bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Regalía de las aguas públicas y dominio público hidráulico
Authors: Gil Olcina Antonio
Published: June 2015

Hasta la promulgación de la Ley de 3 de agosto de 1866 sobre dominio, uso y aprovechamiento de aguas, en la España Peninsular el derecho sobre esta materia se adscribía a dos grandes tradiciones jurídicas: castellana y valenciana. Esta última, que informaría la susodicha norma, primer código español y europeo al respecto, acabaría por prevalecer, merced al destacado protagonismo en la redacción de aquélla del prestigio jurista Antonio Rodríguez de Cepeda, catedrático de Derecho Administrativo de la Universidad de Valencia, Decano de la Facultad de Derecho y del Colegio de Abogados, profundo conocedor del derecho de aguas valenciano. En la distinción del derecho foral valenciano entre aguas públicas y privadas, concepto el primero de contenido notoriamente más amplio que en las Partidas, quedaban sometidas aquéllas a la titularidad y dominio del Real Patrimonio. Dicha regalía sobre aguas públicas se halla en los orígenes del dominio público hidráulico que, ampliado y enriquecido por la Ley 29/1985, regula el modificado Texto Refundido de la Ley de Aguas.
Regadío y transformación de los espacios jurisdiccionales en el Bajo Segura durante la época foral moderna
Authors: Bernabé Gil David
Published: June 2015

Se analiza en este trabajo las transformaciones operadas en la articulación territorial de la jurisdicción de aguas en un macrosistema hidráulico complejo, controlado inicialmente por la ciudad de Orihuela —en el sur valenciano—, a lo largo de los siglos XVI y XVII. Su dinámica temporal muestra, por un lado, una dispersión desigual de las instancias de gestión interna correspondientes a los diferentes sistemas de acequias, que aparece ligada a los procesos de segregación municipal operados en el antiguo término general de dicha ciudad y a la construcción de nuevos azudes. Por otro, se asiste también, para contrarrestar aquella tendencia centrífuga, al reforzamiento de una jurisdicción de aguas centralizada, con la importante novedad que supuso su control directo por parte de la Corona.
Terratenencia y organización del territorio en La Orotava (Tenerife)
Authors: Martín Martín Víctor O. , Jerez Darias Luis Manuel
Published: June 2015

Se investiga la transformación territorial, de agrario-natural a urbano, de un municipio enclavado en uno de los paisajes mundialmente más conocidos de la Isla de Tenerife y de Canarias: el Valle de La Orotava. La tesis que hemos intentado demostrar es que no se puede entender la transformación territorial del municipio de La Orotava sin el papel jugado por los grandes propietarios de la tierra y que la estrategia seguida por esos agentes inmobiliarios está en la base de la desordenación del territorio municipal.
Dinámica industrial, planteamiento y ordenación del territorio en el municipio de Lorca (Murcia, sureste de España)
Authors: Romera Franco Joaquín David
Published: June 2015

Lorca es una ciudad de tamaño medio que, por su localización estratégica en el corredor Mediterráneo, ofrece diferentes oportunidades de negocio. Tradicionalmente la actividad industrial ha ocupado un lugar secundario en la economía local en relación a otros sectores productivos que han acaparado la mano de obra y la riqueza generada. A pesar de ello, resulta muy notable el impacto que las actividades industriales tienen en el espacio urbano y periurbano de Lorca, encontrando tipologías de localización muy diversas que responden a intereses empresariales y a la planificación y práctica urbanística llevada a cabo en el municipio. A sectores industriales maduros en franca decadencia, se han unido otros más modernos en fase de expansión. Como en otras ocasiones, la industria, en este momento de aguda crisis económica internacional, tampoco tiene capacidad en Lorca para absorber la mano de obra excedente de otros sectores, lo cual no satisface la imperiosa necesidad de diversificar y modernizar con nuevas alternativas el tradicional modelo económico lorquino.
La ganadería española a finales del siglo XIX (Una aproximación geográfica a partir del Censo de 1865)
Authors: Valle Buenestado Bartolomé
Published: June 2015

En 1865 se realizó el primer Censo de la Ganadería de España, iniciando una serie estadística que no tuvo continuidad en el futuro. Es un documento de extraordinario valor por la información que contiene y por el momento de su realización, coincidente con las transformaciones agrarias que supusieron el fin del modelo ganadero vigente durante siglos. Los datos que contiene nos ilustran sobre la ganadería española y el máximo alcanzado por ésta en el último tercio del siglo XIX, solamente logrado de nuevo a mediados del Siglo XX. A partir de ellos hemos elaborado las tablas y mapas de densidad por especies y carga ganadera total, los cuales muestran la distribución geográfica de las mismas, conforme a un modelo territorial cuya principal característica era la integración e interdependencia de los aprovechamientos agrícolas y ganaderos.
Aproximación a los parques nacionales de la región Capital Nacional (Quebec, Canadá): conservación y desarrollo
Authors: Crespo Guerrero José Manuel
Published: June 2015

Este artículo presenta un panorama general de la política que, durante la primera década del siglo XXI, el gobierno de Québec ha llevado a cabo en los espacios naturales protegidos bajo su competencia. Una vez conseguido el primer objetivo, aumentaremos la escala para acercarnos a los problemas existentes a la hora de casar los conceptos de conservación y desarrollo en los parques nacionales situados en la región administrativa de Capital National. Nos estamos refiriendo a los espacios protegidos de «Jacques Cartier», «Grands Jardins» y «Hautes Gorges de la Rivière Malbaie».
Distribución espacial de la concentración diaria de la precipitación en la provincia de Alicante
Authors: Benhamrouche Aziz , Martín Vide Javier
Published: June 2015

El análisis de la precipitación diaria es un tema de gran interés en España. La importancia de este tipo de análisis deriva sobre todo del hecho de que las precipitaciones torrenciales constituyen uno de los mayores riesgos ambientales en el litoral mediterráneo ibérico. En este trabajo se analiza la concentración temporal diaria de la precipitación, a partir del cálculo del índice de concentración pluviométrico (CI), a una escala de detalle –la provincia de Alicante–, y la situación sinóptica de una muestra de días con precipitaciones torrenciales en la citada provincia. Los resultados obtenidos pueden resumirse en: 1) Una elevada concentración pluviométrica en el área de la capital y, sobre todo, en la parte septentrional de la provincia, donde el 30 % de los días lluviosos aportan el 75 % del total anual; 2) la importancia de los episodios torrenciales consecuencia de una depresión aislada en niveles altos (DANA) o «gota fría»; y 3) la utilidad del índice (CI) para la planificación territorial y la mitigación del riesgo en el área mediterránea de estudio.
La gestión de los residuos domésticos en los antiguos vertederos de la comarca de La Ribera d’Ebre (Cataluña)
Authors: Saladié Òscar
Published: June 2015

Con anterioridad a la existencia de los vertederos controlados y las plantas de incineración los residuos domésticos eran transportados hasta unos terrenos más o menos próximos a los núcleos de población donde quedaban a la intemperie pudiendo en algunos casos ser quemados, con las implicaciones ambientales que este tipo de gestión conlleva. En la elección de los terrenos del vertedero tampoco se había tenido en cuenta ningún aspecto de carácter ambiental. En la comarca catalana de La Ribera d’Ebre estos vertederos estuvieron en funcionamiento hasta la segunda mitad de los años 90 del siglo XX cuando fueron clausurados en paralelo a la construcción de un vertedero controlado comarcal. Estos antiguos vertederos, una vez localizados, se han analizado teniendo en cuenta sus características, las del entorno donde se encontraban y la proximidad y accesibilidad al núcleo de población desde donde eran transportados los residuos. También se hace referencia al proceso de clausura y sellado de los vertederos y a la situación actual de los terrenos que los albergaron.
Del campo al gabinete: la obra cartográfica del agrimensor e hidrómetra Francisco Aparisi y Ferrandis (Valencia, 1732-1806)
Authors: Faus Prieto Alfredo
Published: June 2015

La cartografía de agrimensura e hidrometría ha recibido poca atención en una historia de la cartografía basada tradicionalmente en el estudio de las grandes figuras y de los mapas y planos que realizaron. Sin embargo, se trata de una cartografía que sirvió de base a la realizada por los ingenieros militares, los arquitectos y los geógrafos y que, además de estar presente en el mundo judicial, acompañó a los grandes proyectos técnicos del siglo XVIII. En este artículo se defiende la necesidad de un enfoque contextual y sociológico de la historia de la cartografía que reivindique el trabajo de los colectivos de mapistas olvidados. Siguiendo este enfoque, se realiza una aproximación a los métodos de trabajo de los mapistas agrimensores y se estudia, a modo de ejemplo, la obra cartográfica del agrimensor valenciano Francisco Aparisi y Ferrandis.
Vivienda y paisajes rurales en Sierra Morena
Authors: Luque Revuelto Ricardo Manuel
Published: June 2015

La vivienda rural cobra hoy en día mayor importancia y un nuevo significado desde el punto de vista de la consideración del patrimonio y del paisaje. El objetivo del presente artículo es poner de manifiesto la singularidad de la vivienda rural en los espacios mariánicos como uno de los elementos más característicos y definidores de unos paisajes agrarios que se vinculan tradicionalmente a la montaña baja y media mediterránea.
Salahuddin Wahid and the Defence of Minority Rights in Contemporary Indonesia
Authors: Widiyanto Asfa
Published: June 2015

This paper discussed the role and authority of Salahuddin Wahid, a prominent muslim scholar, who actively promotes the minority rights in modern-day Indonesia. His credentials as a traditional ulama coming from the tradition of a pesantren allow him to become an authority in Islamic matters. Salahuddin’s recognition as muslim scholar is in some ways observable from his responses to religious questions posed by the people, either directly or through social media. A general observation of Salahuddin’s Twitter account will allows us to realize that he also represent an authority in “cyber-Islam”. He felt the growing importance of social media, as well as the necessity to promote inclusive religiosity and the respect of minority rights through social media, accordingly he actively promotes his ideas through social media most particularly Twitter. Some issues have been discussed to overview Salahuddin’s ideas to best promote minority rights. His activism can be felt most notably in the following issues: ethnic minorities, women’s rights, religious minorities, diminishing the violence against the Ahmadiyya, and the marriage of religious minorities.

[Paper ini membincangkan peran dan otoritas Salahuddin Wahid, seorang intelektual muslim terkemuka yang aktif mempromosikan hak-hak kelompok minoritas di Indonesia. Karisma yang dimilikinya sebagai seorang ulama yang berasal dari kalangan pesantren tradisional memberinya sebuah otoritas dalam berbagai aspek ajaran Islam. Keulamaannya dalam batas tertentu dapat ditelusuri lewat respons yang diberikan atas pertanyaan masyarakat yang diajukan kepadanya, baik secara langsung maupun lewat sosial media. Pengamatan umum terhadap akun Twitter Salahuddin Wahid sekaligus menunjukkan otoritasnya di dunia maya. Dia sadar betul pentingnya sosial media sebagaimana pentingnya mempromosikan keberagamaan inklusif dan penghormatan terhadap hak-hak kelompok minoritas. Karenanya, dia aktif menyuarakan pendapatnya lewat sosial media, khususnya Twitter. Beberapa masalah didiskusikan dalam tulisan ini untuk melihat secara umum pemikiran Salahuddin Wahid terkait dengan hak-hak kelompok minoritas: minoritas etnis, minoritas agama, hak-hak perempuan, kekerasan terhadap Ahmadiyyah, dan pernikahan antar agama.]
ENTREVISTA: EDER PIRES DE CAMARGO Y JAIRO GONÇALVES CARLOS
Authors: Castiblanco Olga , Pires de Camargo Eder , Gonçalves Carlos Jairo
Published: June 2015

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GENERACIÓN DE PATRONES DE CORTE ÓPTIMOS PARA ÁRBOLES INDIVIDUALES A PARTIR DE PRODUCTOS DEMANDADOS EN PLANTACIONES COMERCIALES
Authors: Herrera Medina Jonnier Fabian , Barrios Alonso , López Ana M. , Nieto Víctor
Published: June 2015

En el manejo de plantaciones forestales, la decisión sobre el trozado de árboles es importante, ya que está relacionada directamente con la rentabilidad de la operación. Para maximizar los beneficios económicos derivados del negocio forestal, es necesaria una adecuada y eficiente utilización de los fustes, pues existen diversas combinaciones posibles para dimensionar y asignar los diferentes productos forestales, de acuerdo con las exigencias del mercado. El objetivo de este estudio es desarrollar una metodología basada en técnicas heurísticas y de programación dinámica para la optimización del trozado de fustes individuales que permita maximizar el valor económico del árbol. Los modelos desarrollados se evalúan poniéndolos en práctica en el trozado de fustes deEucalyptus tereticornis, que crece en la costa atlántica colombiana. Se utilizó un algoritmo para la generación de puntos potenciales de corte a lo largo del fuste comercial del árbol, y un algoritmo basado en programación dinámica determinó la combinación óptima de productos que debe ser obtenida en el fuste evaluado, imponiéndose al modelo restricciones debidas a las dimensiones de los productos demandados. Los resultados obtenidos fueron comparados con la simulación de un trozado secuencial, en la cual no se encontró ninguna diferencia entre los dos métodos, debido principalmente a la marcada diferenciación entre productos empleados en el ejemplo práctico. La metodología desarrollada puede ser utilizada para la optimización del trozado de cualquier especie que cuente con funciones de ahusamiento que permitan predecir diámetros y alturas fustales y volúmenes comerciales a lo largo del fuste.
EFECTOS DEL USO DEL SUELO en las PROPIEDADES EDÁFICAS Y LA ESCORRENTÍA SUPERFICIAL EN UNA CUENCA de lA ORINOQUIA COLOMBIANA
Authors: Sanchez David , Pinilla Agudelo Gabriel Antonio , Mancera Pineda Jose
Published: June 2015

Con el objetivo de evaluar los efectos del uso del suelo sobre la cuenca del caño Camoa, Meta, se cuantificó el contenido de materia orgánica edáfica (CMOE), la densidad aparente y el contenido de agua en condiciones de campo y capacidad de campo. Para ello se extrajeron núcleos de suelo de bosques y pastizales riparios con diferente productividad de hojarasca y se evaluó la relación entre el CMOE y el volumen deficitario de agua mediante regresiones. Así mismo, se identificó mediante trampas de caída la organización trófica de los artrópodos de la superficie del suelo. Debido a sus CMOE superiores al 5%, los suelos con mayor cantidad de hojarasca (alta productividad) presentaron contenidos de agua superiores a los de bosques menos productivos y de pastizales (p < 0.05 en ambos casos). Las diferencias en el contenido de agua de los suelos de las distintas coberturas evaluadas sugieren que el papel de la escorrentía superficial en los bosques ha sido subestimado. El manejo de cuencas debe propender por el establecimiento de bosques productivos que generen CMOE superiores al 5%, para promover la continuidad y el volumen en la oferta hídrica de los ríos al generar flujos constantes de agua subsuperficial y al regular flujos esporádicos superficiales. La variedad de funciones e interacciones tróficas que cumplen los artrópodos del suelo en los bosques indica que una estructuración óptima de esta comunidad favorecería la conversión de compuestos simples y complejos en humus y por lo tanto la capacidad de retención de agua.
Are Dual Enrollment Students College Ready? Evidence from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education
Authors: An Brian P. , Taylor Jason L.
Published: June 2015

We examine whether dual enrolled students display greater levels of college readiness than nonparticipants. Advocates assert that dual enrollment improves students’ college readiness, but despite these assertions, few researchers have evaluated this relationship. Moreover, researchers that do consider whether dual enrollment improves college readiness examine this relationship while students participate in dual enrollment or shortly thereafter. Unlike traditional measures of college readiness that tend to emphasize the cognitive domain of college readiness, we use measures that integrate both cognitive and noncognitive domains of college readiness. We find that students who participated in dual enrollment tend to be more college ready than those who did not earn college credit in high school. The exception is that there is no statistical difference between dual enrollees and non-accelerators in their key transition knowledge and skills. The magnitude of the dual enrollment effect is second only to gender.
Impact of Line Width and Power of Laser on Radio over Fiber System
Authors: Sharma Sakshi , Bhatia Kamaljeet Singh , Kaur Harsimrat
Published: June 2015

In order to increase the capacity of the existing optical communication networks advanced modulation schemes are utilized. Keeping this in view, an radio-over-fiber subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) employing ASK modulation technique is proposed. Response of the system is analysed by varying the linewidth and the power of the CW Laser and the optimum value is concluded for the same so as to achieve reliable communication.
Block pulse transform method for linearization of nonlinear SDOF systems
Authors: Ghaffarzadeh Hosein , Younespour Amir
Published: June 2015

This paper addresses a linearization technique for a linearizable nonlinear SDOF system based on block pulse (BP) transform. BP transform method is a useful tool for giving a solution of difference equations with less computational costs. The main goal of this work is on reducing the costs of linearizing computation. It is necessary to compare the results obtained using this method with other traditional methods to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. Therefore, the efficiency of BP transform method is compared with the traditional equivalent linearization (EL) method, used to linearize nonlinear systems. Two numerical simulations are applied to the Duffing oscillator system to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method based on BP transform. Finally, the results of comparison between existing approaches that have applied to the considered problem depicted the proposed method base on orthogonal functions is able to approximate the nonlinear system’s behavior and shows the superiority of the proposed approach in the sense that it is more accurate by computational advantageous.
Delamination Growth of Piezoelectric Cylindrical Shell with Delamination under Hygrothermal Conditions
Authors: Jinhua Yang , Wenliang Fan
Published: June 2015

The delamination growth may occur in delaminated piezoelectric shell subjected to external dynamic load and it will further cause structural failure. Based on the variational principle of moving boundary and considering the contact effect between delamination regions, in this paper, the nonlinear governing equations for the delaminated piezoelectric shell under hygrothermal condition are derived, and the corresponding boundary and matching conditions are given. At the same time, according to the Griffith criterion, the formulas of energy release rate along the delamination front are obtained and the delamination growth is studied. In the numerical calculation, the energy release rate and delamination growth of axisymmetrical piezoelectric cylindrical shell are analyzed, and the effects of geometric nonlinear, voltage, temperature and humidity, mechanical load, delamination length and depth, geometrical parameter and boundary condition on delamination growth are discussed.
Theoretical study with dipole moment calculation of new electronic states of the molecule BF
Authors: Al Shawa Sally , El-Kork Nayla , Younes Ghassan , Korek Mahmoud
Published: June 2015

The potential energy curves for the 45 singlet, triplet, and quintet electronic states in the representation
Update on strategies limiting iatrogenic hypoglycemia
Authors: Bonaventura Aldo , Montecucco Fabrizio , Dallegri Franco
Published: June 2015

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing all over the world. Targeting good glycemic control is fundamental to avoid the complications of diabetes linked to hyperglycemia. This narrative review is based on material searched for and obtained via PubMed up to April 2015. The search terms we used were: ‘hypoglycemia, diabetes, complications’ in combination with ‘iatrogenic, treatment, symptoms.’ Serious complications might occur from an inappropriate treatment of hyperglycemia. The most frequent complication is iatrogenic hypoglycemia that is often associated with autonomic and neuroglycopenic symptoms. Furthermore, hypoglycemia causes acute cardiovascular effects, which may explain some of the typical symptoms: ischemia, QT prolongation, and arrhythmia. With regards to the latter, the night represents a dangerous period because of the major increase in arrhythmias and the prolonged period of hypoglycemia; indeed, sleep has been shown to blunt the sympatho-adrenal response to hypoglycemia. Two main strategies have been implemented to reduce these effects: monitoring blood glucose values and individualized HbA1c goals. Several drugs for the treatment of T2DM are currently available and different combinations have been recommended to achieve individualized glycemic targets, considering age, comorbidities, disease duration, and life expectancy. In conclusion, according to international guidelines, hypoglycemia-avoiding therapy must reach an individualized glycemic goal, which is the lowest HbA1c not causing severe hypoglycemia and preserving awareness of hypoglycemia.
Characterizing Race/Ethnicity and Genetic Ancestry for 100,000 Subjects in the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging (GERA) Cohort
Authors: Banda Yambazi , Kvale Mark N , Hoffmann Thomas J , Hesselson Stephanie E , Ranatunga Dilrini , Tang Hua , Sabatti Chiara , Croen Lisa A , Dispensa Brad P , Henderson Mary , Iribarren Carlos , Jorgenson Eric , Kushi Lawrence H , Ludwig Dana , Olberg Diane , Quesenberry Charles P , Rowell Sarah , Sadler Marianne , Sakoda Lori C , Sciortino Stanley , Shen Ling , Smethurst David , Somkin Carol P , Van Den Eeden Stephen K , Walter Lawrence , Whitmer Rachel A , Kwok Pui-Yan , Schaefer Catherine , Risch Neil
Published: June 2015

Using genome-wide genotypes, we characterized the genetic structure of 103,006 participants in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California multi-ethnic Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging Cohort and analyzed the relationship to self-reported race/ethnicity. Participants endorsed any of 23 race/ethnicity/nationality categories, which were collapsed into seven major race/ethnicity groups. By self-report the cohort is 80.8% white and 19.2% minority; 93.8% endorsed a single race/ethnicity group, while 6.2% endorsed two or more. Principal component (PC) and admixture analyses were generally consistent with prior studies. Approximately 17% of subjects had genetic ancestry from more than one continent, and 12% were genetically admixed, considering only nonadjacent geographical origins. Self-reported whites were spread on a continuum along the first two PCs, indicating extensive mixing among European nationalities. Self-identified East Asian nationalities correlated with genetic clustering, consistent with extensive endogamy. Individuals of mixed East Asian–European genetic ancestry were easily identified; we also observed a modest amount of European genetic ancestry in individuals self-identified as Filipinos. Self-reported African Americans and Latinos showed extensive European and African genetic ancestry, and Native American genetic ancestry for the latter. Among 3741 genetically identified parent–child pairs, 93% were concordant for self-reported race/ethnicity; among 2018 genetically identified full-sib pairs, 96% were concordant; the lower rate for parent–child pairs was largely due to intermarriage. The parent–child pairs revealed a trend toward increasing exogamy over time; the presence in the cohort of individuals endorsing multiple race/ethnicity categories creates interesting challenges and future opportunities for genetic epidemiologic studies.
LAPAROSCOPIC SIMULTANEOUS PARTIAL PERICYSTECTOMY AND TOTAL CYSTECTOMY FOR HYDATID LIVER CYSTS – CASE REPORT
Authors: Stancu Bogdan , Andercou Octavian , Pintea Daniela , Mironiuc Aurel , Pop Dan Alin
Published: June 2015

Surgery remains the gold standard for the treatment of patients with echinococcosis, despite significant economic costs, advances in medical treatment and interventional radiology; in the past decades there has been a tendency toward laparoscopic surgery.We present a 66-year-old patient, from a rural area, who was admitted to our service complaining of spontaneous and palpatory pains in the right hypocondrium, headaches and dizziness. Abdominal  CT scan highlighted 2 round calcified tumors, one of 7.2 cm diameter (VIIIth segment) with liquid densities, and the other one localized higher, with a diameter of 2.3 cm (IVth segment).Under general anesthesia, after the neutralization of the content of the cyst with hypertonic saline irrigation, we performed laparoscopic partial pericystectomy of the VIIIth segment liver cyst and total laparoscopic cystectomy of the IVth segment liver cyst. Postoperative evolution was favorable without biliary fistula formation, postoperative infections or cystic cavities abscesses.Laparoscopic surgery seems to be effective and safe for uncomplicated cysts in accessible segments of the liver, combined with adjuvant albendazole therapy to reduce complications and postoperative morbidity, but the procedure has its own disadvantages such as a limited area of surgical manipulation.
Effects of combination therapy: somatostatin analogues and dopamine agonists on GH and IGF1 levels in acromegaly
Authors: Valea Ana , Ghervan Cristina , Carsote Mara , Morar Andra , Iacob Iulia , Tomesc Florica , Pop Dan Dumitru , Georgescu Carmen
Published: June 2015

Background and aims. Acromegaly is a complex endocrine disorder caused by excessive secretion of GH, secondary to a GH secreting pituitary adenoma or a mixed pituitary adenoma secreting GH and PRL.Methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of combination therapy: dopamine agonist and somatostatin analogue on GH and IGF1 levels in a group of 30 patients with acromegaly. Cabergoline in a dose of 2 mg/week and 4 mg/week respectively was associated with Sandostatin LAR in a dose of 20 mg/month and 30 mg/months respectively. Eight patients were treated with Lanreotide 30 mg/week and Cabergoline 2 mg/week and 3 patients were treated with Bromocriptine 10 mg/day and Sandostatin LAR 30 mg/month.Results. Combination therapy: Cabergoline and Sandostatin achieved normal levels of IGF1  in 32% of the patients, better results being obtained after 12 months of treatment in the group treated with 4 mg Cabergoline/week. In 37% of cases the levels of IGF1 decreased by 50% after 12 months of treatment. In the group treated with Cabergoline and Somatuline a normal level of IGF1 was achieved in 25% of patients after 12 months of treatment. The outcome for the group treated with Sandostatin and Bromocriptine was similar to that obtained under Cabergoline 2 mg/week. There was no significant correlation between the level of GH and the type or dose of dopamine agonist used.Conclusions. In conclusion, combination therapy consisting of dopamine agonist and somatostatin analogue achieves a significant reduction of IGF1 levels in patients with mixed adenomas secreting GH and PRL. A decrease in IGF1 levels is directly correlated with the dose of Cabergoline used.
In vitro evaluation of root canal preparation with two rotary instrument systems – Pro Taper and Hero Shaper
Authors: Pentelescu Carola , Colceriu Loredana , Pastrav Ovidiu , Culic Carina , Chisnoiu Radu
Published: June 2015

Background and aims. The purpose of this study was to compare several parameters of root canal preparation using two different rotary Nickel-Titanium instruments: Pro-Taper (Dentsply Maillefer, Ballagigues, Switzerland) and Hero-Shaper (Micro Mega, Besancon, France).Methods. Twelve extracted maxillary premolars were randomly divided into two groups and embedded into a muffle system. All root canals were prepared to size 25 using Pro-Taper or Hero-Shaper rotary instruments.  The following parameters were evaluated: root canal form, centering capacity of the instrument, the presence of residual dentinal debris and smear layer on the root canal walls, working time and the occurrence of intraoperative accidents. Statistical analysis was performed using the chi2 test (p=0.05).Results. The majority of the root canals prepared with Hero Shaper (88.89%) and ProTaper (77.78%) showed a round or oval cross-section postoperatively. Superposition of pre- and postoperative photographs of the cross-sections showed that for the coronal third of the root canals the Hero Shaper performed in a superior manner, while for the apical third better results were obtained with the Pro Taper system. Cleanliness of the root canal walls was investigated under the SEM, in the middle third of the canal, using a five-score system for debris and smear layer. For debris Hero Shaper and Pro Taper rotary systems achieved 66.67% and 50% scores of 1 or 2, respectively. The results for the smear layer were similar: cleaner root canal walls were found after preparation with Hero Shaper (66.67% scores 1, 2), followed by Pro Taper (50%). Mean working time was shorter for Hero Shaper (124s) than for Pro Taper (184s); the difference was not significant.Conclusions. Within the limits of this study, both systems had almost the same cleaning ability and excellent centering capacity.
Dynamic perfusion assessment during perforator flap surgery: An up-to-date
Authors: Muntean Maximilian Vlad , Muntean Valentin , Ardelean Filip , Georgescu Alexandru
Published: June 2015

Flap monitoring technology has progressed alongside flap design. The highly variable vascular anatomy and the complexity associated with modern perforator flaps demands dynamic, real-time, intraoperative information about the vessel location, perfusion patterns and flap physiology.             Although most surgeons still assess flap perfusion and viability based solely on clinical experience, studies have shown that results may be highly variable and often misleading. Poor judgment of intraoperative perfusion leads to major complications. Employing dynamic perfusion imaging during flap reconstruction has led to a reduced complication rate, lower morbidity, shorter hospital stay, and an overall better result.            With the emergence of multiple systems capable of intraoperative flap evaluation, the purpose of this article is to review the two systems that have been widely accepted and are currently used by plastic surgeons: Indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) and dynamic infrared thermography (DIRT).
Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Recovery as prognostic factors
Authors: Grad Cosmin
Published: June 2015

Background Heart rate (HR) can appear static and regular at a time at rest, during exercise or recovery after exercise. However, HR is constantly adjusted due to factors such as breathing, blood pressure control, thermoregulation and the renin-angiotensin system, leading to a more dynamic response that can be quantified using HRV (heart rate variability) . HRV is defined as the deviation in time between successive normal heart beat and is a noninvasive method to measure the total variation in a number of HR interval. HRV can serve as measure of autonomic activity of sino atrial node . The aim of the study was to determine the influence of certain clinical and paraclinical parameters on heart rate recovery after exercise in patients with ischemic heart disease and the relation with HRV using 24 h Holter monitoring.MethodsThe study included 46 patients who were subjected to cardiovascular exercise stress test and also to 24 h Holter EKG monitoring. Subjects had a mean age of 56.2±11,2 years, with a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 79 years. The study included 22 (47,8%) men and 24 (52,2%) women.  Statistical analysis was performed using MedCalc software version 14.8.1. Multivariate analysis consisted of the construction of several multiple linear regression models. A p value of 0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsThe HRV values (time domain) were all lower in the IHD compared with the group without coronary heart disease, even if the difference is not statistically significant. Also rest and maximal HR values were similar  but during the test varies in the sense that  those with IHD had higher values of rest and maximal  HR and lower HRR, but not statistically significant.ConclusionsHRV is a very easy and safe method if there is an available device and it is used for evaluation of the autonomic nervous system in many cardiovascular diseases, but also in other pathologies.In uncomplicated ischemic heart disease HRV is depressed, but not significant. HRR, which is also considered an indicator of the parasympathetic activityafter exercise termination, is also non-significantlly decreased in ischemic patients and the correlation between them is weak. Both HRV and HRR parameters can be easily measured, but the best algorythm of this issue requires further studies, conducted in larger patient populations. Although HRR and HRV are tools to measure the autonomic nervous system activity the relation between them need more studies to be able to quantify the arrhythmogenic risk.
Mycophenolate Mofetil Following Rituximab in Children With Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
Authors: Basu Biswanath , Mahapatra T.K.S. , Mondal Nirmal
Published: June 2015

BACKGROUND:

Rituximab is being increasingly used in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome resistant to standard treatments. In spite of good initial response, rituximab responders always remain prone to further relapse, necessitating either repeat course of rituximab or addition of another steroid-sparing immunosuppressant.

METHODS:

A retrospective analysis of baseline clinico-pathologic presentation and treatment outcome (complete remission, partial remission, or no response) was performed among 24 children with refractory-idiopathic SRNS over a follow-up period of 24 months. Children received 2 to 4 rituximab infusions (375 mg/m2 weekly) depending on circulating B-cell level. At 3-month follow-up, a second course of rituximab was administered (if >5 B cells/mm3) along with MMF (1200 mg/m2 per day) maintenance therapy.

RESULTS:

Of 24 patients, 54% (13/24) and 46% (11/24) had minimal change disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, respectively, on renal histopathology. After the first course of rituximab, 21% (5/24) of children achieved complete remission; however, most (4/5) of them relapsed again at a median interval of 53 (interquartile range 46–72) days. Depending on response to the first course of rituximab, MMF was started on 15 children at 3 months. After 6 months, 67% (10/15) of children on MMF achieved complete remission and 33% (5/15) remained at partial remission. At 24 months overall, 25% (6/24) and 42% (10/24) of children were in complete remission and partial remission, respectively; 33% (5/15) of children continued sustained complete remission after postrituximab-MMF maintenance therapy in comparison with no sustained complete remission with rituximab alone at 24 months (P < .001).

CONCLUSIONS:

MMF may be an effective and safe maintenance therapy to consider as an additive immunosuppressant after induction with rituximab in maintaining remission among children with refractory SRNS.
State of the art of ergonomic costs as criterion for evaluating and improving organizational performance in industry
Authors: Duarte dos Santos Silvana , Pereira Moro Antonio Renato , Ensslin Leonardo
Published: June 2015

This study selects, in a structured manner, relevant articles with scientific recognition and simultaneously identifies these publications’ characteristics that may scientifically enrich the proposed topic. The topic involves ergonomic costs as a criterion for evaluating and improving organizational performance in industry. This study uses Proknow-C as a theoretical instrument for intervention. The following results are obtained: a) a bibliographic portfolio of 16 items, aligned with the view adopted by researchers who served as this research’s theoretical framework; b) the Applied Ergonomics journal shows the highest number of scientific articles in the bibliographic portfolio; and c) Ergonomics, Costs, and Evaluation are the most frequent keywords. The studies selected using the methodology indicate that successful ergonomic projects result in substantially reduced production costs and associated economic and financial gain for the industry.
Percepción del mundo, representación del mundo: el "realismo" de Claude Simon
Authors: Panche Lorena
Published: June 2015

El presente texto es un análisis de El viento, El palacio y Tríptico, de Claude Simon, y de la manera en la que es representada, en la narración, la experiencia concreta que los personajes centrales de estos relatos tienen de la realidad, definida como el conjunto de fenómenos de orden físico, intelectual y social que les rodea. Esta aproximación a las obras del escritor francés, que pone de relieve la relación de interdependencia entre la representación del mundo objetivo en el relato y los aspectos estilísticos y formales, da cuenta de la manera en la que las particularidades de la estructura narrativa de estas obras, que marcan una ruptura con respecto al modelo decimonónico de la novela realista, se encuentran en correspondencia con el carácter problemático y opaco que reviste la realidad para sus protagonistas.
La poética neoclásica en las letras de la Independencia: La Tocaimada
Authors: Rojas Otálora Jorge Enrique
Published: June 2015

En este trabajo se pretende mostrar cómo la Ilustración y el Neoclasicismo constituyen la base sobre la cual se elaboró la producción de los intelectuales y escritores que expresaron las inquietudes insurgentes en Santafé de Bogotá a fines del período colonial. Se ejemplifica la forma en que se combinan inquietudes políticas y elaboración estética mediante el análisis de la producción literaria de uno de estos autores ilustrados, José Ángel Manrique. La obra, La Tocaimada, es una parodia que logra integrar preocupaciones políticas con una afortunada creación estética para hacer evidente una situación conflictiva mediante una lúdica versión del Olimpo. Este autor acude al juego de referencias clásicas para estructurar su texto y proponer una mirada crítica sobre las circunstancias del virreinato. 
Género policial, ilusión cómica y teatralidad narrativa en Triste, solitario y final de Osvaldo Soriano
Authors: Bastidas Zambrano Carlos
Published: June 2015

Este artículo trata sobre la literatura policial argentina de la década de los setenta. Se centra específicamente en el estudio de las particularidades narrativas y el análisis del género policial en la novela Triste, solitario y final, de Osvaldo Soriano. El artículo trabaja la novela de Soriano desde la problemática de la apropiación y reescritura de las fórmulas y convenciones del hard-boiled y estudia la forma como en esta obra el género policial se convierte en un escenario de ficción, teatralidad y autorreferencialidad literaria.
AUTORÍA Y RECONOCIMIENTO EN ARTÍCULOS CIENTÍFICOS
Authors: Díaz Gonzalo
Published: June 2015

La falta de políticas serias y claras de investigación en Colombia lleva a una permanente improvisación en la utilización de los recursos para investigación. Tal es el caso de los multimillonarios recursos de regalías que en ocasiones llegan a montos que no habrían soñado en manejar incluso investigadores de primer mundo. [...]
Coherence between tissue oxygen indexes in vastus lateralis and gastrocnemius in repetition of impulse exercise with high intensity
Authors: Yano T , Widjaja W , Shirakawa K , Lian C-S , Xiao Z , Yunoki T
Published: June 2015

The purpose of this study was to determine whether tissue oxygen indices (TOIs) in two muscle groups oscillated and were synchronized in repetition of impulse exercise with high intensity. Five impulse exercises of 400 watts for 10 s were repeated with intervals of 6 min. During this period, TOI was determined by near-infrared spectroscopy in the vastus lateralis and gastrocnemius muscles. TOIs in the two muscles oscillated at rest. The TOIs rapidly decreased during each impulse exercise and then recovered and overshot after each impulse. The TOIs oscillated during each interval period. During this test period, coherent and phase differences were determined. There was high coherence between TOIs in the two muscles with a peak value at 0.019 Hz. There was a phase difference of −45 ± 32.4 degrees between TOIs in the two muscles. This phase difference corresponded to about 6 s in time scale. It seemed from this time delay that impulse exercise was not a trigger factor for the starting point of TOIs in the two muscles. It has been concluded that TOIs oscillate and are synchronized between two muscles in repetition of impulse exercise with high intensity.
Shotgun weddings and bohemian dreams
Authors: Coady Christopher
Published: June 2015

Recent research on jazz presence in Australian film has demonstrated how the genre was once used to enhance narratives about both the threats and the perceived benefits of impending modernisation during the 1920s and 1930s. This article charts out the way in which the musical trope of the bluesy solo horn – established in American and Australian film noir productions of the 1970s and 1980s – was used in contrast to conjure a sense of nostalgia in Australian films produced during the early 1990s. Despite pivoting a period of 60 years, analysis undertaken in this article of Gillian Armstrong’s The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992) and Paul Harmon’s Shotgun Wedding (1993) reveals the continued deployment of jazz sounds to rhetorical ends within Australian films bent on exploring competing societal visions. In turn, its identification of a shift from the sound of jazz in general as a marker of the modern to the sound of the bluesy solo horn as a nostalgic trope reinforces the need to read the semiotics of jazz presence in Australian film against particular historical frames.
‘I wouldn’t change skins with anybody’ Dulcie Pitt/Georgia Lee, a pioneering Indigenous Australian jazz, blues and community singer
Authors: Neuenfeldt Karl
Published: June 2015

This article explores the career and music of Indigenous Australian singer and musician Dulcie Pitt, also known as Georgia Lee, and how music, race and gender intersected in her career. She had a distinguished career as an internationally recognized jazz, blues and folk singer and versatile entertainer from the 1940s to the 1970s. She performed extensively in Australia and Britain at cabarets, dances, concerts, nightclubs and theatres, as well as participating in numerous radio and television broadcasts, and sound recordings. Although there are currently other Indigenous jazz and blues artists in Australia, Dulcie Pitt/Georgia Lee is unique because she was a pioneer at a time when Indigenous peoples in general were the objects of widespread, legislated race-based discrimination. She rose above them through hard work and talent to set an example for other Indigenous performers to follow.
Perspectives on the Melbourne International Women's Jazz Festival
Authors: Denson Louise
Published: June 2015

This paper examines the significance of the Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival as a long-established annual event highlighting the contributions of women jazz musicians to Australian music culture. Nine women were interviewed about their experiences with MWIJF as performers, composers and/or organizers, as were the founder of the festival and current CEO. The importance of the festival to the participating artists’ creative and career development and its role in supporting emerging women artists are revealed through their comments. The festival is contextualized with reference to the historical experiences of women jazz musicians both in Australia and internationally.
Cuba Street parade
Authors: Tipping Nick
Published: June 2015

While jazz has developed into a global artform, its history (and much of its present) remain bound to activity in the US. Jazz musicians in Australia and New Zealand must negotiate the tension between normative expression via an adopted artform, and expression of their own identities as contemporary New Zealanders and Australians, through the discarding of convention in order to achieve greater integrity of expression. Through interviews with musicians from the (multiple) scenes in Melbourne and Wellington, various perspectives are considered. The influence of jazz education, and the notion of national style are also discussed.
Central Places in the Post-Roman Mediterranean:
Authors: Martínez Jiménez Javier , Tejerizo García Carlos
Published: June 2015

Most current discussions on Late Antique and early medieval archaeology are focused on issues such as the use of the landscape, the abandonment of towns, and the reorganisation of rural settlements. The common element in all these cases is that the presence of a central place is key to analysing the social, political, and economic interrelations between sites, areas, and territories. Within the academic literature, however, the notion of a ‘central place’ has been determined by the conceptualisation of Roman towns, and this is not necessarily applicable to Late Antique contexts. Discussing this, and taking the Iberian peninsula as a case study, we propose various different archaeological regional trends to define how a central place was configured in the Visigoth period. These regions are the north coast, the north plateau, the Toledo–Reccopolis axis, and the Mediterranean coastline, taking advantage of the most recent archaeological finds. For this, special attention is given to towns (older Roman settlements and new foundations), hill-forts, and other major places that had a primary economic, religious, or administrative role in a given territory. These models, in which various degrees of urbanisation and territorial organisation are noticeable, form the basis for further discussion of Iberian central places in the Late Antique Mediterranean context.
Radiocarbon Dating the Beginning of the Neolithic in Iberia
Authors: Martins Haidé , Oms F. Xavier , Pereira Luísa , Pike Alistair W. G. , Rowsell Keri , Zilhão João
Published: June 2015

Radiocarbon dating of samples of charred cereal, biomolecularly confirmed sheep bone, human bone from burials, and diagnostic artifacts places the appearance of the ‘Neolithic package’ in Iberia ca. 5500 Cal BC. The earliest dates are statistically indistinguishable from Catalonia to Portugal and, whenever their archaeological context is secure, the associated pottery includes a significant, if not majority cardial-decorated component. These patterns are consistent with models of maritime pioneer colonization whereby the arrival of domesticates results from the dispersal of farming groups carrying the Cardial cultural tradition.