bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Newly Isolated Penicillium ramulosum N1 Is Excellent for Producing Protease-Resistant Acidophilic Xylanase
Authors: Lin Chaoyang , Shen Zhicheng , Zhu Tingheng , Qin Wensheng
Published: October 2015

Penicillium ramulosum N1 was isolated from decaying wood. This strain produces extracellular xylanases and cellulases. The highest activities of xylanases (250 U/ml) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMCase; 6.5 U/ml) were produced when 1% barley straw was added as a carbon source. The optimum temperature and pH for xylanase activity was 55 and 3.0°C, respectively. The xylanases exhibited strong protease resistance. CMCase revealed maximum activities at pH 3.0 and in the range of 60-70°C. Filter paper activity was optimally active at pH 5.0 and 55°C. The zymograms produced by the SDS-PAGE resolution of the crude enzymes indicated that there are four bands of protein with xylanase activity and three bands of proteins with endoglucanase. The results revealed that P. ramulosum N1 is a promising acidophilic and protease-resistant xylanase-producing microorganism that has great potential to be used in animal feed and food industry applications.
Hematological adaptation in Holstein calves during the neonatal period
Authors: Novo Sylvia Marquart Fontes , Freitas Renata Leite , Silva Cynthia Pereira da Costa e , Baldacim Vinicius Alvim Passos , Baccili Camila Costa , Reis Juliana França dos , Hagiwara Mitika Kuribayashi , Gomes Viviani
Published: October 2015

Foi avaliado o perfil hematológico de bezerros da raça Holandesa durante o primeiro mês de vida. Foram colhidas 208 amostras de sangue total de 26 bezerras(os) do nascimento aos trinta dias de vida. Os valores hematológicos foram determinados por sistema automatizado associado à contagem diferencial dos leucócitos por metodologia manual. Foram detectadas variações nos componentes do hemograma do nascimento aos 30 dias de vida, exceto para os teores de hemoglobina (Hb) e concentração hemoglobínica corpuscular média (CHCM). Os maiores valores do hematócrito, volume corpuscular médio (VCM) e hemoglobina corpuscular média (HCM) foram observados ao nascimento, com decréscimo nos momentos subsequentes. Nos primeiros dias de vida foi observada leucocitose por neutrofilia e eosinopenia e com o avançar da idade houve aumento gradativo dos linfócitos. Com base nos resultados obtidos pode-se concluir que a adaptação dos bezerros no período pós-neonatal foi caracterizada por variações nos componentes do hemograma, observando-se hemoconcentração e padrão leucocitário compatível com resposta aos glicocorticoides até o 4º dia de vida, responsável pela relação neutrófilo-linfócito > 1,0 ao nascimento.
Hematology, biochemical profile and thyroid hormones of four species of freshwater stingrays of the genus Potamotrygon
Authors: Brito Fernando Moraes Machado , Claudiano Gustavo Da Silva , Yunis Jefferson , Mundim Antônio Vicente , Tavares-Dias Marcos , Viadanna Pedro Henrique Oliveira , Moraes Julieta Rodini Engrácia de , Moraes Flávio Ruas de
Published: October 2015

Potamotrygonidae e um grupo de raias endêmicas da América do Sul distribuídas nas principais bacias hidrográficas brasileiras, mas informações sobre suas variáveis hematológicas e bioquímicas são escassas. Este estudo teve como objetivo determinar estas variáveis em Potamotrygon motoro e P. falkneri na Bacia do Rio Paraná, Estado do Paraná e de P. orbignyi e P. scobina do Rio Piririm, na Bacia Amazônica, Estado do Amapá. Foi capturado um total de 53 espécimes de Potamotrygon spp. para colheita de sangue e avaliações do hemograma e variáveis bioquímicas séricas. Os valores do hemograma foram próximos para as quatro espécies e os resultados com diferenças significativas entre Potamotrygon falkneri, P. motoro, P. orbigni e P. scobina ocorreram quanto ao número de eritrócitos e heterófilos. Apesar da diversidade geográfica os resultados apresentaram pouca interferência dos diferentes habitats nas variáveis avaliadas. Os níveis de proteínas, globulinas, relação albumina:globulina, acido úrico, creatinina, ureia, HDL-C, relação cálcio:fósforo, sódio, cloreto, AST, ALT, creatinoquinase (CK), fosfatase alcalina, hormônios triiodotironina (T3) e tiroxina (T4) não diferiram entre as espécies de Potamotrygon. Porem, os níveis de albumina, glicose, colesterol total, triglicerídeos e gama glutamil transferase (GGT) apresentaram diferenças. Este fato sugere pouca interferência do habitat nas variáveis avaliadas apesar da diversidade geográfica de origem das raias de vida livre.
Cartography of neoplasms in dogs from different regions of the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil: a survey (2002-2003) of data from the Veterinary Hospital of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science of the University of São Paulo, Brazil
Authors: Kimura Kátia Cristina , Carneiro Carolina Scarpa , Domenico Renata Moris , Dias Ricardo Augusto , Pereira Jucelia , Matera Julia Maria , Lucas Silvia Regina Ricci , Stopiglia Ângelo João , Kogika Márcia Mery , Tedardi Marcello Vannucci , Amaku Marcos , Ferreira Fernando , Sasco Annie Jeanne , Saldiva Paulo Hilário Nascimento , Dagli Maria Lúcia Zaidan
Published: October 2015

Avanços na medicina veterinária resultaram em benefícios significativos na vida de animais de estimação nos últimos 20 anos, e o aumento da expectativa de vida para animais levou a uma maior prevalência de neoplasias em cães. A Epidemiologia do Câncer e as ferramentas de análise espacial, embora bem desenvolvidas na pesquisa oncológica humana, estão começando a serem exploradas na Oncologia Veterinária. A cidade de São Paulo, capital do estado de São Paulo, Brasil, é dividida em cinco regiões: Norte, Sul, Leste, Oeste e centro. O Hospital Veterinário da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo (HOVET-SVMAS-USP) está localizado na região Oeste de São Paulo, Brasil, e admite casos de pequenos e grandes animais. Tumores mamários caninos são tão numerosos que não são tratados na rotina do HOVET. O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar um estudo cartográfico para descrever a distribuição espacial dos casos prevalentes de neoplasias em cães a partir do HOVET. Dos 3.620 casos atendidos em 2002 e 2003, 380 (10,5%) casos eram de cães acometidos por tumores benignos e malignos. Não foi encontrada diferença estatística entre a distribuição dos 380 endereços entre as cinco regiões da cidade. Os resultados mostraram que o HOVET atende pacientes caninos de todas as regiões de São Paulo e que há uma distribuição espacial homogênea das neoplasias. Os autores incentivam estudos mais amplos, envolvendo vários hospitais veterinários, clínicas e laboratórios, a fim de obter dados mais precisos sobre a distribuição das neoplasias caninas em São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Editorial
Authors: De Almeida Marco Antonio
Published: October 2015

InCID: R. Ci. Inf. e Doc., Ribeirão Preto, v. 6, n. 2, p. 1-4, set. 2015/fev. 2016.
Mediação e competência em informação: proposições para a construção de um perfil de bibliotecário protagonista
Authors: Farias Maria Giovanna Guedes
Published: October 2015

Apresenta proposições, a partir de um projeto de pesquisa em andamento, para o desenvolvimento de um perfil de bibliotecário protagonista, tendo como subsídios os constructos teórico-conceituais da mediação e da competência em informação. Emprega como recurso metodológico a revisão de literatura de autores clássicos e contemporâneos das temáticas em foco, bem como, a experiência docente na disciplina serviços de informação. Conclui-se que ao compreender a necessidade de integrar múltiplos saberes, utilizando os conceitos da mediação da informação, desenvolvendo um conjunto de conhecimentos e habilidades (competências), o bibliotecário pode se sentir cada vez mais preparado para atender as necessidades dos usuários, e dessa forma, sentir-se protagonista de suas atividades laborais, preparando os usuários para se tornarem, progressivamente, autônomos no acesso e uso das informações que necessitam, promovendo assim, ações que beneficiam a todos, bibliotecários e usuários dos serviços de informação.
Mediação da Informação em Turismo: um estudo introdutório
Authors: Medaglia Juliana , Ortega Cristina Dotta
Published: October 2015

O turismo é uma atividade presente na sociedade contemporânea e que vem, de um lado, sendo popularizado como atividade de lazer acessível a uma parcela considerável da população mundial, e, de outro, gerando interesse acadêmico como objeto de estudo. Nesses contextos, o turismo possui vinculo marcante com a informação, da qual depende e com a qual interage constantemente. Ponderando essa relação, apresenta-se aqui uma reflexão acerca dessas áreas, considerando a utilização das metodologias da Ciência da Informação para a atividade turística, enfatizando os desafios e possibilidades da mediação no contexto informacional turístico. Para tanto, metodologicamente, lançou-se mão de pesquisa bibliográfica, analisando fontes secundárias acerca dos temas. Os principais resultados das relações propostas apontam para semelhanças entre as áreas de Ciência da Informação e Turismo especialmente no que diz respeito ao caráter aplicado dos estudos dessas áreas e seu surgimento e desenvolvimento marcados pela influência interdisciplinar. Além disso, percebe-se que ante à dependência que o turismo possui em relação à informação, seja por parte dos turistas que  a usam para tomar a decisão de viajar, seja por parte dos estudiosos do tema, esses usuários têm acesso a uma grande quantidade de informação,  de onde se deriva a importância da mediação no processo de construção do conhecimento turístico, como um elemento chave da comunicação.
O mundo da editoria digital entre estratégias de mercado e práticas revolucionárias
Authors: Crippa Giulia
Published: October 2015

Resenha de: 
GAZOIA, Alessandro. Come finisce il libro: contro la falsa democrazia dell’editoria digitale. Roma: Minimum Fax, 2014.
Linguagem Natural no Twitter e Linguagem Documentária em Tesauros: da hashtag #NãoMereçoSerEstuprada ao descritor estupro
Authors: Sousa Brisa Pozzi de , Silva Flávio Pacheco da
Published: October 2015

Aponta a linguagem natural no Twitter a partir da hashtag #NãoMereçoSerEstuprada e realiza comparação entre a linguagem documentária de dois tesauros pelo descritor estupro, sendo o Thesaurus Brasileiro da Educação (Brased) e o Tesauro Jurídico do Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ). A pesquisa é descritiva e bibliográfica, de cunho qualitativo, embasada na investigação teórica. Discorre sobre vantagens e desvantagens no uso dessas linguagens e demonstra que na natural qualquer palavra, ou até mesmo conjunto de palavras podem ser utilizadas como hashtag para representar qualquer assunto. No entanto, observa-se que o controle do vocabulário é um elemento essencial para a representação de assuntos, pois é uma linguagem artificial produzida com o objetivo de sistematizar o vocabulário controlando, como por exemplo, a polissemia. Os resultados demonstram que a linguagem natural no Twitter não padroniza a representação do assunto sendo considerada fator dispersivo, ao contrário das linguagens documentárias que apresentam vocabulário caracterizado pela precisão dos descritores.
Experiência pedagógica educomunicativa: o cinema nas Licenciaturas
Authors: Almeida Maria do Carmo Souza de
Published: October 2015

 

Resumo: O objetivo deste artigo é relatar uma experiência pedagógica com narrativas fílmicas em duas Licenciaturas da Universidade de Taubaté. A prática ocorreu no horário destinado às Atividades Acadêmico-Científico-Culturais (AACC). Foram exibidos principalmente filmes que fogem aos padrões tradicionaisque os sujeitos participantes da pesquisa conhecem.Depois das exibições, acontecia uma discussão entre professora pesquisadora e alunos sobre aspectos considerados significativos por eles. Por meio de relatos escritos e de gravações, procurou-se identificar como os estudantes atribuíam sentidos aos filmes vistos. Observou-se que uma prática educomunicativa com narrativas fílmicas na formação docente das Licenciaturas em questão pode contribuir para ampliar o capital cultural dos discentes, logo, para sua construção identitária pessoal e profissional.
Relações de Gênero na Ficção Televisiva Ibero-Americana
Authors: Castilho Fernanda
Published: October 2015

A resenha apresenta uma síntese dos principais pontos abordados no Anuário OBITEL 2015 - “Relações de Gênero na Ficção Televisiva”, coordenado por Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes e Guillermo Orozo-Gomez. Resultado de pesquisas de caráter colaborativo, o Anuário oferece um mapeamento da produção ficcional da televisão aberta em doze países, com análises de natureza quantitativa e qualitativa, desenhando o panorama da ficção televisiva no contexto ibero-americano. No ano de celebração dos 10 anos do Observatório Ibero-Americano de Ficção Televisiva, o anuário apresenta também uma discussão sobre as relações de gênero nas narrativas de TV.
Entre palavras e imagens. Onde fica mesmo o índio na fundação do Brasil? Uma discussão a partir dos filmes: Palavra e Utopia (2000) e Anchieta, José do Brasil (1977).
Authors: Magno Maria Ignes Carlos
Published: October 2015

A proposta dessa resenha é discutir a partir dos filmes: Palavra e Utopia, do cineasta Manoel de Oliveira e Anchieta, José do Brasil, de Paulo César Saraceni, as complexas relações entre os colonizadores e os indígenas do Brasil. Tendo a palavra como o elemento central das reflexões, pensei em dois filmes que mostram através das imagens a força da palavra e a ambiguidade dos sentimentos dos colonizadores em relação ao Brasil e aos aborígines. A proposta aqui não é abordar os textos e os filmes sob a ótica do afeto, mas da ambiguidade contidas nos afetos e nos discursos dos padres José de Anchieta e Antonio Vieira. 
Media literacy, memória e eleições – um experimento sobre como jovens interpretam o apelo à memória na campanha presidencial de 2014
Authors: Andrelo Roseane , Bighetti Wanessa Valeze Ferrari
Published: October 2015

Saber interpretar as informações disponibilizadas pela mídia é pré-requisito fundamental para compreender as mais diversas engrenagens que movem a sociedade. Em época de eleições, a alfabetização midiática se faz ainda mais necessária. Isso porque candidatos às vagas do poder público apelam às diferentes técnicas comunicacionais para convencer os eleitores de que são a escolha certa. Uma dessas técnicas é o resgate do passado histórico. Avaliar como jovens eleitores com idade entre 17 anos e 18 anos interpretam o apelo à memória nas campanhas eleitorais de 2014 para a presidência é o objetivo deste trabalho. A metodologia constituiu-se na realização de uma atividade em grupo, em um escola de Bauru-SP, que envolveu a aplicação de questionário, o desenvolvimento de uma campanha e o debate entre os participantes.
Consumo e Cidadania: em perspectiva a recepção do rap da periferia paulistana
Authors: Budag Fernanda Elouise , Marcelino Rosilene Moraes Alves , Abrão Maria Amélia Paiva , Baccega Maria Aparecida
Published: October 2015

Nossa pesquisa, em sua totalidade, procurou compreender como a cultura midiática e de consumo figuram nas narrativas (letras das músicas) de um grupo de rap da periferia de São Paulo e como são recebidas entre jovens da capital paulista, procurando entender os sentidos de consumo e de cidadania que aí se constituem. Para isso, a pesquisa buscou (a) articular, teoricamente, os vértices da Comunicação, da Educação, do Consumo e da Cidadania; (b) compreender o lugar de fala do grupo em questão; (c) analisar as produções desse grupo de rap da periferia de São Paulo e (d) realizar um estudo de recepção dessa vertente musical entre jovens paulistanos. Neste espaço, especificamente, traçamos os resultados do estudo de recepção empreendido.
Therapeutic Inhibition of miR-33 Promotes Fatty Acid Oxidation but Does Not Ameliorate Metabolic Dysfunction in Diet-Induced Obesity
Authors: Karunakaran Denuja , Richards Laura , Geoffrion Michele , Barrette Danyk , Gotfrit Ryan J. , Harper Mary-Ellen , Rayner Katey J.
Published: October 2015

Objective—

miR-33 has emerged as an important regulator of lipid homeostasis. Inhibition of miR-33 has been demonstrated as protective against atherosclerosis; however, recent studies in mice suggest that miR-33 inhibition may have adverse effects on lipid and insulin metabolism. Given the therapeutic interest in miR-33 inhibitors for treating atherosclerosis, we sought to test whether pharmacologically inhibiting miR-33 at atheroprotective doses affected metabolic parameters in a mouse model of diet-induced obesity.

Approach and Results—

High-fat diet (HFD) feeding in conjunction with treatment of male mice with 10 mg/kg control anti-miR or anti-miR33 inhibitors for 20 weeks promoted equivalent weight gain in all groups. miR-33 inhibitors increased plasma total cholesterol and decreased serum triglycerides compared with control anti-miR, but not compared with PBS-treated mice. Metrics of insulin resistance were not altered in anti-miR33–treated mice compared with controls; however, respiratory exchange ratio was decreased in anti-miR33–treated mice. Hepatic expression of miR-33 targets
Abca1
and
Hadhb
were derepressed on miR-33 inhibition. In contrast, protein levels of putative miR-33 target gene SREBP-1 or its downstream targets genes
Fasn
and
Acc
were not altered in anti-miR33–treated mice, and hepatic lipid accumulation did not differ between groups. In the adipose tissue, anti-miR33 treatment increased
Ampk
gene expression and markers of M2 macrophage polarization.

Conclusions—

We demonstrate in a mouse model of diet-induced obesity that therapeutic silencing of miR-33 may promote whole-body oxidative metabolism but does not affect metabolic dysregulation. This suggests that pharmacological inhibition of miR-33 at doses known to reduce atherosclerosis may be a safe future therapeutic.
Fibronectin Splicing Variants Containing Extra Domain A Promote Atherosclerosis in Mice Through Toll-Like Receptor 4
Authors: Doddapattar Prakash , Gandhi Chintan , Prakash Prem , Dhanesha Nirav , Grumbach Isabella M. , Dailey Michael E. , Lentz Steven R. , Chauhan Anil K.
Published: October 2015

Objective—

Cellular fibronectin containing extra domain A (EDA
+
-FN) is abundant in the arteries of patients with atherosclerosis. Several in vitro studies suggest that EDA
+
-FN interacts with Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). We tested the hypothesis that EDA
+
-FN exacerbates atherosclerosis through TLR4 in a clinically relevant model of atherosclerosis, the apolipoprotein E–deficient (
Apoe
−/−
) mouse.

Approach and Results—

The extent of atherosclerosis was evaluated in whole aortae and cross sections of the aortic sinus in male and female
EDA
−/−
Apoe
−/−
mice (which lack EDA
+
-FN),
EDA

fl/fl

Apoe
−/−
mice (which constitutively express EDA
+
-FN), and control
Apoe
−/−
mice fed a high-fat Western diet for 14 weeks. Irrespective of sex,
EDA

fl/fl

Apoe
−/−
mice exhibited a 2-fold increase in atherosclerotic lesions (aorta and aortic sinus) and macrophage content within plaques, whereas
EDA
−/−
Apoe
−/−
mice exhibited reduced atherosclerotic lesions (
P
<0.05 versus
Apoe
−/−
, n=10–12 mice/group), although cholesterol and triglyceride levels and circulating leukocytes were similar. Genetic ablation of TLR4 partially reversed atherosclerosis exacerbation in
EDA

fl/fl

Apoe
−/−
mice (
P
<0.05) but had no effect on atherosclerotic lesions in
EDA
−/−
Apoe
−/−
mice. Purified cellular FN, which contains EDA, potentiated dose-dependent NFκB-mediated inflammation (increased phospho-NFκB p65/NFκB p65, tumor necrosis factor-α, and interleukin-1β) in bone marrow–derived macrophages from
EDA
−/−
Apoe
−/−
mice but not from
EDA
−/−
TLR4
−/−
Apoe
−/−
mice. Finally, using immunohistochemistry, we provide evidence for the first time that EDA
+
-FN colocalizes with macrophage TLR4 in murine aortic lesions and human coronary artery atherosclerotic plaques.

Conclusions—

Our findings reveal that TLR4 signaling contributes to EDA
+
-FN–mediated exacerbation of atherosclerosis. We suggest that EDA
+
-FN could be a therapeutic target in atherosclerosis.
First detection of the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Germany
Authors: Sabino-Pinto Joana , Bletz Molly , Hendrix Ralf , Perl R.G. Bina , Martel An , Pasmans Frank , Lötters Stefan , Mutschmann Frank , Schmeller Dirk S. , Schmidt Benedikt R. , Veith Michael , Wagner Norman , Vences Miguel , Steinfartz Sebastian
Published: October 2015

The emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis is one of the major factors triggering global amphibian declines. A recently discovered species of chytrid fungus,Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans(Bsal), likely originated in East Asia, has led to massive declines in populations of fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) after its apparent introduction to the Netherlands and Belgium. Here, we report the first detection of this pathogen in Germany where it caused mass mortality of fire salamanders in a captive collection. Salamanders from this collection showed an almost 100% prevalence of infection withBsal. SupposedBsal-induced mortality occurred in multipleSalamandraspecies (S. salamandra,S. algira,S. corsica, andS. infraimmaculata), whileBsalinfection was confirmed in nine subspecies ofS. salamandraand inS. algira. Our study indicates that this pathogen can potentially infect all fire salamander species and subspecies. IfBsalspreads from captive collections to wild populations, then a similar devastating effect associated with high mortality should be expected.
The Griko Dialect of Salento: Balkan Features and Linguistic Contact (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 2013)
Authors: Baldissera Valeria
Published: October 2015

In this contribution, I offer a summary of my 2013 Ph.D. dissertation from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice on Griko dialect.
“Into the Thick of the Fray”
Authors: Burlingham Kate
Published: October 2015

This article considers American foreign relations with Angola by exploring the application of so-called adaptive education. Beginning in 1919, black American missionaries at the Congregational Galangue mission station instituted systems of schooling originally developed among freedmen and women in the American South after the Civil War. These pedagogies were specifically designed to educate black Americans without upsetting dominant white structures. When transferred to Angola, these same teachings helped to empower Angolans economically and, ultimately, politically. And yet, they carried with them the unresolved legacy of American slavery. The success of Southern-inspired mission schools among Angolans opens up new questions about the legacies of slavery in US foreign relations with Angola and Africa.
The Failure of Frances’s Live Skepticism
Authors: Feldman Susan
Published: October 2015

In his Scepticism Comes Alive, Bryan Frances contends that his “live skepticism” poses a genuine challenge to claims of knowledge in a way that classic “brain-in-a-vat” skepticism does not. This is mistaken. In this paper, I argue that Frances’s live skepticism dies on the horns of a dilemma: if we interpret a key premise in Frances’s skeptical argument template sociologically, then it undercuts itself, showing that there is no reason to accept it and the argument fails. If we interpret that premise normatively, then the difference in the epistemic threat posed by live hypotheses compared to that of their moribund cousins evaporates, and with it, the purported distinctiveness of the live skeptical argument.
On Right and Wrong Drawings
Authors: Koenderink Jan , van Doorn Andrea , Pinna Baingio , Pepperell Robert
Published: October 2015

Are pictorial renderings that deviate from linear perspective necessarily ‘wrong’? Are those in perfect linear perspective necessarily ‘right’? Are wrong depictions in some sense ‘impossible’? Linear perspective is the art of the peep show, making sense only from one fixed position, whereas typical art works are constructed and used more like panel presentations, that leave the vantage point free. In the latter case the viewpoint is free; moreover, a change of viewpoint has only a minor effect on pictorial experience. This phenomenologically important difference can be made explicit and formal, by considering the effects of panning eye movements when perusing scenes, and of changes of viewpoint induced by translations with respect to pictorial surfaces. We present examples from formal geometry, photography, and the visual arts.
Nanohystricidae n. fam., an unusual, plesiomorphic enarthronote mite family endemic to New Zealand (Acari, Oribatida)
Authors: NORTON ROY A. , FUANGARWORN MARUT
Published: October 2015

Nanohystrix hammerae n. gen., n. sp.—proposed on the basis of numerous adults and a few juveniles—is a new oribatid mite of the infraorder Enarthronota that appears to be phylogenetically relictual and endemic to northern New Zealand, in habitats ranging from native shrublands to native and semi-native forests. With an adult body length of 1–1.2 mm, the species is the largest known enarthronote mite outside Lohmanniidae, and it has an unusual combination of plesiomorphic and apomorphic traits. Plesiomorphies include: a well-formed median (naso) eye and pigmented lateral eyes; a bothridial seta with a simple, straight base; a vertically-oriented gnathosoma; a peranal segment; adanal sclerites partially incorporated in notogaster (uncertain polarity); three genu I solenidia and a famulus on tarsus II. Autapomorphies include: five pairs of pale cuticular disks on the notogaster, with unknown function; six pairs of long, erectile notogastral setae, including pair h2 incorporated in the second transverse scissure along with the f-row, and pair h1 in a third scissure; chelicerae that are unusually broad, creating a flat-faced appearance; legs I that are inferred to have an unusually wide range of motion. Further, it is the only enarthronote species known to have an elongated ovipositor, and one of few to have glassy, luminous notogastral setae. The gastronotum of juveniles lacks transverse scissures, but has isolated sclerites supporting setae, including erectile setae. The large character gaps between N. hammerae and other enarthronote taxa justifies proposal of a monotypic new family—Nanohystricidae n. fam.—which is tentatively grouped with several other relictual families in the paraphyletic Heterochthonioidea.        Small muscles appear to be involved in the operation of all erectile setae, but seem to be only depressors, with erection effected by hysterosomal distension. Based on gut contents, its food is primarily fungal hyphae and spores, though ingestion of small arthropods also occurs (perhaps by necrophagy). Collections were made by Berlese-funnel samples of litter, by sweeping low vegetation, and (mainly) by pitfall traps; the latter two suggest that adults are surface-active. Tritonymphs were collected by pitfall traps, but earlier juveniles were collected only by Berlese-funnels. Adults are frequently infected with a eugregarine parasite, which can entirely fill the digestive caeca; immature trophozoites were also seen in tritonymphs. Adults also can serve as hosts for dispersal of secondary capilliconidia of the fungal genus Basidiobolus.
A taxonomic review of the Neotropical genus Hansreia Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)
Authors: VALOIS MARCELY , VAZ-DE-MELLO FERNANDO Z. , SILVA FERNANDO A. B.
Published: October 2015

The taxonomy of the genus Hansreia Halffter & Martínez is reviewed. The genus consists of six species, including three new species: H. peugeoti sp. nov., H. grossii sp. nov., H. krinskii sp. nov. Lectotypes are designated for Hansreia affinis (Fabricius 1801), H. oxygona (Perty 1830) [here considered a valid species] and H. coriacea (Schmidt 1922). The species status of H. coriacea is recognized. A detailed literature review, synonymies, description, illustration of key morphological characters as well as data of the studied material and geographic distribution is provided for each species.
Feature-Based Diagnostic Evaluation of Global NWP Forecasts
Authors: Mittermaier Marion , North Rachel , Semple Adrian , Bullock Randy
Published: October 2015

With the resolution of global numerical weather prediction (NWP) models now typically between 10 and 20 km, forecasts are able to capture the evolution of synoptic features that are important drivers for significant surface weather. The position, timing, and intensity of jet cores, surface highs and lows, and changes in the behavior of these forecast features is explored using the Method for Object-based Diagnostic Evaluation (MODE) at the global scale. Previously this was only possible with a more subjective approach. The spatial aspects of the forecast features (objects) and their intensity can be assessed separately. The evolution of paired forecast–analysis object attributes such as location and orientation differences, as well as area ratios, can be considered. The differences in the paired object attribute distributions from various model configurations were evaluated using the k-sample Anderson–Darling (AD) test. Increases or decreases in hits, false alarms (forecast-not-observed), and misses (observed-not-forecast) features were also assessed. It was found that when focusing purely on the forecast features of interest, differences in seasonal spatial extent biases emerged, intensity biases varied as a function of analysis time, and changes in the attribute distributions could be detected but were largely insignificant, primarily due to sample size. As has been shown for kilometer-scale NWP, results from spatial verification methods are more in line with subjective assessment. This type of objective assessment provides a new dimension to the traditional assessment of global NWP, and provides output that is closer to the way in which forecasts are used.
Extralegal Disparity in the Application of Intermediate Sanctions: An Analysis of U.S. District Courts
Authors: Franklin Travis W. , Dittmann Layne , Henry Tri Keah S.
Published: October 2015

The sentencing literature is replete with studies that have examined the influence of extralegal offender characteristics on two key sentence outcomes: the imprisonment and sentence length decisions. Yet the study of other outcomes, such as the application of intermediate sanctions, is rarely addressed. To date, no studies have been conducted in the federal courts to examine the potential influence of race/ethnicity, age, gender, and educational attainment on the decision to apply intermediate sanctions. Consequently, the present analysis employs U.S. Sentencing Commission data to examine direct and interactive effects of these extralegal characteristics on this understudied outcome. Findings indicate that extralegal effects may play an important role in the use of intermediate sanctions. The implications of this research are discussed in detail.
Policy coordination and integration, trust, management and performance in public health-related policy networks: a survey
Authors: Peters Dorothee T.J.M. , Klijn Erik Hans , Stronks Karien , Harting Janneke
Published: October 2015

Intersectoral policy networks may be effective in dealing with complex public health problems. Their performance is assumed to depend on network management and trust, as well as on integrated public health policy (i.e. policy coordination and integration). We studied the role of network management and trust in the realization of integrated public health policy and network performance, as well as the relation between integrated public health policy and network performance. In 34 Dutch local policy networks, we measured the perceptions of 278 actors through a Web-based survey and used regression analyses to assess the relations between policy variables. Management and trust were positively related to perceived integrated public health policy and network performance, while integrated public health policy was also positively related to perceived network performance. In public health, the performance of intersectoral policy networks may be improved by adequate network management, the creation of trust and policy coordination and integration. Future research could further explore the role of specific characteristics of the network manager, like the manager’s background, relation to the other actors and leadership style.

Points for practitioners

Regarding inter-sectoral policy networks in public health: first, when aiming for the realization of policy coordination and integration, the employment of network management strategies and the creation of trust are of importance for the network manager; and, second, when also aiming for the realization of network performance, the creation of policy coordination and integration is of additional importance for the network manager.
“Rosy, Possum, Morning Star: African American Women’s Work and Play Songs”
Authors: Jackson Gale P.
Published: October 2015

“Rosy, Possum, Morning Star: African American Women’s Work and Play Songs” is an excerpt from a book length inquiry into, and engagement with, the song and dance of 19th-century African American women, as a source of self-authored social, literary, and historical text. The inquiry takes off from an interdisciplinary exploration of the narratives embedded in the cultural performance of early African and African American women. It explores continuities and improvisations, discursive strategies, articulations of agency, and constructions of identity in a lineage of diaspora articulation characterized by ancestral circles, acts of historical documentation and witness, and the communal creation of liminal space. Weaving together a range of study, including biography and anthropology, ethnography and musicology, poetics, art, and cultural history, on the loom of storytelling, the work also explores the symbolic range of performance inscription by reference to West African, ancient Egyptian, and San traditions, proposing an expansion of our sources and reading of diaspora literature based on the creative and theoretical inscriptions in the performed narratives of African American women.
Quantitative analysis of fatigue cracks in laminated carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composites using micro-computed tomography
Authors: ElAgamy Naglaa , Laliberté Jeremy , Gaidies Fred
Published: October 2015

A phenomenological study was carried out on laminated carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composites subjected to constant amplitude fatigue loading. Visualization of damage progression was performed using a high-resolution Skyscan micro-computed tomography unit which provided detailed information on propagation of initially occurring cracks throughout fatigue life at specific intervals. Quantitative analysis of image sequences of virtual cross-sections throughout the three orthogonal planes of the sample resulted in defining fatigue crack growth rates, da/dn for each plane, which was interpreted in terms of the three damage modes: opening (mode I), in-plane shear (mode II) and out-of-plane shear (mode III). By applying linear elastic fracture mechanics laws, strain energy release rates were calculated and then used in a cohesive zone model formulation to define model parameters. Considering a bi-linear triangular cohesive zone model curve, maximum traction and maximum separation were calculated for each of the three damage modes, differentiating between modes II and III in a novel manner.
Lost ground: Jim Hanson’s “neo-ontotheology” in dialogue with Merold Westphal
Authors: Sands Justin
Published: October 2015

In his article, “Ontos and Theos: A Case for Neo-Ontotheology,” Jim Hanson argues for a re-examination of onto-theology and its importance to theology. This article responds critically to his understanding of what onto-theology is and is not through exploring the concept of onto-theology and giving a case study of postmodern thought’s overcoming of this metaphysical problem. The goal of this exercise is to show that, while Jim Hanson is correct that we need some form of understanding God, his case for neo-onto-theology does not eschew any of the problems/critiques that postmodern scholarship has against a metaphysics staked in the ground of onto-theology.
Pastoral vocation: What shall we do now, and how?
Authors: Hickman Lisa Nichols
Published: October 2015

In her article, “Three Approaches to Practical Theology, Theological Education, and the Church’s Ministry,” Kathleen Cahalan develops Paul Lakeland’s three models of pastoral ministry for the changing landscapes of the late-modern, counter-modern and radical post-modern societies: interpreter, practitioner and cultivator. In this article, I develop a fourth model of pastoral ministry, recognizing the post post-modern landscape as described by Bert Roebben and Alan Kirby, a model of pastor as “signifier” amid a fragmented landscape.
Performance as liminality: Between reality and possibility
Authors: Brueggemann Walter
Published: October 2015

This study reflects upon the way in which an economy of extraction is indicated in the Bible, and the several ways in which the tradition of faith responds to such an economy in emancipatory and anticipatory ways. The practice of extraction is modeled in the narratives of Pharaoh and Solomon. Israel’s emancipatory narrative of the Exodus functions as a liturgy to imagine and empower an alternative of neighborly economics. The sustained re-performance of that narrative continues to critique and subvert systems of predation and to invite human agency for departure from and alternative to such systems.
HIV/AIDS knowledge among migrant workers in Korea
Authors: Lee Jungwhan , Kim Seokho , Kim Joon K
Published: October 2015

This study assesses the level of HIV/AIDS knowledge among migrant workers in Korea and explores key factors contributing to their knowledge. Data were collected from a survey of 1,007 migrant workers from China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia in Gyeong-In region. Results showed that a significant proportion of the respondents had a substantial knowledge deficit concerning HIV/AIDS. Higher levels of knowledge were associated with ethnicity, gender, education and information source. The results of this study suggest that targeted interventions could not only increase knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS among migrant workers in Korea but also protect an increasingly vulnerable and socially neglected population against HIV/AIDS infection.
Physical, Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Mediators of Activity Involvement and Health in Later Life
Authors: Matz-Costa Christina , Carr Dawn C. , McNamara Tay K. , James Jacquelyn Boone
Published: October 2015

The current study tests the indirect effect of activity-related physical activity, cognitive activity, social interaction, and emotional exchange on the relationship between activity involvement and health (physical and emotional) in later life. Longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study ( N = 5,442) were used to estimate a series of linear regression models. We found significant indirect effects for social interaction and benefit to others (emotional exchange) on emotional health (depressive symptoms) and indirect effects for use of body and benefit to others (physical) on physical health (frailty). The most potent indirect effect associated with emotional and physical health was experienced by those engaged in all four domains (use of body, use of mind, social interaction, and benefit to others). While effect sizes are small and results should be interpreted with caution, findings shed light on ways in which public health interventions aimed toward increasing role engagement in later life could be improved.
Sensitivity, Specificity, and Posttest Probability of Parotid Fine‐Needle Aspiration
Authors: Liu C. Carrie , Jethwa Ashok R. , Khariwala Samir S. , Johnson Jonas , Shin Jennifer J.
Published: October 2015

Objectives

(1) To analyze the sensitivity and specificity of fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) in distinguishing benign from malignant parotid disease. (2) To determine the anticipated posttest probability of malignancy and probability of nondiagnostic and indeterminate cytology with parotid FNA.

Data Sources

Independently corroborated computerized searches of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register were performed. These were supplemented with manual searches and input from content experts.

Review Methods

Inclusion/exclusion criteria specified diagnosis of parotid mass, intervention with both FNA and surgical excision, and enumeration of both cytologic and surgical histopathologic results. The primary outcomes were sensitivity, specificity, and posttest probability of malignancy. Heterogeneity was evaluated with the I2 statistic. Meta‐analysis was performed via a 2‐level mixed logistic regression model. Bayesian nomograms were plotted via pooled likelihood ratios.

Results

The systematic review yielded 70 criterion‐meeting studies, 63 of which contained data that allowed for computation of numerical outcomes (n = 5647 patients; level 2a) and consideration of meta‐analysis. Subgroup analyses were performed in studies that were prospective, involved consecutive patients, described the FNA technique utilized, and used ultrasound guidance. The I2 point estimate was >70% for all analyses, except within prospectively obtained and ultrasound‐guided results. Among the prospective subgroup, the pooled analysis demonstrated a sensitivity of 0.882 (95% confidence interval [95% CI], 0.509‐0.982) and a specificity of 0.995 (95% CI, 0.960‐0.999). The probabilities of nondiagnostic and indeterminate cytology were 0.053 (95% CI, 0.030‐0.075) and 0.147 (95% CI, 0.106‐0.188), respectively.

Conclusion

FNA has moderate sensitivity and high specificity in differentiating malignant from benign parotid lesions. Considerable heterogeneity is present among studies.
Internal mammary artery with side-branch
Authors: Galych Sergii , Solomka Sergii , Batsak Bogdan , Rudenko Anatoliy , Starodub Uriy
Published: October 2015

We present the case of a 72-year-old man who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting of 4 coronary arteries with exclusive use of the left internal mammary artery with a side-branch (mediastinal artery). Before discharge from the hospital, contrast computed tomography angiography confirmed the patency of all 4 coronary grafts. Use of the mediastinal artery side-branch of the internal mammary artery allowed grafting of 4 coronary arteries using only one internal thoracic artery.
Effects of Whole Body Vibration Exercise associated with Quadriceps Resistance Exercise on functioning and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Wang Pu , Yang Lin , Liu Chuan , Wei Xiaofei , Yang Xiaotian , Zhou Yujing , Jiang Hua , Lei Zhongjie , Reinhardt Jan D. , He Chengqi
Published: October 2015

Objective:

To determine effects of Whole Body Vibration Exercise (WBVE) associated with quadriceps resistance exercises (QRE) versus QRE only on pain, physical function, biomarkers in serum and urine, activities of daily living (ADL), and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthitis (OA).

Design:

Randomized-controlled trial .

Setting:

Rehabilitation medicine outpatient department of West China Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China.

Subjects:

Forty-nine patients were assigned to WBVE+QRE and 50 to QRE .

Main outcome measures:

Primary outcomes included pain assessed with visual analogue scale (VAS), Timed up & go test (TUG), 6-min walk distance test (6MWD), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). Secondary outcomes comprised range of motion, muscular strength, serum COMP and urinary CTX-II, Lequesne Index (LI), and SF-36. All outcomes were analyzed with mixed effects regression.

Results:

Compared with QRE, WBVE+QRE showed signiﬁcantly greater improvement in VAS at 4weeks ( p=0.03), in VAS ( p<0.01), 6MWD ( p=0.01), WOMAC pain ( p=0.01), and WOMAC physical function ( p=0.02) at 16 weeks, and in all primary outcomes at 24 weeks (all p<0.01).

Conclusion:

Over a six months period, WBVE in combination with QRE was superior to QRE in most outcomes.
Turning the race-class dialectic on its head: the case of an AFL union
Authors: Roberts Michael J.
Published: October 2015

Using his research into the American Federation of Musicians, the author shows how those trained in jazz and classical music responded negatively to the emergence of jump blues and rock-and-roll music in the late 1940s. Interracial solidarity within the union was made possible in part by the creation of a particular class distinction based on taste, formed through musical training and performance. Though it has been customary for followers of W. E. B. Du Bois such as David Roediger, who describes the ‘dialectic of race and class’, to emphasise the critical factor of race in US class formation, this article suggests the need for a more nuanced position. In his study, the author shows how class solidarity can be made possible through racial distinction, while in other cases interracial solidarity is constructed around class distinction. To expand our analyses of how class mediates racial formations means examining cultural, discursive and ideological dimensions of class as well as the structural aspects.
Global environmental change II
Authors: Brown Katrina
Published: October 2015

This report reviews recent thinking and debates about physical limits to human activities, and particularly the concept of ‘planetary boundaries’. It looks at the scientific basis of the planetary boundaries concept and its claims for novelty, and the most recent update of the original proposition and analysis. I suggest that geographers can invigorate and inform the science of planetary boundaries by further developing conceptualizations of human-environment relations; by constructing a political ecology of planetary boundaries; by exploring alternative development pathways; and by dissecting the planetary and its relations across scales. These present crucial challenges, necessitating joined-up, dynamic and novel approaches.
Assessing Sense of School Belonging Across Cultural Contexts Using the PSSM
Authors: Abubakar Amina , van de Vijver Fons J. R. , Alonso-Arbiol Itziar , Suryani Angela O. , Pandia Weny Savitry , Handani Penny , Arasa Josephine , Mazrui Lubna , Murugumi Margaret
Published: October 2015

Despite its popularity, the factorial structure of the Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) Questionnaire remains controversial. The current study set out to clarify its structure across different cultural contexts. The study was carried out among 1,928 adolescents aged 11 to 20 years in the Netherlands, Kenya, Indonesia, and Spain. Item-based measurement models with a single factor did not show a good fit. A bifactor method (defining a method factor for negatively worded items) did not show a good fit either. However, when items were combined per target to be rated (school, student, teacher, other people, and self), measurement invariance of a one-factorial model was found. Internal consistencies observed across the cultural groups studied were high. In addition, an evaluation of functional equivalence indicated that the relationship between PSSM and life satisfaction was invariant across countries. Implications for assessment and future directions are discussed.