bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Clinical and laboratorial evaluation of dogs with cutaneous lymphoma treated with lomustine
Authors: Duarte Amanda Resende , Marques Jéssica De Assis , Zahn Fabíola Soares , Machado Luiz Henrique De Araújo
Published: April 2016

O objetivo deste estudo prospectivo foi avaliar a resposta clínica de cães com linfoma cutâneo tratados com lomustina (CCNU) e identificar possíveis efeitos adversos e toxicidade durante o tratamento. Quinze cães, sendo 7 fêmeas e 8 machos, com idades entre 5 e 17 anos diagnosticados com linfoma cutâneo por avaliação histopatológica foram selecionados e tratados com lomustina na dose de 90 mg/m2 a cada três semanas. Os cães foram monitorados por avaliação hematológica e bioquímica sérica antes e durante o tratamento. A resposta parcial foi observada em 53,3% dos animais. Nenhum dos animais apresentou resposta completa e sete animais (46,6%) apresentaram progressão da doença. O tempo médio de sobrevida foi de 22 dias. As principais alterações hematológicas e bioquímicas observadas após o tratamento foram leucopenia (73,3%), trombocitopenia (60%) e anemia (46,1%). Sinais de toxicidade renal e hepática foram observados em 40% e 73,3% dos cães, respectivamente. Durante o tratamento foram afetados os parâmetros hematócrito, proteínas séricas totais, contagem de leucócitos, contagem de neutrófilos, creatinina sérica, ALT, GGT, fosfatase alcalina e densidade urinária. O uso de lomustina como monoterapia no tratamento do linfoma cutâneo canino foi efetivo; entretanto, efeitos adversos ocorreram e comprometeram a qualidade de vida da maioria dos animais neste estudo. Assim, sugere-se que doses mais baixas de lomustina sejam consideradas em estudos futuros.
Economic feasibility of hay enriched extruded production as a complete diet for equine
Authors: Feltre Kátia , Palagi Mayara Angela Faga , Gameiro Augusto Hauber , Wajnsztejn Henry , Gobesso Alexandre Augusto de Oliveira
Published: April 2016

O presente estudo objetivou avaliar a viabilidade econômica de um projeto de produção e comercialização do Feno Enriquecido Extrusado (FEE) como dieta completa para equinos. O estudo baseou-se em levantamento de dados e cotação de preços de atividades que envolvem desde o preparo da terra (correção, plantio e adubação) até o beneficiamento do produto na fábrica (extrusão) e comercialização. Foram considerados também os custos com transporte e tributações. Para o cálculo dos indicadores de rentabilidade utilizou-se o método do Fluxo de Caixa Descontado (período de 30 anos) e da Demonstração de Resultados do Exercício (DRE). Os cálculos foram desenvolvidos utilizando planilhas eletrônicas do pacote Microsoft Office Excel®. Foram simulados três cenários de produção com diferentes preços ao consumidor: Cenário 1) equivalente à dieta completa, onde os ingredientes são fornecidos em conjunto, mas adquiridos separadamente; Cenário 2) considerando um valor 10% maior que o da dieta completa; Cenário 3) considerando um valor 20% maior que o da dieta completa. Pôde-se observar que o projeto foi viável economicamente nos três cenários sugeridos com Valor Presente Líquido (VPL) positivo, Taxa Interna de Retorno (TIR) maior que 9,4% aa e payback de 11 a 2 anos. A produção de FEE pode ser um investimento promissor tanto pela qualidade do produto e facilidade de uso quanto pelo rápido retorno do capital investido.
Determining organochlorine pesticides in samples of green sea turtles by QuEChERS approach
Authors: Sánchez-Sarmiento Angélica María , Vilca Franz Zirena , Rossi Silmara , Monteiro Sergio Henrique , Vale Luiz Américo da Silva do , Tornisielo Valdemar Luiz , Matushima Eliana Reiko
Published: April 2016

Alguns Pesticidas organoclorados (OCPs) podem causar numerosos efeitos adversos na biota. As tartarugas marinhas enfrentam diversas ameaças, em especial aquelas relacionadas às atividades antropogênicas, por isso o desenvolvimento de melhorias nos métodos para monitorar compostos químicos são tarefas importantes. Neste trabalho foi desenvolvida uma metodologia baseada na extração QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged and Safe) para a detecção de doze OCPs, por cromatografia gasosa com captura de elétrons, em amostras de gordura e fígado de tartarugas verdes. Os limites de quantificação ficaram abaixo de 5.3 ng g-1; com taxas de recuperação aceitáveis para a maioria de compostos; efeito matriz médio; calibração da matriz com linearidade variando de 1.0 a 200 ng g-1. Esta metodologia traz contribuições ao estudo de resíduos com efeito adverso na saúde das tartarugas marinhas, sendo importante instrumento para novas direções em temas de conservação.
Statistical methods applied to evaluate blasting seismic vibration
Authors: Bacci Denise de La Corte , Landim Paulo Milton Barbosa
Published: April 2016

The present paper analyses multivariate statistical methods applied to evaluate blasting seismic vibration in quarries. Principal components analysis and multigroups discriminate analysis were used. Blast pattern and properties of rock body were the variables used in the present study. Data consider the peak particle velocity, in mm/s and frequency, in Hertz, collected by the seismograph monitoring in an urban quarry at Campinas municipality, São Paulo, Brazil. In view of the great number of variables, it was impossible to correlate them without the multivariate analyses. The results obtained with principal component analysis shower distance as the most important factor in the attenuation of ground vibration. Discriminate analysis shower the charge weight per delay as the most important variable to separate the four groups of data, followed by thickness of soil overburden and distance. Properties of the rock body (orientation, frequency and angle of geological discontinuities and soil overburden) have influence in the ground vibration, increasing or reducing its level, depending on the direction of wave propagation. The analyses gave a better comprehension of the ground vibration process correlating physics data with measured parameters
Pirometamorphism in cretaceous carbonates from the Jandaíra Formation, Potiguar Basin, Northeastern Brazil
Authors: Terra Silvia Amorim , Souza Zorano Sérgio de , Botelho Nilson Francisquini , Viana Rúbia Ribeiro , Legrand Jean Michel , Srivastava Narendra Kumar
Published: April 2016

Este trabalho enfoca o efeito termal provocado por intrusões básicas hipabissais encaixadas em rochas carbonáticas cretáceas da Formação Jandaíra, Bacia Potiguar emersa, NE do Brasil. Com tal objetivo, foram usados dados de campo, microscópicos, difração de raios X, microssonda eletrônica e litogeoquímica de rocha total dos calcários. Os calcários preservados, situados nas proximidades da área de estudo, são constituídos de grãos carbonáticos, matrizes, cimentos, poros, e, mineralogicamente, contêm calcita, ankerita, dolomita, pequena quantidade de argilas (montmorilonita) e traços de quartzo, microclina, pirita e limonita. Nos calcários pirometamorfizados ocorre aumento da granulação, desaparecem os componentes fossilíferos e a porosidade é insignificante. A composição modal dos carbonatos sugere como protólitos calcários calcíferos a dolomíticos. Nos carbonatos recristalizados, podem ser formados os minerais lizardita e espinélio nas amostras pouco e moderadamente afetadas, e espinélio, espurrita e forsterita nas fortemente afetadas. Considerando o contexto geológico, a composição mineralógica e diagramas petrológicos da literatura, sugerem-se temperaturas e pressões máximas de 1050 a 1200ºC e 0,5 a 1,0 kbar, respectivamente. Além da importância petrológica na caracterização do pirometamorfismo, as conclusões desta pesquisa deixam em aberto a possibilidade de modificação no sistema petrolífero em reservatórios de hidrocarbonetos na Bacia Potiguar e demais bacias sedimentares brasileiras com rochas magmáticas associadas
Determination of the chemical properties of water and sediments in agricultural land use by using energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Authors: Mancuso Malva Andrea , Azevedo Francéllwika Catharine Gomes de , Wastowski Arci Dirceu , Fioreze Mariele
Published: April 2016

A técnica de espectrometria de fluorescência de raios X por energia dispersiva (EDXRF) foi aplicada em 29 amostras coletadas em um ano (jun/2012 a jul/2013) de monitoramento de qualidade da água do Rio Lajeado Pardo, afluente de um reservatório de captação de água para abastecimento, para avaliar a qualidade de 4 amostras de solos da floresta circundante e 6 amostras de sedimentos fluviais. Os teores elevados de Fe e Mn têm relação natural com os solos da região, já Cu, Zn, Ba e Cr, apesar de serem micronutrientes naturais do solo, podem ter enriquecimento proveniente do uso de fertilizantes e defensivos agrícolas. Segundo níveis estabelecidos pelas Diretrizes Canadenses de Qualidade dos Sedimentos para a Proteção da Vida Aquática e CONAMA nº 344/2000, as concentrações de Cr e Cu em sedimentos foram superiores ao nível acima do qual são observados efeitos severos à vida aquática. Em água doce, as concentrações de Fe, Zn, Cu e Mn foram superiores ao limite indicado pelas Diretrizes Canadenses de Qualidade da Água para a Proteção da Agricultura e Diretrizes Canadenses de Qualidade da Água para a Proteção de Vida Aquática. Não foram detectados os elementos Al, V, Zr, Sr, Cr, Y e Nb em água doce, estando a presença dos mesmos restrita aos solos e sedimentos de fundo do reservatório. O transporte médio anual de sedimentos foi estimado em 9,59 ton/ano.km2 . Entretanto, durante evento de precipitação pluviométrica, com vazão observada de 7,38 m³/s, se obteve a descarga máxima de 8,09 ton/dia.km2 de sólidos suspensos totais, um acréscimo de 307 vezes o valor médio diário transportado pelo rio
Knowledge Gaps in Cardiovascular Care of the Older Adult Population
Authors: Rich Michael W. , Chyun Deborah A. , Skolnick Adam H. , Alexander Karen P. , Forman Daniel E. , Kitzman Dalane W. , Maurer Mathew S. , McClurken James B. , Resnick Barbara M. , Shen Win K. , Tirschwell David L.
Published: April 2016

The incidence and prevalence of most cardiovascular disorders increase with age, and cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and major disability in adults ≥75 years of age; however, despite the large impact of cardiovascular disease on quality of life, morbidity, and mortality in older adults, patients aged ≥75 years have been markedly underrepresented in most major cardiovascular trials, and virtually all trials have excluded older patients with complex comorbidities, significant physical or cognitive disabilities, frailty, or residence in a nursing home or assisted living facility. As a result, current guidelines are unable to provide evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of older patients typical of those encountered in routine clinical practice. The objectives of this scientific statement are to summarize current guideline recommendations as they apply to older adults, identify critical gaps in knowledge that preclude informed evidence-based decision making, and recommend future research to close existing knowledge gaps. To achieve these objectives, we conducted a detailed review of current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and American Stroke Association guidelines to identify content and recommendations that explicitly targeted older patients. We found that there is a pervasive lack of evidence to guide clinical decision making in older patients with cardiovascular disease, as well as a paucity of data on the impact of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions on key outcomes that are particularly important to older patients, such as quality of life, physical function, and maintenance of independence. Accordingly, there is a critical need for a multitude of large population-based studies and clinical trials that include a broad spectrum of older patients representative of those seen in clinical practice and that incorporate relevant outcomes important to older patients in the study design. The results of these studies will provide the foundation for future evidence-based guidelines applicable to older patients, thereby enhancing patient-centered evidence-based care of older people with cardiovascular disease in the United States and around the world.
Results of Cryoenergy and Radiofrequency-Based Catheter Ablation for Treating Ventricular Arrhythmias Arising From the Papillary Muscles of the Left Ventricle, Guided by Intracardiac Echocardiography and Image Integration
Authors: Rivera Santiago , Ricapito Maria de la Paz , Tomas Leandro , Parodi Josefina , Bardera Molina Guillermo , Banega Rodrigo , Bueti Pablo , Orosco Agustin , Reinoso Marcelo , Caro Milagros , Belardi Diego , Albina Gaston , Giniger Alberto , Scazzuso Fernando
Published: April 2016

Background—

Catheter radiofrequency ablation of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) arising from the left ventricle’s papillary muscles has been associated with inconsistent results. The use of cryoenergy versus radiofrequency has not been compared yet. This study compares outcomes and complications of catheter ablation of VA from the papillary muscles of the left ventricle with either cryoenergy or radiofrequency.

Methods and Results—

Twenty-one patients (40±12 years old; 47% males; median ejection fraction 59±7.3%) with drug refractory premature ventricular contractions or ventricular tachycardia underwent catheter cryoablation or radiofrequency ablation. VAs were localized using 3-dimensional mapping, multidetector computed tomography, and intracardiac echocardiography, with arrhythmia foci being mapped at either the anterolateral papillary muscle or posteromedial papillary muscles of the left ventricle. Focal ablation was performed using an 8-mm cryoablation catheter or a 4-mm open-irrigated radiofrequency catheter, via transmitral approach. Acute success rate was 100% for cryoenergy (n=12) and 78% for radiofrequency (n=9;
P
=0.08). Catheter stability was achieved in all patients (100%) treated with cryoenergy, and only in 2 (25%) patients treated with radiofrequency (
P
=0.001). Incidence of multiple VA morphologies was observed in 7 patients treated with radiofrequency (77.7%), whereas none was observed in those treated with cryoenergy (
P
=0.001). VA recurrence at 6 months follow-up was 0% for cryoablation and 44% for radiofrequency (
P
=0.03).

Conclusions—

Cryoablation was associated with higher success rates and lower recurrence rates than radiofrequency catheter ablation, better catheter stability, and lesser incidence of polymorphic arrhythmias.
Antihypertensive Medications and the Prevalence of Hyperkalemia in a Large Health System
Authors: Chang Alex R. , Sang Yingying , Leddy Julia , Yahya Taher , Kirchner H. Lester , Inker Lesley A. , Matsushita Kunihiro , Ballew Shoshana H. , Coresh Josef , Grams Morgan E.
Published: April 2016

Little is known about the frequency and patterns of hyperkalemia in clinical settings. We evaluated the association between baseline antihypertensive medications that may affect potassium levels (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, β-blockers, loop/thiazide diuretics, and potassium-sparing diuretics) and hyperkalemia, defined by potassium >5 mEq/L and >5.5 mEq/L, over a 3-year time period in 194 456 outpatients in the Geisinger Health System, as well as actions taken after an episode of hyperkalemia. The proportions of patients with 0, <2, 2 to 4, and ≥4 potassium measurements per year were 20%, 58%, 16%, and 6%. Potassium levels >5 mEq/L and >5.5 mEq/L occurred in 10.8% and 2.3% of all patients over the 3-year period; among patients with ≥4 measurements per year, corresponding values were 39.4% and 14.6%. Most cases of hyperkalemia occurred only once during follow-up. The antihypertensive medication class most strongly associated with hyperkalemia was angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. Among patients with a measurement of potassium >5.5 mEq/L, only 24% were seen by a nephrologist and 5.2% were seen by a dietician during the 3-year period. Short-term actions after a potassium measurement >5.5 mEq/L included emergency room visit (3.1% within 7 days), remeasurement of potassium (44.3% with 14 days), and change in a potassium-altering medication (26.4% within 60 days). The most common medication changes were discontinuation/dose reduction of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker or potassium-sparing diuretic, which occurred in 29.1% and 49.6% of people taking these medications, respectively. In conclusion, hyperkalemia is common. Future research may enable optimal renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitor use with improved management of hyperkalemia.
Multimodal Optimization by Covariance Matrix Self-Adaptation Evolution Strategy with Repelling Subpopulations
Authors: Ahrari Ali , Deb Kalyanmoy , Preuss Mike
Published: April 2016

During the recent decades, many niching methods have been proposed and empirically verified on some available test problems. They often rely on some particular assumptions associated with the distribution, shape, and size of the basins, which can seldom be made in practical optimization problems. This study utilizes several existing concepts and techniques, such as taboo points, normalized Mahalanobis distance, and the Ursem’s hill-valley function in order to develop a new tool for multimodal optimization, which does not make any of these assumptions. In the proposed method, several subpopulations explore the search space in parallel. Offspring of a subpopulation are forced to maintain a sufficient distance to the center of fitter subpopulations and the previously identified basins, which are marked as taboo points. The taboo points repel the subpopulation to prevent convergence to the same basin. A strategy to update the repelling power of the taboo points is proposed to address the challenge of basins of dissimilar size. The local shape of a basin is also approximated by the distribution of the subpopulation members converging to that basin. The proposed niching strategy is incorporated into the covariance matrix self-adaptation evolution strategy (CMSA-ES), a potent global optimization method. The resultant method, called the covariance matrix self-adaptation with repelling subpopulations (RS-CMSA), is assessed and compared to several state-of-the-art niching methods on a standard test suite for multimodal optimization. An organized procedure for parameter setting is followed which assumes a rough estimation of the desired/expected number of minima available. Performance sensitivity to the accuracy of this estimation is also studied by introducing the concept of robust mean peak ratio. Based on the numerical results using the available and the introduced performance measures, RS-CMSA emerges as the most successful method when robustness and efficiency are considered at the same time.
New perspectives on bias in polar questions
Authors: Gyuris Beáta
Published: April 2016

The aim of this paper is to provide new insights for the analysis of bias in polar questions by showing that the distinction proposed by Sudo (2013) between evidential and epistemic biases leads to an integrated picture of the Hungarian system of polar interrogatives. For the first time, a comprehensive analysis of this system is given here and it is shown how the contributions of certain formal features, such as the interrogative and the negative particles, can be captured independently. This perspective helps to explain restrictions on the occurrences of the different forms of polar interrogatives in Hungarian with respect to a large number of question uses. The paper derives the biases associated with the individual constituents from different sources and makes some proposals on how their impact could be incorporated into a formal model of dialogue.
Dryops renateae Greń & Przewoźny sp. n. from Tajikistan (Coleoptera: Dryopidae)
Authors: GREŃ CZESŁAW , PRZEWOŹNY MAREK , SZCZEPAŃSKI WOJCIECH T. , KARPIŃSKI LECH
Published: April 2016

The genus Dryops Olivier, 1791 has a worldwide distribution. In the Palaearctic region, it contains 34 species, from Tajikistan only one was recorded so far—Dryops rufipes Krynicki, 1832 (Olmi 1976, Kodada & Jäch 2006). During an expedition of last two authors to the Tajikistan in 2014 a series of new species was found, which is described in this paper.
Regime-Dependent Short-Range Solar Irradiance Forecasting
Authors: McCandless T. C. , Young G. S. , Haupt S. E. , Hinkelman L. M.
Published: April 2016

This paper describes the development and testing of a cloud-regime-dependent short-range solar irradiance forecasting system for predictions of 15-min-average clearness index (global horizontal irradiance). This regime-dependent artificial neural network (RD-ANN) system classifies cloud regimes with a k-means algorithm on the basis of a combination of surface weather observations, irradiance observations, and GOES-East satellite data. The ANNs are then trained on each cloud regime to predict the clearness index. This RD-ANN system improves over the mean absolute error of the baseline clearness-index persistence predictions by 1.0%, 21.0%, 26.4%, and 27.4% at the 15-, 60-, 120-, and 180-min forecast lead times, respectively. In addition, a version of this method configured to predict the irradiance variability predicts irradiance variability more accurately than does a smart persistence technique.
Dynamical Link between the Barents–Kara Sea Ice and the Arctic Oscillation
Authors: Yang Xiao-Yi , Yuan Xiaojun , Ting Mingfang
Published: April 2016

The recent accelerated Arctic sea ice decline has been proposed as a possible forcing factor for midlatitude circulation changes, which can be projected onto the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and/or North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) mode. However, the timing and physical mechanisms linking AO responses to the Arctic sea ice forcing are not entirely understood. In this study, the authors suggest a connection between November sea ice extent in the Barents and Kara Seas and the following winter’s atmospheric circulation in terms of the fast sea ice retreat and the subsequent modification of local air–sea heat fluxes. In particular, the dynamical processes that link November sea ice in the Barents and Kara Seas with the development of AO anomalies in February is explored. In response to the lower-tropospheric warming associated with the initial thermal effect of the sea ice loss, the large-scale atmospheric circulation goes through a series of dynamical adjustment processes: The decelerated zonal-mean zonal wind anomalies propagate gradually from the subarctic to midlatitudes in about one month. The equivalent barotropic AO dipole pattern develops in January because of wave–mean flow interaction and firmly establishes itself in February following the weakening and warming of the stratospheric polar vortex. This connection between sea ice loss and the AO mode is robust on time scales ranging from interannual to decadal. Therefore, the recent winter AO weakening and the corresponding midlatitude climate change may be partly associated with the early winter sea ice loss in the Barents and Kara Seas.
Phase-Resolved Wave Field Simulation Calibration of Sea Surface Reconstruction Using Noncoherent Marine Radar
Authors: Qi Yusheng , Xiao Wenting , Yue Dick K. P.
Published: April 2016

The possibility of reconstructing sea surface wave fields from a noncoherent X-band marine radar return has much potential for maritime operations and ocean engineering. The existing reconstruction method extracts the signal associated with gravity waves that satisfy the dispersion relationship. The process involves parameters related to how the radar signal is modulated by waves of different lengths, propagation directions, amplitudes, and phases. In the absence of independent wave measurements, these reconstruction parameters cannot be rationally adjusted according to wave field conditions, and the predictions are generally of uneven accuracy and reliability. A new reconstruction method based on concurrent phase-resolved wave field simulations is proposed. By maximizing the correlation between the reconstructed and simulated wave fields over time, optimal values of the reconstruction parameters are obtained that are found to vary appreciably with the wave field properties and with the location and size of the subdomain being sensed and reconstructed. With this phase-resolved simulation calibrated (PRSC) approach, the correlation between the evolving reconstructed wave field and that based on phase-resolved simulation, which measures the consistency and fidelity of the reconstruction, is improved significantly (by up to a factor of 2) and is obtained in a substantially broader range of sea states compared to existing methods.
The Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Hospitalized Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease and Critical Limb Ischemia
Authors: Lüders Florian , Fürstenberg Torsten , Engelbertz Christiane , Gebauer Katrin , Meyborg Matthias , Malyar Nasser M. , Reinecke Holger
Published: April 2016

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are major public health problems worldwide. Evaluations of large-scale data on morbidity, outcome, and costs in patients having PAD with CKD are essential. Cross-sectional nationwide population-based analysis of all hospitalizations for PAD during 2009 in Germany focused on the stage-related impact of CKD on morbidity, in-hospital mortality, amputations, length of hospital stay, and health-related expenditure. The total number of hospitalizations was 483 961. Of those, 132 993 (27.5%) had CKD. Chronic kidney disease caused 1.8-fold higher amputation rate ( P < .001) with a stepwise increasing rate with higher CKD stage. Chronic kidney disease doubled in-hospital mortality of patients with PAD (7.8%; n = 10 421) versus 4.0% (n = 14 174, P < .001) with a stepwise increasing risk with higher CKD stage ( P < .001). The highest in-hospital mortality occurred in patients with coprevalence of CKD stage 4 and Fontaine stage IV (16.4%, n = 1176, P < .001). Chronic kidney disease caused 15% higher costs and 21% increased length of stay compared to the whole PAD cohort. This analysis demonstrates the stage-related influence of CKD on morbidity, in-hospital mortality, amputations, length of hospital stay, and reimbursement costs of hospitalized patients with PAD.
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
Authors: Zhang Dongfeng , Lyu Shuzheng , Song Xiantao , Yuan Fei , Xu Feng , Zhang Min , Zhang Mingduo
Published: April 2016

The optimal method of coronary revascularization for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction is unclear. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in these patients. Two investigators independently searched PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register databases for relevant studies. Four prospective and 5 retrospective studies, published before March 2015, involving 6082 patients were included. Compared with PCI, CABG was significantly associated with lower long-term death (odds ratio [OR]: 0.82, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.70-0.96, P = .01, I2 = 0%), myocardial infarction (OR: 0.58, 95% CI: 0.36-0.95, P = .03, I2 = 44%), and repeat revascularization (OR: 0.17, 95% CI: 0.14-0.22, P < .001, I2 = 32%). The short-term death rate was comparable between CABG and PCI (OR: 2.09, 95% CI: 0.80-5.45, P = .13, I2 = 9%). Coronary artery bypass grafting has long-term benefits compared with PCI in patients with CAD and LV dysfunction.
Putting God in God’s Place
Authors: Stackhouse John G.
Published: April 2016

Should theology be a part of the Great Conversation of the modern university? Oxford and Cambridge employ theologians while in Australia theology is utterly unknown in any reputable secular university. Harvard, Yale, and Chicago maintain divinity schools while Princeton, Stanford, and the best public institutions in America keep theology resolutely on the margins—in student clubs and chaplaincies. Canadian universities present a widely varying spectrum from coast to coast. This article explores why there is ambiguity and ambivalence over such an ancient discipline, particularly dealing with critiques in the name of “scientific” rigour. It shows how theology and the public university can be mutually beneficial so long as each abides by its authentic norms.
Fluency and Accuracy in Alphabet Writing by Keyboarding: A Cross-Sectional Study in Spanish-Speaking Children With and Without Learning Disabilities
Authors: Bisschop Elaine , Morales Celia , Gil Verónica , Jiménez-Suárez Elizabeth
Published: April 2016

The aim of this study was to analyze whether children with and without difficulties in handwriting, spelling, or both differed in alphabet writing when using a keyboard. The total sample consisted of 1,333 children from Grades 1 through 3. Scores on the spelling and handwriting factors from the Early Grade Writing Assessment (Jiménez, in press) were used to assign the participants to one of four groups with different ability patterns: poor handwriters, poor spellers, a mixed group, and typically achieving students. Groups were equalized by a matching strategy, resulting in a final sample of 352 children. A MANOVA was executed to analyze effects of group and grade on orthographic motor integration (fluency of alphabet writing) and the number of omissions when writing the alphabet (accuracy of alphabet writing) by keyboard writing mode. The results indicated that poor handwriters did not differ from typically achieving children in both variables, whereas the poor spellers did perform below the typical achievers and the poor handwriters. The difficulties of poor handwriters seem to be alleviated by the use of the keyboard; however, children with spelling difficulties might need extra instruction to become fluent keyboard writers.
Popper’s World 3
Authors: Boyd Brian
Published: April 2016

Karl Popper’s world 3 theory proposes that the products of the human mind can be considered a third world, partially autonomous of the mental and physical worlds, and real, because it can produce effects on both. When he first introduced the idea in 1960, he took even his close colleagues and students by surprise. Yet tracing the development of his idea shows a great deal in Popper’s previous work and thought led up to what seemed his startlingly new proposal. And far from being the philosophy of his dotage, as some sneered, his world 3 proposal, once fully shaped, became a keystone of his thought.
Politicization Beyond Politics
Authors: Flores David
Published: April 2016

There is growing interest in the implications of military service for the political attitudes, behaviors, and activism of military veterans. This article considers how promission and antiwar veterans’ narrate their experiences of becoming political activists and the mechanisms that effect that transition. The research draws on narratives from 40 members of the antiwar organization Iraq Veterans against the War and 28 members of the promission organization Vets for Freedom. Using “exemplars” from opposing political groups, the article reveals the shared process of politicization for both groups of veterans, and how divergent promission and antiwar definitions of duty, service, patriotism, and narratives of experiences and interpretations of warfare activate meaning-making activities, mechanisms, and analytical frames that share more in common than surface political differences might suggest.
Full-oscillatory components decomposition from noisy machining vibration signals by minimizing the Q-factor variation
Authors: Wang Y-Q , Bo Q-L , Liu H-B , Lian M , Wang FB , Zhang J
Published: April 2016

Generally, the machining vibration frequency spectrum is dominated by the tooth cutting frequency and its harmonics, the part structure and its natural frequency, and the spindle-tool subsystem natural frequency, exhibiting full-oscillatory behaviour. In order to identify the machining status, especially for those thin-walled workpiece machining, the on-machine detected monitoring signals with noise should be decomposed precisely. Actually, the signals’ inherent characteristics, such as the Q-factor, could be employed. In this article, decomposition of the full-oscillatory components from noisy machining vibration signals by minimizing the Q-factor variation is presented. The Q-factor will be calculated using quadratic interpolation of linear prediction coefficients. On this basis, the measured signals can be decomposed into high-, low- and residual-oscillatory signal components using the sparsity-enabled signal analysis. Furthermore, the signal decomposition process is repeated iteratively until the minimization of the Q-factor variation. Finally, the simulation and the thin-walled machining experiments were designed. From comparison of the signal decomposition results with the wavelet packet transform (WPT), it was shown that the signal decomposition accuracy and reliability using the proposed strategy has been improved significantly.
On Multispecies Mythology: A Critique of Animal Anthropology
Authors: Watson Matthew C.
Published: April 2016

This article argues that the turn to the animal is a return to mythology. By reading multispecies scholarship as narrativization of contemporary mythology, I claim that the field voices anxieties about human futures through figures of animal others. Multispecies ethnography implicitly grapples with an apocalyptic mythos prevailing in the wake of modernity’s seemingly abandoned dreams (e.g. geopolitical peace, postcolonial development, environmental consciousness, economic prosperity, public understanding of science). I reconsider the cultural function of multispecies research through two moves. First, I read Thom van Dooren’s Theory, Culture & Society article on ‘Authentic Crows’ as such a quasi-allegorical account. Second, I develop how animal anthropology captures the contemporary mythos in an ‘affirmationist’ register that counters the pessimistic affect of late industrialism. Ultimately, the critical politics of such research may be redeemed through efforts to work closely with scientists and to render explicit the accounts’ situatedness within late-industrial mythology.
Fatigue strength prediction in composite materials of wind turbine blades under dry–wet conditions: An artificial neural network approach
Authors: Ziane Khaled , Zebirate Soraya , Zaitri Adel
Published: April 2016

In this article, the fatigue strength in composite materials of wind turbine blades under dry–wet conditions is predicted using artificial neural networks. Compression–compression constant amplitude fatigue tests were performed on thermoset polymer resins including polyesters and vinyl esters. Coupons were tested under an air temperature of 20°C and 50°C in both “dry” and “wet” conditions. The results show that artificial neural network can provide accurate fatigue strength prediction for different resin matrices under different values of temperature.
Improved Tolerance to a New Amino Acid–Based Formula by Infants With Cow's Milk Protein Allergy
Authors: Jirapinyo Pipop , Densupsoontorn Narumon , Kangwanpornsiri Channagan , Wongarn Renu , Tirapongporn Hathaichanok , Chotipanang Kwanjai , Phuangphan Phakkanan
Published: April 2016

Background: Prevalence and severity of cow's milk protein allergy (CMA) in infants are increasing. A proportion of infants with CMA still elicit signs and symptoms of CMA while ingesting commercial amino acid–based formulas (AAFs). We propose that protein in glucose polymers (GPs) derived from corn starch in the AAFs might be the cause of intolerance to AAF in some infants. We thus have produced small molecules of GPs from rice starch, eliminating the protein fraction from them, and subsequently used them as the sole source of carbohydrate in a new amino acid–based formula (NAAF). Methods: The efficacy of the NAAF was compared with that of an AAF in a double‐blind, placebo‐controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) in young infants with CMA aged <4 months. Infants consumed each formula for 14 days before switching to the other one. If no respiratory, dermatologic, and gastrointestinal symptom occurred, it was considered tolerance. After the challenge, infants consumed the tolerated formula for 4 weeks to prove real tolerance to that formula. Results: Of 46 infants, 23 were intolerant to the AAF, of whom 7 (30.4%) were also intolerant to the NAAF. Sixteen of the 23 infants who were intolerant to the AAF could tolerate the NAAF (P < .05). The minimal important difference of decreasing percentage of intolerance to the NAAF was 34.8% compared with the infants who were intolerant to the AAF. Conclusion: The NAAF is better tolerated than a commercially available AAF for the management of infants with CMA.
The Impact of Career Management on Organizational Commitment and the Mediating Role of Subjective Career Success
Authors: Moon Jae Seung , Choi Suk Bong
Published: April 2016

To determine the importance of career management behavior (CMB) for organizational outcomes, this study investigated the impact of CMB and organizational support for career development (OSCD) on subjective career success (SCS) and eventually on organizational commitment. Based on survey data from 355 employees of large Korean manufacturing firms, we found that both CMB and OSCD were positively associated with SCS. The results show that SCS positively affects organizational commitment and positively mediates both the relationship between CMB and organizational commitment and the relationship between OSCD and organizational commitment. Our findings imply that employee career success, which is affected by individual and organizational efforts, contributes to the outcomes of the organization in which employees are embedded.
Materialist Epistemontology
Authors: Kordela A. Kiarina
Published: April 2016

Sohn-Rethel’s theory undermines the line of thought that, from Kant to deconstruction, severs being or the thing from representation, by showing that the Kantian a priori categories of thought (representation) are a posteriori effects of the relations of things (being), to the point that it is ‘only through the language of commodities that their owners become rational beings’. This is the thesis of Marx’s theory of ‘commodity fetishism’, and Sohn-Rethel’s work develops the methodology that follows from it. ‘ Realabstraktion’ means that the commodification of things amounts to their transformation into the language that provides the a priori categories of human thought. As a result, far from being inaccessible to representation, being is precisely that which reveals itself whenever the transcendental categories of representation are laid out. Therefore, Sohn-Rethel’s theory entails that not only can one not separate economy from thought but also economy and thought from being, so that there are no three distinct fields – economy, ontology and epistemology – but one: an economic epistemontology. Just as Marx’s ‘commodity fetishism’ introduced the unconscious in both subjectivity and economy – ‘they do this without knowing it’ – Sohn-Rethel analysed all economic, intellectual and practical spheres in terms of the fundamental distinction between consciousness and the unconscious. The article also points to certain corrections that Marx’s own theory indicates need to be made in Sohn-Rethel’s account, particularly regarding the source of abstraction, the role of coined money, and the difference between capitalist and pre-capitalist modes of production and exchange.
An adaptive logarithmic threshold framelet analysis of the partial surge initiated instability in a transonic axial flow compressor
Authors: Pan Tianyu , Wang Haihui , Li Qiushi
Published: April 2016

Partial surge is a new type of instability inception in transonic axial flow compressors and occurs in the form of axisymmetric low-frequency disturbances localized in the hub region. The frequency of partial surge is about 12.5 Hz at 88% of the design rotor speed, while the frequency of developed rotating stall cells in the final phase of the evolution is around 190 Hz. As there are two different frequencies in the instability evolution of partial surge, it is difficult to well denoise the experimental data by general data processing methods that are focused on one single frequency. Considering the unique feature of the partial surge initiated instability, an adaptive logarithmic threshold framelet method has been built. By this method, the well-denoised results can be obtained. Based on the results, the instability evolution of partial surge is clearly shown. At the same time, several new findings about partial surge have been presented: (1) the propagating procedure of one partial surge disturbance: the amplitude of disturbance is increasing until one partial surge disturbance is developed; (2) the occurrence of rotating stall cells is related to the partial surge disturbance; (3) the propagating procedure of one rotating stall cell is presented; (4) the partial surge disturbance is well proved to be axisymmetric. Finally, the capability of this denoise method is also discussed.
Measuring Financial Inclusion of Indian States
Authors: Ambarkhane Dilip , Singh Ardhendu Shekhar , Venkataramani Bhama
Published: April 2016

Measurement of financial inclusion is necessary to study the impact of various initiatives by stakeholders and to decide on the future course of action. The various indices developed take into account only banking-related initiatives. Recent focus on financial inclusion has also included other financial services like insurance, pension, financial literacy and remittances in its fold. We have taken these into consideration, in addition to banking services, and have developed measures based on the indicators of three dimensions namely demand, supply and infrastructure, as suggested by Ambarkhane, Singh and Venkataramani (2014). This index also takes into account the impact of negative factors, termed as drag factors, on financial inclusion. The index is developed for 21 major Indian states and ranking is done. The robustness of the index is tested. Comparison with other studies shows that index computed corroborates with them and focuses on poor.
Case Example
Authors: Eckert Jan , Luppino Nicoló
Published: April 2016

The case example reports on the development and first experiences with a simulation game called WORK-A-ROUND. The game has been developed during a research project focusing the future integration of mobile work into classical work environments based on physical office spaces. WORK-A-ROUND focuses the simulation of distributed work scenarios and is meant to be used within the context of participatory workplace design and strategic planning for distributed work. First observations have shown that the game is well adopted by the participants and its low-hierarchy and team-oriented program seems to facilitate the negotiation of open scenarios in cross-disciplinary stakeholder groups. A two-step debriefing process further aims at the transfer of the game’s results and cooperative learnings towards strategic recommendations for the player’s real work life and the future design of workplaces.
“It’s a Different Kind of Reading”
Authors: Doerr Helen M. , Temple Codruta
Published: April 2016

Through a qualitative analysis of data collected over four years of design-based research on the implementation of a reform-oriented mathematics curriculum, this study describes two sixth-grade teachers’ changing views of the role and place of reading in mathematics instruction. The findings reveal the evolution of the teachers’ perspective on mathematics instruction from one that did not include reading toward one in which reading was viewed as integral to students’ mathematics learning. The teachers’ views on reading in mathematics at the end of the project lend empirical support to theoretical propositions for a disciplinary literacy approach to mathematics instruction. At the same time, their views nuance such propositions by highlighting differences between the reading demands of school mathematics texts and those of disciplinary texts.
Do Patient Profiles Influence the Effects of Massage? A Controlled Clinical Trial
Authors: Díaz-Rodríguez Lourdes , Fernández-Pérez Antonio Manuel , Galiano-Castillo Noelia , Cantarero-Villanueva Irene , Fernández-Lao Carolina , Martín-Martín L. M. , Arroyo-Morales Manuel
Published: April 2016

Considerable scientific evidence has been published on the effectiveness of massage in different conditions, but it remains unclear whether this effectiveness is modulated by the profile of patients. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of a 21-min myofascial therapy protocol on stress responders and nonresponders stressed in the laboratory with a cold pressor test. Dependent variables included heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure, and salivary markers such as flow rate, cortisol, immunoglobulin A (IgA), and α-amylase activity. A controlled, repeated measures, single-blind trial was conducted in 30 Caucasian students with a mean ( SD) age of 20.70 (4.50) years. We found no significant between-group differences in descriptive characteristics or in any preintervention outcome measure. Analysis of covariance revealed significant increases in HRV index ( F = 0.18, p = .01), salivary flow rate ( F = 0.16, p = .02), and salivary IgA concentration ( F = 4.36, p = .04) and significant decreases in the low-frequency domain ( F = 0.18, p = .04) and LF–high-frequency ratio ( F = 0.18, p = .01) in the stress responder group in comparison to the nonresponder group. In conclusion, a better response to massage was observed in stress responders than in nonresponders across various HRV parameters and salivary measures.
Epidemiology of fibromuscular dysplasia: A review of the literature
Authors: Shivapour Daniel M , Erwin Phillip , Kim Esther SH
Published: April 2016

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a non-atherosclerotic, non-inflammatory disease of medium sized arteries that has been described in multiple anatomic territories with a wide variety of manifestations (e.g. beading, stenosis, occlusion, aneurysm, or dissection). While the first case of FMD is thought to have been described over 75 years ago, the causes, natural history, and epidemiology of FMD in the general population remain incompletely understood. This article reviews important historical and contemporary contributions to the FMD literature that inform our current understanding of the prevalence and epidemiology of this important disorder. A particular focus is given to studies which form the basis for FMD prevalence estimates. Prevalence estimates for renal FMD are derived from renal transplant donor studies and sub-studies of clinical trials of renal artery stenting; however, it is unclear how well these estimates generalize to the overall population as a whole. Newer data are emerging examining the genetic associations and environmental interactions with FMD. Significant contributions to the understanding of FMD have come from the United States Registry for Fibromuscular Dysplasia; however, many unanswered questions remain, and future studies are required to further characterize FMD epidemiology in general populations and advance our understanding of this important disorder.