bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Seeding Rate and Genotype Effect on Agronomic Performance and End‐Use Quality of Winter Wheat
Authors: Geleta B. , Atak M. , Baenziger P. S. , Nelson L. A. , Baltenesperger D. D. , Eskridge K. M. , Shipman M. J. , Shelton D. R.
Published: September 2018

Few experiments have studied how seeding rates affect agronomic performance and end‐use quality of modern wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes in the Great Plains. Higher grain yield and better quality grain production requires the use of appropriate seeding rates. During the 1997 and 1998 crop seasons, 20 winter wheat genotypes and experimental lines were evaluated at two locations (four environments) to assess seeding rate and genotype effects on agronomic performance and end‐use quality of wheat. Significant differences among environments, seeding rates, and genotypes, and some of their interactions were identified. Lower seeding rates decreased plant population (by 62.3%), grain yield (by 0.8 Mg ha−1), kernel weight (by 1.3 mg kernel−1), flour yield (by 0.8 g/100 g grain), mixing time (by 0.7 min), caused later flowering (by 2 d), and increased flour protein content (by 15 mg g−1) and mixing tolerance (1 unit). Environment × genotype interactions were significant for all the traits except plant population and mixing tolerance. On the basis of the four environments, the seeding rate × genotype interactions were nonsignificant for all traits except plant height. These results provide evidence that agronomic performance and end‐use quality traits are greatly influenced by the environmental conditions and less so by seeding rates. Seeding rate affected plant population, days to flowering, plant height, grain yield, kernel weight, flour yield, flour protein, and mixing time and tolerance of wheat; therefore, seeding rate should be considered as a factor in obtaining higher grain yields with good end‐use quality.
Describing the Botanical Composition of a Mixed Species Northeastern U.S. Pasture Rotationally Grazed by Cattle
Authors: Karsten H. D. , Carlassare M.
Published: September 2018

Pastures in the northeastern USA typically contain multiple species with different plant morphologies and seasonal growth. We hypothesized that some measures of botanical composition do not describe the contribution of species to forage for grazing animals, knowledge that is necessary to improve animal production. We compared three measures of botanical composition: (i) harvested herbage at prescribed post‐grazing heights, (ii) total herbage cut at ground level, and (iii) tiller/leaf density. In spring, summer, and fall 1998 to 2000, we sampled a mixed pasture of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.), bluegrass (Poa sp. L.), quackgrass [Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski], legumes, and other species that was rotationally grazed by cattle. We measured ground cover in 1999 and 2000. Relative ranking and percent contribution of orchardgrass, bluegrass, white clover (Trifolium repens L.), tall legumes, and other species differed significantly among methods; only dandelion (Taraxacum officinale Weber in Wiggers) and quackgrass measures did not. Percentage of harvested herbage from orchardgrass, tall legumes, and other species was greater than percentages based on total herbage, ground cover, and tiller/leaf density. More prostrate and shorter‐growing bluegrass and white clover contributed smaller percentages to harvested herbage than to the other botanical composition measures. Interaction of botanical composition measure by season was significant for white clover and other species; bluegrass, quackgrass, and white clover percent contribution to the sward differed with season. To improve an understanding of the relative contribution of species to grazed forage in a mixed pasture, and to enhance animal production, harvested herbage should be measured rather than total herbage, ground cover, or tiller/leaf density; and preferably during spring, summer, and fall.
A Study of Academic Oral Presentation Anxiety and Strategy Employment of EFL Graduate Students
Authors: Tian Shiauping , Mahmud Masykur
Published: September 2018

This study investigates the factors contributing to academic oral presentation anxiety, explore the differences between English majors and non-English majors in their strategy employment for academic oral presentations, examine the relationship between academic oral presentation anxiety and strategy employment, and compare the differences in oral communication strategy employment between high-anxiety and low-anxiety students. A total of sixty-one participants participated in this study by answering two questionnaires: Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) (McCroskey, 1970) and Oral Communication Strategy Inventory (OCSI) (Nakatani, 2006), and a follow-up interview was conducted focusing on high and low-anxiety students as defined by the result on PRPSA. Results showed that the three major sources of anxiety related to content of presentation, oral proficiency, and delivery skill. Moreover, a significant difference was found in the use of Social Affective strategies between English majors and non-English majors. Besides, negative significant correlations were found in the use of Message Abandonment strategies and Attempt to Think in English strategies. Furthermore, a statistically significant difference was found in the use of Message Abandonment strategies between high-anxiety and low anxiety-students. Pedagogical implications for reducing anxiety in academic oral communication were discussed.
Parity and the modular bootstrap
Authors: Anous Tarek , Mahajan Raghu , Shaghoulian Edgar
Published: September 2018

We consider unitary, modular invariant, two-dimensional CFTs which
are invariant under the parity transformation
PP.
Combining PP
with modular inversion SS
leads to a continuous family of fixed points of the
SPSP
transformation. A particular subset of this locus of fixed points exists
along the line of positive left- and right-moving temperatures
satisfying \beta_L \beta_R = 4\pi^2βLβR=4π2.
We use this fixed locus to prove a conjecture of Hartman, Keller, and
Stoica that the free energy of a large-cc
CFT_22
with a suitably sparse low-lying spectrum matches that of
AdS_33
gravity at all temperatures and all angular potentials. We also use the
fixed locus to generalize the modular bootstrap equations, obtaining
novel constraints on the operator spectrum and providing a new proof of
the statement that the twist gap is smaller than
(c-1)/12(c−1)/12
when c>1c>1.
At large cc
we show that the operator dimension of the first excited primary lies in
a region in the (h,\overline{h})(h,h¯)-plane
that is significantly smaller than h+\overline{h}c/6.
Our results for the free energy and constraints on the operator spectrum
extend to theories without parity symmetry through the construction of
an auxiliary parity-invariant partition function.
İFADE ÖZGÜRLÜĞÜNÜN EN YENİ İHLALİ: WİKİPEDİA’YA ERİŞİM ENGELİ
Authors: KARAYAKA Yavuz Selim
Published: September 2018

Bir
ülkede demokrasinin egemen olduğunu gösteren en önemli verilerden biri
bireylerin kendini özgürce ifade edebiliyor olmasıdır. Bu özgürlük ise hukukta
ifade özgürlüğü kavramı altında kurumsallaşmıştır. Demokrasinin ayrılmaz
parçası olan ifade özgürlüğü, iletişim araçlarının da özgür olmasını
gerektirmektedir. Günümüzün en etkin kullanılan iletişim aracı olan internet ve
internet tabanlı sosyal medyada da ifade özgürlüğünün sağlanmasının gerektiği
şüphesizdir. Ne var ki Türkiye geleneğinde yaygın kullanılan sosyal medya
araçlarına erişimin engellenmesi gibi bir durum vardır. Daha önce YouTube ve
Twitter gibi dev sitelere uygulanan bu tedbir bugün de Wikipedia’ya
uygulanmaktadır. Yıllar içinde ifade özgürlüğünün sınırlandırılmasında
gözetilmesi gereken birtakım hususlar belirlenmiştir. Bu değerlendirmede esas
olarak, üç aşamalı test olarak da bilinen, sınırlandırmanın kanunlarla
düzenlenmiş olması, meşru bir amaca hasredilmesi ve demokratik toplum düzeninin
bu tedbiri gerektirmesi şartlarının sağlanıp sağlanmadığı denetimi
yapılmaktadır. Çalışmada, bu ölçütlerin belirlenmesinde ciddi katkısı olan
Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesinin kararları asıl başvuru kaynakları olacaktır.
Anayasa Mahkemesinin Twitter kararı da dikkate alınarak Wikipedia’ya erişim
engeli değerlendirilecektir.
Mineral Composition of Connarus (Connarus perrottetii var. angustifolius) and Mansoa (Mansoa alliacea) Species
Authors: Dolwitsch Carolina B. , Pires Fernanda B. , Colim Alexsandro N. , Wiethan Bruna A. , Dal Prá Valeria , Schneider Viviane M. , Maciel Augusto , da Rosa Marcelo B.
Published: September 2018

Background:

This paper provides an overview of mineral composition of the medicinal
species Connarus perrottetii var. angustifolius and Mansoa alliacea collected in 2012, 2013 and
2014, using atomic absorption spectrometry as analytical technique.

Methods:

Statistical tests were performed aiming to identify the similarities and the differences between
the different sampling years.

Result:

It was found a variation in the content of the elements for the three years of sampling, but
with no uniform behavior.

Conclusion:

Connarus perrottetii var. angustifolius and Mansoa alliacea showed low concentrations
of metals that may be toxic above specific concentrations (Cr, Ni, As, Pb, Cd and Hg). Accordingly,
a regular consumption of these species cannot cause intoxication. On the other hand, we should consider
the mineral contribution of other foods on the daily diet.
Buckwheat: A Useful Food and Its Effects on Human Health
Authors: Yilmaz Hacı Ömer , Ayhan Nurcan Yabanci , Meriç Çağdaş Salih
Published: September 2018

:

Buckwheat is a plant used for many purposes, such as consumed as a food and used in the
treatment of diseases. It is a good source of many vitamins and minerals and has balanced nutritional
value. Because of its nutrient content and many positive effects on human health, buckwheat has become
a functional food, recently. Main effects of buckwheat on human health are its hypotensive,
hypoglycemic, hypocholesterolemic, neuroprotective and antioxidant effects. Thus, it is considered
an alternative food component in dietary treatment for chronic and metabolic diseases, such as diabetes,
hypertension and celiac disease. Also, its rich nutrient content supports daily diet and provides a
better eating profile. As a result, buckwheat is accepted as a functional food, suggested to improve
human health and is used in the treatment of diseases. The aim of this review is to explain some positive
effects of buckwheat on human health.
One-Pot Synthesis of 5-(Het)Aryl 8-Aminoquinoline Amide Derivatives as Potential Antibacterial / Cytotoxic Agents
Authors: Spandana Zanjam , Rekha Tadigiri M. , Rao Mandava V.B. , Pal Manojit
Published: September 2018

Background:

The 8-Aminoquinoline (8-AQ) framework has attracted particular attention in
the discovery and development of antimalarial and anti-bacterial agents or drugs. However, the clinical
uses of 8-AQ based drugs are often associated with toxic side effects such as methemoglobinemia and
hemolytic anemia with deficiency in Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Activity. The 4-aryl-
8-amino(acetamido)quinoline derivatives, on the other hand, have shown antiproliferative activities
against cancer cell lines. These reports prompted us to assess the antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of
a series of compounds based on 5-aryl 8-aminoquinoline amide scaffold.

Methods:

A series of compounds based on 5-(het)aryl 8-aminoquinoline amide scaffold was synthesized
via a one-pot ultrasound-assisted method using a C-5 selective halogenation of quinoline derivatives
followed by Pd/C-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling with (het)aryl boronic acids. All these
compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial activities against representative Gram-(+) and
Gram-(-) strains including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella species and
Staphylococcus aureus. Three compounds were further tested for cytotoxicities in vitro against breast
adenocarcinoma (MCF7) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HepG2) along with non-cancerous human
embryonic kidney (HEK293) cell lines.

Results:

All these compounds demonstrated moderate to good antibacterial activities against the four
organisms used. In vitro assay results revealed that three compounds showed good activities against
Gram-(+) strains and Gram-(-) strains and one was comparable to ciprofloxacin and pefloxacin. These
three compounds were further tested for their cytotoxic properties against MCF7 and HepG2 cell lines.
One of them showed IC50 value comparable to doxorubicin when tested against HepG2 cell lines. However,
none of these compounds showed any significant effects when tested against HEK293 cells indicating
their selectivity towards the growth inhibition of cancer cells.

Conclusion:

A series of compounds based on 5-(het)aryl 8-aminoquinoline amide scaffold was synthesized
and evaluated for antibacterial and cytotoxic activities. Several of these compounds showed promising
antibacterial and cytotoxic activities when tested in vitro suggesting that the present class of compounds
may be of interest for the identification of new and potential antibacterial / cytotoxic agents.
Mangrove Plants as a Source of Bioactive Compounds: A Review
Authors: Dahibhate Nilesh Lakshman , Saddhe Ankush Ashok , Kumar Kundan
Published: September 2018

Mangroves are unique coastal forest ecosystem distributed along the tropical and subtropical region of the world. They are evolutionarily adapted to combat against hostile environmental conditions such as low oxygen, high salinity, and temperature. The adaptive features endowed with novel secondary metabolic pathways and bioactive compounds to sustain in harsh conditions. The novel metabolites are a rich source of the wide range of bioactive compounds and natural products. It includes terpenoids, alkaloids, phenolics, saponins, flavonoids, and steroids. The bioactive and natural compounds may serve as therapeutic precursors and industrial raw materials. Terpenes and polyphenols have antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antimalarial, anticancer or combination of activities. To date, several mangroves plants were examined and recognized as a potential source of novel natural product for exploitation in medicine. In fact, most of the isolated compounds are novel and showed promising biological activities such as gastroprotective, cytotoxic, antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, enzyme activation and inhibition, immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory, antifeedant effects. In the present review, we have compiled the achievements and progress in mangroves natural products research of the last decade.
Treadle pump: A low cost irrigation option for marginal farmers
Authors: RAHMAN ATIQUR , UPADHYAYA ASHUTOSH , BHATT BP
Published: September 2018

The population of marginal farmers in India is bound to increase due to continued division of farm holdings. Characteristically, marginal farmers are having more family labours but the production and productivity of their land holdings is low. The foremost reason behind this is the erratic rainfall and lack of assure supplementary irrigation during long dry spells. This paper presents the scope and applicability of a diaphragm based treadle pump in Bihar where groundwater is abundant and available at shallow depths round the year. Therefore, this pump could be very useful for marginal farmers in improving production and productivity of their tiny piece of land, as it uses human power and can be operated by male and female of age group 32- 45 years and lifts water from a depth ranging from 0- 30 feet. The water saving technologies such as bucket kit drum kit etc. could be used with this pump to irrigate the crops with high water productivity.
Effect of work conditions on oxygen uptake and energy cost of test draught he-buffalo
Authors: SHARMA SC , SINGH MP , SINGH JAYANT , RASTOGI SK
Published: September 2018

Test draught he-buffalo was used on the animal treadmill at different work conditions under a controlled environment for a period of four hours or up to the test draught he-buffalo reached a state of fatigue for determining oxygen uptake and energy cost. Oxygen uptake and energy cost result showed regular increasing trend at all speeds, inclination of treadmill, draughts and combination of temperature and humidity. Oxygen uptake requirement and variation in energy cost at 42 0C temperature was higher as compared to 22 0C temperature, and it increases with increase in humidity. The increment in maximum oxygen uptake was observed as 669.124 % (2.0 km/h speed, 50 inclination of treadmill, 14% draught and 42 0C temperature with 90 % humidity). Oxygen uptake changes with changes in respiration rates, tidal volumes, oxygen extraction percentage, humidity levels and high ambient temperature. Increase in oxygen uptake was found to be more sensitive to draughts so it can be used as an indicator of stress. Oxygen uptake and energy costs model showed good correlation with independent variables and there R2 value was in the acceptable range. This model can be used in oxygen requirement and energy cost estimation in the out-field experiment for efficient utilization of muscle power of test draught he-buffalo.
Comparative Efficacy of Different Substrates for Cultivation and Yield Performance of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus sajor-caju)
Authors: SINGH ALKA , YADAV RAKESH KUMAR , SINGH DHANANJAI , SINGH ANJU
Published: September 2018

Mushrooms are extraordinarily nutritious products, can be produced from lignocellulosic waste materials. The present study was conducted on oyster mushroom Pleurotus sajor-caju with different substrates viz., wheat straw, paddy straw, soybean straw and maize stalks and leaves. Amongst the different substrates wheat straw was found significantly higher in respect of maximum flushes (3.4), number (171.03) and weight of sporophores (4.05 g) as well as yield of sporophores (694.38 g/kg straw). The other substrates gave optimum yield such as paddy straw (619.72 g/kg straw). The lowest yield was observed in maize stalk and leaves (425.30 g/kg straw).
Morphological, Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Poplar Plants to Drought Stress
Authors: KUMARI ARADHNA , KHAN IM , SINGH ANIL KUMAR , SINGH SANTOSH KUMAR
Published: September 2018

Poplar clone Kranti was selected to assess the morphological, physiological and biochemical responses under drought at different levels of water stress, as it is a common clone used to be grown in Uttarakhand for making paper and plywood. The cuttings of Populus deltoides L. (clone Kranti) were exposed to four different watering regimes (100, 75, 50 and 25% of the field capacity) and changes in physiological and biochemical parameters related with drought tolerance were recorded. Alterations in physiological (i.e. decrease in relative water content) and biochemical parameters (i.e. increase in proline and soluble sugar content and build-up of malondialdehyde by-products) occurred in all the three levels of water stress, although drought represented the major determinant. Drought treatments (75%, 50% and 25% FC) decreased plant height, radial stem diameter, harvest index, total biomass content and RWC in all the three watering regimes compared to control (100% FC). Biochemical parameters like proline, soluble sugar and MDA content increased with severity and duration of stress, which helped plants to survive under severe stress. It was analyzed that for better wood yield poplar seedlings should avail either optimum amount of water (amount nearly equal to field capacity of soil) or maximum withdrawal up to 75% of field capacity up to seedling establishment period (60 days). Furthermore, this study manifested that acclimation to drought stress is related with the rapidity, severity, and duration of the drought event of the poplar species.
EKONOMİK EMİSYON YÜK DAĞITIMI PROBLEMİ İÇİN KAOTİK YILDIRIM ARAMA ALGORİTMASI
Authors: DUMAN Serhat , YILDIZ Bayram
Published: September 2018

Elektrik enerjisinin üretiminde kullanılan fosil yakıtlı kaynaklar çevre
kirliliğine yol açmaktadır. Bu nedenle, termal yakıtlı generatörlerde emisyon
salınımının önemi giderek artmaktadır. Ekonomik emisyon yük dağıtımı problemi modern
güç sistemlerinin en önemli doğrusal olmayan optimizasyon problemlerinden biridir.
Yıldırım Arama Algoritması (YAA), ışık olayına dayalı lider yayılma
mekanizmasından esinlenerek geliştirilen ve doğrusal olmayan optimizasyon problemlerin
çözümünde kullanılan sezgisel algoritmalardan biridir. Bu çalışmada, ekonomik
emisyon yük dağıtımı problemi YAA ve kaotik YAA algoritmaları kullanılarak
çözülmüştür. Önerilen yaklaşımlar iki farklı test sistemine uygulanmış olup,
benzetim çalışmalarından elde edilen sonuçlar literatürdeki diğer sonuçlarla
karşılaştırılmıştır. Önerilen yaklaşımın doğrusal olmayan mühendislik
problemlerin çözümünde başarılı bir şekilde uygulandığı gösterilmiştir.
The Japanese Early-Stage Trial of High-Dose Methylcobalamin for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (JETALS): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)
Authors: Oki Ryosuke , Izumi Yuishin , Nodera Hiroyuki , Sato Yasutaka , Nokihara Hiroshi , Kanai Kazuaki , Sonoo Masahiro , Urushitani Makoto , Nishinaka Kazuto , Atsuta Naoki , Kohara Nobuo , Shimizu Toshio , Kikuchi Hitoshi , Oda Masaya , Ikeda Ken , Nagai Makiko , Komai Kiyonobu , Kojima Yasuhiro , Kuzume Daisuke , Isose Sagiri , Shimohama Shun , Abe Koji , Ito Hidefumi , Noda Kazuyuki , Ishihara Tomohiko , Morita Mitsuya , Shimohata Takayoshi , Teramukai Satoshi , Kagimura Tatsuo , Noma Kensuke , Yanagawa Hiroaki , Kuwabara Satoshi , Kaji Ryuji ,   JETALS
Published: September 2018

BACKGROUND

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the upper and lower motor neurons. Currently, only riluzole and edaravone are approved as drugs to treat ALS and new agents with larger effect sizes are warranted. Exploratory analyses in our previous study (study ID #E0302-J081-761) have suggested that high-dose methylcobalamin (E0302) prolonged the overall survival of ALS patients and suppressed ALS progression in patients with a disease duration of less than 12 months.

OBJECTIVE

This clinical trial aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of E0302 for treatment of ALS patients within one year of onset.

METHODS

The Japanese early-stage trial of high-dose methylcobalamin for ALS (JETALS) is a prospective, multicenter, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized phase III study conducted at 24 tertiary neurology centers and is funded by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development. A total of 128 ALS patients within one year of onset were randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive intramuscular injection with E0302 50 mg or placebo twice a week for 16 weeks. The primary endpoint is changes in the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R) total score at 16 weeks. If patients wish to receive E0302 50 mg after the double-blind administration period, E0302 will be provided to them until March 2020 during the continuous administration period.

RESULTS

This study began in October 2017 and is being conducted at 24 participating institutions in Japan. The study is in progress and the patient enrollment period is scheduled to end in August 2019, with follow-up scheduled to end in March 2020.

CONCLUSIONS

This study is being performed to revalidate the efficacy and safety of E0302 in patients with early-stage ALS in the first year of symptom onset. If positive results are obtained, the aim is to apply for E0302 approval as a new drug for the treatment of ALS.

CLINICALTRIAL

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03548311; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03548311 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/74Fw3rDzb)

INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPOR

PRR1-10.2196/12046
Human-Centered Design of Video-Based Health Education: An Iterative, Collaborative, Community-Based Approach (Preprint)
Authors: Adam Maya , McMahon Shannon A , Prober Charles , Bärnighausen Till
Published: September 2018

UNSTRUCTURED

Drawing on 5 years of experience designing, producing, and disseminating video health education programs globally, we outline the process of creating accessible, engaging, and relevant video health education content using a community-based, human-centered design approach. We show that this approach can yield a new generation of interventions, which are better aligned with the needs and contexts of target communities. The participation of target communities and local stakeholders in the content production and design process fosters ownership of the content and increases the likelihood that the resulting intervention will resonate within its intended primary audience and be disseminated broadly. Ease of future adaptation for additional global audiences and modification of the content for multiple dissemination pathways are important early considerations to ensure scalability and long-term impact of the intervention. Recent advances in mobile technology can facilitate the dissemination of accessible, engaging health education at scale, thereby enhancing the potential impact of video-based educational tools. Accessible and engaging health education is a cornerstone of health behavior change. Especially in low- and middle-income countries, increasing access to effective health education can contribute to improved health outcomes. Prior research has identified several characteristics of effective health education interventions. These include the integration of pictures, narratives, and entertainment-education, in which the health messages that make up the educational content are embedded. However, the effectiveness and long-term impact of health messages ultimately depend on how well the end users can identify with the content that is presented. This identification, in turn, is a function of how well the messages correspond to user needs and wants and how this correspondence is communicated through the design characteristics of the health education intervention.
Exploring the Experiences of Individuals Allocated to a Control Setting: Findings From a Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Trial (Preprint)
Authors: Müssener Ulrika , Linderoth Catharina , Bendtsen Marcus
Published: September 2018

BACKGROUND

Tobacco smoking is the primary cause of preventable premature disease and death worldwide. Evidence of the efficacy of text messaging interventions to reduce smoking behavior is well established, but there is still a need for studies targeting young people, especially because young adult smokers are less likely to seek treatment than older adults. A mobile health intervention, Nicotine Exit (NEXit), targeting smoking among university students was developed to support university students to quit smoking. Short-term effectiveness was measured through a randomized controlled trial, which found that immediately after the 12-week intervention, 26% of smokers in the intervention group had prolonged abstinence compared with 15% in the control group.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to explore the experience of being allocated to the control group in the NEXit smoking cessation intervention.

METHODS

We asked students who were allocated to the control group in the main NEXit randomized controlled trial to report their experiences. An email was sent to the participants with an electronic link to a short questionnaire. We assessed the distribution of the responses to the questionnaire by descriptive analysis. We analyzed free-text comments to 4 questions.

RESULTS

The response rate for the questionnaire was 33.8% (258/763), and we collected 143 free-text comments. Of the responders, 60.9% (157/258) experienced frustration, disappointment, and irritation about being allocated to the control group; they felt they were being denied support by having to wait for the intervention. Monthly text messages during the waiting period thanking them for taking part in the trial were perceived as negative by 72.3% (189/258), but for some the messages served as a reminder about the decision to quit smoking. Of the responders, 61.2% (158/258) chose to wait to quit smoking until they had access to the intervention, and 29.8% (77/258) decided to try to quit smoking without support. Of the respondents, 77.5% (200/258) claimed they were still smoking and had signed up or were thinking about signing up for the smoking cessation program at the time of the questionnaire.

CONCLUSIONS

Most of the respondents reported negative feelings about having to wait for the support of the intervention and that they had decided to continue smoking. A similar number decided to wait to quit smoking until they had access to the intervention, and these respondents reported a high interest in the intervention. Free-text comments indicated that some control group participants believed that they had been excluded from the trial, while others were confused when asked to sign up for the intervention again.

CLINICALTRIAL

ISRCTN Registry ISRCTN75766527; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN75766527 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/7678sUKbR)
Editorial
Authors: Meza Torres Andrea
Published: September 2018

The essays in this dossier are the result of the course  “Interreligious and intercultural dialogue from a decolonial perspective”, which took place between May and June 2017 at the CEIICH in the UNAM. In this course, I proposed to link a decolonial theoretical perspective to the topic of “intercultural dialogue” and, beyond, to “interreligious dialogue”; anyhow, this last topic turned out to be the point of departure to explore more profound dialogues, linked no only to religious phenomena but to sacred traditions and spiritualities. During the course, emphasis was put on this last aspect due to the fact that the topic of “the Divine” (in its different expressions), although central to decoloniality, has been poorly studied. Moreover, it has been marginalized within secularized social sciences —and this not just in Mexico, but in most occidentalized universities throughout the globe. This vacuum towards the study of “the Divine” —and, beyond, its limitation through a concept of culture (which is, at the same time, associated to the colonized and to the “other” of modernity)— led the participants of this volume to research deeper that which philosopher Enrique Dussel has described as the “spaces denied and oppressed by modernity”.
Naturalización del concepto “religión” y colonialidad religiosa. El caso de los nuntajiykiwi (popolucas de la Sierra) de Santa Rosa Loma Larga (Veracruz)
Authors: Aino Vittoria
Published: September 2018

Los sistemas religiosos de los pueblos indígenas de México han padecido dinámicas de invalidación, descalificación y colonialidad religiosa, que hunden sus raíces en procesos de larga duración y se expresan, de manera distinta, en los niveles local y nacional. El caso de los nuntajiykiwi de Santa Rosa Loma Larga (Veracruz) permite observar los nexos entre la desarticulación y enmascaramiento del sistema religioso local, la asimetría de las relaciones interreligiosas comunitarias, la legislación nacional que regula el campo religioso mexicano y la naturalización del concepto “religión”.
Interculturalidad e interreligiosidad desde una perspectiva decolonial: un diálogo de “conocimientos desde lo Divino”
Authors: Meza Torres Andrea
Published: September 2018

El presente artículo desarrolla la propuesta de una producción de y diálogo entre conocimientos científico-sociales en vinculación con “lo Divino”, con espiritualidades y/o tradiciones sagradas. En la primera parte, este artículo presenta una introducción a una perspectiva decolonial sobre el diálogo. En la segunda, coninúa presentando ejemplos de un pensamiento decolonial que se manifiesta de forma política, científica y espiritual/religiosa. La tercera parte ahonda en el problema de la perspectiva hegemónica hacia la religión en las ciencias sociales y en el hecho de que esta perspectiva naturalizada hacia el fenómeno religioso fundamente la exclusión de las espiritualidades y las tradiciones sagradas de un pensamiento científico-social moderno. Partiendo de las argumentaciones de Sirin Adlbi Sibai en torno a lo que ella describe como la colonialidad de la religión, este apartado muestra cómo es desde la terminología colonial utilizada en las ciencias sociales que se opacan y minimizan los fenómenos religiosos, las espiritualidades y las tradiciones sagradas. Este artículo busca proponer un camino de investigación científica que no reproduzca la dualidad cartesiana entre mente y cuerpo o entre razón (secular) y espiritualidad (lo sagrado). Para ello, busca identificar y nombrar el problema de la aplicación de las definiciones universalistas/eurocéntricas/secularizadas a fenómenos sociales y, con ello, abrir la posibilidad de una producción de conocimiento que no parta de una fragmentación de la realidad y de disciplinas eurocentradas. Finalmente el artículo propone que, para ello, es preciso abrir la posibilidad de una producción de conocimiento en las ciencias sociales que no esté (necesariamente) desvinculada de las espiritualidades, tradiciones sagradas y religiones. A partir de propuestas concretas, este artículo reflexiona sobre un diálogo entre conocimientos vinculados con “lo Divino”.
Más allá del Mundo Islámico: reflexiones antropológicas decoloniales para analizar el islam en México
Authors: Hernández González Cynthia
Published: September 2018

Este estudio muestra la necesidad de cuestionar las investigaciones antropológicas que analizan el islam en México, con la intención de proponer la inclusión de conceptos, epistemologías/cosmologías y temáticas otras, que rompan con la visión monolítica y esencialista que existe de las y los musulmanes que viven en México y el resto del mundo. Con esta finalidad, el ser musulmán es concebido desde una genealogía, que contempla los procesos coloniales que se vivieron en Latinoamérica durante el siglo XVI y en el Mundo Islámico durante los siglos XIX y XX, pues sin ella existe el riesgo de configurar un otro desde la islamofobia existente en la antropología y otras ciencias sociales. Como parte de este escrito es también un estado de la cuestión sobre las publicaciones hechas en México en torno al ser musulmán, las reflexiones asentadas aquí abordan cuáles son las formas en que se ha esencializado a las y los musulmanes de este territorio lejano al Mundo Islámico, partiendo de lo propuesto por la Escuela Decolonial Latinoamericana y los Estudios Críticos Musulmanes.
El diálogo intercultural decolonial como medio para decolonizar la racionalidad hegemónica de los derechos humanos
Authors: Pérez Volonterio Matías
Published: September 2018

El presente artículo parte del hecho de que los derechos humanos han estado atados, en su constitución y fundamentación histórica, a la racionalidad propia de los centros de poder del sistema-mundo, reproduciendo así en su núcleo exclusiones y desigualdades características del mencionado sistema. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las posibilidades que abre el diálogo intercultural decolonial para destrabar esta lógica de poder que presenta a la racionalidad eurocentrada como la única posible para legitimar los derechos humanos. El diálogo intercultural decolonial posibilitaría la participación activa de cosmovisiones y racionalidades fundadas en otras lógicas y sistemas de creencias en el debate sobre los derechos humanos.
Tiempo teofánico y hospitalario
Authors: Carretero Rangel Reyna
Published: September 2018

Este artículo es una propuesta ética para una refiguración y recomposición de nuestra identidad contemporánea fragmentada y huérfana, que se transforma y deviene en narrativa ética cuando inicia el relato de la hospitalidad-trashumancia, manifestando así su condición teofánica. Peregrinación eterna como confluencia de voces pasadas y presentes de toda la humanidad inmersa en una temporalidad cíclica, llamándonos al recuerdo de nuestra ancestral existencia errante. Llameante emergente contemporáneo que obliga a escucharlo, abriendo así el panorama del tiempo hospitalario, donde la hospitalidad-trashumancia se devela como el fundamento de una ética ineludible.
El alma y el cuerpo en las danzas sufíes y rarámuri desde la literatura comparada
Authors: Mejía Amador Georgina
Published: September 2018

En este artículo indago en la relación entre cuerpo, alma, danza, performance, ritual y texto poético desde una perspectiva literaria en dos fenómenos distintos: el semā’ de los derviches sufíes mevlevíes y el yúmari-tutuguri de los rarámuri. Para ello, me apoyo en los conceptos de Julia Kristeva de lo Semiótico y lo Simbólico, los cuales se refieren, respectivamente, al proceso en el que no existe aún la escisión del sujeto ni del signo, y al proceso en el que el individuo se inserta en el lenguaje y la sociedad. Según mi hipótesis, la experiencia de la performance ritual de sufíes y tarahumaras, anhela un retorno a ese sitio anterior al signo (lo Semiótico), a la vez que dicha experiencia debe traducirse a un lenguaje socialmente codificado, como la danza y la poesía (lo Simbólico). En ambas performances, el mecanismo de retorno y diálogo entre un proceso y otro es el carácter circular de cada danza, las cuales simbolizan, según su respectivo marco socio-cultural y religioso, el renacimiento del hombre y la reelaboración del pacto entre él y las deidades para que continúe el funcionamiento del cosmos.
Colaboradores
Authors: CEIICH Redacción
Published: September 2018

INTERdisciplina, vol. 6, núm. 16, septiembre-diciembre 2018
Metacognitive awareness of strategy use in EFL reading comprehension in Bangladesh
Authors: Aktar Tasnima , Ahmed Ilias
Published: September 2018

It is argued that learners’ metacognitive awareness of strategy use is significantly associated with their achievement in reading comprehension. In order to ascertain this association, the present researcher carries out the investigation to substantiate the existing findings. This current study is a partial replication of Carrell (1989) and Vogely (1995) with regard to their methods and objectives. The objectives of this research are to explore the higher secondary-level EFL learners’ perceptions of themselves as readers, of their use of comprehension and repair strategies, of difficulties as well as the effectiveness of reading strategies, and its relationship with their reading comprehension, if any. For this investigation, quantitative data collected from 148 higher secondary-level EFL learners via a modified Metacognitive Awareness Strategy Questionnaire (MASQ; Carrell, 1989) and a reading comprehension test were analyzed through statistical tools available in SPSS. The results reveal that learners possess a moderate awareness of reading strategies, and their perceptions of effective strategies and of the difficulty of strategy use are significantly and positively related to their reading comprehension. Based on the findings, pedagogical implications are discussed and scope for future studies is recommended.
Ainda um assassinato bárbaro impune: violência, impunidade e conflito agrário no sul de Pernambuco (1917-1919)
Authors: Carvalho Vilmar Antônio
Published: September 2018

Neste artigo o conflito que envolveu duas famílias de proprietários rurais da região sul de Pernambuco. O objetivo é analisar práticas e representações sociais que sustentavam o poder dos senhores de terra, durante a crise das oligarquias agrárias na Primeira República brasileira. Neste caso as famílias Peregrino e Marques, adversárias pelo controle e posse do engenho Cachoeira Bela. Conflito que culminou, em dezembro de 1919,  depois de várias mortes, no assassinato do senador estadual Fausto Freire de Carvalho Figueiredo, por um septuagenário membro dos Marques: seu patriarca Antônio Marques Soares da Costa. Um contexto  de violência e impunidade, diante daquele discurso onde a oligarquia, nos jornais recifenses, defendia ideias de civilidade e modernidade.
Gustavo Barroso e a fabricação da história: costuras entre política e literatura no discurso barrosiano 1917-1920
Authors: Dantas Elynaldo Gonçalves
Published: September 2018

A partir da operação historiográfica proposta por Michel de Certeau e da concepção benjaminiana acerca da história esta reflexão busca analisar como Gustavo Barroso faz caminhar pari passu sua atuação política enquanto deputado federal e seu texto Os Dragões do Rei, em torno do tema do projeto de lei de 1917 de sua autoria apelidado de os Dragões da Independência no sentido de religar o passado ao presente e assim moldar um rosto nacional.
Полицентричность парадигмы урбоэкологического пространственного развития
Authors: Sarnatsky E. V.
Published: September 2018

Мироздание имеет в своей основе три основополагающие фактора: материя, энергия и информация. Будущее будет более электрическим, цифровым и экологичным. Мировой и отечественный опыт говорит о том, что градостроительная практика, опирающаяся на научные исследования и технические новации, есть основа сохранения и развития благоприятной среды жизнедеятельности человека и общества в органичном единении с природой. Отсюда родился термин «урбоэколо-гия», введённый в практику градостроительства академиком РААСН Виктором Владимировичем Владимировым.
Comparative Analysis of Surface Plants of the Ground Sealing Composition in the Implementation of Construction Works
Authors: Suetina Tatyana A. , Marsova Ekaterina Е. , Kustarev Gennady V. , Borisov Yuri V.
Published: September 2018

Processes of layer-by-layer consolidation of soil at construction of the bulk engineering constructions built by method of continuous consolidation are considered. Ways of realization of these processes on the basis of two technological schemes - elliptic and shuttle are shown. The assessment of key parameters is made during the operation of units on the classical elliptic scheme of continuous consolidation of soil and on the elliptic scheme with use of a ring method of a turn of the unit when in the course of construction of a road bed automobile and the railroads the movement of the condensing unit is made from roadsides to an axis. It is shown that working platform* more effective andleast critical to topographical and geometrical parameters, the shuttle scheme of consolidation at which the condensing cars make the back and forth motions accompanied with lateral shift on an adjacent working strip after achievement of the demanded density on the previous strip is. The analsis of the major factors proving application of this or that technological scheme of soil consolidation is made. Operating conditions of units depending on type of the used condensing unit and the accepted production technology of works on elliptic and shuttle schemes which realization allows to reach the greatest production effect are studied
The District Heating in the Context of the Active Consumers Development in Smart Energy Systems
Authors: Averyanov Vladimir K. , Melezhik Aleksey A. , Gorshkov Alexander S. , Yuferev Yury V.
Published: September 2018

The paper defines the main factors of the smart energy systems that influence on the district heating. Noted increase in the regulatory impact of electric energy system on the district heating and increase in roles of the distribution and consumption of thermal energy. Urban population and other consumers of energy become equal partners of the utilities and acquire the status of "active" consumers. The heating supply companies need to develop a new model of management of heating regimes with dynamic synchronization with energy system and "active" consumers. One of the most important conditions of the achievement of the cost reduction, reliability and quality increase in community facilities is active consumer's behavior.
Intelligent Technologies in the Examination of Construction Structures
Authors: Kashevarova Galina G. , Tonkov Yury L.
Published: September 2018

Categoiy of technical condition (normative, workable imited operational or emergency), which is determined by engineering inspection of buildings and structures, is the main criterion in making decisions about the degree of accident or the need to take measures to bring it to further use. The decisions taken depend on the objectivity and reliability of the information provided ty expertswhich sometimes cannot be interpreted as completely true or complete^ false. It seems advisable to strengthen and expand the professional capabilities of specialists who are engaged in the survey of construction sites through the use of expert systems on the basis of the mathematical apparatus of the theoiy of fuzzy sets and fuzzylogic. This makes it possible to take into account the scatter of individual opinions. Information from the subject area of technical diagnostics of buildings is formalized in terms of fuzzy sets with the use of membership functions created for both input and output control parameters. To implement the fuzzy logical inference, Mamdani's algorithm, modified and adapted to the given problem, was proposed. This technology allows to give a strict mathematical description of vague statements realizing an attempt to overcome alinguistic barrier between a person whose judgments and assessments are approximate and indistinct and a computer that can on^ perform clear instructions. A computer program has been developed that implements the method of identification of the category of technical condition of building structures on the basis of fuzzy knowledge bases.
Fortification Construction in Russia in the XV-XVI Centuries as the First Stage of the Purposeful Formation of the Resettlement System - the Forerunner of Linear Urban Planning Structures
Authors: Shevchenko Eleonora A.
Published: September 2018

The article considers the creation of a fortification line of defense of the Russian state during the 15th-16th centuries as a process of formation of a specific settlement system. It puts forward the hypothesis that the formation of a linear defensive-residential structure consisting of residential and defense constructions united by roads into a single structure of interconnected formations for various functions was purposeful.

It is noted that one of the insufficiently studied pages of the Russian history of town-planning to this day remains "Watchline" not as object of fortification, but as an object of town-planning art.

On the basis of the study of the works of D. Bagaley, F. Laskovsky, I.D. Belyaeva, A.I. Yakovlev and other researchers, including modern researchers, article concludes that the settlement of the XIV-XVI century's period originally had a planned character. That was, in fact, a complex system of resettlement created, based on a fundamentally new urban development technique for the development of territories.

The article substantiates the legitimacy of using the concept of "Settlement System" as applied to the period of the XV-XVII centuries - the period of the state formation. It was the emergence of statehood that allowed the creation of a management system and the structure of such town-planning structures as the Zasechnye lines.