bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Controllability of classical solutions implies controllability of weak solutions for a coupled system of wave equations and its application
Authors: Lu Xing
Published: June 2015

In this paper, for a coupled system of one‐dimensional wave equations with Dirichlet boundary controls, we show that the controllability of classical solutions implies the controllability of weak solutions. This conclusion can be applied in proving some results that are hardly obtained by a direct way in the framework of classical solutions. For instance, we strictly derive the necessary conditions for the exact boundary synchronization by two groups in the framework of classical solutions for the coupled system of wave equations. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Polydimethylsiloxane macromonomer bearing N‐vinylcaprolactam as end group: thermosensitive graft copolymers via free radical polymerization
Authors: Schönenberg Lisa , Ritter Helmut
Published: June 2015

A polydimethylsiloxane macromonomer was synthesized via anionic ring‐opening polymerization of hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane using N‐vinylcaprolactam anion as initiator and trimethylsilyl chloride as terminating agent. The polydimethylsiloxane macromonomer was copolymerized with N‐vinylcaprolactam in different molar ratios via a free radical mechanism. The new class of graft copolymers thus obtained shows cloud points in water because of an excess of N‐vinylcaprolactam units in the polymer chain. These cloud points can be shifted using randomly methylated β‐cyclodextrin as complexing agent. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry
Reproductive and Birth Outcomes in Haiti Before and After the 2010 Earthquake
Authors: Harville Emily W. , Do Mai
Published: June 2015

Objective

We aimed to examine the relationship between exposure to the 2010 Haiti earthquake and pregnancy wantedness, interpregnancy interval, and birth weight.

Methods

From the nationally representative Haiti 2012 Demographic and Health Survey, information on “size of child at birth” (too small or not) was available for 7280 singleton births in the previous 5 years, whereas information on birth weight was available for 1607 births. Pregnancy wantedness, short (<1 year) interpregnancy interval, and maternal-reported birth weight were compared before and after the earthquake and by level of damage. Multiple logistic regression and linear regression analyses were conducted.

Results

Post-earthquake births were less likely to be wanted and more likely to be born after a short interpregnancy interval. Earthquake exposure was associated with increased likelihood of a child being born too small: timing of birth (after earthquake vs. before earthquake, adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.27, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.12-1.45), region (hardest-hit vs. rest of country; aOR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.14- 1.80), and house damage (aOR: 1.27 95% CI: 1.02-1.58). Mean birth weight was 150 to 300 g lower in those exposed to the earthquake.

Conclusions

Experience with the earthquake was associated with worse reproductive and birth outcomes, which underscores the need to provide reproductive health services as part of relief efforts. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:59-66)
Structural basis for mutation-induced destabilization of profilin 1 in ALS
Authors: Boopathy Sivakumar , Silvas Tania V. , Tischbein Maeve , Jansen Silvia , Shandilya Shivender M. , Zitzewitz Jill A. , Landers John E. , Goode Bruce L. , Schiffer Celia A. , Bosco Daryl A.
Published: June 2015

Significance

Mutations in profilin 1 (PFN1) were recently shown to cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); however, little is known about the pathological mechanism of PFN1 in disease. We demonstrate that ALS-linked mutations cause PFN1 to become destabilized in vitro and in cells, likely through a mechanism that involves mutation-induced cavities within the protein core. Changes in protein stability due to disease-causing mutations can play a pivotal role across different disease mechanisms. The destabilized mutant-PFN1 species identified here can serve as an upstream trigger for either loss-of-function or gain-of-toxic-function mechanisms and thus emerges from these studies as a pertinent therapeutic target for the incurable disease ALS.
Legal and Ethical Risk Management with Behavioral Emergencies
Authors: Lockwood Dana , Parsi Houri , Packman Wendy , Bongar Bruce
Published: June 2015

Working with patients presenting with serious harm to themselves or others is an experience many mental health professionals will have during their careers. The possibility of working with this population might cause some apprehension for treatment providers because of the patient and professional risks involved. In this chapter we review the applicable legal theories of professional negligence and focus on the potential legal and professional ramifications that occur when mental health professionals do not rise to the applicable standard of care when working with suicidal or aggressive patients. Additionally, this chapter provides an outline of the legally imposed duties that treatment providers have to their patients so as to promote effective and ethical treatment of those presenting with the possibility of serious harm to themselves and others.
Self-assessment of competences in management education
Authors: Hernández López Lidia , de Saá Pérez Petra , Ballesteros Rodríguez Jose Luis , García Almeida Desiderio
Published: June 2015

Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to discuss the theoretical and practical need for research into the learning conditions that influence a student’s self-assessment of their competences in management education. By means of a theoretical review, the paper introduces a model that integrates various learning conditions related to a student’s affective learning ability and the role of the teacher that may have an influence on a student’s self-assessment of their competences in the field of management.

Design/methodology/approach

– The authors describe the analysis of data from questionnaires on the experience of undergraduate students from business administration at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Findings

– The results reveal the importance of a student’s motivation for professional development, their self-efficacy as well as the important role of the teacher in a student’s self-assessment of their competences.

Originality/value

– The paper fulfils an identified need to study the conditions that influence a student’s self-assessment of their learning.
Enhanced LL‐37 expression following vitamin D supplementation in patients with cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Authors: Zhang Chong , Zhao Lianrong , Ding Yang , Sheng Qiuju , Bai Han , An Ziying , Xia Tingting , Wang Jingyan , Dou Xiaoguang
Published: June 2015

Background & Aims

The morbidity and mortality of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) are high among patients with cirrhosis; however, the mechanisms of SBP pathogenesis are poorly understood. This study aimed to determine the role of the vitamin D‐LL‐37 pathway in the pathogenesis and treatment in patients with cirrhosis and SBP.

Methods

Serum 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentrations of 119 patients with chronic liver diseases were tested. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) and LL‐37 in peritoneal leucocytes of cirrhotic and ascitic patients with SBP were detected and compared with those without SBP. Then the peritoneal macrophages of non‐infected patients were cultured and activated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to analyse the changes of VDR and LL‐37 expressions after incubation with vitamin D.

Results

Vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency was found in all of patients with cirrhosis. LPS inhibited VDR and LL‐37 expression in peritoneal macrophages [1.3‐fold decrease (P = 0.003) and 20‐fold decrease (P = 0.010) respectively]. However, vitamin D could reverse the inhibition of both VDR and LL‐37 [1.5‐fold increase (P = 0.001) and 2000‐fold increase (P < 0.001) respectively]. The effect of the incubation time following vitamin D supplementation was significant for LL‐37 expression, with a peak expression found at 36 h (P < 0.001).

Conclusions

When vitamin D levels were low, bacteria inhibited VDR and LL‐37 responses in peritoneal macrophages as a mechanism to evade antibacterial defence. Vitamin D supplementation could up‐regulate peritoneal macrophage VDR and LL‐37 expressions, which resulted in an enhanced immunological defence against SBP in patients with cirrhosis and ascites.
Incidence of Melanoma in Children: A Population‐Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
Authors: Lowe Garrett C. , Brewer Jerry D. , Peters Margot S. , Davis Dawn M. R.
Published: June 2015

Background

The incidence of melanoma has been rising in the United States, with conflicting evidence regarding trends in children.

Methods

We identified patients 0 to 17 years old with a diagnosis of melanoma from January 1, 1970, through December 31, 2010, in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Information on survival and demographic characteristics was abstracted, and estimates of true incidence were calculated.

Results

The estimated true incidence of melanoma in children from 1970 to 2010 was found to be 0.62 per 100,000 girls and 0.45 per 100,000 boys. The incidence of melanoma in this population did not increase with time after adjusting for age and sex. Only one case of metastatic disease (lymph node) was identified. Girls were more commonly affected and the mean age of disease onset was 14 years. Five of the seven melanomas in this population arose in association with a nevus, and none involved the trunk. Overall and disease‐specific survival rates were not calculated because all patients studied were alive at the last follow‐up.

Conclusion

The estimated true incidence rates of pediatric melanoma from our population‐based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota, appear stable. This finding is in contrast to our prior research showing rapidly increasing incidence rates of melanoma in young and middle‐aged adults from the same population.
Accuracy Analysis of Car Body-Mounted Doppler LIDAR Technology Used to Measure Track Speed and Curvature
Authors: Muñoz Joshua , Andani Masood Taheri , Ahmadian Mehdi
Published: June 2015

Modern track inspection technologies contribute to more efficient and reliable identification of track conditions including track geometry and sections requiring maintenance. Records of car body motion and rail conditions are also vital for derailment or track failure investigations. Doppler LIDAR technology is a tool with a vast array of utility in measuring speed of a moving target with a high degree of accuracy and precision, and has been proven by a Virginia Tech (VT) research team to record body motion and track curvature through car body speed characteristics. In the context of track maintenance, high sensitivity to rail surface deviations and signal fidelity at high speeds make LIDAR a desirable tool for collecting information on local curvature deviations and car body dynamic responses to such irregularities. Virginia Tech’s Railway Technologies Laboratory research team has completed extensive analysis on its Doppler LIDAR system’s ability to obtain train speed and track curvature profiles in terms of the system’s accuracy and dependency on car body motion during curve navigation. Due to the LIDAR system’s capability of providing curvature data from the speed profile, it follows that the LIDAR system also serves as a high-accuracy alternative to the geometry car’s IMU which also provides curvature data. Results show the LIDAR system records curves with a high correlation with ground truth measurements. The signal processing techniques used to reveal track curve and car body motion are reviewed to show that, indeed, the LIDAR system detects car body motion in addition to the track’s curvature profile. Results strongly suggest Doppler LIDAR serves as a high-accuracy alternative to multiple rail inspection instruments and provides useful data for the improvement of rail condition localization and mapping.
Developing Empirical Models of Railroad Bearing Grease
Authors: Martinez Thania A. , Timmer Doug , Jones Robert , Tarawneh Constantine
Published: June 2015

The degradation of the grease used to lubricate railroad bearings is believed to be caused by two processes: the mechanical processes occurring within the bearing and a diffusion process. Appropriate lubrication of the bearings is critical during railroad service operation. The study presented here will focus on the development of empirical models that can accurately predict the residual useful life of railroad bearing grease. Modeling techniques to be employed include regression, regression trees and split plots. The data set used in the development of the model consists of more than 100 samples of grease that were taken from railroad bearings. The bearings have been subjected to experimental variables such as load conditions, rotational speed, temperature, and mileage all of which have been observed in a laboratory setting. The mileage parameter is consistent with the total miles that were run using the grease from which the sample has been taken. Load, speed, and temperature values fluctuate within the total service operation of the bearing; therefore, a high value, a low value, and a weighted average are taken for the aforementioned parameters. The grease samples are taken from critical locations of the bearing, the inboard raceway, the outboard raceway and the spacer ring area, meaning that there are three samples collected from each railroad bearing, each having their own set of corresponding parameters. The oxidation induction time (OIT) of the grease is an indicator of the residual life of the grease; therefore, the OIT for each sample had been acquired using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). OIT is dependent upon mileage, load, speed, and temperature. This study was successful in developing an empirical model which can be utilized to predict the residual life for given operational characteristics.
A New Energy Storage Substation for the Portland to Milwaukie Light Rail Extension
Authors: Pham Kinh D. , Looijenga Kai , Wallis Gene , Ramirez Xavier
Published: June 2015

The $1.4 billion Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail (PMLR) Extension Project includes a light rail alignment that travels 7.3 miles, connecting Portland State University in downtown Portland, inner Southeast Portland, Milwaukie and North Clackamas County. Revenue service on the alignment is scheduled to begin in September 2015.

An energy storage substation (ESS) with super-capacitor technology manufactured by Siemens is being installed in place of a utility-connected substation at the Tacoma substation location to capture the energy generated by braking light rail vehicles and store it in energy savings mode, feeding it back to the traction power supply during vehicle acceleration. In voltage stabilization mode, the ESS will enable the rail system to maintain voltage system stability by ensuring the system voltage to remain within the required voltage ranges and prevent system disruptions due to low system voltage conditions.

This paper will discuss the features of the 677KW 2.5KWH Tacoma ESS including super-capacitor based energy storage system technology, ESS equipment arrangement, protection and controls. Economic benefits of cost savings in energy (KWH) consumption and power demand (KW) charges will also be discussed. Field accepting test plans and test procedures will also be presented.
Technical Note: Experimental determination of the effective point of measurement of two cylindrical ionization chambers in a clinical proton beam
Authors: Sugama Yuya , Nishio Teiji , Onishi Hiroshi
Published: June 2015

Purpose:

IAEA TRS‐398 notes that cylindrical ionization chambers are preferred for reference proton dosimetry. If a cylindrical ionization chamber is used in a phantom to measure the dose as a function of depth, the effective point of measurement (EPOM) must be taken into account. IAEA TRS‐398 recommends a displacement of 0.75 times the inner cavity radius (0.75R) for heavy ion beams. Theoretical models by Palmans and by Bhullar and Watchman confirmed this value. However, the experimental results vary from author to author. The purpose of this study is to accurately measure the displacement and explain the past experimental discrepancies.

Methods:

In this work, we measured the EPOM of cylindrical ionization chambers with high accuracy by comparing the Bragg‐peak position obtained with cylindrical ionization chambers (PTW 30013, PTW 31016) to that obtained using a plane‐parallel ionization chamber (PTW 34045).

Results:

The EPOMs of PTW 30013 and 31016 were shifted by 0.92 ± 0.07 R with R = 3.05 mm and 0.90 ± 0.14 R with R = 1.45 mm, respectively, from the reference point toward the source.

Conclusions:

The EPOMs obtained were greater than the value of 0.75R proposed by the IAEA TRS‐398 and the analytical results.
Sequential Chemoimmunotherapy of Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis Using a Single Low Dose of Liposomal Amphotericin B and a Novel DNA Vaccine Candidate
Authors: Seifert Karin , Juhls Christiane , Salguero Francisco J. , Croft Simon L.
Published: June 2015

Combination therapies for leishmaniasis, including drugs and immunomodulators, are one approach to shorten treatment courses and to improve the treatment of complex manifestations of the disease. We evaluated a novel T-cell-epitope-enriched DNA vaccine candidate (LEISHDNAVAX) as host-directed immunotherapy in combination with a standard antileishmanial drug in experimental visceral leishmaniasis. Here we show that the DNA vaccine candidate can boost the efficacy of a single suboptimal dose of liposomal amphotericin B in C57BL/6 mice.
Molecular Markers and
In Vitro
Susceptibility to Doxycycline in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Thailand
Authors: Gaillard Tiphaine , Sriprawat Kanlaya , Briolant Sébastien , Wangsing Chirapat , Wurtz Nathalie , Baragatti Meïli , Lavina Morgane , Pascual Aurélie , Nosten François , Pradines Bruno
Published: June 2015

Determinations of doxycycline 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC
50
) for 620 isolates from northwest Thailand were performed via the isotopic method, and the data were analyzed by the Bayesian method and distributed into two populations (mean IC
50
s of 13.15 μM and 31.60 μM). There was no significant difference between the group with low IC
50
s versus the group with high IC
50
s with regard to copy numbers of the
Plasmodium falciparum
tetQ
(
pftetQ
) gene (
P
= 0.11) or
pfmdt
gene (
P
= 0.87) or the number of PfTetQ KYNNNN repeats (
P
= 0.72).
A Genome-Wide Screen Reveals that the Vibrio cholerae Phosphoenolpyruvate Phosphotransferase System Modulates Virulence Gene Expression
Authors: Wang Qiyao , Millet Yves A. , Chao Michael C. , Sasabe Jumpei , Davis Brigid M. , Waldor Matthew K.
Published: June 2015

Diverse environmental stimuli and a complex network of regulatory factors are known to modulate expression of
Vibrio cholerae
's principal virulence factors. However, there is relatively little known about how metabolic factors impinge upon the pathogen's well-characterized cascade of transcription factors that induce expression of cholera toxin and the toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP). Here, we used a transposon insertion site (TIS) sequencing-based strategy to identify new factors required for expression of
tcpA
, which encodes the major subunit of TCP, the organism's chief intestinal colonization factor. Besides identifying most of the genes known to modulate
tcpA
expression, the screen yielded
ptsI
and
ptsH
, which encode the enzyme I (EI) and Hpr components of the
V. cholerae
phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system (PTS). In addition to reduced expression of TcpA, strains lacking EI, Hpr, or the associated EIIA
Glc
protein produced less cholera toxin (CT) and had a diminished capacity to colonize the infant mouse intestine. The PTS modulates virulence gene expression by regulating expression of
tcpPH
and
aphAB
, which themselves control expression of
toxT
, the central activator of virulence gene expression. One mechanism by which PTS promotes virulence gene expression appears to be by modulating the amounts of intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP). Our findings reveal that the
V. cholerae
PTS is an additional modulator of the ToxT regulon and demonstrate the potency of loss-of-function TIS sequencing screens for defining regulatory networks.
Group B streptococcal neonatal parotitis
Authors: Dias Costa Filipa , Ramos Andrade Daniel , Cunha Filipa Inês , Fernandes Agostinho
Published: June 2015

Acute neonatal parotitis (ANP) is a rare condition, characterised by parotid swelling and other local inflammatory signs. The most common pathogen isStaphylococcus aureus, but other organisms can be implicated. We describe the case of a 13-day-old term newborn, previously healthy, with late-onset group BStreptococcus(GBS) bacteraemia with ANP, who presented with irritability, reduced feeding and tender swelling of the right parotid. Laboratory evaluation showed neutrophilia, elevated C reactive protein and procalcitonin, with normal serum amylase concentration. Ultrasound findings were suggestive of acute parotitis. Empiric antibiotic therapy was immediately started and adjusted when culture results became available. The newborn was discharged after 10 days, with clinical improvement within the first 72 h. AlthoughS. aureusis the most common pathogen implicated in ANP, GBS should be included in the differential diagnosis.
Assessing a New Projective Problem Solving Tool Using Conjoint Analysis
Authors: Ramamoorthy Vijay , Ertas Atila , Tate Derrick
Published: June 2015

An innovative process that assists users in non-quantitative problem solving is presented. The process, called Ramic, employs the idea of psychological projection in an innovative way to help users focus, express and think through problems. Its applicability ranges from assisting with simple non-analytic decision-making to developing and assessing strategies.

In the virtual realm, harnessing the power of psychological projection for problem solving has been attempted in the form of a process called Sand Tray. Attempts at virtualization have garnered little traction potentially due to encumbrance of the interface. Ramic, in contrast, is innately set up for digital use through a relatively simple interface.

A key question this paper explores is how to quantitatively measure the value of Ramic in relation to the well-established process of Sand Tray. Even though these processes operate on qualitative problems, a preference analysis tool called conjoint analysis is used to build an experiment and derive specific user utilities for each process.

To perform the study, both processes required testing in the physical domain. A 32-person study is presented and indicates the Ramic projective process to have a 23% higher user utility than Sand Tray in the area of problem solving. As such, it presents an opportunity to explore a new way in which individuals can approach non-analytical problem solving and how computers can assist them in the task.
Preparation and UV–Vis photodegradation of gaseous benzene by TiO2 nanotube arrays supporting V2O5 nanoparticles
Authors: Zhao Chunxia , Song Yanbao , Yang Yunxia , Chen Wen , Li Xiaoyu , Wang Zongsheng
Published: June 2015

TiO 2-based catalysts effective in visible radiation for eliminating organic pollutants have attracted intense research activity as a future generation photocatalytic material. However, recombination of electron–hole pairs through trapping/de-trapping as well as the disadvantages of recycling and separation/filtration of powders lead to the limitation of powder TiO 2 materials. TiO 2 nanotube array films supporting vanadium pentoxide nanoparticles (VTNTs) were synthesized by electrophoresis deposition method with the prepared TiO 2 nanotube arrays as the cathode and V 2 O 5 sol as the electrolyte. The results indicate that the formation of Ti – O – V bonds and intimate interaction between host–guest interfaces help to enhance the hybrids’ photodegradation activity of gaseous benzene. Importantly, hybrid film catalysts prepared with 0.05 mol/L V 2 O 5 sol for 10 min electrophoresis deposition perform a 98% conversion rate of benzene and 1028.8 mg/m3 CO 2 production in 80 min under UV–Vis irradiation.
Облітеруючі захворювання судин нижніх кінцівок у дітей: нові підходи у лікуванні з використанням клітинних технологій
Authors: Дрюк М. Ф. , Кірімов В. І. , Домбровський Д. Б.
Published: June 2015

Захворювання артерій кінцівок тривалий час було виключно прерогативою людей старшого віку, проте сьогодні з’являється все більше повідомлень про облітеруючі захворювання артерій кінцівок у дітей. Цей контингент хворих досить складний, оскільки діагностика і тактика лікування викликають труднощі і вимагають прийняття нестандартних рішень. Представлено випадки таких клінічних ситуацій, у яких були застосовані непрямі методи реваскуляризації кінцівок шляхом трансплантації власних мультипотентних стромальних клітин кісткового мозку та жирової тканини.
Ускладнення під час трахеотомії.
Authors: Мальована І. В.
Published: June 2015

У статті проаналізовано ускладнення під час трахеотомії, за даними оториноларингологічного і реанімаційного відділень Тернопільської обласної клінічної лікарні (Тернопільської університетської лікарні), за останні 5 років (2008-2012): зупинка дихання; зупинка серцевої діяльності; різке падіння артеріального тиску; набряк легень; асфіксія в момент накладання трахеостоми; пошкодження щитоподібної залози; розтин хрящових півкілець трахеї без розтину слизової оболонки; розтин дуги перснеподібного хряща; викашлювання трахеостомійної трубки; кровотеча; підшкірна емфізема; летальний наслідок.
МЕДИКО-ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙНІ НЕДОЛІКИ ПРОФІЛАКТИКИ ХВОРОБ СИСТЕМИ КРОВООБІГУ В УКРАЇНІ ТА ШЛЯХИ ЇХ ПОДОЛАННЯ
Authors: КОВАЛЕНКО А.В. , КЛИМЕНКО В.І.
Published: June 2015

Мета: встановити медико-організаційні недоліки профілактики хвороб системи кровообігу на регіональному рівні та розробити шляхи їх подолання.

Матеріали і методи. Проведено аналіз стану здоров’я населення працездатного віку за даними звітів центрів медичної статистики та медико-соціальної експертизи Запорізької області; медико-соціальне опитування 525 осіб працездатного віку та 100 лікарів терапевтичного профілю. У дослідженні використано бібліосемантичний, медико-статистичний, соціологічний методи.

Результати. Доведено, що хвороби системи кровообігу залишаються значущою медико-соціальною проблемою. Визначено поширеність провідних керованих чинників ризику серед населення працездатного віку, що страждає на хвороби системи кровообігу. На прикладі гіпертонічної хвороби, як найпоширенішої нозології, показано неефективність профілактичних заходів, а провідним медико-організаційним недоліком виявлено недостатній рівень інформування населення працездатного віку про чинники ризику хвороб системи кровообігу, що призводить до хибного уявлення про вплив способу життя на стан здоров’я.

Висновки. Стратегічним напрямком удосконалення організації профілактики хвороб системи кровообігу на міжсекторальному рівні повинно стати об’єднання зусиль громадських і релігійних організацій та медичних закладів.

КЛЮЧОВІ СЛОВА: хвороби системи кровообігу, інформаційно-освітнє забезпечення, профілактика, населення працездатного віку.
КЛІНІЧНІ ПРОЯВИ ТРОМБОФІЛІЧНИХ СТАНІВ В ПРОГНОЗУВАННІ ПЕРЕДЧАСНОГО ВІДШАРУВАННЯ НОРМАЛЬНО РОЗСТАШОВАНОЇ ПЛАЦЕНТИ
Authors: Венцківський Б. М. , Леуш С. С. , Ткалич В. О. , Костенко О. Ю. , Загородня О. С.
Published: June 2015

В статті розглянуті клінічні прояви тромбофілій як факторів ризику розвитку передчасного відшарування нормально розташованої плаценти  (ПВНРП). Передбачено виділення цих факторів для визначення ризику розвитку даної патології.
ОСОБЛИВОСТІ КРОВОТОКУ СИСТЕМИ "МАТИ-ПЛАЦЕНТА-ПЛІД" У ВАГІТНИХ З ВАРИКОЗНОЮ ХВОРОБОЮ ЗАЛЕЖНО ВІД ТЕРМІНУ ПОЯВИ СИМПТОМІВ
Authors: Жарких А. В. , Сюсюка В. Г. , Барковський Д. Є. , Нерянов К. Ю. , Онопченко С. П.
Published: June 2015

В результаті проведеного доплерометричного дослідження у вагітних з варикозною хворобою виявлені гемодинамічні порушення матково-плацентарного та плодово-плацентарного кровообігу. Такі зміни мали більш виражений характер у жінок, симптоми варикозної хвороби у яких виникли під час теперішньої вагітності. Вищезазначені зміни обумовлені зниження діастолічного компонента кровотоку та є наслідком підвищення судинного опору в системі "мати-плацента-плід".
МОРФОЛОГІЯ ВНУТРІШНЬОЇ МОЗКОВОЇ РЕЧОВИНИ НИРКИ ЩУРІВ З ГІПОРЕАКТИВНІСТЮ АНГІОТЕНЗИНОВИХ РЕЦЕПТОРІВ 1-ГО ТИПУ ЗА УМОВ ОБСТРУКЦІЇ СЕЧОВОДУ
Authors: Волошин В. В. , Черешнєва Є. В. , Баринов Е. Ф.
Published: June 2015

Проведено доследження структурно-функціонального стану внутрішньої мозкової речовини нирки у щурів зі зниженою реактивністю протягом місяця після усунення обструкці лівого сечоводу. Встановлено, що в медулі гіпосенсетивних щурів розвивається виражена запальна реакція та альтерація тубулярних структур у ранні терміни, склеротична трансформація, хронізація запалення, та пролунгування дистрофічниї змін в епітелії збиральних трубочок та петель Генгле до кінця місяця, що може призвести до порушення механізмів концентрування сечі
ГОЄННЯ РАН ЗА УМОВ Х ОБРОБКИ НОВИМ ПРЕПАРАТОМ З СОРБЦІЙНИМИ ТА БАКТЕРЕЦИДНИМИ ВЛАСТИВОСТЯМИ АПЛІКУС
Authors: Грабовський О. М. , Фіцай О. І. , Сухарева Н. М. , Жданова О. О. , Францева О. С.
Published: June 2015

В експерименті вивчено морфологію гоєння інфікованих ран за умов х обробки препаратом "Аплікус"®, який є комбінацією гідро гелю метил кремнієвої кислоти (препарат "Ентеросгель") та іонів міді, що має сорбційні та бактерицидні властивості. Показано, що "Аплікус" зменшує виразність запальної інфільтрації в ділянці рани та регенерату, прискорює загоєння рани й приводить до формування менш товстого рубця.
Relationship between nest defence behaviours and reproductive benefits in Chinese alligators
Authors: Zhang Fang , Messenger Kevin , Wang Yong
Published: June 2015

The evolutionary theory in parental care predicts that parents may defend more vigorously of nests with higher survival and reproductive benefits. Based on this prediction, we proposed that the occurrence of nest defence behaviours in Chinese alligators might be connected to reproductive benefits (clutch size, fertility rate, and hatching rate). In this study, we examined the relationship between the occurrence of nest defence behaviours and (1) the variations in clutch size, fertility rate, and hatching rate of wild Chinese alligators, and (2) the variations in clutch size and fertility rate of captive Chinese alligators in a semi-natural facility. Results showed that for the wild Chinese alligators, the fertility and hatching rates with nest defence behaviours were higher than those without nest defence behaviours. The results also showed that for the captive Chinese alligators, the fertility rates with nest defence behaviours were higher than those without nest defence behaviours. These results suggested that nest defence behaviours in Chinese alligators might be relative to reproductive benefits, thus likely to further improve the probability of the species’ reproductive success.
The Elephant in the Room: The Uneasy Task of Defining ‘Racial’ in International Criminal Law
Authors: Lingaas Carola
Published: June 2015

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court contains the term ‘racial’ in its provisions on the crime of genocide, persecution and apartheid. However, it fails to provide for a definition of this historically burdened term. International criminal law is guided by the principle of legality and legal norms should be as narrowly defined as possible. This article will therefore attempt to provide a contemporary legal definition of ‘racial’. The article contains an overview of the historical development, the treatment of the issue of ‘race’ by anthropology and human rights, before turning to international criminal law. Cases dealt with by the ictr and the icty on ‘racial groups’ with regard to the crime of genocide will be analysed and categorised. The article concludes with a suggestion to juxtapose racial groups with ethnical groups, based on the perception of the perpetrator or the self-perception of the victims (subjective approach).
Why Biblical Scholars Should Study Aramaic Bowl Spells
Authors: Lanfer Peter T.
Published: June 2015

This study analyses the unique contributions of Jewish incantation texts and categorically examines the bowl spells according to three types of biblical citation: words of power, contextual citations and thematic citations. The bowl spells represent some of the earliest attestations of biblical passages not found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and display formal features useful for reconstructing linguistic and manuscript developments in pre-Islamic Judaism. Furthermore, the biblical citations in these texts shed light on the social location of biblical knowledge and attendant beliefs in the power of the Hebrew text to bring about practical ends.
A Study in Conceptual Parallels: Graeco-Roman Binding Spells and Babylonian Incantation Bowls
Authors: Saar Ortal-Paz
Published: June 2015

This article explores the similarities and differences between Babylonian incantation bowls and Graeco-Roman binding spells and ‘prayers for justice’. It does not intend to demonstrate a direct historical link between the two, but rather to examine the conceptual relations between magical texts and artefacts stemming from different cultures.
Large-scale geo-facial image analysis
Authors: Islam Mohammad T. , Greenwell Connor , Souvenir Richard , Jacobs Nathan
Published: June 2015

While face analysis from images is a well-studied area, little work has explored the dependence of facial appearance on the geographic location from which the image was captured. To fill this gap, we constructed GeoFaces, a large dataset of geotagged face images, and used it to examine the geo-dependence of facial features and attributes, such as ethnicity, gender, or the presence of facial hair. Our analysis illuminates the relationship between raw facial appearance, facial attributes, and geographic location, both globally and in selected major urban areas. Some of our experiments, and the resulting visualizations, confirm prior expectations, such as the predominance of ethnically Asian faces in Asia, while others highlight novel information that can be obtained with this type of analysis, such as the major city with the highest percentage of people with a mustache.
Dislocated metric and fixed point theorems
Authors: Pasicki Lech
Published: June 2015

The paper deals with the here defined dislocated strong quasi-metric (if $p(y,x)= 0$
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Modern Yiddish Literary Studies: A Shifting Landscape
Authors: Wirth-Nesher Hana
Published: June 2015

This introductory essay maps significant contributions to the study of modern Yiddish literature over the past two decades. Studies of Yiddish modernism have tended to focus on three aspects of this literature: continuity through the use of traditional, mythic, and ethnographic sources; rupture expressed through alienation in modernity; and the intersection and dialogue with models of modern literature in a comparative context. Furthermore, Max Weinreich's contention that the process of fusion in Yiddish language formation did not stop with its creation but is continuous and cumulative, is also evident in recent studies of modern Yiddish literature that pay close attention to linguistic dimensions of Yiddish writing. This is exemplified by the subjects that have engaged scholars of modern Yiddish literature over the past two decades: canon formation, translation theory and practice, “postvernacular” language, and multilingual poetics. A brief overview of the essays in this special issue demonstrates the unique historical, linguistic, and literary features of Yiddish that offer new opportunities for exploring translation, poetics, hermeneutics, literary history, reading practices, commemorative sites in print, and intercultural relations.
Call It Jewspeak: On the Evolution of Speech in Modern Yiddish Writing
Authors: Roskies David G.
Published: June 2015

This essay seeks to demonstrate how the spoken language became a central feature of modern Yiddish literature. This vocal strain was used at first to replace otherworldly with enlightened discourse, esoteric book culture with colloquial style, hackneyed phraseology with straight talk, and Hasidic speech with parody. Not until 1864–66, however, did the new orality enter its second phase, when the Hebrew writer Shalom-Yankev Abramovitsh fashioned an autonomous Yiddish-speaking voice and manipulated the Jewish textual tradition at will. Sholem Aleichem and I. L. Peretz further developed the new orality by introducing gendered speech and professional argot, creating in turn a Yiddish of the common man, woman, and child and a Yiddish Sublime. In the next phase, two verbal artists, Eliezer Shteynbarg and Itzik Manger, perfected a single, minor speech genre that was performable, accessible, and sophisticated at the same time. Shteynbarg's Mesholim (Fables; 1932) and Manger's Khumesh-lider (Bible Poems; 1935) created a sovereign space for spoken Yiddish where all communication occurred in the mother tongue. Even while the oral-based writings of Sholem Aleichem and Peretz were enjoying extraordinary popularity in the major urban centers of North America, new dialects of spoken and written Yiddish came into being there: this new vocal strain ranged from Yiddish humor magazines to the Yiddish American polyphony of Jacob Glatstein's Yidishtaytshn (Yiddishmeanings; 1937). After the destruction of European Jewry, Glatstein, Yitskhok Bashevis Singer, and Aaron Zeitlin made the monologue into a vehicle of inner-cultural dialogue. As if to compensate for the ever-dwindling number of Yiddish speakers, professional actors, notably Hertz Grossbard, turned the written-as-spoken classics of modern Yiddish literature into performance art, so as to capture and commemorate the language. The representation of speech in modern Yiddish writing was not ethnography but the replacement of the old with a new orality, and it happened in five phases. By the final, post-Holocaust phase, the vocal strain moved from the periphery to the center of Yiddish literary culture, becoming “Jewspeak,” an essential expression of the once-living folk.
“A Gift for the Jewish People”: Henry Einspruch's Der Bris Khadoshe as Missionary Translation and as Yiddish Literature
Authors: Seidman Naomi
Published: June 2015

The 1941 Yiddish translation of the New Testament by Henry Einspruch marked a turning point in the history of Yiddish translations of the New Testament aimed at proselytizing Jews. Breaking free from a centuries-long tradition in which Yiddish translators relied heavily on German translations, Einspruch produced a version that, in more fully mobilizing the Hebrew components of Yiddish, was designed to remind his Jewish readers that Christianity emerged in a Jewish context. This translation style also reflected and even embodied new trends in the conceptualization of conversion from Judaism to Christianity. More remarkably, it also spoke to the growing cosmopolitanism of secular Yiddish culture.
Improvement of Automated Control Systems for Production and Production Logistics Development
Authors: Волочиенко  , Volochienko Vladimir
Published: June 2015

This paper has been devoted to a retrospective review of production logistics formation in the frames

of “Logistics” Scientific School at The State University of Management. The author’s contribution to the

resolution of production management automation problems in the real time has been described. This

contribution enables to implement scientific and methodological preliminary work on situational management

for production logistics systems based on application of recognition methods and systems. Scientific novelty

of the author’s contribution in the SUM‘s Logistics Scientific School, consisting of development related to the

theory and tools for operational planning and management of engineering production based on application

of recognition methods and market influences accounting, has been represented. The practical importance

of situational management of production logistics systems has been revealed. Perspective directions for

application of recognition methods and systems in conditions of such active complex object as a machinebuilding

enterprise and logistics systems have been showed.
Information Logistics Direction as Part of SUM’s “Logistics” Scientific School
Authors: Родкина  , Rodkina Tatyana
Published: June 2015

Features of generalized representation about scientific schools are considered as follows: 1) scientificeducational

school for future researchers formation; 2) research team as a group of scientists jointly

developing under the guidance of school head selected or created by him research program; 3) science

direction, emerging due to establishment of a particular tradition, covering a group of scientists and research

teams; 4) scientists, which have prepared their thesis under renowned scientist guidance, and become

candidates and doctors of sciences. Historical milestones and prospects of information logistics scientificeducational

school development, features of logistics as a scientific specialty in accordance with the Russian

Federation’s Higher Attestation Commission requirements, and the information logistics location in this

complex, basic postulates and areas in the information logistics as science in accordance with the Logistics

chair scientists’ views are investigating.
Features Management Effectiveness Evaluation in Modern Organizations
Authors: Бор  , Bor V. , Соклакова  , Soklakova Irina , Макарова  , Makarova E.
Published: June 2015

The article deals with the problem of evaluating the effectiveness of management in modern organizations,

highlights the concept of efficiency as a mandatory element of the activities. Currently, the social environment

in which the organization operates has changed substantially. Russia´s transition to market economic

fundamentals could not but affect the forms and methods of management of organizations. The problem of

accurate assessment and management of business performance management has come to dominate the

practice of management development processes of market globalization.

For the smooth operation Organization requires regular monitoring and forecasting of development prospects

of business segments efficiency dynamics to provide managers and businessmen the information they need

to make timely decisions in the field of strategic, tactical and operational business management. Under these

conditions, business analysis becomes vital for building an effective management system based on the

strategic objectives of ensuring the unity of the various functional areas and management horizons.

Monitoring is a specially organized, systematic observation of objects, phenomena and processes for

assessment, control or prediction.

The paper suggests a technique and an algorithm for monitoring the effectiveness and sustainability of

enterprises, providing control of the results of activities and mutually beneficial transactions, thus expanding

the possibilities of effectiveness management and enterprises’ sustainability, serving the best customer

satisfaction.

The authors pay attention to business reputation, which can be regarded as a market indicator of the

company´s position in the business. They describe the role of goodwill in assessing the effectiveness of the

organization´s management, the effects of positive and negative goodwill of the organization.
Chaotic dynamics of vegetative nervous system parameters in Urga citizens in health and disease
Authors: Живаева  , Zhivaeva N. , Живогляд  , Zhivoglyad R. , Хадарцева  , Khadartseva K. , Сорокина  , Sorokina L.
Published: June 2015

Comparative analysis of vegetative nervous system parameters in subject with postherpetic neuralgia was carried out before and after taking medical rehabilitation (hirudotherapy). The aim was to determine a law of behavior of quasi-attractors parameters of nervous system parameters in Ugra population in health and postherpetic neuralgia, and on this basis work out recommendations on hirudotherapoic treatment of postherpetic neuralgia. Materials and methods. 240 male and female, aged between 21-55 (the able-bodied population), took part in the experience. Subjects were divided in 8 groups (by 30 subjects per a group): by sex, by age, by period of living in the North of Russian Federation: before and over 10 years. Results and discussion. As a result of this, we discovered that parameters of quasi-attractors volumes in a female group suffering from postherpetic neuralgia define peculiarities of state of vegetative nervous system that is reflected in sharp decrease of quasi-attractors volumes. Conclusion. To sum up, hirudotherapy is recommended to patients suffering from postherpetic neuralgia in order to stabilize neurovasomotor cluster and provide ef-fective treatment.
Asthma: A reinvigorated interest in an old problem
Authors: Scott Stephen
Published: June 2015

Asthma is a common condition affecting 5.4 million people in the UK and is seen across primary, secondary and tertiary care settings. Despite treatment and guidelines being available for a long time, the Royal College of Physicians' 2014 report, Why Asthma Kills: The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) suggested that we could do better. This was a wake-up call and there has been renewed interest in a condition that directly costs the NHS £1 billion pounds per year and £6 billion indirectly. Approaches that improve the care of asthmatics, even in a small way, can potentially have a large impact on the healthcare economy by reducing this cost. Relatively expensive new treatments for severe asthma have potential cost implications, which has led NHS England to propose specialist commissioning for this group of patients. This has stimulated innovation in how to provide access to services more locally through a network approach in the North West. The British Thoracic Society (BTS) exists to improve standards of care for people who have respiratory diseases and to support and develop those who provide that care. The BTS supports and welcomes the renewed interest improving the care of asthmatics.
Intravenous therapy: Guidance and implications for clinical practice
Authors: Higginson Ray
Published: June 2015

Intravenous (IV) drug administation is a common procedure requiring venous cannulation. Despite its prevalence, IV therapy has several associated risks, such as infection, phelbitis, hypervolaemia and anaphylaxis. This article provides a brief overview of current clinical guidance on IV therapy and the current challenges in terms of infection control and ensuring patient safety.
Modeling of interaction of eco-economic processes
Authors: Grygorkiv Mariia , Grygorkiv Vasyl , Verstiak Andrii
Published: June 2015

Various models of the economic structure of society are presented with an emphasis on its effect on the processes of eco-economic interaction. The models belong to the type of simulated models describing the dynamics of economic structure indicators, prices and pollution. The models can be used for exploring the patterns and consequences of ecological and economic systems and their social orientation.