bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Protects Glaucoma Progression in the Initial Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Angle-Closure Glaucoma after Laser Peripheral Iridotomy in the Long Term
Authors: Kurysheva Natalia Ivanovna , Lepeshkina Lyudmila Vyacheslavovna
Published: December 2019

Purpose. To compare the ability of SLT in preventing glaucoma progression in the initial primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) after laser peripheral iridotomy and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in the long term. Methods. 60 patients with the initial stage of PACG after laser peripheral iridotomy and 64 initial POAG patients were recruited in a prospective study. Complete success of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) was defined as a 20% intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction with topical hypotensive medications without any hypotensive intervention. Pre-SLT rate of progression and post-SLT rate of progression (ROP) was detected in the both groups by means of the trend and the event analysis of perimetry, the Guided Progression Analysis, and the optical coherence tomography- (OCT-) based negative trend for either the thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) or ganglion cell complex (GCC). Results. IOP decreased significantly after SLT in both the groups. 30% in PACG and 19% in POAG had the progression according to perimetry and 49% in PACG and 40% in POAG had the progression, respectively, according to OCT. After SLT, ROP was reduced from −0.14 ± 0.39 dB/year to −0.08 ± 0.48 dB/year, p=0.034, in PACG and from −0.09 ± 0.36 dB/year to −0.04 ± 0.43 dB/year, p=0.021, in POAG. According to RNFL trend analysis, ROP was reduced from −1.86 ± 2.9 μm/year to −1.38 ± 2.2 μm/year, p=0.039, and from −1.24 ± 2.23 μm/year to −0.76 ± 1.73 μm/year, p=0.037, in PACG and POAG, and according to GCC, ROP was reduced from −1.88 ± 2.9 μm/year to −1.34 ± 2.0 μm/year, p=0.040, and from −1.35 ± 2.16 μm/year to −0.91 ± 1.86 μm/year, p=0.040, in PACG and POAG, respectively. ROP was significantly faster in PACD than in POAG between 2 and 6 years after SLT: −0.15 ± 0.46 dB/year and 0.02 ± 0.38 dB/year (p=0.042). However, it did not differ significantly according to OCT. Conclusion. SLT is an effective treatment for initial PACG after LPI and POAG that can prevent functional and structural deterioration in the long term.
Adsorption Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Analysis of CO2 and CH4 on Qinshui Basin Anthracite
Authors: Du Xidong , Wu Tengfei , Sun Fulong , Hou Zhenkun , Liu Zhenjian , Huo Liang , Hao Yu , Zhao Yuan
Published: December 2019

Adsorption isotherms of CH4 and CO2 on Qinshui Basin anthracite were obtained at the temperatures of 283 K, 303 K, and 323 K using the gravimetric method. The feasibility of the displacement of CH4 by injecting CO2 on this anthracite was verified by calculating the selectivity factor of CO2 over CH4 (αCO2/CH4), adsorption affinities, and thermodynamic properties of CH4 and CO2. Results show that the values of αCO2/CH4 are more than 4.0. Henry’s constant (KH) of CH4 is smaller than that of CO2, and CH4 has a weaker affinity with coal surface. As temperature improves, KH of CO2 and CH4 decrease. Gibbs free energy change (ΔG) and surface potential (Ω) of CO2 are more negative than those of CH4, indicating that CO2 adsorption on anthracite is more spontaneous and favorable. The absolute values of Ω and ΔG of CH4 and CO2 increase with pressure rises. Isosteric heat of adsorption (Qst) of CH4 is lower than that of CO2. With increasing loading, Qst and entropy loss (ΔS) of CH4 decrease, while Qst and ΔS of CO2 increase. The higher ΔS of CO2 reveals that the adsorbed CO2 molecules constitute a more stable rearrangement than CH4 molecules. High temperature reduces ΔS of CH4 and CO2.
Dynamical Behavior of a Nonautonomous Stochastic Modified Bazykin Model
Authors: Wei Zhangzhi , Wu Zheng , Wang Lianglong
Published: December 2019

In this article, a nonautonomous stochastic modified Bazykin model is introduced. The positive solution is proved to be unique and global for any initial data via stochastic comparison theorem and Itô formula. Stochastic ultimate boundedness and stochastic permanence are also considered. Finally, some simulations are performed to verify the validity of results.
The Effects of Nurse-Led Multidisciplinary Team Management on Glycosylated Hemoglobin, Quality of Life, Hospitalization, and Help-Seeking Behavior of People with Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Ni Yunxia , Liu Suzhen , Li Jiping , Dong Ting , Tao Lin , Yuan Li , Yang Meilan
Published: December 2019

Aim. To evaluate the effect of community-nurse-led multidisciplinary team management on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), quality of life (QOL), hospitalization, and help-seeking behavior in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods. A quasi-experimental trial was conducted among people with type 2 DM from two community centers in China. The intervention group (n=88) received community-nurse-led multidisciplinary team management for 2 years, while the control group (n=91) received usual care. Data regarding HbA1c, QOL (assessed by the SF-36), hospitalization, and help-seeking behavior were collected at baseline and at 6, 12, and 24 months. Results. During the 24-month project, the intervention group demonstrated 1.08% reduction in HbA1c, whereas the control group achieved an increase of 0.45%. The differences between the two groups were statistically significant (P<0.001). The intervention group showed greater increased in QOL scores (from 66.43 to 70.47, P<0.001), more decrease in hospitalization (OR=2.981, 95% CI: 1.016, 8.752 versus OR=1.189, 95% CI: 0.411, 3.444; P=0.028) when compared with the control group. The percentage increase of seeking help from nurses in the intervention group (from 12.5% to 57.3%, P<0.001) was significantly greater than that in the control group after the intervention. Conclusions. Nurse-led multidisciplinary team management is an effective intervention for improving glycemic control, QOL, hospitalization, and help-seeking behavior for people with DM in a community.
Estudos lexicais em foco
Authors: Campos Maria Inês Batista , Cardoso Elis De Almeida
Published: December 2019

Na descrição e análise linguística de um texto, não só a expressão de valores como também posicionamentos sócio-históricos devem estar no foco do pesquisador. Elementos extralinguísticos como a situação, o contexto, os papéis sociais assumidos revelam não só a intencionalidade discursiva, mas também os valores ideológicos. São os diferentes efeitos de sentido produzidos, revelados pelas escolhas lexicais, que mostram a intenção do autor e seu posicionamento frente ao contexto.
A história da pétala
Authors: Maroneze Bruno
Published: December 2019

O presente trabalho descreve a diacronia de pétala, o termo da Botânica que apresenta duas formas concorrentes em português: pétala (feminino) e pétalo (masculino). A partir de conceitos teórico-metodológicos da Etimologia, identificaram-se inicialmente as formas cognatas em francês, espanhol e italiano; em seguida, buscou-se encontrar as datações (o chamado terminus a quo) para ambas as formas em português. Observou-se que a datação da língua portuguesa é posterior à identificada para o francês e para o italiano, línguas nas quais o mesmo termo também apresenta oscilação de gênero. Em seguida, quatro hipóteses são consideradas para a existência de ambas as formas em português: (1) o feminino originado do neutro plural latino; (2) a influência do gênero feminino de folha; (3) a influência do adjetivo apétalo na forma feminina; e (4) a influência no português de outras línguas em que também ocorre a oscilação de gênero. A conclusão aponta que o fenômeno deve ser explicado levando em consideração a existência de múltiplas causas, tipo de explicação comum em Etimologia.
Aspectos semântico-discursivos da renovação lexical em época de Lava Jato e governo Bolsonaro
Authors: Valente André
Published: December 2019

A renovação lexical sempre esteve presente na linguagem literária. Na atualidade, o processo de criação vocabular apresenta exemplos diários na linguagem midiática. Os neologismos formais ou vocabulares vêm sendo utilizados em diversos segmentos da mídia, o que também ocorre, em menor escala, com os neologismos semânticos ou conceituais. Neste artigo, os tipos de criações neológicas são abordados em uma perspectiva teórica que busca a integração entre léxico e discurso. O corpus analisado contém dez neologismos referentes à operação Lava Jato e ao governo Bolsonaro.
Musicoterapia no processo de reabilitação de pacientes com amputação
Authors: Smith Maristela Pires da Cruz , Alves Vera Lucia Rodrigues
Published: December 2019

A visão de totalidade do homem - homem como ser social - sugere que as ações reabilitadoras, aplicadas a pacientes acometidos por síndromes que os incapacitam fisicamente -  como amputações de membros do corpo - mostram-se eficazes resultando numa melhora, e mais rápida readaptação do sujeito, a novas formas de ‘estar no mundo’, mesmo vivenciando um estigma social de “pessoa diferente”. No estudo em questão trabalhou-se com os pressupostos epistemológicos da Psicologia Social Crítica, que foram demonstrados por meio de técnicas da Musicoterapia, pois se esperava que a prática de sessões de musicoterapia poderia facilitar a expressão da música interna dos sujeitos, conteúdo este narrado por meio de palavras, que foram transformadas em palavras cantadas e, posteriormente, em canções compostas. A participação dos envolvidos no trabalho clínico foi conjunta, isto é, entre pesquisadores e cada um dos 5 pacientes participantes, atendidos individualmente, já que se tratou de uma pesquisa-ação-participativa. As análises de discurso das narrativas de histórias de vida, foram feitas com base nas categorias que fundamentam a Psicologia Social Crítica. Os registros foram feitos a partir de observações do comportamento sonoro-musical dos pacientes, aplicando-se o “Modelo de Registro de Reações Sonoro-Rítmico-Musicais, Corpóreo-Vocais e Comportamentais”, tanto para o registro objetivo, quanto para as interpretações musicais subjetivas, tendo como referência teórica principal a ‘identidade como metamorfose’.
La Ensoñación Feroz de la Palabra en Acción: Veinte Años de Poesía Argentina (1940-1960) de Francisco Urondo
Authors: Maggi Marina
Published: December 2019

En diciembre de 1963, Francisco Urondo publica en la revista Zona de la poesía americana un breve ensayo titulado “Poesía argentina en los últimos años”. Como nota al pie, se indica a los lectores que el trabajo corresponde a un “fragmento del libro Viejas y nuevas vanguardias. Apuntes sobre poetas y movimientos argentinos de vanguardia” (Nº 2, 14). Sin embargo, cinco años después, cuando editorial Galerna publica el ensayo completo, el título pasa a ser Veinte años de poesía argentina 1940-1960. No sólo desaparece aquí la noción de vanguardia, sino que se produce una condensación singular. Los poetas y movimientos nacionales confluyen en una única entidad, general y gentilicia: la poesía argentina. Mucho más sugerente, el atractivo de este título no radica únicamente en que se esboza la historia de la poesía del país en determinado periodo, sino que el sintagma “veinte años” nos invita a pensar esta historia en términos de acumulación. ¿Qué fue aquello que se ha ido atesorando durante este ciclo? ¿Cuál es el estado presente de nuestra poesía en 1968? ¿Qué es lo que la vuelve argentina? Imposible responder estos interrogantes sin antes explorar la forma en que Urondo introduce, a lo largo del ensayo, ciertas premisas que funcionan como señuelos para que el lector se detenga y atisbe el porvenir de una tradición agitada.
Social participation in the health technology incorporation process into Unified Health System
Authors: Silva Aline Silveira , Sousa Maria Sharmila Alina de , Silva Emília Vitória da , Galato Dayani
Published: December 2019

OBJECTIVE: To describe the current process of social participation in the incorporation of health technologies in Brazil, within the context of the Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: A descriptive study was conducted based on the analysis of official records of the actions of the National Committee for Health Technology Incorporation into Unified Health System and its website, from the beginning of its activities in January 2012 until December 2017. RESULTS: The findings indicate that, in Brazil, there are legal instruments related to social participation in health, including the health technology assessment (HTA) field. However, its implementation is relatively recent and has been carried out gradually. In addition to the legal instruments (National Health Council representative, public consultation and public hearing forecast), other information and transparency strategies have been shown to be allied to social participation in the incorporation of health technologies. However, activities such as legally provided public hearings have not yet been carried out. CONCLUSIONS: Several actions to foster social participation were developed over the analyzed period, but they need to be evaluated in order to maintain or improve them. In addition, there is a need for more qualified social participation in the various existing spaces, including those prescribed by law.
Systematic Review of the Genetics of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: Potential Overlap With Sudden Cardiac Death and Arrhythmia‐Related Genes
Authors: Chahal C. Anwar A. , Salloum Mohammad N. , Alahdab Fares , Gottwald Joseph A. , Tester David J. , Anwer Lucman A. , So Elson L. , Murad Mohammad Hassan , St Louis Erik K. , Ackerman Michael J. , Somers Virend K.
Published: December 2019

Background

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (
SUDEP
) is the leading cause of epilepsy‐related death.
SUDEP
shares many features with sudden cardiac death and sudden unexplained death in the young and may have a similar genetic contribution. We aim to systematically review the literature on the genetics of
SUDEP
.

Methods and Results

PubMed,
MEDLINE
Epub Ahead of Print, Ovid Medline In‐Process & Other Non‐Indexed Citations,
MEDLINE
,
EMBASE
, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus were searched through April 4, 2017. English language human studies analyzing
SUDEP
for known sudden death, ion channel and arrhythmia‐related pathogenic variants, novel variant discovery, and copy number variant analyses were included. Aggregate descriptive statistics were generated; data were insufficient for meta‐analysis. A total of 8 studies with 161 unique individuals were included; mean was age 29.0 (±
SD
14.2) years; 61% males; ECG data were reported in 7.5% of cases; 50.7% were found prone and 58% of deaths were nocturnal. Cause included all types of epilepsy. Antemortem diagnosis of Dravet syndrome and autism (with duplication of chromosome 15) was associated with 11% and 9% of cases. The most frequently detected known pathogenic variants at postmortem were in Na
+
and K
+
ion channel subunits, as were novel potentially pathogenic variants (11%). Overall, the majority of variants were of unknown significance. Analysis of copy number variant was insignificant.

Conclusions

SUDEP
case adjudication and evaluation remains limited largely because of crucial missing data such as
ECG
s. The most frequent pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants identified by molecular autopsy are in ion channel or arrhythmia‐related genes, with an ≈11% discovery rate. Comprehensive postmortem examination should include examination of the heart and brain by specialized pathologists and blood storage.
Ritual and Self-Cultivation in the Daoist Practice of “Oblatory Refinement”
Authors: Capitanio Joshua
Published: December 2019

This article describes a Daoist salvific ritual called jilian 祭鍊, “oblatory refinement,” as presented within a ritual manual written by Zheng Sixiao 鄭思肖 (1241–1318). Zheng’s formulation of this ritual and his extensive commentary on its individual elements show that he regards this ritual not only as a means of achieving salvation for others, but also as a complete system of self-cultivation that is capable of enabling the practitioner’s self-apotheosis. After discussing the historical background of the ritual and describing its various stages, I analyze Zheng’s approach to ritual practice and his understanding of the relationship between ritual and self-cultivation, both of which are characterized by his emphasis on the quality of “sincerity” (cheng 誠). Ultimately, I argue that the Daoist notion of an “inner,” cognitive and affective dimension of ritual practice points to useful ways of supplementing contemporary theoretical understandings of ritual that focus primarily, if not exclusively, on the formal aspects and social contexts of ritual activities.
Four Newly Identified Fragments of P.Bodmer 14–15 (P75)
Authors: Nongbri Brent , Sharp Daniel B.
Published: December 2019

This article reports the contents of four newly identified fragments of P.Bodmer 14–15 (P75) at the Fondation Martin Bodmer.
Le chant de l’amour et de la mort d’une poétesse de l’Arabie antique
Authors: Ayoub Georgine
Published: December 2019

Si la déploration de la perte et les lamentations autour du brancard funèbre sont le fait des pleureuses, depuis la plus haute antiquité arabe, si les poétesses pleureuses dans l’Arabie antique ne sont point rares, bien rares, néanmoins, sont les poétesses qui ont chanté publiquement leur amour pour un homme. Or, il est une poétesse du Ier/VIIe siècle, qui, justement, est célèbre pour les poèmes où elle pleure son bien-aimé, le brigand-poète Tawba, tué au combat et jamais vengé. Elle a pour nom Laylā l-Aḫyaliyya. Ses poèmes seront appréciés par les plus grands poètes et savants. Mais elle est souvent, dans les récits, poursuivie par le sarcasme mâle. Notre propos sera de voir, à travers l’étude de la poésie de Laylā et dans les « récits » dessinant cette figure exemplaire dont les « faits » et les poèmes se transmettront de siècle en siècle, comment se construit la relation de la femme à l’amour, à la mort, à la sphère du public et à la parole, à l’aube de l’islam.
Le lieu de l’abus : poésie et taḫyīl chez ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Ǧurǧānī (m. 471/1078)
Authors: Bertrand Loïc
Published: December 2019

This article aims to determine the specificity of the notion of taḫyīl in ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Ǧurǧānī’s (d. 471/1078) work. We will attempt to define this rhetorical device and explain the rhetorician’s interest in it. Taḫyīl consists in taking a word or sentence used in a figurative sense, in its literal sense. Although this definition is well-known, it remains uncertain in many respects (what is its decisive criteria? Is it a figure?). To answer these questions, it is necessary to take into account the ethico-rhetorical frame of the question of the taḫyīl in al-Ǧurǧānī’s work. It is first determined as a rhetorical misuse resulting from a deceptive syllogism, and then as a specificity of poetry: indeed, taḫyīl is not to be blamed only in poetry. We will show that taḫyīl should not be considered as a figure but as a topos (literally a “place,” in Aristotelian rhetoric) used to overemphasize one’s statement, i.e. to provide an excess of the assertion (mubālaġa fī l-iṯbāt).
The long journey of ‘Privatautonomie’
Authors: Kiehnle Arndt
Published: December 2019

Individual autonomy was rediscovered in modernity when it came to the persecution of dissenters in Germany after the Reformatio n. Since the 18th century the ‘Privatautonomie’ of the individual has been established in German private law. Later, in the 19th century, the term autonomy gained ground in the legal terminology of French private law, also thanks to the German emigrant Foelix. In the 20th century autonomy, not least thanks to German-speaking jurists who fled from the Nazis, became a legal term also used in the private law of the USA and Great Britain.
The Dutch postwar restoration of rights regime regarding movable property
Authors: van Vliet Lars
Published: December 2019

During the Second World War Germany and German nationals looted the Netherlands and its nationals of many valuable assets, that were taken to Germany. Often the looting took the form of forced sales. In some cases, the sales price was too low, in other cases the German buyer paid market value or more, but often the buyer paid with guilders looted from the Dutch State. After the liberation of the Netherlands the ‘restoration of rights regime’ enabled victims of forced sales to seek annulment of the sales. This article concentrates on those movable goods that were sold to German buyers and that, after the war, returned from Germany to the Netherlands with the help of the Allied Forces, the so-called recuperation goods. If the seller did not seek annulment before the deadline of July 1951, for example because the price paid was considerable so that he preferred to keep the purchase price, or if his request was rejected, the Dutch State should not be forced to return these goods to their German buyer. Therefore, these goods were first subjected to Royal Decree E 133 which expropriated all German owned property in the Netherlands. Upon return to the Netherlands the recuperation goods became State property, but this measure could be undone by the seller successfully seeking annulment of the sales contract under Royal Decree E 100. However, if no annulment took place, the State remained owner of these goods.
Ethiopia-Eritrea Rapproachment
Authors: Magnet Joseph Eliot
Published: December 2019

On July 9, 2018 Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship. On July 17, 2018 Ethiopia announced plans for landlocked Ethiopia to use Eritrea’s port of Assab.

Ethiopia’s proposed use of Assab has implications for the indigenous Afar people who have lived in the port area for two thousand years. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Eritrea and the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea found that Eritrea engaged in widespread persecution of the Afar people, including evicting them from the port area of Assab without any compensation. Both UN entities found that this persecution amounted to crimes against humanity.

This paper considers the legal consequences for Ethiopia and Ethiopian officials if they use the Assab port area taken from the Afar by criminal means: will they be involving themselves in Eritrea’s crimes? The paper then considers alternative arrangements from the perspective of where the interests of Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Afar are anticipated to converge. It concludes with proposals to resolve the present untenable situation.
An Examination of the Legislative Limitations of Artistic Freedom of Expression in Uganda
Authors: Kakungulu-Mayambala Ronald , Solomon Rukundo , Makmot Victor Philip
Published: December 2019

Artistic freedom of expression is guaranteed under the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and other international instruments. This paper examines its application in all forms of art including paintings, music, poetry, novels, and plays. The paper examines the different legislation used in the restriction of artistic freedom of expression. It argues that these restrictions are contrary to the guarantees of freedom of expression provided in the Constitution and in various regional and international instruments. Part I of this paper gives a historical background to artistic freedom of expression noting how it has been suppressed since colonial times. Part II examines international protection of artistic freedom of expression while Part III analyses the protection of artistic freedom of expression in Uganda as guaranteed by the Constitution. Part IV analyses the legislation limiting artistic freedom of expression and highlights how these are incompatible with international and local human rights standards. Part V puts forward the case for artistic freedom of expression. Finally, Part VI provides the conclusion.
Greek Genealogical Epic: Vitality of Its Formulaic Diction
Authors: Fernández-Delgado José-Antonio
Published: December 2019

One aspect of the Greek epic that has yet to be thoroughly explored is the possibility of differentiating, in the midst of formulaic wording, the different genres that from the point of view of Greek literature comprise, for example, the telling of heroic deeds (Iliad, Odyssey), gnomic-paraenetic poetry (Works and Days), or the stories of genealogies, be they divine (Theogony), or heroic (Ehoiai). However, each of these forms of poetic expression had available a specific formulaic apparatus apart from the other much more abundant and more visible, the epic one, shared among the different genres. Thus has it been pointed out on some occasions, although the critics have scarcely pursued the consequences. Here my proposal consists of investigating the dynamics of the formulaic diction of oral poetry of the genealogical type, based on information provided in this regard by the Hesiodic poems of the Theogony, and above all, of the Catalogue of Women.
Historical Sociolinguistics: How and Why? Some Observations from Greek Documentary Papyri
Authors: Bentein Klaas
Published: December 2019

Whereas initially texts from the past were given relatively little attention in sociolinguistic studies, nowadays historical sociolinguistics as a discipline has come to maturity, too. A central notion in (historical) sociolinguistics is that of context: regrettably, however, there is still no generally accepted theory of how context can be captured and related to language. One of the few frameworks that has attempted to provide a coherent and unifying account is the so-called Functional Sociolinguistic framework. In this article, I illustrate the potential of this model for the study of Post-classical and Byzantine Greek complementation.
Atticist Lexicography in the Palaeologan Age and Historical Sociolinguistics: Some Brief Remarks
Authors: Valente Stefano
Published: December 2019

This paper sketches how the investigation both of Atticist lexica produced or copied during the Palaeologan age and of Atticist entries in more general lexicographic works of that period can contribute to historical sociolinguistic studies. When examining Byzantine lexicography from this perspective, the highly conservative character of the content should always be kept in mind. Despite the re-use of linguistic categories elaborated and employed in earlier scholarly traditions, Byzantine Atticist lexica still offer evidence to help us understand how some of these categories such as ‘Attic’ vs ‘non-Attic’ were applied during the Palaeologan age.
‘Atticismo’, excerpta lessicografici e prassi didattiche in età paleologa
Authors: Ucciardello Giuseppe
Published: December 2019

The search for purity of language during the Palaeologan age has often been regarded as a revival of the Atticist movement of the second century AD. Students who had access to the higher education aimed at mastering this new form of Attic Greek: a large set of ancient authors deemed to be models of language and style served as repositories of lexical materials. Within this framework the need of school handbooks, dictionaries is quite understandable. In the first section of the paper I offer an overview of the multifarious typologies of scholarly texts largely used in the first Palaeologan age. Then, I focus more specifically on some miscellaneous excerpts merged into anthological manuscripts, by taking into account a largely overlooked series of grammatical and lexical annotations on Lucian. Differently from what is often stated in the catalogues, I show how the order of the items follows closely Lucian’s texts. These annotations could be the transcription of teachers’ notes and/or lecture notes taken during collective/private readings of texts.
Gli Erotemata di Manuele Moscopulo e i suoi precedenti
Authors: Rollo Antonio
Published: December 2019

After displaying the theory of Theodosian nominal morphology, the paper offers an overview of the development of Greek grammar in Byzantium between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries. Starting from Theodoros Prodromos’ handbook it takes on the study of the Erotemata of Moschopoulos and examines their relationship with the erotematic genre.
Database Design and Sociolinguistics: Considerations for ByzTec (the Byzantine Tagged Electronic Corpus)
Authors: Wahlgren Staffan
Published: December 2019

In this paper work on building a linguistically tagged corpus of Byzantine texts (ByzTec) is discussed. In its present form the corpus consists of texts from the 10th and 14th centuries, and genres such as history, letter-writing and oratory are represented. Technical aspects of the corpus are described, as well as the different kinds of linguistic phenomena covered, such as morphology and semantics. So far, the primary purpose of the undertaking has been to facilitate the author’s own work on linguistic variation within an elite of Byzantine society. However, it is to be hoped that the corpus can be of use to others, including those interested in sociolinguistic aspects of Byzantine Greek.
Lingua letteraria e lingua di corte: diglossia e insegnamento tradizionale in Etiopia fra Tardo Antico e Medio Evo
Authors: Lusini Gianfrancesco
Published: December 2019

The Ethiopian literary tradition extends over a time frame beginning even before the christianization of the Country (first half of the 4th cent.) up to modern times. In this long period we frequently register phenomena of interference both among different languages (Greek, Gǝ‘ǝz, Arabic, Amharic, agaw languages and so on) and between various registers of the same language, produced or conditioned by specific cultural or religious contexts. Particularly, in the Middle Ages the differentiation between Gǝ‘ǝz as the language of the clergy and the written discourse, and Amharic as the language of the court and the verbal communication, had momentous reflexes on the traditional teaching, related to Gǝ‘ǝz liturgical texts, but orally transmitted in Amharic. This development proved to be crucial for the start of the literarization process of Amharic, to be dated back to the second half of the 16th cent., as an effect of the missionary propaganda of the Portuguese Jesuits and of their polemics against the Ethiopian Orthodox clergy.
On Drinking Wine in Anacreon fr. 356 PMG (= 33 Gent.)
Authors: Palmisciano Riccardo
Published: December 2019

The A. supports with new arguments von der Mühll’s idea that in Anacreon fr. 356 PMG (=33 Gentili) Athenaeus has joined two distinct short poems. The first (fr. a) is an invitation to drink heavily in order to provoke Dionysiac enthusiasm; the second (fr. b) is an admonition against the degeneration of the symposium and a reminder of the rules of a well-ordered rite. The performance of the two poems must be placed in the same symposium at some distance of time, or, more probably, in different symposia: both could be performed whenever similar circumstances occurred. Some arguments are proposed in defence of Pauw’s amendment ἀνυβρίστως in fr. (a).
La forma del dialogo platonico nel De poetis di Aristotele
Authors: Micalella Dina
Published: December 2019

The analysis of the testimonia of Aristotle’s De poetis fr. 73 Rose suggests a new interpretation of the meaning of the literary category of medietas, attributed by Aristotle to the Platonic dialogue.
La psilosi nel coliambo ellenistico
Authors: Colesanti Giulio
Published: December 2019

Deductive reasoning (as Hipponax composed choliambic verses in a psilotic Ionic, his Hellenistic imitators must also have reproduced psilosis in their choliambic works), the comparison with Theoc. Idyllls 28–31 (where he imitated the psilotic Aeolic dialect of Alcaeus) and above all the attested psilotic words in the verses of Phoenix of Colophon, Herodas and Callimachus suggest that the entire Hellenistic choliambic poetry was written in an Ionic characterised by psilosis.
New Manuscripts of De Littera Grammatical Texts
Authors: Soage Javier
Published: December 2019

The paper points out and discusses further manuscript tradition of two De littera grammatical texts, namely the De littera ex libro dom⟨i⟩ni Donati and two versions of the so-called De littera. The critical study of both tracts is brought up to date in light of the new witnesses as well as by re-evaluation of the known copies.
Sous-traiter dans les Travaux publics au XVIIIe siècle, du cas à l’enquête
Authors: Conchon Anne
Published: December 2019

Alors que la sous-traitance est a priori proscrite dans le cadre des Travaux publics, elle est pourtant utilisée sur des chantiers de construction d’infrastructures, de façon à permettre aux entrepreneurs de réaliser des ouvrages requérant la mobilisation d’une main d’œuvre abondante et de savoir-faire complexes. Le contentieux qui opposa un entrepreneur de travaux, Pierre-Marin Legrand, à l’administration des Ponts et Chaussées à la fin du XVIIIe siècle apporte à cet égard de précieux éclaircissements sur cette relation de travail.
Le monde artisanal et la sous-traitance à Londres, au XVIIIe siècle : Organisation du travail, culture technique et identités
Authors: Hilaire-Pérez Liliane , Clifford Helen
Published: December 2019

La sous-traitance dans les métiers londoniens est un phénomène massif au XVIIIe siècle qui transforme l’économie et la culture technique artisanales. Elle est liée à la recherche de producteurs qualifiés capables de répondre à la demande en nombre d’articles hautement composites, censés varier les effets visuels et fonctionnels des objets de consommation. L’économie de la variété, appliquée à une production importante, favorise l’extension des circuits entre producteurs et l’essor des marchés de production, c’est-à-dire une organisation ramifiée complexe fondée sur la mobilisation d’opérateurs externes spécialisés, sous l’égide d’artisans-entrepreneurs. Nous nous proposons d’examiner l’impact de cette organisation du travail sur la culture technique et les identités professionnelles en milieu artisanal. On abordera cette question d’une part à travers l’écrit économique, d’autre part à partir d’actes de la pratique.
La sous-traitance en Chine contemporaine : Des chaines de valeurs globales aux réseaux d’entreprises familiales. Subordination et collaboration
Authors: Guiheux Gilles
Published: December 2019

Les trois dernières décennies de la croissance de l’économie chinoise sont à mettre au crédit de son insertion dans l’économie mondiale. Une grande partie de l’activité est liée à des commandes faites par des donneurs d’ordre étrangers à des établissements manufacturiers. Les relations de sous-traitance ne se résument pourtant pas à des relations de subordination. En particulier en Chine rurale, ces relations peuvent être horizontales, fortement insérées dans des réseaux sociaux préexistants. Cette situation interroge la frontière entre autonomie et subordination.
Video Data Sensing
Authors: Caton Lucy Catherine
Published: December 2019

This article situates at the interstice of post qualitative inquiry and child participatory video research, in responding to the need for more work around child, camera and researcher relations, where bodies (human and otherwise) coexist and agency is not bounded in one human subject. The article makes its contribution by describing affective methodologies for dealing with vast amounts of digital video data whilst displacing dominant framings for knowing children. The author offers the technique of Video data sensing (Caton, 2019) to recognise how child subjectivities emerge out of the movements and rhythms of bodies, formlessness and chaos. The technique works in conjunction with digital software, as a way for researchers and practitioners to move beyond simply labelling children and their capacities in new and alternate ways, as light, pattern, colour and texture become sites of knowledge production within the child and camera assemblage (Deleuze and Guattari, 1987/2014).
The Role of Digital Cameras in Child and Researcher Encounters in Preschool
Authors: Olsson Maria , Lindgren Anne-Li
Published: December 2019

The aim of this article is to analyze how a researcher’s use of digital cameras, with children in preschool, affects the children’s becoming as filmmaking subjects. The material consists of 12 months’ digital videography, during which the researcher took part in children’s own filmmaking. The authors used conceptual tools from Deleuze’s (1986) film theory to analyze an encounter between two children and a researcher as filmmakers. The analysis demonstrates how turning towards and turning away in relation to human (children and the researcher) and non-human (digital cameras, rhythm, music, light) actors actualizes admiration and desire in varying ways. The authors pay special attention to the children’s acting with abstract, constantly moving compositions. The article highlights how the children and the researcher produce different, yet related becomings using digital cameras. Acknowledging such connections between children’s mingling with human and non-human actors provides ways to understand how cameras actualize the potential to decolonize childhood by decomposing and recomposing educational settings.
Three Notes on Visual Pedagogies in Childhood Research
Authors: Rotas Nikki
Published: December 2019

This article focuses on the process of creating still and video images with children through a practice referred to as ‘mashing’. The use of wearable cameras (by both researcher and children) is further explored, putting into question how documentation and visual analysis are conducted in school settings. Three concepts (i.e., gesture, encounter, endurance) are employed in relation to issues of visual representation in childhood research in order to support an understanding of documentation as pedagogically necessary in educational contexts.
論《蒙古字韻》所反映的漢語方言音系
Authors: 武志 濱田
Published: December 2019

提要

關於《蒙古字韻》所反映的漢語方言音系，本文得出了以下結論：①中古音四聲已分爲陰陽八調。②疑、云母的實現形式ꡃ <ŋ> [ŋ-]和ꡝ <’> [ʔ-]都是/ʔ-/ （陽調）的條件變體。③中古音微母、日母、以母 （各自對應於ꡓ 、ꡔ <ž>、ꡭ ）爲[v-, ʐ-, jɦ-]，中古音奉母、禪母、部分匣母（對應於ꡤ 、ꡚ <š1>、ꡯ ）變爲[fɦ-, ʂɦ-, xɦ-]。這兩個音變構成一套鏈移 （chain shift）。④中古音全濁聲母除了邪母和部分匣母以外都變為“清音濁流” [Cɦ-]。⑤硬顎音聲母/c, cʰ, ç, j, ɲ/有獨立的地位，但是/c, cʰ, ç/沒有專用字母。⑥韻腹有/a, e, ɤ, i, u, y, ï/，韻尾有/j, w, m, n, ŋ/，介音有/w, ɥ, i/。介音/i/只與韻腹/a, e/相配。

元朝人沒有現代語言學的知識。從韻書等資料構擬出一套語音系統的科學研究是一項嶄新的嘗試。使用表音文字構擬脫離實際方言的語音系統並且還制定拼法，這是一項遠比現代人能想像的難得多的工作。本文認爲，哪一個字屬於哪一個小韻很可能是根據前代韻書而決定的，同時還認為，語音系統本身很可能是反映著實際方言音系的相當部分。

創造八思巴字拼寫的原則很可能是，蒙古語母語話者如同讀八思巴字蒙古語一樣發音，就能夠自然地念出近似漢語的語音。換句話說，八思巴字拼寫系統是爲了方便蒙古人而設計出的。
The Bohra Manuscript Treasury as a Sacred Site of Philology: a Study in Social Codicology
Authors: Akkerman Olly
Published: December 2019

This article examines the social meaning of philology in Arabic from the perspective of a contemporary Indian Shīʿī Muslim community, known as the Alawi Bohras. Rather than approaching philology as a tradition of canonical texts, it considers philology as a social act: a set of practices that are imbedded socially in the community. We focus on the community’s khizāna, or manuscript treasury, and investigate its social role as a sacred site of philology, its Arabic manuscripts being only accessible to the highest clerics. Even though inaccessible to believers, the khizāna manuscripts have rich social lives as objects of concealment, agency, and healing. These social lives precisely lay bare the encounter between the philological and the community. As a study in social codicology that explores this encounter, the case of the Alawi Bohras is an invitation to rethink the social meaning of philology and manuscripts in Muslim societies.
Arsāniyūs Shukrī al-Ḥakīm’s Account of His Journey to France, the Iberian Peninsula, and Italy (1748–1757) from Travel Journal to Edition
Authors: Krimsti Feras
Published: December 2019

In 1748, the monk Arsāniyūs Shukrī al-Ḥakīm (1707–1786), a member of the Lebanese Maronite Order in Mount Lebanon, was sent to Catholic Europe, tasked with securing financial support and the protection of the French King for his indebted order. The literary byproduct of this journey through the Christian lands of Western Europe was an extensive travel account. Based on recent manuscript findings, the present contribution examines the different versions in which this ego-document has been transmitted, including the original travel journal written en route by Arsāniyūs himself, copies by contemporaries who turned the travel journal into a travelogue, an excerpt included in an anthology dating to the 1870s, and finally the edition by the Jesuit scholar Ferdinand Taoutel (1887–1977). The account of the journey, it is argued, remained the object of a philological engagement that was meant to guarantee the continuity of its relevance and use in changing contexts.
From Taṣḥīḥ to Taḥqīq: Toward a History of the Arabic Critical Edition
Authors: Dayeh Islam
Published: December 2019

The article traces the transformations in Arabic editorial practices from the mid-19th century through the early decades of the 20th-century. Focusing on the publishing world of Cairo, the article examines some of the major political, cultural and technological conditions that shaped editorial choice and technique. The article explores continuities as well as ruptures with traditional Arabic-Islamic editorial practice, and assesses the impact of 19th-century European philological and historical scholarship. Particular attention is given to examining innovation in editorial practice, textual form, and modes of research over the course of a century.
Bar-Dancing, Palm Wine, and Letters
Authors: Porter Sanchez Danielle
Published: December 2019

This article focuses on the militarization of social life and leisure in Brazzaville during the Second World War and argues that efforts to instill a sense of control over the city could only suppress life so much, as many Congolese people were unwilling to completely succumb to the will of the administration in a war that seemed to offer very little to their communities or their city as a whole. Furthermore, drinking and dancing served as opportunities to engage with issues of class and race in the wartime capital of Afrique Française Libre. The history of alcohol consumption in Brazzaville is not simply the story of choosing whether or not to drink (or allow others to drink); rather, it is one of many stories of colonial control, exploitation, and racism that plagued Europe’s colonies in Africa during the Second World War.
Development of Self-Microemulsifying Drug Delivery Systems of Poorly Water-Soluble Pazopanib for Improvement of Oral Absorption
Authors: Choi Sung-Up , Kim Mi Jeong , Kim Sung Tae , Kim Hee-Cheol , Cho Kwan Hyung , Park Sang Yeob , Lee Hwa-Mi , Maeng Han-Joo , Jang Dong-Jin
Published: December 2019

Self-microemulsifying drug delivery systems represent a stable formulation for enhancing the solubility and absorption efficacy of poorly soluble drugs. In this study, a self-microemulsifying drug delivery system (SMEDDS) was designed and applied for oral administration of poorly water-soluble
pazopanib, a Biopharmaceutical Classification Class II anticancer drug. The solubility of pazopanib was first evaluated using various oils, surfactants, and co-surfactants. Pseudoternary phase diagrams were plotted to identify the selfemulsifying region and the phase behavior of optimized
vehicle selected after screening of oils, surfactants, and co-surfactants. The SMEDDS comprising Capmul MCM NF, Tween 80, and PEG 400 was fabricated for incorporating pazopanib. It exhibited spherical droplets with size of 86.9 ± 0.8 nm and zeta potential value of –14.7 ±
0.1 mV. In vitro dissolution profiles of the SMEDDS were 2.40-fold (pH 4.0) and 6.45-fold (pH 6.8) higher than that of pazopanib powder. In particular, pazopanib-SMEDDS showed pH-independent dissolution profiles. In vivo pharmacokinetic parameters of the SMEDDS revealed enhanced
bioavailability of pazopanib, which was 3.32-fold higher than that of pazopanib powder when administered orally. Taken together, the SMEDDS is effective as an oral delivery vehicle for pazopanib. In addition, our findings demonstrate that self-microemulsifying drug delivery systems could be
a potential tool for improving bioavailability of other poorly water-soluble drugs.
Bioactive Compounds: Antioxidant, Antibacterial and Antiproliferative Activities in Chloranthus henryi
Authors: Xu Hai-Tang , Liao Hua-Zhen , Zou Meng-Jun , Zhao Yan-Zhi , Lei Fu-Hou , Huang Qin , Dong Mengyao , Zhang Jiaoxia , Guo Zhanhu , Fan Jincheng , Wang Chao , Zhou Ju-Ying
Published: December 2019

This study investigates the antioxidant, antibacterial and antiproliferative properties of the ethyl acetate, chloroform, ethanol and n-butanol extracts from Chloranthus henryi. Total flavonoid content (TFC) and total phenol content (TPC) values for the extracts could
be investigated. The TPC value for extracts changed from 4.36 to 19.64 milligram gallic acid equivalents per gram of dry material, and the TFC of extracts changed from 3.13 to 9.99 milligram rutin equivalents per gram of dry material. The antioxidant properties were evaluated and their antimicrobial
activity was tested against bacterial strains Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Group A Streptococcus and Monilia albican. The results showed that all extract displayed moderate or great potential of antioxidant and antibacterial
activity. Strong correlations were observed between TPC and antioxidant activity. Five compounds could be separated from n-butanol extract, which showed high content of TPC and significant antioxidant activity. They are (1) gallic acid, (2) caffeic acid, (3) 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, (4)
rosmarinic acid and methyl rosmarinate (5). Antiproliferative activity was tested using HepG2, Hela and MCF-7 cells. The study suggested that components of Chloranthus henryi possessed fine antioxidant property, therefore can be applied for antioxidant, antibacterial and antiproliferative
agents in the food or drug industries.
Lateral Neck Radiography in Preoperative Evaluation of Adenoid Hypertrophy
Authors: Soldatova Liuba , Otero Hansel J. , Saul David A. , Barrera Christian A. , Elden Lisa
Published: December 2019

Objective:

To assess the value of lateral neck radiographs in quantifying adenoid hypertrophy to help guide treatment decisions in patients with symptoms of nasal obstruction.

Study Design:

Retrospective review.

Methods:

Quantitative radiologic grading of adenoids was correlated with the intraoperative grading to select cases in agreement between the two methods. The percent airway obstruction was calculated as a ratio of adenoid size to the size of the nasopharyngeal airway near the level of the choanae on the lateral neck radiographs for adenoidectomy cases in which radiographic and intraoperative grading of adenoid size were in agreement.

Results:

A total of 426 adenoidectomy cases with preoperative lateral neck radiographs were reviewed (M:F = 254:172 for age range 9 months to 16 years), and only cases in agreement between radiographic and intraoperative adenoid grading were included in radiographic analysis (N = 234). The percent airway obstruction values were significantly different between “severely obstructive” (N = 137, mean = 94.71, SD = 6.55, range [72.00; 100.00]) and “moderately obstructive” adenoid categories (N = 97, mean = 78.53, SD = 6.91, range [63.67; 98.08]), not only within clinically relevant age groups (1-3 years, 4-7 years, 8-15 years), but also for the entire data set (95% CI [14.41; 17.95], P < .0001). “Mildly obstructive” category was omitted due to small sample size (N = 4).

Conclusion:

Lateral neck radiographs can provide useful supplemental information on the degree of nasopharyngeal airway obstruction when other clinical findings do not clearly point toward adenoid hypertrophy as a primary cause of nasal obstruction. In our data set, a 65% nasopharyngeal airway obstruction represents a value two standard deviations below the mean for “moderately” obstructive adenoid category, and can be viewed as a simplified cut-off to indicate that the degree of adenoid enlargement is clinically relevant. This cut-off value can assist in evaluation of patients with symptoms of nasal obstruction.

Level of Evidence:

4