bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The VMC Survey. XXIX. Turbulence-controlled Hierarchical Star Formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Authors: Sun Ning-Chen , de Grijs Richard , Cioni Maria-Rosa L. , Rubele Stefano , Subramanian Smitha , van Loon Jacco Th. , Bekki Kenji , Bell Cameron P. M. , Ivanov Valentin D. , Marconi Marcella , Muraveva Tatiana , Oliveira Joana M. , Ripepi Vincenzo 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
In this paper we report a clustering analysis of upper main-sequence stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, using data from the VMC survey (the VISTA near-infrared YJK

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survey of the Magellanic system). Young stellar structures are identified as surface overdensities on a range of significance levels. They are found to be organized in a hierarchical pattern, such that larger structures at lower significance levels contain smaller ones at higher significance levels. They have very irregular morphologies, with a perimeter–area dimension of 1.44 ± 0.02 for their projected boundaries. They have a power-law mass–size relation, power-law size/mass distributions, and a log-normal surface density distribution. We derive a projected fractal dimension of 1.48 ± 0.03 from the mass–size relation, or of 1.4 ± 0.1 from the size distribution, reflecting significant lumpiness of the young stellar structures. These properties are remarkably similar to those of a turbulent interstellar medium, supporting a scenario of hierarchical star formation regulated by supersonic turbulence.
Distinct Pattern of Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays above a High Geomagnetic Cutoff Rigidity
Authors: Mangeard Pierre-Simon , Clem John , Evenson Paul , Pyle Roger , Mitthumsiri Warit , Ruffolo David , Sáiz Alejandro , Nutaro Tanin 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Solar modulation refers to Galactic cosmic-ray variations with the ∼11 yr sunspot cycle and ∼22 yr solar magnetic cycle and is relevant to the space radiation environment and effects on Earth’s atmosphere. Its complicated dependence on solar and heliospheric conditions is only roughly understood and has been empirically modeled in terms of a single modulation parameter. Most analyses of solar modulation use neutron monitor (NM) data from locations with relatively low geomagnetic cutoff rigidity, i.e., the threshold for cosmic rays to penetrate Earth’s magnetic field. The Princess Sirindhorn Neutron Monitor at Doi Inthanon, Thailand, has the world’s highest cutoff rigidity (≈17 GV) where observations span a complete solar modulation cycle (since late 2007). The pattern of solar modulation at Doi Inthanon during 2011–2014 was qualitatively very different from that at a low geomagnetic cutoff and is not well described by the same modulation parameter. At other times, NM count rates from Doi Inthanon and McMurdo, Antarctica (cutoff ∼1 GV), were linearly correlated and confirm the observation from latitude surveys in the previous solar cycle that the slope of the correlation changes with solar magnetic polarity. Low solar magnetic tilt angles (<40° at negative polarity) were well correlated with variations at both NM stations, as predicted by drift models. At a higher tilt angle, the Doi Inthanon count rate is well correlated with the interplanetary magnetic field, which is consistent with an increase in diffusion at high rigidity short-circuiting the effects of drifts and the heliospheric current sheet.
Le temps de la puberté ou celui de la conquête de soi
Authors: Roussel Nathalie 
Published: May 2018

La puberté vient faire effraction dans le corps de l’enfant. Que va-t-il faire de cette inquiétante étrangeté ? C’est à la condition de prendre en compte les pulsions qui le submergent qu’il pourra les transformer afin d’en faire une œuvre de création. Le rêve éveillé est au cœur de ce travail de transformation de la pulsion et de sublimation.
La France et la protection des chrétiens maronites. Généalogie d’une représentation
Authors: Heyberger Bernard 
Published: May 2018

Le thème de la « protection » de la France sur les chrétiens orientaux a resurgi dans les discours politiques depuis 2013, en faisant référence à une « tradition » longue de plusieurs siècles. En fait, il s’agit d’une représentation, construite au cours du xix	e siècle, élaborée conjointement par certains milieux politiques et publicistes français et des représentants du clergé maronite. Elle a été principalement destinée à soutenir les élans particularistes et proto-nationalistes maronites ainsi que certaines ambitions interventionnistes françaises en Syrie.
Effects of Dietary Supplementation of Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Seed on Milt Quality of African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) Broodstocks
Authors: Dada A. A. , Fagbohun A. E. 
Published: May 2018

Purpose : The effects of Phoenix dactylifera seed powder on milt quality of Clarias gariepinus was investigated. The purpose of the research were to determine the effects of dietary supplementation of P. dactylifera seed meal on the milt quality of African catfish, C. gariepinus; and to examine the effects of the dietary supplementation of P. dactylifera seed meal on the histology of the testes.Research Method : Five diets with crude protein of 40% were formulated with different inclusion levels of 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0g date palm/100g of diet. 75 male C. gariepinus broodstocks (327.26 ± 8.61g) were randomly distributed in triplicate into 15 concrete tanks at stocking density of 5 fish per tank for 70 days.Findings : Reproductive performance indices and milt quality parameters were determined at the end of the feeding trial. There was no significant differences (P<0.05) in the weight of testes, gonadosomatic index and weight gain in fish in all the experimental diets. The milt count (102.40 x 104spz/ml ± 0.87) and motility duration (60.70s ± 0.13 seconds) were highest in fish fed diet PDSP 4 (1.5g date palm/100g diet) and PDSP 5 (2.0g date palm/100g). The percentage motility was highest in fish fed PDSP 5 at (2.0g date palm/100g diet).Research limitations : The limitation of this research was the unavailability of funds to extend this research in order to carry out more investigation using other culturable fish species.Value of the Research : The study revealed that dietary supplementation of P. dactylifera seed powder at 2.0g/100g diet significantly increased milt quality of C. gariepinus broodstocks.
Proactive udder health management in South Africa and monitoring of antibiotic resistance of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in dairy herds from 2001 to 2010
Authors: Karzis Joanne , Petzer Inge-Marie , Donkin Edward F. , Naidoo Vinny 
Published: May 2018

Antibiotic resistance of strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine milk is of concern internationally. The objective of this study was to investigate trends of resistance of S. aureus to antibiotics administered to dairy cows in 19 South African and one Zambian dairy herds (participating in the South African proactive udder health management programme) and to identify possible contributing factors. The resistance of S. aureus strains to eight commonly used antibiotics in South Africa from 2001 to 2010 was evaluated. Staphylococcus aureus isolates (n = 2532) were selected from cows with subclinical mastitis in 20 herds routinely sampled as part of the proactive udder health management programme. The isolates were selected from milk samples that had somatic cell counts more than 400 000 cells/mL and were tested for antibiotic resistance using a standard Kirby–Bauer test with published clinical breakpoints. The prevalence of antibiotic resistance was evaluated as a percentage of S. aureus isolates susceptible out of the total numbers for each antibiotic selected per year. Staphylococcus aureus showed a significant increase in percentage of susceptible isolates over time for all antibiotics tested except for ampicillin. The overall prevalence of mastitis did not change during the study period. However, the prevalence of mastitis caused by S. aureus (mostly subclinical cases) in the selected herds decreased numerically but not significantly. Reduction in the incidence of antibiotic resistance shown by S. aureus was presumed to be a result of the application of the proactive udder health management programme. The fact that the overall prevalence of mastitis was kept stable was possibly because of the influence of the management programme in conjunction with the return of infections caused by non-resistant strains.
Religious superdiversity and intersectionality on the field
Authors: van den Bogert Kathrine 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
In contemporary Western-European cities, religious diversity and street football are both characteristics of urban life. Based on ten months of ethnographic research amongst young Muslim residents of the Schilderswijk, an urban neighbourhood in the Netherlands, this article discusses how to study religious diversity in relation to girls’ football in urban spaces. It critically discusses how religion in intersectionality scholarship and in feminist scholarship on religion and gender is narrowly conceptualised as a form of racialised oppression or as piousness. I argue that these conceptualisations fail to capture the urban experiences and practices of ‘religious but not so religious’ young residents of the Schilderswijk who play football together. I conceptualise these young residents as ‘space invaders’ in urban football playgrounds and show that they have diverse experiences and strategies of playing football, which include but also exceed Islam, Islamophobia, and racism. I argue that their practices are, in addition to an intersectionality analysis, best understood through the concept of religious superdiversity (Becci, Burchardt, & Giorda, 2017), which provides a perspective that combines both religious and non-religious practices in urban life. Religious superdiversity emphasises the lived religious and secular experiences of young people in urban spaces beyond, on the one hand, piousness, and, on the other hand, racialised oppression and Islamophobia, and therefore provides an innovative approach to religious diversity in urban spaces.
The Deficient Ballcock: Pinter's Comic Turn
Authors: Roof Judith 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
In Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter the toilet that fails to flush figures, parallels, and announces Ben and Gus's avoidance of what they already know: that the next shot will be one of their own. A representative of off-stage space and unseen motivations, the toilet punctuates, signals, and interrupts their gradual movement towards revelation.
Drowning in Your Own Blood: Embodiment in Pinter's The Homecoming
Authors: Hall Ann C. 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Presented at the MMLA in November 2017, this essay examines the representation of the body in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, arguing that Pinter's representation of the body differs from other modern dramatists such as Samuel Beckett and Sarah Kane. While admittedly participating in the dismembering of the body as Beckett and Kane do, Pinter's work not only re-members the body but also demonstrates its power and importance to theatrical art forms.
Considering Old Age and the Absurd in Harold Pinter'sA Slight Ache
Authors: Querido Pedro 
Published: May 2018

AbstractThis article seeks to launch an inquiry into the interplay between the philosophical concept of the absurd and different theories of aging in Harold Pinter's radio play A Slight Ache. Due to the privileged position it occupies in the interstice of the two, A Slight Ache will be read as a surprisingly complex nexus of reflections on aging, and some of the play's nuances and half-meanings will thereby be brought more vividly to light. A close reading drawing on theories of aging will show that old age is a theme of paramount importance in A Slight Ache. Furthermore, this article will claim that the combination of the absurd with aging calls for a discussion on intersubjectivity, whose precariousness threatens to doom attempts at meaning-making to failure. Finally, it will briefly discuss resistance as a viable or at least ineluctable reaction to that state of affairs.
Objectification, Denial, and Transformation: A Feminist Approach to Harold Pinter's One for the Road
Authors: Lambrianidis Christine 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Harold Pinter's first overtly political play, One for the Road, premiered in 1984, as a theatrical response to the brutal state-run torture of political prisoners in Turkey during the Cold War period. Unlike previous studies that argue Pinter glorifies misogyny in this play, this article illustrates how Pinter condemns the misogynistic nature of torture. He exposes the sexist physical and verbal violence inherent in political torture. This examination of female torture uses Elaine Scarry's The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World to show how Pinter depicts these human rights abuses as a form of male supremacy. Reading Pinter through Scarry demonstrates how this play portrays torture, including interrogation, as a process whereby pain is objectified, denied, and then transformed into power. This process acutely denounces not just torture, but how torture is a product of patriarchy therefore positioning One for the Road as a feminist play.
A Coordinating Strategy for Biofuel Supply Chain under Disturbance Using Revenue Sharing Contract Approach
Authors: Geng Nana , Zhang Yong , Sun Yixiang 
Published: May 2018

Biofuel is considered to be an important alternative energy in the future transportation. Its development is supported by the rest of the world. However, biofuel industry development is still very slow. From the previous research it is known that the supply chain coordination and other problems need to be solved to promote the supply chain ability. This paper studies biodiesel supply chain coordination problem from the view of disturbance management. It gives a disturbed coordination strategy which contains the optimal order quantity and the contract parameters. This paper has then verified the disturbed coordination strategy through using the actual data of Jiangsu Yueda Kate New Energy Co. Ltd. The result shows that when the market demand and the recovery cost are simultaneously disturbed, the coordination can make the biodiesel supply chain robust and the new strategy under the revenue sharing contract is better than the original one.
Lausanne Conference (1922–23)
Authors: Menning Ralph 
Published: May 2018

The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne superseded the Treaty of Sèvres of August 1920, which had ended World War I between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire. In the Sèvres treaty, the Allies had dealt with the Ottoman government in Constantinople; Lausanne was concluded with the Ankara “Government of the Grand National Assembly” (the precursor of the Turkish Republic). By treating with the Ankara government, the Allies at Lausanne acknowledged the assembly's formal abolition of the Ottoman Empire, announced on November 1, 1922, three weeks before the opening of the conference. Taken together, these two events, the deposition of the Ottoman Sultan and the Treaty of Lausanne, brought to a close the so‐called “Eastern Question,” a term that in the chancelleries of Europe served as shorthand for the dilemmas posed by the 150‐year decline and atrophy of the Ottoman Empire.The Treaty of Lausanne was unique among the World War I peace treaties for two reasons. First, Lausanne was anen blocreplacement of an earlier treaty, rather than part of a piecemeal revision; second, the Treaty of Lausanne was negotiated, whereas the Treaty of Sèvres, like the other treaties of the Paris peace settlement, had been imposed by the Allies. The Treaty of Lausanne, widely regarded as one of the constituent documents of modern Turkey, is still in force today.
Totalsynthese und Untersuchung der biologischen Aktivität von (−)‐Artemisinin – die Antimalaria‐Aktivität von Artemisinin ist nicht stereospezifisch
Authors: Krieger Johannes , Smeilus Toni , Kaiser Marcel , Seo Ean‐Jeong , Efferth Thomas , Giannis Athanassios 
Published: May 2018

AbstractEin effizienter und Diversitäts‐orientierter Zugang zu (−)‐Artemisinin (1) und dessen natürlich vorkommendem Enantiomer (+)‐Artemisinin ausgehend vom kommerziell erhältlichen (S)‐(+)‐ bzw. (R)‐(−)‐Citronellen wurde entwickelt. Dadurch konnte eine bis heute immer noch offene Frage beantwortet werden, nämlich ob Artemisinin stereospezifisch wirkt. Die biologische Untersuchung mit dem Plasmodium‐falc.‐NF54‐Stamm ergab, dass die Antimalaria‐Aktivität von Artemisinin nicht stereospezifisch ist. Mit dem hier beschriebenen, einfachen und biomimetischen Zugang zu diesem natürlichen Endoperoxid eröffnet sich die Möglichkeit zur Herstellung weiterer Artemisinin‐Derivate, die mit den bisherigen Methoden und Synthesen nicht zugänglich sind. Auf diese Weise kann das Problem der aufkommenden Resistenz von Plasmodium falciparum gegen Artemisinin angegangen werden.
Preparation, characterization, and catalytic behavior of xMO/yNaZSM‐5 catalyst for dichlorohydrin dechlorination reaction
Authors: Yang Lu , Liang Yunxia , Yang Huimin , Li Fuxiang , Xue Jianwei , Lv Zhiping 
Published: May 2018

AbstractA series of loaded CaO or MgO catalysts with NaZSM‐5 zeolites as supports were prepared by incipient wetness impregnation and used to catalyze the dechlorination of dichlorohydrin (DCH) to epichlorophydrin (ECH). The resulting prepared catalysts were characterized by X‐ray diffraction, N2 adsorption‐desorption, CO2 temperature‐programmed desorption, and the Hammett indicator method. The reaction results demonstrated that the MgO/NaZSM‐5 catalyst exhibited better catalytic performance compared with the CaO/NaZSM‐5. In addition, the effect of different MgO loadings on the activities of as‐synthesized catalysts was investigated. Notable, the activity of MgO/NaZSM‐5 catalyst increased with the increased loading content of MgO. Based on the obtained characterization for the xMO/yNaZSM‐5 catalysts, the increased catalytic activity could be attributed to both the increase of Brunauer–Emmett–Teller values and the increase in base strength resulting from MgO loading onto the NaZSM‐5 zeolite. In addition, the calcination temperature of the sample was also an important factor for the DCH dechlorination reaction. Under optimized conditions, 99.8% conversion of 1,3‐DCH and 95.5% yield of ECH were achieved using 10MgO/80NaZSM‐5 zeolite calcined at 550 °C under atmospheric pressure, a reaction temperature of 330 °C, weight hourly space velocity of DCH 1.06 hr−1, a nitrogen feed flow rate of 100 ml/min and a DCH saturator temperature of 80 °C.
Clinicopathological characteristics and survival outcomes in Paget disease: a SEER population‐based study
Authors: Zhao Yang , Sun He‐Fen , Chen Meng‐Ting , Gao Shui‐Ping , Li Liang‐Dong , Jiang Hong‐lin , Jin Wei 
Published: May 2018

AbstractThe objective of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and survival outcomes of Paget disease (PD), Paget disease concomitant infiltrating duct carcinoma (PD‐IDC), and Paget disease concomitant intraductal carcinoma (PD‐DCIS). We identified 501,631 female patients from 2000 to 2013 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. These identified patients included patients with PD (n = 469), patients with PD‐IDC (n = 1832), and patients with PD‐DCIS (n = 1130) and infiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC) (n = 498,076). Then, we compared the clinical characteristics of these patients with those who were diagnosed with IDC during the same period. The outcomes of these subtypes of breast carcinoma were different. Based on the overall survival, the patients with PD‐IDC had the worst prognosis (5‐year survival rate = 84.1%). The PD‐DCIS had the best prognosis (5‐year survival rate = 97.5%). Besides, among patients with Paget disease, the one who was married had a better prognosis than who were not. And, according to our research, the marital status was associated with the hormone receptor status in patients with PD‐IDC. Among three subtypes of Paget disease, patients with PD‐IDC had the worst prognosis. Besides, patients who were unmarried had worse outcomes. And the marital status of patients with PD‐IDC is associated with hormone status. The observation underscores the importance of individualized treatment.
Prognostic relevance and performance characteristics of serum IGFBP‐2 and PAPP‐A in women with breast cancer: a long‐term Danish cohort study
Authors: Espelund Ulrick , Renehan Andrew G. , Cold Søren , Oxvig Claus , Lancashire Lee , Su Zhenqiang , Flyvbjerg Allan , Frystyk Jan 
Published: May 2018

AbstractMeasurement of circulating insulin‐like growth factors (IGFs), in particular IGF‐binding protein (IGFBP)‐2, at the time of diagnosis, is independently prognostic in many cancers, but its clinical performance against other routinely determined prognosticators has not been examined. We measured IGF‐I, IGF‐II, pro‐IGF‐II, IGF bioactivity, IGFBP‐2, ‐3, and pregnancy‐associated plasma protein A (PAPP‐A), an IGFBP regulator, in baseline samples of 301 women with breast cancer treated on four protocols (Odense, Denmark: 1993–1998). We evaluated performance characteristics (expressed as area under the curve, AUC) using Cox regression models to derive hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for 10‐year recurrence‐free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS), and compared those against the clinically used Nottingham Prognostic Index (NPI). We measured the same biomarkers in 531 noncancer individuals to assess multidimensional relationships (MDR), and evaluated additional prognostic models using survival artificial neural network (SANN) and survival support vector machines (SSVM), as these enhance capture of MDRs. For RFS, increasing concentrations of circulating IGFBP‐2 and PAPP‐A were independently prognostic [HRbiomarker doubling: 1.474 (95% CIs: 1.160, 1.875, P = 0.002) and 1.952 (95% CIs: 1.364, 2.792, P < 0.001), respectively]. The AUCRFS for NPI was 0.626 (Cox model), improving to 0.694 (P = 0.012) with the addition of IGFBP‐2 plus PAPP‐A. Derived AUCRFS using SANN and SSVM did not perform superiorly. Similar patterns were observed for OS. These findings illustrate an important principle in biomarker qualification—measured circulating biomarkers may demonstrate independent prognostication, but this does not necessarily translate into substantial improvement in clinical performance.
Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in seven patients with peritoneal sarcomatosis from uterine sarcoma
Authors: Sardi Armando , Muñoz‐Zuluaga Carlos A. , Sittig Michelle , Diaz‐Montes Teresa 
Published: May 2018

Key Clinical MessagePeritoneal sarcomatosis from uterine sarcoma is a rare disease with no effective treatment and poor prognosis. Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS/HIPEC) has successful results in peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastrointestinal/gynecological origins. We show that CRS/HIPEC is safe, feasible, and may benefit selected patients with peritoneal sarcomatosis from uterine sarcoma.
Improvement of common variable immunodeficiency using embryonic stem cell therapy in a patient with lyme disease: a clinical case report
Authors: Horowitz Richard , Freeman Phyllis R. 
Published: May 2018

Key Clinical MessageBone marrow transplantation and stem cell therapies have been used for the treatment of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and other life‐threatening medical disorders. This is the first known case report in the medical literature describing improvement of both Lyme disease and CVID with human embryonic stem cell therapy.