bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Rapidly Progressive Neurologic Decline and Morbilliform Rash Presenting in a Patient with Lymphoma
Authors: Ehrlich Dean , Phan Jennifer , Hui Gavin , Drakaki Alexandra
Published: December 2018

A 67-year-old male with past medical history of mantle cell lymphoma and atrial fibrillation presented with a truncal rash, bilateral lower extremity weakness, and confusion. Within three days of presentation, his condition rapidly deteriorated with the onset of diffuse flaccid paralysis, aphasia, and severe alteration in mental status. Initial results from serum studies, lumbar puncture, magnetic resonance imaging, and electroencephalogram were not diagnostic. However, on the ninth day after initial presentation, the West Nile Virus (WNV) immunoglobulin M antibody returned positive from the cerebrospinal fluid. West Nile Virus encephalitis is endemic worldwide, and is the most common viral encephalitis in the United States. WNV presents in a variety of ways, and the recognition by physicians is crucial due to the estimated 2- 12% mortality rate and significant longterm morbidity of neuroinvasive disease. The initial management and long term prognosis are points of ongoing research. This case represents a particularly profound example of neuroinvasive WNV. Our patient made a significant recovery after his initial presentation with aggressive supportive care, however still suffers from bilateral lower extremity weakness more than a year later.
Surgical Outcome of Two-Flap Palatoplasty at King Fahad Medical City: A Tertiary Care Center Experience
Authors: Alammar Alwaleed Khalid , Aljabab Abdulsalam , Arakeri Gururaj
Published: December 2018

The purpose of this study was to assess surgical outcomes of two-flap palatoplasty for management of cleft palate. Between January 2009 and January 2017, we recruited 29 nonsyndromic patients who underwent two-flap palatoplasty for cleft palate repair at the oral and maxillofacial department. Their medical records were procured, and surgical outcomes were assessed. Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) was evaluated on the basis of speech assessment by a speech therapist. Speech abnormality (nasality, nasal emission, and articulation error) was assessed by a speech therapist using the GOSS-Pass test. Swallowing and regurgitation were assessed by a swallowing team. Fistula and wound dehiscence were clinically assessed by the primary investigator. Documented data were evaluated using statistical analysis. Among the study patients; 75.8 % had normal speech, 20.7 % developed VPI; 17.3% had hypernasality; 4.3% had hypernasality as well as nasal emission; 4.3% had hypernasality, nasal emission, and articulation errors; and 4.3% had articulation errors. Approximately 20% of the patients had fistulas (83.3% had oronasal fistulas and 16.7% had nasovestibular fistulas). Normal swallowing findings were noted in 93% of the patients. There were statistically significant relationships between age-repair and VPI (r=0.450, t=0.014), age-speech (r=0.525, t=0.003), and age-fistula development (r=0.414, t=0.026). Conversely, there were no significant relationships between age and dehiscence (r=0.127, t=0.512), age and swallowing (r=0.360, t=0.055), and age and regurgitation (r=0.306, t=0.106). Two-flap palatoplasty is a reliable technique with excellent surgical and speech outcomes. Early repair is associated with better speech outcome and less incidence of VPI.
Cancer-related thrombotic microangiopathies: case report and narrative review
Authors: La Regina Micaela , Bertoli Daniele , Ciarambino Tiziana , Petacchi Rossella , Giannoni Ugo , Orlandini Francesco
Published: December 2018

Thrombotic manifestations are common in cancer patients and increase morbidity and mortality. They can affect large or small, venous or arterial vessels. Thrombosis of large arteries and veins is much more studied than that of small vessels. Nevertheless, thrombotic micro-angiopathies - a group of disorders characterized by microvascular thrombosis, thrombocytopenia, and ischemic organ failure - represent a severe and often fatal complication of cancer natural history, as their diagnosis is not always prompt and easy, and treatment controversial or ineffective. Herein, we report a case of sub-acute/acute cor pulmonale in a patient with advanced gastric cancer, treated with mitomycin C, as a good model for differential diagnosis of cancer-related thrombotic micro-angiopathies.
The Use of Experiential Learning Modules to Teach Integrative Medicine Approaches
Authors: Gragnani Candace M. , Fitzgerald Iljie K. , Mullur Rashmi
Published: December 2018

Background

Complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine (CAIM) are considered important in shifting toward whole person care. Residents remain limited in their understanding of CAIM approaches, preventing effective utilization.

Objective

We created modules to expose residents to available CAIM approaches in a Veterans Administration setting, using conceptual frameworks for experience-based learning.

Methods

In June 2016, 38 internal medicine residents at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System were randomized to 45-minute small group sessions. One cohort received an experiential module incorporating 10-minute practices of yoga, biofeedback, and acupressure. The other cohort received a standard lecture focused on CAIM use and outcomes. Participants completed a 6-question quiz to measure their understanding of CAIM use and an 8-question survey to assess their satisfaction of teaching, exposure to CAIM, and anticipated practice change. Referrals to CAIM modalities before and after the learning modules were counted to assess practice change.

Results

All 38 residents completed the study, with 25 residents completing the experiential learning modules and 13 completing the standard lectures. Initial postquiz scores were similar. Five months postintervention, residents who participated in experiential modules were more likely to refer patients to CAIM modalities than those who received standard lectures (3.4 per month versus 0.6 per month, P = .018).

Conclusions

This study highlights the advantages of experiential learning of CAIM approaches for residents. It reinforces existing literature suggesting that physicians who experience CAIM are more likely to incorporate these approaches into practice.
O posesivnem adjektivu v slovanščini in toharščini
Authors: Grošelj Milan
Published: December 2018

V sla. jezikih je l a posebnost, da se ne reče hiša očeta, klobuk brata,ampak očetova hiša, bratov klobuk, ne klobuk sestre, ampak sestrinklobuk. Še starejši je sufiks -ji: bil je neindividualno svojilen, na njegovomesto je očitno z uvedbo zasebne lastnine stopil -ov, -in, ki se rabi,če gre za enega lastnika. Gen. stoji le, če ima poleg sebe atribut: hišamojega očeta. Tako je z izrazi za posest že v stcsl. (Vondrak II 231 s.).Kakor nas pouči Nahtigal, Slovanski jeziki2 223 s., je v ruščini in poljščiniraba po«, adjektiva »dandanes že precej omejena«, nasprotno SO' pati adjektivi v češčini »še povsem v rabi« in v južni slovanščini so v»polni moči«. O starosti tega načina izražanja v sla. jezikih torej nemore biti dvoma.
Notes d' étymologie et de grammaire hittites
Authors: Čop Bojan
Published: December 2018

«Mauvais, méchant», d'où idalauahh- «faire du mal, nuire», etc., représente un des problèmes les plus complexes que nous pose la linguistique hittite. Dès le moment où Sommer, Ahhijaroa-Urk., p. 50 y a rattaché louv. adduuali- «mauvais», abstr. adduualahi-, le groupe a occupé beaucoup de hittitologues sans que ceux-ci puissent trouver le moyen d'une explication convaincante. Plus tard, le texte bilingue de Karatepe y a ajouté un troisième parent: hitt. hiérogl. at un ara- «méchant».
Nekaj etimologij
Authors: Ludvik Dušan
Published: December 2018

pfenten — fentati. Inačice fendáti (Notranjsko), féntati (Štajersko, Kranjsko) in fúndati (vzhodno Štajersko) »uničiti, s sveta spraviti« izhajajo morda iz iste osnove. Stfranc. pan, pand (Kluge, Etym. Wb. 10, 13 s. v. Pfand) dá stvn. pfant, iz tega s primarnim preglasom stvn. *pfenten, srvn. pfenten, pfenden. Slov. e je direktna substitucija srvn. ozkega e, t/d v fentati in fendati pa si je razlagati kakor menjavo stvn. nt > srvn. nd v pfant, pfantes, *pfenten > srvn. pfant, Pfandes, pfenten, pfenden.
Einige fälle –ō-: -eu- ablauts im Slavischen
Authors: Bezlaj France
Published: December 2018

Im slavistischen so wie auch im komparativen linguistischen Schrifttum habe ich bisher keinen Hinweis darauf finden können, dass die in den balti­ schen Sprachen sehr häufig vorkommende Ablautalternierung -ō- in der Reihe der u-D.iphtonge auch im Slavischen möglich ist. Diese Erscheinung ist kein spezifisch baltisches Merkmal, wie die früheren Linguisten gedacht haben. So behaupten H. Hirt und H. Arntz in den »Hauptproblemen der indogermanischen Sprachwissenschaft«, auf Seite 146, dass der Ablaut -ō- : -eu- viel häufiger vorkommt, als gemeinhin gedacht wird. Eine Reihe von Beispielen wird auch von H. Hirt in der Indogermanischen Grammatik II, auf Seite 64 ange- . geben. Doch befindet sich darunter kein slaV'isches Material. Selbstredend ist dieser Ablaut im Litauischen und Lettischen weit produktiver als in anderen indoeuropäischen Sprachen.
Iz dubrovačkog leksika
Authors: Muljačić Žarko
Published: December 2018

Raspravljajući davne 1931. godine o nekim apelativima iz starog dubrovačkog vokabulara pok. Petar Skok je predložio još uvijek valjane etimologije za nekoliko naziva koji se odnose na žensku nošnju i nakit a upotrebljavali su se u Dubrovniku krajem srednjeg i početkom novog vijeka. Tako se, između ostaloga, pozabavio s riječju kličak koju izvori bilježe ondašnjom talijanskom ortografijom kao cliçach i sl. (u značenju, o kome niže, koje ARj. ne pozna) i njenim clubrovačkoromanskim (raguzejskim) pendantom čiji nam glasovni oblik nije, doduše, dokumentiran ali bi se mogao rekonstruirati na osnovu dokumentiranih oblika u drugim jezicima (srednjovjekovnolatinski riguletum, clubrovački kolonijalni mletački riguleto i regoleto i dubrovački naučeni toskanski rigoletto).
Notes d'etymologie et de grammaire hittites III
Authors: Čop Bojan
Published: December 2018

5° kappilahh signifie selon Friedrich, Heth. Wb. 98 sq. «seinen Ärger austoben», son congénère карpilāi- «aufhetzen» et kappilazza- «zornig werden, aufbrausen». Bien que le sens reste un peu incertain, nous tentons une étymologie indo-européenne. Le verbe, kappilahh- et toutes les autres formes citées sont des dénominatifs dérivés d'un thème nominal *kapp-il, *kapp-el «colère, haine». On sait que le suffixe -il — -el sert à former des neutres des thèmes verbaux, p. ex. šuil, šuel, «corde, fil» repose sur un thème verbal *su-, conservé dans lat. suere «coudre», v. Friedrich, Jleth. Wb. 196; Kronasser, Vergl. Laut- und Formenlehre des Heth., p. 43; etc.
Sur quelques mots cretois
Authors: Grošelj Milan
Published: December 2018

P. Kretschmer, .Glotta 31 (1951), 1 se. a distingué cinq couches de langues et de dialectes grecs en Crète, entre autres le «cydonien», d'après l'Odyssée 19, 176. Le cydonien serait parent du phrygien, puisqu'il comporte le passage de la sonore aspirée à la sonore. On peut par conséquent attribuer à ladite langue aussi les mots suivants conservés comme crétois par Hésycliius (éd. Latte, Hauniae 1953).
Kronos und der walfisch
Authors: Stanovnik Janez
Published: December 2018

Nach Hesiod, Theog. 154—210 entmannte Kronos seinen Vater Uranos, als sich dieser Gaia in der Nacht nahte, indem er ihm mit der von seiner Mutter gegebenen Sichel sein Glied abschnitt. Es ist bekannt, daß das Verhältnis zwischen Uranos und Kronos eine Dublette des Verhältnisses zwischen Kronos und seinen Kindern, insbesondere Zeus, ist. Laut der Theogonie hat auch Zeus dasselbe seinem Vater Kronos angetan: er hat ihn mit Honig trunken gemacht und ihn damn im Schlaf gefesselt und entmannt.
Anmerkungen zur lateinischen sintax
Authors: Regula M.
Published: December 2018

Daß es subjektlose absolute Ablative mit verbalem Prädikat gibt, ist eine bekannte Tatsache. Es braucht nur an den unpersönlichen Gebrauch von augurato, auspicato, litato, compacto; optato, demonstrato, vadato erinnert zu werden. Weniger oder vielleicht gar nicht bekannt dürfte es sein, daß es einen  eingliedrigen nominalen Typ gibt, worin das Monorem, ein Substantiv, die semantische  Prädikatskomponente darstellt, während die funktionelle unausgedrückt bleibt. Für diese gewiß seltsame Erscheinung bietet Vergil in den Georgica IV, 484 eine interessante Stelle.
Beiträge zur indogermanischen wortforschung IV
Authors: Čop Bojan
Published: December 2018

»Hoffnung«, pahl. umēt bzw. ōmēt soll nach Horn, Grdr. d. npers. Etym. 26 aus ava (Präp.) und dem Yerbum may- »einsenken« zusammengesetzt sein, was leider aus bedeutungsgeschichtlichen Gründen unannehmbar ist. Hübschmann, Pers. St. 17 f. erklärt das Wort für vollkommen dunkel. Die uriran. Form *ava-maiti- (Hübschmann) kann nicht auf eine Zusammensetzung mit *mn-ti- »Denken, Gedanke« = ai. mati-š, aw. -maitiš zurückgehen, da eine i-Epenthese hier völlig unmöglich wäre. Man muß *-mai-ti- analysieren, es ergibt sich also eine Wurzel *mai-, idg. entweder mei dann Vollstufe in dem /i-Abstraktum wie in ai. man-ti- »Denken«, got. ana-minds »Verdacht« — oder eventuell *mēi-.
Friedrich, Johannes, Hiethitisches Elementarbuch l. Teil: Kurzgefasste Grammatik. 2. verbesserte und erweiterte Auflage. Heidelberg (C. Winter) 1960, 8°, 195 str.
Authors: Korošec Viktor
Published: December 2018

Hetiti so v svojih napisih uporabljali klinopisno in svojo posebno hieroglifno pisavo; v naslednjih izvajanjih imamo v mislih le njihove klinopisne napise, ki so bili skoro vsi izkopani v bližini turške naselbine Boghazköi (sedaj Boghazkale), 145 km vzhodno od Ankare. Čeprav je teh napisov na glinastih ploščicah mnogo manj kakor sumerskih ali babilonskih ali asirskih, so vendar po svoje zanimivi. Njihova problematika se začenja že pri imenu. Ime »Hetiti« se je namreč udomačilo pod vplivom M. Luthrovega nemškega prevoda biblije, ki večkrat omenja Hitim (Gen, 23, Deut. 20, 17; 2. Sam. 11). Tudi v egiptovskih napisih se pojavlja država naroda Ht, kar so egiptologi po svoje vokalizirali kot Cheta. - Ko so leta 1887 v Egiptu v El-Amarni, v opuščeni prestolnici faraona Amenofisa IV. (Ehnatona), našli ostanke diplomatske korespondence tega faraona in njegovega očeta s prednjeazijskimi vladarji, sta bili v tej zbirki tudi dve pismi iz faraonove korespondence s Tarhunduradujem, vladarjem dežele Arzave. (najbrž v južni Mali Aziji).
C. Tagliavini, Le origini delle lingue neolatine. Introduzione alla filologia romanza. Quarta edizione aggiornata con 50 figure nel testo, Casa editrice prof. R. Pàtron, Bologna 1964; XXXIV + 601 pp., Lit. 7000.
Authors: Muljačić Žarko
Published: December 2018

Krajem prošle godine pojavilo se iz štampe IV dopunjeno izdanje tog odličnog udžbenika iz romanistike ko ji se iako je izraden po prcigramima koji vrijede za talijansku univerzitetsku nast~vμ, upotrebljava u brojnim drugim sveučilištima svelikim uspjehom (o čemu svjedoče i brojne u predgovoru navedene recenzije ranijih izdanja) pa tako i kod nas. Kako kod nas to djelo još nijerecenzirano, to je ovo prilika da se sa stanovišta naših znanstvenih i nastavnih desiderata osvijetli. S toga se naša recenzija nece ograničiti na razlike u usporedbi s III izdanje). (koje su zbilja minimalne i iznose svega nešto oko pet strana pri čemu je autorda dobije mjesta za više stotina sitnih dopuna i ispravka - ponekad skracivao prvotni tekst).
Enco're une remarque sur le verbe voler = derober
Authors: Grad Anton
Published: December 2018

L'article «A Note on French voler, to steal» de M. N.C. W. Spence' représente une nouvelle tentative pour trouver l'origine du verbe voler, employé transitivement au sens de dérober.  L'auteur y passe d'abord en revue les hypothèses émises jusqu'ici sur l'origine et l'histoire sémantique du verbe voler = dérober, surtout celle de M. Gamillscheg' qui - vu que le verbe voler = dérober n’est constaté qu'au 16e siécle - rejette la possibilité d'une dérivation de notre verbe du verbe latin involare (=prendre en. possession), anc. fr. embler, ainsi que celle d'une dérivation de notre verbe du nom vola «main creuse», proposée par Diez; Gamillscheg préfère y voir un emprunt à l'argot des malfaiteurs dans lequel le verbe intransitif voler = to fly, fliegen aurait subi un changement et pris le sens nouveau - celui de dérober – grâce à l'emploi euphémique du mot; mais, selon Gamillscheg, ce dernier sens de voler 'aurait été précédé du verbe voler employe factitivement au sens de «faire voler».
On N. Chomsky’s strict subcategorization of verbs
Authors: Orešnik Janez
Published: December 2018

This paper studies the so-called strict subcategorization rules, and the theory associated with them, in the transformational grammar of. Erigl·ish as proposed by Noarn Chomsky in his Aspects. The syntactic component of English transformational grammar consists of two mutually ordered parts, viz., the base and the transformational subcomponents. The initial part of the base are the so-called categorial rules, which are of almost exclusive interest to us here. Their primary task is to generate what are usually called basic sentence patterns, and will here, with Chomsky (Aspects, p.ll3), be designated with the expression, frames of category symbols.- The rules of the transformational subcomponent modify, in various ways, the frames generated by the base. For several reasons - one of them being that the correct work of the transformational subcomponent quite often depends on the kind of lexical items with which the syntactic positions in the frames of category symbols have been filled, the lexical items must be introduced from the lexicon into the empty positions in the frames before the rules of the transformational subcomponent can be allowed to modify the frames.
Roland Barthes, Il grado zero della scrittura. Lerici editori, Milano, 1960, pag. 110.
Authors: Skubic Mitja
Published: December 2018

La traduzione italiana segue di qualche anno l'originale francese. Per l'edizione in italiano Barthes stesso ha scritto una premessa in cui riassume il suo pensiero così: il linguaggio letterario mi è intollerabile, e tuttavia non posso uscirne.
Mechanical and dry sliding wear behavior of LM6/cenosphere composites
Authors: Bera Tanusree , Acharya S.K. , Sutradhar Goutam
Published: December 2018

Cenosphere particles are potential discontinuous dispersoids used in metal matrix composites, since they are low-cost and lowdensity reinforcement available in large quantities as a waste by-product in thermal power plants.It helps in decreasing the density of the composites and increases the mechanical as well as the tribological behavior of the composites.In the present work, the influence of cenosphere on the microstructure, mechanical properties and dry sliding wear behavior of Al-Si12 matrix alloy was investigated. Wear tests were performed on the pin-on-disc wear tester at 0.5235, 1.0472, 1.5708 and 2.0944 m/s sliding velocity under loads of 5, 10, 15 and 20 N. The results revealed the homogeneous distribution of the cenosphere particles on the matrix alloy. The mechanical properties improved with increasing of cenosphere particles. The coefficient of friction of the matrix alloy and composites reduced and wear rate improved with increase in the load. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis indicated that specimens were worn out by abrasive, adhesive, and delamination wear mechanism.Keywords: Al-Si12 matrix alloy, Cenosphere, Pin-on-disc wear tester, Dry sliding wear, Abrasive wear mechanism
A 15-level asymmetric H-bridge multilevel inverter using d-SPACE with PDPWM technique
Authors: Mukherjee Sarbojit , De Sayan , Sanyal Santomit , Das Suman , Saha Sumit
Published: December 2018

Multilevel Inverter is an energy conversion device that is generally used in medium voltage and high power applications. It offers lower total harmonic distortion, switching losses, voltage stress on switches than conventional inverter. This paper presented a 15 level asymmetric H-bridge multilevel inverter using a topology with less number of switches. In asymmetrical MLI, DC source magnitudes are unequal and it is designed as to maintain a ratio of 1:2:4. The modulation technique that has been used here to get proper switching is PDPWM. The input PWM signals have been generated using MATLAB Simulink and real time simulation and subsequent interface with hardware has been done using d-SPACE and MicroLab Box (DS-1202). A 2kHz multiple carrier signal is used to develop phase disposition pulse width modulation (PD-PWM).A study of this modulation technique used has been done and received results provides better efficiency , less low order harmonics and less switching loss.Keywords: Multi-Level Inverter (MLI), Phase Disposition Pulse Width Modulation (PD-PWM), Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
Evaluation of the physical, mechanical and kinetic properties of some cereals and leguminous seeds in Benin republic
Authors: Dayou E.D. , Zokpodo K.L.B. , Glele Kakaï A.L.R.
Published: December 2018

In order to design a seeder for direct sowing, a seed characterization study was conducted. The objective was to assess the physical, mechanical and kinetic properties of the most cultivated cereals and leguminous in Benin. Two varieties of Zea mays, four varieties of Vigna unguiculata, one variety of Arachis hypogea, one variety of Cajanus cajan and two varieties of Glycine maxwere studied. It was noticeda variation in physical parameters not only between species but also between varieties of the same species. All sphericity coefficients are greater than 0.7 with C. cajan which is more spherical (0.91±0.03) against the DMR ESR-W/QPM and 85 TZSR-W varieties of Z. mays which are the least spherical with 0.72±0.10 and 0.71±0.11 respectively. The rupture force generally increased from 14 to 720 N. Vigna TVX 32-36 is the most resistant with 633.3±75.72 N against 16.0±2.0 N for Arachis TS32-1 the least resistant. Overall, the falling speed decreased from 1.67 to 0 m/s on the rigid PVC, from 1.36 to 0 m/s on the black plate and from 1.67 to 0 m/s on the transparent hose when the angle of inclination increases from 20° to 70° relative to vertical. These parameters are essential for good sizing of the distribution system and the seed descent channels for a seeder. They can also be used for grains calibration and other use in agricultural engineering and food processing.Keywords: Seeds, physical properties, mechanical properties, kinetic properties, Benin
THE PERFORMANCE OF A DETERGENT-SANITIZER FOR MILK UTENSIL SANITATION IN UNSUPERVISED FIELD TESTS1 2
Authors: Speck M. L. , Lucas H. L.
Published: December 2018

In a field study covering 15–16 months and which involved 155 Grade A milk producers in three widely separated areas, a detergent-sanitizer was compared with customary methods of milk utensil sanitization. No supervision was made of the producers other than that normally given by the sanitarian and fieldman. Bacterial counts, thermoduric and total, tended to be lower in the milk from producers using the detergent-sanitizer sanitization procedure. Milking utensils appeared cleaner and, milk-stone deposits were absent from the utensils of those producers who used the detergent-sanitizer method. Since this study covered an extended period of time with only normal supervision of the producers, the detergent-sanitizer method appears to be one that can be used routinely over an indefinite period of time with entirely satisfactory results.
RESISTANCE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAIN 198 (ATCC-11229) TO PHENOL1
Authors: Chambers Cecil W.
Published: December 2018

Escherichia coli, P.H.S. strain number 198 (A.T.C.C.-11229), has been extensively used in germicide tests. In the 1956 “Revision of Appendix F, Bactericidal Treatment, Milk Ordinance and Code — 1953 Recommendations of the Public Health Service” it is suggested that resistance of the culture, “using a well known chemical such as phenol”, be determined. Data presented show the resistance of this culture to phenol, using the A.O.A.C. phenol-coefficient test.
THE BACTO-STRIP TECHNIQUE FOR MAKING COUNTS OF BACTERIA, MOLDS AND YEASTS1
Authors: Johns C. K. , Berzins I.
Published: December 2018

Tests carried out by the Bacto-strip technique showed that the coliform counts were rarely comparable to those obtained by the desoxycholate agar plate count method. However, mold counts of the air in a cheese curing room by means of the Bacto-contact strips were in good agreement with those obtained in the usual manner. The technique is useful where laboratory facilities are lacking.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RISE IN BULK TANKS ON MILK QUALITY
Authors: VanDemark P. J. , March R. P.
Published: December 2018

In this study of the influence of blend temperature on milk quality no significant difference on bacterial growth rates, either total, thermoduric, or psychrophilic was found with blend temperatures of 40°F., 50°F., or 60°F. With an increase in blend temperature to 70°F. a slight, but significant, increase in the rate of total bacterial growth occurred. Every-other-day pick-up studies indicate no greater increases in the rate of bacterial increase than with everyday pickup.
THE ACID DEGREE OF MILK OBTAINED WITH PIPELINE AND BUCKET MILKERS
Authors: Jensen R. G. , Smith A. C. , MacLeod Patricia , Dowd L. R.
Published: December 2018

Pipeline milking as compared to bucket milking increased the magnitude of the acid degree values (silica gel method) of milk samples. Passage of the milk through a diaphram pump further increased the acid degree values in some cases.
THE USE OF SEMI-PERMANENT MOUNTS IN SANITATION COLLABORATIVE WORK1
Authors: Cory Ross H.
Published: December 2018

Due to the failure of technicians to agree on their results, it is very difficult to obtain significant answers to problems of sanitation analysis through collaborative tests. Much of the reason for disagreement is individual differences in ability to count fragments and rodent hairs.

The paper describes a technique whereby these differences are smoothed out. Filter papers bearing residues from sanitation tests are embedded in a thin layer of paraffin and read collaboratively. The paraffin is melted while the filter paper is being read, and then solidifies, anchoring all particles in place.

In addition to giving more reliable results, the paraffin-coated slide technique has shown its self to be a good training medium.
THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS PIPELINE MILKING CONDITIONS ON THE ACID DEGREE AND FLAVOR SCORE OF MILK
Authors: Macleod Patricia , Anderson E. O. , Dowd Leonard R. , Smith Arnold C. , Glazier Lynn R.
Published: December 2018

Statistical analyses of acid degree values (Thomas et al.) and rancid flavor scores of pipeline milk subjected to various riser heights and pumping treatments showed that significantly higher acid degree values and poorer flavor scores were associated with risers and with continuous pumping as compared with no risers and intermittent pumping treatments. Milk exhibiting acid degree values of 1.5 or less were consistently judged to be free from rancid flavor.
AN EVALUATION OF MILK QUALITY AS INFLUENCED BY DAILY VS. EVERY-OTHER-DAY PICKUP OF MILK COOLED IN FARM BULK TANKS1
Authors: Atherton H. V. , Bradfield Alec
Published: December 2018

Bulk cooled milk obtained from farms using approved sanitation practices can be gathered on an every-other-day (EOD) schedule and maintain satisfactory raw quality during a normal period of holding prior to pasteurization. The quality of raw milk cooled in farm bulk tanks has been compared for daily vs. EOD pickup by several generally applied laboratory tests. Bulk cooled milk collected on an EOD schedule appears to have as goad quality and as good storageability as milk obtained on daily pickup.
THE INFLUENCE OF WATER TEMPERATURE AND HARDNESS ON THE CLEANING OF C-I-P FARM MILK PIPELINES1
Authors: Calbert Harold E.
Published: December 2018

By means of a laboratory model of a C-I-P milk pipeline device, it has been shown that farm C-I-P milk pipelines can be satisfactorily cleaned with the cleaning solution temperature starting in the range of 130–140° F. and cooling to as low as 90°F. during the washing cycle. This was demonstrated with waters of as high as 25 grains per gallon hardness. Satisfactory cleaning is dependant upon the use of an adequate cleaning agent and the periodic use of on acid cleaner.
THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE WHITESIDE TEST ON BULK HERD MILK AND THE INCIDENCE OF MASTITIS IN THE HERD1
Authors: Jensen C. , Schipper I. A. , Aschbacher P. W.
Published: December 2018

The results of 26 farm visits and several hundred Whiteside tests on bulk herd milk indicate that there is a relationship between the Whiteside reaction of bulk herd milk and the incidence of mastitis in the herd. Mastitis was detected by use of the strip cup on milk from each quarter of the udder.
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY TO THE CONSUMER1
Authors: Flake J. C.
Published: December 2018

Serving the best interests of the consumer is the responsibility of industry and of regulatory officials. This requires that both be adaptable to change; have a long-rang point of view; and concentrate on problems of the future rather than those of the past. Emphasis is needed on fundamentals in milk quality and sanitation; increasing consumer appeal; and continual increase in efficiency of dairy production.
BETTER DAIRY FARM BUILDINGS1
Authors: Gray Harold E.
Published: December 2018

Developments in the field of farm dairy buildings have been rapid during the period following World War II. The present trends appear to be toward larger size herds and loose housing systems of management. Striking developments in loose housing include improved pole frame construction, prefabricated buildings and better arrangement and equipment for milking parlors. Sanitary conditions can be maintained with loose housing systems for the production of quality milk. Similar developments have occurred in the stall barn system of housing, which is still quite popular among many dairymen. Prefabricated buildings and tilt-up concrete are the newer methods of construction. Milking parlors and portable milking units are developing as means of reducing chore labor in stall barns. Cooperative efforts between all interests in milk production are essential to the continued development and improvement of farm dairy buildings.
A REPORT ON SANITARIANS COMPLETING GRADUATE STUDY AT A SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 1946–19561
Authors: Todd John G. , Chanlett Emil T.
Published: December 2018

Fifty sanitarians who received masters degrees with a major in sanitary science during the period 1946–1956 from the University of North Carolina in responding to a study of their activities revealed that while 41 of them remained in public health work only 29 were engaged exclusively as sanitarians. Changes in work responsibility were accompanied by increases in supervisory duties, increases in their salaries, and changes in their methods of meeting sanitation problems. Forty were certain that graduate education made their advancement easier. Of the fifty studied, 31 felt opportunities in sanitation to be good.
Vennootschapsbelasting in de jaarrekening van woningcorporaties
Authors: ter Hoeven Ralph , Suurland Lianne
Published: December 2018

In dit artikel wordt de wijze waarop woningcorporaties omgaan met jaarrekeningaspecten rond vennootschapsbelasting behandeld. De jaarrekeningen van de grootste 50 woningcorporaties zijn daartoe onderzocht. Op een aantal gebieden zijn goede jaarrekeningvoorbeelden (best practices) overgenomen uit de jaarrekeningen en van kort commentaar voorzien.

Het belangrijkste aspect betreft de verwerking en waardering van tijdelijke verschillen in de jaarrekening. Het blijkt dat nagenoeg alle woningcorporaties contante waarde toepassen als waarderingsgrondslag voor de waardering van tijdelijke verschillen. Deze grondslag leidt vervolgens veelal tot een nihil-waardering voor vastgoed in exploitatie met een vervangingsdoel. Deze waardering hangt voor wat betreft belastbare tijdelijke verschillen samen met de fiscale doorschuiffaciliteit waarmee de fiscale afrekening in beginsel onbeperkt kan worden uitgesteld. Voor verrekenbare tijdelijke verschillen hangt de nihil-waardering samen met de onzekerheid met betrekking tot fiscale winstrealisatie.

Uit het artikel blijkt dat het overgrote deel van de woningcorporaties latente belastingvorderingen heeft opgenomen die vanuit verschillende bronnen zijn ontstaan. Specifiek hebben we de toelichting op de waardering van voorwaartse verliescompensatierechten onderzocht.

In het artikel wordt ook ingegaan op de hoogte van en de toelichting op het effectieve belastingtarief inclusief aansluitingen met het toepasselijke belastingtarief. De mediaan van het effectieve belastingtarief ligt op het lage percentage van 4. De fiscale doorschuiffaciliteit doet zich gelden in dit lage percentage. Tot slot is onderzocht hoe de samenhang tussen de te vormen herwaarderingsreserve en de opgenomen tijdelijke belastingverschillen is toegelicht. Op dit onderdeel is de kwaliteit van de toelichting bij het merendeel van de onderzochte woningcorporaties ondermaats. Het artikel sluit af met een nabeschouwing waarin de belangrijkste bevinding van dit onderzoek - de in de populatie gangbare praktijk van waardering tegen contante waarde leidend tot nihil-waardering van de belastbare verschillen – op zijn merites wordt beoordeeld.
De nieuwe Corporate Governance Code en vereisten voor niet-financiële informatie
Authors: Brouwer Arjan , Janssen Joukje , Scheffe Johan
Published: December 2018

De nieuwe Corporate Governance Code is voor het eerst van toepassing op de jaarverslaggeving over het boekjaar 2017. De nieuwe Code onderkent een aantal nieuwe aandachtspunten zoals langetermijnwaardecreatie, cultuur en waarden en meer aandacht voor risicobeheersing. De onderzochte ondernemingen hebben hier invulling aan gegeven, maar de inhoud en diepgang varieert sterk. Na dit eerste jaar kunnen ondernemingen verdere verbetering realiseren in de concrete invulling van bijvoorbeeld de (informatieverschaffing over) inbedding van cultuur en waarden in de organisatie, behaalde resultaten op niet-financiële aspecten en doelstellingen en resultaten ten aanzien van andere vormen van diversiteit dan de man-vrouwverhouding op bestuursniveau.

Op basis van de resultaten van het onderzoek en de geïdentificeerde best practices roepen wij ondernemingen op om de volgende zaken te overwegen voor opname in het bestuursverslag over 2018:

• een materialiteitsmatrix die de uitkomsten van de stakeholdersdialoog weergeeft, de materiële onderwerpen en op welke wijze daarop wordt gestuurd;

• een helder overzicht waaruit het belang van de geïdentificeerde risico’s blijkt aan de hand van indicatie van kans en impact;

• een ‘toekomstbestendigheidsparagraaf’ waarin ondernemingen een analyse opnemen van de risico’s en mitigerende maatregelen alsmede een conclusie ten aanzien van continuïteit op langere termijn.
Satellite Data Reveals a Common Combustion Emission Pathway for Major Cities in China
Authors: Tang Wenfu , Arellano Avelino F. , Gaubert Benjamin , Miyazaki Kazuyuki , Worden Helen M.
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Extensive fossil fuel combustion in rapidly-developing cities severely affects air quality and public health. We report observational evidence of decadal changes in the efficiency and cleanness of bulk combustion over large cities in mainland China. We combine air quality retrievals from mature satellite instruments across 2005–2014 to estimate the trends in enhancement ratios of CO and SO2 to NO2 (ΔCO / ΔNO2 and ΔSO2 / ΔNO2) over these cities and infer emergent bulk combustion properties. Our results show a robust coherent progression of declining-to-growing ΔCO / ΔNO2 (−5.4 ± 0.7 % to +8.3 ± 3.1 %) and slowly-declining ΔSO2 / ΔNO2 (−6.0 ± 1.0 % to −3.4 ± 1.0 %) from Shenyang, Beijing, Shanghai, to Shenzhen relative to 2005, which is not evident in the trends of emission ratios reported in Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP8.5) inventory. This progression is likely due to a shift towards cleaner combustion from industrial and residential sectors in Shanghai and Shenzhen, which is presently obfuscated by China's still relatively higher dependence on coal. Such progression is well-correlated with economic development and traces a common emission pathway that resembles evolution of air pollution in more developed cities. Our results highlight the utility of augmenting observing and modeling capabilities by exploiting enhancement ratios in constraining the time variation of emission ratios in current inventories. The ability to monitor combustion efficiency and effectiveness of pollution control becomes increasingly important in assessing sustainable control strategies as cities and/or countries continue to socioeconomically develop.
Reproducibility of species recognition in modern planktonic foraminifera and its implications for analyses of community structure
Authors: Al-Sabouni Nadia , Fenton Isabel S. , Telford Richard J. , Kučera Michal
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Applications of planktonic foraminifera in Quaternary palaeoceanographic and
palaeobiological studies require consistency in species identification. Yet
the degree of taxonomic consistency among the practitioners and the effects
of any potential deviations on community structure metrics have never been
quantitatively assessed. Here we present the results of an experiment in
taxonomic consistency involving 21 researchers representing a range of
experience and taxonomic schools from around the world. Participants were
asked to identify the same two sets of 300 specimens from a modern
subtropical North Atlantic sample, one sieved at >125 µm
and one at > 150 µm. The identification was carried out
either on actual specimens (slide test) or their digital images
(digital test). The specimens were fixed so the identifications could be
directly compared. In all tests, only between one-quarter and one-eighth of
the specimens achieved absolute agreement. Therefore, the identifications
across the participants were used to determine a consensus ID for each
specimen. Since no strict consensus (>50 % agreement) could be
achieved for 20–30 % of the specimens, we used a “soft consensus” based
on the most common identification. The average percentage agreement relative
to the consensus of the slide test was 77 % in the >150 µm
and 69 % in the >125 µm test. These values
were 7 % lower for the digital analyses. We find that taxonomic
consistency is enhanced when researchers have been trained within a taxonomic
school and when they regularly perform community analyses. There is an almost
negligible effect of taxonomic inconsistency on sea surface temperature
estimates based on transfer function conversion of the census counts,
indicating the temperature signal in foraminiferal assemblages is correctly
represented even if only two-thirds of the assemblage is consistently
identified. The same does not apply to measures of diversity and community
structure within the assemblage, and here we advise caution in using compound
datasets for such studies. The decrease in the level of consistency when
specimens are identified from digital images is significant and
species-specific, with implications for the development of training sets for
automated identification systems.
"Re-belle et infidèle”. El feminismo canadiense y sus reflejos en las narrativas artísticas del in-betweenness: Mona Hatoum, Chantal Akerman y Ghada Amer
Authors: Di Paola Modesta
Published: December 2018

El concepto de reescritura se ha desarrollado en los últimos años tanto en el ámbito literario como en contextos artísticos transnacionales e interculturales. La reescritura, nacida dentro del ámbito literario y de los estudios de traducción, define todo acto y pensamiento que trasforma y recrea. El feminismo canadiense actual ha usado este concepto en su producción teórica y literaria para desarrollar una crítica a los sistemas de oposición binaria occidentales. Gracias a ello los estudios de género han conseguido destruir muchos de los estereotipos construidos alrededor de la actividades creativas femeninas, consideradas rebeldes e infieles a los cánones masculinos. La relación entre el existir de las lenguas y el deberse trasformar (reecrear, imaginar o reescribirse) en contextos transnacionales es lo que caracteriza la labor de muchas artistas contemporáneas que se mueven alrededor de una valoración crítica de las culturas y en oposición a la cultura hegemónica.
Three Women in a Garden. Alice Austen’s Pictures and the Paradox of Documentary Photography
Authors: De Diego Estrella
Published: December 2018

That so very difficult question about “truth”, frequently posed in relation to both autobiographical artefacts and documentary photography, is no doubt the key query concerning Alice Austen’s whole oeuvre. Taking that question as a starting point for discussion, this article explores Austen’s autobiographical and documentary work as part of the same strategy, since Austen’s autobiographical photography “documents” the life of New Women and the class that she belonged to. But if her autobiographic production is documentary, why not consider her documentary work autobiographical? The article works on this hypothesis by engaging canonical autobiography texts and exploring how watching an event may mean becoming part of the event itself.
La alianza de arte y poesía en las vanguardias: los vestidos-poema de Sonia Delaunay
Authors: Méndez Baiges Maite , Hurtado Suárez Inmaculada
Published: December 2018

Este artículo presenta un estudio y análisis detallados de los vestidos-poema (robespoèmes) de Sonia Delaunay (1922-1923), un claro ejemplo de creación vanguardista basada en la síntesis de pintura y poesía. Se proporciona una recopilación de estos vestidos poemáticos, así como la transcripción y autoría de los poemas incluidos en ellos. A lo largo del artículo se analizan los vestidos-poema desde una perspectiva de género. Se vinculan, así, a una noción del arte de vanguardia comprometida con la idea de la fusión de arte y praxis vital; y se calibra, en consecuencia,el papel desempeñado en este terreno por las artistas de las vanguardias históricas frente al de sus compañeros de filas masculinos.
Laura Rodig Pizarro: un caso de estudio en la historiografía del arte chileno desde un enfoque de género
Authors: Valdebenito Carrasco Yocelyn
Published: December 2018

Se propone documentar y analizar la contribución de Laura Rodig Pizarro a las artes visuales desde un enfoque de género. Si bien, su nombre se ha mencionado en diversos compendios de historia del arte chileno, usualmente se la ha abordado de manera superflua y poco exhaustiva. Se plantea, por tanto, trazar una aproximación a su obra que posibilite comprender principalmente su legado, cuya contribución la sitúa en un periodo de crucial importancia para la historia del arte local; los años veinte y cuarenta. Para ello se trabajará desde un marco teórico que vincula la historiografía de género con los contextos socioculturales de producción artística, permitiendo reconstruir el devenir de Laura, cuya «visibilidad» propiamente documental suministre los elementos de análisis necesarios para entender su condición de mujer y artista durante la primera mitad del siglo XX en Chile.
Entre el diletantismo y la autoafirmación: de la aficionada a la mujer moderna
Authors: Pérez Méndez Irene Marina
Published: December 2018

El presente artículo ahonda en las relaciones mujer-arte entre los siglos XIX y XX en España, etapas de transición hacia una participación femenina como sujeto creador inédita por su temática y significación. Se trata de mostrar la evolución que se registra en el panorama artístico femenino desde la condescendencia decimonónica que permitía un acercamiento de las mujeres a la pintura como elemento de distracción, hasta su conquista, ya en las primeras décadas del siglo XX, por parte de un nuevo prototipo de mujer que desafió la estructura patriarcal a través de transgresiones estéticas y sociales sin precedentes. Para ilustrar esta realidad se ha escogido el ejemplo paradigmático de la artista zamorana Delhy Tejero, reflejo de la vanguardia española en apariencia, implicación y trayectoria profesional.
Alicia D’Amico. Exploraciones sobre el deseo lésbico a través de la fotografía
Authors: Rosa María Laura
Published: December 2018

La fotógrafa Alicia D’Amico (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1933-2001) fue una importante activista feminista, involucrada con los movimientos de mujeres de la segunda ola argentina. Entre finales de los años 80 y principios de los 90 del siglo XX, desarrolló una serie fotográfica en la que reflexionó sobre la identidad femenina, y en particular, sobre la construcción del deseo lésbico. Su investigación es de radical originalidad en el panorama de la fotografía argentina.
Variantes del cabalgado en la sillería coral de Zamora (y otras representaciones)
Authors: Muñoz Gómez Elena
Published: December 2018

El motivo llamado ‘Aristóteles y Filis’ se talló en sillerías góticas de templos europeos muy distantes. Pero esta sólo es una de las soluciones iconográficas que varían el mismo ‘tema de encuadre’ en las representaciones. Tras hacer un repaso por algunos problemas de la investigación que trata con estas esculturas, atendemos a dos misericordias de la sillería de Zamora que versionan el tema del cabalgado: aquella que representa a unos peculiares Aristóteles y Filis, y otra que representa un castigo escolar. Para considerar el sentido expresado a través de las formas que relacionan entre sí ambas escenas en coro, acudimos a otras representaciones que modulan el mismo discurso y comparten mecanismos figurativos.
Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto. Pérdida e invisibilidad del patrimonio artístico femenino
Authors: Alario Trigueros Teresa , Lucas Palacios Laura
Published: December 2018

La actual LPHE, que entró en vigor en el año 1985, establece como principales objetivos el conocimiento, la conservación y la trasmisión del patrimonio cultural común. Independientemente de la evolución que ha vivido el concepto de patrimonio cultural en estos años, hay una parte de éste que sigue presentando especiales problemas: el generado por las mujeres a lo largo de la historia y hasta la actualidad.En el caso de patrimonio artístico, en las más de tres décadas que han pasado desde la puesta en marcha de la Ley de Patrimonio la brecha de género en las instituciones museísticas no sólo no ha disminuido, sino que se ha hecho más amplia: se guardan, conservan y exponen un número de obras creadas por mujeres inferior al que correspondería si contrastásemos con la realidad de cada momento histórico, mientras se siguen adquiriendo muchas más obras de artistas hombres que de artista mujeres. Ello supone no sólo un grave problema para el concepto de patrimonio de nuestro presente, sino para el patrimonio que legaremos a las generaciones futuras, ya que parte de las obras que han tenido en el pasado o tienen actualmente un peso significativo en el panorama artístico tendrán más dificultades para conservarse.
Discriminación positiva, cuotas de género y narrativas feministas en museos de arte contemporáneo
Authors: Nualart Cristina
Published: December 2018

Aparte de cierta incredulidad a admitir su gravedad, la conocida infrarrepresentación de artistas mujeres en los museos de arte contemporáneo se enfrenta a la falta de unanimidad sobre la efectividad de las propuestas de solución. Este artículo introduce tres tipos de iniciativas realizadas en museos europeos en la última década, para explorar los facetados debates, los pros y los contras de diversos tipos de actuaciones que han intentado paliar la desigualdad entre hombres y mujeres. Los casos de estudio analizan medidas como las cuotas de sexo, la discriminación positiva (o acción positiva) o las narrativas feministas, con el fin de poder derivar de los ejemplos inspiración y recomendaciones prácticas para desbloquear la aparentemente escasa voluntad institucional.