bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Perception verbs in context
Authors: San Roque Lila , Schieffelin Bambi B. 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
Perceptual language is a rich site of polysemous meaning and pragmatic extension. In this chapter, we explore the question of how children learning a language come to grips with this complexity, focusing on basic perception verbs as used in child-caregiver interaction in the language Bosavi, spoken in Papua New Guinea. We discuss creative and routinised instances of perception verb use in these interactions, and comment on connections to recognised cross-linguistic patterns of polysemy. Finally, we suggest ways that Christian missionisation and literacy practices may have influenced shifting uses of the language of sight and audition in the Bosavi context.
Among Latinists
Authors: Denecker Tim 
Published: February 2019

SummaryIn the history of 20th-century Latin linguistics, the Catholic Dutch professors Joseph Schrijnen (1869–1938) and Christine Mohrmann (1903–1988) are known as the key figures of the ‘Nijmegen School’. They developed the disputable and indeed strongly debated hypothesis that the kind of Latin used by early Christians was aSonderspracheorlangue spéciale(laterGruppenspracheorlangue de groupe) characterized by different types of ‘christianisms’. The aim of this article is to contribute to a critical historiography of the Nijmegen School by looking into the reception of its ideas among contemporary Latin linguists. In particular, it tries to reconstruct the evolving appraisals by Alfred Ernout (1879–1973) and Einar Löfstedt (1880–1955), on the basis of (a) the former’s reviews of studies published by the Nijmegen School (in contrast to reviews by other contemporary linguists), (b) studies published on neighbouring or overlapping subjects by Einar Löfstedt, and (c) a letter to Mohrmann from each of them, both of which are preserved in the archives of the Katholiek Documentatie Centrum in Nijmegen. In the case of Ernout, it is argued that he was probably always sceptical about theSondersprachehypothesis, but that in his reviews of the 1930s this scepticism was mitigated to a ‘reticent’ attitude, possibly for reasons to do with the politics of science. In the case of Löfstedt, it is shown that he initially approved of the hypothesis and even integrated it into his own works, but that he gradually diverged from the Nijmegen School, partly on account of (Schrijnen and) Mohrmann’s polemical misrepresentation of his comments ongentesandpaganibeing semanticUmprägungenrather thanNeuprägungen.
The idea of a yell
Authors: Storch Anne 
Published: February 2019

AbstractThis contribution examines the metapragmatics of the ‘noisy’ voice: how voice performance that does not include the utterance of words is evaluated and discussed by different audiences and authors. Secrecy as being expressed through and by the transcendental voice is one aspect of these discussions, and notions of interiority of Self and Other are others. The paper thereby suggests that there are many options in conceptualizing language, and that secrecy and transcendentality may be crucial aspects of language as creative and social practice.
Chibende
Authors: Hollington Andrea 
Published: February 2019

AbstractPlay language practices are common around the globe and have been described for several parts of the world. While some contributions on play language focus on the structure, manipulative strategies, and rules, this paper ties in with approaches that seek to view play language practices in their respective sociolinguistic contexts (e.g.Sherzer 2002;Storch 2011). Chibende, the play language practice under study in this paper, is analyzed in its Zimbabwean context. By looking at Zimbabwean examples and by broadening the perspective on these creative linguistic phenomena, it becomes evident that play languages are not performed in isolation but are deeply entangled with other language practices, such as youth language, as part of complex repertoires and social practices as well as acts of identity. By focusing on creativity and also taking the aspect of fun into account, the agency of the speakers becomes a central feature which is also reflected by the metalinguistic knowledge of the practitioners of Zimbabwean play language. In this regard, the discussion in this paper centers on the speakers’ ideologies of play language.
Manipulation in late life
Authors: Nassenstein Nico 
Published: February 2019

AbstractWhile youth language constitutes a well-researched field of study, the linguistic manipulations of old people remain understudied. In an innovative approach, the present paper therefore looks at confusing and allegedly unintelligible narratives and conscious linguistic manipulations, silliness and concealing strategies in language as employed by elderly speakers of Kinyabwisha, Kinande, Kihunde and Kiswahili in Eastern DR Congo. A secret cursing register among Banyabwisha, often accompanied by practices of spitting, is analyzed; I also discuss elderly speakers’ confusing stories narrated to younger people, the use of secret modal particles that are restricted to people of old age, and finally I discuss the strategic inclusion of silliness in old speakers’ utterances. All these are analyzed in a theoretical framework of the secret agency and power in language use that mark the agency and wittiness of the elderly in Eastern Congo. With this first overview of elderly speakers’ language manipulations I aim to show that linguistic manipulation is not necessarily age-related, and that concealment strategies in language can occur as agentive and powerful means of social differentiation in later life as well. This preliminary introduction furthermore suggests a strong focus on silliness in linguistic analysis (as also found inKuipers 2007;Storch 2015,2017).
Secret language and resistance to borrowing in Chini
Authors: Brooks Joseph 
Published: February 2019

AbstractIn Chini, a language of northeastern New Guinea, speakers rely on principles of semantic extension including metonymy, metaphor, and other types of association to create new terms using material from the vernacular. They do so in a special sociolinguistically marked register referred to here as ‘secret language’, a linguistic practice not unheard of in New Guinea. The same principles at work in secret language can also be seen in the creation of terms for new, modern concepts in the sociolinguistically unmarked register of the language. There is additionally some degree of overlap between the two registers, since what were originally secret language terms have entered into use in the unmarked register. This suggests that secret language has been a resource for resistance to borrowing and brings into focus the larger point that any understanding of borrowability should be rooted in the local sociolinguistic context, to the locally relevant ideologies at work and the particular creative principles of language use that speakers employ.
The argument from example in health communication
Authors: Hoeken Hans , Boeijinga Anniek , Sanders José 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
The argument from example is frequently used in health communication interventions. Some of these arguments are
narrative in nature, in the sense that they relate a series of logically related events containing an experiencing agonist. In
this article, research on narrative persuasion is discussed in order to show how such narrative arguments from examples can
influence the target audience’s beliefs about the possibility that a certain action will lead to certain consequences, the
desirability of such consequences, as well as provide the target audience with ways by which to circumvent obstacles that prevent
them from putting their intentions into actions. As such, narrative arguments from example can serve the needs of both people who
still need to be motivated to change their behavior as those of people who already intend to adapt their behavior but fail to put
this intention into action.
World-building as cognitive feedback loop
Authors: Lahey Ernestine 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
Text World Theory (Gavins 2007; Werth 1999) has traditionally assumed a unidirectional model of knowledge transmission from discourse-world to text-world. In this chapter I follow Troscianko (2017) to suggest that world-building in discourse occurs within a cognitive feedback loop in which existing knowledge is applied toward the construction of a text-world network, and new information feeds from this network back into the minds of readers. In what follows, I demonstrate the utility of a feedback-loop approach in accounting for knowledge accrual in discourse through a case-study analysis of Canadian author Sheldon Currie’s (1995) novella The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum. I argue that Currie’s rhetorical positioning of the reader as the recipient of a highly politicised subtext at two levels of the discourse results in the incorporation of new or modified knowledge into a reader’s knowledge base.
Constructing inferiority through comic characterisation
Authors: Marszalek Agnes 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
This chapter draws on cognitive stylistics and psychology to explore those characterisation techniques in humorous novels which can shape readers’ responses to comic protagonists. I focus on those instances in Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity (1995) and Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary (1996) in which the main characters make a comparison between their own physical appearance and that of someone else’s, presenting themselves as either superior or inferior to others. While comic protagonists can be created as generally equal to the reader and more attractive than other characters so as to inspire our identification and empathy, they can also occasionally be placed in a position of inferiority where the comparison between them and others is not as favourable. It is the construction of this inferiority which, I suggest, informs the self-deprecating humour and embarrassment-induced cringe comedy in Hornby’s and Fielding’s novels.
Vowel harmony in Stau
Authors: Gates Jesse P. , Kim Won Ho 
Published: February 2019

AbstractIn this paper, we propose that in Stau (Rgyalrongic, Sino-Tibetan) there is a system of four vowel pairs (/i/-/ə/, /e/-/ɛ/, /æ/-/ɑ/, /u/-/o/) that undergo regressive vowel harmony. This system of vowel harmony produces root morpheme forms such as [æCæ] and [ɑCɑ], whereas forms like [æCɑ] or [ɑCæ] are remarkably absent. Vowel harmony is also observed when combining morphemes to create complex words. Unambiguous cases show that the vowel of the first morpheme assimilates to the vowel of the second (e.g. /æCɑ/ → [ɑCɑ]), if the vowels of the two morphemes belong to the same vowel pair set (e.g. /æ/-/ɑ/). At the same time, there are several situations where vowel harmony is consistently not observed. Notable among these blocking mechanisms are lexemes that contain semantically-heavy first syllables. In this situation, we observe the interplay of semantics and phonology. Analysis of the vowel harmony system in Stau yields a way to measure the distance between morphemes.
The threat of urban yellow fever in tropical America.
Authors: Silveira L. B. , Ferreira N. N. , Branco N. T. da C. , Fonseca B. A. L. da 
Published: February 2019

Abstract

Yellow fever (YF) is an infectious disease caused by the YF virus (YFV) that, in its most severe form, is characterized by jaundice, fever, liver and renal failure, and neurologic and haemorrhagic manifestations. In the Americas, the virus has two well-established cycles of transmission: the wild (sylvatic) and the urban cycle. Urban YF will occur when the transmission cycle in a specific area is maintained only between humans and
Aedes aegypti
mosquitoes. Factors that increase the risk of urban YF are the increased number of sylvatic cases, YF-infected individuals making the transition from wooded areas to the urban environment, the high density of
Ae. aegypti
population in urban areas and the low vaccination coverage. Although possible, the risk to the development of urban YF may be reduced to a minimum, if all the approaches to control this disease are applied in the context of a sylvatic YF outbreak. Here, using the current Brazilian sylvatic YF outbreak as an example, we discuss the tools health-care officials have to use in order to avoid the development of an urban outbreak of YF.
A hidden Markov model addressing measurement errors in the response and replicated covariates for continuous nondecreasing processes
Authors: Naranjo Lizbeth , Pérez Carlos J , Fuentes-García Ruth , Martín Jacinto 
Published: February 2019

Summary
Motivated by a study tracking the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD) based on features extracted from voice recordings, an inhomogeneous hidden Markov model with continuous state-space is proposed. The approach addresses the measurement error in the response, the within-subject variability of the replicated covariates and presumed nondecreasing response. A Bayesian framework is described and an efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo method is developed. The model performance is evaluated through a simulation-based example and the analysis of a PD tracking progression dataset is presented. Although the approach was motivated by a PD tracking progression problem, it can be applied to any monotonic nondecreasing process whose continuous response variable is subject to measurement errors and where replicated covariates play a key role.
Prison Versus Western Australia: Which Worked Best, the Australian Penal Colony or the English Convict Prison System?
Authors: Godfrey Barry 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
Between 1850 and 1868, a natural experiment in punishment took place. Men convicted of similar crimes could serve their sentence of penal servitude either in Britain or in Australia. For historians and social scientists, this offers the prospect of addressing a key question posed over 200 years ago by the philosopher, penal theorist and reformer Jeremy Bentham when he authored a lengthy letter entitled ‘Panopticon versus New South Wales: Or, the Panopticon Penitentiary System, and the Penal Colonization System, Compared’. This article answers the underlying tenet of Bentham’s question, ‘Which was best prison or transportation?’ by applying two efficiency tests. The first tests whether UK convicts or Australian convicts had higher rates of reconviction, and the second explores the speed to reconviction.
Microbiome signatures in prostate cancer
Authors: Banerjee Sagarika , Alwine James C , Wei Zhi , Tian Tian , Shih Natalie , Sperling Colin , Guzzo Thomas , Feldman Michael D , Robertson Erle S 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
We have established a microbiome signature for prostate cancer using an array-based metagenomic and capture-sequencing approach. A diverse microbiome signature (viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic) was observed in the prostate cancer samples compared with benign prostate hyperplasia controls. Hierarchical clustering analysis identified three distinct prostate cancer-specific microbiome signatures. The three signatures correlated with different grades, stages and scores of the cancer. Thus, microbiome signature analysis potentially provides clinical diagnosis and outcome predictions. The array data were validated by PCR and targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS). Specific NGS data suggested that certain viral genomic sequences were inserted into the host somatic chromosomes of the prostate cancer samples. A randomly selected group of these was validated by direct PCR and sequencing. In addition, PCR validation of Helicobacter showed that Helicobacter cagA sequences integrated within specific chromosomes of prostate tumor cells. The viral and Helicobacter integrations are predicted to affect the expression of several cellular genes associated with oncogenic processes.
Factors associated with parathyroid hormone control in haemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism treated with cinacalcet in real-world clinical practice: Mimosa study
Authors: Rottembourg Jacques , Ureña-Torres Pablo , Toledano Daniel , Gueutin Victor , Hamani Abdelaziz , Coldefy Olivier , Hebibi Hedia , Guincestre Thomas , Emery Corinne 
Published: February 2019

Abstract

Background
Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is frequent in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Oral cinacalcet-hydrochloride (HCl) decreases parathyroid hormone (PTH); however, real-life PTH data, according to Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines, are still lacking. Our goal is to assess the percentage of cinacalcet-HCl-treated HD patients with controlled SHPT (PTH &lt;9× upper limit of the normal range) after 12 months (M12) of treatment.

Methods
This is a retrospective observational study in HD patients with SHPT treated by cinacalcet-HCl between 2005 and 2015 and dialysed in seven French HD centres using the same database (Hemodial™).

Results
The study included 1268 patients with a mean (standard deviation) follow-up of 21 ± 12 months. Their mean dialysis vintage was 4.3 ± 5.6 years. PTH values were available and exploitable at M12 in 50% of them (645 patients). Among these patients, 58.9% had controlled (mean PTH of 304 ± 158 pg/mL) and 41.1% uncontrolled SHPT (mean PTH of 1084 ± 543) at M12. At the baseline, patients with controlled SHPT were older (66 ± 15 versus 61 ± 17 years), and had lower PTH (831 ± 346 versus 1057 ± 480 pg/mL) and calcaemia (2.18 ± 0.2 versus 2.22 ± 0.19 mmol/L) than uncontrolled patients. In multivariate analysis, these three factors still remained significantly associated with controlled SHPT.

Conclusion
In this real-life study, 41.1% of HD patients with SHPT treated with cinacalcet-HCl remained with a PTH above the KDIGO recommended target after 12 months of treatment. Apart from the possibility of non-compliance, the severity of SHPT appears to be a major factor determining the response to cinacalcet-HCl treatment, reinforcing the importance of treating SHPT at earlier stages.
Pulmonary artery pressure telemonitoring by CardioMEMS in a patient pre- and post-left ventricular assist device implantation
Authors: Veenis Jesse F , Birim Ozcan , Brugts Jasper J 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
We present a case to demonstrate the feasibility of pulmonary artery monitoring with the CardioMEMS sensor for the preoperative optimization of patients with end-stage heart failure undergoing LVAD surgery. Additionally, we demonstrate the feasibility of combining two state-of-the-art techniques by integrating haemodynamic feedback from CardioMEMS and static pump settings of an LVAD. CardioMEMS aids in the remote monitoring of LVAD patients with the potential of identifying complications, pump dysfunction or filling status alterations.
KIBRA and APOE Gene Variants Affect Brain Functional Network Connectivity in Healthy Older People
Authors: Wang Dawei , Hu Li , Xu Xinghua , Ma Xiangxing , Li Yi , Liu Yong , Wang Qing , Zhuo Chuanjun 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
Genetic factors play a critical role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Kidney and brain expressed protein (KIBRA) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) are involved in episodic memory performance and AD. However, the interactions between KIBRA and APOE on brain functional network connectivity (FNC) remain unknown in healthy older people. Using independent component analysis, we systematically investigated additive and epistatic interactions of KIBRA rs1707045 and APOE on FNC in 170 healthy older Chinese people of Han ethnicity. We found significant additive KIBRA–APOE interactions on brain FNC in the right medial prefrontal cortex, the posterior cingulate cortex in the default-mode network, and the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex in the salience network. We also found significant epistatic KIBRA–APOE interactions on brain FNC in the left superior frontal gyrus and left angular gyrus in default-mode network. No significant KIBRA–APOE interactions were detected in other brain resting-state networks. These findings suggest that healthy older people have additive and epistatic interactions of KIBRA and APOE gene variants, which modulate brain FNC and may partly elucidate their association with episodic memory performance and AD.
A model-based approach to incorporate environmental variability into assessment of a commercial fishery: a case study with the American lobster fishery in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank
Authors: Tanaka Kisei R , Cao Jie , Shank Burton V , Truesdell Samuel B , Mazur Mackenzie D , Xu Luoliang , Chen Yong 
Published: February 2019

AbstractChanges in bottom-up forcing are fundamental drivers of fish population dynamics. Recent literature has highlighted the need to incorporate the role of dynamic environmental conditions in stock assessments as a key step towards adaptive fishery management. Combining a bioclimate envelope model and a population dynamic model, we propose a model-based approach that can incorporate ecosystem products into single-species stock assessments. The framework was applied to a commercially important American lobster (Homarus americanus) stock in the Northwest Atlantic. The bioclimate envelope model was used to hindcast temporal variability in a lobster recruitment habitat suitability index (HSI) using bottom temperature and salinity. The climate-driven HSI was used to inform the lobster recruitment dynamics within the size-structured population dynamics model. The performance of the assessment model with an environment-explicit recruitment function is evaluated by comparing relevant assessment outputs such as recruitment, annual fishing mortality, and magnitude of retrospective biases. The environmentally-informed assessment model estimated (i) higher recruitment and lower fishing mortality and (ii) reduced retrospective patterns. This analysis indicates that climate-driven changes in lobster habitat suitability contributed to increased lobster recruitment and present potential improvement to population assessment. Our approach is extendable to other stocks that are impacted by similar environmental variability.
3D Muscle Architecture of the Pectoral Muscles of European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Authors: Sullivan S P , McGechie F R , Middleton K M , Holliday C M 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
Avian flight is achieved through a number of modifications to the body, including the pectoral girdle, yet little is known about the architecture of the pectoral musculature. Muscle architecture is a critical variable in determining the biomechanical function of the vertebrate musculoskeletal system; however, accurate three-dimensional (3D) understanding of muscle architecture has been historically difficult to acquire. Here, we present a musculoskeletal model of a European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) pectoral girdle generated from iodine contrast-enhanced micro-computed-tomography (CT) data and 3D fiber tracking analysis. We used a template-based fiber-tracking algorithm to reconstruct muscle fibers in 3D based on grayscale differences in CT images, which allowed us to estimate fascicle lengths, pennation angles, muscle volumes, and physiological cross-sectional area. Our modeled muscles were qualitatively accurate; however, quantitative muscle architecture data differed between digital and traditional gross-dissection methods reflecting the complex organization of the tissue and differing natures of data collection. We found that model quality is affected by the resolution of CT image data and the fiber-tracking program’s input parameters. Nonetheless, digital fiber tracking offers numerous advantages over gross-dissection methods, most importantly, the ability to visualize and quantify entire muscles in three-dimensions, yielding a much more accurate estimation of whole muscle architecture.