bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Eco-geographic variation of common wild rice - Oryza ru?pogon Griff. in Sri Lanka
Authors: Sandamal S , Tennakoon A , Ratnasekera D , Amarasekera DABN , Marambe B 
Published: September 2018

Wild species of rice (Oryza) have superior agronomic characteristics to be incorporated in rice breeding programs worldwide. Population studies of wild relatives of rice in Sri Lanka has not being well documented despite a few of attempts. In the present study, phenotypic diversity of Oryza rufipogon populations exist in Sri Lanka were characterized based on nine quantitative morphological traits. Populations (P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5) were established in a common-garden and were characterized. The results revealed moderate phenotypic diversity among O. rufipogon populations studied. However, flag leaf length and awn length were the most variable traits while plant height, flag leaf angle, flag leaf panicle neck length and spikelet angle were the least variable traits. O. rufipogon can be simply distinguished using flag leaf length and width, panicle branching type and distance from panicle base to lowest spikelet insertion. The dendrogram results indicated that four main clusters are at a similarity level of 98.73, showing the diversely related populations with a high identity based on higher similarity values. P1 and P2 populations grouped together by forming the first cluster. The second, third and fourth clusters consisted of P3, P5 and P4 populations, respectively. One population from first cluster and P3, P5 and P4 populations can be used for conservation. This study highlights the phenotypic diversity of O. rufipogon populations existing in Sri Lanka across the geographic locations and Knowledge on such morphological diversity provides opportunities to design conservation strategies and the potentials of using particular population based on breeding objectives.
A Novel Grafting Technique: Tender Twig Grafting (TTG) in Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss.
Authors: Nichat V G 
Published: September 2018

Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss. attracted much attention all over the world due to its ornamental, medicinal and commercial importance. In India, many national research institutes has carried out research for development of different varieties. As a result, a large number of new cultivars have been developed in India. Hybridization, chemical mutagens and tissue culture are common methods of propagation and variety development in Bougainvillea but unfortunately, scientist have not paid much attention towards grafting methods for multicolour Bougainvillea flowering on a single plant. The author have working since many years on multicolour Bougainvillea with Tender Twig Grafting (TTG) with more than 75% success rate. This paper dealt with the practical approach and technique used for the development of ornamentally much demanded multicolor flowering of Bougainvillea on single stock.
Radioiodine Thyroid Uptake and Scintigraphy in the Evaluation of Hyperthyroidism with Multinodular Goiter
Authors: Islam M. R. , Islam F. N. , Haque M. M. , Hossain M. S. , Reza M. S. , Begum R. 
Published: September 2018

The role of radioactive iodine uptake and scintigraphy were studied over 111 subjects with a mean age of 42±13 years, 65% females and 35% males, in the evaluation of hyperthyroidism with multinodular goiter. The uptake study was performed by oral administration of 4.5 – 10.0 μCi of 131I as sodium-iodide thyroid scintigraphy was performed 20 minutes after an intravenous injection of 2.0 – 4.0 mCi of 99mTc as pertechnetate. The Mean ± SD uptake values for the study subjects were found to be 36.1±15.4% ranging from 14% to 75% at 2 h and 59.9±15.9% ranging from 32% to 90% at 24 h measurements. The present results of uptake values clearly exceed the normal range (3% – 12% for 2 h; 8% – 25% for 24 h), which indicate the hyper-functioning of thyroid, and therefore, demonstrated successfully the efficient role of radioactive iodine uptake and scintigraphy to diagnose the hyperthyroidism.
Development of a Web Based Expert System for Rubber Crop Disease Diagnosis and Management
Authors: Konyeha S. , Imouokhome F. A. 
Published: September 2018

An expert system imitates the decision–making adeptness of a human expert. They are intended to answer complicated questions characterized mainly as if–then rules instead of traditional procedural code. A major problem facing the cultivation of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) in developing countries is the destructive effect of pathogens which result in about fifty percent (50%) loss in crop yield. This problem persists, due to a communication gap between agricultural researchers, such that field extension officers, and farmers are hampered by various operational and logistic challenges. This paper is an effort to bridge this gap, and hence features an expert system that can be accessed online by farmers. The expert system allows farmers to select disease symptoms presented in categories from a JAVA based user friendly graphical interface. The output generated by the rule–base engine, diagnoses the diseases of the rubber crop, and suggests curative and preventive measures. The main source of information for developing the expert system’ knowledge–base was the Rubber Research Institute, Iyanomo, Edo State, Nigeria.
Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Osteoporosis Treatment Associated with Improved Outcomes: An Observational Cohort Study
Authors: Rotondi Nooshin K. , Beaton Dorcas E. , Sujic Rebeka , Sale Joanna E.M. , Ansari Hina , Elliot-Gibson Victoria , Bogoch Earl R. , Cullen John , Jain Ravi , Slater Morgan ,   and the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy Fracture Clinic Screening Program Evaluation Team
Published: September 2018

Objective.To identify and address patient-reported barriers in osteoporosis care after a fracture.Methods.A longitudinal cohort of fragility fracture patients over 50 years of age was seen in a provincewide fracture liaison service. Followup interviews were done at 6 months for osteoporosis care indicators. Univariate statistics were used to describe baseline characteristics, osteoporosis-related outcomes, and reasons cited for not achieving them. Two phases of this program were compared (Phase I: education and communication, and Phase II: risk assessment education and communication). Phase II was further divided into those who fully participated and those who declined.Results.Phase I (n = 3997) had lower testing and treatment rates than Phase II (n = 1363). Rates were highest in those confirmed as having participated in Phase II (n = 569). Phase II nonparticipants (n = 794) had results as in Phase I. In Phase I, the main patient-reported barriers for not visiting their physician or not having a bone mineral density (BMD) test were patient- and physician-oriented (e.g., being instructed by their physician to not have the BMD test). In Phase II, BMD testing was part of the program, thus the main barriers were around treatment choices. Phase II eligible nonparticipants experienced many of the same barriers as Phase I patients, with lower BMD testing rates (54.9% and 65.4%, respectively).Conclusion.Evaluating and addressing barriers to guideline implementation reduced those barriers and was associated with higher downstream treatment rates. Monitoring barriers in a program like this provides useful insights for program changes and research interventions.
Clinical Responses and Synovial Vascularity in Obese Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Adalimumab and Methotrexate
Authors: Kaeley Gurjit S. , MacCarter Daryl K. , Pangan Aileen L. , Wang Xin , Kalabic Jasmina , Ranganath Veena K. 
Published: September 2018

Objective.Obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) report more joint swelling and tenderness and often have poorer responses to therapy than nonobese patients. The aim of this posthoc analysis of the MUSICA trial was to compare imaging and clinical disease activity measures in obese and nonobese patients with RA.Methods.MUSICA evaluated methotrexate (MTX) 20 mg/week versus 7.5 mg/week in combination with adalimumab (ADA) in RA patients with an inadequate response to MTX. Patients were categorized by baseline body mass index as normal (< 25), overweight (≥ 25 to < 30), or obese (≥ 30). Synovial vascularity and hypertrophy, swollen and tender joint counts (SJC and TJC), American College of Rheumatology (ACR) responses, and low disease activity (LDA), defined as Clinical Disease Activity Index < 10 and 28-joint count Disease Activity Score using C-reactive protein (DAS28-CRP) < 3.2, were assessed at weeks 12 and 24.Results.Patient characteristics were similar among groups at baseline. Obese patients had numerically smaller changes from baseline to weeks 12/24 in SJC, TJC, DAS28-CRP, and synovial hypertrophy and vascularity versus nonobese patients. Significantly fewer obese patients reached ACR20/50 at weeks 12 and 24, and LDA at Week 12; this difference was especially apparent in patients receiving 7.5 mg/week MTX but was no longer significant at Week 24.Conclusion.Obese patients with RA had worse clinical and ultrasonographic responses than nonobese patients, which were partly overcome with time. Obese patients may experience better and faster clinical improvements if ADA is initiated with high-dose (20 mg/week) rather than low-dose MTX. [ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01185288]
Complement Consumption in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Leads to Decreased OpsonophagocytosisIn Vitro
Authors: Mitander Amanda , Fei Ying , Trysberg Estelle , Mohammad Majd , Hu Zhicheng , Sakiniene Egidija , Pullerits Rille , Jin Tao 
Published: September 2018

Objective.Infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The high prevalence of infections in SLE is attributed to both the disease and its treatments. The complement system plays an important role in host immune responses against invading microorganisms. We sought to provide the experimental and clinical evidence supporting the hypothesis that low levels of complement factors cause defective complement-mediated opsonization in patients with SLE.Methods.Staphylococcus aureuswas opsonized with sera from healthy individuals (n = 16), SLE patients with normal (n = 5) or low complement (n = 8) levels. Phagocytosis ofS. aureusby healthy human neutrophils was analyzed by an imaging flow cytometry-based method. We retrospectively examined the infection incidence in relation to complement levels in a cohort of 165 patients with SLE during a 1.5-year period. The association was analyzed for infection incidence and disease-related variables.Results.Uptake ofS. aureusby neutrophils was decreased whenS. aureuswas opsonized with sera from SLE patients with low complement levels compared to sera from healthy individuals and SLE patients with normal complement. In our SLE cohort, 44% of patients had at least 1 infection during the 1.5 years. No significant association was observed between complement levels and infection risk. Importantly, high-dose glucocorticoids (GC; prednisone ≥ 10 mg/day) were the most important predictive factor for infections in patients with SLE.Conclusion.Low complement levels affect bacterial opsonization in SLE blood and lead to downregulated phagocytosis by neutrophils. High-dose GC increase the infection risk in patients with SLE.
Improving the Combination Pneumococcal Vaccination Rate in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients at an Adult Rheumatology Practice
Authors: Garg Shivani , Tsagaris Katina , Cozmuta Raluca , Lipson Aliza 
Published: September 2018

Objective.The risk of developing invasive pneumococcal infection is 13 times higher in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in comparison with the general population. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention anticipates a US$7.6 million medical cost reduction by providing pneumococcal vaccination. The objective of this study was to improve the rate of combination pneumococcal vaccination (pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine 23 + pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 13) in patients with SLE in our adult academic rheumatology practice.Methods.With the use of physician- and staff-based surveys, we analyzed the underlying barriers in providing vaccination. We then planned a multifaceted intervention including pre-visit planning, day-of-visit planning, weekly review, and monthly feedback.Results.Our project is one of the few studies planned to improve combination pneumococcal vaccination rates in adult patients with SLE and we report an impressive improvement from 10% baseline rate to 59% vaccination rate by the end of the study period. This highlights the role of planning an intervention with an integrated workflow and the importance of sharing performance data, which leads to high compliance among team members.Conclusion.The significant improvement in combination vaccination rate in eligible patients with SLE and the additional rise of vaccine rates seen in other eligible patients in the practice draws attention to the high adaptiveness of the intervention resulting in a true practice change. Our quality project design can serve as a model that can be adapted by other specialty clinics to achieve higher vaccination standards.
Les « mobilités inversées » comme clé de lecture de la dépendance dans les territoires de montagne
Authors: Cholat Florent 
Published: September 2018

La ville et les territoires modernes se sont structurés par et pour les mobilités. L’étalement des activités induites par la vitesse croissante des modes de transport a permis d’étirer les espaces des territoires (Zahavi, 1974). Les conséquences sont une distance croissante entre lieu d’habitation, de consommation, de travail, de socialisation et de loisir qui amène elle-même à une forte dépendance aux mobilités motorisées et à l’automobile (Kaufman, Guidez, 1998). Les modes actifs ne sont plus suffisants et les offres de mobilités se multiplient. Cependant, les individus ne sont pas tous égaux au regard des mobilités. La mobilité dépend des aptitudes psychologiques, cognitives et culturelles à se mouvoir. Chaque individu présente un potentiel de mobilité propre que Vincent Kaufmann (2002) propose d’appeler « motilité ». Les jeunes enfants et les aînés les plus âgés ont en commun d’avoir une motilité plus faible que la moyenne de la population. Les premiers parce qu’ils sont en apprentissage de la marche, des transports et qu’ils ne peuvent donc pas bénéficier de l’autonomie nécessaire pour se déplacer seuls. Les seconds parce qu’avec le vieillissement vient un affaiblissement des fonctions physiques et cognitives qui limite les capacités à se mouvoir de manière autonome et les capacités à se saisir des différents modes de transport, notamment l’automobile. Dès lors, pour effectuer les tâches de la vie quotidienne, pour se socialiser ou encore pour consommer, les individus dépendants doivent soit être accompagnés dans leurs mobilités soit à l’inverse il faut que les biens, les services ou encore les personnes viennent à eux. Dans le premier cas, l’accompagnement d’une tierce personne pour les déplacements répond aux mêmes critères de « motilité » puisque le déplacement prendra en compte les aptitudes psychologiques, cognitives et culturelles à se mouvoir de ce « couple de mobilité » que représentent la personne dépendante et son accompagnateur. Dans le deuxième cas, l’appareillage théorique de la « motilité » (Kaufmann, 2002) n’est pas suffisant pour saisir la complexité d’une mobilité que nous appellerons « mobilités inversées » (Cholat, 2013) et qui, si elle intègre la notion de la motilité des aidants, traite également des questions de mobilités logistiques induites par la personne en perte d’autonomie. Cet article propose de détailler cette notion de mobilités inversées à l’aune d’un territoire contraint, la montagne, et d’une population, les personnes âgées dépendantes, notion particulièrement pertinente pour la comprendre. Nous évoquerons alors les impacts sociaux, économiques et environnementaux positifs et négatifs de ces mobilités sur les territoires et nous vous inviterons à généraliser et à réfléchir la place de ces mouvements que nous générons dans notre quotidien et dans des contextes urbains comme ruraux.
Le management de l’action complexe : contrôler ou explorer ?
Authors: Lorino Philippe 
Published: September 2018

Deux paradigmes organisationnels ont émergé historiquement et sont concurrents : l’organisation conçue comme processeur d’information, vision cohérente avec l’identification du management comme fonction de contrôle, et l’organisation conçue comme système d’action collective, vision cohérente avec l’identification du management comme fonction de support méthodologique aux enquêtes menées réflexivement par les équipes opérationnelles elles-mêmes sur leur propre activité. Le concept de représentation rationnelle, représentation de l’action (taylorisme) ou représentation de la pensée sur l’action (cognitivisme, Herbert Simon), est au cœur du premier paradigme. Au cœur du second se trouve le concept d’enquête, issu de la philosophie pragmatiste et développé dans le monde des affaires par le mouvement du management de la Qualité. Pour prendre en compte la complexité et la variabilité de l’action située, le concept d’enquête met l’accent sur deux règles méthodologiques : toute amélioration organisationnelle est expérimentale et il n’y a pas de substitut abstrait à l’expérience directe de l’activité.
Artisans entrepreneurs de territoire et agir entrepreneurial cas d’une pme familiale
Authors: Billet Jeanine 
Published: September 2018

Dans cet article, l’auteure recherche comment des artisans-entrepreneurs de PME Familiale de terroir agissent et élaborent leur stratégie, à partir de l’analyse de situations entrepreneuriales (Schmitt, 2015), en s’appuyant sur les expériences et les vécus de ces derniers. Ce travail de recherche porte sur l’identification de Savoir-Agir entrepreneuriaux, à partir des interactions entre l’entrepreneur, son territoire et les opportunités saisies et développées, par ce dernier (Avenier MJ et Schmitt C, 2009). L’auteure s’interroge sur : « Comment des artisans-entrepreneurs de PME Familiale ont-ils construit une Stratégie de Différenciation Singulière ( SDS ), en s’appuyant sur leur territoire ? » Cette recherche est réalisée à partir d’une étude longitudinale, sur un cas de PME Familiale artisanale, de 3 e génération, à visée exploratoire. Les résultats de cette recherche mettent en exergue un Savoir Innover Singulier ( SIS ), identifié à partir de l’Agir Entrepreneurial ( AE ) se déclinant en 3 « Sous-Agir » : l’Agir Stratégique [Valeurs Intrinsèques d’Artisans-Entrepreneurs], l’Agir Sociétal [Valeurs Idiosyncratiques du Territoire] et l’Agir Social [Valeurs Typiques de la PMEF].
L’« autoexotisme » des poètes provinciaux : une ruse dix-neuviémiste ? Le cas des Amours jaunes de Tristan Corbière
Authors: Gosetti Valentina , Viselli Antonio 
Published: September 2018

La notion d’« autoexotisme » est le plus souvent synonyme, dans les études littéraires et musicales, de pratique automutilatrice, dénotant l’acceptation passive d’une subjugation culturelle et la perpétuation des constructions hégémoniques de la culture dominante. En réévaluant la valeur « ex-centrique », « ex-centriste » et « dé-centralisante » des Amours jaunes (1873) de Tristan Corbière (1845-1875), cet essai entend souligner au contraire la réappropriation par la culture dite dominée d’un exotisme revalorisé en mode de création. En se fondant sur de récents débats dans le domaine des études postcoloniales et de la World Literature , cette nouvelle réflexion sur l’« autoexotisme » tente de dépasser les frontières et la logique de l’État-nation (Paris vs. Province) afin de réexaminer la contribution littéraire des poètes provinciaux français au xix e siècle.
ANÁLISE BROMATOLÓGICA DE FILÉ DE PACU (Piaractus mesopotamicus), PIRAPITINGA (Piaractus brachypomum) E TAMBAQUI (Colossoma macropomum)
Authors: Botelho Hortência Aparecida , Costa Adriano Carvalho , Freitas Rilke Tadeu Fonseca de , Fernandes Érica Machado 
Published: September 2018

O trabalho foi realizado com objetivo de comparar os teores de matéria seca, matéria mineral, extrato etéreo e proteína bruta presente no filé de pacu, pirapitinga e tambaqui. Foram utilizados 10 peixes da espécie pacu, 10 pirapitinga e 10 tambaqui criados em sistema de recirculação no Setor de Piscicultura da Universidade Federal de Lavras. Após 465 dias de cultivo, os animais foram abatidos, o filé retirado, pesado, liofilizado e então submetido à análise bromatológica. Para a análise dos dados foi realizado o teste Scott Knott para verificar a diferença entre as espécies. Também foi realizado as correlações das variáveis bromatológica e peso corporal. Observou-se que para o teor de matéria seca houve diferença significativa entre as espécies sendo que para o tambaqui a média de matéria seca foi superior ás espécies pacu e pirapitinga. Não houve diferença significativa entre as espécies para a matéria mineral. Para o teor de extrato etéreo houve diferença significativa entre as espécies. O tambaqui apresentou maior teor de extrato etéreo, e a pirapitinga o menor. O teor de proteína bruta na matéria seca e na matéria natural diferiram significativamente entre as espécies, sendo que a espécie tambaqui apresentou menor teor de proteína bruta no filé. No entanto, as espécies pacu e pirapitinga apresentaram maior teor e não diferiram. Na análise de correlação a matéria seca apresentou forte correlação com o extrato étereo indicando que peixes com maior teor de matéria seca apresenta maior teor de gordura em sua carne.
RARA APRESENTAÇÃO MACROSCOPICA DE EFUSÃO PLEURAL LINFOCITICA MALIGNA EM GATO
Authors: Marcelino Sostenes Apolo , Serakides Rogeria , Santos Daniel Oliveira , Ocarino Natalia M 
Published: September 2018

O presente relato descreve os achados patológicos relacionados à uma rara apresentação macroscópica de efusão pleural linfocítica maligna em um gato. Macroscopicamente, observou-se efusão pleural branco-amarelada repleta de coágulos brancacentos de células neoplásicas e uma massa tumoral macia e esbranquiçada no mediastino, linfonodos mediastinais e saco pericárdico. As características citológicas do líquido pleural demonstraram um grande número de linfócitos malignos que caracterizam a efusão pleural linfocítica maligna. Histologicamente, a massa tumoral era composta de células redondas com citoplasma eosinofílico e homogêneo variando de escasso a moderado. Os achados macro, micro e citológicos confirmam o diagnóstico de efusão pleural linfocítica maligna devido ao linfoma.