bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Modeling gas hydrate petroleum systems of the Pleistocene turbiditic sedimentary sequences of the Daini-Atsumi area, eastern Nankai Trough, Japan
Authors: Fujii Tetsuya , Tin Aung Than , Wada Naoya , Komatsu Yuhei , Suzuki Kiyofumi , Ukita Toshiyasu , Wygrala Bjorn , Fuchs Thomas , Rottke Wolf , Egawa Kosuke
Published: February 2016

We have performed 2D and 3D gas hydrate (GH) petroleum systems modeling for the Pleistocene turbiditic sedimentary sequences distributed in the Daini-Atsumi area in the eastern Nankai Trough to understand the accumulation mechanisms and their spatial distribution related to geologic and geochemical processes. High-resolution seismic facies analysis and interpretations were used to define facies distributions in the models. We have created a new biogenic methane generation model based on the biomarker analysis using core samples and incorporated it into our model. Our 2D models were built and simulated to confirm the parameters to be used for 3D modeling. Global sea level changes and paleogeometry estimated from 3D structural restoration results were taken into account to determine the paleowater depth of the deposited sedimentary sequences. Pressure and temperature distributions were modeled because they are the basic factors that control the GH stability zone. Our 2D modeling results suggested that the setting of biogenic methane generation depth is one of the most important controlling factors for GH accumulation in the Nankai Trough, which may be related to the timing of methane upward migration (expulsion) and methane solution process in pore water. Our 3D modeling results suggested that the distribution of sandy sediments and the formation dip direction are important controlling factors in the accumulation of GHs. We also found that the simulated amount of GH accumulation from the petroleum systems modeling compares well with independent estimations using 3D seismic and well data. This suggests that the model constructed in this study is valid for this GH system evaluation and that this type of evaluation can be useful as a supplemental approach to resource assessment.
Near-surface geophysical investigation of the 2010 Haiti earthquake epicentral area: Léogâne, Haiti
Authors: Kocel Eray , Stewart Robert R. , Mann Paul , Chang Li
Published: February 2016

The [Formula: see text] Léogâne fan delta in southwestern Haiti borders the epicentral region of the devastating magnitude 7.0 Haiti earthquake of 12 January 2010. The flat plain of the Léogâne area experienced some of the worst shaking, destruction of buildings, and loss of life caused by the Haiti earthquake. This intense shaking was attributed by previous workers to either activation of a blind (no surface expression) thrust fault some 4 km beneath the Léogâne fan delta or to strike-slip motion along a shallow, ground-breaking fault that ruptured the uppermost part of the fan delta. Our research team from the University of Houston and the Haiti Bureau of Mines and Energy collected shallow seismic and gravity data in the fan delta where previous studies of earthquake aftershocks, coastal uplift of coral reefs, and radar interferometry all indicated a maximum amount of coseismic uplift. Our objective was to acquire geophysical information on the subsurface stratigraphy, structure, and material properties of the fan. S-wave seismic studies revealed an average velocity of [Formula: see text] for the first 30 m. These velocity values suggest that the near-surface sediments at Léogâne are a seismically hazardous class D sediment type (National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program). Interpretation of our various seismic data sets has indicated prolonged sedimentary environments of fluvial channeling and channel migration to a depth of approximately 350 m as expected in this fan delta setting. There was no clear evidence on our seismic reflection lines for substantial faulting in the seismically slow, shallow fan delta sediments. Integrated geophysical data analyses indicated south-dipping seismically slow layers on the southern end of the Léogâne fan with a less well defined northward dip with the broad, anticlinal axis aligned with the area of maximum coseismic uplift at the coast. The sudden, coseismic upheaval of the ground surface above the proposed blind thrust combined with extreme shaking of the seismically weak sediments contributed to the destructiveness of the earthquake on the Léogâne fan delta.
Extending interpretations of natural fractures from the wellbore using 3D attributes: The Carnarvon Basin, Australia
Authors: Bailey Adam H. E. , King Rosalind C. , Holford Simon P. , Hand Martin
Published: February 2016

Natural fractures can be identified in wellbores using electric resistivity image logs; however, the challenge of predicting fracture orientations, densities, and probable contribution to subsurface fluid flow away from the wellbore remains. Regional interpretations of fracture sets are generally confined to areas featuring an extensive reservoir analog outcrop. We have made use of extensive data sets available in Western Australia’s Northern Carnarvon Basin to map subsurface natural fractures, contributing to a regional understanding of fracture sets that can be applied to broader parts of the basin. The Northern Carnarvon Basin is composed of distinct structural domains that have experienced differing tectonic histories. Interpretation of regional fractures was achieved through an integrated approach, incorporating electric resistivity image logs from 52 Carnarvon Basin wells and seismic attribute analysis of two 3D seismic data sets: Bonaventure_3D ([Formula: see text]) and HC_93_3D ([Formula: see text]). Integration of these two data sets allows for a regionally extensive identification of natural fractures away from well control. Fractures of differing age and character are identified within the basin: Outboard areas are dominated by fractures likely to be open to fluid flow that are parallel to subparallel to the approximately east–west present-day maximum horizontal stress, providing possible flow conduits between potential damage zones identified alongside the north–northeast/south–southwest-striking faults that constitute the major structural trend of the basin, and inboard areas dominated by northeast–southwest to north–northeast/south–southeast fractures formed in fault damage-zones alongside normal, and inverted-normal, faults at those orientations. Finally, fractures observed in wells from the Rankin Platform and Dampier Subbasin occur at neither of these orientations; rather, they closely parallel the strikes of local faults. Additionally, variation is seen in fracture strikes due to isotropic present-day stress magnitudes. This methodology extends fracture interpretations from the wellbore and throughout the region of interest, constituting a regional understanding of fracture sets that can be applied to broader parts of the basin.
Psychiatric hospital treatment of children and adolescents in
New South Wales, Australia: 12-year trends
Authors: Hazell Philip , Sprague Titia , Sharpe Joanne
Published: February 2016

Background

It is preferable that children and adolescents requiring in-patient care
for mental health problems are managed in age-appropriate facilities. To
achieve this, nine specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
(CAMHS) in-patient units have been commissioned in New South Wales (NSW)
since 2002.

Aims

To examine trends in child and adolescent in-patient admissions since the
opening of these CAMHS units.

Method

Analysis of separation data for under 18-year-olds to CAMHS, adult mental
health and paediatric units for the period 2002 to 2013 in NSW, comparing
districts with and without specialist CAMHS units.

Results

Separations from CAMHS, adult and paediatric units rose with time, but
there was no interaction between time and health district type
(with/without CAMHS unit). Five of eight health districts experienced
increased separations of under 18-year-olds from adult units in the year
of opening a CAMHS unit. Separations from related paediatric units
increased in three of seven health districts.

Conclusions

Opening CAMHS units may be followed by a temporary increase in
separations of young people from adult units, but it does not influence
the flow of patients to non-CAMHS facilities in the longer term.
Adjunctive aripiprazole in risperidone-induced hyperprolactinaemia: double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Authors: Raghuthaman G. , Venkateswaran R. , Krishnadas R.
Published: February 2016

Background

Hyperprolactinaemia is a troublesome side-effect of treatment with antipsychotics.

Aims

This double-blind, placebo-controlled study aimed at examining the effect of adjunctive treatment with 10 mg aripiprazole on prolactin levels and sexual side-effects in patients with schizophrenia symptomatically maintained on risperidone.

Method

Thirty patients taking risperidone were enrolled into the trial (CTRI/2012/11/003114). Aripiprazole was administered at a fixed daily dose of 10 mg/day for 8 weeks. Serum prolactin was measured at baseline and at 8 weeks. Hyperprolactinaemia-related problems, psychopathology and side-effects were evaluated every 2 weeks.

Results

Prolactin levels decreased by 58% in the aripiprazole group compared with an increase by 22% in the placebo group. Prolactin levels normalised in 46% of patients in the aripiprazole group (number needed to treat, NNT=2). Aripiprazole improved erectile dysfunction in five out of six patients. There were no significant differences in change in psychopathology or side-effects between groups.

Conclusions

Adjunctive aripiprazole reduced prolactin levels in those treated with risperidone, with no effect on psychopathology and extrapyramidal symptoms. This is a potential treatment for hyperprolactinaemia observed during treatment with second-generation antipsychotics.
Echocriticism: Repetition and the Order of Texts
Authors: McGill Meredith L.
Published: February 2016

In this essay I examine the disruption to the textual order caused by reprinted texts, arguing that the American tradition of textual editing can help us identify some of the invisible forms of repetition that structure the literary field. Pioneering figures such as W. W. Greg and Fredson Bowers developed sophisticated technologies for understanding and managing reprinted texts, and yet the scholarly tradition they founded, and that of their most vocal critic, Jerome McGann, have both ignored the ideality of the literary text—how the claim to textual identity across variation is a signal property of literary works. Taking up Michel Foucault's challenge to study the “mode of existence” of literary discourse, I argue that in order to write literary histories that are attentive to the history of literariness, scholars need to question both their commitment to preserving the integrity of the text and their attachment to organizing and reading literary works in the order of their composition.
Bartók's Polymodality
Authors: Martins José Oliveira
Published: February 2016

The article proposes that a construct I call the Dasian space provides an effective framework to interpret harmonic aspects of scale relations in twentieth-century polymodality, particularly in the music of Bartók. Based on Bartók's intuition that the pitch space modeled after his notion of polymodal chromaticism retains integral “diatonic ingredients,” the Dasian space (named after the medieval homonymous scale) establishes a system of relations between all potential diatonic segments, without relying upon traditional constraints, such as complete diatonic collections, harmonic functions, or pitch centricity. The Dasian space is a closed, nonoctave repeating scalar cycle, where each element is identified by a unique coordination of pitch class and modal quality. The dual description of each element enables both the specification of location in a given cycle and the emergence of a group structure, whose generators—named transpositio and transformatio—are also characteristic musical motions and relations. The proposed analytical methodology is probed in a couple of short pieces of Bartók's Mikrokosmos and in the third movement of his Piano Sonata. The article argues that, unlike other tonal and atonal classic approaches, the Dasian framework enables the analyst to reconcile the constructional character of a Bartókian idiomatic feature (the combination of distinct and integral scale strata) with the interpretation of harmonic space in terms of scale-segment interaction and formal processes. The article then contextualizes the structure of the Dasian space within a larger class of constructs, which I call affinity spaces, by generalizing some of its group-theoretical properties that model relations between nondiatonic scalar materials. The analytical pertinence of affinity spaces is probed in Bartók's “Divided Arpeggios,” an intriguing posttonal piece appearing late in the Mikrokosmos set.
The retirement dilemma: what to do now?
Authors: Linzmeyer Simone Maria Virmond Vieira , Nakata Lina Eiko , Casado Tania
Published: February 2016

Facing the threat of resignation after more than 20 years working at Consul, a leading Brazilian refrigerator company recently sold to Whirpool Corporation Group, Sergio is invited to work for another company in the same segment and, defying all corporate prejudices, accepts the job. His function there is to prepare the company to be sold, and the sale is a success. A bit later he accepts the invitation to work at CCE, an electronics company. His goal now is to build a factory to operate and sell. Again, he achieves all the goals. However, contrary to expectations, Sergio was not completely happy. What would he do now? The teaching case can be used in career management courses and specialization programs. Traditional concepts of career, career transition and retirement are needed to better use the case.DOI: 10.12660/gvcasosv5n2c12http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/gvcasosv5n2c12
Know-how ou know why? Um caso de ensino do Hipermercado Know (Notas de Ensino)
Authors: Santos Ismael Luiz , Marinho Sidnei Vieira , Alberton Anete , Costa Leonardo
Published: February 2016

DOI: 10.12660/gvcasosv5n2n13http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/gvcasosv5n2n13
Κωνσταντίνος Καλοκρατάς (1589 - 17ος αι.): Ένας άγνωστος λόγιος από τη Βέροια
Authors: Τσιρπανλής Ζ. Ν.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Milliaires du Musée de Véroia
Authors: Τουράτσογλου Ιωάννης Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ευστρατίου Ι. Μαυρουδή, Άγιον Όρος: Ακρόπολις και κιβωτός της Ορθοδοξίας. Το νομικόν αυτού καθεστώς
Authors: Παπαστάθης Χ. Κ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Κωνσταντίνου Α. Βαβούσκου, Η απελευθέρωσις της Θεσσαλονίκης ως σύμβολον της εθνικής ολοκληρώσεως
Authors: Παπαστάθης Χ. Κ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Μ. I. Μανούσακα, Ανέκδοτα πατριαρχικά γράμματα (1547-1806) προς τους εν Βενετία μητροπολίτας Φιλαδελφείας και την Ορθόδοξον Ελληνικήν Αδελφότητα
Authors: Παπαδόπουλος Στέφανος Ι.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ιστορικά περι Ναούσης εξ ανεκδότου χειρογράφου
Authors: Βασδραβέλλης Ιωάννης Κ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Σημείωμα περί του ονόματος της Βυζαντινής πόλεως Μελενίκου
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
R. S. Loenertz Β. P., Chronologie de Nicolas Cabasilas
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασίλειος
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Λ. Π. Λασκαρίδη, Το Ζαγκλιβέρι
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Α. Ε. Bakalopoulos, Thasos, son histoire, son administration de 1453 à 1912
Authors: Λαούρδας Στίλπων
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Παρασκευά Ι. Μηλιοπούλου, Μακεδονικά παραμυθία
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ιωάννου Γ. Ξανθού, Ιστορία της Γευγελής και εθνική δράσις των κατοίκων αυτής και των πέριξ χωρίων
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Antipatros als Feldherr und Staarsmann nach dem Tode Alexanders der Grossen
Authors: Kanatsulis D.
Published: February 2016

No abstract 
Τα γεγονότα εις την περιοχήν Ναούσης-Βέροιας κατά την Επανάστασιν του 1822: (προβλήματα κατά την χρονολόγησιν των)
Authors: Χιονίδης Γεώργιος Χ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract 
Τα πρώτα ελληνικά τυπογραφεία της Θεσσαλονίκης
Authors: Παπαστάθης Χαράλαμπος Κ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract 
Έγγραφα της ιστορίας της Μακεδονίας κατά την τουρκοκρατίαν: Α' συλλογή πρώτη
Authors: Χιονίδης Γεώργιος Χ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Demeter cantemir et les Grecs de Hongrie
Authors: Füves Ödön
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ο αρχιεπίσκοπος Γαβριήλ και η πρώτη τουρκική κατοχή της Θεσσαλονίκης (1391-1403)
Authors: Βακαλόπουλος Απόστολος Ε.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Η διαθήκη του οσίου Νικάνορος του Θεσσαλονικέως
Authors: Δελιάλης Ν. Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Η φορεσιά της Μπαλάφτσας
Authors: Κοσμάς Νίκος Β.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Δημητρίου Πουλάκου, Η σύγχρονος Τουρκία. Κοινωνικά και οικονομικά θέματα
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ανδρέου Ξυγγοπούλου, Τα μνημεία των Σερβίων
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Τουρκικά έγγραφα περί του Μακεδονικού Αγώνος. επιμέλεια Ι. Κ. Βασδραβέλλη
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Geoffrey Chandler, The Divided Land
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Syndey Loch, The Holy Mountain
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
L. S. Stavrianos, The Balkans since 1453
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Η κτητορική επιγραφή του Μετοχίου της Αγίας Αναστασίας στα Κριτζιανά Επανομής
Authors: Παζαράς Θεοχάρης
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Νομική βιβλιογραφία Αγίου Όρους (1912-1969)
Authors: Doens Irénée , Παπαστάθης Χαράλαμπος Κ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Bulgaria, A volume in the Mid-European Studies Center Series. L.A. Dellin, editor
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Charles Diehl, Byzantium: Greatness and Decline. Translated from the French by Naomi Walford. With Introduction and Bibliography by Peter Charanis Prof, of History, Rutgers
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Η Μακεδονική πόλις από της εμφανίσεως της μέχρι των χρόνων του Μεγάλου Κωνσταντίνου: (συνέχεια εκ του τόμου Δ΄σ.314)
Authors: Κανατσούλης Δημ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Έλεγχος κριτικής
Authors: Γυιόκας Παναγιώτης Κ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Διόρθωσις και προσθήκη: εις σ. 287-289
Authors: Πέτσας Φώτιος Μ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Απογραφές των Ελλήνων παροίκων του νομού της Πέστης: (Έρευνες στα αρχεία του νομού της Πέστης)
Authors: Φιούβες Εδμόνδος
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Περιγραφή του εθίμου "οι Λαζαρίνες" όπως γίνεται στο χωριό Πολύφυτο του νομού Κοζάνης
Authors: Δαλαμπής Νικόλαος Δ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Αμφιλόχιος Παρασκευάς: συμβολή στην ιστορία της παιδείας της Κοζάνης κατά τον 18ο αιώνα
Authors: Μέγας Αναστάσιος Χ. , Δελιαλής Νικόλαος Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Παναγιώτου Κ. Γυιόκα, Η συμμαχία του Φιλίππου Ε' μετά του Αννίβα κατά της Ρώμης
Authors: Κανατσούλης Δημ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Γεωργίου Χ. Χιονίδου, Ιστορία της Βεροίας (της πόλεως και της περιοχής). Τομ. Α' (Ι. Εισαγωγικαί έννοιαι. ΙΙ. Η Βέροια επί Μακεδόνων. ΙΙΙ. Η Βέροια επί Ρωμαίων)
Authors: Θεοχαρίδης Γ. Ι.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Πέτρου Ι. Αγγελή, Νεστόριον, Μια εθνική έπαλξις του Γράμμου. Ιστορία - μυθολογία - λαογραφία
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Φώτη Δημ. Παπανικολάου, Λαογραφικά Δυτικής Μακεδονίας
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ευμενίου Ν. Θεοδωρίδου, Ο Νομός Θεσσαλονίκης και η σημασία αυτού από ιστορικής, πολιτικής, οικονομικής, διοικητικής και εκπολιτιστικής απόψεως
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Παν. Δ. Μηλιώτη, Η εν Νεϋγύ σύμβασις της ελληνοβουλγαρικής μεταναστεύσεως της 1]27 Νοεμβρίου 1919 και η εφαρμογή αυτής
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Γ. Ι. Θεοχαρίδου, Μιχαήλ Δούκας Γλαβάς Ταρχανειώτης. (Προσωπογραφικά)
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
G. Millet, La peinture du moyen âge en Yougoslavie (Serbie, Macédoine, Monténégro). Fascicule III. Album présenté par A. Frolow
Authors: Ξυγγόπουλος Α.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Μακάριος Παπαγεωργόπουλος ο από Κορίνθου Μητροπολίτης Θεσσαλονίκης: (1465; - 12 Απριλίου 1546)
Authors: Γλαβίνας Απόστολος Αθ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Τραγικαί σελίδες της ιστορίας της Μακεδονίας κατά τον Β' Παγκόσμιον πόλεμον. Εγκατάστασις ελέω Γερμανών βουλγαρικού στρατού εις την Κεντρικήν Μακεδονίαν
Authors: Βασδραβέλλης Ιωάννης Κ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ελληνικό Διδασκαλείον μεταξύ 1812-1820 εις Πέστην
Authors: Füves Ödön
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ιωσήφ Νεχαμά
Authors: Παπαστάθης Χαραλ. Κ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Νιάουστα - Γλυτουνίαυστα
Authors: Πέτσας Φώτιος Μ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Νάμα
Authors: Παπαγεωργίου Μαρία Γ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Analisis of Gender-Specific Mortality in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in the Tula Region
Authors: Прилепа  , Prilepa S. , Макишева  , Makisheva R. , Хромушин  , Khromushin Viktor , Ластовецкий  , Lastovetskiy A.
Published: February 2016

A multivariate analysis of mortality of inhabitants of the Tula region from diabetes was carried out. In the analysis the authors used data from the register of population mortality 184 646 deaths for the period 2007 to 2013; in 3424 cases the initial cause of death was diabetes mellitus. The reliability of the coding of multiple causes of death was achieved by the module acme.exe (CDC, USA) automatically determination of the initial cause of death register of death, and by analytical testing. On the basis of these data using the upgraded version of the algebraic model of constructive logic, the authors created a mathematical model.

Analysis of the obtained mathematical model demonstrates that the mortality of women of 20.9 times higher than the mortality of men, 36.7% were between the ages of 60-64 years and 31.7% were aged 70-74 years. Women in a registered marriage, died a decade early in comparison with unmarried, mostly aged 60-64 years - 49,2%, 65-69 years is 14.5%, 70-74 years - 18.7%. Among unmarried women, the critical age was five years from 70-74 years, death occurred in 56.1% of women.

Women (among married women 67,7% and among unmarried 61.4%) had no education.

There was greatest number of deaths among women with the general education, among men with professional primary education. The greatest number of deaths was in married women with general basic education.
Needs and Emotions in Women’s Sports – Implications for Innovative Psychosocial Interactions
Authors: HOBI AGNIESZKA , HOBI AGNIESZKA , HUCISKI TADEUSZ , HUCISKI TADEUSZ , KOWALCZYK JACEK , KOWALCZYK JACEK
Published: February 2016

Sport in the world has been utilising psychology for a long time. In the most developed sports countries much higher emphasis has been laid for many years rather on development of psychosocial and coaching competence than strictly technical acquirements. Sports competition in basketball proceeds in conflict conditions and due to this it exerts a multilateral effect on psychic activities of participants. What is more, activity effectiveness during the game depends in a large degree on the development level of the psychoemotional, intellectual and volitionary sphere of sportsmen. Hence, investigations of the psychological factor on the process of achieving sports mastery by basketball women players, characterised by specific psychological characteristics, raise significant interest. Investigation of individualistic predispositions and resulting psychosocial behaviour plays an important role in sports activities, during the training process, as well as during competitions. Determination of relations between different psychological and pedagogical interaction characteristics is necessary for the individual and group management of a team in extreme situations. In the first part of the paper we will present personality characteristics assessed by the Gough test, which significantly correlate with sport effectiveness, as well as the personality model, conditioning high game effectiveness. In the second part we will present an innovative psychosocial system of mutual interactions between intentions, self-confidence, emotions, influence on game concentration in the team cohesion and situation self-creation system. IMOPEKSIS comprises the synthesis of newest achievements in the scope of success, business and sports psychology with 30-years experience of a permanent training experiment and sports competition. Experience has been verified by everyday variability of behaviour, individual and partner, group, situation feelings evaluated by sports successes in the form of World, European Vice-Championships and Polish Championship medals in women´s basketball.
Neuroplasticity of Embryonic Brain Tissue in the Rats at Hemodynamic Disturbance
Authors: Гафиятуллина  , Gafiyatullina Gyuzyal , Хананашвили  , Khananashvili Ya.
Published: February 2016

The investigation was aimed to study of the local cerebral blood flow, partial pressure of oxygen

(рО2) and the character of development of local vascular reactions at embryonic neurotransplant (ENT)

through 4, 8 и 12 months after its transplantation into the barrel field of somatic recipient’s rat brain cortex.

In experiments, a homotopical allotransplantation 17‐day embryonic nervous tissue was conducted in the

Wistar rats. In microareas of embryonic neurotransplant there is an uneven distribution of local cerebral

blood flow and decrease in intensity as compared with intact somatic cortex of control rats. A 4‐month period

after transplantation in the embryonic neuro‐transplantation there is the desired level of hemodynamic

and oxygen supply. Dilatatory ability of micro‐vessels increases in the exercise of regulatory adaptive responses

aimed at regulating the blood flow in nerve tissue, as evidenced by the increasing amplitude of functional

hyperemia and magnitude of the increase of partial oxygen tension. After 8 and 12 months after transplantation,

perfusion intensity and efficiency of ENT micro‐vessels vasodilatation are decreased. The local

functional hyperemia is reducing, the partial pressure of oxygen increases. 4 months after transplantation

unique properties of immature tissue persist; ENT possesses protective properties and provides neuroplastic

effect.
Using of Neural Network for Prognosing of Postoperation Complications
Authors: Карякина  , Karyakina O. , Мартынова  , Martynova N. , Басова  , Basova L. , Кочорова  , Kochorova L.
Published: February 2016

The paper presents an analysis of results of surgical treatment of patients with chronic lung

disease. To predict the probability of postoperative complications, duration of treatment and the final outcome

after surgical treatment for lung the authors used artificial neural networks (ANN).

Currently in thoracic surgery practically there are no universally accepted prognostic systems, allowing with

high degree of confidence to make the right decision in the treatment strategy for various lung diseases.

The complexity of forecasting in this situation due to the fact that the most information is a subjective expert evaluation by a physician based on his knowledge and experience in the treatment of patients with lung disease.

The results of the research proved that the modeling method based on ANN allows to solve problems

of classification, optimization and forecasting and to give higher prediction accuracy in comparison with

multivariate statistical analysis methods. The article shows that the use of ANN methods enables more accurately

predict the risk of postoperative complications. This accelerates the work of specialists and facilitates

to plan hospitals with high surgical activity.
Monitoring of the Functional State of Patients on the Magnitude of Testing Voltage in the Reference Point
Authors: Зилов  , Zilov V. , Черныш  , Chernysh I. , Василенко  , Vasilenko A. , Фролков  , Frolkov V.
Published: February 2016

Reference principle of electropuncture diagnostics is based on prior determining the individual

testing voltage using the “reference” point with subsequent measurement of the currents in the acupuncture

points. This approach improves the accuracy of estimation of functional states in comparison with other

methods of electropuncture diagnostics and provides the necessary personalization of diagnostic procedures.

Based on analyzing and summarizing the experience of the clinical use of electropuncture diagnostics

ʺBioreperʺ, its new features are revealed. It is found that the magnitude of testing voltage in a reference point

is a non‐specific indicator of the level of health and the degree of distress the body. It is shown that the measurement

of testing voltage in the reference point allows to monitoring the functional status of patients, to

identifying the severity of pathological changes in the body and to assessing their dynamics during treatment

and rehabilitation. The close correlation between the magnitude of testing voltage and the severity of

pathogenesis reactions of cardiovascular disease, broncho‐pulmonary, digestive and musculoskeletal systems

was revealed. This phenomenon has been confirmed in animal studies (dogs) with the pathology of the stomach, pancreas and gall bladder. It is also found a direct correlation between the magnitude of testing

voltage in the reference point and the severity of pain.
Post-procedural outcomes of vascular closure methods post TAVI: a clinical audit
Authors: Nwosu Winifred Onyinyechi , Shuldham Caroline
Published: February 2016

Aim:

A clinical audit of the post-procedural outcomes in patients having transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), comparing the impact of percutaneous and open surgical access closure of the femoral artery.

Method:

Using data collected from an NHS hospital database, a retrospective audit was undertaken in February 2014 on all patients who had a transfemoral TAVI between October 2011 and October 2013. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise patient data.

Results:

Data from 62 patients were included; 31 had open surgical access closure of the femoral artery while the remaining 31 had percutaneous access closure. Median age and interquartile range was 84(8), with 33.8% male and 67.7% female. The median Euroscore was 20.

Conclusion:

Vascular complications occur after TAVI. However, in this study the incidence was slightly lower with the use of percutaneous access closure compared with open surgical access closure. Patient health outcomes post TAVI are better with percutaneous access closure.
Health service use for cardiovascular disease
Authors: Shiue Ivy
Published: February 2016

Background:

The aim of the present study was to investigate the hospital episode rates in cardiovascular disease by sex and across age groups in order to understand whether and how the use of health services for cardiovascular disease might have changed in recent years in the north-east of England.

Methods:

Hospital episode data in 2010–2014 covering 5 full calendar years was extracted from Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which is serving a population of nearly half a million. Hospital episode rates were calculated from all admissions divided by annual and areaspecific population size for each sex and age group, presented per 100 000 person-years using Microsoft Excel.

Results:

The overall use for each subtype of cardiovascular disease seemed to decrease from 2010 to 2013, but increase from 2013 to 2014. This is particularly apparent in the very old, aged 80 and above, such as in the case of diagnoses owing to essential primary hypertension and angina. For atrial fibrillation and haemorrhagic strokes, a similar situation was observed in the oldest old-aged, 90 and above. For myocardial infarction, heart failure, and cerebral infarction, however, service use seemed to have remained constant over the last 5 years. Of note, there was a huge sex difference in health-service use for cerebral infarction in those aged 90 and above, where there were more women than men admitted.

Conclusion:

Examining local health-service use owing to the burden of cardiovascular disease annually might help indicate which of its subtypes might require more attention.
Diagnosis of heart failure
Authors: Palmer Sarah Jane
Published: February 2016

This section presents a concise overview of the conditions, treatments and clinical procedures in the field of cardiovascular care. This ‘back-to-basics’ article aims to refresh nurses' knowledge on correct practice, as well as introduce students and junior nurses to aspects of practice
ECG of the month
Authors: Regan Martin
Published: February 2016

Martin Regan presents an ECG for you to analyse
Research Roundup
Authors: Cowan Helen
Published: February 2016

In this section, Helen Cowan presents a selection of recently published articles of interest to nurses working in the field of cardiovascular nursing. The aim of this roundup is to provide a brief overview of the research papers selected. A full reference is provided for those who wish to take a look at the research in further detail
Care Certificate Standards 7 and 8: Privacy and dignity; and Fluids and nutrition
Authors: Peate Ian
Published: February 2016

This article highlights the key issues in ensuring that privacy and dignity feature highly when caring for or supporting people. It also addresses the important role the healthcare assistant and assistant practitioner (HCA and AP) play in ensuring that people they care for are fed and provided with nutrition.

Privacy and dignity are closely related to respect and have received much attention in the media over the years. When people are ill or require support, they want care, peace, rest and comfort, in surroundings that are pleasant; they also want to know that the HCA and AP will do all they can to protect their privacy and dignity. The provision of dignity and privacy does not rest with HCA or AP alone, rather is it a responsibility of all staff at all levels.

Food and fluids are a requirement for sustaining life. Eating and drinking also bring with it great pleasure, with associated social, cultural and religious functions.
Vascular access in neonatal care settings: selecting the appropriate device
Authors: Hugill Kevin
Published: February 2016

The aim of this article is to increase knowledge and understanding of issues relating to choosing and using vascular access devices in the neonatal patient population. The article reviews the range of options for acquiring peripheral and central circulatory access in the newborn and considers issues around the choice, insertion, use and aftercare of these medical devices. The issues explored highlight the importance of appropriate device and insertion-site selection, skin preparation and aftercare. Paying due attention to these aspects is an essential component of the neonatal nurses role and ensures that the risks of adverse events are minimised.
Court holds that patient in intensive care unit was not deprived of her liberty
Authors: Griffith Richard
Published: February 2016

Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, discusses the difficult issue of deprivation of liberty when somebody lacks the capacity to make decisions about their own treatment
Growing little rays of sunshine
Authors: Francis-Pester Dawn
Published: February 2016

Planting seeds, tending to them and observing them turn into flowers is a wonderful activity for young children, engaging them in areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Introduction to the 2015 ATHE Bruce Kirle Memorial Emerging Scholars papers in Music Theater/Dance
Authors: Coleman Bud
Published: February 2016

For over a decade, the Music Theater and Dance Focus Group of the Association for Theater in Higher Education has sponsored the competitive Bruce Kirle Memorial Emerging Scholars panel in Music Theater/Dance at its annual conference. Each year, the winning panellists present their work at the ATHE conference, which was held this year in Montreal, Canada, in August 2015. This year’s panellists, Michelle Bernier, Shiraz Biggie and Phoebe Rumsey, presented their papers in Montreal, and have revised them for publication as articles in Studies in Musical Theatre. Bud Coleman, the respondent to the papers at the ATHE conference, introduces them in this short article.
The effects of number of stems per stool on cutting productivity in coppiced Eucalyptus plantations
Authors: McEwan Andrew , Magagnotti Natascia , Spinelli Raffaele
Published: February 2016

A time study was conducted to determine whether stem crowding had any impact on harvester productivity in stands. This represents an important element when trying to balance the advantages and disadvantages of coppice management in fast growing plantations designated for mechanized harvesting (i.e. machine felling, delimbing, debarking and cross-cutting). The study material consisted of 446 coppice stems, half of which grew as single stems per stool and half as double stems per stool as a result of different coppice reduction strategies. The dataset was balanced and randomized, with both subsets replicating exactly the same stem size distribution and the single and double stems alternating randomly. Harvester productivity ranged between 6Â and 50 m under bark per productive machine hour, following the variation of tree diameter from 10 to 40 cm at breast height (1.37 m according to South African standards). Regression analysis indicated that both tree size and stem crowding (e.g. one or two stems per stool) had a significant effect on harvester productivity, which increased with stem size and decreased with stem crowding. However, operator experience may overcome the effect of stem crowding, which was not significant when the harvester was manned by a highly experienced operator. In any case, the effect of stem size was much greater than that of stem crowding, which resulted in a cost difference of less than 10%. However, this figure excludes the possible effects of stem crowding on volume recovery and stem development, which should be addressed in the future.Eucalyptus grandis3
D&O Insurance, Corporate Governance and Mandatory Disclosure: An Empirical Legal Study of Taiwan
Authors: Chen Chun-Yuan
Published: February 2016

The purpose of this paper is to test the signal effect of Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance and to analyze the necessity of mandatory disclosure of D&O insurance in Taiwan. D&O insurance is usually viewed as a signal mechanism of insured firms’ corporate governance and thus its mandatory disclosure has been argued. However, there is no complete mandatory disclosure of D&O insurance in the United States and other countries. This issue is not only popular in common law worlds but also sprouting in civil caw jurisdictions such as Taiwan. In the first part of this research, the signal effect of D&O insurance in Taiwan will be empirically tested. The evidence suggests that the information about D&O insurance in Taiwan could statistically and significantly signal the qualities of corporate governance of insured firms. Then, this study addresses the mandatory disclosure of D&O insurance by comparative law and law & economic approaches. This paper compares the regulation about D&O insurance disclosure in the United States, Canada and Taiwan, and find out the reasons affecting the mandatory disclosure of D&O insurance. The Cost and benefit analysis is also applied to discuss whether or not the Canadian mandatory disclosed system should be transplanted. It concludes that the D&O insurance can signal the information of insured firms’ corporate governance, and mandatory disclosure is required and justified. Such interdisciplinary research will provide through recommendations for the Taiwan and other emerging countries in Asia.
Plasma total C-terminal agrin fragment (tCAF) as a marker for kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease
Authors: Steubl Dominik , Roos Marcel , Hettwer Stefan , Satanovskij Robin , Tholen Susanne , Wen Ming , Schmaderer Christoph , Hasenau Anna-Lena , Luppa Peter , Stecher Lynne , Heemann Uwe , Renders Lutz
Published: February 2016

Total C-terminal agrin fragment (tCAF) is a new biomarker that was previously correlated with kidney function. This article studies the validity of tCAF as a biomarker for kidney function in chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Plasma tCAF, serum creatinine (Cr), cystatin C (CyC), blood urea-nitrogen (BUN) concentrations and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR CKD-EPI

Mean tCAF levels were 1012.2±789.9 pM. tCAF correlated with all biomarkers/eGFR in univariate analysis (eGFR: r=–0.77, Cr: r=0.74, BUN: r=0.66, CyC: r=0.75). Linear regression modeling revealed an excellent coefficient estimate between log tCAF and log eGFR (CKD-EPI

In conclusion, tCAF is a promising biomarker for the assessment of kidney function in CKD patients showing an excellent correlation with eGFR and being less influenced by demographic parameters compared to conventional biomarkers. These preliminary results encourage further evaluation of tCAF in larger CKD cohorts and other clinical settings such as acute renal failure.
Chitosan sponge matrices with β-cyclodextrin for berberine loadinging
Authors: Hnátová Mária , Bakoš Dušan , Černáková L’udmila , Michliková Monika
Published: February 2016

Biocompatible polymer sponge materials based on biodegradable natural polymer chitosan, which can be loaded with clinician-selected drugs are still in the centre of interest for their wide use in clinical practice. This study shows possibilities of the technology which combines simple addition of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), with dialdehyde starch (DAS) as a cross-linking agent of chitosan, to chitosan solutions for subsequent formation of sponge matrix. The advantage of such system is in avoiding chemical modifications and working only with natural substances. It is shown that, in matrix formation during lyophilisation, β-CD molecules tend to accumulate on the surface of the porous matrix structure. This was confirmed by a study of the known inclusion complex of β-CD and salicylic acid (SA) in heptane. The same study was applied to berberine (BER) which can also form an inclusion complex with β-CD in a water solution. Moreover, adsorption of drugs on the surface of the porous structure has to be also taken into account. This enables the production of sponge topical medical preparations useful for sustained release of BER.
Evaluation of DSM-5 and IWG-2 criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies
Authors: Baker Kerry G.
Published: February 2016

Despite differing target audiences and scope it is possible to compare the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) [American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed. Arlington: American Psychiatric Association, 2013] and the Second International Working Group for New Research Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease (IWG-2) [Dubois B, Feldman HH, Jacova C, Hampel H, Molinuevo JL, Blennow K, et al. Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease: the IWG-2 criteria. Lancet Neurol 2014;13:614–29] diagnostic criteria for both Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). With regard to the diagnosis of AD the principal difference is the inclusion of biomarkers in the IWG-2 diagnostic criteria for this condition. This creates a number of difficulties including a lack of regulatory approval, cultural and other objections to the collection of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and a lack of facilities for collection and analysis restricting analysis of CSF proteins to larger tertiary centres [Dubois B, Feldman HH, Jacova C, Hampel H, Molinuevo JL, Blennow K, et al. Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease: the IWG-2 criteria. Lancet Neurol 2014;13:614–29]. With regard to diagnostic criteria for DLB, IWG-2 research criteria designate the co-occurrence of AD and DLB as ‘mixed AD’. However, Alzheimer’s type pathology (ADTP) and Lewy body pathology frequently occur together rendering a separate ‘mixed AD’ category superfluous. The reality is that routine clinical diagnosis of AD and DLB will continue to be based on a thorough general and neurological examination indicating a preponderance of signs and symptoms for one or other of these conditions [Seeley WW, Miller BL. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. In: Hauser SL, Josephson SA, editors. Harrison’s neurology in clinical medicine, 3rd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2013]. Similarly, AD and DLB research will continue to primarily depend on clinically focussed DSM-5 criteria, making DSM-5 superior to IWG-2 in both clinical and research settings.
Defending laughter: an account of Brazilian court cases involving humor, 1997–2014
Authors: Capelotti João Paulo
Published: February 2016

Once any content is published it is subjected to public scrutiny, and tort actions may be brought by people allegedly offended by it. In most of the western world, there are no prior administrative restraints on freedom of speech, but courts can analyze complaints about various forms of expression and, in cases where the content is deemed abusive, award financial compensation to the victim. Naturally, humorous content is not excluded from this principle, and humorists can therefore face lawsuits. The present study researched all competent courts in Brazil where electronic records were available for the period 1997–2014 in order to present an overview of such cases, focusing on the identity of the claimants and the success of their lawsuits. Analysis of these data allowed some trends and inconsistencies in how Brazilian judges deal with cases involving humor to be identified. The first observation is that courts tend to favor humor that is closer to journalistic comment, i. e., humorous pieces relating to subjects of public interest. Humor, however, is not and cannot be limited to this particular type of humor. The second observation is that many judges punish humor that in their view seems to be “exaggerated,” disregarding the fact that exaggeration and unreasonableness are trademarks of humor. Thus, conservative and highly personal positions on the part of judges create an environment of uncertainty surrounding cases involving humor and freedom of speech. It is suggested that better attention to precedents set by Brazilian Higher Courts and a degree of common sense (including a sense of humor) on the part of the judiciary would help overcome judicial bias against humorists.
Solving Large-Deflection Problem of Spatial Beam with Circular Cross-Section Using an Optimization-Based Runge–Kutta Method
Authors: Li Geng , Jia Jianyuan , Chen Guimin
Published: February 2016

Based on the Bernoulli–Euler beam theory, the nonlinear governing differential equations (GDEs) for a spatially deflected beam with circular cross-section are formulated, which are then reduced to first-order differential equations to be compatible with Runge–Kutta method. With the boundary conditions of a spatial beam, the governing equations are treated as an initial value problem (IVP) of ordinary differential equations. A Runge–Kutta method combined with an unconstrained optimization algorithm (RKUO) is presented to solve the IVP. The approach for determining the orientation of the cross-section plane at any position on the deflected beam is also provided. Finally, the comparison between the RKUO results and those achieved using nonlinear finite element (NFE) analysis and spatial pseudo-rigid-body model validate the accuracy and effectiveness of RKUO. The results also demonstrated the unique capabilities of RKUO to solve large spatial deflection problems that are outside the range of nonlinear finite element model.