bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Quantitative analysis of brain perfusion parameters in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy by use of magnetic resonance imaging
Authors: Hartmann Antje , von Klopmann Clea , Lautenschläger Ines E. , Scholz Volkher B. , Schmidt Martin J. 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
OBJECTIVE To quantitatively analyze brain perfusion parameters in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy (IE) by use of MRI and to compare those findings with brain perfusion parameters for healthy dogs.
ANIMALS 12 client-owned dogs with IE.
PROCEDURES For each dog, standard MRI and perfusion-weighted imaging (before and after injection of gadoteric acid contrast medium) sequences of the brain were obtained during the interictal period by means of the same protocol used in a comparable study of healthy dogs. Time of contrast medium arrival, time to peak contrast enhancement, mean contrast transit time, and cerebral blood flow were calculated for the caudate nucleus, thalamus, piriform lobe, hippocampus, semioval center, and temporal cerebral cortex. Parameters for each structure were compared between dogs with IE and healthy dogs.
RESULTS Dogs with IE had a significantly greater mean time of contrast arrival and lower mean cerebral blood flow than healthy dogs. Differences in cerebral blood flow between dogs with IE and healthy dogs were most pronounced in the piriform lobe, thalamus, and temporal cerebral cortex. The mean contrast transit time did not differ between dogs with IE and healthy dogs.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Results suggested that, compared with healthy dogs, dogs with IE have decreased blood perfusion of the brain. Findings of this study can be used as a basis for further research into functional changes within the brains of epileptic dogs during the interictal phase.
Effect of oral administration of robenacoxib on inhibition of paracentesis-induced blood-aqueous barrier breakdown in healthy cats
Authors: Sharpe Emily K. , Meekins Jessica M. , Roush James K. , Rankin Amy J. , KuKanich Butch 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of oral administration of robenacoxib on inhibition of anterior chamber paracentesis (ACP)-induced breakdown of the blood-aqueous barrier (BAB) and assess whether robenacoxib can cross an intact BAB in healthy cats.
ANIMALS 12 healthy adult domestic shorthair cats.
PROCEDURES Cats received robenacoxib (6-mg tablet in a treat, PO; n = 6) or a control treatment (treat without any drug, PO; 6) once daily for 3 days, beginning 1 day before ACP. One eye of each cat served as an untreated control, whereas the other underwent ACP, during which a 30-gauge needle was used to aspirate 100 μL of aqueous humor for determination of robenacoxib concentration. Both eyes of each cat underwent anterior chamber fluorophotometry at 0 (immediately before), 6, 24, and 48 hours after ACP. Fluorescein concentration and percentage fluorescein increase were used to assess extent of ACP-induced BAB breakdown and compared between cats that did and did not receive robenacoxib.
RESULTS Extent of BAB breakdown induced by ACP did not differ significantly between cats that did and did not receive robenacoxib. Low concentrations of robenacoxib were detected in the aqueous humor (mean, 5.32 ng/mL; range, 0.9 to 16 ng/mL) for 5 of the 6 cats that received the drug.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Results indicated that oral administration of robenacoxib did not significantly decrease extent of BAB breakdown in healthy cats. Detection of low robenacoxib concentrations in the aqueous humor for most treated cats indicated that the drug can cross an intact BAB.
Four Riders of the Apocalypse of the Polish Bureaucracy
Authors: Kieżun Witold 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
This article was originally published in Polish as: Witold Kieżun, Czterej jeźdźcy apokalipsy polskiej biurokracji, Kultura, No. 3/630, Paris 2000. The Literary Institute (publisher of the “Kultura” monthly) expressed its interest in and consent to the publication of an English-language version of this article. Professor Witold Kieżun also gave his consent to the translation of his text and its posting in the pages of the journal Foundations of Management. The text was written in 1999 and introduced subsequent to January 1 of that year, regarding the reform of the administrative division of Poland, which involved, among other things, three-stage structure of territorial division and the introduction of counties as administrative units (editorial note).
Development and validation of Acacia koa and A. koaia nuclear SSRs using Illumina sequencing
Authors: Lawson Shaneka S. , Ebrahimi Aziz 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
Koa (Acacia koa) and sub-species koaia (A. koaia) are two of more than 1,200 species from the genus Acacia within the Leguminosae (also designated Fabaceae) family. In the past, koa and koaia forests were found throughout the Hawaiian archipelago but populations have dramatically decreased. Comprehensive analyses of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) have not been published previously. Here we use genome sequencing and bioinformatics tools to report development of 100,000+ nuclear SSR (nuSSR) markers for use in koa and koaia genome studies with transcriptome SSR information was inclu­ded for comparison. Over 10,000 high-value SSRs (40-60 % GC content) were isolated with 3,600+ further validated by ePCR. SSRs generated in this work can assist current efforts to sustai­nably increase in koa and koaia populations.
Airline Quality Assessment Methodology Taking Into Account the Flight Safety Level Based on Factor Analysis
Authors: Bogdane Ruta , Bitiņš Aleksandrs , Šestakovs Vladimirs , Dissanayake Yasaratne Bandara 
Published: March 2018

AbstractIn this article, the authors offer a methodology for determining the quality of airline performance by taking into account the level of flight safety on the basis of factor analysis and the results of methodology approbation in the conditions of a functioning airline. The assessment of the level of airline performance quality taking into account the level of flight safety within a certain time span is rather sensitive, informative and reliable. They allow us to detect those changes in industrial and economic conditions and factors that are related to a certain degree of potential deterioration of flight safety. This creates conditions for revealing the tendencies towards the deterioration of flight safety at the stage of their origin, when they have not yet caused deep, irreversible changes in the flight safety of an airline.
Penyelenggaraan Pendidikan Karakter Melalui Optimalisasi Pelaksanaan Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan
Authors: Widyastono Herry 
Published: March 2018

A huge number of research findings indicate that there is an obvious moral degradation within youngsters. This is one of the problems encountered by Indonesia. Corruption, intolerance, distrust, violence to other people, and so on and so forth are also other serious problems. Accordingly, the implant of a character building to learners constitutes a compulsory because this will not only result in smart students, but also make them to have good character as well a to be polite. By having such characters they will be useful for themselves of their lives and other people in community as well. The predetermined characters have already been included in the â€œgraduate competence standardâ€ and â€œcontent standardâ€ for basic and secondary education and these are as reference to enact school-based curriculum. There are some principles of conveying the values to students at primary, junior and senior secondary schools, among other things (a) sustainability, (b) be integrated to all existing subject matters, local content, self-development, and the habitual acts in schools, (3) the values are not taught in isolation, but be developed and be implemented involving students to be active and enjoyable.Â ABSTRAKBerbagai hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat kecenderungan semakin merosotnya nilai nilai moral dan karakter para remaja. Bahkan, tidak di kalangan remaja saja, secara umum bangsa Indonesia dihadapkan pada berbagai problem kebangsaan yang tidak mencerminkan karakter bangs Indonesia, seperti budaya korup, lebih menyukai jalan pintas, intoleran, kekerasan, ketidakpercayaan kepada pihak lain (distrust). Penyelenggaraan pendidikan karakter menjadi suatu keharusan karena pendidikan karakter tidak hanya menjadikan peserta didik menjadi cerdas, tetapi juga mempunyai budi pekerti dan sopan santun, sehingga keberadaannya sebagai anggota masyarakat menjadi bermakna baik bagi dirinya maupun bagi orang lain. Nilai-nilai karakter sudah termuat dalam Standar Kompetensi Lulusan dan Standar Isi yang merupakan acuan dalam menyusun Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan. Implementasi pendidikan karakter mengacu pada prinsip-prinsip: a) berkelanjutan; b) diintegrasikan ke dalam semua mata pelajaran yang sudah ada, muatan lokal, pengembangan diri, dan budaya sekolah, dan c) nilai-nilai karakter tidak diajarkan tapi dikembangkan dan dilaksanakan, serta d) pembelajaran dilakukan peserta didik secara aktif dan menyenangkan.
Formal Service Learning Opportunities: Engineering Internships in Social Entrepreneurship Organizations
Authors: Saviz Camilla M. , Fernandez Abel A. , Basha Elizabeth A. 
Published: March 2018

Over the past three years, a collaboration between the School of Engineering and the ABC Center for DEF at the University of the XYZ has provided students with internship opportunities at five different social entrepreneurship organizations distributed among six countries. The summer internship program administered by the ABC Center seeks to provide an enriching experience for participants, to raise awareness of the broad application of social entrepreneurship across different disciplines, and provide qualified student assistance to organizations seeking specific help. Working with the socially entrepreneurial organization, students were required to apply problem-solving skills in environments where language, culture, technical support, and supervision were very different from levels experienced during their more ‘traditional’ internships in the United States. These internships in social entrepreneurship allowed students to learn first-hand that successfully implementing projects in other countries requires strong technical skills and a fundamental understanding of local cultural, political, and contextual factors. At the institutional level, lessons learned included the importance of forming strategic partnerships to increase opportunities and capitalize on limited resources, and the need to use existing frameworks to facilitate student involvement in such service-learning opportunities.
Wastewater Treatment for a Coffee Processing Mill in Nicaragua: A Service-Learning Design Project
Authors: Marsolek Michael D. , Cummings Patrick K. , Alcantara Joshua T. , Wynne Michael , Quintero Luis F. , Vallejos Carlos , Jackels Charles F. , Jackels Susan C. 
Published: March 2018

An undergraduate capstone design project team consisting of candidates for the BS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and faculty designed a wastewater treatment facility for a coffee processing mill in rural Nicaragua. The team visited Nicaragua to interview the client community, survey the actual site, and hold discussions with local development agencies, agricultural cooperatives, and potential contractors. Three alternative designs were developed, and the community chose one involving a settling basin and a series of three infiltration pits. The treatment system is expected to meet MARENA discharge standards for pH, turbidity, and chemical oxygen demand (COD) of discharge wastewater. The project team further secured sufficient funding from Tetra Tech, an environmental consulting firm, to build the coffee mill and the water treatment facility. On a subsequent visit, the mill and treatment facility were seen to be well constructed and functional. Several important lessons regarding international service learning design projects were learned: the need for a large cost overrun buffer; the utility of having contributors on-site during both important decision making stages and construction; the value of working with local organizations to facilitate remote work projects; the possibility of private sponsorship and partnership for charitable projects; and the need to work with the community to design and select appropriate technologies.
Impacts of Service-Learning on the Professional Social Responsibility Attitudes of Engineering Students
Authors: Bielefeldt Angela R. , Canney Nathan 
Published: March 2018

This research explored correlations between the social responsibility attitudes of engineering students and their participation in service-learning and/or extracurricular engineering service activities, such as Engineers Without Borders (EWB). Social responsibility attitudes were measured using a survey with fifty Likert items. The survey also collected information about students’ participation frequency in service-learning courses, EWB, and service trips. Survey responses were received from students at five institutions who were primarily in their first or senior year and majoring in civil, environmental, or mechanical engineering. Findings showed that incoming first-year students with higher frequency of service-learning participation during high school had higher average social responsibility. College service-learning courses had a beneficial impact on social responsibility attitudes. In open-ended responses, a number of students directly cited service-learning courses as impacting their views of social responsibility. Students who participated in EWB had more positive social responsibility attitudes than students who did not participate in EWB. This is due, primarily, to students with high social responsibility opting into activities like EWB. Future research is needed to determine the specific aspects of the service-learning experiences that foster positive attitudes toward social responsibility in engineering students, such as types of structured reflection and reciprocal partnerships with the community.
Lactobacillus Species Detected by 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Isolated from the vaginae of Pregnant Women and its relation to preterm labor
Authors: Nasir Shaimaa Abdulamer , Mohammed Balsam Kahtan , G.J. Alabsi Sameera 
Published: March 2018

Preterm labor is a common and serious obstetric complication that is believed to be multifactorial. Lactobacilli vaginal colonization is proposed as a protective agent against preterm delivery and that women with bacterial vaginosis, with altered vaginal flora in favor of lactobacilli species absence, is a risk factor for increased incidence of preterm labor; however enough controversy is present in available published literature. This study was aimed to evaluate the association between vaginal bacterial composition and the rate of preterm labor in pregnant women. Vaginal swabs form a total of 250 pregnant women were obtained and assessed using the V2-V3 region of the 16S rRNA sequences for an estimation of lactobacilli colonization. These women were followed up for the outcome of pregnancy. Women with predominantly lactobacilli species were significantly less liable for preterm labor than those women who lack lactobacilli species in their vaginal samples, 10.4% versus 64.2% (P<0.001). To evaluate the risk of preterm labor associated with non-lactobacilli bacterial colonization, Odds ratio was estimated and it was 15.39 (95% confidence interval of 7.91- 29.95). This study concluded that the risk of preterm labor is significantly increased with bacterial vaginosis in favor of alteration of vaginal flora with deficient lactobacilli species.
Keywords: Lactobacillus; Preterm labor; Gene Sequence
UPAYA PENINGKATAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA PADA MATA PELAJARAN SOSIOLOGI DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF GROUP INVESTIGATION
Authors: Ismanita Ismanita 
Published: March 2018

Siswa SMA Negeri 1 Bangkinang pada kondisi di lapangan, menunjukkan hasil belajar sosiologinya rendah. Hal ini dilihat dari ketuntasan hasil belajar siswa kelas XI IPS 2 yang hanya 40% siswa yang tuntas KKM dari jumlah siswa 25 orang. Hasil ini berdasarkan analisa ulangan harian yang telah dilakukan. Secara umum siswa tersebut selama pembelajaran sosiologi ini mengalami kesulitan dalam belajar sosiologi khususnya dalam menganalisa dan menyimpulkan suatu permasalahan dalam pembelajaran sosiologi tersebut. Disamping itu siswa juga kurang aktif ketika belajar, karena dalam strategi pembelajaran yang masih bersifat tradisional (ceramah saja) sering membuat siswa kurang berminat belajar sosiologi. Untuk mendapatkan solusi dari permasalahan ini maka dilakukan penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK) dengan menggunakan model pembelajaran kooperatif Group Investigation dalam pembelajaran struktur social dan konflik social.Penelitian tindakan kelas ini dilakukan 2 siklus pembelajaran masing-masing siklus terdiri dari atas 4 langkah yaitu: (1) Perencanaan, (2) Tindakan, (3) Observasi, (4). Refleksi. Subjek penelitian adalah siswa kelas XI IPS 2 SMAN 1 Bangkinang.Hasil penelitiab menunjukkan terjadi peningkatan hasil belajar siswa melalui pembelajaran kooperatif tipe Group Investigation (GI). Peningkatan hasil belajar sosiologi ditandai dengan peningkatan daya serap dan ketubtasan belajar sosiologi
MANFAAT GURU TAMU UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR KELAS XI TEKNIK SEPEDA MOTOR SMK YPTN BANGKINANG KOTA
Authors: Firdaus Firdaus 
Published: March 2018

Firdaus.2015. manfaat guru tamu untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar pada mata pelajaran memperbaiki system bahan bakar bensin kelas XI teknik sepeda motor smk yptn bangkinang. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menjelaskan manfaat bagi siswa belajar dengan mendatangkan guru tamu dari dunia usaha/dunia industry (DU/DI) antara lain: (1) Perbedaan kesungguhan siswa dalam hal ketetapan siswa untuk hadir di bengkel praktek saat jam praktek ketika belajar bersama guru tamu dengan dan tanpa guru tamu. (2) perbedaan keseriusan siswa dalam menggunakan pakaian praktek saat melakukan praktek dengan guru tamu dan praktek tanpa guru tamu.(3) perbedaan hasil belajar bersama guru tamu dengan bukan guru tamu.Populasi penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XI jurusan teknik sepeda motor smk yptn bangkinang. Di selenggarakan pada semester 2 TP 2014/2015.Hasil dari data menunjukkan bahwa semua komponen yang di teliti mengalami peningkatan setelah di lakukan pengamatan pada siklus 1 dan siklus 2. Artinya pemanfaatan guru tamu untuk pelajaran praktek di smk yptn bangkinang dapat memberikan hasil positif bagi para siswa.
Effects of the Nordic hamstring exercise on the architecture of the semitendinosus
Authors: Alonso-Fernandez Diego , Gutierrez-Sanchez Águeda , Garcia-Remeseiro Tania , Garganta Rui 
Published: March 2018

BACKGROUND: Eccentric strength training changes muscle architecture but it is also an important factor for the prevention of injuries and their rehabilitation. OBJECTIVE: To determine the architectural adaptations of the semitendinosus (ST) after an eccentric strength training protocol with Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE), followed by a subsequent detraining period. METHODS: Twenty-three male individuals, aged 25.5 [Formula: see text] 3.3, completed an 8 week intervention, where the architectural characteristics of the ST were evaluated using a two-dimensional ultrasound before (pretest-week-1), after the training period (posttest-week-9) and at the end of the detraining period (retest-week-13). RESULTS: The post-test scores indicated that eccentric strength training resulted in a significant increase in the fascicle length (FL) (t [Formula: see text]12.5, [Formula: see text] 3.53, [Formula: see text] 0.01) and muscle thickness (MT) (t [Formula: see text]9.69, [Formula: see text] 2.85, [Formula: see text] 0.01), whereas the pennation angle (PA) decreased significantly (t [Formula: see text] 6.42, [Formula: see text] 1.76, [Formula: see text] 0.01). In retest, both FL (t [Formula: see text] 9.7, [Formula: see text] 2.65, [Formula: see text] 0.01) and MT (t [Formula: see text] 9.18, [Formula: see text] 2.65, [Formula: see text] 0.01) decreased significantly, whereas PA showed a significant increase (t [Formula: see text]5.39, [Formula: see text] 1.47, [Formula: see text] 0.01). CONCLUSION: The NHE seems to generate adaptations in ST architecture, which, in addition, are also reversible after a detraining period. These results may have practical implications for injury prevention and rehabilitation programmes.
Are we making SMART decisions regarding return to training of injured football players? Preliminary results from a pilot study
Authors: Gomez-Piqueras Pedro , González-Víllora Sixto , Grassi Alberto , Gojanovic Boris , Hägglund Martin , Waldén Markus 
Published: March 2018

BACKGROUND: “ When will I be able to play again?” is the most frequent question asked by injured athletes. Due to the complex nature of sports injury, deciding when an injured athlete may safely return to training is a critical and difficult decision. OBJECTIVE: To study if the Safe Multidimensional Algorithm for Return to Training (SMART) scores, applied before the release to full return to training after injury differs between football players who suffer a subsequent re-injury and football players who do not. METHOD: Seventy one male professional football players were prospectively monitored for injuries during two seasons. The SMART tool was applied in injured players with an absence [Formula: see text] 10 days. The injured player had to carry out 17 multidimensional tests included in the algorithm in his final days of the planned rehabilitation. The results of the SMART were compared between players who sustained re-injuries and those who did not. RESULTS: Fifty-five injuries with absence [Formula: see text] 10 days were recorded and re-injuries occurred in 12 of these cases (22%). There was a lower re-injury rate in players who presented a better recovery in pain ([Formula: see text] 0.001), agility (RR 21.0, 95% CI: 2.0 to 213.2), advanced agility (RR 26.7, 95% CI: 4.9 to 142.8), anxiety (RR 8.6, 95% CI: 2.0 to 36.2), depression (RR 10.3, 95% CI: 1.5 to 65.7), self-perception ([Formula: see text] 0.001), advanced skills mode (RR 20.5, 95% CI: 3.3 to 125.9) and group skills mode ([Formula: see text] 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: A multidimensional approach of Return to Training that includes objective measures may indicate potential deficiencies in the recovery of injured players.