bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Registration of Tx2929 through Tx2934 Sorghum Germplasm
Authors: Rooney W. L. , Odvody G. N. , Schaefer K. , Collins S. D.
Published: December 2010

The sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] germplasm lines A/BTx2929 through A/BTx2934 (Reg. No. GP‐662, PI 650859 to Reg. No. GP‐673, PI 650870) were developed and released by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station—now Texas AgriLife Research—College Station, TX, in 2004. These germplasm lines were selected and developed to provide the sorghum industry with elite seed‐parent sorghum germplasm of diverse pedigree with good general combining ability and unique combinations of grain color, plant color, agronomic traits, and resistance to head smut [caused by Sporosorium relianum) (Kuhn) Langdon & Fullerton], rust [caused by Puccinia purpurea (Cooke)], and anthracnose [caused by Colletotrichum graminicola (Ces.) G.W. Wilson]. These lines were developed using the pedigree breeding approach, and selections were carried out in Texas and Puerto Rico. Male‐sterile versions of these seed parents were produced using backcross breeding approaches and ATx623 as the source of male‐sterile cytoplasm. Backcrossing was conducted at either the Texas or Puerto Rico locations. Each of these germplasms was then evaluated in testcross combinations (with common pollinator parents) in multiple environments in Texas. Each of these germplasms showed good general combining ability and adaption for Texas sorghum production environments. This germplasm is suitable for use as a seed parent for the production of grain or forage sorghum hybrids or as parental sources for the development of improved seed parent lines.
TAM 04 O‐16L Long‐Staple Upland Cotton with Improved Strength
Authors: Smith C. W. , Hague S. , Hequet E. F. , Jones D.
Published: December 2010

TAM 04 O‐16L (Reg. No. GP‐926, PI 659441) upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) germplasm line was developed by the Cotton Improvement Laboratory, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, and released in 2009 as part of an ongoing effort to create germplasm with combinations of improved fiber quality parameters, especially upper half mean length (UHML) and fiber bundle strength (FBS). TAM 04 O‐16L exhibited high volume instrument UHML greater than 32.0 mm in five of six location‐years, which is the minimum UHML to be classified as extra‐long upland cotton according to Cotton Incorporated (Cotton Incorporated, 2009), and in one test TAM 04 O‐16L exceeded the minimum UHML of 34.8 mm for pima (G. barbadense L.). Fiber bundle strength exceeded that of ‘Deltapine 491’ and ‘FiberMax 832’, both of which exhibit excellent FBS among current non‐Acala upland cultivars.
Registration of ‘Merl’ Wheat
Authors: Griffey C. A. , Thomason W. E. , Pitman R. M. , Beahm B. R. , Paling J. J. , Chen J. , Gundrum P. G. , Fanelli J. K. , Dunaway D. W. , Brooks W. S. , Vaughn M. E. , Hokanson E. G. , Behl H. D. , Corbin R. A. , Seago J. E. , Will B. C. , Hall M. D. , Liu S. Y. , Custis J. T. , Starner D. E. , Gulick S. A. , Ashburn S. R. , Jones E. H. , Whitt D. L. , Bockelman H. E. , Souza E. J. , Brown-Guedira G. L. , Kolmer J. A. , Long D. L. , Jin Y. , Chen X. , Cambron S. E.
Published: December 2010

‘Merl’ (Reg. No. CV‐1052, PI 658598) soft red winter (SRW) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), developed and tested as VA03W‐412 by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, was released in March 2009. Merl was derived from the three‐way cross ‘Roane’/Pioneer variety 2643//‘38158’ (PI 619052). Merl is a broadly adapted, high‐yielding, mid‐season, moderately short, semidwarf (Rht2) cultivar having above‐average straw strength and milling and pastry‐baking qualities. Merl is resistant to powdery mildew [caused by Blumeria graminis (DC.) E.O. Speer] and moderately resistant to stripe rust (caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend.). In Virginia, Merl ranked among the top five cultivars for grain yield with a 3‐yr (2007–2009) average of 5725 kg ha−1 Merl had a mean grain volume weight of 76.4 kg hL−1 across 22 environments, which was significantly (P < 0.05) higher (1.9–3.0 kg hL−1) than that of the other top‐yielding cultivars. In USDA‐ARS Uniform Eastern SRW Wheat Nursery trials conducted at 29 locations, Merl ranked sixth among 46 entries for grain yield (5917 kg ha−1) and seventh for grain volume weight (76.0 kg hL−1) in 2006 and ranked second among 45 entries for grain yield (5529 kg ha−1) and sixth for grain volume weight (75.7 kg hL−1) in 2008. Merl has a soft grain texture, flour softness equivalent values from 57.5 to 60.8 g 100 g−1, and straight‐grade flour yields from 70.5 to 71.5 g kg−1 The flour protein concentration (7.5–8.7 g 100 g−1) and gluten strength, assessed via lactic acid solvent retention capacity (101–104 g 100 g−1), of Merl are lower than average. These quality attributes contribute to Merl's above‐average pastry‐baking quality (cookie‐spread diameters of 17.93–18.93 cm).
Registration of ‘Essex’ Lentil
Authors: Vandemark G. J. , McPhee K. E. , Muehlbauer F. J.
Published: December 2010

‘Essex’ (Reg. No. CV‐33, PI 657980; experimental designation LC01602307E) lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) was released by the USDA‐ARS in August 2009. Essex, a small‐seeded lentil with yellow cotyledons and green seed coat, was released based on its yield performance relative to that of the cultivar Eston. Essex is an F12 line derived from an F5 selection from a ‘Richlea’//PI 297754 cross. Essex was tested in advanced yield trials for a total of 16 site‐years in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (Idaho and Washington). Over all environments, Essex averaged 1300 kg ha−1, which was 35 and 26% greater than that of Eston and Athena, respectively. Essex reaches maturity at approximately 99 d, 1 d later than Eston. The green‐plant height of Essex averaged 37.2 cm, as compared with 32.6 cm for Eston. The mature‐plant height of Essex averaged 33.2 cm, as compared with 31.6 cm for Eston. However, difference between Essex and Eston for maturity, green‐plant height, and mature‐plant height were not significant. The mean 100‐seed weight of Essex was 4.3 g, which is significantly greater than that of Eston (3.5 g 100 seed−1). Essex will be targeted for production in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and is expected to be exported primarily to Mexico.
Registration of ‘Dan’ Winter Hulless Barley
Authors: Brooks W. S. , Vaughn M. E. , Griffey C. A. , Thomason W. E. , Paling J. J. , Pitman R. M. , Dunaway D. W. , Corbin R. A. , Kenner J. C. , Hokanson E. G. , Behl H. D. , Beahm B. R. , Liu S. Y. , Gundrum P. G. , Price A. M. , Brann D. E. , Whitt D. L. , Custis J. T. , Starner D. E. , Gulick S. A. , Ashburn S. R. , Jones E. H. , Marshall D. S. , Fountain M. O. , Tuong T. D. , Livingston D. P. , Premakumar R. , Kurantz M. J. , Taylor F. , Moreau R. A. , Hicks K. B.
Published: December 2010

‘Dan’ (Reg. No. CV‐346, PI 659066), a six‐rowed winter hulless barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) that was developed and tested as VA03H‐61 by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, was released in March 2009. Dan was derived from the cross VA96–41–17/SC872143. It was released for production in the eastern United States as a potential commodity for fuel ethanol, food, and feed production. In the Virginia Official State Variety Trial, the 3‐yr (2007–2009) average grain yield (3564 kg ha−1) and average grain volume weight (78.3 kg hL−1) of Dan were higher than those of the hulless cultivars ‘Eve’ and ‘Doyce’. Dan also had an average starch concentration (66.2%) that was higher than that of Doyce and Eve. Dan provides barley producers and end users in the eastern United States with a widely adapted, winter‐hardy, hulless cultivar having superior grain quality and moderate resistance to Fusarium head blight (caused by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe).
Registration of the Chickpea Germplasm PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 with Enhanced Resistance to Ascochyta Blight
Authors: Urrea Carlos A. , Baltensperger David D. , Harveson Robert M. , Frickel Glen E. , Koehler Ann E.
Published: December 2010

The chickpea or garbanzo bean (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 (Reg. No. GP‐282, PI 659664) was developed by the former Alternative Crops Breeding Program at the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research Division and was released in 2010. It was bred specifically for adaptation to growing conditions in Nebraska and for enhanced resistance to Ascochyta blight, a major disease of chickpea caused by Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labr. PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 is a composite of PI 315797, PI 343014, PI 379217, PI 471915, PI 598080, and W6 17256. The composite was developed in the fall of 2002 and was evaluated in six irrigated and four dryland environments at Scottsbluff, Sidney, and Alliance, NE, from 2004 to 2009. Across irrigated environments, PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 had the lowest severity rating for Ascochyta blight and a higher yield under both irrigated and dryland conditions than ‘Sierra’, ‘Dwelley’, ‘Dylan’, and ‘Troy’. PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 is a small, round, cream‐colored kabuli‐type chickpea. It exhibits an upright, indeterminate growth habit. Plants average 66 cm in height and have excellent resistance to lodging. PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 has a fern leaf structure and white flowers and blooms 44 d after planting. It is a midseason bean, maturing 116 d after planting. Although its seed size does not meet commercial standards, PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 has value in breeding programs as a source of resistance to Ascochyta blight and because of its high yield potential.
Registration of Turf‐Type Kentucky Bluegrass Cultivars ‘Awesome’, ‘Blue Velvet’, ‘Courtyard’, ‘Ginney’, and ‘Perfection’
Authors: Brede A. Douglas
Published: December 2010

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) is typically grown in multiple‐cultivar blends for golf‐course, sports‐field, lawn, and landscape surfaces. This article describes the breeding and development of five cultivars, all sharing the common trait of tolerance to low mowing heights. ‘Awesome’ (Reg. No. CV‐96, PI 632299), ‘Blue Velvet’ (Reg. No. CV‐98, PI 635049), ‘Courtyard’ (Reg. No. CV‐97, PI 635048), ‘Ginney’(Reg. No. CV‐99, PI 634980), and ‘Perfection’ (Reg. No. CV‐95, PI 632298) are seed‐propagated, single‐clone, apomictic cultivars with minor, but measurable, differences in morphology. Awesome, Blue Velvet, Courtyard, and Perfection were developed from a hybrid cross between ‘Limousine’ and ‘Midnight’ Kentucky bluegrass. Ginney was developed from a hybrid cross between ‘Julia’ and Limousine. All five cultivars are classified as late in reproductive maturity. They are resistant to dollar spot (caused by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa F.T. Bennett), warm‐weather brown patch (caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kühn), and summer patch (caused by Magnaporthe poae Landschoot & Jackson). Awesome, Blue Velvet, Courtyard, Ginney, and Perfection are recommended for golf‐course tees, fairways, and roughs and for lawns, parks, and sports turf, in full sun or partial shade, and in areas where Kentucky bluegrass is well adapted for turf. They are compatible in blends and mixtures with other cool‐season turfgrasses at mowing heights as low as 13 mm.
‘Barlow’: A High‐Quality and High‐Yielding Hard Red Spring Wheat Cultivar Adapted to the North Central Plains of the USA
Authors: Mergoum Mohamed , Simsek Senay , Frohberg Richard C. , Rasmussen Jack B. , Friesen Timothy L. , Adhikari Tika
Published: December 2010

‘Barlow’ (Reg. No. CV‐1055, PI 658018) hard red spring wheat (HRSW) (Triticum aestivum L.) was developed at North Dakota State University and released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (NDAES). Barlow was released in 2009 primarily for its good adaptation to the spring‐wheat‐growing regions in the U.S. North Central Plains. However, Barlow also shows superior adaptation, particularly to the rainfed western wheat‐production regions of North Dakota and counties in adjacent states. It has high yield potential and excellent milling and baking properties. Barlow is resistant to leaf rust (caused by Puccinia triticina Eriks.), stem rust (caused by Puccinia graminis Per.:Pers. f. sp. tritici Eriks. & E. Henn), tan spot [caused by [Pyrenophora tritici‐repentis (Died.) Drechs] race 3, Septoria tritici blotch (caused by Mycosphaerella graminicola (Fückl) J. Schröt. in Cohn), and Stagonospora nodorum blotch [caused by Stagonospora nodorum (Berk.) Castellani & E.G. Germano]. It also has an intermediate level of resistance to Fusarium head blight, or scab [caused by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe (telomorph Gibberella zeae (Schwein.) Petch)]. Barlow is derived from the ND 744/ND 721 cross made at NDSU in fall 1999. ND 744 (PI634936), a ‘Glenn’ (PI 639273) sister line, is a public HRSW breeding line developed at NDSU and released by NDAES as a germplasm in 2005. ND 721 is a public breeding line derived from the cross ‘Grandin’/3/IAS20*4/H567.71//‘Amidon’/4/ND 674. Barlow was produced from a bulk of 180 purified F11 headrow increase plots grown at Prosper, ND in 2007. Barlow was released because it combines high yield, excellent end‐use quality, and resistance to many diseases.
CWM Global Search—The Internet Search Engine for Chemists and Biologists
Authors: Kos Alexander , Himmler Hans-Jürgen
Published: December 2010

CWM Global Search is a meta-search engine allowing chemists and biologists to search the major chemical and biological databases on the Internet, by structure, synonyms, CAS Registry Numbers and free text. A meta-search engine is a search tool that sends user requests to several other search engines and/or databases and aggregates the results into a single list or displays them according to their source [1]. CWM Global Search is a web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop applications (also known as Rich Internet Application, RIA), and it runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. The application is one of the first RIA for scientists. The application can be started using the URL http://cwmglobalsearch.com/gsweb.
Profile and Functional Properties of Seed Proteins from Six Pea (Pisum sativum) Genotypes
Authors: Barac Miroljub , Cabrilo Slavica , Pesic Mirjana , Stanojevic Sladjana , Zilic Sladjana , Macej Ognjen , Ristic Nikola
Published: December 2010

Extractability, extractable protein compositions, technological-functional properties of pea (Pisum sativum) proteins from six genotypes grown in Serbia were investigated. Also, the relationship between these characteristics was presented. Investigated genotypes showed significant differences in storage protein content, composition and extractability. The ratio of vicilin:legumin concentrations, as well as the ratio of vicilin + convicilin: Legumin concentrations were positively correlated with extractability. Our data suggest that the higher level of vicilin and/or a lower level of legumin have a positive influence on protein extractability. The emulsion activity index (EAI) was strongly and positively correlated with the solubility, while no significant correlation was found between emulsion stability (ESI) and solubility, nor between foaming properties and solubility. No association was evident between ESI and EAI. A moderate positive correlation between emulsion stability and foam capacity was observed. Proteins from the investigated genotypes expressed significantly different emulsifying properties and foam capacity at different pH values, whereas low foam stability was detected. It appears that genotype has considerable influence on content, composition and technological-functional properties of pea bean proteins. This fact can be very useful for food scientists in efforts to improve the quality of peas and pea protein products.
Synthesis of 6-Amino-5-cyano-1,4-disubstituted-2(1H)-Pyrimidinones via Copper-(I)-catalyzed Alkyne-azide ‘Click Chemistry’ and Their Reactivity
Authors: Najahi Ennaji , Sudor Jan , Chabchoub Fakher , Nepveu Françoise , Zribi Fethi , Duval Romain
Published: December 2010

In this paper we present the room temperature synthesis of a novel serie of 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles 4a-l by employing the (3 + 2) cycloaddition reaction of pyrimidinones containing alkyne functions with different model azides in the presence of copper sulphate and sodium ascorbate. To obtain the final triazoles, we also synthesized the major precursors 6-amino-5-cyano-1,4-disubstituted-2(1H)-pyrimidinones 3a-r from ethyl 2,2-dicyanovinylcarbamate derivatives 2a-c and various primary aromatic amines containing an alkyne group. The triazoles were prepared in good to very good yields.
Monitoring the Depth of Anaesthesia
Authors: Musizza Bojan , Ribaric Samo
Published: December 2010

One of the current challenges in medicine is monitoring the patients’ depth of general anaesthesia (DGA). Accurate assessment of the depth of anaesthesia contributes to tailoring drug administration to the individual patient, thus preventing awareness or excessive anaesthetic depth and improving patients’ outcomes. In the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of studies on the development, comparison and validation of commercial devices that estimate the DGA by analyzing electrical activity of the brain (i.e., evoked potentials or brain waves). In this paper we review the most frequently used sensors and mathematical methods for monitoring the DGA, their validation in clinical practice and discuss the central question of whether these approaches can, compared to other conventional methods, reduce the risk of patient awareness during surgical procedures.
Targeted Secretion Inhibitors—Innovative Protein Therapeutics
Authors: Keith Foster , John Chaddock
Published: December 2010

Botulinum neurotoxins are highly effective therapeutic products. Their therapeutic success results from highly specific and potent inhibition of neurotransmitter release with a duration of action measured in months. These same properties, however, make the botulinum neurotoxins the most potent acute lethal toxins known. Their toxicity and restricted target cell activity severely limits their clinical utility. Understanding the structure-function relationship of the neurotoxins has enabled the development of recombinant proteins selectively incorporating specific aspects of their pharmacology. The resulting proteins are not neurotoxins, but a new class of biopharmaceuticals, Targeted Secretion Inhibitors (TSI), suitable for the treatment of a wide range of diseases where secretion plays a major role. TSI proteins inhibit secretion for a prolonged period following a single application, making them particularly suited to the treatment of chronic diseases. A TSI for the treatment of chronic pain is in clinical development.
Het waterwegennet ten Noord-Oosten van Brugge in de XIIIe eeuw (slot)
Authors: De Smet Antoine
Published: December 2010

Gilliodts van Severen qui le premier a étudié le réseau hydrographique au Ν. Ε. de Bruges en utilisant des documents qui pouvaient lui permettre d'y voir clair, n'a fait qu'embrouiller la question. Il a voulu soutenir de toutes façons qu'il n'y avait qu'une seule branche, allant de Bruges par Damme, Monike- rede, Hoeke, Mude et l'Écluse à la mer, et qui s'appelait toute entière le Zwin. C'est ainsi qu'il a inventé de toute pièces que la Reie était un canal creusé au xme siècle, et que l'Oude Zwin n'était que l'ancien lit du Zwin.

Nous basant sur les plus anciens textes, les meilleurs textes postérieurs — parmi lesquels nous citons les ommeloopers (terriers), espèces de registres cadastraux des wateringues ou des possessions d'un établissement religieux — et les anciennes cartes, nous avons réétudié la question et nous sommes parvenu à déterminer avec assez bien de précision, l'état de ce réseau hydrographique au N. E. de Bruges au xme siècle, de sorte que nous avons pu tout indiquer sur la carte topographique actuelle de la Belgique au 1 /20.000e, et sur une carte faite d'après la carte topographique au 1 /40.000e, jointe au présent travail.

Il se composait essentiellement de trois cours d'eau principaux formant deux grandes branches, dont l'une se jetait dans l'autre vers la fin du parcours de celle ci. Ces deux branches principales étaient reliées entre elles par trois cours d'eau secondaires.
About the activity and selectivity of less well-known metathesis catalysts during ADMET polymerizations
Authors: Mutlu Hatice , Montero de Espinosa Lucas , Türünç Oĝuz , Meier Michael A R
Published: December 2010

We report on the catalytic activity of commercially available Ru-indenylidene and “boomerang” complexes C1, C2 and C3 in acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization of a fully renewable α,ω-diene. A high activity of these catalysts was observed for the synthesis of the desired renewable polyesters with molecular weights of up to 17000 Da, which is considerably higher than molecular weights obtained using the same monomer with previously studied catalysts. Moreover, olefin isomerization side reactions that occur during the ADMET polymerizations were studied in detail. The isomerization reactions were investigated by degradation of the prepared polyesters via transesterification with methanol, yielding diesters. These diesters, representing the repeat units of the polyesters, were then quantified by GC-MS.
Assessing Pharmacists' Attitudes regarding Delivery of the Pandemic Influenza Vaccine in British Columbia
Authors: Marra Fawziah , Kaczorowski Janusz A. , Marra Carlo
Published: December 2010

Background:

In response to the clear indication that the second wave of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 would arrive in North America during fall 2009, the Ministry of Health Services in British Columbia proposed expanding pharmacists' scope of practice to include administering vaccinations. This change in regulations was prompted by the anticipated need to provide millions of doses of the pandemic (H1N1) influenza vaccine in a short period of time.

Objectives:

To determine pharmacists' willingness and preparedness to deliver vaccines, especially the pandemic (H1N1) influenza vaccine, as well as their preferences related to providing this service.

Methods:

A survey was developed to elicit pharmacists' opinions concerning administration of vaccines. Staff pharmacists and pharmacy managers and owners licensed to practice in British Columbia were invited to complete the online survey. The survey results were analyzed descriptively.

Results:

In total, 151 pharmacists participated in the study. The majority of respondents were men (84 [55.6%]) and most had practised for at least 5 years (108 [71.5%]). Most respondents (123 [81.5%]) were interested in administering vaccines to their clients, including the pandemic (H1N1) influenza vaccine (113 [74.8%]). In general, respondents preferred to vaccinate adults rather than children and understood the importance of documentation, reporting of adverse events and reporting to their local health authorities. More than half of participants (84 [55.6%]) felt that they were prepared to provide vaccine services in time for the pandemic (H1N1) vaccination program in fall 2009. The majority of these were prepared to offer vaccination services during daytime hours (91 [74.0%]), and some were willing to do so during the evenings (43 [35.0%]) and on weekends (40 [32.5%]). Ninety (73.2%) of the participants thought they had adequate space to administer vaccinations and maintain patient confidentiality and 111 (90.2%) indicated that they had adequate space to store the vaccines in their refrigerators, but only 82 (66.7%) had adequate storage space in their freezers.

Conclusion:

Pharmacists in British Columbia were willing to offer vaccination services to their clients. Given this willingness and a general level of preparedness, pharmacists who have undergone appropriate training should be allowed to vaccinate against seasonal and pandemic influenza and to offer pneumococcal vaccine in their pharmacies.
Discontinuing Benzodiazepine Therapy: An Interdisciplinary Approach at a Geriatric Day Hospital
Authors: Chen Lori , Farrell Barbara , Ward Natalie , Russell Grant , Eisener-Parsche Pamela , Dore Naomi
Published: December 2010

Background:

Despite the known adverse effects of benzodiazepines, elderly people commonly use these drugs over long periods to treat insomnia and anxiety. This qualitative study was conducted to examine the experiences of patients and care providers in a geriatric day hospital (GDH) as patients participated in a benzodiazepine tapering process, to identify the components and processes of the benzodiazepine tapering intervention, and to begin exploring how they influence patient outcomes.

Methods:

The study was conducted in a GDH in a Canadian city. Data were gathered from a discussion group and from individual semistructured interviews with 13 health care providers and 5 patients. Charts were reviewed to gather demographic data and confirm provider activities. A reflexive approach was conducted whereby each care provider reviewed and modified the role description created from information provided during his or her interview. Themes were determined through constant comparative analysis of transcripts, which included 5 meetings of the research team.

Results:

The tapering of benzodiazepines at the GDH was effected primarily by 3 people: the physician, the pharmacist and the nurse. Other members of the interdisciplinary team were not always aware of which patients were tapering their benzodiazepine therapy, but they supported patients in a variety of ways. The patients included in this analysis were willing to taper their benzodiazepines and did not consider the experience significant in any way.

Conclusion:

The health care provider roles, processes and tools described here could be replicated in other environments to assist patients who are tapering benzodiazepine therapy. Further research is needed to understand the interrelationships of all components of GDH care to determine their relative importance in facilitating behaviour change related to benzodiazepine tapering.
Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: A Call to Action for Pharmacists
Authors: Smiley Tom
Published: December 2010

Background:

Research indicates that successful treatment of angina is associated with improved patient quality of life. This pharmacist-conducted patient survey sought to assess patients' overall satisfaction with their current angina therapies.

Methods:

Patients in Quebec, Alberta and Ontario taking nitrates for angina were asked if they would be willing to participate in the Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease (SCAD) survey administered by study pharmacists. Results of the study survey were sent to the research lead and tabulated.

Results:

A total of 208 surveys were completed. Almost 42% of patients reported at least 1 angina episode per week. When asked to choose the category that best described the frequency of their chest pain controlled by medication, 30% of patients indicated “on occasion,” “rarely” or “never.” More than one-quarter of respondents felt that the impact of their heart condition on quality of life was significantly or extremely negative.

Conclusions:

Current guidelines state that the treatment goal for most patients with chronic stable angina should be complete, or near complete, elimination of the pain. Results of this survey suggest that in many instances treatment for angina-related symptoms could be optimized. Pharmacists are in an ideal position to identify and recommend therapeutic strategies for patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease.
Écrire, déclamer, inventer : l'expérience d'un groupe thérapeutique de slam pour adolescents
Authors: Ayosso Judith , Marichez Héloïse
Published: December 2010

Résumé Il s’agit de l’expérience d’un groupe thérapeutique ayant pour médiation le slam dans une maison des adolescents en Seine-Saint-Denis. De l’écriture poétique au psychologique, le slam devient un outil d’expression privilégié pour un partage entre adolescents allant de banalités du quotidien aux réalités internes.
L'audience d'intermédiation culturelle : quand la juge des enfants rencontre les familles venues d'ailleurs
Authors: Loteteka-Kalala Jackie B. , de Maximy Martine
Published: December 2010

Résumé À partir d’un cas d’étude relatant la rencontre du juge des enfants et des justiciables d’origines différentes, l’article présente l’audience d’intermédiation culturelle instaurée par deux juges des enfants, dans le cadre de leur mission de protection de l’enfance, lorsqu’ils ont à traiter des situations complexes de familles d’autres origines. Il s’agit également de démontrer l’effectivité du respect du principe du contradictoire et des droits de la défense dans un contexte interculturel. L’hypothèse principale est que l’audience d’intermédiation culturelle, sans être définie par les textes de lois, est une nouvelle pratique qui reste dans le strict respect du cadre judiciaire français.
Externalisation et gouvernance territoriale des politiques actives de l'emploi
Authors: Berthet Thierry
Published: December 2010

Résumé Le recours à des opérateurs extérieurs à l’administration du travail pour conduire et mettre en œuvre la politique de l’emploi a connu récemment un net développement. Cette dynamique est au cœur d’un changement qualitatif majeur des politiques dans ce secteur de l’action publique. La logique d’activation qui sous-tend ces nouvelles formes de gouvernance de la lutte contre le chômage affecte l’ensemble des politiques de l’emploi. C’est-à-dire qu’elles touchent également, mais selon des procédures et dans des contextes institutionnels différents, tant l’intervention sur le marché du travail que la formation professionnelle continue. Cet article vise à présenter ces transformations en soulignant le fait qu’elles s’inscrivent dans un changement de paradigme des politiques publiques.
Valorisation of phosphogypsum as building material: Radiological aspects
Authors: Tayibi H. , Gascó C. , Navarro N. , López-Delgado A. , Álvarez A. , Yagüe L. , Alguacil F. J. , López F. A.
Published: December 2010

Nowadays, alternative uses of phosphogypsum (PG) in the building industry are being considered in several countries; however, the natural radioactivity level in the PG could be a restriction for those uses. United States Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) classified PG as Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM). This drawback could be avoided controlling its percentage in the cement preparation and the radionuclides content in the other raw materials used in its production, and calculating the activity concentration index (I) in the final by-products. The valorization of PG as a building material has been studied, from a radiological point of view, by developing a new stabilisation/solidification process. PG is incorporated within a polymeric sulphur matrix, obtaining a concrete-like material, which presents lower natural radioactive content than the initial PG. The 226Ra content of this material ranged between 26-27 Bq·kg-1 and it is quite similar to that of common Spanish building materials.
Stratigraphic subdivision of the Heiberg Formation, eastern and central Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Islands
Authors: Embry A F
Published: December 2010

The Heiberg Formation, an Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic sandstone-dominant unit in the Sverdrup Basin, is divided into three members, named in ascending order, Romulus, Fosheim, and Remus. The Romulus Member consists of interbedded sandstone, siltstone and shale
with the lithologies arranged in coarsening-upward cycles of delta front origin. The Fosheim Member consists mainly of fine- to medium-grained sandstone with thin interbeds of carbonaceous siltstone, shale and coal. The member contains both fining-upward and thin, coarsening-upward cycles and is of
delta plain origin. The Remus Member consists almost entirely of very fine- to medium-grained sandstone of beach and nearshore marine origin. The Romulus and Fosheim members represent the progradation of a major deltaic complex into the Sverdrup Basin in the Norian to Sinemurian, followed by delta
destruction and transgression in the Pliensbachian and Toarcian (Remus Member).
The Lake Hazen Fault Zone, Ellesmere Island: a Transpressional Upthrust?
Authors: Higgins A K , Soper N J
Published: December 2010

Observations on well-exposed sections of the Lake Hazen fault zone around the head of Tanquary Fiord, northern Ellesmere Island, suggest a model of development involving basement upthrusts controlled by tectonic transpression, with a small amount of dextral
strike-slip. Large displacements, whether strike-slip or dip-slip, need not be invoked.
New Dalejan (Early Devonian) Rugose Corals From the Blue Fiord Formation of southwestern Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories
Authors: Pedder A E H
Published: December 2010

The family Columnariidae Nicholson, 1879, is revised, so that it comprises the Columnariidae Nicholson, 1879, Hexagonariinae Bul'vanker, 1958, Paradisphyllinae Utaratuiinae Spasskiy, Kravtsov and Tsyganko, 1975, Spongonariinae Crickmay, Tropidophyllinae subfam.
n. Stereophyllum Schluter, 1889, is likely to be a synonym of Digonophyllum Wedekind, 1923. However, Digonophyllum, which is a widely used generic name, is retained on the grounds that Stereophyllum appears to be a nomen oblitum. Aulacophyllum Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850, and its probable synonym
Pinnatophyllum Grabau, 1922, are discussed, because of similarities between them and a new genus Thoulelasma. Digonophyllum primitiwm confertum subsp. n. (Family Cystiphyllidae) and Thoulelasma loewei gen. et sp. n. (Family Halliidae) are described from high in the inversus Zone in the Sor Fiord
section. Paraspongonaria delicata gen. et sp. n. (Family Columnariidae) is described from the same horizon and locality, as well as from the overlying serotinus Zone near Vendom Fiord. Newly prepared type material of Paraspongonaria svercrupi (Loewe, 1913) is figured from the Zlichovian (Early
Devonian) Db Series of Schei (1903; 1904) in the vicinity of Goose Fiord.
Neohelikian bylot supergroup of Borden rift basin, northwestern Baffin Island, District of Franklin
Authors: Jackson G D , Iannelli T R , Knight R D , Lebel D
Published: December 2010

About 6100 m of sandstones, shales, conglomerates and stromatolitic carbonates were deposited during a 1200-1250 Ma Mackenzie rifting episode and are separated into three groups: a lower and an upper sequence, each of which grades from predominantly alluvial up
into basinal and/or subtidal strata, and a middle shelf carbonate sequence. Thick coastal sabkha evaporites occur in the middle carbonates, and tholeiitic subaerial basalts occur near the base of the lower group. Episodic syndepositional faulting in northern Borden Basin was coincidental with, but
less intense than that in southern Borden Basin. An uplifted western source area existed during lower Elwin and a northern source area during upper Elwin sedimentation. Sorne separation of Greenland from North America probably occurred during Bylot Supergroup sedimentation. Postdepositional f
aulting increases in intensity northward and may be related largely to formation of Lancaster Aulacogen in the Cretaceous.
New stratigraphic units, middle jurassic to lowermost cretaceous succession, Arctic Islands
Authors: Embry A F
Published: December 2010

Bajocian to Valanginian strata (Middle Jurassic to lowermost Cretaceous) in the southern and western portions of the Sverdrup Basin consist of alternating units of shale-siltstone and sandstone. The stratigraphie nomenclature for these strata is well established
in this area, and the only addition proposed in this paper is the formalization of a previously recognized sandstone member in the argillaceous Deer Bay Formation, herein named the Glacier Fiord Member. To the north and west, the sandstone units disappear due to facies change and the entire
succession consists of siltstone and shale. This thick shale-siltstone unit is herein named the Mackenzie King Formation. In some areas, the formation can be divided into three members - McConnell Island, Ringnes and Deer Bay - ail of which have formation status in the southeastern Sverdrup
Basin.
Recent intertidal molluscs from the east-central coast of Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories
Authors: Dale J E
Published: December 2010

Twenty-nine species of recent molluscs were collected along the east coast of Ellesmere Island in the intertidal and nearshore area. All were cold water species adapted to habitation in a harsh intertidal environment, with ice cover 10 months of the year and
exposure to ice gouging and melt runoff the remaining two months. Five species of molluscs were new to Ellesmere Island. The greatest mollusc densities were found in the midtidal zone (approximately 1 m above lowest low tide) where large numbers of mobile gastropods dwelled. Larger sedentary forms
were more common lower or in protected intertidal areas. Some of the recent species have existed in the area for more than 8000 years.
Diatom dispersal phenomena: diatoms in rime frost samples from Cape Herschel, central Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories
Authors: Lichti-Federovich S
Published: December 2010

The presence of marine and freshwater diatoms in rime frost samples collected in two successive years, clearly shows the significance of atmospheric diatom dispersal. Floristic similarity between all samples, based mainly on the abundance of the principal
element, Nitzschia cylindrus (Grunow) Hasle, overrides any spatial or temporal differences as well as dissimilarities due ta variation in substrate. A positive causal relationship exists with two meteorological variables, fog and southwesterly wind.
Geological Investigation of Cretaceous Strata Beneath Cape Dyer Basalts [Paleocene], Baffin Island, District of Franklin
Authors: Langille A B , Burden E T , Sears W B , Holloway D C
Published: December 2010

Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata on the coast of Baffin Island near Cape Dyer provide (1) information about the potential for offshore hydrocarbons and (2) evidence to constrain the timing of rifting of Baffin Bay. Questionable megafloral evidence in deltaic sand
bodies suggests the assignment of outliers to the Paleocene. In contrast, palynology suggests an Albian age.
New Formations in the Eureka Sound Group, Canadian Arctic Islands
Authors: Ricketts B D
Published: December 2010

The Eureka Sound Group, in eastern Arctic Islands, is divided into four new, lithologically distinct formations of regional extent. The oldest is the Expedition Formation of middle or late Campanian to early Paleocene age, consisting predominantly of sandstone
and minor shale, that originated as wave dominated delta, barrier island and estuarine deposits; a major shale unit, the Strand Bay Formation of early to middle Paleocene age, that represents basin-wide marine transgresssion (early Paleocene), followed by regressive prodelta and shelf deposits; the
Iceberg Bay Formation of middle or late Paleocene to middle Eocene age, consisting of fluvial sandstone and coal (mostly delta plain); and the stratigraphically highest unit, the Buchanan Lake Formation of middle Eocene age, possibly extending into the late Eocene, that consists of syntectonic
conglomerate shed from adjacent thrust sheets, and signifying a major phase of the Eurekan Orogeny. Correlations are made with Eureka Sound strata on Bylot Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Lougheed Island, Banks Island and at Lake Hazen.
New insights on the Cambrian carbonate platform, Percé area, Gaspésie, Quebec
Authors: Lavoie D
Published: December 2010

The Percé area offers the unique occurrence of Middle Cambrian shallow-marine carbonate rocks in the Quebec Re-entrant. The Corner-of-the-Beach Formation of latest Middle Cambrian age consists of oolitic grainstone with subordinate lime mudstone and
microbial thrombolite and is interpreted to record shallow-marine, carbonate plat- form margin facies. The overlying Murphy Creek Formation of early Late Cambrian (Dresbachian) age consists of a rhythmic succession of siliciclastic mudstone with minor sandstone, limestone, dolostone and two
intervals of lime- stone conglomerate. The Murphy Creek Formation is interpreted as a below-wave-base slope deposit. The Cor- ner-of-the-Beach Formation is time and facies correlative with the lower part of the Port au Port Group in western Newfoundland whereas the Murphy Creek Formation is time
correlative with the lowermost unit of the Cow Head Group and with the Cooks Brook Formation although, with respect to facies, correlation is more straightforward with the Cooks Brook Formation.
40 Ar-39 Ar geochemical investigations in the central Hearne domain, western Churchill Province, Nunavut: a progress report; Radiogenic age and isotopic studies: Report 14
Authors: Sanderman H A
Published: December 2010

The western Churchill Province of the northwest Canadian Shield was originally defined on the basis of wide- spread, Proterozoic K-Ar ages, but early mapping in conjunction with sparse, old K-Ar ages indicated that it con- tained preserved remnants of Archean
supracrustal and granitoid rocks. A reconnaissance 40 Ar-39 Ar thermochronological investigation of a segment of crust lying along a north-northwest-trending transect from Kaminak Lake (central Hearne domain) in the south to Yathkyed Lake (northern Hearne domain) in the northwest, indicates that the
Archean supracrustal belts preserve primary Archean igneous and metamorphic cooling ages for hornblende, but biotite ages were reset in the Proterozoic. The domain lying between the two supracrustal belts yielded Proterozoic ages for all dated minerals. The resetting of the 40 Ar-39 Ar systematics
is attributed tolarge-scale thermal overprinting during Hudsonian deformation and magmatism at ca. 1830-1810 Ma and subse- quent slow cooling. Local evidence for ca. 1750 Maresetting of mica ages exists, but no unequivocal evidence for a ca. 1900 Ma tectonothermal event can be discerned in the 40
Ar-39 Ar thermochronological data.
U-Pb baddeleyite age for the Paleoproterozoic Lac Esprit dyke swarm, James Bay region, Quebec; Radiogenic age and isotopic studies: Report 14
Authors: Hamilton M A , Goutier J , Matthews W
Published: December 2010

Geological mapping east of James Bay has revealed abundant, newly recognized north- to northwest- and northeast-trending Proterozoic diabase dykes in a part of the eastern Superior Province where information was previously scant. A magmatic crystallization age of
2069 ± 1 Ma (U-Pb, baddeleyite) was reported for a representative of the north- to northwest-trending Lac Esprit swarm, distinguishing it from similar- trending but older Matachewan and Mistassini dykes of the region. The Lac Esprit dykes represent an extensive diabase swarm with a
Paleoproterozoic age so far unrecognized elsewhere in the eastern Superior Province. The age, together with published preliminary paleomagnetic results, invites comparisons with a postulated, regionally extensive, radiating swarm north of Lake Superior (Fort Frances and reversely magnetized Marathon
dykes), among others. The new dyke age contributes information to dyke swarm correlations in the Superior Craton and also aids in the assessment of models promoting apparent polar wander and continental drift of Laurentia during the Paleoproterozoic, or block rotation since this time.
Mid-Mesoproterozoic granitoid rocks in the North Bay area, Grenville Province, Ontario; Radiogenic age and isotopic studies: Report 14
Authors: Davidson A , van Breemen O
Published: December 2010

Granite from the Powassan and Mulock batholiths, both lying within the parautochthonous part of the Central Gneiss Belt of the Grenville Province, have U-Pb zircon ages of 1270 ± 3 and ca. 1250 Ma, respectively. These and other coeval metaplutonic rocks in
this belt have A-type affinity and thus contrast with coeval, predominantly calc-alkaline plutonic rocks in the Central Metasedimentary Belt some 200 km to the southeast. The difference in character may be accounted for by their relative positions with respect to the pre-Grenvillian margin of
Laurentia. If true, this relationship supports the interpretation that subduction polarity in the Mesoproterozoic, preceding closure at 1.2 Ga, was toward the present-day northwest.
U-Pb dates from the Scotia-Quaal metamorphic belt, Coast Plutonic Complex, central-western British Columbia; Radiogenic age and isotopic studies: Report 14
Authors: Friedman R M , Gareau S A , Woodsworth G J
Published: December 2010

U-Pb data are reported for two rocks from the Scotia Quaal metamorphic belt. A metavolcanic gneiss yields an igneous crystallization age of 370.3 ± 2.8 Ma, an age for metamorphic zircon growth of 66.4 ± 0.7 Ma, and a titanite cooling age of 62.0 ±
0.8 Ma. A detrital zircon grain from a quartzite yields an interpreted crystallization age of 386 +67/-70 Ma, giving a maximum age for deposition of the quartzite protolith that is synchronous with arc igneous activity in the area. Another detrital zircon from the same sample is Late Archean to
Early Paleoproterozoic; indicat- ing a cratonal source for the quartzite protolith. These ages and mildly evolved Nd-Sr isotopic data suggest a mixed active arc-cratonal provenance for the quartzite. Latest Cretaceous metamorphic zircon growth and Paleocene titanite cooling ages recorded across much
of the northern Scotia Quaal belt reflect the intrusion of the composite Quottoon pluton.
Primary and secondary ore textures in the West Ansil volcanic-hosted massive-sulphide deposit, Noranda mining camp, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Authors: Boucher S M , Hannington M D , Dubé B
Published: December 2010

The West Ansil deposit is the fi rst copper discovery in 25 years in the Noranda central camp. It has a combined indicated and inferred resource of about 1.2 Mt. Grades for the indicated resource are 3.4% Cu, 0.4% Zn, 1.4 g/t Au, and 9.2 g/t Ag. Locally,
gold grades are up to 10 ppm within massive chalcopyrite ore, which is signifi cantly higher than other central camp deposits (e.g. Corbet). The bulk of the resource is located in three massive-sulphide lenses (upper, middle, and lower) that are hosted in the Rusty Ridge unit above the Lewis
exhalite. The Lewis exhalite is a key marker that is also related to the nearby Ansil mine (1.58 Mt, 8.03% Cu, 0.09% Zn) about 1.8 km northeast of the West Ansil deposit. The overall distribution of massive-sulphide ore and stringer zones at the West Ansil deposit suggests either stacking of
separate lenses or dissection of a single deposit by late-stage faulting and dyke formation. The mineralization in all three ore lenses consists of massive pyrrhotite+chalcopyrite±magnetite. Semimassive sphalerite is restricted to the upper and lower parts of the middle lens. Massive magnetite
occurs in the upper and middle lenses, where it replaces massive pyrrhotite. A striking feature of the West Ansil deposit is the presence of abundant colloform and nodular pyrite (±marcasite) in the massive-sulphide deposits, especially at the top and bottom of the main massive-sulphide lens.
The colloform pyrite is interpreted to be a product of supergene alteration of pyrrhotite. This alteration may be related to shearing at the contacts of the lenses that allowed penetration of groundwater into the massive-sulphide deposits.