bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Patients’ Acceptance towards a Web-Based Personal Health Record System: An Empirical Study in Taiwan
Authors: Liu Chung-Feng , Tsai Yung-Chieh , Jang Fong-Lin
Published: October 2013

The health care sector has become increasingly interested in developing personal health record (PHR) systems as an Internet-based telehealthcare implementation to improve the quality and decrease the cost of care. However, the factors that influence patients’ intention to use PHR systems remain unclear. Based on physicians’ therapeutic expertise, we implemented a web-based infertile PHR system and proposed an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) that integrates the physician-patient relationship (PPR) construct into TAM’s original perceived ease of use (PEOU) and perceived usefulness (PU) constructs to explore which factors will influence the behavioral intentions (BI) of infertile patients to use the PHR. From ninety participants from a medical center, 50 valid responses to a self-rating questionnaire were collected, yielding a response rate of 55.56%. The partial least squares (PLS) technique was used to assess the causal relationships that were hypothesized in the extended model. The results indicate that infertile patients expressed a moderately high intention to use the PHR system. The PPR and PU of patients had significant effects on their BI to use PHR, whereas the PEOU indirectly affected the patients’ BI through the PU. This investigation confirms that PPR can have a critical role in shaping patients’ perceptions of the use of healthcare information technologies. Hence, we suggest that hospitals should promote the potential usefulness of PHR and improve the quality of the physician-patient relationship to increase patients’ intention of using PHR.
Serial Changes of Serum Growth Factor Levels and Liver Regeneration after Partial Hepatectomy in Healthy Humans
Authors: Matsumoto Kazuyuki , Miyake Yasuhiro , Umeda Yuzo , Matsushita Hiroshi , Matsuda Hiroaki , Takaki Akinobu , Sadamori Hiroshi , Nouso Kazuhiro , Yagi Takahito , Fujiwara Toshiyoshi , Yamamoto Kazuhide
Published: October 2013

This study aimed to investigate the associations of the serial changes of serum levels of various growth factors with liver regeneration after hepatectomy in healthy liver donors. Sixteen healthy liver donors who underwent conventional liver resection were included. Serum levels of various growth factors before hepatectomy and on postoperative day (POD) 1, 3, 5 and 7 were measured. Liver volume data calculated by multi-detector computed tomography using workstation. The ratio of remnant liver volume on POD 0 to liver volume before the operation was 51% ± 20%. The ratio of liver volume on POD 14 to liver volume on POD 0 were inversely correlated with remnant liver volume on POD 0 (r = −0.91). The ratio of liver volume on POD 14 to liver volume on POD 0 were significantly correlated with serum hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) levels on POD 1 (r = 0.54), serum leptin levels on POD 1 (r = 0.54), and serum macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) levels on POD 5 (r = 0.76) and POD 7 (r = 0.80). These results suggest that early-phase elevation of serum levels of HGF, leptin and M-CSF may be associated with the acceleration of liver regeneration after hepatectomy in humans.
The Anti-Lung Cancer Activities of Steroidal Saponins of P. polyphylla Smith var. chinensis (Franch.) Hara through Enhanced Immunostimulation in Experimental Lewis Tumor-Bearing C57BL/6 Mice and Induction of Apoptosis in the A549 Cell Line
Authors: Li Yu , Gu Jun-Fei , Zou Xi , Wu Jian , Zhang Ming-Hua , Jiang Jun , Qin Dong , Zhou Jin-Yong , Liu Bao-Xin-Zi , Zhu Yun-Tao , Jia Xiao-Bin , Feng Liang , Wang Rui-Ping
Published: October 2013

P. polyphylla Smith var. chinensis (Franch.) Hara (PPSCFH) has been used as medicinal Paris for the prevention and treatment of cancers in China for thousands of years. Its main components, steroidal saponins (PRS), have been confirmed to inhibit tumor growth. In the present study, the immunostimulation of PRS was investigated in Lewis bearing-C57BL/6 mice while the induction of apoptosis in A549 cells was also studied. The treatment with PRS (2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 mg/kg) significantly inhibited tumor, volume, and weight in the C57BL/6 mice. The rates of inhibition of PRS (at 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 mg/kg) were 26.49 ± 17.30%, 40.32 ± 18.91% and 54.94 ± 16.48%, respectively. The spleen and thymus indexes were increased remarkably, while the levels of inflammatory cytokines including TNF-α, IL-8 and IL-10 in serum were decreased according to ELISA assays. For A549 cells, Hoechst 33342 staining and annexin V/PI by flow cytometry showed that PRS (0.25, 0.50 and 0.75 mg/mL) induced nuclear changes of A549 cells with DNA condensation and fragmentations of chromatin, as well as inducing apoptosis. Furthermore, PRS could also attenuate the over-generation of intracellular ROS. Western blotting analysis showed a significant decrease on the expressions of proinflammatory cytokines MCP-1, IL-6 and TGF-β1, as well as cell adhesion molecule ICAM-1, by treatment with PRS. Our results demonstrated that the inhibition of PRS on tumor growth might be associated with the amelioration of inflammation responses, induction of apoptosis, as well as the decrease of ROS. These results suggested that PRS implied a potential therapeutic effect in the lung cancer treatment.
Synthesis of Bistetrahydroquinolines as Potential Anticholinesterasic Agents by Double Diels-Alder Reactions
Authors: Duarte Yorley , Gutiérrez Margarita , Astudillo Luis , Alzate-Morales Jans , Valdés Natalia
Published: October 2013

The tetrahydroquinoline ring system is a unit found in many biologically active natural products and pharmacologically relevant therapeutic agents. A new series of bistetrahydroquinolines (bis-THQs) was synthesized using imino Diels-Alder reactions between dialdehydes, anilines and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (NVP). The notable features of this procedure are mild reaction conditions, greater selectivity and good yields of products. In addition, the inhibitory activity against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) of some selected derivatives is reported. The feasible binding modes of these active compounds, within AChE and BuChE binding sites, were predicted by molecular docking experiments and their binding affinity was estimated by means of free energy calculations through the MM-GBSA approximation.
Determinants for Bullying Victimization among 11–16-Year-Olds in 15 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Multi-Level Study
Authors: Wilson Michael , Dunlavy Andrea , Berchtold André
Published: October 2013

Bullying is an issue of public health importance among adolescents worldwide. The present study aimed at explaining differences in bullying rates among adolescents in 15 low- and middle-income countries using globally comparable indicators of social and economic well-being. Using data derived from the Global School-based Health Survey, we performed bivariate analyses to examine differences in bullying rates by country and by bullying type. We then constructed a multi-level model using four fixed variables (age, gender, hunger and truancy) at the individual level, random effects at the classroom and school levels and four fixed variables at the country level (Gini coefficient, per capita Gross Domestic Project, homicide rate and pupil to teacher ratio). Bullying rates differed significantly by classroom, school and by country, with Egypt (34.2%) and Macedonia (3.6%) having the highest and lowest rates, respectively. Eleven-year-olds were the most likely of the studied age groups to report being bullied, as was being a male. Hunger and truancy were found to significantly predict higher rates of bullying. None of the explanatory variables at the country level remained in the final model. While self-reported bullying varied significantly between countries, the variance between classrooms better explained these differences. Our findings suggest that classroom settings should be considered when designing approaches aimed at bullying prevention.
Sustaining Sanak Island, Alaska: A Cultural Land Trust
Authors: Reedy-Maschner Katherine , Maschner Herbert
Published: October 2013

Sanak Island is the easternmost of the Aleutian Islands and was inhabited by the Aleut (Unangan) peoples for nearly 7000 years. The past few centuries of Sanak Island life for its Aleut residents can be summarized from ethnohistoric documents and extensive interviews with former residents as shifting local-global economic patterns beginning with the sea otter fur trade, followed by cod and salmon fishing, fox farming, and cattle ranching through waves of Russian, American, and Scandinavian authority and/or influence. As the industries changed and the island absorbed new peoples with new goals, Aleut identity and practices also changed as part of these shifting economic and social environments. Sanak Island was abandoned in the 1970s and although uninhabited today, Sanak Island is managed as an important land trust for the island’s descendants that serves local peoples as a marine-scape rich in resources for Aleut subsistence harvesting and as a local heritage site where people draw on the diverse historical influences and legacies. Further, this move from an industrial heritage to contemporary local subsistence economies facilitated by a commercial fishing industry is a unique reversal of development in the region with broad implications for community sustainability among indigenous communities. We find that by being place-focused, rather than place-based, community sustainability can be maintained even in the context of relocation and the loss of traditional villages. This will likely become more common as indigenous peoples adapt to globalization and the forces of global change.
Inégalités de sécurité économique et aide à la famille dans l’Union européenne [La construction d’un indicateur de sécurité]
Authors: Menahem Georges , Cherilova Veneta
Published: October 2013

Inequalities in economic security and family assistance in the European Union. Development of a security indicator.

Living in a rich country does not guarantee wellbeing. Everyone needs to have economic security, which means being protected from the risk of lacking resources. In this respect, there is more inequality amongst European Union countries with regard to the economic security that they guarantee their inhabitants than there is with regard to their wealth or life expectancy. The Netherlands provides their population with the best economic security : 1,8 times higher than the inhabitants in Greece in 2000. The three top countries in the north of Europe guarantee an average level of economic security 1,6 times higher than the three most underprivileged southern European countries, in this respect. Aid to families and the deprived greatly contribute to building economic security among populations and such assistance is twice as high in Denmark as in France and ten times higher than in Spain.
La gouvernance locale de la diversification des modes d’accueil : un nouvel enjeu de « cohésion sociale »
Authors: Eme Bernard , Fraisse Laurent
Published: October 2013

À la confluence, dans leurs objectifs, des politiques familiales et d’emploi, la structuration et l’organisation des modes d’accueil de la petite enfance font intervenir de nombreux acteurs aux champs de compétences, logiques et intérêts différents. Du secteur lucratif ou non aux municipalités en passant par les CAF et les familles, la multiplication des intervenants rend tout à fait opérante la notion de « gouvernance ». À partir d’analyses monographiques réalisées à Rennes et à Montreuil, les auteurs montrent que les logiques d’action et les politiques de diversification, si elles font la part belle aux acteurs « décentralisés », ne signifient pas pour autant une plus grande égalité d’accès aux instances de direction ni une meilleure prise en compte des intérêts et des positions de tous les acteurs du secteur. Les politiques demeurent peu coordonnées, souvent marquées par des logiques d’ententes et de concertations bilatérales. Au final, malgré les volontés européennes de faire de ces politiques de garde des actions ancrées dans le territoire et vraiment ouvertes à l’ensemble des parties prenantes, elles demeurent largement opaques et peu concertées.
La professionnalisation inachevée des assistantes maternelles
Authors: Aballéa François
Published: October 2013

Au regard des caractéristiques habituelles associées aux groupes professionnels, les assistantes maternelles ne constituent guère une profession, et leur professionnalisation rencontre bien des obstacles. Ceci est d’autant plus remarquable que, il y a bientôt trente ans, la puissance publique et plusieurs institutions engageaient une action en ce sens, créant un marché et constituant un espace de qualification par l’attribution d’un statut et la revalorisation de l’image et de l’identité de ce métier. Cet article essaie de rendre compte de ce processus inachevé. Il fait l’hypothèse que la non-professionnalisation des assistantes maternelles traduit une « connivence » des différents protagonistes à maintenir une sorte de statu quo faisant de la garde à domicile non une carrière professionnelle mais une carrière maternelle.
Le traitement politique de la maltraitance infantile
Authors: Vabre Frédéric
Published: October 2013

The political handling of child abuse.

First highlighted by doctors, the issue of child abuse has finally become a social concern of primary importance. It has been the subject of public action under combined pressure from the media and specialist charities. This paper attempts to analyse the status of this issue in the political area. Almost absent from electoral campaigns, the theme of violence done to children remains on the whole confined to a minor position despite the strong emotions it can arise. The paradox may be explained by the difficulty of political parties in differentiating their doctrines and thus offering voters distinct answers in this matter. On a broader scale, there are current doubts about the fight against child abuse which make the field an exemplary case for current reconstitution in the field of social intervention.
Bons et mauvais souvenirs [Interprétations rétrospectives de la carrière maternelle après 50 ans]
Authors: Pugeault-Cicchelli Catherine
Published: October 2013

Quelles visions des femmes âgées de plus de 50 ans ont-elles de leurs carrières de mères ? L’auteur observe comment les femmes combinent leurs souvenirs dans un double jeu de valorisation et de mise à distance du passé maternel. Quatre grandes attitudes morales dominent. La première s’exprime par un sentiment global de satisfaction. La seconde reste valorisante pour la mère mais, sans remettre radicalement en cause ce qui a été fait, intègre davantage les revendications personnelles de la femme. La troisième attitude caractérise les femmes qui pensent qu’elles ont fait ce qu’elles avaient à faire pour leurs enfants mais que, néanmoins, ce n’était pas satisfaisant pour elles. Enfin, l’investissement maternel est comme «dénoncé » chez certaines : la mère se souvient douloureusement du passé et déclare qu’elle ne referait pas la même chose si c’était à refaire.
Deux inscriptions attiques inédites copiées par l'abbé Michel Fourmont (Parisinus Suppl. gr. 854)
Authors: Follet Simone
Published: October 2013

Publication de deux inscriptions attiques inédites du Ier siècle a.C, un fragment de décret et une dédicace éphébique, d'après un manuscrit autographe de Michel Fourmont (Parisinus Suppl. gr. 854).
La déesse Ma et les hirondelles blanches
Authors: Debord Pierre
Published: October 2013

The document here studied is a slab affixed on a grave in Cappadocia. The owner organizes the protection of the burial by threat of the worst reprisals. He requires as a fine sizeable or even impossible offerings (white swallows). In spite of everything, the culprit will be striken by divine anger. Unlike the first editor, the dead is not a goddess Ma's priest but a large estate owner suffering from megalomania.
Galien ressuscité : édition princeps du texte grec du De propriis placitis
Authors: Boudon-Millot Véronique , Pietrobelli Antoine
Published: October 2013

Cet article offre l'édition princeps du texte grec intégral du traité de Galien De propriis placitis basé sur un manuscrit grec récemment découvert de Thessalonique, le Vlatadon 14, du XVe siècle. Avant cette découverte, le De propriis placitis était seulement connu par un petit nombre de fragments en grec, et ne nous avait été transmis dans son intégralité que par une traduction médiévale arabo-latine sur lesquels est basée la dernière édition de V. Nutton (CMG V 3, 2, Berlin 1999). Nous offrons donc ici, pour la première fois le texte grec intégral du traité galénique De propriis placitis.
Réflexions sur les fragments statuaires du « maître des lions » d'Amathonte (Chypre)
Authors: Tassignon Isabelle
Published: October 2013

L'agora d'Amathonte a livré, entre 1977 et 2003, une quarantaine de fragments statuaires d'un « Maître des lions » aux proportions de nain. Ces statues s'inscrivent dans la tradition statuaire chypro-classique. Cette image du dieu d'Amathonte concentre en elle toute une série de symboles redondants soulignant son caractère de dieu-roi protecteur, signes qui paraissent paradoxalement s'être agrégés autour d'un élément irréductible qui est le nanisme. Ce nanisme caractérise d'autres divinités (les Dactyles et l'Héraclès Dactyle) et peut-être aussi Pygmalion, le premier roi de Paphos. De plus, ces nains paraissent étroitement liés à la Terre divinisée (Rhéa/Déméter dans le cas des Dactyles, Yanassa chypriote dans le cas du nain d'Amathonte) ; à Amathonte, cette terre est dite « féconde en métaux » et « grosse de métaux », expressions qui font appel au vocabulaire de la parturition et qui reflètent une conception archaïque où la terre est conçue comme une grande et puissante matrice féconde dont les ressources minérales sont des embryons. Le nanisme de ces dieux pourrait s'expliquer par des raisons fonctionnelles : il caractérise des divinités concernées au premier chef par la terre et la gestion de ses réserves minérales, voire par l'extraction et le traitement des minerais. À Amathonte, il semble que l'on puisse trouver les vestiges d'un ancien couple divin, à caractère royal, constitué d'un dieu nain et d'une grande déesse.
Glanes naturalistes dans la collection des Universités de France
Authors: Amigues Suzanne
Published: October 2013

In usual volumes of the "Universités de France" Collection, mainly in Aristophanes's comedies, animal- and plant-names are sometimes erroneously or approximately translated. The following notes are intended to explain how the Greek words have been misunderstood and what is their right sense.
Porphyre, lecteur et citateur du traité de Plutarque Manger de la viande
Authors: Jourdan Fabienne
Published: October 2013

Le médio-Platonicien Plutarque n'a pas été lu par les néo- Platoniciens ou du moins est demeuré fort peu apprécié de ces derniers. Seul Porphyre, « parce qu'il n'est pas un homme d'école », le cite abondamment. Son traité sur Y Abstinence, comporte de nombreux parallèles avec le De Esu carnium. Communauté dans le choix des références doctrinales ou de la cible stoïcienne, adoption d'expressions et d'arguments semblables ne se justifient pas seulement par le traitement d'un même sujet, le végétarisme. Porphyre a utilisé le De Esu pour composer le De Abstinentia. Cette certitude nous conduit à penser qu'en III, 18, 3 - 20, 6, il pourrait avoir cité un passage du traité de Plutarque que la tradition éditoriale de ce dernier n'a pas retenu. L'étude détaillée du texte semblerait confirmer cette hypothèse et inviterait à introduire celui-ci dans une nouvelle édition du De Esu.
The Uncoupling of Monocyte–Platelet Interactions from the Induction of Proinflammatory Signaling in Monocytes
Authors: Stephen Jillian , Emerson Barry , Fox Keith A. A. , Dransfield Ian
Published: October 2013

Induction of an inflammatory monocyte phenotype by activated platelets is implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, including atherosclerosis. In this study, we investigated the early signaling events associated with this platelet-induced inflammatory phenotype. We report that coculture of human monocytes with activated platelets induces phosphorylation of Akt, together with rapid mobilization of intracellular Ca2+, and show that these signaling events can be uncoupled from monocyte binding to activated platelets. Specifically, Ab-inhibition studies and incubation of monocytes with activated platelet supernatant highlighted a role for secreted product(s) of activated platelets. We also identified a role for pertussis toxin–sensitive G protein–coupled receptors and excluded key candidates platelet-activating factor receptor and CCR5. Our results suggest that inhibition of monocyte–platelet interactions via PSGL-1 or P-selectin is not sufficient to prevent platelet-mediated monocyte activation in an inflammatory context. These findings have important implications for the development of therapeutics to treat diseases in which platelet–monocyte complexes are implicated in pathogenesis.
Carboniferous and permian rocks, southwestern district of Mackenzie
Authors: Harker P
Published: October 2013

Carboniferous and Permian rocks of the southern Mackenzie Mountains total almost 6,000 feet of beds. Divisible into two major contrasting components, the lower part is shale, limestone, and minor sandstone, and comprises the Yohin, Clausen, and nett Formations of
Mississippian age. The upper part of the sequence consists of a thick sandstone, the Mattson Formation of Mississippian and Pennsylvanian age, overlain by Permian chert and sandstone, named the Fantasque Formation. On Tjard Range and elsewhere in the eastern part of the area the Flett is a
competent, cliff-forming limestone unit. Westward the F1ett and the two underlying formations lose their identity in a thick succession of shales and sandstones, named the Etanda Formation. The clear contact with the overlying Mattson Formation is retained but the base elf the sequence is concealed
and the Etanda facies probably continues downwards into pre-Mississippian strata. A reasonable degree of faunal control serves to establish the overall age relationships of all the formations.
Proterozoic and Paleozoic Geology of Banks Island, Arctic Canada
Authors: Miall A D
Published: October 2013

Banks Island is the southwestern most island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and comprises an area of 60 100 km2 (23,200 sq miles). Proterozoic rocks crop out along the south coast and Upper Devonian strata are exposed in the northeastern portion of the
island. The remainder of Banks Island is covered by Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments. This report is concerned primarily with the subsurface stratigraphy, based on data obtained from the first seven wells to be drilled in the area. A limited amount of surface data, obtained during field work done by
the writer in 1973 and 1974, also is included. The oldest rocks exposed in the area are upper Proterozoic cherty dolomites and quartzose sandstones of the Glenelg Formation and comprise part of a cratonic sequence of mainly shallow marine origin. A sequence of Cambrian to Middle Devonian strata,
1200 m (4,000 ft) thick, overlies the Precambrian in Victoria Island. Cambrian to Silurian rocks are not exposed at the surface on Banks Island and have not been penetrated by any wells drilled to date; the succession in Banks Island is assumed to be similar to that of Victoria Island except that a
westward transition from cratonic to geosynclinal facies may occur in the western part of Banks Island, similar to that which is now known to characterize the overlying Devonian rocks. The latter range in age from Early to Late Devonian and total an estimated 4600 m (15,000 ft) in thickness. Lower
and Middle Devonian strata display abrupt lateral facies changes. Blue Fiord Formation represents sedimentation on a shelf area which was confined mainly to the southern and eastern parts of the island. The rocks are mainly carbonates. They pass laterally westward and northward into a basin slope
facies composed of the calcareous shale of the O'rksut Formation (new name), and these in turn pass laterally into siliceous shale comprising a deep basin facies, the Nanuk Formation (new name). The deep basin represents a southward extension of hazen Trough and is probably linked to a similar
basin, the Richardson Trough, in the northern Yukon area. The facies belts underwent a southward migration during the Early and Middle Devonian. Commencing in late Middle Devonian time, a clastic wedge (Melville Island Group) spread southward into the Banks Island area. The source of the detritus
was probably a tectonic landmass to the north and northeast of the report-area. Rocks of late Paleozoic age are not known in Banks Island. However, several lines of evidence suggest that strata of this age may have been deposited, but removed later in pre-Jurassic time. For example, the level of
hydrocarbon maturation in the Devonian sediments is everywhere considerably greater than that of the Mesozoic deposits, suggesting deep burial before Mesozoic sedimentation commented. There is no evidence of any significant structural deformation the Proterozoic and
Paleozoic
Quaternary stratigraphy of Canada - a Canadian contribution to IGCP Project 24
Authors: Fulton R J
Published: October 2013

The limits, component parts, and generalized ice flow directions of the last glacier complex in North America are portrayed on Map 1584A. Because a single line boundary cannot reasonably be fitted to the available information, two portrayals of ice extent are
presented. The maximum portrayal limit is the outermost one that con reasonably be attributed to the Late Wisconsinan (<25 ka). The minimum portrayal limit is an attempt to correlate a wide variety of field studies that indicate, suggest, or infer less extensive Late Wisconsinan ice than
has generally been claimed. Neither the minimum nor the maximum portrayals can presently be accepted entirely; the actual maximum limit may lie somewhere in between the two. The approximate times when the ice limits were reached are indicated though little general agreement exists as to the
implication of these dates; they do serve to indicate the nonsynchronous development of the ice cover. Because age concepts are in most places embodied in the minimum and maximum portrayals, a number of anomalies occur; for example in some places the minimum (younger?) portrayal overlaps the maximum
(older?) (as in Minnesota and the Dakotas). ln other areas, such as along the Pacific coast, the outer or maximum portrayal of the Late Wisconsinan limit cannot be separated from the all-time glacial limit. In the western Queen Elizabeth Islands it is presently impossible to show a maximum portrayal
of the Late Wisconsinan ice limit, in view of existing controversies. This report provides information on the component parts of the North American Late Wisconsinan ice sheet complex, discusses their inter-relationships and the problems of establishing their outer limits. The report points out the
controversial aspects of our knowledge of the last ice sheet and thereby focuses attention on the problems and areas of greatest concern.
Evaporitic deposits of western Canada
Authors: Meijer Drees N C
Published: October 2013

This compilation gives a general description from published and unpublished sources of the many Paleozoic and Mesozoic evaporitic deposits present in the Interior Plains and eastern Cordillera of Western Canada. The description of each deposit includes a
discussion of the general geology, stratigraphy, paleogeography, structural geology and environment of deposition. Some evaporitic deposits dissolve in circulating groundwater and are not exposed at the surface in their original form. The lithologie descriptions of the evaporitic deposits and the
maps showing their distribution and thicknesses are thus based largely on subsurface information. The evaporitic deposits are subdivided into minor and major deposits. The minor deposits are of Ordovician, Silurian, Mississippian, Triassic and Jurassic age. They do not contain salt and are
interbedded with redbeds and/or carbonates. The major evaporitic deposits are of Cambrian and Devonian age and include thick and economically important salt beds. These deposits were studied in detail and their description includes new information. The evaporites include many lithologies such as
redbeds, anhydrite, gypsum, rock salt and potash salt. Typical lithologies of the major evaporitic deposits are described with the aid of photographs. The interpretation of the environment of deposition of the various facies in the two major evaporitic deposits is based largely on the study of cores
and it is shown that the deposits include fabrics of primary and secondary origin. A substantial amount of the Devonian anhydrite and potash salt is of secondary or replacement origin.
Reconnaissance geology of a part of the Precambrian Shield, northeastern Quebec and northern Labrador
Authors: Taylor F C
Published: October 2013

Although the Torngat Mountains, in the northeast part of the area, rise to 5,000 feet2 much of the region comprises plains and plateaus
that are seldom more than 3, 000 feet above sea level. All exposed bedrock is Precambrian and all is Proterozoic in age, with the exception of a narrow zone of Archean gneiss that extends from Saglek to Trout Trap Fiord on the Labrador coast. Proterozoic rocks form three main divisions; (1) rocks of
the Labrador Trough; (2) a large area of gneisses north of the Labrador Trough; (3) the Ramah Group. No mineral occurrcnces of economic importance were discovered but the area has not been thoroughly prospected. Areas underlain by Labrador Trough rocks, rusty graphitic gneisses. and the Ramah Group
offer the best prospecting opportunities.
Stratigraphy, sutructural stacking, and paleoenvironment of the Cache Creek Group, central British Columbia
Authors: Struik L C , Cordey F , Orchard M J , Sano H
Published: October 2013

Oceanic rocks of the Cache Creek Group near Fort St. James (NTS 93 K) form a thrust imbricate stack cut by steeply dipping strike-slip faults including the Pinchi Fault. The thrust stack consists of upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic rock suites. Paleontologically
dated upper Paleozoic rocks include bioclastic limestone and ribbon chert. Mesozoic rocks include greywacke, siltstone, argillite, ribbon chert, limestone, and basalt tuff. Trembleur ultramafic unit of the Cache Creek Group in part forms klippe thrust onto early Mesozoic sedimentary rocks. The
sedimentological character of the upper Paleozoic limestone and the new chemistry of the upper Paleozoic basalt indicate development of these rocks on an oceanic plateau.
New observations on the geology of eastern Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic, part I: structure and stratigraphy in the vicinity of Franklin Pierce and Allman bays
Authors: de Freitas T , Sweet A
Published: October 2013

New map data have resolved the controversial Lower Cretaceous age for the conglomerates in the footwall of the Scoresby Bay Thrust. Most known Cretaceous deposits are interpreted as structural slivers associated with several extensive, flat thrusts. Erosional
remnants of the thrust sheets are represented by several conspicuous klippen. In one of these klippen, the Cretaceous Kanguk Formation and Tertiary Cape Lawrence Formation are in structural contact with flat-lying Cape Lawrence Formation conglomerate. Many other klippen are composed of Ordovician or
Silurian carbonates, and these are in thrust contact with Cretaceous Isachsen Formation or Tertiary Cape Lawrence Formation. These structural relationships are confirmed by new paleontological age determinations. Leaf impressions from sandstone interbeds in the thick, syntectonic conglomerates of
the Cape Lawrence Formation indicate a Tertiary age.
Investigations of automated particle size analysis techniques
Authors: Lindsay P J , Percival J B , Tsai A
C , Wygergangs M H M
Published: October 2013

The behaviour and properties of particles is dependent upon their morphology, size, and size distribution. Particle morphology such as shape and texture can influence bulk physical properties. The traditional method to determine particle size distribution of
sediments and soils at the GSC (Sedimentology Laboratory) has been sieve and pipette analysis. Pipette analysis is a time-consuming method with a low turnover of samples. In 1990, a laser particle-size analyzer was purchased to increase productivity. This study compares the laser particle-size
analyzer to the classical pipette as an effective routine method for particle size analysis. Other instrumental methods employed in the GSC and at another federal government department are also compared. The methods focus primarily on the composite analysis of fine-grained, amorphous Si materials
(fly ash) from thermal electrical generating plants. The instrumental techniques offer comparable grain size information to pipette analysis for the silt- and clay-size ranges. Thus, any one of these instrumental techniques can be recommended for grain size analysis of fine (silt and clay)
particles.
Die heuristiese potensiaal van narratiwiteit vir sosiaal relevante Sistematiese Teologie: Jürgen Moltmann se oorlogservarings as voorbeeldstudie
Authors: Van Wyk Tanya
Published: October 2013

The heuristic potential of narrativity for socially relevant Systematic Theology: The world war experiences of Jürgen Moltmann as case study. The article argues that an argumentative discourse should be complemented by a narrative discursive mode to express the connectedness between experience and the social context in which people’s life history is embedded. The article’s point of departure is Jean-Baptisté Metz’s notion of the ‘practical, liberating character of narrative’. An example of such a narrative systematic discourse is the approach of Michael Weinrich in which he replaces logos (ratio) with mythosis. The latter includes narratio, whilst logos does not. The life history of Jürgen Moltmann as contextual theologian serves as case study to demonstrate the heuristic potential of narrativity for contextual systematic theology. Moltmann’s autobiography The Broad Place functions as the frame of reference for such a narrative approach to systematic theology.
‘Patient-Centered Care’ for Complex Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus–-Analysis of Two Cases
Authors: Hackel Jennifer M.
Published: October 2013

Purpose

This paper serves to apply and compare aspects of person centered care and recent consensus guidelines to two cases of older adults with poorly controlled diabetes in the context of relatively similar multimorbidity.

Methods

After review of the literature regarding the shift from guidelines promoting tight control in diabetes management to individualized person centered care, as well as newer treatment approaches emerging in diabetes care, the newer guidelines and potential treatment approaches are applied to the cases.

Results

By delving into the clinical, behavioral, social, cultural and economic aspects of the two cases in applying the new guidelines, divergent care goals are reached for the cases.

Conclusions

Primary care practitioners must be vigilant in providing individualized diabetes treatment where multiple chronic illnesses increase the complexity of care. While two older adults with multimorbidity may appear at first to have similar care goals, their unique preferences and support systems, as well as their risks and benefits from tight control, must be carefully weighed in formulating the best approach. Newer pharmaceutical agents hold promise for improving the possibilities for better glycemic control with less self-care burden and risk of hypoglycemia.
The effect of organic mulches and mycorrhizal substrate on growth, yield and quality of Gold Milenium apples on M.9 rootstock
Authors: Sas-Paszt Lidia , Pruski Kris , Żurawicz Edward , Sumorok Beata , Derkowska Edyta , Głuszek Sławomir
Published: October 2013

Sas-Paszt, L., Pruski, K., Żurawicz, E., Sumorok, B., Derkowska, E. and Głuszek, S. 2014. The effect of organic mulches and mycorrhizal substrate on growth, yield and quality of Gold Milenium apples on M.9 rootstock. Can. J. Plant Sci. 94: 281–291. A 3-yr study was conducted to evaluate the effects of organic mulches and mycorrhizal substrate on growth and yield of apple cv. Gold Milenium grown on M.9 rootstock. Straw (rye), pine bark, conifer tree sawdust, compost (plant debris), cow manure, peat moss substrate (commercial), and mycorrhiza substrate (Mykoflor®, containing mycorrhizal fungi: Glomus intraradices, G. mosseae, G. etunicatum) were applied in spring of each year. All the applied treatments did not affect significantly the tree growth. Mulches did not have a positive effect on total soluble solids of the fruit and the number of fruits in different size categories. Only sawdust mulch significantly increased the number of fruit in size diameter class of 7.0–7.5 cm compared with the control. The use of mulches affected the concentration of macro- and microelements in leaves, particularly Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn. Mulches positively affected the pH and organic matter content of soil. The best results were observed with the use of the compost, cow manure and the mycorrhizal substrate, where the concentrations of P, K and Mg, most of microelements and soil organic matter were elevated.
Quality Assurance Program in Radiodiagnosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India
Authors: Arora Pankaj
Published: October 2013

Context

The specialty of radiodiagnosis has been revolutionized by the advent of technology. This has put additional onus on the practitioners to maintain strict quality control to improve efficiency, lower exposure as well as cost.

Aims

The aim of the study is to determine quality assurance program in radiodiagnosis in order to identify the gaps and possible avenues of improvement.

Settings and design

The cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in India in the second half of calendar year 2008.

Materials and methods

The department did not have a defined and documented quality assurance program. Hence, the factors which are part of such a QAP were identified and the practices in the department against those factors were compared. The scoring was done based on the degree of compliance; complete, partial or no compliance.

Results

A total of 23 parameters/subparameters were evaluated to find out the extent of quality assurance program being implemented in the study setting. Out of maximum 230, a score of 135 was achieved by the department.

Conclusion

The department of radiodiagnosis in the tertiary care institute need to institute a QAP for improving the quality and efficiency for better utilization of resources.

Key messages

Quality Assurance Program must be instituted in different departments, Radio diagnosis in the instant case, for efficient utilization, quality output and effective cost control. All these will contribute to patient safety practices.

How to cite this article

Arora P. Quality Assurance Program in Radiodiagnosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India. Int J Res Foundation Hosp Healthc Adm 2013;1(1):8-12.
Break-Even Analysis in Healthcare Setup
Authors: Singh Madhav Madhusudan , Choudhary Pranav Kumar , Patnaik Saroj Kumar , Kaushal Ginny
Published: October 2013

How to cite this article

Choudhary PK, Patnaik SK, Singh MM, Kaushal G. Break-Even Analysis in Healthcare Setup. Int J Res Foundation Hosp Healthc Adm 2013;1(1):29-32.
Influence of Surface Microstructure and Chemical Composition on the Corrosion Resistance of Plain Steel Modified by Plasma-Assisted Diffusion
Authors: Tomiello Stevan S. , Echeverrigaray Fernando G. , Crespi Ângela E. , Larrude Dunieskys G. , Marino Cláudia E.B. , Birriel Eliena J. , Aguzzoli Cesar , Baumvol Israel J.R. , Figueroa Carlos A.
Published: October 2013

The influence of surface microstructure and chemical composition on the corrosion behavior of AISI 1045 (UNS G10450) plain steel modified by plasma-assisted diffusion of nitrogen and oxygen was investigated. A detailed surface characterization was performed before and after cyclic potentiodynamic polarization and salt spray tests, using scanning electron microscopy at low and high resolutions, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, and glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy. The corrosion resistance as determined by cyclic potentiodynamic polarization was found to depend more strongly on the morphology and composition of the outermost oxynitride layer than on its thickness. For post-oxidation times below and above 90 min, the oxynitride layer presented defects that can act as pathways for corrosive species. The degradation of the corrosion resistance for longer processing times is through cracking of granules, which were previously formed at shorter times owing to the hydrogen accumulation at the oxide-nitride interface. The salt spray tests revealed a main dependence on the manganese sulfide (MnS) inclusions content in the base material.
The Sharia Controversy in Northern Nigeria and the Politics of Islamic Law in New and Uncertain Democracies
Authors: Kendhammer Brandon
Published: October 2013

In recent years, scholars have struggled to explain high levels of support for both state-sponsored Islamic law (sharia) and democracy in many new Muslim-majority democracies. The origins of popular support for Islamic law in uncertain democratic environments can be considered using
the case of Northern Nigeria, where twelve states implemented sharia through democratic institutions during the early 2000s. Sharia implementation movements gain popular support by framing problems common to new democracies (corruption, inequality, poor governance) as moral concerns to be
addressed by the state's enforcement of ethical conduct. While sharia implementation has had a dubious effect on democratic governance in Nigeria and elsewhere, support for Islamic law is likely to endure within Muslim communities where governance remains poor.
State as Chimera: Aid, Parallel Institutions, and State Power
Authors: Zimmermann Anne Mariel
Published: October 2013

Foreign donors use a variety of mechanisms to effect public goods in aid recipients. The two most common mechanisms, traditional aid and conditionality, are implemented through the domestic institutions of the recipient state. Yet a third mechanism, the “parallel institution,”
bypasses domestic institutions to provide public goods within well-defined sectors or territories. Parallel institutions are distinct from other forms of aid. The autonomy and core capabilities of parallel institutions allow them to produce higher levels of public goods, but simultaneously
hinder the infrastructural power of the recipient state.
Particle partitioning potential of organic compounds is highest in the Eastern US and driven by anthropogenic water
Authors: Carlton A. G. , Turpin B. J.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. Gas-phase water-soluble organic matter (WSOMg) is ubiquitous in the troposphere. In the summertime, the potential for these gases to partition to particle-phase liquid water (H2Optcl) where they can form secondary organic aerosol (SOAAQ) is high in the Eastern US and low elsewhere, with the exception of an area near Los Angeles, CA. This spatial pattern is driven by mass concentrations of H2Optcl, not WSOMg. H2Optcl mass concentrations are predicted to be high in the Eastern US, largely due to sulfate. The ability of sulfate to increase H2Optcl is well established and routinely included in atmospheric models; however WSOMg partitioning to this water and subsequent SOA formation is not. The high mass concentrations of H2Optcl in the southeast (SE) US but not the Amazon may help explain why biogenic SOA mass concentrations are high in the SE US but low in the Amazon. Furthermore, during the summertime in the Eastern US, the potential for organic gases to partition into liquid water is greater than their potential to partition into organic matter (OM) because concentrations of WSOMg and H2Optcl are higher than semi-volatile gases and OM. Thus, unless condensed phase yields are substantially different (> ~ order of magnitude), we expect that SOA formed through aqueous-phase pathways (SOAAQ) will dominate in the Eastern US. These findings also suggest that H2Optcl is largely anthropogenic and provide a previously unrecognized mechanism by which anthropogenic pollutants impact the amount of SOA mass formed from biogenic organic emissions. The previously reported estimate of the controllable fraction of biogenic SOA in the Eastern US (50%) is likely too low.
Identification and quantification of particle growth channels during new particle formation
Authors: Pennington M. R. , Bzdek B. R. , DePalma J. W. , Smith J. N. , Kortelainen A.-M. , Hildebrandt Ruiz L. , Petäjä T. , Kulmala M. , Worsnop D. R. , Johnston M. V.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) is a key source of ambient ultrafine particles that may contribute substantially to the global production of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). While NPF is driven by atmospheric nucleation, its impact on CCN concentration depends strongly on atmospheric growth mechanisms since the growth rate must exceed the loss rate due to scavenging in order for the particles to reach the CCN size range. In this work, chemical composition measurements of 20 nm diameter particles during NPF in Hyytiälä, Finland, in March–April 2011 permit identification and quantitative assessment of important growth channels. In this work we show the following: (A) sulfuric acid, a key species associated with atmospheric nucleation, accounts for less than half of particle mass growth during this time period; (B) the sulfate content of a growing particle during NPF is quantitatively explained by condensation of gas-phase sulfuric acid molecules (i.e., sulfuric acid uptake is collision-limited); (C) sulfuric acid condensation substantially impacts the chemical composition of preexisting nanoparticles before new particles have grown to a size sufficient to be measured; (D) ammonium and sulfate concentrations are highly correlated, indicating that ammonia uptake is driven by sulfuric acid uptake; (E) sulfate neutralization by ammonium does not reach the predicted thermodynamic end point, suggesting that a barrier exists for ammonia uptake; (F) carbonaceous matter accounts for more than half of the particle mass growth, and its oxygen-to-carbon ratio (~ 0.5) is characteristic of freshly formed secondary organic aerosol; and (G) differences in the overall growth rate from one formation event to another are caused by variations in the growth rates of all major chemical species, not just one individual species.
Automatic tree stem detection – a geometric feature based approach for MLS point clouds
Authors: Hetti Arachchige N.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. Recognition of tree stem is a fundamental task for obtaining various geometric attributes of trees such as diameter, height, stem position and so on for diverse of urban application. We propose a novel tree stem segmentation approach using geometric features corresponding to trees for high density MLS point data covering in urban environments. The principal direction and shape of point subsets are used as geometric features. Point orientation exhibits the most variance (shape of point set) of a point neighbourhood, assists to measure similarity, while shape provides the dimensional information of a group of points. Points residing on a stem can be isolated by defining various rules based on these geometric features. The shape characterization step is accomplished by estimating the structure tensor with principal component analysis. These features are assigned to different steps of our segmentation algorithm. Wrong segmentations mainly occur in the area where our rules have failed, such as vertical type objects, road poles and light post. To overcome these problems, global shape is further checked. The experiment is performed to evaluate the method; it shows that more than 90% of tree stems are detected. The overall accuracy of the proposed method is 90.6%. The results show that principal direction and shape analysis are sufficient for the tree stem recognition from MLS point cloud in a relatively complex urban area.