bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Molecular Evaluation for Drought Tolerant Using Marker Assisted Breeding Method
Authors: Fatimah Fatimah , Prasetiyono Joko , Trijatmiko Kurniawan Rudi , Sustiprijatno Sustiprijatno
Published: January 2019

The sustainability and increasing the national rice production require the readiness of food and agriculture sector cope with the impacts of climate change, land degradation, drought area, sloping production and the raising of population growth. Adaptation plays an important role in ensuring the sustainability of food security. This research aimed to develop drought-tolerant variety of Inpari 30 (submergence tolerance variety) and Situ Bagendit through marker-assisted backcrossing-through pyramiding gene of identified QTLs for foreground selection and to explore SSRs and 6K SNPs for background selection distributed in 12 rice chromosome of drought tolerant donor (Cabacu) and recipient rice (Inpari 30 and Situ Bagendit). The foreground selection revealed that flanking SSRs of each QTLs (qRPF2.1, qGPP2.1, qSPP4.1 and Sub1) was less than 2 cM. The background selection through polymorphic survey of Rice 6K SNP primers revealed 2457 (53,3%) polymorphic SNPs on Inpari 30 vs Cabacu and 2563 (55,6%) polymorphic SNPs on Situ Bagendit vs Cabacu with the average distance about 0.74 cM/chromosome. The genotypic selection of F1 Inpari 30/Cabacu and F1 Situ Bagendit/Cabacu have already in heterozygote condition for these 4 QTLs target. These lines was continued for backcross breeding to develop BC1F1 Inpari 30/Cabacu and BC1F1 Situ Bagendit/Cabacu generation.
FORAMINIFERA ASSEMBLAGES AS A MARKER OF MUD ERUPTION SOURCE IN CIUYAH, CINIRU – KUNINGAN, WEST JAVA
Authors: Isnaniawardhani Vijaya , Muhamadsyah Faizal , Sudrajat Adjat
Published: January 2019

Mud eruptions that rise claystone to sandstone-size fragments, liquid, gas, and heat to the surface have been identified in Ciuyah, Ciniru District, Kuningan. Field observation and sampling were conducted on host rock as well as mud in Ciuyah. Forty-two planktic and forty-two benthic foraminiferal species were identified in rock samples; while 89.28% of them are recorded in mud samples. Foraminifera contained in claystone and sandstone of Pemali and Halang Formations reveals the age of Middle to Late Miocene. Based on their stratigraphic ranges, planktic foraminifera assemblages in mud represent four age-marker groups, there are: older than Zone N.10 / Middle Miocene (indicated by the appearance of Globorotalia archeomenardii), ranges of Zone N.11 – N.12 / Middle Miocene (marked by the appearance of Globorotalia fohsi lobata and Globorotalia praemenardii), ranges of Zone N.13–N.14 / Middle Miocene (Globorotalia siakensis and Globorotalia mayeri), and ranges of Zone N.15–N.17 / Late Miocene (Globorotalia acostaensis acostaensis and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei dutertrei). Benthic foraminifera can be grouped into outer neritic and bathyal typical assemblages. That several age-marker planktic foraminifera groups mixing and deep marine typical benthic occurrence in mud samples is produced by reworking process during turbidity sedimentation, as well as erosion and elution of base- and side-rock composed by Pemali and Halang Formations.Semburan lumpur yang membawa fragmen-fragmen berukuran batulempung hingga batupasir, cairan, gas dan panas ke permukaan telah teridentifikasi di Ciuyah, Kecamatan Ciniru, Kuningan. Observasi  lapangan dan pengambilan sampel dilakukan terhadap batuan induk serta lumpur di Ciuyah dan sekitarnya. Empat puluh dua spesies foraminifera planktik dan empat puluh dua spesies bentik teridentifikasi dalam sampel batuan; dengan 89,28% di antaranya terekam dalam sampel lumpur. Foraminifera yang terkandung dalam batulempung dan batupasir Formasi Pemali dan Halang menunjukkan umur Miosen Tengah hingga Akhir. Berdasarkan rentang stratigrafinya, kumpulan foraminifera planktik dalam lumpur menunjukkan empat kelompok penanda umur, yaitu: lebih tua dari Zona N.10 / Miosen Tengah (ditunjukkan oleh kehadiran Globorotalia archeomenardii), rentang Zona N.11 - N.12 / Miosen Tengah (ditandai oleh kehadiran Globorotalia fohsi lobata dan Globorotalia praemenardii), rentang Zona N.13 -N.14 / Miosen Tengah (Globorotalia siakensis dan Globorotalia mayeri), dan rentang Zona N.15 - N.17 / Miosen Akhir (Globorotalia acostaensis acostaensis dan Neogloboquadrina dutertrei dutertrei). Foraminifera bentik dapat dikelompokkan dalam kumpulan neritik luar dan batial. Beberapa kelompok penanda umur foraminifera planktik dan kehadiran bentik laut dalam pada lumpur dihasilkan oleh pengerjaan ulang selama sedimentasi turbidit, serta erosi dan elusi batuan dasar dan batuan samping yang tersusun oleh Formasi Pemali dan Halang.
The Incidence of Palatal Fistula Postpalatoplasty in Children with Dental Caries: A Multi Centre Study
Authors: Utama Defry , Buchari Frank , Sudjatmiko Gentur
Published: January 2019

Background: Cleft lip and/or palate (CL&/P) is the most common congenital craniofacial abnormality, affecting approximately 1 in every 700 newborns. Patients with cleft lip and/or palate (CL&/P) generally display poor oral hygiene and a higher prevalence of caries. This may be due to the difficulty in achieving adequate plaque control associated with dental anomalies and defects from the lips and/or palate. Palatal fistula is a significant complication following cleft palate repair. It is the aim of this research to find correlation between palatal fistula and dental caries.
Patient and Method: Patients with unilateral complete cleft palates admitted to the Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital, Adam Malik hospital within the period July 2012 till March 2013 were included in this study. All cases underwent modified two flap palatoplasty leaving lateral periosteum technique and follow-up were done in two weeks to see if there are any palatal fistula.
Result: Thirty eight patients with unilateral cleft palate were enrolled in the study. Fifteen (39.5%) of them are boys and 23 (60.5%) are girls. Fifteen of the patients (41.7%) had dental caries, with six patients (40%) had palatal fistula in the follow up after palatoplasty, while there was none (0%) of the 21 (58.3%) patients that were found negative for dental caries developed a fistula.
Conclusion: Dental caries is one of the important predisposing factors of palatal fistula in patients who undergo palatoplasty.
Incidence of Palatal Fistula after One-Stage Palatoplasty and Factors Influencing the Fistula Occurrence
Authors: Vityadewi Nurardhilah , Bangun Kristaninta
Published: January 2019

Background: Cleft palate repair may be compromised by a number of complications, most commonly the development of a fistula. Fistulas are related to an increased rate of hypernasal speech, articulation problems, and food or liquid regurgitation from the nose. Fistulas also tend to recur after a secondary repair to address the fistulas. This study reviews the rate of fistula in our craniofacial center after a onestage cleft palate repair; and to determine whether, cleft type, age at repair, type of cleft repair, hemoglobin level presurgery, and patients nutritional state influence the risk of fistula occurence.
Patient and Method: A retrospective analysis was performed on medical records of 93 patients who underwent palate repair between January 2012 to October 2013. All consecutive cleft (lip and) palate patients are included. Bivariate analysis was performed to identify the predictors of fistula formation.
Result: Ninety-three patients (50 male and 43 female) underwent one-stage palatoplasty. Cleft palate fistulas occured in 19 of 93 patients (20,4%). The age of the patients at the time of repair ranged from 9 to 144 months (mode 18 months). All palate repairs were done in one stage, using either the two flap (N=66), Wardill-Kilner (N=24), Furlow (N=2), and Langenback (N=1) techniques. No significant influence was found related between age at the time of repair (p 0.789), body weight (p 0.725), Hemoglobin value (p 0.295), and type of cleft (p 0.249) to the rate of fistula occurrence.
Summary: This study found no association between , body weight, preoperative hemoglobin value, and the type of cleft to the rate of fistula following cleft palate surgery.
Az óvodapedagógusok kiégésének vizsgálata a munkaértékek tükrében
Authors: Szabó Éva , Litke Márta , Jagodics Balázs
Published: January 2019

A kiégés fogalmának megjelenése az 1970-es évekre tehető, amikor a nyugati társadalmakban létrejövő viszonylagos jólét folyamatos pályaelhagyási és így foglalkoztatási válságot generált. A szakirodalomban való megjelenése Freudenberger (1974) nevéhez köthető, aki azon pszichés állapot leírására alkalmazta a fogalmat, amelyet az egyén lelki és fizikai erőforrásainak kimerülése jellemez. „A kiégés-szindróma krónikus, emocionális megterhelések, stresszek nyomán fellépő fizikai, emocionális, mentális kimerülés állapota, amely a reménytelenség és inkompetencia érzésével, célok és ideálok elvesztésével jár, s amelyet a saját személyre, munkára, illetve másokra vonatkozó negatív attitűdök jellemeznek.” (Fekete, 1991, 17.).
Understanding the effect of aim in life and lonelıness level on attendance to lesson among Azerbaijanı And Turkmenıstanıan undergraduate students
Authors: Bek Hafız
Published: January 2019

This descriptive study is aimed to investigate the relationship between Azerbaijani and Turkmenistanian undergraduate students’ attendance to lesson, their aim in life and loneliness level. A total of 145 students -105 males and 40 females- who were selected by sampling from Turkmenistanian and Azerbaijani students enrolled Uşak University participated in the research voluntarily. According to the results of the descriptive statistics about the variables of the students in the study, when the arithmetic averages are examined, it is seen that they participate to the lessons at a high level. Besides, it is understood that aim in life and loneliness levels of these undergraduate students are medium-level. There is a significant positive correlation between aim in life and attendance to lesson. When the relationship between loneliness level and aim in life is examined, it is observed that there is a negative low level and insignificant relation statistically. When the relationship between attendance to lesson and loneliness level is examined, it is observed that there is a high significant relationship in the negative direction. There is no significant relation among attendance to lesson with aim in life and loneliness level. When the results of the t-test on the significance of the regression coefficients are examined, it is seen that both variables are predictive of attendance to lesson
Architectural space of Jan Rybkowski’s Warszawska premiera and Aleksander Ford’s Młodość Chopina. The film vision of 19th-century cities in the times of socialist realism
Authors: Kurpiewski Piotr
Published: January 2019

Two Polish historical films set in 19th-century cities were created. The paper analyzes film images of Warsaw, Paris and Vienna. For the needs of Warszawska premiera [Warsaw Première] and especially Młodość Chopina [Youth of Chopin] impressive sets of 19th-century cities were built in an atelier in Łódź. The author presents the main architectural principles behind these visions and points to the problems faced by the artists who wanted to create a credible and convincing illusion of the past. The films of socialist realism are today a peculiar souvenir of the Stalinist culture with its brazen propaganda message. It is, however, worth noting that the staging and decorations in the films depicting the past were created with great historical accuracy and some of the solutions applied during the production of Warsaw Première and Youth of Chopin were a great hint for later films of a similar character.
Historia żółtej ciżemki – architectural space seen through the child’s eye
Authors: Świt-Jankowska Barbara
Published: January 2019

This article focuses on the interdependencies between the film images and architectural education of the youngest. The author has attempted to define what sort of background preconditions the film image to gain the status of a source for psychoeducation, with particular emphasis placed on spatial education. The article includes a case study of Sylwester Chęciński’s film: Historia żółtej ciżemki [The Story of a Yellow Crakow] (1962).
Rhetoric of the image of architecture
Authors: Grzeszczuk-Brendel Hanna
Published: January 2019

Based on the example of one of the newsreels of the Polish Film Chronicle of 1965, we have researched the issue of the usability of rhetorical figures for the analysis of the image of architecture recorded in film and its relations with the verbal rhetoric of narration as well as the pictorial rhetoric, which makes up the message of a different nature. By this we have attempted to decode the lifestyle model presented in the film and propagated by its manner of description of architecture with the use of rhetorical figures and also to decode the role and meaning of the architectural forms, which were engaged in the creation of the message of the film image. Combining the rhetorical analysis with an interpretation of the architectural forms has enabled us to identify the persuasive nature of the message of the chronicle material included in the documentary film.
The temple of the new faith. Film images of the construction of the Palace of Culture 1952–1955
Authors: Hendrykowski Marek
Published: January 2019

The first study of its kind, Marek Hendrykowski’s paper examines frame by frame the symbolic role of the construction of the Palace of Culture in the ideological context of the Stalinist period and its emergence into the realm of public discourse in the early 1950s.
Early 21st-century Serbian exploitation cinema
Authors: Pająk Patrycjusz
Published: January 2019

Exploitation films are one of the main trends of the Serbian cinema of the beginning of the 21st century, when Serbia enters the second phase of systemic transformation, striving to neutralize the effects of the crisis in the first phase of transformation – towards the end of the 20th century – due to the authoritarian policy of Slobodan Milošević and Yugoslav wars. This non-film context allows better understanding of the phenomenon of these films, which in many respects are a continuation of the cinema of self-balkanization cultivated in the 1990s, and at the same time differ from it, because they do not offer a compromise with difficult transformational reality, but express the need to release the social trauma born of experience of political violence in the Milošević era.
The trouble of gender sin in post-Yugoslav film – in the name of the father
Authors: Bogojević Maja
Published: January 2019

Post-Yugoslav film art is, similarly to Yugoslav cinema, exemplary of masculine cultural domination, approaching socio-national themes in a highly gendered mode and reflecting a return to patriarchy, more brutal than that during the existence of Yugoslavia. A new generation of cinéasts explores, with a backlash mixture of contempt and compassion, the themes of violence, displaying a new assault on female emancipation, which seemed to be in line with the socio-political context of rising nationalist movements that led to the bloody events of the Yugoslav war in 1991. The female character is re-located to a place traditionally assigned to women not as the subject of narrative or discourse, but as the object of love and/or hatred by a masculine subject. The films chosen to be analysed here are full-length auteur feature films – Virgina, Grbavica, Djeca, Bure baruta, with a specific focus on the work by Danis Tanović – are not representative of post-Yugoslav cinema, but as rare exceptions demonstrate that, contrary to the dominant post-Yugoslav public opinion, both the Yugoslav wars and post-war traumatic realities remain cinematically unexplored.
Poetyka grozy. Wykorzystanie konwencji gatunkowej horroru w grach cyfrowych
Authors: Sikorska Joanna
Published: January 2019

The aim of the article is to illustrate the using of the horror’s convention in video games and to indicate the way of reinterpretation this convention in the digital medium. In the first part of the work the author presents ways of spaces’ arrangement in survival horror. The analysis of mise-en-scene, including non-interactive cut-scenes, revealed in which ways video games refer to the film genres. In the second part of the work the author analyzes the category of the suspense in the digital medium, taking audial and visual aspects of video game into consideration.
Improving reliability and latency of Wireless Sensor Networks using Concurrent Transmissions
Authors: Escobar-Molero Antonio
Published: January 2019

Concurrent Transmissions (CT) based flooding appears as a highly reliable and low latency mechanism to achieve source-to-sink communication of packets within a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). CT are usually misunderstood, since they are mainly analyzed in the baseband domain. A comprehensive analysis, including the effects of the carrier, demonstrates that they cannot work in simple phase-modulated communication systems due to the beating effect. In contrast, non-coherent frequency receivers offer a very robust behavior. CT applicability in IEEE 802.15.4 is mainly because of two factors: transmissions are usually demodulated as non-coherent MSK (as opposed to coherent OQPSK) and the Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS), that helps minimizing the error rate.
Investigating the relationship between Islamic lifestyle and general health in adolescents
Authors: Mohamadian Fathola , Faryadi Mohammad Hosein , Borji Milad
Published: January 2019

Introduction

Islamic lifestyle refers to a way of life, whose main source is extracted from the divine book and is done in accordance with the divine rules. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between lifestyle and general health of adolescents.

Materials and methods

This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 2016 on 416 secondary school students in the city of Ilam. Sampling method was that Ilam city was divided into five clusters based on geographic area and two schools were included in the study from each cluster. Data were collected using an Islamic life style questionnaire and a general health questionnaire and they were analyzed using descriptive statistics tests and SPSS16 software.

Results

The findings showed that the mean SD of total score of Islamic lifestyle and general health was 162.48 (30.54) and 25.55 (11.13), respectively. In the classification of general health scores of adolescents, it was shown that 249 (59.9%) students had desirable general health; 165 (39.7%) of them had good general health and 2 (0.5%) of them had unfavorable general health. There was also a positive and significant relationship between Islamic lifestyle and general health (p < 0.001).

Conclusion

Considering the existence of the relationship between Islamic lifestyle and general health of adolescents, it is necessary to provide the needed context to increase their general health by maintaining and improving the Islamic lifestyle of adolescents.
Erfahrung und Erwartung – eine vernachlässigte wirtschaftshistorische Perspektive?
Authors: Jakob Mark , Nützenadel Alexander , Streb Jochen
Published: January 2019

The DFG Priority Programme “Experience and Expectation – Historical Foundations of Economic Behaviour” explores how economic actors form their expectations under certain historical conditions. This project’s main hypothesis is that the formation of economic expectations is a complex process that cannot be explained solely by simple concepts such as adaptive or rational expectations, and is shaped by historical events and experience. In this introduction, we review the state of the art of modelling expectation formation in social sciences and history and preview the main findings of the articles published in this special issue.
Marktprognosen im Interesse der Strukturpolitik
Authors: Pahlow Louis , Rassow Verena
Published: January 2019

The paper focuses on the forming of expectations by regulatory authorities in the case of merger control after 1973, when the German legislator stipulated a decision by its officials on future competition in relevant markets. The regulatory and decision-making behavior of officials is analyzed on the basis of selected merger procedures in the chemical industry, which underwent far-reaching structural change in the 1970s and 1980s. Here, institutionalization processes for overcoming information asymmetries and the formation of market expectations can be diagnosed inside the office as well as inside the firms. Adaptive expectations with regard to current market diagnoses and legal assumptions (“Vermutungstatbestände”) play a significant role for their forecast decisions. The study is based on previously unpublished files of the Federal Cartel Office.
Kinderwunsch im Krieg: Kriegserfahrung und Fertilität in Deutschland im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Authors: Piro Katerina
Published: January 2019

Does the experience of war necessarily lead to lower fertility and the postponement of starting or enlarging a family? This qualitative analysis verifies the economic and sociological theories of family planning during war. The excellent source material from World War II in Germany allows for an analysis of a large number of ego-documents. The results imply that married couples were aware of the difficult circumstances and dealt with increased infertility, miscarriages and infant mortality. However, they did not let adversity interfere with their generative decisions. The experience of war did not deter people from planning, starting or building a family. It appears that during wartime, children fulfilled important psychological values for their (prospective) parents.
Tense Switching in English Narratives: an FDG Perspective
Authors: Muñoz Carmen Portero
Published: January 2019

The functions of the simple past and the present perfect appear to be well delimited in English according to prescriptive grammars. However, in actual use their distribution is still a challenging area of English linguistics since there are fuzzy cases in which this distinction is blurred. For example, in some varieties of English the present perfect seems to be taking over the role of the simple past to express definite past in narratives, where the simple past is the default tense. In these cases, the use of the present perfect has been regarded to be functionally motivated by the speaker’s intention to highlight the current relevance of the event expressed by this form (Ritz, 2010, Walker, 2011). The main objective of this research will be to use the results of corpus analysis and of the relevant studies on this topic and to propose an FDG analysis of these data. It will be concluded that the use of the present perfect in narratives has various functions captured at two different levels of the architecture of FDG, namely the Representational Level (RL) and the Interpersonal Level (IL). At the RL, the present perfect functions either as a marker of resultative aspect, or as a signal that a new narrative Episode is introduced. At IL, this form functions as a device for Emphasis, highlighting a salient passage in the narrative.
Two Notes on the Text of Pollux X 1.1‒5 Bethe
Authors: Tribulato Olga
Published: January 2019

The tenth prefatory letter of Pollux’ Onomasticon transmits two otherwise unattested pieces of information concerning the existence of an anonymous commentary on Xenophon and of a treatise by Eratosthenes of Cyrene entitled Σκευογραφικός. The corrupt state of the text in the manuscript tradition, which the standard edition by E. Bethe has not improved, has so far hindered the full understanding of this passage. This article (a) argues that two corrections should be introduced in 10.2–3 Bethe; (b) suggests that the anonymous commentary on Xenophon quoted by Pollux concerned not only the Περὶ ἱππικῆς, as traditionally assumed, but also the Ἱππαρχικός; and (c) re-examines the evidence supporting the hypothesis that Eratosthenes’ Σκευογραφικός was not part of the better-known Περὶ τῆς ἀρχαίας κωμῳδίας, but an independent work.
The “Moscow signal” epidemiological study, 40 years on
Authors: Martínez Jose A.
Published: January 2019

Between 1953 and 1979, the USSR irradiated the United States embassy in Moscow with microwaves. This episode, a classic Cold War affair, has acquired enormous importance in the discussions on the effect of non-ionizing radiation on people’s health. In 2011, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as being a possible human carcinogen (Group 2B), but the results of recent laboratory and epidemiological studies have led some researchers to conclude that radiofrequency electromagnetic fields should be reclassified as a human carcinogen instead of merely a possible human carcinogen. In 1978, the “Moscow signal” case was officially closed after the publication of the epidemiological study of (Lilienfeld AM, Tonascia J, Tonascia S, Libauer CA, Cauthen GM. Foreign Service health status study. Evaluation of health status of foreign service and other employees from selected Eastern European posts. Report on Foreign Service Health Status Study, U.S. Department of State 6025-619073, 1978.), showing no apparent evidence of increased mortality rates and limited evidence regarding general health status. However, several loose ends still remain with respect to this epidemiological study, as well as the affair as a whole. In this paper, we summarize the available evidence concerning this case, paying special attention to the epidemiological study of Lilienfeld et al. After reviewing the available literature (including declassified documents), and after some additional statistical analyses, we provide new insights which do not complete the puzzle, but which may help to better understand it.
Immobilization and some application of α-amylase purified from Rhizoctonia solani AG-4 strain ZB-34
Authors: Uzun Umit , Yildirim Akatin Melike
Published: January 2019

Background

Aim of the study was to immobilize the α-amylase produced earlier from the mesophilic fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG-4 strain ZB-34 by solid-state fermentation and investigate the suitability of immobilized enzymes for some industries.

Materials and methods

A novel α-amylase from R. solani AG-4 strain ZB-34 was immobilized in chitosan by covalent binding and Ca-alginate by entrapment.

Results

The efficiency of chitosan and Ca-alginate immobilization was 67.9% and 59.6%, respectively. The immobilized enzymes showed the highest activity in the presence of starch. Optimum values for chitosan and Ca-alginate immobilized enzymes were pH 4.50 and 40°C and pH 5.50 and 60°C, respectively. It was found that immobilized enzymes were highly stable in terms of thermal and pH stabilities. When the chitosan immobilized enzyme was used with detergents, chocolate stains on dirty laundry was better cleaned. Chitosan immobilized R. solani AG-4 strain ZB-34 α-amylase was found to have a higher desizing effect at 40°C in tap water. As a result of Ca-alginate immobilization, the enzyme clarified apple juice more than the free enzyme.

Conclusion

The results showed that immobilized enzymes might have potential applications in industry. This is the first report immobilizing an α-amylase produced from the fungus R. solani.
Monitoring Training Load and Perceived Recovery in Female Basketball: Implications for Training Design
Authors: Sansone Pierpaolo , Tschan Harald , Foster Carl , Tessitore Antonio
Published: January 2019

Sansone, P, Tschan, H, Foster, C, and Tessitore, A. Monitoring training load and perceived recovery in female basketball: Implications for training design. J Strength Cond Res 34(10): 2929–2936, 2020—This study investigated the relationship between internal training load and perceived recovery of semi-professional female basketball players during the competitive season. Eleven female players were monitored for 14 weeks during the in-season phase. For each event (training and game), data were collected as follows: (a) Total Quality Recovery (TQR) score before the event (TQRpre); (b) session Rating of Perceived Exertion (sRPE) 20 minutes after completion of the event, to calculate training load (s-TL) of the event; and (c) TQR scores 12 (TQRpost12) and 24 hours (TQRpost24) after the event. Data were analyzed for daily, weekly, and mesocycle (regular season; regional play-off; and national play-off) time frames. Daily analysis showed that: TQRpost12 was lower than TQRpre (p < 0.001) and TQRpost24 (p < 0.001); s-TL had a moderate negative correlation with TQRpost12 (r = −0.48, p = 0.002); the difference between TQRpre and RPE (TS-Δ) had a very large positive correlation with TQRpost12 (r = 0.70, p < 0.001); and TQRpost24 was not significantly correlated with training parameters. Weekly analysis highlighted a very large negative correlation between the acute:chronic workload ratio and TQR collected at the start of the following week (TQRfw) (r = −0.86, p < 0.001). Finally, although weekly TL and TQRfw did not differ between mesocycles, their correlation increased in the later seasonal phases. This study demonstrated negative relationships between training load and recovery of semi-professional female basketball players at daily, weekly, and mesocycle levels. Therefore, concurrently monitoring training and recovery with the sRPE method and TQR scale is recommended for designing training schedules in basketball.
CRIANÇAS E PLANTAS MEDICINAIS: O CONHECIMENTO POR MEIO DE ATIVIDADES LÚDICAS
Authors: Zonetti Patricia Da Costa , Kozera Carina , Paulert Roberta , Stefanello Suzana , Ruppelt Bettina Monika
Published: January 2019

As atividades de extensão do Programa Plantas Medicinais, da Universidade Federal do Paraná, em Palotina, PR, realizadas no Centro de Educação Integral de Palotina, ocorreram entre 2010 e 2018 e envolveram aproximadamente 850 crianças. Os objetivos das ações foram socializar informações científicas sobre plantas medicinais, como principais formas de cultivo, de usos, relação entre os nomes científicos e populares, finalidades terapêuticas, principais cuidados quanto ao uso e a toxicidade, e resgatar, por meio da tradição popular, o uso das plantas medicinais através de receitas culinárias caseiras. Para alcançar os objetivos, foram realizadas palestras, oficinas, dinâmicas com o uso de jogos didáticos, elaboração de cartazes, e a realização de gincanas para a fixação dos conteúdos de forma interativa. Além disto, foram preparadas algumas receitas caseiras com plantas medicinais, inclusive com algumas trazidas de casa pelas próprias crianças. Observou-se grande interesse e participação o que resultou em boa assimilação dos conteúdos, que foi observada por meio das respostas obtidas após questionamentos ou com o reconhecimento das espécies, das suas formas de uso e cuidados. Por meio de atividades diversificadas e lúdicas, o conhecimento científico tornou-se mais instigante. Desta forma, as ações extensionistas permitiram a construção e o compartilhamento do conhecimento entre todos os envolvidos, ou seja, entre a comunidade e a universidade.
Procedural Coordination in the Matching Task
Authors: Knutsen Dominique , Bangerter Adrian , Mayor Eric
Published: January 2019

Participants in conversation who recurrently discuss the same targets require fewer and fewer words to identify them. This has been attributed to the collaborative elaboration of conceptual pacts, that is, semantic coordination. But participants do not only coordinate on the semantics of referring expressions; they also coordinate on how to do the task, that is, on procedural coordination. In a matching task experiment (n = 22 dyads), we examined the development of four aspects of procedural coordination: Card placement (CP), implicit generic coordination (IGC), explicit generic coordination (EGC) and general procedural coordination (GPC) in two conditions (the classic condition where targets remain the same over trials, and a new cards condition, where they change at each trial, thus increasing the difficulty of semantic coordination). Procedural coordination constituted almost 30% of the total amount of talk in the matching task. Procedural coordination was more effortful when semantic coordination was more difficult and the four aspects of procedural coordination developed differently depending on participant roles.
Director Guang Chunlan in Conversation
Authors: Xia Zhou , Liu Yiwen
Published: January 2019

This interview features Guang Chuanlan, a Sibe director who has been active since 1976. Guang is known for establishing Chinese Muslim cinema made in the Xinjiang autonomous region in socialist China. Many of her films are released and awarded in Arabic countries and in India. Her enduring career exemplifies the key role women filmmakers have played in building Chinese cinema under state-driven film policies. While it is commonly believed that the Fifth Generation (represented by male directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang) put post–Cultural Revolution Chinese cinema on the international map, Guang's career (along with those of other women directors) compels us to reexamine Chinese film historiography and excavate a more complex constellation, especially with regard to women's authorship in intersection with race/ethnicity and the state, and inter-Asian film interactions based on a shared religion—a dimension oftentimes obscured by the dominant paradigm of East-West internationality.
Factors associated with distant metastasis in pediatric thyroid cancer: evaluation of the SEER database
Authors: Liu Zeming , Hu Di , Huang Yihui , Chen Sichao , Zeng Wen , Zhou Ling , Zhou Wei , Wang Min , Feng Haifeng , Wei Wei , Zhang Chao , Chen Danyang , Guo Liang
Published: January 2019

Objectives

Controversies regarding factors associated with distant metastasis in pediatric thyroid cancer remain among the scientific community. The aim of this study was to investigate factors influencing distant metastasis in pediatric thyroid cancer.

Methods

We reviewed 1376 patients (aged 2 to 18 years) with thyroid cancer treated between 2003 and 2014. Data collected and analyzed included sex, race, age at diagnosis, year of diagnosis, pathological type, number of tumor foci, tumor extension, T-stage, N-stage, surgical procedure and radiation. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to evaluate factors influencing distant metastasis of pediatric thyroid cancer.

Results

In the univariate analysis, factors influencing distant metastasis of thyroid cancer were age at diagnosis (P < 0.001), N-stage (P < 0.001), number of tumor foci (P = 0.003), tumor extension (P < 0.001) and T-stage (T1 vs T2 (P = 0.803), T3 (P < 0.001) and T4 (P < 0.001)). In multivariate analysis, factors influencing distant metastasis of thyroid cancer were age at diagnosis (P = 0.001), N-stage (P < 0.001) and T-stage (T1 vs T3 (P = 0.036) and T4 (P < 0.001)). Sex, race, year of diagnosis, pathological type, number of tumor foci, tumor extension, surgical procedure and radiation had no significant influence on distant metastasis (all P > 0.05). Furthermore, according to chi-squared test, younger pediatric thyroid cancer patients with higher T- and N-stages are more likely to have distant metastasis.

Conclusion

Age at diagnosis, T-stage and N-stage influence distant metastasis of thyroid cancer patients aged 2 to 18 years; accordingly, more radical treatments may need to be used for patients with those risk elements.
Regulation of GDNF expression in Sertoli cells
Authors: Parekh Parag , Garcia Thomas Xavier , Hofmann Marie-claude
Published: January 2019

Sertoli cells regulate male germ cell proliferation and differentiation and are a critical component of the spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) niche, where homeostasis is maintained by the interplay of several signaling pathways and growth factors. These factors are secreted by Sertoli cells located within the seminiferous epithelium, and by interstitial cells residing between the seminiferous tubules. Sertoli cells and peritubular myoid cells produce glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), which binds to the RET/GFRA1 receptor complex at the surface of undifferentiated spermatogonia. GDNF is known for its ability to drive SSC self-renewal and proliferation of their direct cell progeny. Even though the effects of GDNF are well studied, our understanding of the regulation its expression is still limited. The purpose of this review is to discuss how GDNF expression in Sertoli cells is modulated within the niche, and how these mechanisms impact germ cell homeostasis.
Ubiquitin-proteasome system participates in the de-aggregation of spermadhesins and DQH protein during boar sperm capacitation
Authors: Zigo Michal , Jonakova Vera , Manaskova-Postlerova Pavla , Kerns Karl , Sutovsky Peter
Published: January 2019

We studied the participation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in spermadhesin release during in vitro capacitation (IVC) of domestic boar spermatozoa. At ejaculation, boar spermatozoa acquire low molecular weight (8–16 kDa) seminal plasma proteins, predominantly spermadhesins, aggregated on the sperm surface. Due to their arrangement, such aggregates are relatively inaccessible to antibody labeling. As a result of de-aggregation and release of the outer layers of spermadhesins from the sperm surface during IVC, antibody labeling becomes feasible in the capacitated spermatozoa. In vivo, the capacitation-induced shedding of spermadhesins from the sperm surface is associated with the release of spermatozoa from the oviductal sperm reservoir. We took advantage of this property to perform image-based flow cytometry to study de-aggregation and shedding of boar spermadhesins (AQN, AWN, PSP protein families) and boar DQH (BSP1) sperm surface protein which induces higher fluorescent intensity in capacitated vs ejaculated spermatozoa. Addition of a proteasomal inhibitor (100 µM MG132) during IVC significantly reduced fluorescence intensity of all studied proteins (P < 0.05) compared to vehicle control IVC. Western blot detection of spermadhesins did not support their retention during IVC with proteasomal inhibition (P > 0.99) but showed the accumulation of DQH (P = 0.03) during IVC, compared to vehicle control IVC. Our results thus demonstrate that UPS participates in the de-aggregation of spermadhesins and DQH protein from the sperm surface during capacitation, with a possible involvement in sperm detachment from the oviductal sperm reservoir and/or sperm-zona pellucida interactions. The activity of sperm UPS modulates de-aggregation of boar spermadhesins and DQH sperm surface protein/binder of sperm1 (BSP1) during the sperm capacitation.
CXCL16/CXCR6 interaction promotes endometrial decidualization via the PI3K/AKT pathway
Authors: Mei Jie , Yan Yuan , Li Shi-Yuan , Zhou Wen-Jie , Zhang Qun , Li Ming-Qing , Sun Hai-Xiang
Published: January 2019

Decidualization renders the endometrium transiently receptive to an implanting blastocyst although the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. The aim of this study was to determine the role of chemokine CXCL16 and its receptor CXCR6 in the decidualization during pregnancy. Here, the expression of CXCL16 was investigated in endometrial tissues, decidua and placenta in this study. Compared with endometrial tissue, protein expression of CXCL16 was significantly higher in tissues from the fertile control samples, especially in villus. Meanwhile, the primary trophoblast cells and decidual stromal cells (DSCs) secreted more CXCL16 and expressed higher CXCR6 compared to endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) in vitro. Stimulation with the inducer of decidualization (8-bromoadenosine 3′,5′-cyclic with medroxyprogesterone acetate, 8-Br-cAMP plus MPA) significantly upregulated the expression of CXCL16 and CXCR6 in ESCs in vitro. After treatment with exogenous recombinant human CXCL16 (rhCXCL16) or trophoblast-secreted CXLC16, decidualised ESCs showed a significant decidual response, mainly characterised by increased prolactin (PRL) secretion. Simultaneously, PI3K/PDK1/AKT/Cyclin D1 pathway in decidualised ESCs were activated by rhCXCL16, and AKT inhibitor GS 690693 abolished the PRL secretion of ESCs that was triggered by rhCXCL16. Finally, the impaired CXCL16/CXCR6 expression could be observed at the maternal–foetal interface from patients who have experienced spontaneous abortion. This study suggests that the CXCL16/CXCR6 axis contributes to the progression of ESC decidualization by activating PI3K/PDK1/AKT/Cyclin D1 pathway. It unveils a new paradigm at the maternal–foetal interface in which CXCL16 is an initiator for the molecular crosstalk that enhances decidualization of ESCs.
Cytotoxic effects of Shiga toxin-2 on human extravillous trophoblast cell lines
Authors: Scalise María Luján , Amaral María Marta , Reppetti Julieta , Damiano Alicia E , Ibarra Cristina , Sacerdoti Flavia
Published: January 2019

Shiga toxin (Stx2) producing Escherichia coli infections during early gestation may impair placentation through a Stx2 damage of extravillous trophoblast (EVT) cells. We have previously demonstrated that Stx2 injected in rats in the early stage of pregnancy causes spontaneous abortion by a direct cytotoxic effect in the highly perfused feto-uteroplacental unit. The main aim was to evaluate the effects of Stx2 on EVT in order to understand the possible adverse effects that the toxin may have on trophoblast cells during early pregnancy. Swan 71 and HTR-8 cell lines were used as human EVT models. The presence of Stx2 receptor, globotriaosylceramide (Gb3), on Swan 71 and HTR-8 cells was evaluated by thin layer chromatography. The effects of Stx2 on cell viability were evaluated by neutral red uptake, migration by wound-healing assay and invasion was determined by the ‘transwell chamber’ assay. Metalloproteinase activity (MMP-2) was evaluated by zymography and tubulogenesis was analyzed by counting the total tube length and the number of branch formation. We have demonstrated that Swan 71 expresses high levels of Gb3 compared to HTR-8 cells. Stx2 decreased significantly Swan 71 viability in a dose-dependent manner after 72 h of toxin exposure. Furthermore, Stx2 impaired migration, invasion and tube-like formation of Swan 71 cells and decreased the MMP-2 activity. These cytotoxic effects were partially prevented by aminoguanidine, an inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor. These studies demonstrate that the function and viability of EVT cells may be altered by Stx2 and suggest that NO overexpression may be involved in the detrimental effects.
Estado nutricional e a estimativa de consumo dos nutrientes em mulheres do programa UCS sênior
Authors: Benincá Sandra Czarnobai , Siviero Josiane , Gallon Carin Weirich
Published: January 2019

Objetivo: Avaliar o estado nutricional e o consumo dos macro e micronutrientes em mulheres de um programa de extensão.Materiais e Métodos: Estudo transversal que foi realizado com mulheres ≥50 anos. As variáveis analisadas foram: sociodemográficas, antropométricas e consumo alimentar. Correlacionou-se o estado nutricional com o consumo alimentar.Resultados: A partir das 176 mulheres, verificou-se que a média de idade foi 63,2 anos (±7,4). A predominância do nível de escolaridade foi médio completo ou mais (58,5%), excesso de peso (52,3%) e risco muito aumentado para Doenças Cardio Vasculares (DCV) pela Circunferência Abdominal (CA) em 78,4%. A média do consumo de macronutrientes ficou em 57,7% para carboidrato, 17,2% para proteína e 25% para lipídeos. Na correlação entre Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC) com CA, dados demográficos e consumo alimentar, houve associação positiva significativa entre IMC e CA (p<0,001). Também houve associação negativa significativa entre IMC com nível de escolaridade (p=0,041), calorias do café da manhã (p=0,040) e fibras (p=0,008). Já na análise de correlação entre CA com dados demográficos e consumo alimentar, houve associação positiva significativa entre CA com idade (p=0,039) e proteínas, (p=0,011). Também houve associação negativa significativa entre CA com nível de escolaridade (p=0,005) e fibras (p=0,007).Conclusão: Encontrou-se uma elevada prevalência de excesso de peso e a CA como fator de risco para DCV. Correlações entre o estado nutricional e o consumo alimentar também foram demonstradas. A educação nutricional é fundamental para que as mulheres possam adequar a sua alimentação e, consequentemente, melhorar seu estado nutricional.
Fatores associados ao consumo de frutas e verduras entre adolescentes
Authors: Raizel Raquel , Godois Allan Da Mata , Silva Valdemar Guedes da , Ravagnani Christianne De Faria Coelho
Published: January 2019

Objetivo: Sintetizar os principais fatores associados ao consumo de frutas e verduras na adolescência.Materiais e Métodos: Foi realizada uma busca nas bases: LILACS, SciELO, ADOLEC, PubMed, e Cochrane library. Os termos frutas, verduras e hortaliças foram retirados do Medical Subject Heading e Descritores em Ciências da Saúde e, utilizados nos idiomas: Português, Espanhol e Inglês. Foram incluídos 39 estudos com adolescentes de 10 a 19 anos, cujo desfecho foi o consumo de frutas e/ou verduras.Resultados: Aspectos sociodemográficos, alimentação familiar e apoio dos colegas estão associados à maior ingestão de frutas e verduras. Entretanto, beber, fumar, atividades sedentárias, inatividade física, insegurança alimentar, acesso a alimentos não saudáveis, influência midiática e moradia em região urbana estão inversamente associados ao consumo destes alimentos.Conclusão: Fatores sociodemográficos, estilo de vida, a influência da família e dos amigos representam os principais fatores associados à ingestão de frutas e verduras na adolescência e, estes, deveriam ser integrados a programas de promoção / educação à saúde para aumentar o consumo diário de frutas e verduras entre adolescentes.
A Sociedade Tecnológica e o direito sucessório: a filiação havida da reprodução humana artificial homóloga post mortem
Authors: Hartmann Ricardo Marchioro
Published: January 2019

O presente estudo teve por objetivo observar o direito sucessório na denominada Sociedade Tecnológica, almejando uma reflexão especialmente centrada na posta em prática da inseminação artificial homóloga post mortem. A partir de uma breve compreensão de que a sociedade encontra-se entrelaçada com as possibilidades decorrentes da Biotecnologia, e mais especificamente da Genetécnica humana, perpassando por uma rápida anotação sobre a técnica que permite o estabelecimento de filiação após a morte do provedor do material genético, pretendeu-se o estabelecimento de uma interface com o Direito Civil contemporâneo. Concluiu-se pela defesa da possibilidade - na prática jurídica - do estabelecimento de testamentos em benefício dos “filhos da técnica”, mas, igualmente, por sua desnecessidade em razão dos direitos hereditários.