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Efficacy of an antigravity treadmill on functional outcome in non-operatively treated pelvic fractures: a prospective pilot study
Authors: Henkelmann Ralf , Schäfer Michael , Höch Andreas , Leps Christian , Busse Martin , Josten Christoph , Böhme Jörg 
Published: November 2019

Background/Aims Treating pelvic fractures non-operatively is possible. The immobilisation stage of recovery requires different adjustment processes compared to those used in operative treatment. The aim of the present study was to prove the additional benefit an antigravity treadmill can have on patients with non-operatively treated pelvic fractures. Methods A prospective pilot study, including patients with non-operatively treated pelvic fractures as the intervention group and healthy volunteers as a control group, was undertaken. Patients of the intervention group participated in a training session with an antigravity treadmill every 3 days for a total of 40 days, in addition to physiotherapy, lymph drainage massage and manual therapy. Patients were evaluated using a dynamic gait index, and a numeric rating scale on three successive dates, to assess their pain. A standardised gait analysis was also carried out. Results The intervention group comprised 9 patients, while 33 patients made up the control group. All patients completed the protocols and experienced a significant decrease in pain and increase of mobility. Gait analysis showed that by the 40-day follow-up, patients in the intervention group had regained almost normal gait patterns when compared to the control group. At each time point, a significant improvement in patients' gait patterns could be seen. Conclusions The results concurred with previous studies, suggesting that the antigravity treadmill is safe and that recovery to almost normal gait patterns is possible, while the comparison to a healthy group strengthened the data. The present prospective study thus showed promising results regarding the efficacy of the antigravity treadmill, despite study limitations.
Slow Side of the Divide?
Authors: Kania-Lundholm Magdalena 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Older ICT non-users are often considered vulnerable and potentially socially and digitally excluded group. More recently age-based digital divides have been questioned by scholars aiming to provide a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between old age and technology non-use. Following this path, this article takes the experiences of being an older non- and/or seldom-ICT user and their potential exclusion as point of departure to talk about ideas and understandings of digital technologies and social change. The goal is to empirically explore and understand how the ideas and experiences of ICT nonusage are shared, and negotiated, among older non- and seldom-ICT users. The lived experience of different waves of mediatisation is a specific position in the life course allowing older people to reflect back upon changes prompted by technological development. The empirical data consist of six focus group interviews conducted in Sweden in 2017 with 30 older (65+) non- and seldom-users of ICT between the ages of 68 and 88 years. The results of the analysis show that by describing the ideas and experiences of non- and/or seldom-ICT use, the informants offer a broader reflection on social change and an ambivalent picture of social acceleration. They agree namely that digitalisation is an inevitable process but argue simultaneously that several practices connected to it are not necessarily making our lives easier. Participants experience the socio-technological development in the past 30 years as a very fast one, while adjustment to it deems to occur in a rather slow and weary way. It could be suggested that the nexus of old age on the one hand and non/seldom-ICT usage on the other, as well as their position in life, offer a perspective that can challenge the idea that technological development, ICT access and use are synonymous with efficiency, convenience and inclusion.
Technology and In/equality, Questioning the Information Society
Authors: Henwood Flis , Wyatt Sally 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
At the beginning of the 21st century, we co-edited a book called Technology and In/equality, Questioning the information Society. In that book, we focused on access and control of media technology, education and skills with a particular focus on gender and global economic development. The editors and contributors were all committed to approaching teaching and research about digital technologies and society from an interdisciplinary perspective. In this article, we reflect on how the debates about digital inequalities have developed over the past 20 years, and on our current understanding of “technology” and “in/equality,” the key terms in the title of the book. In this article, we examine what has stayed the same and what has changed, through the lens of gender. We argue that while digital technologies have clearly changed, inequalities have persisted. Contrary to popular belief, access is still an issue for the global south, as well as for marginalised communities throughout the world. We also show how gender inequalities and hierarchies are reproduced in digital spaces, demonstrating that even where women have equal access, possibilities for discrimination and oppression remain. We conclude by arguing that there remain important tasks for scholars of technology and new media, namely to monitor the material and symbolic significance of new technological developments as they emerge and to examine the ways in which they may reflect and re-produce social inequalities.
Novas articulações da rede de cidades no Brasil: uma análise das heterarquias por meio do sistema de movimento aeroviário
Authors: Teixeira Sérgio Henrique de Oliveira , Catelan Márcio José 
Published: November 2019

Diante da ordem global cada vez mais associada às redes de conexões, seus fluxos e suas relações com as cidades, os fixos articuladores nos fornecem elementos para novos entendimentos sobre a rede de cidades. No presente artigo temos como objetivo analisar a relação dos fluxos aéreos e a rede urbana brasileira, tomando como base os dados e as informações dos estudos sobre as regiões de influência das cidades (REGICs). Neste contexto é que lançamos mão da proposta teórico-metodológica sobre a Heterarquia Urbana, um complemento para entendermos as articulações multi e interescalares na rede urbana que explodem ao padrão hierárquico rígido. Neste sentido, o artigo foi estruturado em três focos analíticos: a) à análise do conteúdo da REGIC, mostrando os estudos anteriores e o detalhamento de sua metodologia atual; b) a definição do que compreendemos na relação hierarquia-heterarquia e c) análise do conteúdo espacial por meio do estudo empírico dos fluxos regionais do sistema de movimento aeroviário. A análise, portanto, mostrou mudanças na estruturação e nas articulações da rede de cidades: os fluxos do sistema de movimento aeroviário revelaram que ao mesmo tempo que há um reforço da hierarquia urbana, também há consolidação de relações complexas nas cidades médias, promovendo a heterarquia urbana.
PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT MOVEMENT TECHNIQUE USING COGNITIVE VISUALIZATION
Authors: Khramov V , Shirshova E , Matova E 
Published: November 2019

Aim. The article deals with justifying the means of providing information about movement technique using cognitive visualization. Materials and methods. The following methods have been used for the study: the study and analysis of the psychological, pedagogical, and methodical literature; the synthesis of the advanced theory and practice of teaching movements; the synthesis of concepts and general provisions. Results. Cognitive visualization of educational information provides a better perception of complex knowledge. The principles of cognitive visualization can be effectively used in teaching movements to form in students a general idea about solving a movement task. The information about exercise technique in visual form implies the creation of such a mean which allows establishing key elements in the structure of the action studied (main positions, control movements, phases, cycles) and providing the students with information for a conscious and effective search for the most efficient movement. The effect of cognitive visualization is supposed to be achieved through the integration of the graphical elements into a video of the sports movement. One-hand throwing is used as an example of movement technique. Conclusion. Preparing the information about movement technique using cognitive visualization should be performed based on structured and visually treated information in dynamic form. The most optimal way of providing the knowledge on exercise technique is a video created with multimedia technologies.
EFFECT OF A WHEY-BASED BIOPRODUCT ON METABOLIC PROCESSES IN THE MICROCIRCULATION
Authors: Bruk T , Litvin F , Terekhov P 
Published: November 2019

Aim. The article deals with the effect of a whey-based product on the metabolic processes, character, and local mechanisms of the microcirculation in athletes involved in track-and-field athletics. Materials and methods. 32 male athletes participated in the study. The microcirculation was studied with the help of the LAKK-M laser analyzer. The calculations were conducted by using a special software package (version 2.0.0.423, LAZMA, Russia). Results. It is established that a course of the MDX Multicomplex bioproduct increases blood perfusion in the microcirculatory bloodstream by 34% and erythrocyte fluctuation by 66%, which improve the efficiency of metabolic processes. Bloodstream modulation is provided by the enhanced performance of the local active regulatory mechanisms. A statistically significant increase of 42% is registered in the endothelium-dependent mechanism, the increase of 32% and 23% is found in the myogenic and neurogenic mechanisms respectively. The contribution of the passive regulatory mechanisms reduces as a result of chest and heart muscle performance. The physiologically active substances of the bioproduct are involved in the vasodilation of microvessels and redox reactions at the cellular level. A 22% increase in NADH reduced coenzyme and a 9% decrease in FAD oxidized coenzyme indicate a decrease in mitochondrial activity in the absence of physical exertion and, indirectly, confirm the complete restoration of the energy reserves. Conclusion. The data obtained proves the optimization of metabolic processes in the microcirculation as an effect of the MDX Multicomplex bioproduct.
Acute and subacute toxicity evaluation of calcium carbide and ethylene glycol in Wistar albino rats
Authors: Bini Markose , Rajesh Bhargavan , Babu Thekkekara Devassy 
Published: November 2019

Abstract

Background
Naturally ripened fruits play a vital role in human nutrition. Under certain conditions, synthetic chemicals like calcium carbide (CaC2) and ethylene glycol (EG) are being freely used illegally in India and other countries for fruit ripening without serious concern on its toxic effects. This preclinical study evaluated the toxicity on different organs after the exposure of industrial-grade CaC2 and EG to the rats.

Methods
Acute toxicity was induced by the oral administration of a single dose of chemicals to the rats, and their morbidity and mortality were monitored. For subacute study, different organs of animals were analyzed biochemically and histologically after the exposure of low doses of chemicals for 30 days.

Results
At an acute dose of 5 mg/kg body weight of CaC2, 85% of the animals were found dead within 14 days; however, no mortality was observed following EG administration. At subacute doses, RBC and hemoglobin levels were found to be declined (p < 0.01), whereas total WBC and platelet counts, especially lymphocytes, were elevated remarkably (p < 0.01). Total protein, albumin, and urea were also found to be increased (p < 0.01). Histopathological observations support the toxicity in rats at higher doses of CaC2 and EG.

Conclusions
The study revealed that the artificial fruit-ripening agents like CaC2 and EG cause toxic effects on the internal organs of rats. The subsequent inflammatory response might have weakened the immune system. This in turn suggests the requisite for urgent measures to regulate the use of harmful synthetic agents in fruit ripening.
Relevant criteria for the selection of cryotubes. Experiences from the German National Cohort
Authors: Petersmann Astrid , Winter Theresa , Lamp Sophia , Nauck Matthias 
Published: November 2019

Abstract

Background
The storage of different biomaterials over long time periods is one of the main requirements of biobanking ensuring that modifications in the composition or any other change of the biomaterials have to be avoided. In the German National Cohort samples from around 200,000 participants are processed and stored long term.

Methods
A tender for cryotubes and racks was performed in 2013 setting up several characteristics that were judged against each other. Tubes and racks were evaluated regarding the performance and handling in connection with the main biorepository. With a 5-year experience using the selected tubes we are able to reflect some of the criteria of the tender.

Results
At the end of the decision, the former company FluidX, in the meantime taken over from Brooks (Brooks Life Sciences, Manchester, UK), received the order. The experience with the external testing of the tube was useful.

Conclusions
Overall, the experience with the cryotubes is good and their mechanical handling at the different sites is routine in the meantime. There are some aspects that we recommend for future tenders. Further research is necessary to learn more about the cryotubes and the labware in general in the field of biobanking to store our samples as safely as possible.
The Increment of Rights and Chinese Economic Reform— A Call for an Economy in Favor of the Subject
Authors: Zhang Lun 
Published: November 2019

Abstract

Zeng liang gaige (incremental reform) is the term used by some economists to define the characteristics of the Chinese reform. In my opinion, the real increment reform is the increase in people's rights in our times. The econmy should not be considered as a simple question of production and distribution of ressources, it should be an econmy of the subject both for China and the world
WU Jinglian, Dangdai zhongguo jingji gaige (Contemporary Economic Reform) Beijing, Zhongxin Editions, 2017, pp. 343–360.
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Application of exercised-based pre-rehabilitation in perioperative period of patients with gastric cancer
Authors: Jianjun Wu , Xing Wu , Guozhong Yao , Chuming Zhu , Jiang Yan 
Published: November 2019

Abstract

Objective
To analyze the difference between exercised-based pre-rehabilitation and postoperative rapid rehabilitation of gastric cancer patients.

Methods
The clinical data of 120 patients who underwent surgical treatment between 2016 and 2018 in our hospital with pathologically confirmed gastric cancer were retrospectively reviewed. According to the different treatments during the perioperative period, they were divided into exercised-based pre-rehabilitation group and postoperative rapid rehabilitation group. Factor analysis was used to analyze pre-rehabilitation and postoperative rehabilitation of patients with gastric cancer after stress response, nutritional status, insulin resistance, and inflammatory response in patients with gastric cancer, and to further evaluate the value of pre-recovery accelerated postoperative recovery.

Results
The postoperative stress response, insulin resistance, and inflammatory response in the pre-rehabilitation group were lower than the conventional treatment group. The nutritional status was improved faster than the traditional treatment group. Exercised-based pre-rehabilitation for the rapid recovery of postoperative gastrointestinal function in patients with gastric cancer surgery has significant value.

Conclusion
Exercised-based pre-rehabilitation has great significance for the accelerated rehabilitation of patients with gastric cancer during perioperative period.
Philosophie als absolute Vermittlung
Authors: Kiefer Julian 
Published: November 2019

Zusammenfassung
Für eine Verhältnisbestimmung von Religion und Philosophie unterzieht der protestantische Theologe Martin Wendte Hegels philosophisches System einer theologischen sowie einer philosophisch-immanenten Kritik. Das Beweisziel dieser Arbeit besteht im Nachweis, dass auch Wendtes philosophische Kritik nur haltbar unter offenbarungstheologischen Voraussetzungen, also gar keine immanente Hegel-Kritik ist. Der Grund dafür liegt in der Unwiderlegbarkeit Hegels, der bloß den notwendig absoluten Anspruch der Disziplin Philosophie ausdrückt; ein absoluter Anspruch, dem der der Theologie in nichts nachsteht.
Diskurstheorie und Aufklärung
Authors: Stengel Friedemann 
Published: November 2019

Zusammenfassung
Foucaults diskurstheoretischer Ansatz hat die Auffassungen von Aufklärung und Humanismus, von Wissenschaft und Rationalität, von Wahrheit und Ethos den Prozeduren des einen Diskurses unterworfen. Das hat für kräftige Debatten über das Verhältnis von Normativität und Historizität gesorgt. Der Beitrag zeigt, inwieweit Foucaults Ansatz auf der Basis sowie als Konsequenz der kritischen Philosophie Kants erarbeitet worden ist. Diskurstheorie beruht als Aufklärungsprojekt nicht auf normativen Voraussetzungen einer vermeintlich historisch greifbaren und im Kern einheitlichen Aufklärung, sondern verortet sich im „Zeitalter der Kritik“, in dem bei der Suche nach Erkenntnis immer nach den Grenzen von Erkenntnis und von Erfahrung gefragt wird: Rationale Deutungsansprüche werden streng in ihren historischen Kontexten betrachtet. Aus dieser Perspektive wird das Verhältnis Kant-Swedenborg-Oetinger betrachtet. Dabei wird deutlich, dass weiterführende Überlegungen aus den postcolonial studies, insbesondere Homi K. Bhabhas, zu noch schärferen Einsichten in die diskursiven Aushandlungsprozeduren und rezeptionellen Verhältnisse zwischen vermeintlich radikal gegensätzlichen Lehren und Personen gelangen. Auf das Verhältnis von Historiographie und Geschichtsphilosophie fällt im Sinne von Aufklärung als eines ethischen Projekts neues Licht.
Transforming Historical Objectivism into Historical Hermeneutics: From “Historical Illness” to Properly Lived Historicality
Authors: Tops Thomas 
Published: November 2019

Summary
The present study analyses recent criticisms against the use of modern-historical methodologies in Biblical Studies. These methodologies abstract from the historical horizon of the researcher. In order to relate properly to the historicality of the researcher, historical objectivism needs to be transformed into historical hermeneutics. Recent developments in the historical methodology of biblical scholars are unable to reckon with the historicality of the researcher due to the partial or incorrect implementation of Gadamer’s views on reception history. I analyse the views of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Gadamer on historicality and contend that the study of reception history is a necessary condition for conducting historical study from within the limits of our historicality. Reception history should not be a distinct methodological step to study the “Nachleben” of biblical texts, but needs to clarify how the understanding of these texts is already effected by their history of interpretation. The awareness of the presuppositions that have guided previous interpretations of biblical texts enables us to be confronted by their alterity. This confrontation calls for a synthesis between reception-historical and historical-critical methodology that introduces a new paradigm for conducting historical study in Biblical Studies in dialogue with other theological disciplines.
Effect of Pectin Biodegradation with Aspergillus niger on Total Flavonoid Content of Citrus limon L.)
Authors: Abduh Muhammad Yusuf , Zuliansyah Wahyu , Aprina Lestari , Arazella Natalie 
Published: November 2019

Lemon peel and leaf as well as lower grade of lemon contain a considerable amount of flavonoid which can be extracted to produce a valuable product. The presence of pectin in lemon hinders the extraction of flavonoid compound. This research was conducted to examine the effect of pectin biodegradation of lemon leaf, peel, and lower grade fruit using solid-state fermentation towards the yield of pectin, crude flavonoid, and total flavonoid content. Fermentation was carried out with the help of Aspergillus niger at 30℃ for 3, 5, 7, and 9 days of cultivation time. Pectin was extracted from the fermentation broth using citric acid. Crude flavonoid was extracted using maceration and stirred about 500 rpm at 50℃ for 40 minutes. Total flavonoid content was analyzed using a spectrophotometer. The optimum cultivation time of Aspergillus niger with leaf and peel was 9 days with a pectin yield from lemon leaf was 0.43% dry weight and the pectin yield from lemon peel was 0.04% dry weight. As for the lower grade fruit, a cultivation time for 7 days showed an optimal result with a pectin yield of 0.08% dry weight. The total flavonoid content in the leaf increased up to 94.3% (1.06 mg of the quercetin equivalents per g of substrate) whereas the total flavonoid content in the peel and lower grade fruit increased up to 42% (0.12 mg of the quercetin equivalents per g of substrate) and 48% (0.021 mg of the quercetin equivalents per g of substrate), respectively. These results highlighted the potential valorization of Citrus limon L. as an alternative source for producing flavonoid in food and pharmaceutical industry.
Anatomical Structure of Sepal and Petal of Red Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus Britton & Rose) During Flower Development
Authors: Utaminingsih Utaminingsih , Etfanti Sulhan , Suharyanto Suharyanto , Maryani Maryani 
Published: November 2019

Red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus Britton & Rose) is one type of cactus plant which is very potential as an ornamental plant and edible fruit. Flower is organ that play an important role in the process of breeding plants generatively. This reasearch aimed to study the anatomical structure of sepals and petals of red dragon fruit plants during flower development. The research stages included: sepals and petals sampling that held at various stages of flowering ; morphological observation (measurement length of sepals and petals); anatomical slides of sepals and petals cross section using the embedding method, anatomical observation and image capture of sepals and petals. The parameters observed were bud size, sepal length, petal length, sepal thickness, petal thickness, and tissue description composed. The results of this study indicated that buds have an increased development pattern. The increase in bud size is directly proportional to the stage of the bud. Sepal and petal are composed of epidermal tissue which form papillae, cryptophore stomata, secretory parenchyma space containing mucus, and tissues transport system is closed collateral.