bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Looking and behaving: Sartorial politics and Jewish men in fin-de-siècle Vienna
Authors: Kaplan Jonathan C. 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
The contribution of Viennese Jews to the cultural milieu of the Austrian capital at the fin de siècle is undisputed. Jewish women and men contributed to the social artistic, economic and philosophical centrality of Viennese culture. But what did Jewish urban, middle-class men wear and in what ways was it significant. This article examines the sartorial habits of two Viennese cultural and literary icons, Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) and Peter Altenberg (1859–1919), and considers how men’s fashions in Vienna during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries both facilitated and negated the assimilatory aspirations of the city’s middle-class Jewish population. A comparison of visual and literary accounts of Jewish acculturation and assimilation will offer a further understanding of the manifestation of visual ‘Jewishness’ and the heterogeneous Jewish identities present in Vienna during the period.
Clothing-related information-seeking practices in an online menswear community
Authors: Lellock J. Slade 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Despite increasing cultural expectations for men to attend to their physical appearance, there remains significant dearth of face-to-face social contexts in which men can comfortably pursue clothing-related knowledge. As such, there exists scarce scholarship on the ways that men use online resources to construct articulations of masculinity through clothing and dress. In this article, I examine men’s clothing-related knowledge-seeking practices in the subreddit Male Fashion Advice (MFA), a widely visited online style community. Men’s participation in MFA offers a rich and unexplored social context in which to examine this phenomenon. Based on virtual ethnographic fieldwork, I address the following two research questions: (1) Which factors prompt men to seek out clothing-related knowledge and advice? and (2) About which aspects of clothing, style and dress do men express the most concern? I also provide a discussion of the implications of my findings in terms of their consequences for contemporary constructions of masculinities and give suggestions for future research.
Decisions men make with ill-fitting clothing: Keep it or throw it away?
Authors: Saiki Diana , Ritchie Kayla Crecelius , Finch Rebekah 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
The purpose of this article was to examine why men keep clothing that does not fit. Previous research with women suggests that clothes that do not fit are not simply thrown away, but may be kept as a reflection of the self. A web-based survey that prompted discussion of keeping ill-fitting clothing was completed by 76 men at a Midwestern university of all ages. The themes found were these clothes were kept for Weight Management, Investment Value, Sentimental Value and Functional Value. Young men made less reference to Weight Management than older ones. Younger men kept clothing for Sentimental Value with pleasant associations to childhood. Societal pressures to limit interaction with clothing were evident with responses such as finding function in ill-fitting clothing rather than purchasing new ones. However, identity was reflected in these choices. Further research with men is needed to fully understand clothing disposal practices among men.
Lin-Manuel Miranda: Digital age diva
Authors: Hillman-McCord Jessica 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Lin-Manuel Miranda, of Hamilton fame, confounds the traditional definition of the musical theatre diva in both his identity and his methods of modern, digital fan engagement. His personal attributes do not fit the most obvious definitions of divadom: he is cis-male and most scholarship on divas presumes an outsized femininity; he is an author, whereas we think of divas as solely performers; he is not vocally powerful and divas’ voices are commonly overwhelming and strong. However, not in spite of the fact, but rather because Miranda troubles the traditional understanding of the diva, he also inspires passionately devoted fans, one of the most crucial elements defining divadom. He engages these fans with his masterful use of the Internet and social media. Miranda, by finding the perfect expression of his multi-layered identity online, offers an instructive model for understanding how the digital world provides a re-articulation of the notion of Broadway divadom.
Book Reviews
Authors: Miller Ray , Holme Mark J. 
Published: May 2018

Abstract

Agnes de Mille: Telling Stories in Broadway Dance, Kara Anne Gardner (2017)
New York: Oxford University Press, 231 pp.,
ISBN: 9780199733682, h/bk, $36.96

The Disney Musical on Stage and Screen: Critical Approaches from ‘Snow White’ to ‘Frozen’, George Rodosthenous (ed.) (2017)
London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 257 pp.,
ISBN: 9781474234160, p/bk, $21.59
‘The world belongs to the young?’: Age and the golden age diva in Coco (1969) and Applause (1970)
Authors: Cantu Maya 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Among the most pervasive mythologies of the Broadway diva is her evocation of indomitable agelessness. This article considers two musicals that both affirm and complicate the myth of the invincible Broadway diva by focusing explicitly on the ageing of their female protagonists: 1969’s Coco, a bio-musical about the life of Coco Chanel, starring Katharine Hepburn; and 1970’s Applause, based on All About Eve, starring Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing. Engaging with the cultural contexts of the women’s liberation movement and the Vietnam-era Broadway nostalgia boom, both Coco and Applause appeared as glamorous comeback vehicles for their late-middle-aged, Old Hollywood stars. In the musicals’ frank obsession with age, and with the ageing body of the diva, Coco and Applause both anticipated Sondheim’s Follies (1971), and channelled their creators’ anxieties about the fading cultural status of the Broadway musical (and its Old Hollywood counterparts) in the face of the youthful counterculture.
Diva relations in The Color Purple, the 2015 Broadway revival
Authors: Paredez Deborah 
Published: May 2018

Abstract

The Color Purple’s 2015 revival departs from Broadway musical conventions by showcasing not just one singular diva, but by depicting the performative prowess of three different divas – Celie, Sofia and Shug – in relation to one another. The revival stages divaness as a liberatory mode of relations among women. Divas here act as facilitators of female relationships that are otherwise foreclosed by racism and patriarchy. Throughout the revival, expressions of diva virtuosity serve to forge and solidify – rather than isolate the diva from – liberatory female bonds. The production’s promotional materials and theatrical elements – including its conventional musical numbers, its unconventional trinity of diva performers and director John Doyle’s signature character-focused approach to ensemble acting, Brechtian staging and minimalist design – amplify the centrality of diva relations at the heart of story’s womanist aesthetics and upend traditional understandings of the Broadway diva by staging divaness as a mode of womanist relations.
Katherine Dunham: The crossing and [con]fusion of borders by Broadway’s original diasporic dance diva
Authors: Stiehl Pamyla 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Although current musical theatre scholarship rarely anthologizes or analyses the work of dancer/choreographer/director Katherine Dunham, she is the prototype of a Broadway dance diva. As such, she subverted marginalizing norms to fully realize and exploit a validated self-expressive model of authoritative and authorial power on both the commercial and concert theatre/dance stages. In the process, Dunham up-ended diva-muse and gendered labour paradigms, confronting and superseding restrictive constructs of gender and normative femininity. As a woman of colour, she used her star power to ‘dance’ blended, diasporic narratives of race and multiculturalism, as well as bridge highly subjective and fluid genre demarcations and art/entertainment binaries in the dance and theatre arenas. Such signature hallmarks – identity, control, transgression, personal comment and singular talent – bespeak a formidable and groundbreaking model of dance divadom.
Stepping out of line: (Re)claiming the diva for the dancers of Broadway
Authors: Martincich Dustyn 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Working from the terms and examples set in musical theatre, opera and ballet, this article expands the definition of Broadway’s diva to include the powerful performances of Broadway’s dancing divas Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera and Donna McKechnie. Drawing on gender and queer studies in performance, musical theatre studies and dance studies, this article reframes the musical theatre diva in a way that acknowledges the virtuosity of the body as tantamount to that of the voice. By highlighting the dancing diva, I make a case for her as collaborator, translator and artist of her own instead of simply as a muse for male directors, choreographers and composers. Finally, by featuring Verdon, Rivera and McKechnie, I point to the dancing diva’s essential impact on the evolving artistry of musical theatre in the twentieth century by highlighting their contributions to the narrative power of dance and their roles in establishing unique expectations for the triple-threat performer.
How can the small screen contain her? Television, genre and the twenty-first-century Broadway diva onslaught
Authors: Kessler Kelly 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Despite her continued presence on American television, the Broadway diva’s theatrical grandiosity has often pushed up against television form and displayed a contentious relationship with stylistic specificities of the box-bound medium. This article posits that the twenty-first-century television industry has shifted in various ways, allowing for a more nuanced symbiotic relationship between the diva and television programming. Old and new divas alike have become staples of network, cable and streaming content, with such iconic figures as Liza Minnelli, Elaine Stritch, Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald appearing and reappearing on TVs and mobile devices across America. Importantly and much more often than in previous eras, these Broadway divas have been able to embrace their true divadom across genres (e.g. live musicals, melodramas and sitcoms). Highlighting a perfect storm of shifts in marketing, genre (gendered genre) and viewing habits, I position millennial television as a natural home for Broadway’s grande dames.
The somewhat different diva: Impersonation, ambivalence and the musical comedy performances of Julian Eltinge
Authors: Wilson James F. 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Female impersonator and musical theatre star Julian Eltinge (1881–1941) was as formidable a draw on the musical stages as George M. Cohan in the first decades of the twentieth century. Eltinge headlined a series of musical comedies and revues, including The Fascinating Widow (1911) and Cohan and Harris Minstrels (1908). His musical comedy diva performances were inspired by the Gibson Girl image, and he enacted cross-racial performances in musical revues. As a man-impersonating-a-woman-impersonating-a-diva, he underscored the performativity of gender and race. In this article, I examine a different kind of diva performance through Eltinge’s performance: the ambivalent diva. As a white and – vigorously proclaimed – heterosexual man, Eltinge undermined his own rebelliousness through the eventual divulgence of his masculinity and subsequent repudiation of the cultural identities he performed. Eltinge’s unassailable performance ultimately and forcefully symbolized the political, social and material tensions of the Progressive Era.
Hematoprotective effect of boron on cyclophosphamide toxicity in rats
Authors: Cengiz Mustafa 
Published: May 2018

The goal of this study was to determine the effects of boric acid (B) as a boron source on blood cells and indirectly on bone marrow. Intraperitoneally (i.p.) administration of 200 mg / kg of cyclophosphamide (CP) resulted in reductions in the number of erythrocyte (20%), hemoglobin (20%), leukocytes (96%), thrombocytes (41%), and hematocrit (21%). The group given CP alone was killed 3 days after the CP administrated. For the group having CP+B (200 mg/kg i.p) treatment was started 3 days earlier than the CP administration and continued to the finish of the experiment (6 days). On day 4, the animals were weighed again, relative doses of CP were expected, and CP+B was administered together. On day 7, blood samples were collected under anesthesia. The results suggest that B could reduce CP -induced toxicity on blood cells and bone marrow in rats.
FcÎ³ receptor III expression and morphological maturity on neutrophil are associated with higher iron level of major beta-thalassemia
Authors: Ghozali Mohammad , Cakranita Tiwi Harjanti , Tjahjadi Adi Imam , Reniarti Lelani , Ghrahani Reni , Syamsunarno MRAA , Setiabudiawan Budi , Panigoro Ramdan 
Published: May 2018

Lifetime blood transfusion experienced by major Î²-thalassemia patients complicated with iron overload, therefore, may lead to their tissue injury. Ultimately, free toxic iron may alter immune response via dysregulation of immune cell activity producing prolonged effector reaction. Neutrophil as one of the vital innate immune cell despite serves as the first line of defense resulting acute inflammation has a pivotal role in chronic inflammation while releasing the toxic substance that interferes biological processes. This process is initiated by one of them by activation of FcÎ³ Receptor III (CD16), a neutrophil membrane-bound protein. A cross-sectional laboratory study involving lysed-erythrocyte heparinized whole blood of fifty pediatric major Î²-thalassemia patients treated with monoclonal antibodies i.e. CD16, CD14, and HLA-DR, dissected into CD16+ and CD16++ population using flow cytometry. Expression of FcÎ³ Receptor III was measured as Median Fluorescent Intensity (MFI). Hematology and iron status were measured. A correlation analysis was done. MFI of CD16 neutrophil [509.5 (371 – 796.5)] and ferritin level [(3209 µg/L, 1862 – 4564)] was positively correlated (r = 0.4, P = 0.007). Respectively, ferritin and serum iron were found negatively correlated with segmented neutrophils (r = -0.3, P = 0.02; r = -0.3, P = 0.02). Change in CD16 expression may implicate preliminarily neutrophil activation as a response of iron-overloaded tissue and result in chronic inflammation in Î²-thalassemia patients. However, the maturity of this cell may be altered. Future study in the understanding of neutrophil-mediated inflammation, particularly related to immune complexes and functionality, is imperative to be explored.
Blood metabolism study on protection of residual renal function of hemodialysis patients by traditional Chinese medicine Kidney Flaccidity Compound
Authors: Hu Qiong-dan , Wu Wei-hua , Zeng Yan , Wen Ji , Li Xiao-jun , Pan Wei , Zhang Mao-ping , Hu Bo , Lei Chun-yan , Fan Junming 
Published: May 2018

In recent years, metabolomics using high-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) has been used to study the metabolic profiles in plasma, urine, stool and tissue in animal model of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In the previous work, we found that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) "Kidney Flaccidity Compound” (KFC) based on "kidney flaccidity theory” can improve renal function and quality of life of patients with kidney disease. This study aimed to investigate the metabolic profiles in peripheral blood of hemodialysis patients administrated by KFC for 1.5 and 3 months and explore the potential metabolic mechanism using UPLC. Results showed that 121 metabolites were different between KFC 3-months group and untreated control, of which 75 were significantly upregulated and 46 were significantly downregulated. In the 1.5-months treatment group, there were 365 metabolites, of which 164 were significantly upregulated and 192 downregulated. There were 6 metabolites and 15 metabolites upregulated 3-fold in 3-months and 1.5-months KFC treatment group, respectively. In addition, more than 60 new metabolites were identified in the peripheral blood in KFC treated patients, including two potential diagnostic markers MGDG 30:8 and 2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(1R,4S) -2,2,4-trimethyl-3-oxabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-5-yl]oxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol. The pathway enrichment analysis showed thce differential metabolites mainly enriched in Arginine and proline metabolism, Urea cycle, Tyrosine metabolism, Methionine metabolism, Tricarboxylic acid cycle, and Androgen and estrogen metabolism. The findings are helpful to reveal the mechanism of KFC protects CKD, and to provide a new strategy for recovery renal function in hemodialysis patients.
Analysis of peripheral blood T-cell subsets and regulatory T-cells in multiple myeloma patients
Authors: Huang Lai-quan , Wang Jian-xin , He Kun , Jiang Yi-zhi , Wei Zhong-ling , Huang Dong-ping , Chu Li-li 
Published: May 2018

To study the peripheral blood T-cell subsets and regulatory T-cells of multiple myeloma (MM) patients. 48 MM patients and 24 healthy controls were enrolled. Changes in peripheral blood T-cell subsets in the MM patients i.e. CD4+CD25+T cells and CD4+CD25+CD127lowT regulatory cells (CD4+CD25+CD127lowTregs) and in healthy controls were measured using flow cytometry and immunohischemistry. The total T-cells (CD3+) in peripheral blood lymphocyte and auxiliary/induced T-cells (CD3+CD4+ T cell) of the 48 MM patients showed no statistical significance when compared with those of the control group. Suppressor/cytotoxicity T-cells (CD3+CD8+ T cell) increased (p < 0.05). CD4+CD25+T cells and CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs were significantly higher than corresponding values in the healthy group (p < 0.05). The CD4+/CD8+ T cell ratio of Stage III MM patients was significantly lower than that of the control group (p < 0.05). The CD4+CD25+T cells and CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs of MM patients in the stable and the progressive stages were significantly higher than those of MM patients in the control group (p < 0.05). The abnormality of the peripheral blood T-cell subset, increased expression of CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs, and low cellular immunity of MM patients are related to clinical staging and progression of the disease. The quantity of CD4+CD25+CD127lowTregs of peripheral blood cells of MM patients could be significantly increased through the inhibition of CD4+ and CD8+T cell activities. CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs promotes tumor growth through the inhibition of immunologic cell proliferation. Immunological dysfunction based on Tregs cells plays an important role in the pathogenic course.
Detection of gene expression in sentinel lymph node of primary breast cancer patients
Authors: Soleimani Shahrzad , Alizadeh Shargh Shohreh , Keramatinia Aliasghar , Mehrvar Narjes , Mansouri Neda , Doosti Abbas , Mortazavi-Tabatabaei Seyed Abdolreza , Hashemi Mehrdad , Movafagh Abolfazl 
Published: May 2018

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) micrometstasis detection improves outcome for breast cancer follow up procedure. The aim of the present study was to identify gene profiles that accurately predicted the outcome of breast cancer patients. Fifty tumor sample from breast cancer patients were analyzed for the expression of 3 genes using quantitative-PCR. Also clinical verification for recurrence to distant organs was performed. Three gene signature were confirmed based on tumor's stage, grade, ER status, using conditional logistic regression. Based on this findings, the negative reported lymph nodes for metastasis, had micro metastasis in significant values. There was a significant difference between normal and cancer samples in 3 gene expression marker and also there was meaningful relationship between three gene expression with tumor's grade, stage according to progression of tumor. A novel gene expression signature predictive of micro metastatic patients was evaluated. In this assessment, relationship between this gene with tumor's features that finding clear role for these genes with tumor's outcome, needs to be established.
Expression of extracellular matrix and adhesion proteins in pelvic organ prolapse
Authors: Cecati Monica , Corradetti Alessandra , Sartini Davide , Pozzi Valentina , Giannubilo Stefano R , Saccucci Franca , Ciavattini Andrea , Emanuelli Monica 
Published: May 2018

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common disorder in women. It is characterized by the descent of the vaginal wall with consequent drop of pelvic organs. Pregnancy, labour and childbirth seem to be important events leading to the development of POP, since they are associated with prolonged stretch and mechanical stress of muscles, ligaments and connective tissue supporting pelvic organs. In pubocervical fascia, we explored the expression level of extracellular matrix and adhesion molecules. Tissue samples were obtained from twenty patients with POP who underwent cystocele repair, and from twenty control subjects during hysterectomy surgery. The PCR array analysis was performed and data were confirmed by Real-Time PCR and Western Blot. Real-Time PCR results showed a significant upregulation for extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) and integrin beta 3 (ITGB3) and a significant downregulation for FBLN5 in POP group. The decreased mRNA expression of FBLN5 in pathological samples was paralleled by a quantitative decrease in the corresponding protein, as Western Blot test highlighted. Our data provide an understanding of molecular mechanisms involved in POP-related pathophysiological processes and might represent an important tool to develop novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of this condition.
Molecular analysis of integron gene cassette arrays associated multi-drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates from poultry
Authors: El-Demerdash Azza S , Aggour Mohamed G , El-Azzouny Mona M , Abou-Khadra Sally H 
Published: May 2018

The study investigated 110 Enterobacteriaceae isolates from broiler chickens isolated from Sharkia poultry farms and analyzed the isolates antimicrobial resistance and the presence of integrons as a potential basis for this resistance. Antibiotic susceptibilities against 12 different antibiotics were determined by the disk diffusion method. Prevalences and classes of integrons were then detected in multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) followed by sequencing of the variable parts. Fifty-three isolates were MDR (resistant to three or more antimicrobial agents). High resistance was detected for rifamycin (82.7%), erythromycin (67.2%), and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (63%). Classes 1 and 2 integrons were detected in 38 of 53 MDR Enterobacteriaceae isolates of which the most common were Salmonella species (n=19), followed by Escherichia coli (12), Klebsiella pneumoniae (3), Proteus species (3), and Citrobacter freundii (1). Three isolates only harbored class 1 integrons while the remaining 35 isolates carried class 2. All class 1 integron positive isolates exhibited the same gene cassettes arrangements: 1.) dfrA12-orfF–aadA27 (1.6 kbp); 2.) aadA23 (1.0 kbp); and 3.) dfrA15 (0.8 kbp). Moreover, four different gene cassettes were identified within class 2 integrons: 1.) dfrA1-sat2-aadA30 (2 kbp) in all isolates; 2.) sat2-aadA1 (1.7 kbp) in only one isolate; 3.) catB2 (0.9 kbp) in four isolates; and 4.) a new variant of sat2 (0.65 kbp) in three isolates. Efforts should be made to introduce surveillance programs for monitoring antimicrobial resistance that could potentially be transmitted from broiler chickens to human via integrons.