bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Geochemical Analyses and Lab Data Corrections in Jurassic Carbonate Source Rock: Implications on Resource Assessments
Authors: Al Eid Ali , Biollo Jerome , Duque Fabian , Hakami Ahmed 
Published: January 2020

An intrashelf depo-center hosts the Jurassic carbonate source rock, which contains one of the richest hydrocarbon producing source rock intervals in the world. The understanding of kerogen distribution and maturity across this frontier unconventional basin is key for focused prospectivity and future development. A correlation between total organic carbon (TOC) and porosity and key reservoir parameters has been observed. The porosity, measured using the Gas Research Institute (GRI) methodology, shows a poor TOC values correlation, as measured by LECO. A substantial amount of liquid hydrocarbon has been recorded during pyrolysis in the S1 peak, constituting a significant portion of the measured TOC. This effect has to be quantified in order to avoid issues when calibrating logs to predict TOC, saturation and porosity.
An analytical workflow was developed to remove the free hydrocarbon and bitumen from samples. Each sample was split into two parts; and sent for LECO-TOC and SRA pyrolysis. The initial run was conducted using an industry standard sample preparation method. In the second run, sample preparation included a solvent extraction. An organic solvent was used to remove the free hydrocarbons and mobile bitumen, thus taking off the S1 and oil shouldering effects on the S2 emission peak on the pyrograms. The two resulting data sets were then compared, and showed a net reduction of TOC in addition to increasing in Tmax values for most of the post-extraction samples.
Results of this detailed analysis yielded a new set of thermal maturity values. Furthermore, log-derived TOC calculations have been recalibrated resulting in a more accurate petrophysical model. These corrections generated more reliable results that greatly enhanced our understanding of basin maturity variations and organic matter distribution; thus decreasing uncertainty and refining in-place resource estimations across the basin.
Reação Hanseniásica Persistente 8 Anos Após Conclusão da Terapêutica: Desafio para Médicos e Pacientes
Authors: Franco Ferraz Santino Mariana , Cuzzi Tullia , Manta Fernanda Saloum de Neves , Oliveira Maria Leide W. 
Published: January 2020

Introdução: Para além da infecção pelo Mycobacterium leprae, as reações tipo 1 e 2 representam eventos inflama- tórios agudos, no curso crónico da hanseníase multibacilar, mas que podem ser recorrentes e tardias.
Caso Clínico: Jovem com quadro de reação tipo 2 no contexto de hanseníase borderline lepromatosa, persistente e de difícil condução clínica.
Discussão: O caso ilustra o desafio diagnóstico na hanseníase com resposta inflamatória sistémica, mais expressiva que o quadro dermato – neurológico. São discutidas as implicações clínicas, histopatológicas e terapêuticas, além de fatores de risco para reação e a positividade da reação em cadeia da polimerase 8 anos após a alta da poliquimioterapia
A Rare Type of Balanitis
Authors: Duarte Bruno , Rodrigues Ana , Fernandes Cândida 
Published: January 2020

Syphilis is an old disease and a major public health concern, which is re-emerging in the western world. Atypical syphi- litic presentations can be challenging to diagnose. We present a 23-year-old, HIV-positive man who has sex with men who presented with a 2-week history of an asymptomatic lesion on the glans. Previous topical and systemic treatments proved unsuccessful. Physical examination demonstrated a slightly indurated, ill-defined erythematous plaque over most of the glans. Enlarged, non-tender, bilateral inguinal lymph nodes were palpable. Serological tests revealed a fourfold increase in the VDRL titre (1:8, previously 1:2). A diagnosis of syphilitic balanitis of Follmann was made and complete resolution was achieved with an intramuscular single dose of benzathine penicillin 2.4 MU.
Syphilitic balanitis of Follmann represents an uncommon manifestation of primary syphilis, with less than 100 cases reported. Untrea- ted, it will resolve spontaneously, but the patient will remain highly infectious and at-risk for long-term morbidity. In an era in which the number of syphilis cases is increasing sharply both in Western Europe and the United States, all physicians should be aware for the typical and atypical early syphilitic manifestations as they represent opportunities of paramount importance for treatment and epide- mic control.
Proliferações Melanocíticas de Potencial Maligno Incerto: Um Estudo Retrospetivo de 23 Doentes
Authors: Lopes Jorge , Sousa Cristina , Teixeira Diogo , Tente David , Baptista Armando , Moreira Ana 
Published: January 2020

Introduction: Diagnostic uncertainty is an inseparable component of medical practice. The dichotomous classification of melanocytic lesions as benign or malignant has been replaced in recent years by a more flexible approach in which diagnostic uncertainty is recognized and accepted.
Methods: In order to characterize the population of melanocytic proliferations of uncertain malignant potential diagnosed at our center between 2007 and 2017, histopathological reports of melanocytic lesions classified, in this period, as either dysplastic or malignant were analyzed.
Results: Twenty-three lesions (4.3%) with borderline histopathological features or uncertain malignant potential were identified. The mean patient age was 34.8 years. Sixteen lesions (69.6%) were observed by a second pathologist. The most frequently performed treatment was wide excision. A sentinel lymph node biopsy was performed on 2 patients, both being negative. The median follow-up time was 22 months, and there was no recurrence of any treated lesion.
Discussion: The controversy of the subject extends from the nature and classification of these lesions to their treatment. In this work we perform a statistical review of the population of melanocytic proliferations of uncertain malignant potential diagnosed in our department.
Brain Injury Associated with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: a Kounis-Like Syndrome?
Authors: Santiago Luis , Gonçalo Margarida 
Published: January 2020

‘Kounis Syndrome’ is an acute coronary artery event due to an artery spasm occurring during immediate hypersensi- tivity reactions or chronic spontaneous urticaria. Recently it has been reported in other systems, including the cerebral vasculature. We present a case series of three patients observed between January 2016 and December 2018 with acute and transient brain injury associated with concomitant exacerbation of chronic spontaneous urticaria, including one patient with multiple recurrences of neurologic symptoms during exacerbations of urticaria. Minor imaging defects were observed in two patients, but there were no apparent vascular risk factors or coagulation abnormalities that might explain neurologic symptoms.
Chronic spontaneous urticaria, through activation of mast cells and mediator release, seems capable of inducing cerebral arterial aggression. The authors want to call the attention to this possible association, reinforcing the need to keep urticaria under control to prevent neurological manifestations.
HUMAN RESOURCES OPTIMIZATION AND UTILIZATION OF ACCRUAL BASED ACCOUNTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON PERFORMANCE OF SURAKARTA CITY GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL REPORTING
Authors: Hapsari Addina , Nurlaela Siti , Titisari Kartika Hendra 
Published: January 2020

This research is conducted by explaining about two research variables, namely Optimization of Human Resources and Utilization of Accrual-Based Accounting Information Technology has a positive influence on Financial Reporting Performance. The research sample was employees of the Badan Pendapatan, Pengelolaan, Keuangan, dan Aset Daerah (BPPKAD). Data collection is done by taking 35 respondents from BPPKAD employees using questionnaires as research instruments. The sampling technique uses a purposive / judgment sampling method which was developed from the results of research by Umar Sekaran (2006).IITheIIresultsIIofIItheIIstudy show that H1 research has aIIIpositiveIIIinfluence on the financial statement performance variables, as well as H2 which has a positive influence on the performance of financial statements. In the F test shows the results that the two variables have a simultaneous influence on Y.
Keywords: optimization, human resources, utilization, accrual based accounting system, accounting information system.
THE EFFECT OF COMPETENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON TAX-PAYABLE SERVICES IN THE PRATAMA TAX SERVICE OFFICE JAKARTA CENGKARENG
Authors: Sutriyanto Bambang 
Published: January 2020

This study aims to measure how significant the influence of employee competencies and also the use of information technology on services provided to taxpayers. In providing services to the community (in this case the tax payment service), employee competence is a determining factor for results that can have a positive or negative effect on the services provided. Supported by increasingly advanced information technology, it is expected that public services, especially to taxpayers at the Pratama Jakarta Cengkareng Tax Service Office, will be faster, easier and better than before.
Keywords: Competence, Information Technology, Services
ANALYSIS OF CASH FLOWS SME’s RAJUT IN KENDALSARI, TULUSREJO, MALANG CITY
Authors: Sa'diyah Chalimatuz 
Published: January 2020

Increasing cash balance is an effort made by SME’s in its operational activities. Cash that is managed optimally can reduce excess cash so that SME’s can maximize profits. There are various ways that SME’s can implement to increase their cash balance, namely by maintaining the cash balance to be optimal and holding back cash that is incurred so as not to overdo it. To achieve this goal, SME’s must improve cash management and SME’s are expected to improve their financial performance. Things that must be avoided in carrying out business activities that can hinder in achieving the goals of SME’s are there are non-rotating cash that settles on cash. Cash that has no turnover can reduce the profits that should be obtained, so that excess cash does not fail and can be used to buy investment so that it provides more benefits to SME’s.
This study aims to be able to know and understand the condition of the cash balance and to know and understand the formation of an optimal cash balance, as well as knowing the adequacy of MSME cash flows in Kendalsari, Malang City. This type of research uses case studies, namely research using secondary data. Secondary data used in this study is the history of the establishment of SME’s, MSME financial data, and information on product intricacies. The data analysis technique in this study is to use the Orr Miller Model calculation with the aim to be able to find out the Optimal Cash Balance in SME’s. The results of the study indicate the lower limit of cash availability for SME’s in order to optimize financial performance of Rp. 107,123. Whereas the upper limit of cash should be Rp. 321,396. And the results of the cash flow adequacy ratio show a value of 1.614. Thus the results of this study can be used as a reference for SME’s in conducting cash management. Cash optimization is used to maintain cash so as not to experience shortcomings or excess in carrying out its operational activities so that SME’s can maximize their financial performance. A ratio of 1 indicates that SME’s can cover cash needs without the need to obtain external funding.
Ways to improve the results of surgical treatment of patients with multiple valve correction in combination with coronary pathology
Authors: Vitovsky R. M. , Semeniv P. M. , Kupchynskyi O. V. , Onishchenko V. F. , Klymenko L. A. 
Published: January 2020

Aim of the study. To determine the effect of surgical tactics on the duration of ischemic period with simultaneous combined correction of two or three valves of the heart and myocardial revascularization
Materials and methods. The work is based on the analysis of the results of single-stage multivalve correction in conjunction with coronary artery bypass grafting in 93 patients, which was performed at the National Amosov Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery for the period from 2014 to 2016. Depending on the tactical approach and the sequence of surgical procedures, patients were divided into groups. 1 – “CABG off pump and subsequent correction of heart valves” (n = 15); 2 – “Correction of heart valves and bypass grafting in conditions of cardioplegia” (n = 78).
Results. Using different approaches to achieve high-quality protection of the myocardium at the time of its ischemia, minimizing the impact of artificial circulation on the body by improving the conditions and reducing the ischemic heart time showed significant advantages of the method of pre-shunting CA in the working heart.
Conclusions.1. Correction of combined multiple valve pathology with coronary heart disease requires prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass time and ischemic heart time, which requires reliable protection of the myocardium, which is difficult to carry out in the presence of stenoses in the lumen of the CA. 2. The use of the method of preventive restoration of coronary blood flow by bypassing the spacecraft on the working heart before clamping of the aorta, has significant advantages in the duration of the cardiopulmonary bypass time and ischemic time of the heart.
Pathogenetic Role of the Mitral Valve at Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Authors: Zakharova V. P. , Rudenko O. V. , Trembovetska O. M. , Zakhartseva L. M. 
Published: January 2020

Abstract.The work is devoted to the results of the study of the role of the mitral valve (MV) in the pathogenesis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
Purpose. To determine the role of MV in the pathogenesis of HCM. Morphological examination was performed on the operating material: 36 MV fragments, 41 specimens of the interventricular septum resected during Ferrazzi surgery, 4 autopsy cases of aortic valve stenosis (AVS). Morphological data were compared with the results of Echocardiography: 41 patients with HCM (29 men and 12 women, mean age – 39.8 ± 15.3 years), 53 patients with AVS (comparison group), 54 healthy volunteers (24 men and 30 women, mean age – 33.2 ± 8.5 years). Echocardiograms of maximal longitudinal displacement of the basal segments of the left ventricle were analyzed. The results were processed using the Statistica 6.0 application package.
At HCM changes of MV in the form of atypical chords are attached, which are attached to the smooth part of the ante-rior flap, destruction of the endothelial layer on the ventricular surface of this flap, increase of the sizes of the flap and chord, expansion of the spongy and fibrosis of the compact layer. In the basal part of the interventricular septum a fibrous stain is formed on the endocardium. In the area of the myocardium adjacent to the mitral fibrosis stain, maximal hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes and interstitial fibrosis spreading from the fibrous stain are observed.
Asymmetric contraction of the basal segments of the LV was reported in patients with HCM with vector-echocardiogram by reducing the longitudinal displacement of the septal, inferior and anterior segments and increasing this index for the posterior and lateral walls. This indicates the asymmetric nature of the reduction of the LV myocardium, resulting in the MV fibrous ring during systole shifting unevenly. In patients with AVS, circular myocardial hypertrophy due to stenosis does not affect MV position during systole. According to the study, morpho-functional evidence was obtained of the essential role of MV in the development of HCM, but the question remains open and needs further study.
Views of Western countries on the 1926 coup d’état in Lithuania
Authors: Kasparavičius Algimantas 
Published: January 2020

The analysis and evaluation of the 17 December 1926 coup d’état in Lithuanian historical scholarship to a large extent remain a relevant and controversial problem. The authoritarian regime formed after the coup has received various, yet not always well-grounded, descriptions and evaluations in historical writings. The aim of this article is (without attempting to answer at once all the questions pertaining to this issue) to tackle this problem from a different angle and as if from a distance, namely to analyse the political-diplomatic reaction to the coup d’état in Lithuania of the parties, which were not directly interested (foreign states).
On the one hand, the majority of democratic governments in Europe and the US administration had at least reserved and unopposed, if not favourable, view of the events of the 17 December 1926 in Lithuania. On the other hand, public, labour professional organisations and a part of the media in a number of foreign democracies were critical about the unconstitutional change of the government in Lithuania and the dictatorial domestic policy of the government formed on authoritarian grounds. Thirdly, in the eyes of liberal and democratic citizens or societies of the Western Europe the 1926 coup impaired the international prestige of Lithuania since it prompted doubts over the democratic traditions of the young state, the maturity of its social and political culture as well as prospects of maintaining its statehood.
Soviet Lithuania: A Failed Conservative Experiment?
Authors: Bulota Rytis 
Published: January 2020

As scholars of international relations have noted, the Cold War, which ended with the defeat of the Soviet Union was largely a propaganda war (Halliday), based on conflicting values. Yet it was not a war between the communist and capitalist moral systems; rather, it was a war between the traditionalist conservative values, promoted in the USSR when Stalin came to power and liberal or, so-called ‘progressive’ values.
While the capitalist West was able to accommodate the values of the 1968 sexual revolution and the further spread of various rights, the Soviet Union clung to a version of Victorian morals in the USSR. When Stalin came to power, the Soviet Union was oriented not towards the future in terms of morality, (what Marxism is alleged to be all about), but firmly towards the past.
In the light of its values the period of Sąjūdis can be characterized, on one hand, as an uneasy alliance between the traditionalists, for whom the Soviet regime was oppressive mainly because of the loss of national sovereignty and the oppression of the Catholic Church, without having any major disagreements about morals, and the West-looking part of Lithuanian society, longing for developments similar to those in the West. To borrow the dichotomy from Isaiah Berlin, the Lithuanian independence movement had one part striving for collective, positive freedom and another, which was strove for negative, personal freedom and the advancement of human rights.
This dichotomy is still present in Lithuania and the system of morality, preserved by the Soviet period, is the base on which the traditionalist position stands.
Soviet Vilnius: Ideology and the Formation of Identity
Authors: Mikailienė Živilė 
Published: January 2020

This article analyses the importance of historical narratives, myths and symbols in the process of the formation of the Soviet identity of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.
Throughout the Soviet period Vilnius was one of the Soviet capitals where the regime made every effort to modify the identity of the city in compliance with the prevailing Soviet ideology: to establish the ideological centre of the country, to shape the city so that it would meet the needs of the new ‘Soviet citizen’ and to alter its historical identity – erase the old historic sites, historical memory and form the new identity of the city. The most obvious manifestations of ‘rewritten’ history can be observed in the physical shape of the city – its architectural/urban development, changes of street names and the erection of new Soviet monuments. The said tangible signs and symbols of authority as well as the intangible ones – new historic narrative of the Soviet city, myths about its having a revolutionary past, the Great Patriotic War and the idea of progress were aimed at the legitimation of the regime, the formation of the citizenry’s new identity and social indoctrination.
The Castle in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Histo Riography, Search for Definitions, Research Model
Authors: Volungevičius Vytautas 
Published: January 2020

This article aims to reinterpret the castle in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, at the same time as evaluating the state of historiography and trends in terminology used in historical sources. Historiographical problems are defined from a comparative perspective. The author emphasises interpretational issues which refer to the word ‘castle’ in different languages used in different sources. The newly formulated definition of the castle as a changing historical phenomenon expands the concept of the castle. This signifies that the castle was not a static subject. The castle is therefore perceived as an integral part of the historical social reality. This idea is based on certain material and socio-political assumptions.
In theory, the castle is understood as an object of structures and social history, research into which should embrace different aspects of social reality: judicial, military-defensive, political-representational, economichousehold. The proposed quaternary model of the research (1. The castle and its internal structure; 2. The castle and its external structure; 3. The particularity of the castles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; 4. The dispersion of castles in the territory of the state) presupposes the multi-layered perspective of the phenomenon of the castle, which guides from fact to process, from object to structure. The article states that the castle as a long time phenomenon cannot be perceived and interpreted separately from simultaneous socio-political circumstances which were formed by the local society.
The Hunting Club of Petras Griškevičius and the Consolidation of the Lithuanian Nomenklatura
Authors: Grybkauskas Saulius 
Published: January 2020

This article focuses on informal practices and, in particular, hunting, which was perhaps the most important ‘extra-curricular’ activity of the nomenklatura. Hunting became an excellent platform for a new secretary to establish his authority in consolidating the nomenklatura, which was quite fragmented for many years after the death of the head of Soviet Lithuania A. Sniečkus (1903–1974). This article analyses the composition of the hunting clubs of the authorities, their organisation and their leadership in informal activities, and claims that the hunt served the interests of the Soviet Lithuanian nomenklatura, because it allowed the leader of the Soviet republic to structure and consolidate his clientele.
By manipulating the composition of the most important – first – hunting club, into which people close to him were introduced, but ignoring the possible contenders for the informal leaders, Griškevičius took over control of the members of this hunting club. He first introduced the regulations of the first club of nomenklatura hunters. The ‘normalisation’ of hunting was an effective strategy which allowed Griškevičius to establish his authority and power, limiting and restricting the potential of the grouping of the Lithuanian nomenklatura. The consolidation of the nomenklatura not only served to strengthen Griškevičius in the post of the new leader, but also lowered the possibilities for the centre’s intervention in the management of the republic.