bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Correlation of serum intact parathyroid hormone and alkaline phosphatase in diabetic chronic kidney disease stage 3 to 5 patients with mineral bone disorders
Authors: Ananna Mehruba Alam , Haque Wasim Md Mohosin Ul , Rahim Muhammad Abdur , Chowdhury Tufayel Ahmed , Samad Tabassum , Billah Md Mostarshid , Iqbal Sarwar 
Published: January 2019

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) amongst diabetic patients is a worldwide public health problem. It is associated with cardiovascular disease and CKD mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD). Cardiovascular and MBD are important contributors of morbidity and mortality in CKD patients. Serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) are two important markers to identify and mange CKD-MBD. This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between serum iPTH and alkaline phosphatase in diabetic CKD stages 3-5 patients with MBD.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh from January 2013 to December 2014. Diabetic patients suffering from stage 3-5 CKD with MBD and not on dialysis, were consecutively and purposively included in this study. Along with base-line characteristics, clinical and laboratory data including serum alkaline phosphatase and iPTH levels were recorded for all patients. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 20.0 and Pearson’s correlation test was applied to evaluate the relationship between iPTH and serum ALP.
Results: Total patients were 306, of which 166 (54.2%) were males and 140 females (45.8%). Mean age of the study population was 56.5±11.3 years. Mean duration of diabetes mellitus (DM) and CKD were 12.8±7.6 and 2.9±1.7 years respectively. Among the study population, 49 (16.0%) were in CKD stage 3, 90 (29.4%) in stage 4 and rest 167 (54.6%) in stage 5. The mean HbA1c level did not differ significantly (p>0.05 by ANOVA) amongst CKD-MBD stage 3, 4 and 5 cases. Mean±SE values of glycated haemoglobin (HbAlc %), serum creatinine (mg/dl), urea (mg/dl), calcium (mg/dl), phosphate (mg/dl), ALP (U/L) and iPTH (pg/ml) of total study population were 7.77±0.12, 6.8±0.17, 141.1±4.33, 8.1±0.07, 5.2±0.11, 164.1±7.74 and 229.7±8.64 respectively. Out of total cases, serum ALP was raised in only 53.9% CKD-MBD cases compared to 76.8% for iPTH. Serum iPTH level was found elevated in 79.6%, 83.3% and 72.5% CKD-MBD stage 3, 4 and 5 cases respectively while in comparison, serum ALP was found raised in 44.8%, 54.4% and 56.2% cases respectively. On correlation analysis between serum iPTH and ALP, the r values observed were 0.074, 0.231 and 0.046 for stage 3, 4 and 5 CKD-MBD cases respectively.
Conclusion: The results of current study showed that most diabetic stage 3-5 pre-dialysis CKD-MBD patients had raised serum iPTH. In comparison, significantly low number of cases had raised serum ALP.
IMC J Med Sci 2018; 12(2): 80-85
Efficacy of some insecticide modules against major insect pests and spider population of rice, Oryza sativa L.
Authors: Seni Atanu , Naik Bhimasen 
Published: January 2019

Experiments were carried out to assess some insecticide modules against major insect pests of rice. Each module consists of a basal application of carbofuran 3G @ 1 kg a.i ha-1 at 20 DAT and Rynaxypyr 20 SC @ 30 g a.i ha-1 at 45 DAT except untreated control. All modules differ with each other only in third treatment which was applied in 65 DAT. The third treatment includes: Imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 27 g a.i ha-1, Pymetrozine 50 WG @ 150 g a.i ha-1, Triflumezopyrim 106 SC @ 27 g a.i ha-1, Buprofezin 25 SC @ 250 g a.i ha-1; Glamore (Imidacloprid 40+Ethiprole 40% w/w) 80 WG @ 100 g a.i. ha-1, Thiacloprid 24 SC @ 60 g a.i ha-1, Azadirachtin 0.03 EC @ 8 g a.i ha-1, Dinotefuran 20 SG@ 40 g a.i ha-1 and untreated control. All the treated plots recorded significantly lower percent of dead heart, white ear- head caused by stem borer and silver shoot caused by gall midge. Module with Pymetrozine 50 WG @ 150 g a.i ha-1 treated plot recorded significantly higher per cent reduction of plant hoppers (>80% over untreated control) and produced higher grain yield (50.75 qha-1) than the other modules. Among the different treated modules the maximum number of spiders was found in Azadirachtin 0.03 EC @ 8 g a.i ha-1 treated module plot followed by other treatments.
Effect of chemical seed protectants on quality parameters of red gram seed against. pulse beetle Callosobruchus chinensis L under ambient storage
Authors: Yadav Manish Kumar , Singh R.B. 
Published: January 2019

Among the insecticides tested as seed protectants against Callosobruchus chinensis under ambient condition for a period of nine months revealed that all seed protectants were significantly effective. Maximum germination was observed (86.67%) when seed treated with novaluron 10 EC @0.05ml/kg followed by emamectin benzoate 5 SG@40mg/kg (85.67 per cent). The vigour index was maximum in emamectin benzoate (1913.87) followed by novaluron.
A low cost bisexual food baited trap for Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillet) (Tephritidae: Diptera) in gourds
Authors: Pujar Kishor , Elaiyabharathi T. , Kempraj T. , Kavitha C. 
Published: January 2019

A low cost fruit fly trap was designed to attract the fruit flies with food baits. The preliminary field experiments were conducted for selecting the food bait and its concentration. A combination of 30 g of banana pulp + 3 ml of food grade alcohol selected and tested in gourds namely snake gourd (Trichosanthes anguina L.), ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula L.) and bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) in Coimbatore and Dharmapuri. The food bait attracted both sexes of B. cucurbitae with female: male ratio 0.78:1 and the cost of trap and food bait costs only 43 rupees per acre.
Neutrino Losses in Type I Thermonuclear X-Ray Bursts: An Improved Nuclear Energy Generation Approximation
Authors: Goodwin A. J. , Heger A. , Galloway D. K. 
Published: January 2019

Abstract
Type I X-ray bursts are thermonuclear explosions on the surface of accreting neutron stars. Hydrogen rich X-ray bursts burn protons far from the line of stability and can release energy in the form of neutrinos from β-decays. We have estimated, for the first time, the neutrino fluxes of Type I bursts for a range of initial conditions based on the predictions of a 1D implicit hydrodynamics code, Kepler, which calculates the complete nuclear reaction network. We find that neutrino losses are between

and 0.14 of the total energy per nucleon,

, depending upon the hydrogen fraction in the fuel. These values are significantly below the 35% value for neutrino losses often adopted in recent literature for the rp-process. The discrepancy arises because it is only at β-decays that

of energy is lost due to neutrino emission, whereas there are no neutrino losses in

and

reactions. Using the total measured burst energies from Kepler for a range of initial conditions, we have determined an approximation formula for the total energy per nucleon released during an X-ray burst,

, where

is the average hydrogen mass fraction of the ignition column, with an rms error of

. We provide a detailed analysis of the nuclear energy output of a burst and find an incomplete extraction of mass excess in the burst fuel, with 14% of the mass excess in the fuel not being extracted.
Spectacular Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Coma Galaxy D100 and Star Formation in Its Ram Pressure–stripped Tail
Authors: Cramer W. J. , Kenney J. D. P. , Sun M. , Crowl H. , Yagi M. , Jáchym P. , Roediger E. , Waldron W. 
Published: January 2019

Abstract
We present new HST F275W, F475W, and F814W imaging of the region of the Coma cluster around D100, a spiral galaxy with a remarkably long and narrow (60 × 1.5 kpc) ram pressure–stripped gas tail. We find blue sources coincident with the Hα tail, which we identify as young stars formed in the tail. We also determine they are likely to be unbound stellar complexes with sizes of ∼50–100 pc, likely to disperse as they age. From a comparison of the colors and magnitudes of the young stellar complexes with simple stellar population models, we find ages ranging from ∼1 to 50 Myr and masses ranging from 103 to ∼105
M
⊙. We find that the overall rate and efficiency of star formation are low, ∼6.0 × 10−3
M
⊙ yr−1 and ∼6 × 10−12 yr−1, respectively. The total Hα flux of the tail would correspond to a star formation rate 7 times higher, indicating that some other mechanism for Hα excitation is dominant. From an analysis of the colors, we track the progression of outside-in star formation quenching in the main body of D100, as well as its apparent companion, S0 D99. Finally, we observe that the dust extinction in the base of the tail has an outer envelope with remarkably smooth and straight edges and linear filamentary substructure strongly suggestive of magnetic fields. These features and the small amount of tail broadening strongly suggest gas cooling restricting broadening and the influence of magnetic fields inhibiting turbulence.
Can Hall Magnetohydrodynamics Explain Plasma Turbulence at Sub-ion Scales?
Authors: Papini Emanuele , Franci Luca , Landi Simone , Verdini Andrea , Matteini Lorenzo , Hellinger Petr 
Published: January 2019

Abstract
We investigate the properties of plasma turbulence by means of two-dimensional Hall-magnetohydrodynamic (HMHD) and hybrid particle-in-cell (HPIC) numerical simulations. We find that the HMHD simulations exhibit spectral properties that are in most cases in agreement with the results of the HPIC simulations and with solar wind observations. The energy spectra of magnetic fluctuations exhibit a double power law with spectral index −5/3 at MHD scales and −3 at kinetic scales, while for velocity fluctuations the spectral index is −3/2 at MHD scales. The break between the MHD and the kinetic scales occurs at the same scale in both simulations. In the MHD range the slopes of the total energy and residual energy spectra satisfy a fast Alfvén-dynamo balance. The development of a turbulent cascade is concurrently characterized by magnetic reconnection events taking place in thin current sheets that form between large eddies. A statistical analysis reveals that reconnection is qualitatively the same and fast in both the HMHD and HPIC models, characterized by inverse reconnection rates much smaller than the characteristic large-eddy nonlinear time. The agreement extends to other statistical properties, such us the kurtosis of the magnetic field. Moreover, the observation of a direct energy transfer from the large vortices to the small sub-ion scales, triggered by magnetic reconnection, further supports the existence of a reconnection-mediated turbulent regime at kinetic scales. We conclude that the HMHD fluid description captures to a large extent the transition of the turbulent cascade between the large MHD scales and the sub-ion scales.
Abrupt Changes in the Photospheric Magnetic Field, Lorentz Force, and Magnetic Shear during 15 X-class Flares
Authors: Petrie Gordon J. D. 
Published: January 2019

Abstract
During major solar flares, the photospheric magnetic field of the flaring active region is often observed to change abruptly, permanently, and significantly. Here we analyze vector magnetograms covering 15 X-class flares observed in 11 active regions by the Solar Dynamic Observatory Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager. Resolving magnetic changes using a reference potential field, more complex magnetic field, Lorentz force, and magnetic shear changes could be analyzed than previously. In each case, physical and coherent patterns of change were found. Generally the dominant change was in the horizontal field component that strengthened in the central structure, accompanied there by a downward Lorentz force change and strengthening of horizontal magnetic shear consistent with magnetic implosion, with weaker changes of opposite sign in neighboring and peripheral regions including sunspots. In most cases this central structure was a strong, sheared photospheric magnetic neutral line, but in one case it was an isolated unipolar sunspot. Magnetic relaxation in the vertical direction was typical throughout the flaring regions. Unique in this study was the behavior at bald-patch structures during the X-class flares of 2017 September 6 in NOAA Active Region 12673. During the X9.3 flare, the horizontal and vertical field components weakened and the shear relaxed in horizontal and vertical directions, indicating a large free magnetic energy source for the flare. The magnetic changes at the bald patches exhibited evidence of organized vertical magnetic flux reduction during three X-class flares, not found at other structures, suggesting the greater possibilities of magnetic reconfiguration and energy release at bald patches.
Les espaces résidentiels fermés à Marseille, la fragmentation urbaine devient-elle une norme ?
Authors: Dorier Elisabeth , Dario Julien 
Published: January 2019

Au cours des dernières décennies, les résidences fermées se sont multipliées dans la troisième métropole française, Marseille. La dynamique d’enclosure prend tantôt la forme de projets immobiliers neufs sécurisés, tantôt de rues fermées a posteriori : elle est facilitée par des héritages spécifiques d’urbanisation privée et d’arrangements informels pour la gestion locale. Dans le cadre d’un renouvellement urbain post-industriel, la Ville assume des options néolibérales. Le centre populaire continue à se dégrader tandis que les initiatives centrifuges de promoteurs ou de copropriétaires s’accentuent. Peu réglementées, les clôtures transforment le modèle urbain, en privatisant les aménités environnementales, en restreignant l’accessibilité aux équipements publics, en limitant la mobilité des piétons. Cet article est basé sur dix ans d’enquêtes et de relevés de terrain qui ont fondé une base de données statistiques, géomatiques et qualitatives sur plus de 1 500 résidences.
La construction d’un service public de la donnée
Authors: Cluzel-Métayer Lucie 
Published: January 2019

Résumé Créé par la loi « pour une République numérique », le service public de la donnée a été conçu comme l’élément structurant de ce que l’on peut appeler « l’infrastructure des données », ce service public est pour l’heure restreint à la mise à disposition des « données de référence ». Pour lui permettre de prendre de l’ampleur, le législateur l’a conçu comme une mission d’intérêt général évolutive, dont la gouvernance est publique, mais malgré tout ouverte et collaborative. Son régime juridique est à la fois exigeant et protecteur de cette infrastructure en construction.
Transparence des algorithmes face à l’ open data : quel statut pour les données d’apprentissage ?
Authors: Bourcier Danièle , De Filippi Primavera 
Published: January 2019

Résumé L’utilisation d’algorithmes informatiques au sein des administrations publiques risque d’obfusquer les fondements factuels et juridiques des décisions administratives. Dans l’effort de respecter les principes d’un gouvernement ouvert ( open data ), le législateur s’est jusqu’à présent focalisé sur la transparence de la décision algorithmique, mais rien n’est précisé sur les données qui vont influencer ces algorithmes. Cet article s’intéresse aux problématiques liées à l’application d’algorithmes dans les décisions administratives, et souligne la nécessité de garantir non seulement l’accès au code source de ces algorithmes, mais aussi l’accès aux bases de données qui les ont entraînés.
Les relations politiques entre ville et campagne dans la seconde moitié du xiv e siècle : les élites urbaines de Béziers et la communauté villageoise de Sérignan (Hérault)
Authors: Mukai Shinya 
Published: January 2019

À partir du milieu du xx e siècle, les médiévistes français se sont intéressés aux relations économiques entre la ville et la campagne. En revanche, l’historiographie française a négligé les relations ville-campagne de nature politique. En profitant des riches archives de la ville de Béziers et du village de Sérignan (Hérault), cet article a pour objectif d’éclairer les relations politiques ville-campagne dans la seconde moitié du xiv e siècle. À cette époque, les élites de Béziers – le groupe dirigeant de la ville, c’est-à-dire les citoyens qui occupent les fonctions municipales –, montrent des visages variés à l’égard des villageois de Sérignan. Ils peuvent être : 1. des officiers royaux de Béziers ; 2. ceux qui assument une fonction judiciaire ou administrative ad hoc ; 3. des receveurs du subside royal ou de la taxe du pays dans le Biterrois ; 4. des consuls de Béziers ; 5. des prêteurs d’argent, changeurs de monnaie, acheteurs de blé ou du droit de lever l’impôt sur les revenus ; 6. ceux qui donnent personnellement une aide ou un conseil ; 7. des avocats consultants ; 8. des agents seigneuriaux ou ecclésiastiques à Sérignan. Les élites de Béziers sont supérieures aux dirigeants de Sérignan, du point de vue du capital économique, intellectuel et politique. Utilisant ces divers capitaux, elles commandent ou protègent la communauté de Sérignan, selon la situation. Pour survivre à un environnement guerrier difficile, lié à la guerre de Cent Ans, la communauté villageoise de Sérignan renforce sa compétence d’autodéfense, mais elle a surtout besoin de la protection des dirigeants de Béziers. Le régime gouvernemental passant graduellement de la seigneurie à l’État royal, le rôle de protecteur du village n’est plus joué par le seigneur, pas encore par le prince, mais alors par les élites urbaines.
Des carrières pastorales à Bischwiller (1618-1663). Politique et discipline dans une communauté de réfugiés
Authors: Léonard Julien 
Published: January 2019

La question des carrières pastorales dans le monde réformé au xvii e siècle est encore relativement mal connue dans le monde francophone. Au sein des Églises qui appartiennent aux structures synodales du royaume de France, ces carrières sont surtout détérminées par les institutions consistoriales et synodales. Pourtant, il existe en marge de ce modèle français d’autres communautés francophones, mais fonctionnant selon un modèle contrôlé par un prince calviniste. C’est le cas dans le duché de Deux-Ponts, et l’étude du village de Bischwiller nous permet de l’observer. Au sein d’un milieu alsacien germanophone et luthérien, Jean II de Deux-Ponts octroie des privilèges à des réfugiés réformés francophones et leur garantit un pasteur. Le recrutement de ce dernier, largement contrarié par la guerre de Trente Ans, pose divers problèmes et permet d’observer les rapports de forces entre le pouvoir civil et les laïcs de l’Église locale, deux sphères qui sont loin d’être hermétiques, mais aussi des influences allemandes, suisses, alsaciennes, lorraines et françaises. Entre 1618 et 1663, plusieurs pasteurs se succèdent, dans des conditions politiques variables (notamment après que les Birkenfeld sont devenus seigneurs locaux) et surtout dans conditions disciplinaires parfois confuses. Cette Église, qui se nomme toujours « française » dans les sources, peut mobiliser différents modèles qui questionnent eux aussi la place du pasteur. Grâce à la documentation disponible sur ce cas de communauté en marge et à la croisée de diverses influences, l’historien peut analyser à l’échelle locale des problèmes que les sources laissent parfois dans l’implicite ailleurs.
Les vies du « trésor de Ségou »
Authors: Foliard Daniel 
Published: January 2019

Lors de la prise de Ségou (Mali actuel) en avril 1890, le corps expéditionnaire dirigé par Louis Archinard (1850-1932) saisit une grande quantité d’objets précieux et de livres appartenant à ce que l’on appelle alors le « trésor d’Ahmadou ». Assez rapidement, une commission fut mise en place pour décider du destin à donner aux différentes pièces collectées durant la campagne. Plusieurs caisses d’objets variés furent expertisées à l’époque, d’abord sur place. Artefacts et livres furent alors catégorisés, dispersés et classés en fonction de leur valeur artistique et ethnographique supposée. La collection fut exposée dans différentes institutions françaises en fonction des significations successives qu’on lui assigna, jusqu’à disparaître dans les réserves du Musée des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Cet article analyse ce que la collecte, le tri puis l’exposition de ces objets révèlent des pratiques coloniales et muséales à l’époque. Le rôle des différentes institutions impliquées dans la conservation et l’exposition de ces artefacts est ainsi révélateur des multiples impératifs, critères et cloisonnements qui structurèrent les usages de ces objets en métropole. Ce travail ne se limite pas à une approche du seul moment colonial de la biographie sociale de ce « trésor ». Il vise aussi à reconstruire son élaboration avant 1890 et ses significations vernaculaires, à la lumière des documentations locales et de ce que l’on peut dire des objets en tant que tel aujourd’hui. Ses réappropriations au fil des dernières décennies au Sénégal et au Mali sont aussi observées pour retrouver les histoires multiples et connectées que reflètent les parcours heurtés du « trésor de Ségou ». Ce faisant, cette étude illustre la nécessité de redonner leur histoire aux objets capturés lors des conquêtes coloniales car elle défie souvent les simplifications hâtives.
POTS, PANS, and PEARLs: The Nursing Profession's Rich History With Distance Education for a New Century of Nursing
Authors: Armstrong Myrna L , Gessner Barbara A , Cooper Signe Skott 
Published: January 2019

ABSTRACT
Background: Continuing education via distance education is expanding. A review of the media used to deliver classes in the past as well as future possibilities are presented.
Method: The personal experience of the authors using these methods to present continuing nursing education is the basis for this article.
Results: There is evidence that people learn via distance education as well as they do with traditional formats such as conferences and seminars. Although learners are enrolling in these types of courses for convenience, they enjoy the classes more when there is active involvement and participation.
Conclusions: Continuing education using distance education strategies will expand, especially because computers are available in the homes of learners. A larger number of offerings will be available, and more learners will use these media to remain current professionally.
Addressing Sexuality-Related Needs in Practice: Perspectives of Maternal/Child and Women's Health Nurses
Authors: Propst Maureen G , Phillips Billie Rhea , Andrew Michael E 
Published: January 2019

ABSTRACT
A quantitative, descriptive survey was conducted using Waterhouse's instrument. Survey of Sexuality-Related Nursing Practice. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which maternal/child and women's health nurses address sexuality in their practice and to assess the influence of select variables on that practice. A sample of maternal/child and women's health registered nurses (n = 130) was systematically selected from the 1995 Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses' (AWHONN) District VII mailing list. Findings reveal incongruities in maternal/child and women's health nurses' perspectives and the incorporation of sexuality-related nursing interventions into practice.
Nurses' Beliefs About Their Abilities to Delegate Within Changing Models of Care
Authors: Anthony Mary K , Standing Theresa S , Hertz Judith E 
Published: January 2019

ABSTRACT
Changing models of nursing care have resulted in a more diverse work force composition. Nurses (RNs and licensed practical and vocational nurses) have greater responsibilities for delegation and supervision of unlicensed assistive personnel providing direct nursing care. This study describes nurses' belief s about their abilities to delegate and supervise direct nursing activities and explores differences based on professional and job-related factors. A national sample of 148 licensed nurses working in three practice settings was surveyed. In general, nurses reported a high level of comfort, frequency, preparedness, confidence, competence, and control. Differences found in nurses' beliefs were based on education, practice setting, and type of work responsibilities.