bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Associated Absorption Features in Quasar Spectra of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Mg ii Absorption Doublets
Authors: Chen Zhi-Fu , Huang Wei-Rong , Pang Ting-Ting , Huang Hong-Yan , Pan Da-Sheng , Yao Min , Nong Wei-Jing , Lu Mei-Mei 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
Using the SDSS spectra of quasars included in the DR7Q or DR12Q catalogs, we search for Mg ii
λλ2796, 2803 narrow absorption doublets in the spectra data around Mg ii
λ2798 emission lines. We obtain 17,316 Mg ii doublets, within the redshift range of 0.3299 ≤ z
abs ≤ 2.5663. We find that a velocity offset of υ

r
< 6000 km s−1 is a safe boundary to constrain the vast majority of associated Mg ii systems, although we find some doublets at υ

r
> 6000 km s−1. If associated Mg ii absorbers are defined by υ

r
< 6000 km s−1, ∼33.3% of the absorbers are supposed to be contaminants of intervening systems. Removing the 33.3% contaminants, ∼4.5% of the quasars present at least one associated Mg ii system with

. The fraction of associated Mg ii systems with high-velocity outflows correlates with the average luminosities of their central quasars, indicating a relationship between outflows and the quasar feedback power. The υ

r
distribution of the outflow Mg ii absorbers is peaked at 1023 km s−1, which is smaller than the corresponding value of the outflow C iv absorbers. The redshift number density evolution of absorbers (dn/dz) limited by υ

r
> −3000 km s−1 differs from that of absorbers constrained by υ

r
> 2000 km s−1. Absorbers limited by υ

r
> 2000 km s−1 and higher values exhibit profiles similar to dn/dz. In addition, the dn/dz is smaller when absorbers are constrained with larger υ

r
. The distributions of equivalent widths, and the ratio of

, are the same for associated and intervening systems, and independent of quasar luminosity.
Eosinophil Cationic Protein Concentrations among Crop and Dairy Farmers with Asthma
Authors: Stoleski Saso , Minov Jordan , Karadzinska-Bislimovska Jovanka , Mijakoski Dragan , Atanasovska Aneta 
Published: March 2018

OBJECTIVE: To assess the mean serum eosinophil cationic protein (s-ECP) concentrations among crop and dairy farmers and office controls, and further examine its relation to exposure duration, smoking habit, as well as presence or absence of asthma.METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was performed including examined group (EG), composed by agricultural workers (87 crop - EG1 and 83 dairy farmers - EG2), and control group (CG) composed by 80 office workers within the same enterprise. We have used a questionnaire to record the chronic respiratory symptoms, detailed work history, specific farming activities and tasks performed and smoking history. Evaluation of examined subjects also included lung function tests, diagnosis of asthma, and measurement of s-ECP as a marker of inflammation.RESULTS: The main finding of the present study is that s-ECP concentrations were raised in subjects with asthma independent of the smoking habit. The mean s-ECP concentrations were higher in subjects of EG1 and EG2 compared with those in CG, but without reaching statistical significance. Mean s-ECP concentrations were significantly higher among subjects in EG1 exposed more than 20 years, while mean s-ECP concentrations were non-significantly higher in subjects of EG2 exposed more than 20 years, compared to those exposed less than 20 years. Mean s-ECP concentrations were higher among smokers within all three groups, but without reaching statistical significance between smokers and non-smokers. Mean s-ECP concentrations were significantly higher in subjects with asthma within EG1 (P = 0.049) and EG2 (P = 0.040), but also within those in CG (P = 0.046).CONCLUSION: Data obtained suggest that airway inflammation is present in farmers with asthma, and s-ECP is an important biomarker in means of reflecting disease severity and prognosis among exposed workers.
Peer-Review Competency Assessment Engages Staff and Influences Patient Outcomes
Authors: Mangold Kara , Tyler Brenda , Velez Lyda , Clark Constance 
Published: March 2018

Background:
Nurse educators must guide competency assessment in a way that influences safe patient care. The goal of this innovative competency assessment was for RNs to demonstrate performance of sound practice related to anticoagulation medication, pressure injuries, and pain management using a peer-review format.

Method:
The process was initiated through the unit-based team. The clinical RN was required to bring forth the information that he or she had met the competency requirements. Rubrics provided consistency in evaluation.

Results:
The process was perceived to have evaluated actual performance and allowed demonstration of performance. For patient outcomes, anticoagulation safety measures were sustained, pressure injury measures were improved, and pain outcome measures were not improved during and after the competency period.

Conclusion:
A peer-review process for clinical RN competency assessment enhanced professionalism through professional practice evaluation, was perceived as favorable, and was associated with positive patient outcomes.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2018;49(3):119–126.
Knowledge of Nurses About Preoperative Fasting in a Corporate Hospital
Authors: Mohan Shivegowda , Chakravarthy Murali , George Antony , Devanahalli Ashokanand , Kumar Jeevan 
Published: March 2018

Background:
Preoperative fasting is a requirement to be made by anesthesiologists, but they generally depend on nurses to ensure it is carried out by patients. Lack of updated knowledge among nurses may cause complications.

Method:
The objective of this study was to understand the knowledge of nurses about preoperative fasting. The multi-unit study was conducted in the units of our hospitals using an Internet-based survey. The responders were anonymous to the authors.

Results:
The survey was sent to approximately 5,000 nurses, with more than 600 responding to the survey. Most of the respondents were aware of the preoperative fasting guidelines. The understanding regarding preoperative fasting appeared to be insufficient among nurses. The nurses appreciated the concern of the anesthesiologists about fasting. The nurses opined that additional training regarding preoperative fasting might benefit them.

Conclusion:
This survey conveyed to the authors that the nurses of our hospitals were knowledgeable but required further training to update them.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2018;49(3):127–131.
COMMUNITY, CAMPUS, AND CLIMATE AT CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE—3C INITIATIVE
Authors: Boroff Craig , Eickmeier Jason , Eklund Kali , Garcia Cynthia , Miller Scott , Newton Benjamin , Pecka Brian , Samuelson Toby , Staab Joanell , Whittaker Olivia 
Published: March 2018

INTRODUCTION Central Community College (CCC) has multiple campuses and centers in rural agricultural communities throughout Central Nebraska and College President, Dr. Greg Smith, was an early adopter to the vision of economic and environmental sustainability. Central Community College has been a Cum Laude Leader since 2011 and signatory of the Climate Commitment as part of the Climate Leadership Network (previously the ACUPCC). CCC made a commitment to educate, implement and model the practices needed for a sustainable future. For our communities and ultimately globally, we believe environmental sustainability is important and necessary for healthy communities, people and economic sustainability. Each CCC campus and center also has available land to commit to renewable energy, typically not available in most major metropolitan campuses. The State of Nebraska is a late adopter to renewable energy, but with the potential for reduced operating costs, is now embracing sustainable development with CCC and providing leadership with our 3C initiative and Environmental Sustainability Action Plan.
OPTIMAL WINDOW GEOMETRY FACTORS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN PORTUGAL
Authors: Carlos Jorge S. 
Published: March 2018

INTRODUCTION With respect to thermal performance, windows are the weakest component of the building envelope, essentially because the U-value is usually higher than the opaque envelope. This would allow the highest heat conductance of the building envelope. However, it also helps buildings to gain useful solar heat during winter. Therefore, it has been generally accepted that passive buildings would have small windows towards the poles and large windows facing the equator (Persson, Roos, and Wall 2006). In spite of this guideline, large or fully glazed facades have been used in modern architecture. The intensive use of air conditioning is the result of overheating and high thermal loss problems, which otherwise would lead to thermal discomfort. This extensive use of large windows associated with high energy consumption has motivated researchers to study this building component. Window areas were investigated by Persson et al. (Persson, Roos, and Wall 2006) on 20 terraced houses with larger windows facing the equator and built in Gothenburg. The building envelope was well insulated and fitted with energy efficient windows. It was found that energy efficient windows do not have a major influence on the heating demand in the winter, but it is relevant for the cooling need in summer. Therefore, reduced indoor illuminance due to small windows can be solved by enlarging them in order to obtain relevant daylighting conditions. When efficient windows are designed for a warm climate, as in Mexico, reducing heat flux and solar transmittance indoors was the best option for energy savings (Aguilar et al. 2017). However, reducing solar transmittance influences the indoor illuminance, which was not analyzed.
Le post-factualisme
Authors: Gauthier Gilles 
Published: March 2018

L’auteur fait d’abord valoir que le « post-factualisme » et la « post-vérité », que d’aucuns observent à la suite du Brexit au Royaume-Uni et de l’élection de Donald Trump à la présidence des États-Unis, peuvent être analysés à la lumière d’une distinction entre les rapports distincts à la réalité qu’entretiennent l’information et la communication. Ensuite, il avance que ce sont des phénomènes qui ne sont pas nouveaux en journalisme et dans le discours politique. Il en propose enfin une catégorisation en trois types différents : le faux, l’approximatif et le baratin.
Awareness of Bullying in Residency: Results of a National Survey of Internal Medicine Program Directors
Authors: Ayyala Manasa S. , Chaudhry Saima , Windish Donna , Dupras Denise , Reddy Shalini T. , Wright Scott M. 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACT

Background
Bullying of medical trainees is believed to occur more frequently in medical education than once thought.

Objective
We conducted a survey to understand internal medicine program director (PD) perspectives and awareness about bullying in their residency programs.

Methods
The 2015 Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) annual survey was e-mailed to 368 of 396 PDs with APDIM membership, representing 93% of internal medicine residency programs. Questions about bullying were embedded within the survey. Bivariate analyses were performed on PD and program characteristics.

Results
Of a total of 368 PD APDIM members, 227 PDs (62%) responded to the survey. Less than one-third of respondents (71 of 227, 31%) reported being aware of bullying in their residency programs during the previous year. There were no significant differences in program or PD characteristics between respondents who reported bullying in their programs and those who did not (gender, tenure as PD, geographic location, or specialty, all P &gt; .05). Those who acknowledged bullying in their program were more likely to agree it was a problem in graduate medical education (P &lt; .0001), and it had a significant negative impact on the learning environment (P &lt; .0001). The majority of reported events entailed verbal disparagements, directed toward interns and women, and involved attending physicians, other residents, and nurses.

Conclusions
This national survey of internal medicine PDs reveals that a minority of PDs acknowledged recent bullying in their training programs, and reportedly saw it as a problem in the learning environment.
The Fundamentals of Fashion Design
Authors: Sorger Richard , Udale Jenny 
Published: March 2018

The Fundamentals of Fashion Design provides a fully illustrated introduction to the key elements of fashion design, from the initial concept of a fashion idea to realizing it in 3D form. Writing with clarity and precision, Richard Sorger and Jenny Udale explain the entire fashion design process, including research and design, fabrics and their properties, construction methods and how to form and promote a collection.
This third edition has been updated to include the latest design and construction techniques and stunning new visual examples. New and updated interviews with practitioners working for leading fashion brands offer key insights into succeeding in the industry today and a preface by fashion designer and instructor Shelley Fox introduces and contextualizes the new edition. Exercises also help readers to discover and experiment with design techniques first hand.
Overall, this book is a rich and dynamic resource that will inspire readers to develop their own design work and embark on a career in fashion with confidence, proficiency and enthusiasm.
Comparisons of the tropospheric specific humidity from GPS radio occultations with ERA-Interim, NASA MERRA, and AIRS data
Authors: Vergados Panagiotis , Mannucci Anthony J. , Ao Chi O. , Verkhoglyadova Olga , Iijima Byron 
Published: March 2018

Abstract. We construct a 9-year data record (2007–2015) of the tropospheric
specific humidity using Global Positioning System radio occultation (GPS RO)
observations from the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,
Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) mission. This record covers the ±40∘ latitude belt and includes estimates of the zonally averaged monthly
mean specific humidity from 700 up to 400 hPa. It includes three major
climate zones: (a) the deep tropics (±15∘), (b) the trade winds
belts (±15–30∘), and (c) the subtropics (±30–40∘).
We find that the RO observations agree very well with the European Centre for
Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Re-Analysis Interim (ERA-Interim), the
Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA), and
the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) by capturing similar magnitudes and
patterns of variability in the monthly zonal mean specific humidity and
interannual anomaly over annual and interannual timescales. The JPL and UCAR
specific humidity climatologies differ by less than 15 % (depending on
location and pressure level), primarily due to differences in the retrieved
refractivity. In the middle-to-upper troposphere, in all climate zones, JPL
is the wettest of all data sets, AIRS is the driest of all data sets, and
UCAR, ERA-Interim, and MERRA are in very good agreement, lying between the
JPL and AIRS climatologies. In the lower-to-middle troposphere, we present a
complex behavior of discrepancies, and we speculate that this might be due to
convection and entrainment. Conclusively, the RO observations could
potentially be used as a climate variable, but more thorough analysis is
required to assess the structural uncertainty between centers and its origin.
Scale and spatial distribution assessment of rainfall-induced landslides in a catchment with mountain roads
Authors: Tseng Chih-Ming , Chen Yie-Ruey , Wu Szu-Mi 
Published: March 2018

Abstract. This study focused on landslides in a catchment with mountain roads
that were caused by Nanmadol (2011) and Kong-rey (2013) typhoons. Image
interpretation techniques were employed to for satellite images
captured before and after the typhoons to derive the surface changes.
A multivariate hazard evaluation method was adopted to establish a landslide
susceptibility assessment model. The evaluation of landslide locations and
relationship between landslide and predisposing factors is preparatory for
assessing and mapping landslide susceptibility. The results can serve as
a reference for preventing and mitigating slope disasters on mountain roads.
Semantic Analysis of the Minangkabau Classical Proverb Based on the Model of the Proverb Tree
Authors: Noverita Diah 
Published: March 2018

This article aims to describe the meaning of the Minangkabau classic proverb from a semantic perspective. The interpretation of the classical Minangkabau proverb is illustrated in the design of the proverbial tree model. Minangkabau classic proverb data is presented in literature review from various relevant sources.Result of research indicate that found relation of adat and syarak in semantic study. This indicates a close relationship between adat and syarak in the daily life of the Minangkabau people. This indicates that the Minangkabau are strong with their customs and religion. Strength of religion and religion as it goes along. The power of religion (Islam) signifies that the Minangkabau are religious and devout Muslims.
“On Presence: The Consultant as a Learning Model” and “Presentness and Presence”
Authors: Halpern Sharona 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
Presence is typically described as the way people carry themselves, thereby informing their ability to have an impact as practitioners. The purpose of this commentary is to look at presence from a contemporary, relational Gestalt perspective: that of the Gestalt Cape Cod Model developed at the Gestalt International Study Center in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. This expanded understanding posits that presence has a relational aspect, that is, the practitioner's ability to maintain self-awareness as well as maintain awareness of other(s) enables her or him to have the greatest chance to build connection, and thereby to have an influence. The commentator offers a definition of presence from this relational perspective, as well as ideas for how one can enhance and develop presence. Finally, she suggests that developing and embodying an optimistic stance, a key element of the Cape Cod Model, greatly enhances one's presence as a practitioner.
Presence for Everyone: A Dialogue
Authors: Chidiac Marie-Anne , Denham-Vaughan Sally 
Published: March 2018

AbstractIn this article–dialogue, Marie-Anne Chidiac and Sally Denham-Vaughan review the concept of presence with reference to a chapter on the topic by Edwin C. Nevis (1987) and another article by Alan Cohen (2017). Similarities and differences between the formulations employed by these two writers are discussed and the implications for Gestalt praxis and wider existential issues addressed. In particular, the framing of presence as a concept with epistemological, ontological, and ethical dimensions is emphasised. These perspectives are compared with the authors' own view of presence as the foundational awareness process that underpins and informs relational and dialogic Self–Other organisation.
Developing the Concept of Structured Ground in Gestalt Theory and Practice
Authors: Kenofer Bruce 
Published: March 2018

AbstractKjønstad (2016) has recently revisited the concept of “structured ground” which was originally introduced by Wheeler (1991) and suggests that it may be a useful conceptual tool. Though I am in agreement with Kjønstad, I believe that further articulation of the concept is needed in order for it to be of clinical use in a Gestalt setting. This article provides theoretical suggestions regarding how to conceptualize a framework for structured ground based upon Kegan's developmental theory, as well as a case illustration of how it might be applied.
Posthumanism Thinks the Political: A Genealogy for Foucault’s The Birth of Biopolitics
Authors: Wolfe Cary 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACT
This article rethinks the concept of the political from a posthumanist rather than a humanist vantage point. More specifically, it engages in an extended discussion of Wendy Brown’s Undoing the Demos and its claims regarding the relationship between neoliberalism and the economic and political spheres, as exemplified in Michel Foucault’s lectures, The Birth of Biopolitics. While sympathetic with Brown’s views on the deleterious effects of neoliberalism, it takes issue with her critique of Foucault’s “notorious late-1970s antagonism to Marxism” and its effects on his understanding of the relationship between the political and the economic, as reflected in the phenomenon of neoliberalism. This article argues instead that Foucault’s work in The Birth of Biopolitics does indeed have an important genealogical relationship to Marxism, but it is not the humanist Marxism that frames Brown’s analysis. What motivates Foucault’s interest in neoliberalism is not his insufficiently Marxist understanding of the relationship between the economic and the political, but rather his larger project of exploring a theory of social complexity in which the economic does not and cannot unilaterally steer the other social systems, including the political. This understanding is utterly consonant with Foucault’s larger discussion of the qualitative shift from disciplinarity to governmentality, and evinces a genealogical through-line from Althusser’s analysis of structural causality to Foucault’s The Birth of Biopolitics, to Luhmann’s social systems theory—one that fundamentally changes how we must think the concept of the political within a new understanding of social complexity.
Human Reproduction in the Twenty-First Century
Authors: Greely Henry T. 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACTNew technologies will offer new possibilities for human reproduction over the rest of the twenty-first century. Genetic selection, particularly through preimplantation genetic diagnosis; genetic modification, especially through CRISPR and other methods of DNA editing; and direct changes in methods of reproduction, including stem-cell-derived eggs and sperm and possibly ectogenesis through “artificial wombs,” will be available to future would-be parents. This article first describes those technologies and their likely stages of development and speculates about how widely they will be used. These technological changes will present challenges to individuals and societies. Both will have to decide what use, if any, to make of them—individually and collectively. The challenges include those raised by most new technologies: safety, fairness, coercion, and naturalness. Two other issues, though, will be particularly prominent with these new reproductive technologies: human enhancement and family structures. These issues are especially relevant to both posthumanism and transhumanism.
Fashion, Sustainability, and the Anthropocene
Authors: Brooks Andrew , Fletcher Kate , Francis Robert A. , Rigby Emma Dulcie , Roberts Thomas 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACT
The unbridled consumption of clothing threatens the environment. A discussion is developing around the adoption of new materials and economic models to reduce the impacts of clothing production and use. We discuss these emergent technologies in the wider historical setting of the Anthropocene. The history of human-environmental interactions is interwoven with the development of international garment economies. This article provides an account of how changes in clothing manufacturing and consumption patterns have affected environmental systems, focusing on laundry practices in Britain. We draw on closed-loop recycling to discuss how ideas from clothing businesses privilege the status quo and technological change. Optimistic solutions to fashion and sustainability challenges are an example of mechanisms that are responding to a utopian eco-modernist argument that human systems can adapt and prosper in a changing world. Such flawed solutions hide from view more radical visions to transform the relationships among fashion, technology, and the environment.