bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Modified Gorski-Popiel Technique and Synthetic Floating Transformer Circuit Using Minimum Components
Authors: Sagbas Mehmet , Ayten Umut Engin , Sedef Herman , Minaei Shahram
Published: August 2016

The aim of this paper is proposing an alternative method to Gorski-Popiel Technique in realization of synthetic transformers. A new synthetic floating transformer (FT) circuit is also given. The proposed synthetic transformer circuit uses two current backward transconductance amplifiers (CBTAs), three resistors, and two grounded capacitors. The primary self-inductance, the secondary self-inductance, and the mutual inductance can be independently controlled and can be tuned electronically by changing the biasing current of the employed CBTAs. It has a good sensitivity performance with respect to tracking errors. A band-pass filter is also realized to test the performance of the proposed synthetic transformer circuit. The validity of the proposed synthetic transformer circuit is demonstrated by PSPICE simulations and experimental results.
Homotopically equivalent simple loops on 2-bridge spheres in Heckoid orbifolds for 2-bridge links (I)
Authors: Lee Donghi , Sakuma Makoto
Published: August 2016

In this paper and its sequel, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for two essential simple loops on a [Formula: see text]-bridge sphere in an even Heckoid orbifold for a [Formula: see text]-bridge link to be homotopic in the orbifold. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for an essential simple loop on a [Formula: see text]-bridge sphere in an even Heckoid orbifold for a [Formula: see text]-bridge link to be peripheral or torsion in the orbifold. This paper treats the case, when the [Formula: see text]-bridge link is a [Formula: see text]-torus link, and its sequel will treat the remaining cases.
Realization of blue spectrum in generalized Galileon super-inflation models
Authors: Nozari K. , Shafizadeh S.
Published: August 2016

In the spirit of Galileon inflation and by considering some sorts of noncanonical kinetic terms in the action, we realize a stage of super-inflation leading to a blue-tilted tensor perturbation. We show also that addition of Galileon-like term to the action leads to avoidance of ghost instabilities in this setup.
STUDIES ON STRUCTURAL AND RESISTIVE SWITCHING PROPERTIES OF Al/ZnO/Al STRUCTURED RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
Authors: LI HONGXIA , Chen YIMING , WU XIN , XI JUNHUA , HUANG YANWEI , JI ZHENGUO
Published: August 2016

Recently, resistive random access memory has been continuously investigated in order to replace the flash memory. In this paper, Al/ZnO/Al structured device was fabricated by magnetron sputtering and vacuum thermal evaporation. Systematic study has been conducted to explore the structural, morphological, and the resistive switching properties of ZnO films with Al metal as both bottom and top electrodes. The resistive switching mechanism of Al/ZnO/Al device was analyzed based on the above study.
Local, nonlocal quantumness and information theoretic measures
Authors: Agrawal Pankaj , Sazim Sk , Chakrabarty Indranil , Pati Arun K.
Published: August 2016

It has been suggested that there may exist quantum correlations that go beyond entanglement. The existence of such correlations can be revealed by information theoretic quantities such as quantum discord, but not by the conventional measures of entanglement. We argue that a state displays quantumness, that can be of local and nonlocal origin. Information theoretic measures not only characterize the nonlocal quantumness, but also the local quantumness, such as the “local superposition”. This can be a reason, why such measures are nonzero, when there is no entanglement. We consider a generalized version of the Werner state to demonstrate the interplay of local quantumness, nonlocal quantumness and classical mixedness of a state.
Recurrent Finsler manifolds under projective change
Authors: Soleiman Amr
Published: August 2016

The aim of the present paper is to provide an intrinsic investigation of some important special Finsler spaces. These spaces are related to the Berwald [Formula: see text]-curvature tensor of transformed manifold, the Douglas tensor and the projective deviation tensor of projective change. Three spaces are studied and called symmetric, [Formula: see text]-recurrent and [Formula: see text]-recurrent manifolds.
3D Tsunami Run-up Simulation and Visualization using Particle Method with Gis-Based Geography Model
Authors: Isshiki Masaharu , Asai Mitsuteru , Eguchi Shimon , O-Tani Hideyuki
Published: August 2016

The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake was one of the most powerful earthquakes on record in Japan and the huge tsunami caused by the earthquake inflicted extensive damage to the coastal areas of the Tohoku region. To form safe coastal areas, countermeasures against disaster should be developed considering not only tangible infrastructures including breakwater and bridges but also intangible measures including education on disaster prevention and the development of hazard maps. The tsunami run-up analysis is expected to play a role as one of the countermeasures against tsunami. In this research, we aim to establish a tool to effectively analyze the tsunami run-up in urban areas based on the Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. And then, we propose a series of pre-process procedures to develop a detailed geography analysis model that reflects the geography, elevation, and exterior shapes of buildings by referring to 3D location information and digital elevation model data obtained from a geographical information system. Finally, we established a photorealistic visualization method so that citizen can understand the tsunami phenomenon intuitively.
Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles Used in Preservative Solutions forChrysanthemumcv. Puma
Authors: Carrillo-López Luis M. , Morgado-González Antonio , Morgado-González Aurora
Published: August 2016

The use of pulse solutions containing antimicrobials has been reported, but more research is necessary. To increase vase life and to study their effect on opening inflorescences, silver nanoparticles were used in vase solutions for cv. PumaChrysanthemumstems. The nanoparticles were synthesized biologically usingChenopodium ambrosioidesL. applied at concentrations of 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1, and 5 mM and compared with a control. Treatments were replicated five times. The stems were cut to 50 cm and observed until the end of their vase life. Low concentrations of silver nanoparticles promoted inflorescence opening and leaf yellowing, while the control leaves remained green, but there was a lower degree of inflorescence opening. High concentrations of silver nanoparticles (0.5, 1, and 5 mM) caused senescence due to low water uptake through the stems. Statistical differences in inflorescence opening and diameter, bacterial growth (CFU mL−1) in vase solutions, fresh weight, water uptake, and vase life were found among treatments. Longer vase life and less weight loss were observed in the stems exposed to low concentrations of silver nanoparticles. Low concentrations of silver nanoparticles promoted inflorescence opening and increased vase life ofChrysanthemumcv. Puma.
Approximately Normalized Iterative Hard Thresholding for Nonlinear Compressive Sensing
Authors: Zhu Xunzhi
Published: August 2016

The nonlinear compressive sensing (NCS) is an extension of classical compressive sensing (CS) and the iterative hard thresholding (IHT) algorithm is a popular greedy-type method for solving CS. The normalized iterative hard thresholding (NIHT) is a modification of IHT and is more effective than IHT. In this paper, we propose an approximately normalized iterative hard thresholding (ANIHT) algorithm for NCS by using the approximate optimal stepsize combining with Armijo stepsize rule preiteration. Under the condition similar to restricted isometry property (RIP), we analyze the condition that can identify the iterative support sets in a finite number of iterations. Numerical experiments show the good performance of the new algorithm for the NCS.
A Cadaveric Investigation of the Dorsal Scapular Nerve
Authors: Nguyen Vuvi H. , Liu Hao (Howe) , Rosales Armando , Reeves Rustin
Published: August 2016

Compression of the dorsal scapular nerve (DSN) is associated with pain in the upper extremity and back. Even though entrapment of the DSN within the middle scalene muscle is typically the primary cause of pain, it is still easily missed during diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to document the DSN’s anatomy and measure the oblique course it takes with regard to the middle scalene muscle. From 20 embalmed adult cadavers, 23 DSNs were documented regarding the nerve’s spinal root origin, anatomical route, and muscular innervations. A transverse plane through the laryngeal prominence was established to measure the distance of the DSN from this plane as it enters, crosses, and exits the middle scalene muscle. Approximately 70% of the DSNs originated from C5, with 74% piercing the middle scalene muscle. About 48% of the DSNs supplied the levator scapulae muscle only and 52% innervated both the levator scapulae and rhomboid muscles. The average distances from a transverse plane at the laryngeal prominence where the DSN entered, crossed, and exited the middle scalene muscle were 1.50 cm, 1.79 cm, and 2.08 cm, respectively. Our goal is to help improve clinicians’ ability to locate the site of DSN entrapment so that appropriate management can be implemented.
Cerebrovascular Accident due to Thyroid Storm: Should We Anticoagulate?
Authors: Gonzalez-Bossolo Alex , Gonzalez-Rivera Alexis , Coste-Sibilia Santiago
Published: August 2016

Thyroid storm is a life-threatening condition that occurs secondary to an uncontrolled hyperthyroid state. Atrial fibrillation is a cardiovascular complication occurring in up to 15% of patients experiencing thyroid storm, and if left untreated this condition could have up to a 25% mortality rate. Thyroid storm with stroke is a rare presentation. This case report details a left middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke with global aphasia and thyroid storm in a 53-year-old Hispanic male patient. Although uncommon, this combination has been reported in multiple case series. Although it is well documented that dysfunctional thyroid levels promote a hypercoagulable state, available guidelines from multiple entities are unclear on whether anticoagulation therapy is appropriate in this situation.
In VitroEffects of Some Botanicals with Anti-Inflammatory and Antitoxic Activity
Authors: Guidetti Gianandrea , Di Cerbo Alessandro , Giovazzino Angela , Rubino Valentina , Palatucci Anna Teresa , Centenaro Sara , Fraccaroli Elena , Cortese Laura , Bonomo Maria Grazia , Ruggiero Giuseppina , Canello Sergio , Terrazzano Giuseppe
Published: August 2016

Several extrinsic factors, like drugs and chemicals, can foster autoimmunity. Tetracyclines, in particular oxytetracycline (OTC), appear to correlate with the emergence of immune-mediated diseases. Accumulation of OTC, the elective drug for gastrointestinal and respiratory infectious disease treatment in broiler chickens, was reported in chicken edible tissues and could represent a potential risk for pets and humans that could assume this antibiotic as residue in meat or in meat-derived byproducts. We investigated thein vitroanti-inflammatory properties of a pool of thirteen botanicals as a part of a nutraceutical diet, with proven immunomodulatory activity.In addition, we evaluated the effect of such botanicals in contrasting thein vitroproinflammatory toxicity of OTC. Our results showed a significant reduction in interferon- (INF-)γproduction by human and canine lymphocytes in presence of botanicals (p⁎<0.05). Increased INF-γproduction, dependent on 24-hour OTC-incubation of T lymphocytes, was significantly reduced by the coincubation withHaematococcus pluvialis, withGlycine max, and with the mix of all botanicals (p⁎<0.05). In conclusion, the use of these botanicals was shown to be able to contrast OTC-toxicity and could represent a new approach for the development of functional foods useful to enhance the standard pharmacological treatment in infections as well as in preventing or reducing the emergence of inflammatory diseases.
Experimental Evaluation and Characterization of Electron Beam Welding of 2219 AL-Alloy
Authors: Sobih Mohamed , Elseddig Zuhair , Almazy Khalid , Sallam Mohamed
Published: August 2016

Aiming to reduce the weight of components, thus allowing a profit in terms of energy saving, automotive industry as well as aircraft industry extensively uses aluminum alloys. The most widely used joining technology in aircraft industry is riveting, while welding seems to be used in the car industry in the case of aluminum alloys. However, welding technology is characterized by many defects, such as gas porosity; oxide inclusions; solidification cracking (hot tearing); and reduced strength in both the weld and the heat affected zones which could limit its development. Many techniques are used for aluminum alloys welding, among them is electron beam welding (EBW), which has unique advantages over other traditional fusion welding methods due to high-energy density, deep penetration, large depth-to-width ratio, and small heat affected zone. The welding parameters that yield to optimal weld joint have been previously obtained. These optimal parameters were validated by welding a specimen using these parameters. To evaluate this optimal weld joint, complete, microstructural observations and characterization have been carried out using scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray analysis. This evaluation leads to description and quantification of the solidification process within this weld joint.
Revealing Maximal Diameter of Upper Limb Superficial Vein with an Elevated Environmental Temperature
Authors: Irfan Hira , Ooi Guo Shen , Kyin May M. , Ho Pei
Published: August 2016

Ultrasonography is the primary tool for preoperative analysis of vein morphology for fistula creation in patients with end-stage renal disease. This study examines the effect of environmental temperature on the superficial vein size. Superficial veins of thirteen healthy volunteers were marked at three sites: cephalic vein in left lateral arm near cubital fossa, cephalic vein in left forearm at wrist, and basilic vein in left medial arm near cubital fossa. Mean diameters were recorded using ultrasound probe at 26°C and 43°C. Body temperature was increased using a Bair Hugger blanket. Mean values from the two temperatures were analyzed using paired samplet-test. All three superficial vein sites displayed statistically significant increase in diameter when the temperature was increased from 26°C to 43°C. Pairedt-test showedpvalues of 0.001 for cephalic vein at wrist, 0.01 for cephalic vein near cubital fossa, and 0.01 for basilic vein near cubital fossa. This study proved that environmental temperature exerts a statistically significant effect on vein size measured by ultrasound during preoperative assessment for vascular access. Not to the extent of 43°C, the authors would recommend setting the room temperature higher during ultrasound vascular assessment to avoid underestimating the superficial vein size.
Transfusion-Transmissible Infections among Voluntary Blood Donors at Wolaita Sodo University Teaching Referral Hospital, South Ethiopia
Authors: Bisetegen Fithamlak Solomon , Bekele Fanuel Belayneh , Ageru Temesgen Anjulo , Wada Fiseha Wadilo
Published: August 2016

Background. Transfusion-transmissible infections, human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and syphilis are among the greatest threats to blood safety and pose a serious public health problem.Objective. To determine the magnitude of blood borne infections among blood donors at Wolaita Sodo University Teaching Referral Hospital.Methods and Materials. A cross-sectional study was conducted from 10/11/2015 up to 10/12/2015. 390 donors were consecutively included and data on donor’s age, sex, blood type, and serum screening results were obtained by structured questionnaire and laboratory investigation. The collected data were entered into Epi Data version 1.4 and then exported to SPSS version 20.0 for analysis.Result. The seroprevalence of blood borne pathogens is 29.5% of which HCV, HBV, HIV, and syphilis account for 8.5%, 9.5%, 6.4%, and 7.5%, respectively. Multiple infections were observed among 2.8% of the infected individuals. In addition, age ≥ 30 has a significant association with HCV.Conclusion. Significantly higher prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections was identified from blood donors and they remain to be the greatest threat to blood safety, so comprehensive screening of donors’ blood for HIV, HBV, HCV, and syphilis using standard methods is highly recommended to ensure the safety of blood recipient.
Hubert Damisch e Stephen Bann: uma conversa
Authors: Damisch Hubert , Bann Stephen
Published: August 2016

Discípulo de Merleau-Ponty e Pierre Francastel, Hubert Damisch (1928) marca presença decisiva na renovação epistemológica da disciplina história da arte, franqueando-a às contribuições da psicanálise, da filosofia, da antropologia e da semiótica, e conferindo a ela inédita envergadura teórica, para muito além das demarcações tradicionais de competência que a separam da teoria da arte. Tendo sido músico de jazz na juventude e se dedicado inicialmente ao cinema antes de se voltar às artes visuais, manteve sempre uma perspectiva teórica forte da história da arte, visando um campo diversificado de interesses - a pintura, a estética, a arquitetura, a literatura, a fotografia, o cinema. Autor de livros fundamentais como Théorie du nuage: pour une histoire de la peinture (Paris: Seuil, 1972), L’Origine de la perspective (Paris: Flammarion, 1987), Le Jugement de Pâris: iconologie analytique, (Paris: Flammarion, 1992), Un Souvenir d’enfance par Piero della Francesca (Paris: Seuil, 1997) e La Dénivelée: à l’épreuve de la photographie (Paris: Seuil, 2001), Damish produziu reflexão crucial sobre a lógica da imagem, nos oferecendo uma prática nada convencional da história da arte, marcada pelo livre trânsito metodológico entre a arte do passado e a do presente. Foi professor na École Normale Supérieure e depois na École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. A entrevista a seguir, concedida a um grupo de teóricos e críticos, entre eles, Stephen Bann, historiador da arte e um dos editores da Oxford Art Journal, apareceu, originalmente, em número especial dessa publicação [vol. 28, n. 2, 2005, p. 157-181], tendo resultado de seminário dedicado à obra de Damisch, promovido pela revista, em parceria com a Tate Britain, em outubro de 2003. Além de Stephen Bann, entrevistaram Hubert Damisch Margaret Iversen, John Goodman, Stephen Melville e Yve-Alain Bois.
A noção de fingere na produção visual contemporânea: estratégias para mundos possíveis através da imagem
Authors: Bethonico Marina Romagnoli , Dubois Philippe
Published: August 2016

Este artigo efetua uma reflexão acerca da tendência, na recente produção artística visual, de questionamento das bordas entre realidade e ficção. Considerando a imagem como resultado de uma manipulação, objetiva pensá-la como imagem-ficção na transformação do presente através da multiplicação de mundos possíveis. Nesse sentido, ela é considerada como resultado do fingere e como via de apreensão do real, que questiona a memória de nossa sociedade e que reconsidera seu  papel e responsabilidade na construção da história e de coletividades. Conclui-se que a imagem é potência presente e atuante para se construir novas formas de se viver.
Pó, polvo, povo: arqueologias da monstruosidade
Authors: Giorgi Artur de Vargas
Published: August 2016

Este breve ensaio justapõe algumas configurações do que pode ser chamado um povo. Se certas experiências estéticas – visuais e literárias – tendem a homogeneizar o efeito dessa nomeação, cristalizando-o a priori ou como resultado de uma síntese que apaziguaria sua heterogeneidade – seu aspecto monstruoso –, outros fazeres dão potência para sua singularidade irrepresentável. Aqui, a textura dos fragmentos não representa uma totalidade, conquanto eleja uma série de figuras. O sentido de povo se mostra assim sujeito a tensões que, afinal, franqueiam uma ética e posicionam uma crítica à contagem das vozes que é sempre desigual, excludente, mas pretensamente inclusiva e democrática.
It is forbidden not to participate. South American Artists in Europe and the diffusion of kinetic art (1950/60)
Authors: Couto Maria de Fátima Morethy
Published: August 2016

This article discuss the reception, in 1960s London and Paris, given to the work of four South American artists (Sérgio Camargo, Lygia Clark, Jesús Rafael Soto and Julio Le Parc), who all lived in Europe at the time and whose work was related to kineticism and was exhibited and commented on in the same spaces. I shall therefore discuss the role of certain cultural agents who served as interlocutors for these artists in a plural and cosmopolitan environment. I shall also address the circulation and impact of their works based on analysis of publications made at the time, particularly in specialist magazines. This article relates to the research I have developed as a visiting academic at the University of the Arts, London, with a grant from FAPESP, and at the INHA, Paris, in 2015, as chercheur invité
A "primavera" para as mulheres árabes: ideais e realidades
Authors: Lima Cila
Published: August 2016

Este ensaio objetiva, num primeiro momento, apontar aspectos positivos da “primavera árabe” com relação aos movimentos de mulheres muçulmanas, em termos de visibilidade internacional e mobilidade social; num segundo momento, elencar barreiras e dificuldades enfrentadas por esses movimentos no “pós-primavera” diante das ações dos governos islamistas.
Imperialismo e guerra civil no mundo árabe: a tragédia síria: parte 1 a virada antiintervencionista
Authors: Demant Peter
Published: August 2016

Primeira de duas partes de artigo analisando a crise síria num contexto internacional e argumentando a favor de maior participação internacional pró-ativa na sua solução. Apesar de seu uso costumeiro entre partes da intelectualidade latino-americana, o conceito imperialismo é pouco útil para entender as crises do Oriente Médio contemporâneo. Intervenções externas têm marcado a história recente da região, mas não todas tiveram caráter imperialista e/ou motivos econômicos. No pós-guerra fria houve tentativas para construir uma nova ordem internacional pautada por uma mudança das normas internacionais, e permitindo intervenções em caso de violações maciças dos direitos humanos da população e/ou risco de proliferação de ADMs. Um consenso intervencionista democrático “em vias de construção” foi quebrado pelos ataques islamistas de 11-9-2001 que provocaram a “guerra contra o terror” com intervenções lideradas pelos EUA no Afeganistão, Iraque e alhures. Estas tiveram seus resultados comprometidos por uma série de falhas tanto externas (relacionadas à legitimidade, inteligência, planejamento, soft power, e seletividade) quanto internas, produzindo eventualmente uma desmoralização nas democracias ocidentais, e nos EUA em particular, além da reviravolta anti-intervencionista que vigora atualmente. Esta reação continua apesar da perene importância global do Oriente Médio em termos estratégicos, econômicos e culturais. A nova tendência para uma certa retirada internacional tem determinado as mornas reações ocidentais e norte-americanas desde a eclosão da Primavera Árabe em 2011. A passividade das democracias ocidentais em apoiar a oposição anti-autoritária na Síria não só permitiu a sobrevivência do repressivo regime Ba`th, com apoio iraniano e russo, como também abriu uma janela de oportunidade para islamistas radicais.
As leis discriminatórias de Israel à luz do Direito Internacional
Authors: Santos Júlia Caligiorne
Published: August 2016

Desde a criação do Direito Internacional até a instituição das normas de jus cogens, consideráveis evoluções têm sido observadas nas lógicas de poder no âmbito jurídico internacional. O presente resumo de pesquisa procurará elucidar, em um primeiro momento, os fundamentos primevos e atuais do Direito Internacional, no que tange à relação norma interna versus norma internacional. Para ilustrar as teorias, traz-se o exemplo do Estado de Israel e o rol de leis discriminatórias presentes em sua constituição, mesmo o tal sendo signatários de numerosas convenções internacionais de proteção racial.
o Islã, o Corão e seus críticos: reflexões em campo aberto
Authors: Paganelli Magno
Published: August 2016

Este artigo procura acarear explicações dadas no campo religioso sobre o Islã e o Corão aos seus críticos. Indica pontos de relevância histórica que interferem diretamente no convívio social e questiona as explicações relativistas dadas como certas pelos religiosos.
A note on behavioural and morphological compensations of male Uca vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) relative to females, for the loss of one functional feeding claw
Authors: Tina Fahmida Wazed , Jaroensutasinee Mullica , Jaroensutasinee Krisanadej
Published: August 2016

We investigated whether male Uca vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) have behaviourally or morphologically compensated for having only one feeding claw while females have two. We predicted that (1) females will have a higher feeding rate/crab per min, (2) males will have a higher feeding rate/claw per min, (3) males will have larger feeding claws (dactyl length and width) than comparable-sized females, and (4) smaller crabs will feed faster than larger ones and thereby satisfy their feeding demand more rapidly than larger crabs. Our results supported all four predictions. Males compensated for having one feeding claw by feeding faster/claw per min with larger claws.
Reproductive features of sympatric species of Caprella (Amphipoda) on the southeastern Brazilian coast: a comparative study
Authors: De Paula D. R. , Almeida A. C. , Jacobucci G. B.
Published: August 2016

Caprellid amphipods play an important role in coastal ecosystems, establishing a link between producers and higher trophic levels. Also, they are sensitive to environmental changes, toxins and pollutants. The aim of the present study was to analyse the main reproductive parameters (fecundity, reproductive periodicity and juvenile recruitment) of the sympatric speciesCaprella danilevskii,C. equilibraandC. scauraassociated withSargassum cymosum(Phaeophyta, Fucales) beds on the southeastern coast of Brazil, in order to evaluate the strategies used by them to ensure their coexistence. Fecundity (F) and the volume of eggs (VE) produced varied among species, but significant relationships were observed only forC. danilevskiiandC. equilibra. It was found that the total length of females (TL) was inversely proportional to F, whereC. danilevskii, the larger species, showed a lower number of eggs, but with larger sizes. Ovigerous females ofC. scaura, despite having a total length greater than that ofC. equilibra, showed a similar volume of eggs. Ovigerous females of the three caprellid species were not retrieved in every month of the study, resulting in the observation of a reproduction of a periodic or discontinuous type, with peaks in autumn and winter. The presence of juveniles also varied throughout the study period. These variations of ovigerous females and juveniles may occur, mainly due to the fluctuation of environmental conditions, as well as the reproductive strategies exhibited by the species, allowing the coexistence ofC. danilevskii,C. equilibraandC. scaurain the study area.
New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America Part I. Genus Scatopsciara Edwards, 1927
Authors: MOHRIG WERNER , KAUSCHKE ELLEN
Published: August 2016

In the Nearctic region the genus Scatopsciara includes 37 species. Herein these species are diagnosed, keyed and distribution data provided. Twenty six species are known exclusively from the Nearctic region. Eleven species have a Holarctic distribution. Nineteen species are described as new for science. These are: Scatopsciara abedabunae sp. n. (USA, Canada), Sc. adsilae sp. n. (USA), Sc. alawae sp. n. (USA), Sc. awanatae sp. n. (USA), Sc. awinitae sp. n. (USA, Canada), Sc. catoriae sp. n. (USA), Sc. chenoae sp. n. (USA), Sc. inesae sp. n. (USA), Sc. itumae sp. n. (USA), Sc. miakodae sp. n. (USA), Sc. praealawae sp. n. (USA), Sc. praeawanatae sp. n. (USA), Sc. subawanatae sp. n. (USA), Sc. subdendrotica sp. n. (Canada), Sc. subfratercula sp. n. (Canada), Sc. subgrossa (USA), Sc. subitumae sp. n. (USA), Sc. submiakodae sp. n. (USA) and Sc. tricuspidatula sp. n. (USA).        The following five species are new for North America: Scatopsciara curviforceps Bukowski & Lengersdorf, 1936, Sc. geophila Tuomikoski, 1960, Sc. neglecta Menzel & Mohrig 1998, Sc. subciliata Tuomikoski, 1960 and Sc. ventrospinula Mohrig & Mamaev, 1983. Six species, included in Corynoptera so far were transferred to the genus Scatopsciara. These are Sc. armigera (Vilkamaa & Hippa, 2006), Sc. fratercula (Vilkamaa & Hippa, 2006), Sc. robustior (Vilkamaa & Hippa, 2006), Sc. vagula (Tuomikoski, 1960), Sc. fera (Mohrig & Heller, 1992) (in Heller & Mohrig, 1992) and Sc. nyxa (Mohrig & Menzel, 1992).
Schwarz lemma involving the boundary fixed point
Authors: Xu Qinghua , Tang Yongfa , Yang Ting , Srivastava Hari Mohan
Published: August 2016

Let f be an holomorphic function which maps the unit disk into itself. In this paper, consider the zero of order k (i.e., $f(z)-f(0)$
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Creatine kinase in ischemic and inflammatory disorders
Authors: Kitzenberg David , Colgan Sean P. , Glover Louise E.
Published: August 2016

The creatine/phosphocreatine pathway plays a conserved and central role in energy metabolism. Compartmentalization of specific creatine kinase enzymes permits buffering of local high energy phosphates in a thermodynamically favorable manner, enabling both rapid energy storage and energy transfer within the cell. Augmentation of this metabolic pathway by nutritional creatine supplementation has been shown to elicit beneficial effects in a number of diverse pathologies, particularly those that incur tissue ischemia, hypoxia or oxidative stress. In these settings, creatine and phosphocreatine prevent depletion of intracellular ATP and internal acidification, enhance post‐ischemic recovery of protein synthesis and promote free radical scavenging and stabilization of cellular membranes. The creatine kinase energy system is itself further regulated by hypoxic signaling, highlighting the existence of endogenous mechanisms in mammals that can enhance creatine metabolism during oxygen deprivation to promote tissue resolution and homeostasis. Here, we review recent insights into the creatine kinase pathway, and provide rationale for dietary creatine supplementation in human ischemic and inflammatory pathologies.
Now, Not Now
Authors: English James F.
Published: August 2016

Scholars of contemporary fiction face special challenges in making the turn toward digitized corpora and empirical method. Their field is one of exceptionally large and uncertain scale, subject to ongoing transformation and dispute and shrouded in copyright. It is, however, possible to produce an illuminating map of the field through statistical analysis of midsize, handmade data sets. On such a map one sees a striking shift in the typical temporal setting of the novel, a shift that corresponds to major rearrangements of the relation of literary commerce to literary prestige. This correspondence between formal and institutional developments in turn lends empirical support to the argument that, where anglophone fiction is concerned, the “contemporary” period begins around 1980.
“The Frog That Has Forgotten Its Past”: Advocating for Migrant Workers in South Korea
Authors: Jun EuyRyung
Published: August 2016

In this article, the author discusses how South Korean migrant advocacy that has emerged since the mid-1990s relied on mobilizing the moral responsibility of local civil society and the state on the dehumanizing conditions of foreign workers—most of whom are from China, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the former Soviet Union. I ask first, what were the ways that migrant advocacy groups that emerged in the aftermath of the Myongdong protest translated the problem of the human rights of the foreign worker? Second, what can those narratives that became dominant in Korea say about the problem of human rights more broadly? The foreign worker is neither entitled to the national rights of the host country, which Hannah Arendt argued so forcefully is the basis for one's human rights (1951), nor do the international conventions that recognize the rights of migrants have effective legal force. Under such conditions, and as the author shows in this article, it is the narrative of the suffering of foreign workers and the shame of Koreans that most effectively responded to the state and other actors' abuses against foreign workers. Overall, this article suggests that the emergent postcolonial ethics of shame and responsibility that appeals to the common history of suffering and hardship between South Koreans and migrants should be rethought as a political process of re-reconciling the claims of rights of the foreign worker under the state's economic interest and sovereignty.
The “Worlds” Of the Region
Authors: Radhakrishnan Ratheesh
Published: August 2016

The “region”—understood in terms of the linguistically organized states—has been one of the central categories around which debates about cultural politics in India have been organized in the last two decades. This article argues that within this scholarship, the “region” has figured as a mirror of the nation, either as continuing from the impulses of the nation or as a response to it. Contra this, it proposes that “region” should be understood as being formed simultaneously within and without the structuring of the nation. Even while the horizon of universality provided by the nation to its subjects presents the figure of the “citizen” as its teleology, nonnational resources are mobilized to configure the subject of the region. Rather than a historical development, this performative subject, who works with multiple horizons of universality, is foundational to the formation of the region. This article, using two Malayalam language films from the South Indian state of Kerala, Arabikatha (Arabian Tale) and 16 MM: Memories, Movement and a Machine, attempts to think through how mistranslation of the “world” is central to the formation of the regional subject.
Nature-Inspired Design of Smart Biomaterials Using the Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids
Authors: Pandian Ganesh N , Sugiyama Hiroshi
Published: August 2016

In the natural cellular environment, nucleic acid biomolecules like DNA have biological implications via structural modifications and through precise coordination with other biomolecules in the local environment. Here, we detail the design of nature-inspired smart biomaterials that are based on the chemical biology of nucleic acids. N-Methylpyrrole (P) and N-methylimidazole (I) polyamides (PIPs), sequence-specific DNA-binding molecules have been, developed to image specific DNA sequences and to alter gene expression inside the living cells. The self-assembling feature of DNA was harnessed to achieve the programmed assembly of nanostructures with different dimensions. Also, the advanced DNA architectures with well-defined properties allowed the real-time visualization of the complicated single-molecule interactions, which in-turn provided vital intracellular mechanistic information. The molecular recognition properties of DNA were exploited to design biologically inspired hybrid catalysts for sustainable organic synthesis. Our review could serve as a guidebook for researchers who aim to develop nucleic acid-based synthetic biomaterials.
Portfolio Choice Based on Third-Degree Stochastic Dominance
Authors: Post Thierry , Kopa Miloš
Published: August 2016

We develop an optimization method for constructing investment portfolios that dominate a given benchmark portfolio in terms of third-degree stochastic dominance. Our approach relies on the properties of the semivariance function, a refinement of an existing “superconvex” dominance condition, and quadratic constrained programming. We apply our method to historical stock market data using an industry momentum strategy. Our enhanced portfolio generates important performance improvements compared with alternatives based on mean-variance dominance and second-degree stochastic dominance. Relative to the Center for Research in Security Prices all-share index, our portfolio increases average out-of-sample return by almost seven percentage points per annum without incurring more downside risk, using quarterly rebalancing and without short selling.

This paper was accepted by Lauren Cohen, finance.
SPECTATEUR ET LIEN COMMUN: INVENTION ET TRANSFORMATIONS
Authors: Lontrade Agnès
Published: August 2016

L’invention du spectateur et du sujet esthétique au XVIIIe siècle a eu à la fois pour condition et pour conséquence l’ancrage du sentiment dans la communauté universelle. La naissance de l’espace public, en partie fruit de la circulation et de la confrontation des jugements dans la sphère de l’exposition et des discours s’y rattachant, est à la source de théories contemporaines de la critique d’art fondant, dans la lignée des travaux de Jürgen Habermas, l’évaluation esthétique sur l’intercompréhension et l’intersubjectivité des réceptions. Cet article s’attache à réfléchir les présupposés et les implications politiques de la critique d’art et de l’expérience esthétique ; réflexion qui nécessite de discuter les concepts, aujourd’hui ambivalents, de spectateur, de sens commun, de communication et de publicité.
ELEMENTOS CONSTITUTIVOS DA EXPERIÊNCIA INFANTIL
Authors: Dos Santos Sandro Vinicius Sales
Published: August 2016

O artigo apresenta os elementos que compõem as experiências produzidas pelas crianças no ambiente da Educação Infantil. A categoria experiência foi refinada a partir da crítica da cultura e da modernidade de Walter Benjamin e dos Estudos Sociais da Infância. O estudo de caráter qualitativo buscou captar a densidade das ações das crianças. Identificou-se que as experiências das crianças são resultantes da combinatória de ações que elas desenvolvem nas relações que estabelecem com os artefatos, nas relações vivenciadas entre elas e os adultos e por último nas relações entre as próprias crianças. Ao vivenciar as experiências no âmbito da instituição, as crianças articulam-nas a situações vividas em temporalidades distintas das dos adultos, criando, assim, campos de experiências.
A EDUCAÇÃO MATEMÁTICA E O PODER: UMA HISTÓRIA A CONTRAPELO
Authors: Artioli Rolim Carmem Lucia
Published: August 2016

O presente artigo é resultado de uma pesquisa teórica, que busca compreender a educação matemática como processo sociocultural construído na historicidade dos sujeitos. Tendo por base a abordagem qualitativa, os procedimentos utilizados para o estudo compreendem a pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, com o objetivo de adentrar os mecanismos de poder, presentes na matemática, como processo educacional institucionalizado. Nesse contexto, são exploradas construções históricas da matemática escolar, considerando-se os instrumentos que classificam e adjetivam os sujeitos pautados pelo domínio do conhecimento matemático e legitimados pela classe hegemônica. Os resultados indicam que a educação matemática institucionalizada nas escolas não se desvincula da sociedade, pelo contrário, a ela responde, reafirmando a necessidade de questionar ideologias e analisar o papel da educação matemática como construção social, considerando-se os efeitos de controle e poder que perpassam os processos educacionais.
ENSINO DESENVOLVIMENTAL: UMA POSSIBILIDADE PARA A SUPERAÇÃO DA PERSPECTIVA ONTOLÓGICA REALISTA EMPÍRICA NA ÁREA DA EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA
Authors: Ortigara Vidalcir , Coral Maurício Abel
Published: August 2016

O presente artigo busca discutir as consequências que a atual tendência de produção do conhecimento na área da Educação Física tem na formação e na prática pedagógica dos professores. Indicamos que os conhecimentos dessa área estão majoritariamente sendo produzidos a partir de uma perspectiva ontológica realista empírica, que limita a atuação do professor e o desenvolvimento das funções psíquicas superiores nos estudantes ao nível das manifestações empíricas da realidade, ou seja, que estão ligadas aos conhecimentos do cotidiano e à adequação ao modo de vida posto. Como alternativa a isso, apontamos o ensino desenvolvimental, que postula o ensino organizado de forma a conduzir o desenvolvimento das funções psíquicas superiores pela apropriação e compreensão das relações essenciais gerais dos objetos.
Breast-feeding duration and children’s nutritional status at age 12-24 months
Authors: Susilowati Susilowati , Kusharisupeni Kusharisupeni , Fikawati Sandra , Achmad Kusdinar
Published: August 2016

Background Relation between breast-feeding duration and children’s nutritional status is still a controversy. Positive as well as negative relation were shown. This study aimed to support this current issue on breast feeding duration and nutritional status of children aged 12-24 months.Objective To analyze relationship between breast-feeding duration and nutritional status of children aged 12-24 months.Methods A cross sectional study was conducted with 246 proportional stratified random coupled samples (mothers and weaned children) with inclusion criteria: normal birth weight, full-term delivery and no physical and psychological problems. Data from children were measured using Seca® digital weight scale, wooden length board, while data from mothers were collected through 1x24 Hours Food Recall Form, and a questionnaire on mother’s knowledge.Results The average of breast-feeding duration was 15 months. The prevalence of malnutrition was quite low (<10%), but the prevalence of stunting was high enough (20.7%) while wasting was moderately high (10.6%). Breast-feeding duration was significantly associated to children’s nutritional status (height-for-age index and weight-for-height index). The highest correlation was found in height-for-age index (r = 0.403). Regression model revealed that breast-feeding duration, exclusive breast-feeding, diarrhea, working mother, mother’s knowledge, energy intake, and protein intake were independently associated with children’s nutritional status.Conclusions As this study found that the average of breast-feeding duration was 15 months and there was a significant association between breast-feeding duration and nutritional status (height-for-age index) of children 12-24 months old, thus these findings strengthen the recommendation of WHO to continue breast feeding up to 2 years old. [Paediatr Indones. 2010;50:56-61].
Association of Atrial Fibrillation with Morphological and Electrophysiological Changes of the Atrial Myocardium
Authors: Matějková Adéla , Šteiner Ivo
Published: August 2016

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. For long time it was considered as pure functional disorder, but in recent years, there were identified atrial locations, which are involved in the initiation and maintenance of this arrhythmia. These structural changes, so called remodelation, start at electric level and later they affect contractility and morphology. In this study we attempted to find a possible relation between morphological (scarring, amyloidosis, left atrial (LA) enlargement) and electrophysiological (ECG features) changes in patients with AF. We examined grossly and histologically 100 hearts of necropsy patients – 54 with a history of AF and 46 without AF. Premortem ECGs were evaluated. The patients with AF had significantly heavier heart, larger LA, more severely scarred myocardium of the LA and atrial septum, and more severe amyloidosis in both atria. Severity of amyloidosis was higher in LAs vs. right atria (RAs). Distribution of both fibrosis and amyloidosis was irregular. The most affected area was in the LA anterior wall. Patients with a history of AF and with most severe amyloidosis have more often abnormally long P waves. Finding of long P wave may contribute to diagnosis of a hitherto undisclosed atrial fibrillation.
Analytical and clinical validation of the new Abbot Architect 25(OH)D assay: fit for purpose?
Authors: Cavalier Etienne , Lukas Pierre , Bekaert Anne-Catherine , Carlisi Agnès , Le Goff Caroline , Delanaye Pierre , Souberbielle Jean-Claude
Published: August 2016

Background:

We provide a clinical and analytical evaluation of the reformulated version of the Abbott Architect 25-hydroxyvitamin D assay. We compared this assay with three commercial automated immunoassays and against a VDSP-traceable liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in six different populations. We also supplemented 40 healthy volunteers with either 600,000 IU of vitamin D2 or 100,000 of vitamin D3 to evaluate the performance of the immunoassays vs. the LC-MS/MS.

Methods:

Precision and limit of quantification were assessed, 25(OH)D2 and C3-epimer recovery were calculated. Two hundred and forty samples obtained in healthy Caucasians and Africans, osteoporotic, hemodialyzed and intensive care patients and 3rd trimester pregnant women were analyzed by all methods. Correlation was studied using Passing-Bablok and Bland-Altman analysis. Concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) was calculated to evaluate agreement between immunoassays and LC-MS/MS. We verified if patients were homogeneously classified with the immunoassays when they took vitamin D2 or vitamin D3 after 1, 7 and 28 days.

Results:

We observed excellent analytical features and showed a very good correlation to the LC-MS/MS results in the overall population. Compared to the other immunoassays, concordance of the new Abbott assay with the LC-MS/MS was at least similar, and often better in diseased populations. Althought the cross-reactivity with 25(OH)D2 was not of 100%, there was no significant difference in the classifications of the patients, either supplemented with D2 or D3 or after 7 or 28 days.

Conclusions:

This modified version of the Abbott Architect assay is clearly improved compared to the previous one and presents a better agreement with the LC-MS/MS.
Autonomous Sensor Node Powered by CM-Scale Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell and Low-Cost and Off-the-Shelf Components
Authors: Chailloux T. , Capitaine A. , Erable B. , Pillonnet G.
Published: August 2016

Microbial fuel cells (MFC’s) are promising energy harvesters to constantly supply energy to sensors deployed in aquatic environments where solar, thermal and vibration sources are inadequate. In order to show the ready-to-use MFC potential as energy scavengers, this paper presents the association of a durable benthic MFC with a few dollars of commercially-available power management units (PMU’s) dedicated to other kinds of harvesters. With 20 cm2 of cheap material electrodes, and experimental conditions similar to real ones, 101 µW has been generated at 320 mV in steady-state operation. In burst mode, the MFC can generate up to 400 µW. The PMU, configured to extract the maximum available energy, provides 47 µW at 3 V in steady state, which would allow a wide range of environmental sensors to be powered. A sensor node, consuming 100 µJ every 4 s for measurement and wireless transmission of temperature, has been successfully powered by the association of our MFC and the PMU.