bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of ensiling corn stover with legume herbages in different proportions on fermentation characteristics, nutritive quality and in vitro digestibility on the Tibetan Plateau
Authors: Wang Siran , Yuan Xianjun , Dong Zhihao , Li Junfeng , Shao Tao
Published: September 2017

In order to evaluate the nutritional value and digestibility of corn (Zea mays L.) stover silage mixed with legume herbages in Tibet, corn stover was ensiled with four levels (0, 10, 20 and 30% of fresh weight) of common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), respectively. The silos were opened after 45 days of ensiling, and the fermentation characteristics, nutritive quality and in vitro digestibility of the mixed silages were analyzed. The results showed that the inclusion of legumes could somewhat improve the corn stover silage quality, as indicated by significantly (P < 0.05) higher lactic acid and crude protein contents and ratios of lactic acid/acetic acid, and significantly (P < 0.05) lower amylase‐treated neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber and hemicellulose contents, while the corn stover silage containing 10% common vetch performed best, as indicated by significantly (P < 0.05) higher in vitro dry matter and neutral detergent fiber digestibility. These results suggest that mixing legumes to corn stover before ensiling appears to be a feasible strategy to improve the nutritive quality of mixed silage.
Infrastructural governance and social history: roads in colonial and postcolonial India
Authors: Sinha Nitin
Published: September 2017

This essay combines historiographical overview and reflections on possible future themes to argue that roads are not just physical pathways but are part of social, economic, and political discourses of the time. The relationship between infrastructure and governance and the possibility of writing the social have been shown here by creating a dialogue between the past and present, thus bringing colonial and postcolonial times of South Asia into one analytical field.
Politics and diplomacy in the Latin East: The principality of Antioch in historiographical perspective
Authors: Buck Andrew D.
Published: September 2017

One of four “crusader states” formed following the First Crusade, the principality of Antioch was built on turbulent foundations. Its Latin settlers faced not only various Islamic powers, they also had to contend with the Byzantine Empire, whose rulers claimed the city and its environs for themselves; the Armenian Christians of Cilicia; and the rival machinations of the other Frankish states, particularly the kingdom of Jerusalem. The instability this facilitated, and the power of those who vied for influence with Antioch, has had a profound impact on modern historiography. Thus, the principality has been portrayed as a rigorous autocratic state, whose relationships—internal and external—were primarily shaped by outside forces. This article explores these trends, proposing that the principality of Antioch's power structures were far more dynamic than once imagined and that its ruling elites played a more proactive, delicate diplomatic game than historians have recognised.
Sugar feeding of parasitoids in an agroecosystem: effects of community composition, habitat and vegetation
Authors: Kishinevsky Miriam , Cohen Nitzan , Chiel Elad , Wajnberg Eric , Keasar Tamar
Published: September 2017

Sugar from nectar or from honeydew can prolong parasitoids’ lifespan, enhance their fecundity and foraging ability, and thereby increase their pest suppression efficiency. Sugar sources within crop monocultures are considered to be limiting for parasitoids. Nevertheless, only few studies have measured the sugar feeding of parasitoid assemblages in agricultural areas or in surrounding non‐crop habitats.

We used cold anthrone tests to compare the frequency of sugar feeding in parasitoid communities, inside pomegranate orchards and in adjacent natural areas, over two consecutive years. Overall, 40% of the 1610 sampled individuals belonging to 135 species scored positive for sugar.

Sugar‐feeding frequency was lower within the orchards than in the neighbouring natural areas. The proportion of sugar‐fed wasps increased with herbaceous vegetation cover, both within and outside the orchards, suggesting that herbs are a sugar‐rich habitat. Parasitoids sampled from trees and from herbs within the orchards had similar frequencies of sugar feeding, despite differences in wasp species composition.

Our results probably overestimate sugar‐feeding frequencies in the field because sugar‐fed individuals have higher longevity and hence are more likely to be sampled. We propose a simple model to approximate this over‐sampling bias and apply it to Encarsia inaron (Aphelinidae), one of the most abundant parasitoids in the samples.

We conclude that sugar availability potentially limits parasitoid fitness in this agro‐ecosystem. This may be due to the low density of plants in natural areas during the Mediterranean summer, and to herbicide applications within the orchards that further suppress non‐crop herbs.
Percutaneous sclerotherapy using bleomycin for the treatment of vascular malformations
Authors: Lee Hyun‐Joo , Kim Tae‐Wook , Kim Jeong‐Min , Kim Gun‐Wook , Ko Hyun‐Chang , Kim Byung‐Soo , Kim Moon‐Bum , Kim Hoon‐Soo
Published: September 2017

Background

Some vascular malformations are difficult to manage with surgical treatment. Thus, percutaneous sclerotherapy has been utilized with several advantages over surgical treatment. Bleomycin is one of several sclerosing agents used for the treatment of vascular malformations.

Objectives

To evaluate therapeutic efficacy and safety of percutaneous sclerotherapy using bleomycin for the treatment of vascular malformations.

Methods

Thirty patients diagnosed with vascular malformations, including four with capillary malformations with nodular change, nine with lymphatic malformations, and 17 with venous malformations, were involved in the study. Patients received magnetic resonance imaging and pulmonary surveillance prior to the treatment. Clinical assessments for the degree of vascularity disappearance and adverse effects were performed by the investigator.

Results

Percutaneous sclerotherapy using bleomycin was performed in 3.2 sessions (mean) over 3 months (mean). Significant improvement was observed in 90.0% of all lesions. All lesions of capillary malformation with nodular change and lymphatic malformation demonstrated significant improvement, and 82.4% of lesions of venous malformation improved significantly. Seven patients (23.3%) complained of side effects including pain and headache. All occurred within 24 hours and were tolerable.

Conclusions

Percutaneous sclerotherapy using bleomycin is effective and tolerable in the treatment of vascular malformation through a percutaneous approach. Therefore, it could be applied usefully for vascular malformations by dermatologists.
Growth differentiation factor 15 as a predictor of adverse renal outcomes in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy
Authors: Na Ki R. , Kim Yoo H. , Chung Hyo K. , Yeo Min‐Kyung , Ham Young R. , Jeong Jin Y. , Kim Koon S. , Lee Kang W. , Choi Dae E.
Published: September 2017

Background

Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF 15) has recently been reported as a useful prognostic marker in patients with chronic inflammatory disease and heart disease.

Aim

To evaluate the role of GDF 15 as a potential prognostic predictor of renal outcome in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).

Methods

In total, 212 patients in the Chungnam National Hospital glomerulonephritis cohort, who were diagnosed as biopsy‐proven IgAN between March 2010 and June 2014, were included. GDF Fifteen was analysed by the enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. Cut‐off values of the GDF 15 and the hazard ratio of it resulting in haemodialysis within 2 years were analysed.

Results

The level of serum GDF 15 was negatively correlated with the initial eGFR. A serum GDF 15 level of more than 496.32 pg/mL showed 90% sensitivity and 72.9% specificity to predict the possibility of it resulting in haemodialysis within 2 years. In addition, a GDF 15 level higher than 490.4 pg/mL showed 63.64% sensitivity and 65% specificity to predict a decline in eGFR > 30 mL/min within 1 year of follow up. Moreover, initial serum GDF 15 level was associated with the development of interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy.

Conclusions

Initial serum GDF 15 level showed an inverse correlation with serum eGFR and was associated with worse renal outcome. Our results suggested that GDF 15 may play a role as a potential prognosticator in IgAN.
The role of increased glucose on neurovascular dysfunction in patients with the metabolic syndrome
Authors: Rodrigues Sara , Cepeda Felipe X. , Toschi‐Dias Edgar , Dutra‐Marques Akothirene C. B. , Carvalho Jefferson C. , Costa‐Hong Valéria , Alves Maria Janieire N. N. , Rondon Maria Urbana P. B. , Bortolotto Luiz A. , Trombetta Ivani C.
Published: September 2017

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) causes autonomic alteration and vascular dysfunction. The authors investigated whether impaired fasting glucose (IFG) is the main cause of vascular dysfunction via elevated sympathetic tone in nondiabetic patients with MetS. Pulse wave velocity, muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), and forearm vascular resistance was measured in patients with MetS divided according to fasting glucose levels: (1) MetS+IFG (blood glucose ≥100 mg/dL) and (2) MetS‐IFG (<100 mg/dL) compared with healthy controls. Patients with MetS+IFG had higher pulse wave velocity than patients with MetS‐IFG and controls (median 8.0 [interquartile range, 7.2–8.6], 7.3 [interquartile range, 6.9–7.9], and 6.9 [interquartile range, 6.6–7.2] m/s, P=.001). Patients with MetS+IFG had higher MSNA than patients with MetS‐IFG and controls, and patients with MetS‐IFG had higher MSNA than controls (31±1, 26±1, and 19±1 bursts per minute; P<.001). Patients with MetS+IFG were similar to patients with MetS‐IFG but had higher forearm vascular resistance than controls (P=.008). IFG was the only predictor variable of MSNA. MSNA was associated with pulse wave velocity (R=.39, P=.002) and forearm vascular resistance (R=.30, P=.034). In patients with MetS, increased plasma glucose levels leads to an adrenergic burden that can explain vascular dysfunction.
Egg cases of the graytail skateBathyraja griseocaudaand the cuphead skateBathyraja scaphiopsfrom the south‐west Atlantic Ocean
Authors: Mabragaña E. , Vazquez D. M. , Gabbanelli V. , Sabadin D. , Barbini S. A. , Lucifora L. O.
Published: September 2017

Egg cases ofBathyraja griseocaudawere larger (140–142 mm in length) than those ofBathyraja scaphiops(88–90 mm in length) and their surface was relatively smooth, without denticles, prickles or any ornamentation. Egg cases ofB. scaphiopshad a relative coarse surface, covered with prickles of similar size. An identification key for the all described egg cases fromBathyrajaoccurring in the south‐west Atlantic Ocean is provided.
Clinical performance of self‐assembling peptide P11‐4 in the treatment of initial proximal carious lesions: A practice‐based case series
Authors: Schlee Markus , Schad Till , Koch Jan H. , Cattin Philippe C. , Rathe Florian
Published: September 2017

Aim

The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical performance of self‐assembling peptide P11‐4 on non‐cavitated initial proximal carious lesions 12 months after treatment.

Methods

Twenty‐six patients, aged between 18 and 65 years, with 35 carious lesions were included in this practice‐based, uncontrolled, prospective case series. The opacity and size of the proximal lesions were evaluated visually at baseline and at day 360 using standardized single‐tooth or bite‐wing and digital‐subtraction radiography. Pairwise evaluation of images was carried out in a randomized and blinded manner with respect to the time point.

Results

Twelve months after treatment of the proximal carious lesions, the visual evaluation showed a predominant shift toward regression of the initial lesions. Radiographic assessment yielded regression of the caries in 17 of 28 cases; four of 28 were regarded as unchanged, and seven of 28 lesions showed progression of the carious lesion. Combined assessment of clinical radiographs and digital subtraction radiographs confirmed the radiographic assessment, with 20 of 28 lesions showing total or partial regression, four unchanged, and four progressing.

Conclusion

Radiographic and digital subtraction analyses suggest that initial proximal carious lesions can regress after treatment with P11‐4, but additional factors might influence the overall treatment outcome.
Applying the Paradigm of Relational Ethics into Contextual Therapy. Analyzing the practice of Ivan Boszormenyi‐Nagy
Authors: van der Meiden Jaap , Noordegraaf Martine , van Ewijk Hans
Published: September 2017

Ivan Boszormenyi Nagy introduced with his contextual therapy a challenging theory into the world of family therapy. It is rooted in a relational ethical perspective on human relations and shifts the focus of therapy from pathology to evoking reciprocal care and a genuine dialogue, based on the conviction that inter‐human relations are resources for individual growth and health. This article presents a research project on the practice of the founder himself, to describe how the principles of the contextual theory and therapy can be integrated into concrete therapeutic interventions. Using the Constant Comparison Method, the authors found six clusters of interventions representing methodical elements through which Ivan Boszormenyi‐Nagy applies the paradigm of his approach.
Family Subsystems Predicting Adolescents’ Perceptions of Sibling Relationship Quality Over Time
Authors: Ruff Saralyn C. , Durtschi Jared A. , Day Randal D.
Published: September 2017

This study examined associations between parents’ relationship conflict and parent–adolescent triangulation, and changes in adolescents’ perceptions of sibling affection and hostility. The goal was to learn whether conflict in parents’ relationships spills over to siblings’ relationships, or whether siblings compensate by becoming less hostile and more affectionate. Using a subsample (N = 400) from the Flourishing Families Project (FFP), we found a trend for mother–adolescent triangulation predicting an increase in sibling hostility across 2 years. Fathers’ reports of relationship conflict were related to increased levels of initial sibling hostility, but predicted a marginal decrease in hostility over time. Findings support increased understanding of parenting dynamics associated with changes in sibling relationship quality, and have the potential to inform clinical practice.
Transnational Intersectionality in Family Therapy With Resettled Refugees
Authors: Gangamma Rashmi , Shipman Daran
Published: September 2017

In this article, we discuss incorporating the transnational intersectionality framework in family therapy with resettled refugees. Transnational intersectionality is an extension of the framework of intersectionality which helps to better understand complexities of power and oppression across national contexts and their influence on refugees' lives. Adopting this framework alerts family therapists to: (a) develop critical awareness of refugee's transnational contexts; (b) understand differences in experiences of social identities across contexts; (c) acknowledge postmigration factors of oppression affecting resettlement; and (d) critically reflect upon therapist–interpreter–client intersectionalities. This shifts our conceptualization of therapy with refugees to actively consider transnational contexts which refugees uniquely occupy. We describe the framework and provide two case illustrations to highlight its usefulness.
Neoliberalism and the revival of agricultural cooperatives: The case of the coffee sector in Uganda
Authors: Wedig Karin , Wiegratz Jörg
Published: September 2017

Agricultural cooperatives have seen a comeback in sub‐Saharan Africa. After the collapse of many weakly performing monopolist organizations during the 1980s and 1990s, strengthened cooperatives have emerged since the 2000s. Scholarly knowledge about the state–cooperative relations in which this “revival” takes place remains poor. Based on new evidence from Uganda's coffee sector, this paper discusses the political economy of Africa's cooperative revival. The authors argue that donors' and African governments' renewed support is framed in largely apolitical terms, which obscures the contested political and economic nature of the revival. In the context of neoliberal restructuring processes, state and non‐state institutional support to democratic economic organizations with substantial redistributional agendas remains insufficient. The political–economic context in Uganda—and potentially elsewhere in Africa—contributes to poor terms of trade for agricultural cooperatives while maintaining significant state control over some cooperative activities to protect the status quo interests of big capital and state elites. These conditions are unlikely to produce a conflict‐free, substantial, and sustained revival of cooperatives, which the new promoters of cooperatives suggest is under way.
Long‐term outcomes for large for gestational age infants born at term
Authors: Khambalia Amina Z , Algert Charles S , Bowen Jennifer R , Collie Rebecca J , Roberts Christine L
Published: September 2017

Aim

Large for gestational age (LGA) babies have increased risks for short‐term outcomes such as shoulder dystocia, neonatal hypoglycaemia and longer hospital stay. Little is known of long‐term health, development and educational outcomes of LGA babies. The aim of this study was to determine the long‐term health, mortality, development and educational outcomes for infants born LGA at term.

Methods

A population‐based record linkage study of live singletons born at term (37–41 weeks of gestation) in New South Wales, Australia, from 2001 to 2006.

Results

This study compared 49 439 LGA (>90th percentile for birthweight, gestational age and sex) and 400 418 appropriate size for gestational age (AGA; 10th–90th percentile) infants. LGA infants had increased risk of birth and neonatal outcomes and hospitalisations, for brachial plexus injury after the neonatal period, and for all causes from 1 to 5 years of age. There were no differences in mortality up to 5 years of age or hospitalisations for type 1 diabetes in childhood. LGA infants had lower rates of developmental vulnerability (in kindergarten) and showed a significant trend (χ2 for trend <0.0001) to fewer low scores and more high scores in reading and numeracy (in Year 3) compared with AGA. After adjusting for potential confounders, only the relative risk for higher reading scores was statistically significant.

Conclusions

LGA infants show positive long‐term health, development and educational outcomes. Concerns for LGA infants still remain in the perinatal period as a result of birth trauma; however, these complications usually do not persist in postnatal and early childhood.
Characterization of emerging populations of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans causing cabbage wilt in China
Authors: Liu Xing , Ling Jian , Xiao Zhiliang , Xie Bingyan , Fang Zhiyuan , Yang Limei , Zhang Yangyong , Lv Honghao , Yang Yuhong
Published: September 2017

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans (FOC) causes Fusarium wilt, a disease of cabbage that has brought about significant economic loss throughout northern China since it was first detected in 2001. To characterize the Chinese FOC isolates, we compared the cultural characteristics, pathogenicity and races between the Chinese isolates and the type strains (race 1: 52,557 and race 2: 58,385). The Chinese FGL‐03‐6 isolate had cultural characteristics similar to those of strain 52,557, including colony growth rate, colony and spore characteristics and responses to temperature changes, while the strain 58,385 grew faster, produced more pigment and spores and was more adaptable to temperature fluctuations. The lethal temperature for all strains was 60°C, and the optimal temperatures for pathogen growth on potato dextrose agar and pathogenicity on plants were 25°C and 25 to 30°C, respectively. Tests for race and pathogenicity indicated that different cabbage cultivars had similar resistance reactions to FGL‐03‐6 and 52,557. However, the pathogenicity of FGL‐03‐6 was similar to that of 58,385, which infected quickly and caused more severe disease symptoms. This study further provides information regarding characterizing different strains of F. oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans.
Gonioscopy in the dog: inter‐examiner variability and the search for a grading scheme
Authors: Oliver J. A. C. , Cottrell B. C. , Newton J. R. , Mellersh C. S.
Published: September 2017

Objectives

To investigate inter‐examiner variability in gonioscopic evaluation of pectinate ligament abnormality in dogs and to assess level of inter‐examiner agreement for four different gonioscopy grading schemes.

Materials and Methods

Two examiners performed gonioscopy in 98 eyes of 49 Welsh springer spaniel dogs and estimated the percentage circumference of iridocorneal angle affected by pectinate ligament abnormality to the nearest 5%. Percentage scores assigned to each eye by the two examiners were compared. Inter‐examiner agreement was assessed following assignment of the percentage scores to each of four grading schemes by Cohen's kappa statistic.

Results

There was a strong positive correlation between the results of the two examiners (R=0·91). In general, Examiner 1 scored individual eyes higher than Examiner 2, especially for eyes in which both examiners diagnosed pectinate ligament abnormality. A “good” level of agreement could only be achieved with a gonioscopy grading scheme of no more than three categories and with a relatively large intermediate bandwidth (κ=0·68).

Clinical Significance

A three‐tiered grading scheme might represent an improvement on hereditary eye disease schemes which simply classify dogs to be either “affected” or “unaffected” for pectinate ligament abnormality. However, the large intermediate bandwidth of this scheme would only allow for the additional detection of those dogs with marked progression of pectinate ligament abnormality which would be considered most at risk of primary closed‐angle glaucoma.
Environmental drivers of vascular and non‐vascular epiphyte abundance in tropical pre‐montane cloud forests in Northern Peru
Authors: Toivonen Johanna M. , Suominen Lassi , Gonzales‐Inca Carlos A. , Trujillo Paucar Gabriel , Jones Mirkka M.
Published: September 2017

Questions

What is the role of microclimate relative to easily obtainable measures of forest structure in explaining epiphyte abundance? Do these roles differ between epiphytic plant groups?

Location

Tropical pre‐montane cloud forests, Alto Mayo watershed, northern Peru.

Methods

We recorded vascular epiphyte abundance, epiphytic bryophyte cover and forest structural features in 36 plots (20 m × 20 m), and measured air temperature and humidity in a subset of 17 plots. We modelled bryophyte cover, total vascular epiphyte abundance and the abundances of the main vascular epiphyte groups separately (bromeliads, aroids, ferns), as a function of forest structure and microclimate using spatial autoregressive models. Three forest structural variables (basal area, tree height and canopy openness) and two microclimatic variables (minimum humidity and maximum temperature) were considered. We constructed all possible combinations of maximum two‐variable models from the five explanatory variables and carried out AIC‐based model selection and variable importance tests with these as input models.

Results

Canopy openness was the most important variable explaining the abundance of the main epiphytic plant groups. It was also strongly correlated with stand microclimate. Therefore, predictions of epiphyte abundance did not improve with the inclusion of microclimatic data in the models. There were some differences among the epiphytic plant groups in their response to microclimate and forest structural features.

Conclusions

Forest stand microclimate, reflected through canopy openness in particular, was a main determinant of the distributions of all epiphytic plant groups. This implies that easily measurable forest structural variables alone can be used as good predictors of epiphyte abundance. Taxon‐specific differences in responses to microclimate imply that these taxa may also differ in their sensitivity to predicted future changes in temperature and rainfall.
Reading and company: embodiment and social space in silent reading practices
Authors: Kuzmičová Anežka , Dias Patrícia , Vogrinčič Čepič Ana , Albrechtslund Anne‐Mette Bech , Casado André , Kotrla Topić Marina , Mínguez López Xavier , Nilsson Skans Kersti , Teixeira‐Botelho Inês
Published: September 2017

Reading, even when silent and individual, is a social phenomenon and has often been studied as such. Complementary to this view, research has begun to explore how reading is embodied beyond simply being ‘wired’ in the brain. This article brings the social and embodied perspectives together in a very literal sense. Reporting a qualitative study of reading practices across student focus groups from six European countries, it identifies an underexplored factor in reading behaviour and experience. This factor is the sheer physical presence, and concurrent activity, of other people in the environment where one engages in individual silent reading. The primary goal of the study was to explore the role and possible associations of a number of variables (text type, purpose, device) in selecting generic (e.g. indoors vs outdoors) as well as specific (e.g. home vs library) reading environments. Across all six samples included in the study, participants spontaneously attested to varied, and partly surprising, forms of sensitivity to company and social space in their daily efforts to align body with mind for reading. The article reports these emergent trends and discusses their potential implications for research and practice.
Assessment of wound healing of tagged gray (Eschrichtius robustus) and blue (Balaenoptera musculus) whales in the eastern North Pacific using long‐term series of photographs
Authors: Norman Stephanie A. , Flynn Kiirsten R. , Zerbini Alexandre N. , Gulland Frances M. D. , Moore Michael J. , Raverty Stephen , Rotstein David S. , Mate Bruce R. , Hayslip Craig , Gendron Diane , Sears Richard , Douglas Annie B. , Calambokidis John
Published: September 2017

Tags have been used to examine migration routes and habitat use of large whales for >40 yr, however, evaluation of tag wound healing has largely been short‐term, anecdotal or generalized. This study developed methods for systematic photographic assessment of long‐term external consequences of tag placement, to determine potential differences in wound healing between species and tag types and thus advise future tagging efforts to possibly minimize undesirable side effects. Tag site appearance and healing characteristics were evaluated by two reviewers and a time series evaluated by five veterinarians from photographs during 995 postdeployment encounters with 34 gray and 63 blue whales tagged in the North Pacific. Blue whale resightings were less frequent, but spanned a longer time period due to earlier tag deployments than the more frequent gray whale follow‐up observations. Swelling occurred in 74% of reencountered gray whales, with the highest frequency 6 mo postdeployment. Swellings were common in blue whales with early tag designs but rare with current models. Depressions occurred in 82% of gray and 71% of blue whales. This study demonstrates the value of follow‐up studies of tagged animals and systematic scoring of photographs to quantitatively compare tag response.
Kneeling in the Street: Recontextualizing Balthasar
Authors: Brown Derek
Published: September 2017

This paper supports the burgeoning movement that looks to find affinities between Hans urs von Balthasar's theology and various liberation theologies. It does so by offering a “recontextualization” of Balthasar's thought. Specifically, it provocatively looks to recontextualize Balthasar as a theologian of the street. The argument proceeds in three stages: First, the meaning of “context,” and so the possibility of recontextualization, is discussed. While the term has become commonplace in contemporary “contextual theologies,”, the most rigorous analysis of context is found not in theology, but in literary theory. Second, the particular locale of this particular recontextualization is discussed: the street. As sign, the street is ideologically and metonymically overdetermined. Here, Derrida, Goizueta, and Maeseneer are given as examples of thinkers who think with or from the street, who are contextualized by the street. Finally, the paper turns to specific instances in Balthasar's text that demonstrate his street contextualization: namely, his criticism of Rahner's martyrless Christianity and his discussion of the saints, particularly Joan of Arc. This section rejects those claims, epitomized by Murphy, that Balthasar's name signs a totally conservative context, and so completes my project of freeing space for the aforementioned liberatory movement to continue blossoming.
Epstein–Barr virus infection in children with renal transplantation: A single‐centre experience
Authors: You Jihye , Kim Mijin , Lee Jina , Han Duck Jong , Park Young Seo , Lee Joo Hoon
Published: September 2017

Aim

This study aimed to investigate the incidence, timing, manifestations, managements, and outcomes of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection in paediatric renal transplant recipients in Korea.

Methods

We retrospectively evaluated 70 patients aged <18 years who had undergone renal transplantation between January 1990 and November 2014 at a single centre in Korea. EBV infection was diagnosed via serological test or real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The diagnosis of post‐transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) was based on biopsy findings.

Results

In total, 21 patients (30.0% of renal transplant recipients) had EBV infection. EBV infection occurred at an average age of 12.6 ± 4.5 (median, 12.0; range, 7.0–24.0 years, with a mean period of 28.3 ± 27.2 (median, 14.0; range, 2.0–75.0) months for developing EBV infection after transplantation. EBV infection developed 12 times more frequently in pre‐transplant EBV‐seronegative recipients. Eight patients (38% of EBV‐infected patients) had EBV disease, and six patients (75% of patients with EBV disease) had PTLD. The maximum EBV PCR titer was greater in patients with EBV disease than in the asymptomatic EBV infection group. The main treatment for EBV infection was the reduction in immunosuppressants. Asymptomatic EBV infection resolved in approximately 80% of the patients. One patient (17% of the patients with PTLD) expired. The glomerular filtration rate did not deteriorate during the treatment of EBV infection.

Conclusion

Regular EBV monitoring in renal transplant recipients is mandatory for early diagnosis and treatment of EBV infections and prevention of PTLD, especially in pre‐transplant EBV IgG‐negative patients.
Resveratrol in the foodomics era: 1:25,000
Authors: Khakimov Bekzod , Engelsen Søren Balling
Published: September 2017

Resveratrol is probably the most investigated plant secondary metabolite ever. An epidemiological study known as the French paradox showed a correlation between red wine intake and low mortality due to coronary heart diseases, and the red wine substance resveratrol was claimed to play a key role. Since then, several hundred resveratrol studies have been conducted to demonstrate its antioxidant and other beneficial properties. In the foodomics era, considering a complex foodome including over 25,000 substances that make up the human diet, it appears to be outdated to pursue the hunt for biological activities one function/compound at a time. First, nature is multivariate, and the effect of any one molecule will have to be modulated by its carrying matrix, its bioavailability, and synergies with other molecules. Second, a large number of targeted studies have the tendency to become biased, as they tend to retain only the data that the researchers think are relevant and thus increase the chances of spurious correlations. In this concise review, we retrace the research toward a more inductive, holistic, and multivariate path.
Insulin regulation of gluconeogenesis
Authors: Hatting Maximilian , Tavares Clint D.J. , Sharabi Kfir , Rines Amy K. , Puigserver Pere
Published: September 2017

The coordinated regulation between cellular glucose uptake and endogenous glucose production is indispensable for the maintenance of constant blood glucose concentrations. The liver contributes significantly to this process by altering the levels of hepatic glucose release, through controlling the processes of de novo glucose production (gluconeogenesis) and glycogen breakdown (glycogenolysis). Various nutritional and hormonal stimuli signal to alter hepatic gluconeogenic flux, and suppression of this metabolic pathway during the postprandial state can, to a significant extent, be attributed to insulin. Here, we review some of the molecular mechanisms through which insulin modulates hepatic gluconeogenesis, thus controlling glucose production by the liver to ultimately maintain normoglycemia. Various signaling pathways governed by insulin converge at the level of transcriptional regulation of the key hepatic gluconeogenic genes PCK1 and G6PC, highlighting this as one of the focal mechanisms through which gluconeogenesis is modulated. In individuals with compromised insulin signaling, such as insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes, insulin fails to suppress hepatic gluconeogenesis, even in the fed state; hence, an insight into these insulin‐moderated pathways is critical for therapeutic purposes.
Between Narration and Experience
Authors: Scheindlin Noam
Published: September 2017

This article explores the interplay between the genres of autobiography and fictional narrative in Georges Perec's W ou le souvenir d'enfance. Beginning with the premise that both fiction and autobiography elicit a readerly absorption that effaces the act of enunciation such that the act of writing is foreclosed from the manifest text, I argue that in W ou le souvenir d'enfance, the enunciative plane becomes inscribed as a “blank” in the text. This elision, then, becomes an emblem for the very undepictability that, I argue, serves as the real subject of Perec's text – the memories that are missing from the writer's consciousness, and the resulting inability to identify himself with the child he once was. The text's refusal to remain secure in either the genre of fiction or autobiography emphasizes the undepictable at the expense of the represented content. Such a strategy, I argue, serves, on one level, as an approach toward depicting the trauma of the writer's childhood in occupied France, but on another level, as an exploration of the limits of the ability of narrative to represent reality.
Is a Melting Arctic Making the Arctic Council Too Cool? Exploring the Limits to the Effectiveness of a Boundary Organization
Authors: Spence Jennifer
Published: September 2017

The Arctic Council offers an interesting and unexplored case study of boundary work between policy makers, scientific communities, and Indigenous organizations in the circumpolar region. Its notable success can be attributed to the production of high‐quality policy products, including the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment and the Arctic Human Development Report—both of which meet the criteria of boundary objects. However, this article goes beyond applying the concept of the boundary organization to inform our understanding of the Arctic Council. Rather, I use the Council as a case study to explore the dynamic environment in which these types of institutions exist. I argue that, as a result of a number of factors, the Arctic Council is being pushed to be more action oriented. Furthermore, I consider the implications of this pressure for the institutional design of the Council and where the Council looks to affirm its credibility, saliency, and legitimacy. I conclude that the Arctic Council's effectiveness as a boundary organization is being compromised by pressures for it to be more action oriented.
Immigrants‘ use of health care in their country of origin: the role of social integration, discrimination and the parallel use of health care systems
Authors: Kemppainen Laura , Kemppainen Teemu , Skogberg Natalia , Kuusio Hannamaria , Koponen Päivikki
Published: September 2017

Aims

The objective of this study was to elucidate the utilisation of Russian health care by immigrants of Russian origin living in Finland (cross‐border health care). The study examined the association of cross‐border health care with social integration and discrimination. Moreover, it studied whether cross‐border health care was used as an alternative to the host‐country's healthcare system.

Methods

Data from the Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Survey (Maamu) were utilised. The number of respondents of Russian origin was 545. The main analytical method was logistic regression. The outcome variable was based on a survey item on seeking physician's treatment or help abroad during the last 12 months. Social integration was measured multi‐dimensionally, and the indicator was extracted by multiple correspondence analysis. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Ethical Committee of the Uusimaa Hospital Region.

Results

We found that 15.4% of the respondents had visited a physician in Russia during the last 12 months. 10.4% had experienced discrimination in Finnish health services during their stay in Finland. Stronger social integration predicted less frequent utilisation of cross‐border health care. Experiences of discrimination or unfairness were associated with higher odds for seeking cross‐border health care. Cross‐border health care was typically used in parallel to the Finnish services.

Conclusions

Our findings on integration and discrimination emphasise the importance of general integration policy as well as cultural competence in health care. Parallel use of healthcare systems entails both risks (e.g double medication, problems of follow‐up) and opportunities (e.g. sense of agency), which should be further investigated.
Integrated species delimitation and conservation implications of an endangered weevil Pachyrhynchus sonani (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Green and Orchid Islands of Taiwan
Authors: CHEN YEN‐TING , TSENG HUI‐YUN , JENG MING‐LUEN , SU YONG‐CHAO , HUANG WEN‐SAN , LIN CHUNG‐PING
Published: September 2017

Oceanic islands are productive habitats for generating new species and high endemism, which is primarily due to their geographical isolation, smaller population sizes and local adaptation. However, the short divergence times and subtle morphological or ecological divergence of insular organisms may obscure species identity, so the cryptic endemism on islands may be underestimated. The endangered weevil Pachyrhynchus sonani Kôno (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini) is endemic to Green Island and Orchid Island of the Taiwan‐Luzon Archipelago and displays widespread variation in coloration and host range, thus raising questions regarding its species boundaries and degree of cryptic diversity. We tested the species boundaries of P. sonani using an integrated approach that combined morphological (body size and shape, genital shape, coloration and cuticular scale), genetic (four genes and restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing, RAD‐seq) and ecological (host range and distribution) diversity. The results indicated that all the morphological datasets for male P. sonani, except for the colour spectrum, reveal overlapping but statistically significant differences between islands. In contrast, the morphology of the female P. sonani showed minimum divergence between island populations. The populations of P. sonani on the two islands were significantly different in their host ranges, and the genetic clustering and phylogenies of P. sonani established two valid evolutionary species. Integrated species delimitation combining morphological, molecular and ecological characters supported two distinct species of P. sonani from Green Island and Orchid Island. The Green Island population was described as P. jitanasaius sp.n. Chen & Lin, and it is recommended that its threatened conservation status be recognized. Our findings suggest that the inter‐island speciation of endemic organisms inhabiting both islands may be more common than previously thought, and they highlight the possibility that the cryptic diversity of small oceanic islands may still be largely underestimated.
Seed germination and seedling emergence of Iberian starthistle (Centaurea iberica)
Authors: Nosratti Iraj , Abbasi Rabee , Bagheri Alireza , Bromandan Pardis
Published: September 2017

Centaurea iberica has become a problematic weed in some regions of western Iran. Little published data are available in the literature regarding its seed germination and seedling emergence. Therefore, this study was conducted in order to evaluate the effects of different factors on C. iberica seed germination. The highest level of germination of C. iberica was achieved at fluctuating temperatures of 15/25°C (night/day). The seed germination of C. iberica was stimulated by light and little germination occurred under continuous darkness. The pH solution did not have any effect on its seed germination. Centaurea iberica was tolerant to both salt and water stress. The level of seedling emergence was greatest for the seeds that were located on the soil surface, declining with depth, and no seedling emerged from a soil depth of 4 cm. These results indicated that C. iberica has the potential to infest more fields in the western parts of Iran, particularly rainfed areas. Based on the results of this study, crops with a dense canopy and/or planted in narrow‐row intervals could be used to diminish the seed germination of C iberica. In addition, the adoption of tillage systems that bury the seeds of C. iberica under the 4 cm depth would effective in its management.
Mesenteric panniculitis
Authors: Kgomo Mpho , Elnagar Ali , Mashoshoe Kgataki
Published: September 2017

A 53-year-old black woman presented with a 3-day history of abdominal pain. Ultrasound of the abdomen showed a gall bladder packed with small stones. She gave a history of abdominal surgery for a gynaecological condition. She had a cholecystectomy done, but her symptoms continued after cholecystectomy. She then had anendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP) and sphincterotomy done, again her symptoms remained the same. A CT scan of the abdomen was done, and mesenteric panniculitis was suspected. A laparoscopic biopsy of the mesentery was performed, and it confirmed mesenteric panniculitis. She was started on a 2-week course of steroids to which she responded very well. Three months after the initial presentation, she was still asymptomatic.
Exact solutions of the noncommutative and commutative nonlinear Schrödinger equation in 2 + 1 dimensions
Authors: Sarfraz H. , Saleem U.
Published: September 2017

In this paper, we presented a noncommutative (NC) generalization of nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) in 2 + 1 dimensions. A matrix Darboux transformation (MDT) is used to generate multiple soliton solutions for NC-NLSE and commutative NLSE in 2 + 1 dimensions. We expressed multiple soliton solutions in terms of quasideterminants and as ratios of ordinary determinants for NC and commutative NLSE in 2 + 1 dimensions, respectively. The quasideterminant formula for K-times repeated MDT enables us to compute single, double and triple soliton solutions for NC and commutative (2 + 1)-dimensional NLSE. Some interesting localized solutions are obtained for the NC and commutative NLSE in 2 + 1 dimensions.
Evolvement law of a macroscopic traffic model accounting for density-dependent relaxation time
Authors: Wang Yu-Qing , Chu Xing-Jian , Zhou Chao-Fan , Jia Bin , Lin Sen , Wu Zi-Han , Zhu Hua-Bing , Gao Zi-You
Published: September 2017

In this paper, a modified macroscopic traffic flow model is presented. The term of the density-dependent relaxation time is introduced here. The relation between the relaxation time and the density in traffic flow is presented quantitatively. Besides, a factor R depicting varied properties of traffic flow in different traffic states is also introduced in the formulation of the model. Furthermore, the evolvement law of traffic flow with distinctly initial density distribution and boundary perturbations is emphasized.
Analog Squarers Using Only Seven MOS Transistors and a Four Quadrant Analog Multiplier Application
Authors: Yucel Firat , Yuce Erkan
Published: September 2017

Two new analog squarer circuits employing only seven MOS transistors are proposed in this study. The second proposed analog squarer is derived from the first one with slight modifications. MOS transistors used in both of the proposed analog squarers are operated in the saturation region. They are constructed as voltage input and current output. They have high input and high output impedances; consequently, they can be connected with other structures easily. Both of the proposed analog squarers have low power dissipation. However, they need some active component matching conditions. A four quadrant analog multiplier is given as an application example. Workability of the proposed analog squarers is verified by some SPICE simulation results. Additionally, some experimental tests are achieved.
Comparative Search of Entities
Authors: Thakare Abhijeet Ramesh , Deshpande Parag S.
Published: September 2017

Nowadays, every manufacturer or retailer displays their product information on various websites. The customer has to visit, the number of such web pages to choose the right product, because the information is not available at one place. There are some websites that show such information in one place, but they are product specific and in general information is manually updated. In this paper, we propose a novel concept of web-spreadsheet, which displays product information by crawling through related web pages and generates information like a spreadsheet where each row represents product information and each column represents product attributes. We are extracting the product name of specified product class using decision tree-based classifier by features obtained using Part of Speech (POS) tagging and distance measure. It also extracts the value-measure pairs of preset attributes using distance measure, POS tagging and Data type. This approach will save a lot of time of comparing different products and customers need not have to scan a number of websites for comparison. We present promising results in various product classes which surpass many existing techniques in the literature. The proposed method can work accurately without initial trained labeled data which is expensive to obtain.
Twisted partial actions and extensions of semilattices of groups by groups
Authors: Dokuchaev Mikhailo , Khrypchenko Mykola
Published: September 2017

We introduce the concept of an extension of a semilattice of groups [Formula: see text] by a group [Formula: see text] and describe all the extensions of this type which are equivalent to the crossed products [Formula: see text] by twisted partial actions [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] on [Formula: see text]. As a consequence, we establish a one-to-one correspondence, up to an isomorphism, between twisted partial actions of groups on semilattices of groups and so-called Sieben twisted modules over [Formula: see text]-unitary inverse semigroups.