considered a servile copy of Theodor Bibliander’s edition since the sixteenth century, but this conception has changed radically due to a recent publication (Tommasino, 2013). Starting off from this publication, this essay aims to delve further into L’Alcorano suggesting that the book was an innovative product, not only because of its literary sources and translation, but also due to the presence of meaningful iconographical details in its capital letters. At the same time, an analysis of the cornice istoriata reveals its images as the very first visual representation of Muhammad’s life. The paper also puts forward a hypothesis about the book’s creation, considering it a joint venture involving several bookmen: Arrivabene, Comin da Trino, Bernardino Bindoni, and Bertolomeo detto Imperatore. The final section deals with the influence and material history of the book and its iconography during the centuries following its publication.
The millipede family Polydesmidae in the Caucasus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)
Authors: GOLOVATCH SERGEI , EVSYUKOV ALEKSANDR , REIP HANS
Published: March 2016

The family Polydesmidae is represented in the Caucasus by two genera and 11 species: Polydesmus abchasius Attems, 1898, P. lignaui Lohmander, 1936, P. muralewiczi Lohmander, 1936 and P. mediterraneus Daday, 1889 (all confined to the NW and W Caucasus, but of which only the former three are endemic to the region, whereas the latter species is an introduction), as well as Brachydesmus assimilis Lohmander, 1936 (endemic to most of the region, except Hyrcania), B. pigmentatus Attems, 1951 (= B. pereliae Golovatch, 1976, syn. n.) (subendemic to Hyrcania), B. superus Latzel, 1884 (a cosmopolitan introduction), B. furcatus Lohmander, 1936 (= B. furcatus exiguus Strasser, 1970, syn. n.) (endemic to the NW Caucasus), B. kalischewskyi Lignau, 1915 (= B. karawajewi Lohmander, 1928, = B. ferrugineus Lohmander, 1936, = B. talyschanus Lohmander, 1936, = B. bidentatus Golovatch, 1976, all syn. n.) (a highly polymorphous and widespread species, apparently in a stage of active speciation, subendemic to the entire region), B. kvavadzei sp. n., from Ajaria, Georgia, and B. simplex sp. n., from Abkhazia and Sochi, Krasnodar Province, Russia. All known Caucasian species of Polydesmidae are described in due detail, abundantly illustrated and keyed, and their distributions mapped.
First species of Tinaroo Chandler from outside Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Authors: YIN ZI-WEI , LI LI-ZHEN
Published: March 2016

As a result of Chandler’s recent generic revision of the Australian Pselaphinae (Chandler 2001), eleven genera of the tribe Batrisini are currently known to occur in Australia. Seven of them (Amblybatrisus Chandler, Daintree Chandler, Gadgarra Chandler, Mossman Chandler, Neurum Chandler, Spurgeon Chandler, and Tinaroo Chandler) are so far endemic, and four genera (Ancistromus Jeannel, Batrisocenus Raffray, Coryphomodes Jeannel, and Hypochraeus Raffray) also occur in the Oriental region.
Five new, microendemic Asian Leaf-litter Frogs (Leptolalax) from the southern Annamite mountains, Vietnam
Authors: ROWLEY JODI J. L. , TRAN DAO T. A. , LE DUONG T. T. , DAU VINH Q. , PELOSO PEDRO L. V. , NGUYEN TRUONG Q. , HOANG HUY D. , NGUYEN TAO T. , ZIEGLER THOMAS
Published: March 2016

The Leptolalax applebyi group of Asian leaf-litter frogs currently comprises four species of particularly small-bodied (<40 mm SVL) species distributed in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and northeastern Cambodia. In addition to their small size, the group is characterized by their morphological and genetic similarities, as well as their breeding habitat at headwaters of small mountain streams and seeps. A recent study suggested that at least two-thirds of the diversity of the group remained hidden within morphologically cryptic lineages. We expand upon the molecular, morphometric, and acoustic data and formally delineate and describe five of these lineages as distinct species: Leptolalax ardens sp. nov., Leptolalax kalonensis sp. nov., Leptolalax pallidus sp. nov., Leptolalax maculosus sp. nov., and Leptolalax tadungensis sp. nov. Due to habitat loss, the current ranges of these species are likely to be a fraction of their historical extent and under continued threat from deforestation.
Three new South American species of genus Aphis (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
living on species of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae)
Authors: CIRUELOS SARA I. LÓPEZ , DURANTE M. PILAR MIER , ORTEGO JAIME , GARCÍA-TEJERO SERGIO , NAFRÍA JUAN M. NIETO
Published: March 2016

Three species of Aphis living on species of Euphorbia in Argentina and Chile are described: Aphis tehuelchis Nieto Nafría & López Ciruelos, sp. n., from viviparous females collected in the Argentinean provinces of Santa Cruz and Neuquén, Aphis maulensis Mier Durante & García-Tejero, sp. n., from viviparous females collected in the Chilean Region VII, and Aphis eucollinae López Ciruelos & Ortego, sp. n., from viviparous females, oviparous females and males collected in the Argentinean province of Mendoza. These new species may be distinguished from each other, besides other features, by the abdominal marginal tubercles: in A. tehuelchis these are present on segments 1 and 7 and on several of segments 2 to 6, in A. maulensis they are on segment 1 and on several segments 2 to 6, but lacking on segment 7, and in A. eucollinae they are only on segments 1 and 7. Differences between the new species and those currently known living on Euphorbia around the world are presented.
Protosclerogibba australis gen. et sp. nov., new genus and species of sclerogibbid wasps (Hymenoptera: Sclerogibbidae) from South Africa
Authors: OLMI Massimo , MARLETTA ALESSANDRO , GUGLIELMINO ADALGISA , SPERANZA STEFANO
Published: March 2016

Protosclerogibba australis Olmi, Marletta, Guglielmino & Speranza, gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens collected in Kimberley (Northern Cape Province, South Africa). The female of the new taxon is the first micropterous sclerogibbid. Females of other extant Sclerogibbidae are always apterous, whereas fossil females can be apterous or macropterous.
Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 9. The relations of Australasian Ypsiloncyphon species to their Asian congeners, additions, mainly to Petrocyphon and Prionocyphon, and a key to Australian genera of Scirtinae
Authors: ZWICK PETER
Published: March 2016

The endemic Australasian species of Ypsiloncyphon are the sister group of the combined Asian species groups 1, 2, and 4. The description of the type species, Y. chlorizans (Klausnitzer), is supplemented by details of male and female genitalia. New species are described and illustrated in several genera: Austrocyphon scissus n. sp., Leptocyphon abnormis n. sp., Petrocyphon bonang n. sp., P. lacteus n. sp., P. televisionarius n. sp., Prionocyphon bidentatus n. sp., P. cacatua n. sp., P. laurae n. sp., P. neboissi n. sp., P. serratus n. sp., P. uncatus n. sp., and P. urbanus n. sp. Genus Prionocyphon is distinguished from Oriental genera with similar antennal modifications. However, a synapomorphy of Prionocyphon as presently understood is not known. Supplementary information on various species in the aforementioned genera and in Pachycyphon and Calvarium is provided. A key to the genera of adult Australian Scirtidae: Scirtinae is presented.
New data on the taxonomy and distribution of ten Neotropical chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), including the description of a new species
Authors: KOLENCIK STANISLAV , SYCHRA OLDRICH , VALAN MIROSLAV , LITERAK IVAN
Published: March 2016

The new species Myrsidea alexanderi is described and illustrated ex Pheugopedius maculipectus (Troglodytidae) from Honduras. Redescriptions and illustrations are given for both sexes of Myrsidea chiapensis ex Calocitta formosa from Costa Rica, and the male of M. dissimilis ex Progne chalybea from Brazil. Also, seven other previously known species or subspecies of the louse genus Myrsidea are recorded and discussed from passerine birds of the Neotropical Region, as follows: Myrsidea antiqua, Myrsidea balteri, Myrsidea diffusa, Myrsidea nesomimi borealis, Myrsidea paleno, Myrsidea psittaci and Myrsidea serini. Our data increase knowledge of intraspecific morphological variability within these species, and also of their host and geographical distribution. New host-louse associations are: Agelaioides badius for M. psittaci; Basileuterus culicivorus and Myiothlypis leucoblephara for M. paleno; Mimus saturninus for M. nesomimi borealis; and Icterus dominicensis and Molothrus rufoaxillaris for Myrsidea sp.
Four new species of the spider genus Nesticella Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 from Laos, Thailand and Myanmar and the first description of the male of Nesticella yui Wunderlich & Song, 1995 with a proposed new diagnostic character for the family Nesticidae Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae)
Authors: GRALL ELENA , JÄGER PETER
Published: March 2016

During various expeditions to Laos between 2003 and 2012 and one expedition to Myanmar in 2014, spiders of the family Nesticidae were collected inside and outside of caves. This was the first time this family was encountered in Laos. All specimens belong to the genus Nesticella Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980. Four species have been recognized as being new to science, which are described in this paper: Nesticella beccus n. sp. (male, female; LAOS: Bolikhamsay Province, Luang Prabang Province, Huaphan Province, Khammouan Province, THAILAND: Mae Hong Son Province), Nesticella laotica n. sp. (male, female; LAOS: Vientiane Province, Huaphan Province, Luang Prabang Province, Bolikhamsay Province), Nesticella foelixi n. sp. (male; LAOS: Bolikhamsay Province) and Nesticella michaliki n. sp. (male, female; MYANMAR: Chin State). The male of Nesticella yui Wunderlich & Song, 1995 is described for the first time and it is the first record for Laos. Results from a first micro-computed tomography analysis of a female copulatory organ for this genus are provided. This analysis proves that female Nesticella exhibit a complex functional receptaculum, which is highly complex within the genus. The presence of a special type of leg setae (pipette setae) in males is proposed as diagnostic for the family Nesticidae.
Two new species of the Rhyacophila anatina Species Group from China (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae)
Authors: SUN CHANGHAI
Published: March 2016

Two new species of the Rhyacophila anatina Species Group, R. coalita n. sp. and R. bicaudata n. sp. are described, diagnosed and illustrated. Rhyacophila coalita n. sp. is somewhat similar to R. yipung Schmid and R. elongata Kimmins in the male genitalia, but can be distinguished from them by the deep incision at the apex of the dorsal process of the aedeagus, fused anal sclerites, and a pair of membranous bulbs at the middle of the aedeagus. Rhyacophila bicaudata n. sp. is similar to R. triangularis Schmid in male genitalia, but can be diagnosed by the longer preanal appendages, the slightly incised posteroventral margins of preanal appendages, and a gradually narrowed apicodorsal lobe of segment IX.
Description of three new species of Encyrtidae Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India
Authors: KRISHNACHAITANYA T. , MANICKAVASAGAM S.
Published: March 2016

Three new species of Encyrtidae are described from material collected from the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India—Bureshiella antennata sp. nov., Proleurocerus montanus sp. nov. and Pseudectroma annamalaicus sp. nov. Keys to the species of all the three genera are provided and Bureshiella Hoffer is reported for the first time from India.
Assessment of Despiking Methods for Turbulence Data in Micrometeorology
Authors: Starkenburg Derek , Metzger Stefan , Fochesatto Gilberto J. , Alfieri Joseph G. , Gens Rudiger , Prakash Anupma , Cristóbal Jordi
Published: March 2016

The computation of turbulent fluxes of heat, momentum, and greenhouse gases requires measurements taken at high sampling frequencies. An important step in this process involves the detection and removal of sudden, short-lived variations that do not represent physical processes and that contaminate the data (i.e., spikes). The objective of this study is to assess the performance of several noteworthy despiking methodologies in order to provide a benchmark assessment and to provide a recommendation that is most applicable to high-frequency micrometeorological data in terms of efficiency and simplicity. The performance of a statistical time window–based algorithm widely used in micrometeorology is compared to three other methodologies (phase space, wavelet based, and median filter). These algorithms are first applied to a synthetic signal (a clean reference version and then one with spikes) in order to assess general performance. Afterward, testing is done on a time series of actual CO2 concentrations that contains extreme systematic spikes every hour owing to instrument interference, as well as several smaller random spike points. The study finds that the median filter and wavelet threshold methods are most reliable, and that their performance by far exceeds statistical time window–based methodologies that use the median or arithmetic mean operator (−34% and −71% reduced root-mean-square deviation, respectively). Overall, the median filter is recommended, as it is most easily automatable for a variety of micrometeorological data types, including data with missing points and low-frequency coherent turbulence.
When Humans are Not Unique: Perspectives on Suffering and Redemption
Authors: Sollereder Bethany
Published: March 2016

This paper explores how two realms in which humans have traditionally been thought to hold unique capacities, in suffering and in redemption, are increasingly challenged. With scientific evidence pointing strongly towards the reality of non-human suffering, new questions are also raised in theodicy. Part of the solution to the problem of suffering is redemption, and the latter half of this paper introduces and critiques several different models of creaturely redemption. These perspectives cause us to recognise the deep continuities between human and non-human animals, and they therefore encourage us to define human uniqueness more in terms of role rather than capacity.
Evaluating the impact of curriculum infusion on US college students’ alcohol use and academic performance
Authors: Samuolis Jessica , Lazowski Andrew , Kessler Janice
Published: March 2016

Objectives:

This paper explores the extent to which curriculum infusion (CI) impacted undergraduate students’ alcohol use, perceived peer alcohol use, use of protective behavioural strategies, academic performance and course engagement.

Design:

Two faculty members infused content on norms and protective behavioural strategies into selected academic courses.

Setting:

This study was conducted in a small liberal arts university in the northeastern part of the USA.

Methods:

A sample of 215 undergraduates from research design and statistics courses in the fall semester of 2013 and the spring and fall semesters of 2014 were selected. CI was experienced by 100 students and 115 students comprised the comparison group. Surveys were distributed at the end of each semester to these selected groups and the results were analysed.

Results:

Students who witnessed CI showed no improvement in alcohol use outcomes; however, there was a trend level effect for frequency of use. CI students reported higher expected final grades and similar levels of course engagement to comparison group students.

Conclusion:

CI is a topic that requires in-depth scientific research to assess its value on positively affecting college drinking consequences. From a pedagogical standpoint, CI was successful since it did not negatively impact on students’ engagement and it was associated with higher expected final grades.
Rsk2, the Kinase Mutated in Coffin-Lowry Syndrome, Controls Cementum Formation
Authors: Koehne T. , Jeschke A. , Petermann F. , Seitz S. , Neven M. , Peters S. , Luther J. , Schweizer M. , Schinke T. , Kahl-Nieke B. , Amling M. , David J.-P.
Published: March 2016

The ribosomal S6 kinase RSK2 is essential for osteoblast function, and inactivating mutations of RSK2 cause osteopenia in humans with Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS). Alveolar bone loss and premature tooth exfoliation are also consistently reported symptoms in CLS patients; however, the pathophysiologic mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, aiming to identify the functional relevance of Rsk2 for tooth development, we analyzed Rsk2-deficient mice. Here, we show that Rsk2 is a critical regulator of cementoblast function. Immunohistochemistry, histology, micro–computed tomography imaging, quantitative backscattered electron imaging, and in vitro assays revealed that Rsk2 is activated in cementoblasts and is necessary for proper acellular cementum formation. Cementum hypoplasia that is observed in Rsk2-deficient mice causes detachment and disorganization of the periodontal ligament and was associated with significant alveolar bone loss with age. Moreover, Rsk2-deficient mice display hypomineralization of cellular cementum with accumulation of nonmineralized cementoid. In agreement, treatment of the cementoblast cell line OCCM-30 with a Rsk inhibitor reduces formation of mineralization nodules and decreases the expression of cementum markers. Western blot analyses based on antibodies against Rsk1, Rsk2, and an activated form of the 2 kinases confirmed that Rsk2 is expressed and activated in differentiating OCCM-30 cells. To discriminate between periodontal bone loss and systemic bone loss, we additionally crossed Rsk2-deficient mice with transgenic mice overexpressing the osteoanabolic transcription factor Fra1. Fra1 overexpression clearly increases systemic bone volume in Rsk2-deficient mice but does not protect from alveolar bone loss. Our results indicate that cell autonomous cementum defects are causing early tooth loss in CLS patients. Moreover, we identify Rsk2 as a nonredundant regulator of cementum homeostasis, alveolar bone maintenance, and periodontal health, with all these features being independent of Rsk2 function in systemic bone formation.
Tracing it Back: Identifying the Impact of a Trans-national Language Teacher Education Programme on Classroom Practice
Authors: Macalister John
Published: March 2016

Language teacher education programmes can be viewed as ‘change’ programmes, particularly in their endeavours to re-shape cognition. However, often such programmes are found to be relatively ineffective in this regard. As a means of facilitating the desired change, trans-national language teacher education programmes, in which students study abroad for a portion of time, may be more effective than programmes conducted in the home environment because of the potential for encountering the new and different. This article considers the impact of two years spent in New Zealand on the language teaching practices of a cohort of Malaysian pre-service teachers during their teaching practicum. It also considers the methodological challenges in identifying sources of influence on language teaching practices.
A Conflict between Experience and Professional Learning: Subject Teachers’ Beliefs about Teaching English Language Learners
Authors: Gleeson Margaret , Davison Chris
Published: March 2016

Secondary schools in Australia have long benefited from state policies aiming to increase the academic success of English language learners (ELLs). Complementary pre-service and in-service teacher education programmes have been implemented to raise the expertise of subject teachers who teach ELL students. However, subject teachers may not be receptive to learning from such programmes.

This article explores the attitudes, knowledge and skills of Australian secondary teachers from schools with high numbers of ELL students. Six cases were drawn from a multiple case study investigating how teachers described their understandings about teaching ELLs, and how these understandings developed. Qualitative data were gathered using interviews and a questionnaire that prompted participants to reflect on their theories and practices relating to ELLs. These data were coded thematically, and then analysed according to Davison’s (2001) conception that professional learning occurs only when dissonance disrupts a teacher’s existing beliefs.

Findings suggest that teachers’ repertoires developed primarily through classroom experience and teachers did not readily accept professional learning outside their existing epistemology. This raises questions about how in-service and initial teacher education might generate the necessary dissonance for professional learning.
The Policy Shop: Innovation, Partnerships and Capacity-building
Authors: McPhee-Knowles Sara , Boland William
Published: March 2016

Recently, the Canadian federal government has moved to an alternative service delivery model where the third sector has been increasingly called on to fill the gaps in government service delivery. However, these organisations suffer from tight budgets and burdensome accountability measures, and generally they do not have resources to undertake policy work. New organisations that promote innovation in the third sector are needed to fill this gap, so the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, located in Saskatoon, developed the Policy Shop, a student-run, pro-bono policy consultancy, to meet the needs of the third-sector organisations in the policy space. Organisations like the Policy Shop serve as innovation brokers and link third-sector organisations to the university–industry–government Triple Helix network.
Outsourcing in 18 European countries: The role of worker power
Authors: Dekker Fabian , Koster Ferry
Published: March 2016

Most research on outsourcing looks at cost-driven, resource-based or transformational motives to understand outsourcing decisions at the company-level. This article brings in the workers’ perspective, which is a topic that has not been the focus of attention of most previous studies. The article takes cross-national data for 18,264 companies in 18 European economies to examine the role of worker power on outsourcing decisions. According to the results from multilevel logistic analysis and contrary to the authors’ expectations, worker power relates to a higher likelihood of outsourcing. This article concludes with some thoughts on this finding and presents some directions for future research.
Organizations Driving Positive Social Change
Authors: Stephan Ute , Patterson Malcolm , Kelly Ciara , Mair Johanna
Published: March 2016

Academic and practitioner interest in how market-based organizations can drive positive social change (PSC) is steadily growing. This paper helps to recast how organizations relate to society. It integrates research on projects stimulating PSC—the transformational processes to advance societal well-being—that is fragmented across different streams of research in management and related disciplines. Focusing on the mechanisms at play in how organizations and their projects affect change in targets outside of organizational boundaries, we (1) clarify the nature of PSC as a process, (2) develop an integrative framework that specifies two distinct PSC strategies, (3) take stock of and offer a categorization scheme for change mechanisms and enabling organizational practices, and (4) outline opportunities for future research. Our conceptual framework differentiates between surface- and deep-level PSC strategies understood as distinct combinations of change mechanisms and enabling organizational practices. These strategies differ in the nature and speed of transformation experienced by the targets of change projects and the resulting quality (pervasiveness and durability), timing, and reach of social impact. Our findings provide a solid base for integrating and advancing knowledge across the largely disparate streams of management research on corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, and base of the pyramid and open up important new avenues for future research on organizing for PSC and on unpacking PSC processes.
A Scoping Review of Behavioral Weight Management Interventions in Overweight/Obese African American Females
Authors: Sutton Suzanne M. , Magwood Gayenell S. , Jenkins Carolyn H. , Nemeth Lynne S.
Published: March 2016

African American females are adversely affected by overweight and obesity and accompanying physical, psychosocial, and economic consequences. Behavioral weight management interventions are less effective in addressing the needs of overweight and obese African American females. The objective of this scoping review was to explore weight management research in this population to identify key concepts, gaps in the literature, and implications for future research. Analyses revealed a broad array in purpose, theoretical frameworks, settings, study designs, interventions, intervention strategies, and outcome variables, making comparison difficult. Many of the articles included in this review did not provide a rich description of methods, which hinder their use in the development of future studies. Consistent application of a combined theory may address the gaps identified in this review by providing a reliable method for assessing needs, developing interventions, and evaluating the effectiveness and fidelity of behavioral weight management interventions in overweight and obese African American females.
American Evangelicals and Islam: Their Perspectives, Attitudes and Practices Towards Muslims in the US
Authors: Bhatia Amit A
Published: March 2016

In light of the increasing presence of Muslims in the US, this article elucidates the perspectives, attitudes and practices of American evangelicals towards Muslims in the US. The discussion is informed by data that were gathered through a qualitative study of 40 lay American evangelicals and four pastors, as well as through a focus group study of an evangelical outreach ministry among Muslims. Literature on religious diversity in the US forms the background within which the information drawn from the qualitative interviews and focus group study is discussed and analyzed.

The respondents’ perspectives and attitudes towards Islam and Muslims in general are quite negative, as well as conflicted in that while the respondents claimed to be open to interacting and dialoguing with Muslims, their practices towards Muslims were often not so hospitable. This inhospitality was a result of a general fear of Islam and Muslims exhibited by the respondents.
Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation resuscitation in hypothermic cardiac arrest
Authors: Winkler Bernhard , Jenni Hans Jörg , Gygax Erich , Schnüriger Beat , Seidl Christian , Erdoes Gabor , Kadner Alexander , Carrel Thierry , Eberle Balthasar
Published: March 2016

Current guidelines for the treatment of hypothermic cardiocirculatory arrest recommend extracorporeal life support and rewarming, using cardiopulmonary bypass or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits. Both have design-related shortcomings which may result in prolonged reperfusion time or insufficient oxygen delivery to vital organs. This article describes clear advantages of minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation systems during emergency extracorporeal life support in hypothermic arrest. The technique of minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation for reperfusion and rewarming is represented by the case of a 59-year-old patient in hypothermic cardiocirculatory arrest at 25.3°C core temperature, with multiple trauma. With femoro-femoral cannulation performed under sonographic and echocardiographic guidance, extracorporeal life support was initiated using a minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation system. Perfusing rhythm was restored at 28°C. During rewarming on the mobile circuit, trauma surveys were completed and the treatment initiated. Normothermic weaning was successful on the first attempt, trauma surgery was completed and the patient survived neurologically intact. For extracorporeal resuscitation from hypothermic arrest, minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation offers all the advantages of conventional cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation systems without their shortcomings.