bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, X-ray structure and DFT calculations of Ni(II)bis(3,4 dimethoxybenzoate)bis(nicotinamide) dihydrate
Authors: Kaya Elif Çelenk , Kaya Afşin Ahmet , Demircioğlu Zeynep , Büyükgüngör Orhan
Published: March 2017

A single crystal of Ni(II)bis(3,4 dimethoxybenzoate)bis(nicotinamide) dihydrate, formulated as C30H34N4NiO12 (I), was characterized in the solid state by infra-red (IR), ultra-violet (UV) and single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis at 296 K as mononuclear with a distorted octahedral stereochemistry. The complex consists of a six-coordinate Nickel atom in a distorted octahedral environment constructed from two N atoms and four O atoms and crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C 2/c with a=27.7680(16) Å, b=8.5748(3) Å, c=17.8018(9) Å, α=90°, β=108.154(4)°, γ=90°, Z=4. The molecular structure and geometry was also optimized using the B3LYP density functional theory method employing the 6-31G(d) basis set. The molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), frontier molecular orbitals (FMO) analysis, nonlinear optical properties (NLO) and natural bond analysis (NBO), Mulliken population analyis, natural population analysis (NPA) and Fukui function analysis were also described.
NMR determination of sorption isotherms in earlywood and latewood of Douglas fir. Identification of bound water components related to their local environment
Authors: Bonnet Marie , Courtier-Murias Denis , Faure Paméla , Rodts Stéphane , Care Sabine
Published: March 2017

Earlywood (EW) and latewood (LW) have different hygromechanical behaviors, if subjected to relative humidity (RH) variations. To understand this effect better, the adsorption mechanisms of EW and LW of Douglas fir were studied by 2D 1H NMR relaxometry under conditions of equilibrium moisture content (EMC) at 20°C. Two bound water components were detected with relaxation times T1 and T2 indicating that they are located in distinct environments but these are similar in EW and LW. Sorption isotherms were calculated and analyzed based on the sorption model of Dent. A difference of sorption energy between the two water components is in agreement with their mobility difference observed on T1−T2 correlation spectra. Moreover, for the two bound water components, EW and LW exhibit different sorption isotherms at high RH. This may be attributed to a difference of adsorption capacity. Based on the macrofibril models provided by the literature, the following hypothesis is proposed: bound water components are located in lamellar and lenticular areas, both leading to possible deformations.
Apposition: A multimodal construction? The multimodality of linguistic constructions in the light of usage-based theory
Authors: Lanwer Jens Philipp
Published: March 2017

The purpose of this paper is to address some methodological questions arising in the framework of usage-based construction grammar facing the multimodality of language use. These questions will be discussed with respect to different patterns of head nods accompanying different appositional patterns in spoken German.
Constructed Action, the Clause and the Nature of Syntax in Finnish Sign Language
Authors: Jantunen Tommi
Published: March 2017

This paper investigates the interplay of constructed action and the clause in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). Constructed action is a form of gestural enactment in which the signers use their hands, face and other parts of the body to represent the actions, thoughts or feelings of someone they are referring to in the discourse. With the help of frequencies calculated from corpus data, this article shows firstly that when FinSL signers are narrating a story, there are differences in how they use constructed action. Then the paper argues that there are differences also in the prototypical structure, linkage type and non-manual activity of clauses, depending on the presence or non-presence of constructed action. Finally, taking the view that gesturality is an integral part of language, the paper discusses the nature of syntax in sign languages and proposes a conceptualization in which syntax is seen as a set of norms distributed on a continuum between a categorial-conventional end and a gradient-unconventional end.
Acromegalic arthropathy in various stages of the disease: an MRI study
Authors: Claessen K M J A , Canete A Navas , de Bruin P W , Pereira A M , Kloppenburg M , Kroon H M , Biermasz N R
Published: March 2017

Background

Arthropathy is a prevalent and invalidating complication of acromegaly with a characteristic radiographic phenotype. We aimed to further characterize cartilage and bone abnormalities associated with acromegalic arthropathy using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods

Twenty-six patients (23% women, mean age 56.8 ± 13.4 years), with active (n = 10) and controlled acromegaly (n = 16) underwent a 3.0 T MRI of the right knee. Osteophytes, cartilage defects, bone marrow lesions and subchondral cysts were assessed by the Knee Osteoarthritis Scoring System (KOSS) method. Cartilage thickness and cartilage T2 relaxation times, in which higher values reflect increased water content and/or structural changes, were measured. Twenty-five controls (52% women, mean age: 59.6 ± 8.0 years) with primary knee OA were included for comparison.

Results

Both in active and controlled acromegaly, structural OA defects were highly prevalent, with thickest cartilage and highest cartilage T2 relaxation times in the active patients. When compared to primary OA subjects, patients with acromegaly seem to have less cysts (12% vs 48%, P = 0.001) and bone marrow lesions (15% vs 80%, P = 0.006), but comparable prevalence of osteophytosis and cartilage defects. Patients with acromegaly had 31% thicker total joint cartilage (P < 0.001) with higher cartilage T2 relaxation times at all measured sites than primary OA subjects (P < 0.01).

Conclusions

Patients with active acromegaly have a high prevalence of structural OA abnormalities in combination with thick joint cartilage. In addition, T2 relaxation times of cartilage are high in active patients, indicating unhealthy cartilage with increased water content, which is (partially) reversible by adequate treatment. Patients with acromegaly have a different distribution of structural OA abnormalities visualized by MRI than primary OA subjects, especially of cartilage defects.
Celebrar a los indígenas, defender al indigenismo: el “Día del Indio” y el Instituto Indigenista Interamericano*
Authors: Giraudo Laura
Published: March 2017

Em 1940, o Primeiro Congresso Indigenista Interamericano de Pátzcuaro (México) estabeleceu o 19 de abril de cada ano como “Dia do Índio”, para relembrar a data em que os delegados indígenas somaram-se ao Congresso. O artigo analisa a criação desta nova comemoração pelos indigenistas que, ao mesmo tempo, estavam a fundar o Instituto Indigenista Interamericano (III) com o objetivo de definir e desenvolver uma política comum a respeito da “questão indígena”. Abordaremos em primeiro lugar a adoção oficial do Dia do Índio durante o apogeu do indigenismo (1940-1970) discutindo se ele se transformou na comemoração indigenista que os seus criadores esperavam. Em segundo lugar, a análise dos discursos oficiais pronunciados pelos diretores e representantes do III com ocasião da comemoração sugere que o Dia do Índio oferecia um palco útil a um relato sobre o passado e o presente dos indígenas e dos países americanos, no qual reservava um papel crucial ao indigenismo. De fato, o Dia do Índio, tanto no âmbito interamericano quanto nos diferentes espaços nacionais, agiu mais como uma pratica identificadora dos defensores do indigenismo e das políticas indigenistas que como uma homenagem aos indígenas.
El autorretrato literario en “José Coronel Urtecho siendo pintado por Dieter Masuhr o autorretrato con pintor”: la colaboración dialógica entre el pintor, la pintura y el sujeto retratado
Authors: Cuvardic García Dorde
Published: March 2017

A partir de un paradigma post-estructuralista, el ensayo José Coronel Urtecho siendo pintado por Dieter Masuhr o Autorretrato con Pintor, está analizado e interpretado en el presente documento. En este ensayo se incorporan importantes reflexiones sobre la comunicación dialógica -participativa y democrática-establecida entre el sujeto retratado y el pintor, durante el proceso creativo de este artista alemán. Por otra parte, el concepto de punto lacrimal, propuesto por Barthes para el campo fotográfico, y traducido al campo pictórico, nos ayuda a estudiar las reacciones subjetivas de José Coronel Urtecho, frente a su propio retrato antes de su finalización.
Long-Term Endothelin-A Receptor Antagonism Provides Robust Renal Protection in Humanized Sickle Cell Disease Mice
Authors: Kasztan Malgorzata , Fox Brandon M. , Speed Joshua S. , De Miguel Carmen , Gohar Eman Y. , Townes Tim M. , Kutlar Abdullah , Pollock Jennifer S. , Pollock David M.
Published: March 2017

Sickle cell disease (SCD)–associated nephropathy is a major source of morbidity and mortality in patients because of the lack of efficacious treatments targeting renal manifestations of the disease. Here, we describe a long-term treatment strategy with the selective endothelin-A receptor (ETA) antagonist, ambrisentan, designed to interfere with the development of nephropathy in a humanized mouse model of SCD. Ambrisentan preserved GFR at the level of nondisease controls and prevented the development of proteinuria, albuminuria, and nephrinuria. Microscopy studies demonstrated prevention of podocyte loss and structural alterations, the absence of vascular congestion, and attenuation of glomerulosclerosis in treated mice. Studies in isolated glomeruli showed that treatment reduced inflammation and oxidative stress. At the level of renal tubules, ambrisentan treatment prevented the increased excretion of urinary tubular injury biomarkers. Additionally, the treatment strategy prevented tubular brush border loss, diminished tubular iron deposition, blocked the development of interstitial fibrosis, and prevented immune cell infiltration. Furthermore, the prevention of albuminuria in treated mice was associated with preservation of cortical megalin expression. In a separate series of identical experiments, combined ETA and ETB receptor antagonism provided only some of the protection observed with ambrisentan, highlighting the importance of exclusively targeting the ETA receptor in SCD. Our results demonstrate that ambrisentan treatment provides robust protection from diverse renal pathologies in SCD mice, and suggest that long-term ETA receptor antagonism may provide a strategy for the prevention of renal complications of SCD.
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural population of India- a study from Western Uttar Pradesh
Authors: Singh P. S. , Sharma Himanshu , Zafar Khwaja S. , Singh Prafulla K. , Yadav Sudhir K. , Gautam Rajesh K. , Pious Tony
Published: March 2017

Background: Diabetes is a major challenge for a resource-limited country like India. Majority of the patients are diagnosed late in the course of illness with presence of complications. There is limited data on diabetes from rural India. Present study is an attempt to provide data on diabetes in rural India. The overall objective of present study was to estimate the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural population above 25 years age in district Etawah and neighbouring areas of Uttar Pradesh, India.Methods: The study was planned to determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in rural community by health camp and door to door approach. Fasting capillary blood glucose was first determined using a glucose meter (SD check code free, SD biosensor Inc. Korea). All the adults were given 75gm of glucose dissolved in 200ml water which was drunk over a period of up to 5 minutes and the 2-hour post load capillary blood glucose was estimated. Diabetic status was confirmed by taking blood samples for fasting and postprandial blood sugar levels in a fluoride vacutainer. Fasting plasma glucose ≥126mg/dl and or 2-hour postprandial glucose ≥200mg/dl were taken as the diagnostic criteria for diagnosis.Results: Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the rural population was found to be 8.03%. Prevalence was higher in female population (9.91%) as compared to males (6.79%). 19.74 % of participants over 70 yrs of age were diabetics while diabetes was present only in 2.95% of participants in the age group of 25-39 year. The maximum number of diabetes were in the age group of 50-59 years. 10.04 % of participants were diagnosed to be Prediabetics. 35.77% of the diabetics were newly diagnosed.Conclusions:Present study shows there is high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in rural area of western Uttar Pradesh, India.
A comparison of lung function in pranayama trained and untrained medical students
Authors: C. Thirupathi , K. Aanandha Subramaniam
Published: March 2017

Background: Pranayama is a form of breathing exercise. It is a very useful in reducing the weight and improving the respiratory function. The study was designed to assess the effect of pranayama on pulmonary Function among adult male students.Methods: The control and the study groups each consisted of 50 number of male MBBS students aged between 16 to 22 years, studying at Madras Medical College, were recruited for the present study. The study group were taught pranayama and allowed to practice it daily twice in morning and evening for 15 minutes for 10 weeks under supervision. Parameters like weight, BMI, chest expansion, respiratory rate and spirometric parameters like FVC, FEV1 and PEFR were recorded before and after the study.Results: A significant increase in chest expansion, FVC, FEV1 and PEFR with p value <0.05were recorded in study group in comparison with control group.Conclusions: Pranayama improves the lung function among medical students.
The effects of astaxanthin on salivary gland damage caused by cisplatin in the rat
Authors: Terzi Suat , Özgür Abdulkadir , Mercantepe Tolga , Çeliker Metin , Tümkaya Levent , Dursun Engin
Published: March 2017

Background: Cisplatin is a potent antineoplastic agent widely used for a variety of malignancies. However, it has many dose-limiting side effects such as neurotoxicity, cytotoxicity and ototoxicity. The aim of our study was to determine the effectiveness of astaxanthin (ASX) as a cytoprotective agent against cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity in the submandibular glands of rats.Methods: Thirty-six adult male Wistar albino rats were divided into six groups as follows: group I: saline control; group II: 75 mg/kg/day ASX; group III: 16 mg/kg cisplatin; group IV: 25 mg/kg/day ASX + cisplatin; group V: 75 mg/kg/day ASX + cisplatin; group VI: olive oil + cisplatin. In all groups, submandibular gland histopathological and histochemical investigations were done using a light microscope. Every rat section was semi-quantitatively scored. Neutrophil infiltration density, myoepithelial cell density in the degeneration area, degenerative granular duct cell density, degenerative seromucous acinus cell density, and changes in the content of the secretory granules of seromucous acini and granular ducts of the parenchyma and stroma were calculated.Results: The results of the analysis of the mean acinus area of the submandibular gland revealed that there was a significant decrease in cisplatin group rats when compared to control rats (p<0.05, p=0.00). However, there was no significant difference between-group IV, V and control group in terms of mean acinus area. (p=0.541, p=0.773). The results of the analysis of the mean ducts area of the submandibular gland also showed that there were significant increased group III compared to control rats (p<0.05, p=0.031). There was no significant difference between-group IV, V and control group in terms of mean ducts area (p>0.05, p=0.921). Similarities were observed in the mean ducts area with the group IV and the group V (p>0.05, p=0.571).Conclusions: These results suggest the possibility that the clinical use of ASX could reduce or prevent damage to the salivary gland of patients receiving cisplatin chemotherapy.
Morphology and morphometry of mental foramen in dry human mandibles
Authors: Bala Samreen Siraj , Shahdad Shaheen , Bashir Shahnawaz
Published: March 2017

Background: Mental foramen (MF) is an important landmark to facilitate surgical, local anaesthetic and other invasive procedures. The present study was aimed to provide anatomical information on the position, morphological variations and incidence of mental foramen and accessory mental foramen.Methods: This study was conducted on 41 dry adult human mandibles in the department of anatomy, Government Medical College Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Parameters like incidence, position, shape and presence of accessory mental foramen were studied.Results: Mental foramen was present bilaterally in all 41 mandibles. Accessory mental foramen(AMF) was present in 2 cases (4.87%). The most frequent position of foramen in relation to the teeth was in line with the longitudinal axis of 2nd premolar on both right (63.42%) and left (60.98%) side. Most common shape was round shape.Conclusions: Mental foramen variation often remains unnoticed and undiagnosed. Variations do exist in the position, shape, and size of mental foramen in different population groups. Present study provide the necessary data of  mental foramen location and morphometry which may be useful for the surgeons, anaesthetists, neurosurgeons and dentists to carry out nerve block and surgical procedures.
Review article on utilization and perception of health services under Janani Suraksha Yojna among mothers
Authors: Eram Uzma
Published: March 2017

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is the name in Hindi language that literally means “maternal protection scheme. Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission (NHM). Earlier it was known as National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) it is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. The scheme is under implementation in all states and union territories, with a special focus on low performing states. The scheme seeks to reduce maternal and neo-natal mortality by promoting institutional delivery, that is, by providing a cash incentive to mothers who deliver their babies in a health facility. There is also provision for incentives to Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) for encouraging mothers to go for institutional delivery. The scheme is fully sponsored by the Central Government and is implemented in all states and Union Territories, with special focus on low performing states like Uttar Pradesh.
A cross sectional study to assess perception regarding mosquito borne diseases in urban areas of Belagavi city
Authors: Kulkarni Rajesh R. , Biradar Mallikarjun K.
Published: March 2017

Background: Mosquito borne diseases are one of the major health problems in India. Due to growing population, unplanned urbanization, lack of awareness about the diseases and increasing number of slums in urban areas, the incidence of mosquito borne diseases is increasing simultaneously. To assess knowledge about mosquito borne disease and to impart awareness regarding prevention of mosquito borne diseases in the community. Methods: The present study was carried out in the urban field practice areas of department of Community Medicine, J. N. Medical College, Belagavi. Data was collected by systemic random sampling. Data was compiled, tabulated and analyzed using proportions.Results: Out of 360 participants, 45.8 % were in the age group of 20-29; male participants constituted about 56.3% and 43.7% were female. 4.4 % people belong to class I and 41.4 % belongs to class IV socio-economic status. 19.3 % were illiterates and 28.6% lived in Kachha house. 78.33% study subjects knew about mosquitoes borne diseases, 31.3 % people had the knowledge that mosquitoes can cause malaria, dengue and chikungunya, 36.6% consider drainage and garbage as common breeding place. 57.8% people use mosquito coils to prevent mosquito bite. 61.4% had knowledge about disease through TV and newspapers. Conclusions: Lack of awareness and knowledge about mosquito borne disease in low socio economic status and illiterates and also about breeding sites of mosquitoes.
Awareness and involvement of male spouse in various aspects of antenatal care: observation in a rural area of West Bengal
Authors: Chakrabarti Sreetama , Sarkar Debjit
Published: March 2017

Background: Involvement of male spouse in various aspects of antenatal care is understudied in West Bengal. The present study was conducted to know the involvement of male spouses in their wives’ antenatal care including awareness of different events and danger signs of pregnancy.Methods: A community based, observational, cross-sectional study was undertaken in randomly selected 8 villages of Amdanga block, North 24 parganas district. Total enumeration of women from the selected villages delivered within last 6 months was done; their husbands were identified and interviewed using a pre- designed, pre- tested schedule. Data on socio demographic characteristics, awareness of various aspects and danger signs of pregnancy were collected and analyzed with appropriate tests.Results: knowledge of the respondents regarding early registration of pregnancy, tetanus toxoid, routine blood investigations and referral transport system were 35%, 71.3%, 58.8% and 55% respectively. Awareness of danger signs were high regarding decreased foetal movement (85%), convulsion (81.3%) and unconsciousness (75%) but low in regards to excessive vomiting (16.3), paleness (21.3). 23.75% of respondents were not involved in their wives’ antenatal care. Their involvement was statistically significant for the first pregnancy of their wives compared to the subsequent one.Conclusions: Male spouse involvement in antenatal care may be one of the key to detect pregnancy related complications early and prompt referral.
Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among the bank employees of Western Maharashtra – a cross sectional study
Authors: Brahmankar Tanuja R. , Prabhu Priya M.
Published: March 2017

Background: Hypertension, the “silent killer” - is a modern day’s epidemic and is becoming a public health emergency worldwide, especially in the developing countries. Sedentary life-style and stress are important risk factors for hypertension. The job of bank employees is both sedentary in nature and accompanies high levels of mental stress, thereby at a higher risk of developing hypertension. Hence the present study was conducted to study the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among the bank employees in Western Maharashtra.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during January 2014 to December 2015 to assess the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among the bank employees in Western Maharashtra. By using multistage sampling method, total 340 bank employees from 40 branches were included in the study after fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After all ethical considerations, the data were collected by using pre-designed, pre-tested and semi-structured questionnaire and then analysed using MS Excel, SPSS-22 and Primer of Biostatistics.Results: Overall prevalence of hypertension was 39.7% and that of pre-hypertension was 41.8% among the study population. Socio-demographic factors like age, male gender, family history of hypertension, mode of travel, physical activity, overweight, years of service, intake of coffee and smoking had shown significant association with hypertension.Conclusions: Prevalence of hypertension was found as significantly higher in bank employees than the general population of India. Among the non-hypertensives large part was pre-hypertensives which are also at high risk of developing hypertension in the future.
Spectrum of acute kidney injury in intensive care unit: a single centre experience
Authors: Sinha Suresh Kumar , Rajak Mukteshwar , . Prabhakar , . Rajneesh , Tripathi Vivek
Published: March 2017

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with high mortality. A thorough understanding of the clinical spectrum of the disease is needed in order to device methods to improve the final outcome due to this problem. 

Aims and Objectives: The aim of present study was to analyze the clinical spectrum, causes, risk and prognostic factors and final outcome of AKI in the setting of ICU. 

Materials and Methods: This prospective study involved patients admitted to ICU during the period between June 09 to June 10. Patients who developed AKI during the ICU stay were included in the study. The clinical and laboratory data were collected at admission and then on daily basis. Data recorded includes patients demographic profile, underlying clinical illness responsible for ICU admission, dialysis requirement, need for ventilation, total duration of ICU stay, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE)-IV score and final outcome and these data were analyzed for predicting survival using univariate and multivariate analysis. 

Results: 574 patients were admitted to ICU from June 09 to June 10 and (n = 124; 21.6%) patients developed AKI after admission to ICU. Mean age 44.87 ± 15.14 years and (n = 71; 57.1%) were males and (n = 53; 42.9%) were females. Out of 124 patients (50.80%; n = 63) had medical, (33.87% n = 42) had surgical and (15.32%; n = 19) had obstetric cause of admission in ICU. Of the 574 patients (12.02%; n = 69) had associated co morbidities, hypertension is the most common associated morbidities (4.7%; n = 27), others were diabetes mellitus (3.6%; n = 21), coronary artery disease (3.0%; n = 17), cerebrovascular disease (0.3%; n = 2), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (0.3%; n = 2;). The etiology of AKI was multi-factorial, sepsis were the most common cause observed in (69.64%; n = 39), hypotension (67.84%; n = 38), volume depletion (19.64%; n = 11), nephrotoxic drugs (64.28%; n = 36) patients. Multi organ system failure (MOSF) was noted in (29.03%; n = 36) patients. MOSF and sepsis were found to be significant adverse prognostic factors when multiple logistic regression analysis was done. 

Conclusion: AKI was seen in 21.6% of cases in our ICU and associated with poor prognosis. Presence of sepsis, MOSF, higher APACHE IV scores and ventilation requirement were correlated with higher mortality in AKI patients in ICU. Early recognisition and intervention improves the outcome.
Potencjał archidiecezji poznańskiej po zakończeniu kulturkampfu w świetle Brevis descriptio historico-geographica ecclesiarum archidioecesis gnesnensis et posnaniensis Jana Korytkowskiego z 1888 r.
Authors: Krucki Łukasz
Published: March 2017

Brevis descriptio historico-geographica ecciesiarum archidioecesis gnesnensis et posnaniensis Jana Korytkowskicgo stanowi cenne źródło do poznania ustroju i stanu posiadania najstarszych polskich diecezji: gnieźnieńskiej i poznańskiej po ustaniu kulturkampfu. Wartość pracy wyraża się w tym, że nic ogranicza się ona tylko do podstawowych danych zamieszczanych w zwyczajowych schematyzmach, ale poszerza je podając krótką historię każdej parafii i jej kościoła, wymienia funkcjonujące szkoły, szpitale i bractwa kościelne, a ponadto podaje spisy miejscowości przynależących do każdej parafii. Dzięki danym zawartym w Brevis descriptio można więc m.in. precyzyjnie określić, iż w 1888 r. archidiecezja poznańska obejmowała 24 dekanaty, 342 parafie, 103 kościoły filialne, 31 altarii, 71 oratoria lub kaplice publiczne, 858 szkół parafialnych i 99 szpitali. Zamieszkiwało ją 761939 katolików. W duszpasterstwie lub w urzędach centralnych pracowało 394 kapłanów. Analiza zawartych w schematyzmie danych pozwala nam szerzej spojrzeć na stan archidiecezji poznańskiej, która mimo zakończenia kulturkampfu nadal musiała zmagać się pod rządami arcybiskupa Juliusza Dindera z ingerencją rządu pruskiego w wewnętrzne sprawy Kościoła, a więc w proces kształcenia duchowieństwa, obsadę stanowisk kościelnych i zarząd majątkiem kościelnym.
The Anglican—Roman Catholic Dialogue and Its Reception
Authors: Denaux Adelbert
Published: March 2017

Article explores the process of recognition and/or reception of the agreed statements of the Anglican—Roman Catholic dialogue by the Churches involved, namely, the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church. By Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue, it understands the official dialogue between both communions on an international level, which was entrusted to the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC). Article presents different stages of the dialogue, its place within its mandating churches and its results. The notions of “reception” and “recognition” provide a hermeneutical key to interpret ARCIC influence over both Churches, ecumenical movement and ecumenical theology.
Pilgrims and Wayfarers to, at and from Ecumenical Gatherings and Encounters. Reading the Theme of the Journey to, at and from Ecumenical Events in the Light of Porta Fidei and Lumen Fidei
Authors: Scerri Hector
Published: March 2017

This article studies a topic which has not been treated previously. The physical experience of the journey—to the ecumenical encounter, the stay in a particular venue for prayer, dialogue or for joint initiatives, and the journey back home—becomes the epitome and the metaphor of the quest for the Divine and the searching self which seeks to build bridges and discover common ground. Moreover, it becomes a sign and a symbol of the on-going and forward-oriented ecumenical journey which all Christians have learned to undertake, particularly those committed to ecumenical dialogue and brotherhood.
To Go to the Peripheries! Looking for the Contribution of the Non-Western Cultural Patterns to the Ecumenical Movement
Authors: Kopiec Piotr
Published: March 2017

The now-western cultural patterns play more and more important role in the social commitment of the World Council of Churches. This is certainly a sign of the growing impact of Christians from the non-European and non-Western countries. The cultural patterns they promote, appears to be unfamiliar to the European Christians. They might be also sometimes controversial as they are used due to various political reasons. Yet, the race to the bottom of the Western civilization, which seems to be more and more fast, urges to search new anthropological and theological images and categories. The article highlights the two particularly important concepts of Sumak Kawsay and Ubuntu which might be used by the ecumenical movement when facing various challenges of the postmodern world.
Kościół Vaticanum II i jego eklezjologia. Próba retrospekcji z perspektywy 50 lat Gaudium et spes (I)
Authors: Gocko Jerzy
Published: March 2017

Artykuł jest częścią większego projektu badawczego, którego przedmiotem jest ponowne spojrzenie na eklezjologię Soboru Watykańskiego II. Jego celem jest ukazanie odnowy eklezjologicznej w okresie Soboru przez pryzmat społecznego posłannictwa Kościoła. Będzie to oznaczało poszukiwanie odpowiedzi na pytanie, w jaki sposób rozwój myśli eklezjologicznej wpłynął na społeczną refleksję Kościoła w ramach jego nauki społecznej i moralności życia społecznego. W centrum dyskursu zostanie postawiona Konstytucja duszpasterska o Kościele w świecie współczesnym Gaudium et spes, która także wyznaczy zakres podjętych analiz. Projekt przyjmie postać tryptyku, który będzie kontynuowany w kolejnych tomach „Roczników Teologicznych”. Bezpośrednią okazją do podjęcia tego tematu jest 50. rocznica ostatniego Soboru (1962-1965), a w sposób szczególny rocznica publikacji Konstytucji pastoralnej Gaudium et spes.
Część I tryptyku ma za zadanie ukazać główne źródła eklezjologii Vaticanum II i jej odnowy, do których autor zaliczył dorobek I Soboru Watykańskiego, pierwszego spośród soborów ekumenicznych, na którym problematyka Kościoła stała się centrum debat soborowych, nawet jeśli czyniono okazjonalnie. Był on także podsumowaniem pewnego okresu w historii myśli teologicznej i – na swój sposób – naprowadził teologię katolicką na nowe tory. Oprócz wkładu Soboru Watykańskiego I przyjdzie wskazać także na najważniejszych papieży okresu między dwoma ostatnimi Soborami ekumenicznymi, jak i na szereg wybitnych teologów, którzy – zwłaszcza po I wojnie światowej i w okresie samego Soboru – w swoich badaniach podejmowali problematykę eklezjologiczną.
Age-dependent systemic DNA damage in early Type 2 Diabetes mellitus
Authors: Rogulj Dinko , El Aklouk Ismail , Paško Konjevoda , Ljubić Spomenka , Pibernik Okanović Mirjana , Barbir Ante , Luburić Marijana , Radman Maja , Budinski Ninoslav , Vučić Lovrenčić Marijana
Published: March 2017

Oxidative stress, capable of eliciting damage to various biomolecules including DNA, is a recognized component of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Metabolic syndrome  (MetS) is associated with the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus  (T2DM), as well as other unfavorable outcomes. The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of oxidative stress in the development of T2DM, by investigating association of oxidative DNA damage with metabolic parameters in subjects with MetS and early T2DM.Selected anthropometric and biochemical parameters of MetS, inflammation and oxidative DNA damage: body mass index  (BMI), fatty liver index  (FLI), waist circumference  (WC), total cholesterol, HDL  and LDL-cholesterol, GGT, uric acid, total leukocyte/neutrophil count,  and urinary 8-oxo-deoxyguanosine  (u-8-oxodG) were assessed in male subjects with MetS and both younger  (≤55 years) and older  (>55 years) subjects with T2DM of short duration without complications.BMI, FLI, WC, total and LDL-cholesterol and  uric acid were higher, while the u-8-oxodG was lower in MetS group, when compared to older T2DM subjects. None of these parameters were different neither between MetS and younger T2DM, nor between two sub-groups of subjects with T2DM. Values of CRP, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, GGT, leukocytes and neutrophils were not different between all examined groups of subjects. Age-dependent increase in u-8-oxodG suggests that aging process, rather than metabolic disturbances or diabetes per se plays a pivotal role in development of oxidative DNA-damage in T2DM. Oxidative DNA damage cannot serve as an universal early marker of T2DM.
POVEZANOST OKUPACIONOG STRESA I MENTALNOG ZDRAVLJA U POPULACIJI POLICAJACA: METAANALIZA
Authors: Veljković Bojan
Published: March 2017

Ova metaanalitička studija sprovedena je sa ciljem kvantitativnog integrisanja nalaza dobijenih u pojedinačnim studijama koje su se bavile utvrđivanjem odnosa između okupacionog stresa i mentalnog zdravlja u populaciji policajaca. Studije uključene u metaanalizu jesu kvantitativne korelacione studije na engleskom jeziku, objavljene u naučnim časopisima (isključujući pregledne radove) u poslednjih 15 godina. U metaanalizu je uključeno 10 radova, sa 10 studija i 4180 ispitanika koji pripadaju populaciji policijskih službenika. Prosečna ponderisana korelacija, izražena Pearsonovim koeficijentom korelacije iznosi .37 i može se okarakterisati kao umerena. Takođe, utvrđen je moderatorski efekat perioda objavljivanja studija i impakt faktora časopisa u kome je studija objavljena, s tim što nije dobijena značajna interakcija ova dva moderatora. S obzirom na određena ograničenja, procenjenu veličinu efekta u populaciji bi trebalo shvatiti kao preliminarnu.
Surdez: um território de fronteiras
Authors: Klein Madalena , Lunardi Márcia Lise
Published: March 2017

Este texto apresenta uma discussão quanto à “centralidade da cultura” e sua importância nas problematizações cotidianas de grupos culturais na busca do reconhecimento de suas diferenças. Nesse sentido, pretendemos abordar a constituição da “essencialidade” de uma cultura surda com a tentativa de apresentarmos um deslocamento dessa “pureza cultural” para um território híbrido e de fronteira. Para a construção deste texto vamos nos valer de autores que se aproximam do campo dos estudos culturais e de uma perspectiva pós-estruturalista. Quando nos propomos a trabalhar a surdez a partir desta perspectiva, é necessário rompermos com a busca de uma “pureza cultural”, da “essência cultural”. Propomos um distanciamento da indagação: “o que é mesmo a cultura surda?” nos interessando, sim, pelas condições de possibilidade de diferentes nuances de culturas surdas. Procuramos trazer à discussão os discursos dos movimentos das comunidades surdas em favor do reconhecimento das suas diferenças e especificidades culturais, considerando importante problematizá-los e localizá-los em “territórios contestados”, em que as culturas e as identidades não são fixas, mas sim móveis, fragmentadas e híbridas. Propomos pensar a problematização de uma identidade surda, de um essencialismo ou mesmo de uma autenticidade a ser definida, para então pensarmos em cenários onde os discursos da surdez são levados a cena, e onde à constituição de ser surdo deve ser entendido como uma contingência histórica e cultural.
Educação poética em educação não formal: narrativas simbólicas e criações artísticas
Authors: Fernandes Renata Sieiro , Minuzzo Teca , Barbosa Severino Antônio Moreira
Published: March 2017

O artigo trata da educação poética no cotidiano de sujeitos adultos. A problemática é a de uma educação permanente baseada na escuta e na produção de narrativas simbólicas e da criação por meio de linguagens artísticas. Para tanto, vale-se de ações interventivas por meio de oficinas com mulheres, em rodas de leitura de literatura e de técnicas do sociodrama, do teatro espontâneo e do Teatro do Oprimido, dentro da concepção de educação não formal como campo de educação e para promover uma formação permanente e ao longo da vida. Os conteúdos e repertórios produzidos no momento das oficinas deram origem a construções de poéticas pessoais sob a forma de uma ação ligada simbolicamente ao universo feminino, a tecelagem. A partir disso, foi possível pensar e refletir sobre ser mulher na sociedade contemporânea, com suas conquistas, desafios, avanços, retrocessos, lutas, tensões, desejos, afetos, sensibilidades ao longo de todo o processo de vida.Palavras-chave: Simbolismo; literatura; ações sociodramáticas.
Democracia e cidadania: revisitando o elo a partir de Atenas
Authors: Vasconcelos Carlos Alberto
Published: March 2017

Os estudos sobre democracia e cidadania perpassam por um processo histórico que completamente envolve toda a história da humanidade, especificamente a ocidental. Dessa forma, são importantes os momentos iniciais dessa experiência e os debates sobre esse tema, como base histórico-estrutural de entendimento das contradições que permeiam a democracia e cidadania contemporânea e os desafios dos próximos anos. Desta feita, este artigo busca tecer algumas considerações acerca da riqueza da História Antiga, particularmente da experiência e contribuição da civilização ateniense para a democracia e a cidadania. É uma discussão teórica com viés prático baseado em autores da literatura ocidental.
Alkaline Surfactant Polymer Flooding: What Happens at the Pore Scale?
Authors: Alzahid Yara , Mostaghimi Peyman , Warkiani Majid Ebrahimi , Armstrong Ryan T. , Joekar-Niasar Vahid , Karadimitriou Nikolaos
Published: March 2017

Alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) flooding is a Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR) method whereby alkali, surfactant and polymer are injected as the same slug. It is one of the most promising world-wide focus of CEOR research and field trials, due to the unique synergy of the three chemical components. Polymers increase the viscosity of injected water, which improves macroscopic sweep efficiency by stabilizing the displacing front and counteracting heterogeneity effects. Surfactants, on the other hand, decrease the interfacial tension between the injected water and crude oil, which improves microscopic displacement efficiency by mobilizing trapped oil. Alkaline chemicals generate soap when reacting with crude oil, which reduces surfactant adsorption to grain surfaces. To fully understand the flow mechanisms in oil reservoirs and develop efficient recovery methods, it is essential to recognize the physics at the pore scale since this is the length scale at which capillary-trapped oil is mobilized. We developed an experimental micro-scale approach in which oil recovery is analyzed using microfluidics. The micromodels are fabricated based on: (1) a pore network generated via a Delaunay triangulation with an average pore size of 60 µm, (2) X-ray micro-Computed Tomography images of Bentheimer sandstone with resolution of 4.95 µm, and (3) a fractured network with a porosity of 10%. The networks are etched into silicon wafers and used to fabricate polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic devices. We compare not only oil recovery with ASP flooding between different porous networks but we also study displacement mechanisms and pore scale emulsion formation for ASP formulations that exhibit Winsor Type II+, II- and III behaviour. Our studies elucidate micro-scale oil recovery mechanisms for different ASP flooding scenarios. Our results provide direct visualization of the micro-scale phenomena occurring during ASP flooding and will guide further studies to target effective ASP flooding scenarios.
La Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños -CELAC: Más allá de la integración ¿una nueva posibilidad de cooperación regional?
Authors: Nivia-Ruiz Fernando , Prieto-Cardozo Jorge
Published: March 2017

América Latina y el Caribe es una región que ha demostrado una voluntad integracionista a lo largo de su historia. Aunque hasta el momento los mayores avances se observan en el plano subregional, la reciente conformación de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), a finales del año 2011, pareciera mostrar una tendencia diferente. Este nuevo intento se convierte en el único esquema de integración que involucra a los treinta y tres Estados de la región, excluyendo a Estados Unidos y Canadá, en el contexto del llamado regionalismo posliberal, y que busca convertirse en un espacio para la definición de posiciones conjuntas de la región frente al mundo. Aunque es muy prematuro determinar el futuro de esta apuesta de alto calado político, algunos hechos recientes dan señales positivas, aunque algunos otros parecieran sugerir que se puede convertir en otro mecanismo sobrecargado de agendas sectoriales. En ese escenario, cabe preguntarse hasta dónde la CELAC puede operar como facilitador u "ordenador" de la cooperación internacional regional en América Latina y el Caribe, a partir de las premisas de su conformación y las acciones desarrolladas hasta el momento por esta Comunidad.
La Cooperación y el Desarrollo en América Latina algunos apuntes sobre Colombia
Authors: Blanco Rangel Ibelis Coromoto
Published: March 2017

El artículo brinda información la Cooperación al Desarrollo en américa latina, los organismos internacionales y algunos mecanismos de inclusión del sector privado en procesos de desarrollo en el marco de las cumbres políticas de la región. Se hace referencia al enfoque basado en brechas estructurales planteado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) para argumentar la importancia de de la Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo en los países de renta media. Finaliza con algunos apuntes sobre Sistema Nacional de Cooperación Internacional de Colombia, siendo uno de los países que han mejorado indicadores de crecimiento económico sigue siendo el país de la región con la mayor brecha de desigualdad.
Time-lapse photography for monitoring reservoir leakages (Montejaque dam, Andalusia, southern Spain)
Authors: García-López Santiago , Ruiz-Ortiz Verónica , Muñoz-Pérez Juan José
Published: March 2017

A methodology based on the use of time-lapse photographs is presented to evaluate the leakages over time of a reservoir (Montejaque dam, Málaga Province, Spain) that feeds a karstic aquifer. In particular, photographic control allows the evolution of water levels in the dam and the river that feeds it to be monitored. Through changes in water volume, which are calculated from the level differences, daily leakages are evaluated, and the relationship between leakages and the water level of the reservoir is established. The proposed method includes adjusting the hydric balance and the use of digital terrain model and climate data. The inputs (river flow and direct precipitation) and other outputs (direct evaporation) are also evaluated. Values between 4 m3/s and 0.35 m3/s are obtained for the reservoir infiltration, clearly superior to the values obtained at the time of the construction of the dam in the 1920s. Mobilisation of the filling of fractures and conduits in karstic massif and calcite dissolution are processes that can influence this behaviour. When the water level is very low, the obtained values are below the historical leakages due to deposition of clay sediments at the reservoir bottom.
Short- and long-term orange dye effects on ammonium oxidizing and anammox bacteria activities
Authors: Val del Río A. , Stachurski A. , Méndez R. , Campos J. L. , Surmacz-Górska J. , Mosquera-Corral A.
Published: March 2017

The effects of orange azo dye over ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and anammox bacteria activities were tested. Performed batch tests indicated that concentrations lower than 650 mgorange/L stimulated AOB activity, while anammox bacteria activity was inhibited at concentrations higher than 25 mgorange/L. Long-term performance of a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) for the partial nitritation and a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for the anammox process was tested in the presence of 50 mgorange/L. In the case of the partial nitritation process, both the biomass concentration and the specific AOB activity increased after 50 days of orange azo dye addition. Regarding the anammox process, specific activity decreased down to 58% after 12 days of operation with continuous feeding of 50 mgorange/L. However, the anammox activity was completely recovered only 54 days after stopping the dye addition in the feeding. Once the biomass was saturated the azo dye adsorption onto the biomass was insignificant in the CSTR for the partial nitritation process fed with 50 mgorange/L. However, in the SBR the absorption was determined as 6.4 mgorange/g volatile suspended solids. No biological decolorization was observed in both processes.
ACCUSATIO I INQUISITIO W PROCESIE KARNYM OKRESU CESARSTWA
Authors: Santalucia Bernardo
Published: March 2017

ACCUSATIO AND INQUISITIO IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE PERIODSummary Until recendy it has been considered in the Roman law studies that the proceedings before queastiones perpetuae materially differed from cognitio extra ordinem. It has been assumed that the former had the nature of the action of law proceedings, the latter of the inquisition proceedings. According to the majority of specialists, the proceedings before quaestiones were initiated by citizen’s action demanding — on behalf of the whole community - that a crime be prosecuted, while cognitio extra ordinem was initiated by an official ordering its police services to prosecute a crime.At present the above presented view has opponents, who underline the significance of the action also in the cognitio extra ordinem. In their opinion, this prevailing conviction is hardly possible to be accepted taking into account a correct analysis of the sources speaking of the action of lawproceedings being privileged against the inquisition proceedings. It is also claimed that the terminology and principles of the action of law proceedings maintained their dominant character irrespective of the developments of the inquisition proceedings, and the law developed harmoniously both in the publica iudicia and the cognitio extra ordinem area untilthe end of the Western Empire, which is confirmed by the leges from IV and V century.The author of this article does not share these opinions. He is sure that the older researchers were closer to the truth of the Roman criminal proceedings. The inquisitio of judges and officials, applied in the first centuries of the Empire, became common along with the development of the cognitive system to finally deprive the public action of its original significance - in the decline of the Roman Empire period it no longer conditioned initiating the proceedings and was only one of the means to inform about crimes, which were prosecuted by criminal repression ex officio.