bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Networks of Exchange Poetry in Late Medieval China: Notes toward a Dynamic History of Tang Literature
Authors: Mazanec Thomas J. 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
This article combines qualitative and quantitative methods to rethink the literary history of late medieval China (830–960 CE). It begins with an overview of exchange poetry in the Tang dynasty and its role in the construction of the poetic subject, namely, the poetic subject's distributed textual body. A total of 10,869 poems exchanged between 2,413 individuals are cataloged to seek the structure of the collectively imagined literary relations of the time. This catalog is subjected to social-network analysis to reveal patterns and peculiarities in the extant corpus of late medieval poetry, which in turn prompt close readings of the sources. These readings lead to four conclusions about the history of late medieval poetry: (a) Buddhist monks were hubs of literary activity, (b) the poet Jia Dao became an increasingly important site of connection over time, (c) the concept of “poetic schools” is not a useful lens through which to view the Late Tang, and (d) poets at the center of the network are increasingly characterized by their mobility. This combination of network analysis and close reading highlights the dynamic nature of Chinese literary history, providing insight into the ever-shifting conjunctures of forms, genres, expectations, and relations in the late medieval literary world.
Treatment outcomes of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy for non-spinal bone metastases: focus on response assessment and treatment indication
Authors: Yu Tosol , Choi Chul-Won , Kim Kyung Su 
Published: May 2019

Objective:
To report treatment outcomes of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) for non-spinal bone metastases in a single institution, and to compare assessments of Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v. 1.1 and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDA) criteria.

Methods:
From July 2011 to January 2017, 33 patients with 38 non-spinal bone metastatic lesions were treated using SABR. Treatment intent was categorized as follows: single metastasis or oligo-metastases; oligo-progression; and dominant areas of progression. Tumor responses were evaluated according to the RECIST and MDA criteria. Local control (LC) was defined as lesions that were not classified as progressive disease on both criteria.

Results:
The median follow-up period was 10.4 months (range, 2.5–47.4). Both 1- and 2 year LC rates were 94.2 %. The median overall survival (OS) was 20.2 months, and the median progression-free survival (PFS) was 6.9 months. Treatment intent was a significant factor for OS in multivariate analysis. The 1 year OS rates for single metastasis or oligo-metastasis, for oligo-progression, and for dominant areas of progression were 84.2%, 66.7%, and 0.0%, respectively ( p &lt; 0.001). Overall response rate was 86.8 % according to MDA criteria, and 75.7 % according to RECIST criteria. When using MDA criteria, there appeared to be significant associations both between response and PFS (median 7.6 months for responders vs 2.5 months for non-responders; p = 0.036) and between response and OS. In contrast, when using RECIST criteria, the associations were significant neither between response and PFS (median 5.8 months for responders vs 9.3 months for non-responders; p = 0.522) nor between response and OS (25.7 months for responders vs 18.5 months for non-responders; p = 0.811).

Conclusion:
SABR for non-spinal bone metastases demonstrated high LC rates with acceptable toxicity. The MDA criteria demonstrated advantages in predicting survival outcomes.

Advances in knowledge:
SABR for non-spinal bone metastases is a promising treatment option to achieve good local control. The MDA criteria, which is a newly proposed response evaluation criteria for bone metastases, has advantages in predicting survival outcomes compared to other established criteria.
Current review of surgical management options for extremity bone sarcomas
Authors: Cirstoiu Catalin , Cretu Bogdan , Serban Bogdan , Panti Zsombor , Nica Mihai 
Published: May 2019

Modern surgical management of extremity bone sarcomas is governed by limb-sparing surgery combined with adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy. All the resection and reconstruction techniques have to achieve oncologic excision margins, with survival rates and functional results superior to amputation. The main reconstruction techniques of bone defects resulted after resection are: modular endoprosthetic reconstruction; bone graft reconstruction; bone transport; resection arthrodesis; and rotationplasty. Oncologic resection and modular endoprosthetic reconstruction are the generally approved surgical options adopted for the majority of cases in major specialized bone sarcoma centres. Good basic principles, efficient multidisciplinary approach and sustained research in the field can provide a better future for the challenge posed by extremity bone sarcoma treatment. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2019;4:174-182. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.4.180048
Characteristics and risk factors for antituberculosis drug-induced liver injury in a cohort of patients with cirrhosis in a tertiary referral university teaching hospital in Thailand
Authors: Laoveeravat Passisd , Wongjarupong Nicha , Phathong Chonlada , Hurst Cameron , Treeprasertsuk Sombat , Rerknimitr Rungsun , Chaiteerakij Roongruedee 
Published: May 2019

Abstract

Background
Cirrhotic patients are susceptible to drug toxicity, which presents frequently with antituberculosis drug (ATD) treatment. Previous studies of ATD-induced liver injury (ATDILI) in cirrhotics have been limited to patients with early-stage cirrhosis.

Objectives
To describe characteristics and determine risk factors for ATDILI in cirrhotic patients.

Methods
We included 64 cirrhotic patients treated with ATDs between 2006 and 2016 in a tertiary referral university teaching hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Cirrhosis was diagnosed by radiological features, including small-sized nodular liver and/or caudate lobe hypertrophy or evidence of portal hypertension (collateral vessels, varices, and/or splenomegaly). Clinical information was retrospectively abstracted. Characteristics of patients with ATDILI vs. those without ATDILI were compared.

Results
Six (9.4%) patients developed ATDILI with the median duration from ATD initiation of 14 days (range: 6–66). All the 6 patients who developed ATDILI received 3 hepatotoxic ATDs (isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide) and had Child–Turcotte–Pugh class B cirrhosis. The patients with ATDILI were found to have a higher percentage of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection than patients without ATDILI (50% vs. 8.6%; P = 0.02).

Conclusions
Cirrhotic patients, particularly those with underlying HIV infection, are at risk of developing ATDILI. Pyrazinamide should be used cautiously in cirrhotic patients due to the significantly increased risk of ATIDLI. This study supports the current recommendation for the use of ATD in patients with cirrhosis; however, the ATD regimen should be carefully selected, particularly for cirrhotic patients with HIV infection.
After Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Authors: Kuklick Bruce 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
Rorty’s Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hoped that the profession of philosophy would collapse, that philosophy’s style of reasoning would be transformed, and that analytic philosophy would be overturned. This essay looks at the 40 years since the book’s publication, and argues that the discipline has become more professionalized, that its style of reasoning is the same, and that analysis still flourishes.
Rorty’s Rejection of Philosophy
Authors: Leiter Brian 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
I argue that the real puzzle about Richard Rorty’s intellectual development is not why he gave up on ‘analytic’ philosophy-he had never been much committed to that research agenda, even before it became moribund-but why, beginning with Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (PMN), he gave up on the central concerns of philosophy going back to antiquity. In addition to Rorty’s published works, I draw on biographical information about Rorty’s undergraduate and graduate education to support this assessment, and contrast his rejection of philosophy with Nietzsche’s. Many contemporary philosophers influenced by Quine’s attack on the analytic-synthetic distinction and Sellars’ attack on ‘the Myth of the Given’ (the two argumentative linchpins of PMN) did not abandon philosophical questions about truth, knowledge, and mind, they just concluded those questions needed to be naturalized, to be answered in conjunction with the empirical sciences. Why didn’t Rorty go this route? The paper concludes with some interesting anecdotes about Rorty that invite speculative explanations.
Prospects of the Sociology of Philosophy
Authors: Heidegren Carl-Göran 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
The article presents some key aspects of the approach called sociology of philosophy, as represented by Pierre Bourdieu, Randall Colins and others. Comparisons are made with the philosophical research programme, developed by Dieter Henrich, which goes under the name constellation research. One thing that unites the sociology of philosophy and constellation research is an interest in antagonistic constellations involving rivalry, competition and controversy. A few references to the case of Rorty are included in the discussion.
Relational Sociology–A Black Box Conception?
Authors: Greshoff Rainer 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
The article comments on Peetz’ concept of relational mechanisms. This concept is an alternative to mechanistical explanations of analytical sociology, conceptualized as based on human agents. Peetz criticises this foundation, juxtaposing it with the idea of the analytical primacy of relations. This perspective does not necessarily presuppose agents but can explain their emergence. To demonstrate the efficiency of his concept, he presents an explanation of a concrete mechanism. The analysis of this explanation shows that a crucial point is missing from the concept of relational mechanisms: the steps that produce a social process are never spelt out. Peetz thus presents a black box explanation, which is contrary to the demands of mechanistical explanations. His preference for black box argumentation is owed to his concepts. Unlike an enlightened methodological individualist, he is not in a position to explain the productions necessary for the formation of mechanistical processes.
Study on the unsaturated hydrogen bond behavior of bio-based polyamide 56
Authors: Zhang Shouyun , Ma Jinghong 
Published: May 2019

AbstractIn this paper, the unsaturated hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) of the bio-based polyamide 56 (PA56) with an odd-even unit structure were analyzed by infrared spectroscopy. It was proved that the bio-based PA56 had less saturated H-bonds, which became attenuated and blue-shifted at the temperature exceeding 260°C. Besides, as H-bond was decayed and broken, new unsaturated H-bonds readily formed. Moreover, the experimental results obtained strongly indicate that the unsaturated H-bonds of bio-based polyamide 56 could react with polar metal oxides. Besides, the intercalation of montmorillonite was found to have a significant influence on the hydrogen bond between polymer chains.
Effect of surface modifications on the properties of UHMWPE fibres and their composites
Authors: Li Cuiyu , Shi Yameng , Zhang Rui , Wang Gaopan , Jia Jingyan 
Published: May 2019

AbstractIn this study, ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres, modified by acetic acid, sulfuric acid and water at a ratio of 20:25:2 for different time periods and modified UHMWPE/EP composites were prepared. The micromorphology, chemical composition, contact angle, H sample extraction, tensile properties and bending performance of the composite material of the UHMWPE fibres before and after modification were tested and analysed. The results show that, after the UHMWPE fibres were treated with the modified liquid, the surface roughness of the fibre increased, the contact angle decreased, and the surface chemical composition and species significantly changed; the mechanical properties of the composites are best when the fibres were treated for 9 min. For the same fibre content, the specific strength, specific modulus and bending load of UHMWPE composites treated for 9 min were increased by 16.7%, 82.9% and 55.3%, respectively, compared with untreated samples.
Partial and full boundary regularity for non-autonomous functionals with Φ-growth conditions
Authors: Giannetti Flavia , Passarelli di Napoli Antonia , Tachikawa Atsushi 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
We prove partial and full boundary Hölder continuity, under a suitable regularity on the boundary datum, of the minimizers of non-autonomous integral functionals of the type

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Fractional calculus and generalized forms of special polynomials associated with Appell sequences
Authors: Khan Subuhi , Wani Shahid Ahmad 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
In this article, an operational definition, generating function, explicit summation formula, determinant definition and recurrence relations of the generalized families of Hermite–Appell polynomials are derived by using integral transforms and some known operational rules. An analogous study of these results is also carried out for the generalized forms of the Hermite–Bernoulli and Hermite–Euler polynomials.
Changqin NO. 1 inhibits neuronal apoptosis via suppressing GAS5 expression in a traumatic brain injury mice model
Authors: Dai Xingping , Yi Min , Wang Dongsheng , Chen Yanyi , Xu Xia 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
The present study was designed to investigate the mechanism of the traditional Chinese medicine Changqin NO. 1 on the amelioration of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Adult male C57BL/6J mice and newborn mice were used to generate a mouse TBI model and harvest primary neurons, respectively. The localizations of specific neural markers neuropilin-1 (Nrp-1), growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) and microtubule-associated protein Tau (Tau) were examined in brain tissues by immunohistochemistry. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling apoptotic cell detection in tissue sections and the CCK-8 cell viability assay were performed to examine neuronal apoptosis. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western blot were also carried out in this study. The association between long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) growth-arrest specific 5 (GAS5), miR-335 and RAS p21 GTPase activating protein 1 (Rasa1) was disclosed using the dual-luciferase reporter assay. Changqin NO. 1 inhibited TBI-induced neuronal apoptosis in vivo and in vitro. GAS5 functioned as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) by sponging miR-335 to upregulate Rasa1 expression in mouse neuronal cells. Further investigations demonstrated that GAS5 promoted neuronal apoptosis following TBI via the miR-335/Rasa1 axis. In vivo experiments indicated that Changqin NO. 1 exerted neuroprotection during TBI via the GAS5/miR-335/Rasa1 axis. Changqin NO. 1 promoted neuroprotective effects by inhibiting neuronal apoptosis via the GAS5/miR-335/Rasa1 axis in TBI.
Determinants of overweight and obesity among urban school-going children and adolescents: a case-control study in Bangladesh
Authors: Alam Mohammad Morshad , Hawlader Mohammad Delwer Hossain , Wahab Abrar , Hossain Md. Delowar , Nishat Shajeda Akter , Zaman Sanjana , Ahsan Gias Uddin 
Published: May 2019

Abstract

Background
Childhood overweight and obesity is a major public health concern all over the world. Overweight or obese children have a higher risk of becoming obese in adulthood and are at higher risk of associated chronic diseases.

Objective
The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among urban school children and adolescents in Bangladesh.

Materials and methods
A case-control study was conducted among students aged 10–16 years in 10 schools of Dhaka city. A structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic information and students’ exposure to various risk factors. Data were analyzed by using SPSS 23.

Results
Family income (p = 0.000), mother’s weight (p = 0.036), school activity (p = 0.046), total physical activity (p = 0.008), sedentary activities (p = 0.014), eating fast food (0.008) and cakes/biscuits (p = 0.018) were found as potential determinants of overweight and obesity of children and adolescents. A multiple logistic regression revealed family income >50,000 per month [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 3.07, p = 0.001], no physical activity (AOR = 38.3, p = 0.004), more than 4 h of sedentary activities (AOR = 4.84, p = 0.02), regular consumption of fast food (AOR = 3.05, p = 0.042) are risk factors associated with childhood overweight/obesity. Whereas, having a normal weight mother (AOR = 0.51, p = 0.037) and eating cakes/biscuits less than 3 days a week (AOR = 0.33, p = 0.02) were found as protective factors.

Conclusion
Findings from this study will be very useful for public health professionals to increase awareness regarding risk factors of overweight and obesity, in order to reduce the future burden of obesity-associated chronic diseases.
Interkulturalität als Schlüsselfaktor – Analysen zum Lehrwerk Chinesisch-deutsches Konsekutivdolmetschen – Ein Lehrwerk aus interkultureller Perspektive
Authors: Wenwei PANG , Jianfei SONG 
Published: May 2019

Zusammenfassung
Im Zeitalter der Globalisierung werden Informationen immer häufiger ausgetauscht, wobei Dolmetschen eine immer größere Rolle spielt. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist der Dolmetschunterricht im universitären Kontext unentbehrlich für Deutsch als Fremdsprache und die Förderung der Dolmetschkompetenz von Studenten wird im Unterricht zum Ziel gesetzt.
Als Teil der Dolmetschkompetenz ist die Kulturkompetenz nicht zu unterschätzen. Da zwischen China und Deutschland große kulturelle Unterschiede bestehen, sollte die Interkulturalität die Schlüsselrolle im Lehrwerk spielen. Das ist den Autoren dieses Beitrags bereits bei der Herausgabe des Lehrwerks Chinesisch-deutsches Konsekutivdolmetschen – Ein Lehrwerk aus interkultureller Perspektive bewusst und klar gewesen. Die Interkulturalität geht daher als roter Faden durch das ganze Lehrwerk, damit sich das interkulturelle Bewusstsein und die interkulturelle Sensibilität von Studenten herausbildet und die relevanten interkulturellen Kenntnisse vermittelt werden können. Im Hauptteil dieses Beitrags wird zunächst eine allgemeine Darstellung des Lehrwerks dargeboten und danach werden Übungsmöglichkeiten rund um die Interkulturalität mit Textbeispielen aus dem Lehrwerk erklärt. Dadurch wird erfahrbar, wie man das Lehrwerk aus interkultureller Perspektive im Unterricht anwenden kann.
Exploring Metaphors for the Reception History of the Lord’s Prayer
Authors: Clark David 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
In his work Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History, Brennan Breed argues that texts are nomads which – existing without original form and without original context – have no homeland to claim as their own. Their entire history has been marked by unpredictable movement and variation. He therefore proposes that the study of reception history should primarily be an exploration of the potentiality of textual meanings. The suggestion that meaning progresses without relationship to hermeneutical antecedents, however, runs contrary to Gadamer’s assertion that the contemporary effect (Wirkung) of a text always exists in unity with its historical effects. Following Gadamer, the reception historian may still explore hermeneutical potentiality – but does so with a sense of historical consciousness. In this light, the nature of a biblical text may be more suitably characterized by the metaphor of an emigrant rather than that of a nomad. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness of these divergent metaphors in our attempt to define both the nature of biblical texts and the task of the reception historian. Our test case will be the early interpretation history of the Lord’s Prayer. Given that the original form and context of this prayer are irretrievable, Breed’s theory is applicable in many respects. Yet it will also be seen that in the early reception history of the Lord’s Prayer there are also patterns of synchronic continuity. Amidst diverse agendas of theology and praxis, we find that interpretations of the Lord’s Prayer were consistently rooted in an inherited conceptualization of Jesus Christ – what we will call a canonical remembrance of his life and proclamation.
“Sword Handling: The Early Christian Reception of Matthew 10:34”
Authors: Croy N. Clayton 
Published: May 2019

AbstractThe saying of Jesus in Matt 10:34 that he has “not come to bring peace, but a sword,” seems at odds with the general tenor of his life and teachings. Some proponents of a revolutionary Jesus have seized upon this saying as evidence that he was sympathetic to, and perhaps even supportive of, violent revolution. This article surveys patristic commentary on this verse from the first few centuries to see how this “hard saying” was understood and handled. Although a small number of writers expressed unease about the imagery and the perceived contradiction with other texts of scripture, the general trend was to construe the “sword” metaphorically, usually by appealing to a variety of passages containing the same word. No patristic writer understood the saying as an endorsement of violence, even those whose socio-political context might have justified it. Finally, although some of the hermeneutical strategies of the Fathers may not be embraced by modern exegesis, they often produced readings that were culturally and religiously sensitive as well as rhetorically insightful.
Analysis on bearing performance of Y-shaped piles under compressive and tensile loading
Authors: Ren Lian Wei , Guo Wei Dong , Yang Quan Wei 
Published: May 2019

Y-shaped piles, characterised by three concave arches, are adopted in practice as they exhibit advantages over conventional circular piles. To facilitate their practical design, eight model tests were conducted in dry sand on Y-shaped piles (Y1 and Y2) and circular cross-sectional piles (C1 with the same section area Ap as pile Y2 and C2 with larger Ap but the same perimeter as Y2). Under compressive or tensile load, the tests provided load–settlement (displacement) data and the distributions of resistance along the pile shaft and at the pile base. The tests revealed the expansion (compressive loading) and contraction (tensile loading) effects on the pile capacity for the Y-shaped sections. Pile Y2 had a 70% larger ultimate capacity than pile C1. It induced a shaft resistance over 100% larger than that of C1 and 15% larger than that of C2. The ratio of ultimate tensile capacity to ultimate capacity (about 0·15) of the short Y-shaped piles was much lower than that of in situ piles. A simple expression considering shape effects was established to estimate the ultimate capacity of a pile under compressive loading and the results compared well with the model tests. Compared with the circular piles, the Y-shaped piles showed increases of 15% and 30% in shaft and base resistance, respectively, for compressive loading.