bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pituitary Tumor Suppression by Combination of Cabergoline and Chloroquine
Authors: Lin Shao Jian , Wu Ze Rui , Cao Lei , Zhang Yong , Leng Zhi Gen , Guo Yu Hang , Shang Han Bing , Zhao Wei Guo , Zhang Xun , Wu Zhe Bao
Published: July 2017

Context

The dopamine agonist cabergoline (CAB) has been used widely in the treatment of prolactinomas and other types of pituitary adenomas, but its clinical use is hampered by intolerance in some patients with prolactinoma and lack of effectiveness in other pituitary tumor types. Chloroquine (CQ) is an old drug widely used to treat malaria. Recent studies, including our own, have revealed that CAB and CQ are involved in induction of autophagy and activation of autophagic cell death.

Objective

To test whether CAB and CQ can function cooperatively to suppress growth of pituitary adenomas as well as other cancers.

Results

In vitro studies using the rat pituitary tumor cell lines MMQ and GH3, human pituitary tumor cell primary cultures, and several human cancer cell lines showed that CQ enhanced suppression of cell proliferation by CAB. These results were confirmed in in vivo xenograft models in nude mice and estrogen-induced rat prolactinomas. To understand the mechanism of combined CAB and CQ action, we established a low-CAB-dose condition in which CAB was able to induce autophagy but failed to suppress cell growth. Addition of CQ to low-dose CAB blocked normal autophagic cycles and induced apoptosis, evidenced by the further accumulation of p62/caspase-8/LC3-II.

Conclusion

The data suggest that combined use of CAB and CQ may increase clinical effectiveness in treatment of human pituitary adenomas, as well as other cancers, making it an attractive option in tumor and cancer therapies.
Management of cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Authors: Shehabeldin Mohamed , Alderazi Yazan
Published: July 2017

Cerebral vasospasm is a serious complication following aneurysmal subarachnoidhemorrhage (SAH); it causes delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) or infarction. Arterial vasospasmis considered the most common cause of disability and mortality among survivors of aneurysmalSAH. Monitoring for vasospasm is extremely important starting from the first day following ahemorrhage. The mechanism of vasospasm is not completely understood, but most data andstudies link the incidence of vasospasm to inflammatory responses secondary to extravasationof blood into the subarachnoid space. It is essential for critical care teams and health careproviders caring for patients with aneurysmal SAH to understand the clinical presentation andmanagement of cerebral vasospasm. In our review, we focus on the guidelines for monitoringand basic management of vasospasm and DCI which include monitoring options, hemodynamicand endovascular therapy, triggers for intervention, and triggers for treatment de-escalation.
Book Reviews
Authors: Dines Mike , Diboll Mike , Bestley Russ , Cross Rich
Published: July 2017

Beyond No Future: Cultures Of German Punk, Mirko M. Hall, Seth Howes and Cyrus M. Shahan (eds) (2016) London: Bloomsbury, 170 pp., ISBN: 9781501314087, h/bk, £74.00

The Aesthetic of Our Anger: Anarcho-Punk, Politics And Music, Mike Dines and Matthew Worley (eds) (2016) Colchester: Minor Compositions, 322 pp., ISBN: 9781570273186, p/bk, £18.00

Post-Punk Then and Now, Gavin Butt, Kodwo Eshun and Mark Fisher (eds) (2016) London: Repeater Books, 302 pp., ISBN: 910924273, p/bk, £8.99

Gee Vaucher: Introspective, Stevphen Shukaitis (ed.) (2016) Colchester: Firstsite/Minor Compositions, 143 pp., ISBN: 9781570273155, p/bk, £20.00
‘Ours is a strange pornography’: Reflections on performing punk in academia
Authors: Astley Tom
Published: July 2017

What is the place of punk in ‘punk studies’? How can we write punk, rather than just write about punk? Can we do this in a way that is more than performative affectation? More than just a(nother) punk cliché? Do we owe a sense of authenticity to our subjects in academic writing on punk? This article offers a critical reflection on a conference paper ‘performed’ as an attempt to address (rather than answer) these questions. I discuss the processes of writing, editing and presenting this article in a way that attempted to ‘show’ punk, not just ‘explain’ it. In so doing, I hope that I can open up a discussion about performance in academia more generally.
Beyond Binary Thinking: Providing Best Practice Treatment to Veterans with PTSD
Authors: Austern David J.
Published: July 2017

In "Written Exposure Therapy as Step One in Reducing the Burden of PTSD: The Composite Cases of "Alex,' 'Bruno,' and 'Charles'"(Austern, 2017), I presented three composite case study examples of how veterans suffering from PTSD may benefit from written exposure to their trauma memories. For one case (Bruno), Written Exposure Therapy (WET) was the initial treatment in a stepped-care approach that culminated in Prolonged Exposure therapy. However, for the two others, WET became a standalone treatment. In two commentaries on the cases, Cigrang and Peterson (2017) and Sloan and Marx (2017) discuss the development and efficacy of WET, WET implementation strategies, and practice implications of WET (e.g., the potential to reduce clinician burnout). In my response to these commentaries, I aim to contribute to the bourgeoning discussion of how mental health providers can best incorporate this promising writing-based treatment (WET) into their existing approaches to working with veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). My response will address themes raised by my composite case studies and by the commentaries, including how stepped-care service delivery models may have the potential to make PTSD care more efficient.
Blended learning: Deficits and prospects in higher education
Authors: Cuesta Medina Liliana
Published: July 2017

This article examines the nature and evolution of the term blended learning (BL), which encompasses numerous connotations, including its conception as a strategy, delivery mode, opportunity, educational shift, or pedagogical approach. Although much has been said in this field, very few studies examine the different types of blends behind their implementation. To address this gap in the literature, the article indicates types of blends and analyses the characteristics of BL, its benefits and limitations, supported by a review of literature, and an analysis of a sample of BL cases in higher education language-teaching worldwide. Additional data were also gathered through a questionnaire administered to language department chairs. Data were triangulated and analysed using the grounded theory approach. The article closes with an examination of different levels of blending, the various perspectives within the educational community on its use, and a discussion of its future applicability, especially in higher education.
The development of the Irish management system and the move towards directly elected mayors
Authors: Quinlivan Aodh
Published: July 2017

The Irish local government system works on a partnership model, with powers shared between the elected members and the appointed manager or chief executive. Within this system, each local authority elects a mayor on an annual basis from among its own members. In 2001 legislation was passed which proposed a drastic change to the office of mayor, and potentially to the role of the manager. The Local Government Act, 2001, provided for the direct election of mayors with executive powers. The proposal was dropped in 2003 but resurfaced in a 2008 Green Paper. This Green Paper never proceeded to legislation but six years later Minister Phil Hogan, TD, provided for the direct election of a mayor in Dublin in the Local Government Reform Act, 2014. The minister, however, inserted a clause that each of the four Dublin local authorities would firstly have to adopt a resolution in favour of holding a plebiscite in Dublin on the issue. Fingal County Council voted against and so the issue of a directly elected mayor was shelved again. Undoubtedly it will reappear at some point in the near future and it is hoped that a meaningful debate on the issue will lead to greater clarity on details, especially the precise powers of the mayor.
College students’ perceptions of a caring climate in group physical activity classes
Authors: Newland Aubrey , Newton Maria , Stark Andrea , Podlog Leslie , Hall Morgan
Published: July 2017

Study aim: Research suggests that physical activity rates decline sharply after high school. The pattern of activity or inactivity during college tends to persist into adulthood. A critical need exists for examination of strategies to engage college-age students in physical activity habits. One way to do this is through physical activity courses offered in colleges. This study examines the relationship between perceptions of a caring psychological climate and group connectedness, enjoyment, and attitudes toward classmates and the instructor in group physical activity courses. Material and methods: Participants were 174 students (107 males and 67 females; Mage = 21.71) enrolled in exercise, martial arts, and sports courses at a large university in the Mountain West. Results: Perceptions of a caring climate were significantly related to enhanced feelings of group connectedness, heightened enjoyment, and more positive attitudes toward classmates and instructor. Discussion: These findings suggest that a strategy to foster engagement in physical activity courses on campus is to train instructors to value, support, and welcome students.
Measurement of the shear moduli of spruce by torsional vibration tests using a pair of specimens with different aspect ratios
Authors: Yoshihara Hiroshi , Maruta Makoto
Published: July 2017

The shear moduli (SM) of solid wood in longitudinal-radial (LR) and longitudinal-tangential (LT) planes were obtained via a torsional vibration (TV) test by varying the aspect ratios of Sitka spruce specimens and conducting subsequent numerical analyses. A pair of specimens with different aspect ratios was used to separate the SM in the LR and LT planes from each other, and the effect of the aspect ratio was examined. The experimental and numerical results indicated that the SM can be accurately obtained via TV test, when the aspect ratios of the specimens are appropriately determined.
Review of Superfinishing by the Magnetic Abrasive Finishing Process
Authors: Heng Lida , Kim Yon Jig , Mun Sang Don
Published: July 2017

Recent developments in the engineering industry have created a demand for advanced materials with superior mechanical properties and high-quality surface finishes. Some of the conventional finishing methods such as lapping, grinding, honing, and polishing are now being replaced by non-conventional finishing processes. Magnetic Abrasive Finishing (MAF) is a non-conventional superfinishing process in which magnetic abrasive particles interact with a magnetic field in the finishing zone to remove materials to achieve very high surface finishing and deburring simultaneously. In this review paper, the working principles, processing parameters, and current limitations for the MAF process are examined via reviewing important work in the literature. Additionally, future developments of the MAF process are discussed.
Fully Automated Segmentation of Lung Parenchyma Using Break and Repair Strategy
Authors: Kumar S. Pramod , Latte Mrityunjaya V.
Published: July 2017

The traditional segmentation methods available for pulmonary parenchyma are not accurate because most of the methods exclude nodules or tumors adhering to the lung pleural wall as fat. In this paper, several techniques are exhaustively used in different phases, including two-dimensional (2D) optimal threshold selection and 2D reconstruction for lung parenchyma segmentation. Then, lung parenchyma boundaries are repaired using improved chain code and Bresenham pixel interconnection. The proposed method of segmentation and repairing is fully automated. Here, 21 thoracic computer tomography slices having juxtapleural nodules and 115 lung parenchyma scans are used to verify the robustness and accuracy of the proposed method. Results are compared with the most cited active contour methods. Empirical results show that the proposed fully automated method for segmenting lung parenchyma is more accurate. The proposed method is 100% sensitive to the inclusion of nodules/tumors adhering to the lung pleural wall, the juxtapleural nodule segmentation is >98%, and the lung parenchyma segmentation accuracy is >96%.
Circularly-polarized, large-angle reflective deflectors based on periodically patterned cholesteric liquid crystals
Authors: Kobashi Junji , Mohri Yoshinori , Yoshida Hiroyuki , Ozaki Masanori
Published: July 2017

Patterned cholesteric liquid crystals enable the fabrication of circular-polarization sensitive, reflective diffractive optical elements based on Bragg reflection. Here we report the fabrication of large-angle reflective deflector, which show deflection angles as large as 48.9°. The devices are fabricated by polarization holography, whereby two orthogonal circular polarized beams are superimposed on a photoalignment layer to create a linear modulation of the orientational easy axis. The devices show high circular-polarization extinction ratios, making them potentially useful as functional reflectors and polarization splitters.
All the Roads to Patavium: Morphology, Genesis and Development of the Roman Road Network Around Padua
Authors: Matteazzi Michele
Published: July 2017

This paper deals with the analysis of the ancient road network around the city of Padua, attempts to reconstruct its morphology and to define its genesis and development between the second Iron Age and Late Antiquity (6th/5th cent. BC to 6th cent. AD). The study follows a methodological approach that today we define as „archaeomorphological“, first proposed by E. Vion in the late 1980s. By applying this methodology to the Paduan territory, it was possible to identify a series of routes of probable ancient origin radially converging toward the center of Roman Patavium, and linking it to other urban centers in the region and to the minor centers located within its ager. The presence of Iron Age settlements along the path of many of these routes suggests that the development of such a road network likely begins in pre-Roman times, which also highlights the ancient strategic importance of Padua and its territory as a fundamental junction between the center and
the North-East of the Italian peninsula. On the other hand, the Roman road network somehow survived into the Late Antiqueand Early Medieval times, always influencing the distribution of settlements and the orientation of churches, until it was for the greater part restored by the Commune of Padua over the 13th century.
Modest Reflections on the Term ‘Religious Experience’
Authors: Torre Michael Durham
Published: July 2017

The paper urges a reconsideration of the term “religious experience,” as it is presently used in textbooks in the Philosophy of Religion (to which it first refers). The term needs to include not only what might be termed “extraordinary” religious experience (as used in those texts), but the “ordinary” experience of most who practice a religion, and it needs to assess such experience not so much as a “proof” of God (or a “Transcendent Reality”), but rather as a credible witness to what it affirms. The central portion of the paper then investigates how “experience” was used and understood-as a conscious term of analysis-by Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas. It then argues that this understanding of “experience” can be applied successfully to refer to “religious experience,” whether “ordinary” or “extraordinary”: it argues that such an understanding would fit well any phenomenological description of what most people mean by their “religious experience.” It concludes that there is work to be done both to develop adequate criteria to discern how credible religious experience is, as a witness to its object, and to apply such criteria to major religions.
Applications of silver nanoparticles stabilized and/or immobilized by polymer matrixes
Authors: Tylkowski Bartosz , Trojanowska Anna , Nowak Martyna , Marciniak Lukasz , Jastrzab Renata
Published: July 2017

Nanomaterials frequently possess unique and noticeably changed physical, chemical and biological properties compared to their macro scaled corresponding item. Utilization of nanoparticles habitually requires the construction of integrated chemical systems. Most popular of these are polymer-supported nanoparticles. In this review, we provide the reader with the last developments and breakthrough technologies concerning silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), one of the most comprehensively studied nanomaterials, considering the polymer types and processes used for the nanocomposite membranes preparation.
Toy stories: On the disciplinary regime of vibration
Authors: Rossolatos George
Published: July 2017

Sex toys promote a new consumptive ethos whose significance may be adequately outlined by attending to the institutional implications of this product category’s consumption. By drawing on Foucault’s theory of sexuality and the technologies of the self that materialize with the aid of discursive formations about sexuality, as well as on relevant sociological and ethnographic insights, I undertake a qualitative content analysis on a corpus of 100 sex toys’ product reviews from popular magazines and web sites in order to identify how the discourse about sex toys is articulated in terms of three dominant categories of sexual scripts (Simon and Gagnon 2007, Sexual scripts. In Richard Parker & Peter Aggleton (eds.), Culture, society, and sexuality: A reader, 29–38. London: Routledge), namely, cultural scenarios, interpersonal and intrapsychic scripts. By opening up the discussion to a broader cultural terrain, I outline how the consumption experience of sex toys, as articulated in the reviews’ discursive formations, facilitates the emergence of new consumer trends, particularly with reference to orgasm-on-the-go and no-touch-orgasm, while redefining existing ones.
Stance markers in television news presentation: Expressivity of eyebrow flashes in the delivery of news
Authors: Han Zhengrui , Zhu Hongqiang
Published: July 2017

The discourse of broadcast news is shifting toward being more “conversational.” As a consequence, rather than assuming the traditional poker-face style of delivering news on television, news readers as televised personae are becoming more “informal” and “dialogic” in order to better relate to audiences. Eyebrow flashes, as a communicative resource in television news presentation, play an important part in construing the expressiveness of presentation and engaging with audiences. Drawing upon insights from nonverbal communication studies (especially the pragmatics of nonverbal communication) and discourse analysis, this paper explores the pragmatics of eyebrow flashes as a marker of expressivity in news delivery, and the interaction of eyebrow flashes with the verbal context, based on data collected from Chinese broadcast news in English. The analysis shows that eyebrow flashes are widely employed to initiate the theme of the agent in news messages (implicating “I know something”), to emphasize the focus of the news statements (implying “I am thinking now”), and to respond to the attributed statement (indicating “I want to know more”). Therefore, eyebrow flashes function to assist viewers in construing alignment with authors or reporters of news, as well as alignment with audiences. In addition, they serve to distill personal emotion to hybridize the institutional voice of news, thus rendering television news more “watchable” and engaging.
Towards a new critical edition of the scholia to the Iliad: a specimen
Authors: Montanari Franco , Montana Fausto , Muratore Davide , Pagani Lara
Published: July 2017

An on-going new critical edition is presented, designed to gather together for the first time all the
Lost Dictionaries, Forgotten Entries. Two Byzantine lexica on the Athenian ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΤΑΙ
Authors: Papanikolaou Dimitrios
Published: July 2017

An important ancient Athenian institution was the
Industrial Balladry, Mass Culture, and the Politics of Realism in Cold War Britain
Authors: Cole Ross
Published: July 2017

Focusing on a series of pioneering radio ballads produced for the BBC between 1958 and 1961 by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, and Peggy Seeger, this article explores representations of industrial working-class culture in folksongs of the radical Left. Situating such work in relation to A. L. Lloyd, mass culture, the nascent New Left, gender, and the aesthetics of social realism (distinct from the project of Soviet socialist realism), I argue that early radio ballads were nostalgic panegyrics for the integrity of working-class identity in the face of unprecedented socio-economic change. At the very moment when distinctively masculine working-class traditions seemed to be at risk of disappearing under the rising tide of affluence, Conservative Party rhetoric, female emancipation, and the emergence of a classless commodity utopia, these programs generated a portrait of an unwavering British subculture damaged and defined by capitalist exploitation yet resistant to the unwelcome advance of globalized modernity. Ultimately, such work revealed far more about MacColl’s own political convictions than about the intricacies of working-class life in Britain.
The World Day of Prayer: Ecumenical Churchwomen and Christian Cosmopolitanism, 1920–1946
Authors: Kenny Gale L.
Published: July 2017

Between World War I and World War II, the World Day of Prayer (WDP) expressed Protestant women's Christian cosmopolitanism that combined rituals of prayer with a liberal program of social activism and humanitarianism. The WDP began as a way to unite Protestant women together across organizational denominational lines as women's missionary societies entered a period of decline in the 1920s. The WDP raised awareness of home and foreign missionary work and took up a collection to support designated home and foreign mission projects, but it quickly emerged as a site for ritual creativity. The planning committees and prayer service facilitated Protestant women's efforts to replace a traditional understanding of missionary work with a cosmopolitan Christianity that coupled American women's spirituality with a liberal program supportive of racial diversity and internationalism. The prayer services became sacred spaces to enact “unity in diversity,” even though this was always more an ideal than a reality. Churchwomen used the evident dissonance between a universalist vision of a united Christian world and the realities of racial, religious, and national difference to generate discomfort in the prayer services and to deepen participants' spiritual experiences. While the interwar era is understood as a period of theological schisms and Protestant declension, a gendered analysis of Protestantism through the World Day of Prayer shows that it was also a period of religious transformation as churchwomen formulated a modern social gospel that paired spirituality and action in ways that would shape Protestant churches for the next several decades.
KALININGRADISTIKA IR OLŠTYNO POLITOLOGŲ NIŠOS
Authors: Lopata Raimundas
Published: July 2017

Prieš 2016-ųjų metų Šv. Kalėdas Varmijos Mozūrų universiteto Politikos mokslų institutas Olštyne išleido kolektyvinę monografiją, skirtą Rusijos Federacijos Kaliningrado (Karaliaučiaus) srities problematikai. [...]
Promoting physical activity in the workplace: A systematic meta-review
Authors: Jirathananuwat Areeya , Pongpirul Krit
Published: July 2017

Introduction

Physically active (PA) people have a lower risk of various diseases, compared to those with sedentary lifestyles. Evidence on the effects of PA promoting programs in the workplace is large, and several systematic reviews (SR) and/or meta-analyses (MA) have been published. However, they have failed to consider factors that could influence interventions. This paper aimed to classify and describe interventions to promote PA in the workplace based on evidence from SR/MA.

Method

A literature search for SR/MA was done using PubMed, Web of Science, and Science Direct (January 2006-February 2015). Quality assessment of SR/MA was performed using AMSTAR. The PRECEDE-PROCEED model was used for classifying the interventions into predisposing, enabling, reinforcing, environment, and policy domains of focus.

Results

Eleven SR/MA included 220 primary studies, of which 139 (63%) were randomized controlled trials. Of 48 interventions identified, 22 (46%) and 17 (35%) focused on predisposing or enabling employees to have more PA, respectively. Of the 22 predisposing factors, 6 were information delivery, 5 were self-motivation, and 11 were program training. The enabling approaches were 12 instrument resources and 5 health service facilities. The reinforcing approaches were 4 incentive and 3 social support. The remaining interventions focused on the environmental development and policy regulation.

Conclusions

This systematic meta-review classified interventions using appropriate framework and described the intervention pattern.
International Variability in Gastrointestinal Decontamination With Acute Poisonings
Authors: Mintegi Santiago , Dalziel Stuart R. , Azkunaga Beatriz , Prego Javier , Arana-Arri Eunate , Acedo Yordana , Martinez-Indart Lorea , Benito Javier , Kuppermann Nathan ,   on behalf of the Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) Poisoning Working Group
Published: July 2017

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:

Identifying international differences in the management of acute pediatric poisonings may help improve the quality of care. The objective of this study was to assess the international variation and appropriateness of gastrointestinal decontamination (GID) procedures performed in children and adolescents who present with acute poisonings to emergency departments.

METHODS:

This was an international, multicenter, cross-sectional prospective study including children <18 years with poisoning exposures presenting to 105 emergency departments in 20 countries from 8 global regions belonging to the Pediatric Emergency Research Networks. Data collection started between January and September 2013 and continued for 1 year. The appropriateness of GID procedures performed was analyzed using the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists’ recommendations. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify independent risk factors for performing GID procedures.

RESULTS:

We included 1688 patients, 338 of whom (20.0%, 95% confidence interval 18.1%–22.0%) underwent the following GID procedures: activated charcoal (166, 49.1%), activated charcoal and gastric lavage (122, 36.1%), gastric lavage (47, 13.9%), and ipecac (3, 0.9%). In 155 (45.8%, 40.5%–51.2%), the GID procedure was considered appropriate, with significant differences between regions. Independent risk factors for GID procedures included age, toxin category, mechanism of poisoning, absence of symptoms, and the region where the intoxication occurred (P < .001).

CONCLUSIONS:

Globally, there are substantial differences in the use and appropriateness of GID procedures in the management of pediatric poisonings. International best practices need to be better implemented.
POLA PEMBAGIAN KERJA DAN KONTRIBUSI GENDER TERHADAP PENDAPATAN KELUARGA: STUDI KASUS RUMAH TANGGA NELAYAN DI DESA BATANJUNG KABUPATEN KAPUAS
Authors: Hikmah Hikmah , Yulisti Maharani , Nasution Zahri
Published: July 2017

Penelitian ini dilaksanakan tahun 2007 dengan tujuan memberikan gambaran pola pembagian kerja dan kontribusi gender terhadap pendapatan rumah tangga serta strategi pemberdayaan gender dalam rangka menopang peningkatan pendapatan rumah tangga nelayan. Metode pendekatan secara kualitatif dalam bentuk studi kasus digunakan dalam penelitian ini. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah metode analisis deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menggambarkan bahwa pola pembagian kerja dan curahan waktu dalam aktivitas produktif pada rumah tangga nelayan di desa Batanjung Kabupaten Kapuas didominasi oleh perempuan. Sementara laki-laki umumnya terlibat sebagai tenaga pembantu saja. Pola pembagian kerja pada aktivitas produktif lebih didominasi oleh laki-laki. Namun demikian, istri juga terlibat dalam aktivitas penangkapan di perairan umum (rawa dan sungai) yang lokasinya dekat dengan pemukiman mereka. Istri nelayan memiliki kontribusi yang cukup besar dan memegang peranan penting dalam ekonomi rumah tangga. Meskipun jika dilihat dari curahan waktu produktifnya, istri nelayan jauh lebih sedikit dibandingkan suami. Namun demikian, tetap saja kedudukan istri dalam kegiatan produktif hanya dianggap membantu suami untuk menambah pendapatan keluarga. Tittle: Work Share Pattern and Gender Contribution to Fisher's Household Income: Case Study of Fisher's Household in Batanjung Village, Kapuas District.This research has been executed in 2007 aiming to give the description concerning with work share pattern and gender contribution to household income, and also to give description of gender empowerment strategy in effort to support increasing income of fisher's household. Descriptive analysis was used in this research. Results show that work share pattern and time spent in reproductive activities at fisher's household in Batanjung village, Kapuas district was dominated by women, whereas men generally were involved as assistant workers. Work share pattern at productive activities was dominated by men. But, women were also involved in fishing activities at inland fisheries (river and swamp) where the fishing ground nearby with their resident. Fisher's wife had a big contribution and hold important role in household economy. Even though wife had more time to spend on productive activities than husband, but wife's position in productive activities was still considered to be an assistant of husband in the household income.
KURVA PENAWARAN DAN PERMINTAAN PRODUK PERIKANAN TANGKAP PERAIRAN UMUM DARATAN DI PROPINSI SUMATERA SELATAN
Authors: Sari Yesi Dewita , Firdaus Maulana , Huda Hakim Miftakhul
Published: July 2017

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui keseimbangan kurva penawaran dan permintaan produk perikanan tangkap perairan umum daratan di Propinsi Sumatera Selatan. Penelitian dilakukan pada tahun 2007 sampai dengan 2008. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer dan sekunder. Pendugaan kurva penawaran menggunakan parameter biologi, parameter ekonomi, sedangkan pendugaan kurva permintaan menggunakan metode regresi dari beberapa variabel yang berpengaruh. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat pemanfaatan sumber daya perikanan perairan umum daratan pada kondisi MSY ditinjau dari sisi jumlah produksi adalah 85,55% dan 82,32% jika ditinjau dari jumlah effort. Kurva penawaran berbalik kebelakang pada jumlah produksi 44.004 ton dengan tingkat harga Rp. 2.350 per kg. Perpotongan kurva penawaran dan permintaan terjadi pada tingkat harga Rp. 5.200 per kg dan jumlah produksi 32.597 ton. Perpotongan atau keseimbangan ini terjadi pada kurva penawaran setelah berbalik ke belakang. Peningkatan produksi secara terus menerus akan menyebabkan sumberdaya perikanan perairan umum tidak lestari. Implikasi kebijakan yang dapat disarankan adalah diperlukannya kebijakan pengelolaan dengan meningkatkan produksi ikan dari usaha budidaya. Tittle: Supply and Demand Curve of The Inland Fishery Product in Sumatera South ProvinceThis reseach aimed to know equilibrium of supply and demand of both curve inland fisheries resource in South Sumatera. Biological and economical parameter are used to estimated a supply curve, and regression method is used to estimate demand curve. Result showed that exploitation rate of inland fisheries resource at MSY are 85.55% of harvest and 82,32% of effort. Backward bending supply curve happened at 44,004 ton of harvest and Rp. 2,350 of price per kg. Supply and demand equilibrium happened at Rp. 5,200 of price per kg and 32,597 ton of harvest. This equilibrium happened at backward bending of supply curve. A continuing increase in production will level to unsustainable fishery production. Policy implycation could be addressed is the need for the management authority to increase fish production from aquaculture.
Do Catholic Leaders Try To Influence Catholic MPs’ Conscience Votes? A Case Study on Therapeutic Cloning
Authors: Landrigan Mitchell
Published: July 2017

A conscience vote (or free vote) allows an MP to consider the merits of a parliamentary bill free from the constraints of his or her political party’s typical voting requirements. A free vote therefore allows MPs greater deliberative choice. The article reviews a case study – on therapeutic cloning – in which two Catholic leaders sought to influence state Catholic MPs’ conscience votes. The Catholic leaders did so by implying that Catholic politicians might be denied the Sacraments if the MPs did not oppose legislative reforms on therapeutic cloning. The article reviews the methods chosen by the Catholic leaders to influence MPs’ conscience votes and considers the responses of MPs to the Catholic leaders’ overtures.
The influence of the anisotropic stress state on the intermediate strain properties of granular material
Authors: Goudarzy M. , König D. , Santamarina J. C. , Schanz T.
Published: July 2017

This paper shows the effect of anisotropic stress state on intermediate strain properties of cylindrical samples containing spherical glass particles. Tests were carried out with the modified resonant column device available at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Dry samples were subjected to two anisotropic stress states: (a) cell pressure, σ′h, constant and vertical stress, σ′v, increased (stress state GB-I) and (b) σ′v/σ′h equal to 2 (stress state GB-II). The experimental results revealed that the effect of stress state GB-II on the modulus and damping ratio was more significant and obvious than stress state GB-I. The effect of the anisotropic stress state was explained through the impact of confining pressure and anisotropic stress components on the stiffness and damping ratio. The results showed that: (a) G(γ) increased, η(γ) decreased and their strain non-linearity decreased with an increase in the confining pressure component σ′vσ′h; (b) G(γ) decreased, η(γ) increased and their strain non-linearity increased with an increase in the anisotropic stress component, σ′v/σ′h. The analysis of results revealed that reference shear strain was also affected by anisotropic stress state. Therefore, an empirical relationship was developed to predict the reference shear strain, as a function of confining pressure and anisotropic stress components. Additionally, the damping ratio was written as a function of the minimum damping ratio and the reference shear strain.
Infrastructures as Ontological Experiments
Authors: Jensen Casper Bruun , Morita Atsuro
Published: July 2017

Ontology has recently gained renewed attention in science and technology studies and anthropology (e.g. Gad, Jensen and Winthereik 2015; Holbraad, Pedersen and Viveiros de Castro 2014; Woolgar and Lezaun 2013). Yet, it has a considerably longer pedigree than these recent debates might lead one to think. Experiments, of course, have long held the attention of sociologists, historians, and philosophers of science (Collins 1985; Gooding 1990; Shapin and Schaffer 1985). And infrastructures have been the focus of sustained inquiry in the sociology and history of technology (Bowker 1994; Hughes 1983). Once these terms are put into conjunction, however, each gets a somewhat different inflection. The following note briefly explores the conceptual purchase of considering infrastructures as ontological experiments.
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Authors: Natario Pedro
Published: July 2017

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Suça Sürüklenen Çocuklar ile İkamet Yeri, Suç Yeri ve Suç Türü İlişkisi: İstanbul Adliyesi 2. Çocuk Mahkemesi Örneklemi
Authors: Gülüm Zeynep , Cohen Zeynep Pınar , Demircan Yusuf Tunç
Published: July 2017

Objective: Studies of children’s residences has gained importance depending on the fact that environmental risk factors are more significant than individual risk factors in juvenile delinquency. This research aims to determine the settlements where children intensively driven to crime, identify typical type of crime in these neighborhoods and reveal the relationship between the places where the child is living and driven to crime. With the results of this study, it is aimed to shed light on the prevention studies that must be conducted in the neighborhoods where children intensively driven to crime.
Methods: In this study, 520 justified decisions, finalized in 2015 about 668 children driven to crime, that were reached from the second juvenile court of İstanbul Courthouse were examined. Descriptive analysis was used in order to determine frequency and percentage distribution of the data and chi-square test was used to assess the interrelatedness of categorical variables.
Results: Of subjects, 90% were male and 76.5% were in the 15-18 age range. When the distribution of the type of crime was examined, crime against property (62%) seemed to be more intensive. In terms of the distribution of crime scene, it was observed that Fatih (27.5%), Şişli (19.3%) and Beyoğlu (15.3%) districts come forward. In the sequence of districts where children driven to crime resided Fatih (19%) came in the first place again, afterwards Beyoğlu (13.5%), Kağıthane (11.4%) and Eyüp (9.7%) districts came. Nevertheless, when examined on the basis of the neighborhood, İstiklal Neighborhood, which located in Beyoğlu district, came first. By the result of chi-square tests, it was observed that the relations between type of crime and crime scene, place of residence and crime scene, type of crime and place of residence were statistically significant.
Conclusion: By assessing crime scene, type of crime and place of residence together, the study showed that Fatih district came first at all of these variables. When examined at the level of residential neighborhood, it was revealed that in some neighborhoods, a particular type of crime has been specialized.
A review of medical termination of pregnancy profile in a tertiary care center
Authors: L. Veena , Sarojini .
Published: July 2017

Background: The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP Act) came into force from 01 April 1972 and again revised in 1975. The objective was to study demographic profile, methods, various indications and complications due to Medical Termination of Pregnancy performed in our institution.Methods: The present study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BMCRI Bangalore India from November 2015 to October 2016 for 1year. After thorough history including reasons for MTP, detailed examination, investigations and consent, 522 women underwent MTP using various methods in one year at Vani Vilas hospital. Women were observed for any complications and then discharged.Results: In present study, 522 women fulfilling inclusion criteria underwent MTP. MTPs performed during 1st trimester was 411 (78.8%) and in mid-trimester were 111 (21.2%). Common indications for MTPs were contraceptive failure 262 (50.4%) followed by ‘to prevent grave injury to the physical and mental health of the pregnant women’ 112 (23.2%). 326 women underwent manual vacuum aspiration (MVA). Mid-trimester MTPs were done by Foleys with additional misoprostol 106 (20.4%). Overall complication rate was less 143 (27.3%). Most common complication found amongst the women who underwent MTP was Gastrointestinal 51 (9.7%).Conclusions: The most common reasons for medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) is unwanted pregnancy due to nonuse of contraceptives by the women of reproductive age group. There is a need to focus on unmet need for family planning services including medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) services.
Serum uric acid levels in acute myocardial infarction
Authors: V. Padma , Banupriya Amogh
Published: July 2017

Background: Higher uric acid is a negative prognostic factor in patients with mild to severe heart failure. Studies have shown that there is a close correlation between serum uric acid concentration and Killip classification in patients of acute myocardial infarction and uric acid levels are higher in patients with higher Killips class.Methods: We studied 100 patients with acute myocardial infarction and compared with 100 controls. Serum uric acid level was measured on day 0, 3 and 7 of MI and results were analysed.Results: Average uric acid level in male cases was 5.6 and female cases was 5.2, male controls were 4.2 and female controls was 3.6. Females had a higher mortality when compared with male patients. One female died due to MI on day 0, one male and two females died on day 3 and four males and four females died on day 7. All patients who died had higher uric acid levels.Conclusions: Serum uric acid levels are higher in patients of acute myocardial infarction as compared to normal healthy persons. Serum uric levels increases in patients with higher Killip class. Combination of Killip class and serum uric acid level after acute myocardial infarction is a good predictor of mortality after acute myocardial infarction.
Status of vitamin D3 level and its co-relation with the glycaemic status in Indian population
Authors: Giri Richa , Verma Rajendra Kumar , Jain Arisht , Srivastava Vaibhava
Published: July 2017

Background: The growing incidence of diabetes, consequent devastating morbidity, increasing mortality highlight the need for innovative approaches for prevention and management of disease. Pleiotropic hormonal effect of vitamin D3 has speculated its role in pathogenesis of diabetes. This study aims to assess vitamin D3 levels in study and control group and co-relate its level with HbA1c.Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study done on randomly selected patients from January 2015 to September 2016. Patients were divided into 2 groups: control group and study group including pre-diabetics and diabetics. Venous sample for serum 25-OH vitamin D and HbA1c were collected.Results: 109 subjects were included in the study: 37 controls, 41 pre-diabetics, 31 diabetics. Out of the 37 healthy subjects, 14 (37.9%) had sufficient levels, 11 (29.7%) had insufficient levels whereas 12 (32.4%) were deficient in Serum vitamin D3 levels. Vitamin D3 deficiency was prevalent in 46.3% pre-diabetics, 41.7% diabetics with good glycaemic control and 84.2% diabetics with poor glycaemic control.Conclusions: Using Pearson Chi square, inverse co-relation was found between glycated haemoglobin and vitamin D3 levels (p<0.003).
A study on clinical profile of paraquat poisoning in a tertiary care hospital
Authors: M. Jagadeesan , P. Nithyananthan , M. Banupriya , K. Mahendrakumar , S. Prasanna Karthik , R. Kannan
Published: July 2017

Background: Paraquat poisoning is a weedicide used rarely for suicide. It is now being increasingly as this type of suicidal poisoning is almost always fatal as there is no specific antidote for paraquat poison. ARDS, acute kidney injury with metabolic acidosis or multi-organ failure are the frequent causes of mortality.Methods: The study aimed to study the morbidity and mortality rates of Paraquat poisoning in tertiary care teaching hospital. Patients admitted with Paraquat poisoning were included, and the data were collected and analysed.Results: The total number of cases admitted with paraquat poisoning in intensive care unit in three years duration were 10. All the cases were suicidal in nature. 80% of the cases had acute kidney injury with severe metabolic acidosis and 20% had mediastinitis. 70% of cases died within 48 hours of ingestion. The overall mortality rate was 100% in spite of active management.Conclusions: Of all registered herbicides, Paraquat is the most serious and life threatening. Inspite of early haemodialysis, steroids and cyclophosphamide therapy, it was ineffective in reducing the mortality rates. Newer treatment like early hemoperfusion may help to reduce the mortality in future.
Study of thyroid profile in seropositive HIV adults patients on HAART regimen
Authors: Verma Rajendra Kumar , Giri Richa , Gupta Chirag , Srivastava Vaibhava
Published: July 2017

Background: Subtle alterations in thyroid function tests are more common in HIV infection and at times detectable in the early phase of disease and as well as in late phases. However, there is paucity of Indian studies.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among adult HIV positive patients attending OPD and IPD of tertiary care hospital in collaboration with ART-plus center over a period of 21months. 100 adult HIV positive patients were interviewed and clinically examined. On the basis of CD4 count patients were divided into 3 groups {0-200 (Group A), 201-350 (Group B) and >350 cells/mm3 (Group C)}. Subjects were also divided into two group based on type and duration of HAART regimen.Results: Out of 100 patients included in the study 68% were males, 73% married, 12% had subclinical hypothyroidism, out of 6% of overt hypothyroidism subjects 5% were females. Among the 3 groups, thyroid abnormalities were found to be more common in group B followed by Group A and C. Patients on TLE regimen had 14% thyroid abnormalities as compared to 4% in ZLN group.Conclusions: Subclinical hypothyroidism and overt hypothyroidism are the commonest thyroid abnormality seen, more commonly in females. CD4 counts have direct association with free T3 and free T4 and inverse association with Serum TSH level indicating trend for hypothyroidism as HIV disease progresses. Thyroid abnormalities vary with the type and duration of HAART regimen.
A qualitative study on non-adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents in type 2 diabetics
Authors: Agarwala Sourav , Ansari Md. Asif , Paul Uttam Kumar , Bandyopadhyay Arup
Published: July 2017

Background: Non-adherence to oral hypoglycaemic agents is both a global and ubiquitous problem during treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This leads to unwanted persistence and aggregation of hyperglycemia as well as many of the complications of diabetes mellitus and even to early death. However, there have been quite a few studies on this issue but different studies have shown different reasons of non-adherence because of this confusion and also because no studies have been done in Bihar and North Bengal, the present authors decided to go for a qualitative study on this issue.Methods: This study was conducted in the medicine OPD of two medical colleges one in Bihar and another in north Bengal. The study method was one of the qualitative descriptive nature in which open interviews are conducted on non-compliant diabetic patients. Audio recording was taken in each case after taking written permission from the patients as well as from the institutional ethical committee. A transcript in English was made manually of each audio recording and then transcript analysis was done using categories and codes.Results: The results showed existence for four broad categories, viz, adverse effect, economic issues, availability and alternative treatment. Each category was divided into several codes like - adverse effects into weakness, hypoglycemia, organ damage, vertigo and fear; economic issues into high cost, low income, lifelong high expenditure and family crisis; availability into total non-availability, local non-availability, travel expenses and problems to buy from distance and brand non-availability; lastly alternative treatment included Ayurveda, Homeopathy and jori-buti. The last two categories, viz, non-availability and alternative therapy are very much unique in our study.Conclusions: It can be concluded that non-adherence is very much a problem in our places as it is in other places, nationally and globally. But it is slightly different here. We must find out solutions for this problem and start interventions immediately.