bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Queer strangers: Alfred Hitchcock’s fidelity to Patricia Highsmith
Authors: Gaunson Stephen 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
In the growing interest of Alfred Hitchcock adaptations, this article discusses not necessarily why the director chose to adapt Patricia Highsmith’s debut novel, Strangers on a Train (1950, 1951), but how he adapted her. While this dualistically reveals much about the creative process of both the director and the novelist, it further begins to pay some due to the ways in which Hitchcock’s film is indebted to Highsmith’s structure, miasma and characters. Notwithstanding the acclaim to which Highsmith’s novel is now held within the fields of crime writing and the writer’s oeuvre, notable scholars writing on the film have been too quick to dismiss the novel as a rough plot for what Hitchcock developed to become the finished film. This article will go some way towards challenging this assertion.
Gorovodu: The Genesis of a “Hausa Vodun”
Authors: Brivio Alessandra 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
This article explores the genealogy of the gorovodu religious order, a relative newcomer in the wider vodun landscape of Togo and Benin. Gorovodu was born from the combination of many of the antiwitchcraft movements that swept across the Gold Coast between the 1910s and the 1930s. Crossing the Volta River to the east, these movements encountered a space dominated by vodun orders that were able to absorb and transform them gradually. In Togo and Benin, the northern gods lost their explicit association with witch finding and were recontextualized within the parameters of vodun practices while retaining their strong moralistic aptitude. What remained was a neat dichotomy between good and bad that was not so typical of vodun: gorovodu’s moral dictates were and are clear and offered a sense of stability by the immediacy of reward or punishment. This article analyzes the initial stages in the genesis of a new vodun and the transformation within an antiwitchcraft movement with the intention of showing the peculiar interaction between motion and the colonial encounters, the agency of charismatic leaders and the influences of world religions.
PICK1-Deficient Mice Exhibit Impaired Response to Cocaine and Dysregulated Dopamine Homeostasis
Authors: Jensen Kathrine Louise , Sørensen Gunnar , Dencker Ditte , Owens William Anthony , Rahbek-Clemmensen Troels , Brett Lever Michael , Runegaard Annika H. , Riis Christensen Nikolaj , Weikop Pia , Wörtwein Gitta , Fink-Jensen Anders , Madsen Kenneth L. , Daws Lynette , Gether Ulrik , Rickhag Mattias 
Published: May 2018

AbstractProtein interacting with C-kinase 1 (PICK1) is a widely expressed scaffold protein known to interact via its PSD-95/discs-large/ZO-1 (PDZ)-domain with several membrane proteins including the dopamine (DA) transporter (DAT), the primary target for cocaine’s reinforcing actions. Here, we establish the importance of PICK1 for behavioral effects observed after both acute and repeated administration of cocaine. In PICK1 knock-out (KO) mice, the acute locomotor response to a single injection of cocaine was markedly attenuated. Moreover, in support of a role for PICK1 in neuroadaptive changes induced by cocaine, we observed diminished cocaine intake in a self-administration paradigm. Reduced behavioral effects of cocaine were not associated with decreased striatal DAT distribution and most likely not caused by the ∼30% reduction in synaptosomal DA uptake observed in PICK1 KO mice. The PICK1 KO mice demonstrated preserved behavioral responses to DA receptor agonists supporting intact downstream DA receptor signaling. Unexpectedly, we found a prominent increase in striatal DA content and levels of striatal tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in PICK1 KO mice. Chronoamperometric recordings showed enhanced DA release in PICK1 KO mice, consistent with increased striatal DA pools. Viral-mediated knock-down (KD) of PICK1 in cultured dopaminergic neurons increased TH expression, supporting a direct cellular effect of PICK1. In summary, in addition to demonstrating a key role of PICK1 in mediating behavioral effects of cocaine, our data reveal a so far unappreciated role of PICK1 in DA homeostasis that possibly involves negative regulation of striatal TH levels.
A High-Resolution Genetic Map for the Laboratory Rat
Authors: Littrell John , Tsaih Shirng-Wern , Baud Amelie , Rastas Pasi , Solberg-Woods Leah , Flister Michael J 
Published: May 2018

AbstractAn accurate and high-resolution genetic map is critical for mapping complex traits, yet the resolution of the current rat genetic map is far lower than human and mouse, and has not been updated since the original Jensen-Seaman map in 2004. For the first time, we have refined the rat genetic map to sub-centimorgan (cM) resolution (&lt;0.02 cM) by using 95,769 genetic markers and 870 informative meioses from a cohort of 528 heterogeneous stock (HS) rats. Global recombination rates in the revised sex-averaged map (0.66 cM/Mb) did not differ compared to the historical map (0.65 cM/Mb); however, substantial refinement was made to the localization of highly recombinant regions within the revised map. Also for the first time, sex-specific rat genetic maps were generated, which revealed both genomewide and fine-scale variation in recombination rates between male and female rats. Reanalysis of multiple quantitative trait loci (QTL) using the historical and refined rat genetic maps demonstrated marked changes to QTL localization, shape, and effect size. As a resource to the rat research community, we have provided revised centimorgan positions for all physical positions within the rat genome and commonly used genetic markers for trait mapping, including 44,828 SSLP markers and the RATDIV genotyping array. Collectively, this study provides a substantial improvement to the rat genetic map and an unprecedented resource for analysis of complex traits and recombination in the rat.
Claviculectomía total como procedimiento de rescate. Reporte de un caso y revisión bibliográfica. [Total claviculectomy as a rescue procedure. Case report and literature review.]
Authors: Argüelles Santiago , Rodriguez Martin , Pereira Enrique 
Published: May 2018

La pseudoartrosis de clavícula es una causa infrecuente de síndrome de opérculo torácico. En el presente artículo describimos un caso de plexopatía braquial por pseudoartrosis previamente infectada de clavícula en el cual se realizó claviculectomía total para el alivio de los síntomas. Realizamos una revisión bibliográfica del tema. Escasos artículos han sido publicados. Del análisis de la literatura citada concluimos que la claviculectomía total es una opción a ser tenida en cuenta cuando se han agotado las opciones terapéuticas. Los resultados funcionales pueden ser satisfactorios cuando la indicación es por infección, plexopatía o por sarcoma. AbstractClavicle non-union is an uncommon cause of thoracic outlet syndrome. A case of brachial plexopathy by previously infected clavicle pseudarthrosis is described. Total claviculectomy was performed for symptom relief. From literature analysis we conclude that total claviculectomy is an option to be taken into account when therapeutic options have exhausted.Functional results could be adequate when total claviculectomy is indicated in cases of infection, plexopathy or sarcoma.
Parental Desensitization to Gun Violence in PG-13 Movies
Authors: Romer Daniel , Jamieson Patrick E. , Jamieson Kathleen Hall , Lull Robert , Adebimpe Azeez 
Published: May 2018

OBJECTIVE:To assess effects of justified versus unjustified screen violence on parents’ willingness to allow children to view films that contain extensive gun violence.METHODS:A national US sample of 610 parents with at least 1 child between ages 6 and 17 was randomly assigned to view a series of four 90-second video clips from popular films depicting violent gun use under either justified or unjustified conditions. Graphic consequences were removed to mimic the violence common in PG-13 movies. Parents reported their perceived justification for the violence, their emotional reaction while viewing it, the minimum age they would consider appropriate for viewing the film, and whether they would allow their own child to view it. Predictors included experimental condition, viewing order, child age, and recent moviegoing. Growth curve modeling determined the effects of the predictors on both intercepts and slopes of viewing order.RESULTS:Parents were less emotionally upset and more accepting of child viewing for justified than unjustified gun violence, with perceptions of justification better predictors of parental restriction than emotion. Nevertheless, with the exception of parents with extensive moviegoing habits, parents viewed justified violence as appropriate for adolescents starting at age 15, older than the PG-13 rating suggests.CONCLUSIONS:Parents are less restrictive of child viewing of gun violence in PG-13 movies when it features characters whose weapon use is seen as justified. The apparent acceptance of rising gun violence in PG-13 movies may be partly attributable to the perception that the violence in those films is justified.
Enjeksiyon Sonrası Gelişen Nöropati: Komplikasyon/Malpraktis Ayrımında İnce Bir Çizgi
Authors: Kaya Kenan , Çekin Necmi 
Published: May 2018

Enjeksiyon sonrası gelişen nöropati; özellikle
gelişmekte olan ülkelerde yaygın sağlık sorunlarından biri olmakla birlikte
yüksek morbiditeye sebep olması dolayısıyla da ayrıca önem arz etmektedir.

Sağlık çalışanlarının karşısına malpraktis davası
olarak çıkan bu durum için öncelikle komplikasyon/malpraktis ayrımı
yapılarak, sağlık çalışanlarının da bu
konuda gerekli eğitimi alması, gerekli hassasiyeti göstermesi gerekmektedir.
Sağlık çalışanlarının suçlanmasına neden olan ve basında daima ‘yanlış iğne
vuruldu, felç oldu’ şeklinde sunulan bu durum hakkında enjeksiyon sonrası bir
kusur oluştuğu, öyleyse ortada bir ‘suç’ olduğu ve dolayısıyla bir de ‘suçlu’
olduğu şeklinde düşünülmekteydi. Ancak son yıllarda adli tıp uygulamalarında;
enjeksiyon endikasyonunun varlığı, doğru yer, doğru ilaç ve doğru miktarda
uygulandığında gelişebilecek olumsuz bir durumun komplikasyon olarak
değerlendirildiği görülmektedir. Bu nedenle, bu tür iddialar söz konusu olduğu
olgularda hasta kayıtlarında bu durumun gösterilmesi, ileride doğabilecek
hukuki durumlar için yararlı olacaktır.
LOCATIONS, TRANSLOCAL AND TRANSNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
Authors: Payne Phillip G 
Published: May 2018

For more than two decades, the Invitational Seminar on Research Development in Environmental (and Health) Education series has provided a unique opportunity for participants from around the planet to discuss critical problems, trends and issues in environmental education research (EER) and environmental education (EE). Using a critical realist/materialist ‘history of the present’ method, this brief commentary outlines some of the key principles and purposes of the Seminar series that helped shape the framing, conceptualization, and contextualization of the 13th Invitational Seminar held in Bertioga, Brazil in 2015. The main theme of the 13th Seminar, posed as a researchable question, was: “What is ‘critical’ about critical environmental education research (EER)?”. There are persistent concerns that the early promise and potential of EE in the 1970s is being diminished as the field develops, diversifies and is absorbed into certain dominant logics and/or prevailing practices. The Seminar series is an attractive alternative for researchers historically committed to a critical praxis of EER that promotes environmental ethics and socio-ecological justices. For the first time in the series, environmental education researchers from Brazil (as an indicator of Latin/South America) were invited to give ‘voice’ to their research efforts. In Brazil, there is an emergent ‘body of knowledge’ that serves environmentally as a ‘location of knowledge’. Possibly, this ‘literature base’ represents a distinctive ‘geo-epistemological’ understanding of the local, translocal, national, regional, and transnational achievements and aspirations of the ‘Brazilianess’ of EER. As an evolving history of the present (and future), this commentary concludes with some basic recommendations for the future local and translocal development of ‘post-critical’ framings of inquiry that highlight the importance of sustaining locations of knowledge production in and for critical perspectives of environmental education research.
ESTRATÉGIA DE INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO ATRAVÉS DE UPGRADING FUNCIONAL
Authors: Smaniotto Eduardo , Paiva Ely Laureano , Vieira Luciana Marques 
Published: May 2018

Este artigo discute a participação de empresas brasileiras em cadeias globais de valor, tendo como foco do estudo uma empresa do setor calçadista. A maioria das empresas deste setor ainda concentra seus esforços na exportação indireta, participando de maneira reativa nas cadeias globais de valor calçadista. Neste estudo, destaca-se a estratégia adotada por uma empresa brasileira no mercado alemão que busca se internacionalizar com marca própria, desenvolvendo o chamado upgrading funcional. Este direcionamento rompe com a lógica da governança de cadeia exercida pelos varejistas internacionais (buyer-driven). Os métodos utilizados foram o grupo de foco e o estudo de caso da empresa “A”. O estudo encontra similaridades com conceitos propostos sobre cadeias globais de valor e analisa a mudança no posicionamento estratégico da empresa. Os resultados contribuem para o entendimento das mudanças estratégicas necessárias para estágios mais avançados de inserção das empresas brasileiras nos mercados externos.
The Optimal Allocation for Capital Preservation: an Evidence Australian Portfolio
Authors: Akbar Riznaldi 
Published: May 2018

<p>This study analyzes optimal asset mix for Australian portfolios with the main investment objective for capital preservation. An alternative measure of risk of annual maximum drawdown has been used to reflect investor preference for capital preservation as opposed to conventional risk measure of standard deviation and variance. The contribution of the study is two folds. First, this study has put different perspective to look at portfolio risk in the view of capital preservation. Second, the optimal weight for asset class mix that minimizes annual maximum drawdown has been analyzed for the case of Australian market. The results suggest that for capital preservation, investors should expect lower returns and need to put a greater allocation on less risky assets such as cash or bond. To this end, cash and bond have provided stable long term annual returns along with contained level of annual maximum drawdowns. In contrast, when investors demand higher expected return, they should increase asset allocation into stocks (equities) market at the expense of higher maximum drawdowns.</p><p><strong>Bahasa Indonesia Abstrak</strong>: <em>Studi ini menganalisis bauran aset optimal untuk portofolio Australia dengan tujuan investasi utama untuk pelestarian modal. Ukuran alternatif risiko penarikan maksimum tahunan telah digunakan untuk mencerminkan preferensi investor untuk pelestarian modal dibandingkan dengan ukuran risiko konvensional standar deviasi dan varians. Kontribusi dari penelitian ini adalah dua lipatan. Pertama, penelitian ini telah menempatkan perspektif yang berbeda untuk melihat risiko portofolio dalam pandangan pelestarian modal. Kedua, bobot optimal untuk campuran kelas aset yang meminimalkan penarikan maksimum tahunan telah dianalisis untuk kasus pasar Australia. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa untuk pelestarian modal, investor harus mengharapkan pengembalian yang lebih rendah dan perlu menempatkan alokasi yang lebih besar pada aset yang kurang berisiko seperti uang tunai atau obligasi. Untuk tujuan ini, uang tunai dan obligasi telah memberikan pengembalian tahunan jangka panjang yang stabil bersama dengan tingkat penarikan maksimum tahunan. Sebaliknya, ketika investor meminta pengembalian yang diharapkan lebih tinggi, mereka harus meningkatkan alokasi aset ke pasar saham (ekuitas) dengan mengorbankan penarikan maksimum yang lebih tinggi</em></p>
The use of medicinal plants and their possible drug interactions with allopathic drugs in a metropolitan region of Curitiba-PR
Authors: Da Silva Bruna Machado , Eichenberger Mariana , Ditterich Rafael Gomes , Buffon Marilene Da Cruz Magalhães 
Published: May 2018

The use of medicinal plants constitutes a popular practice and knowledge, and plays a fundamental role in communities, especially concerning health care. The easy accessibility of medicinal plants causes the individual to use concomitant allopathic medicines without any professional guidance. This form of self-medication can inhibit or intensify the effect of medications, so this association requires caution. Aim: To survey the medicinal plants used and their possible drug interactions between synthetic drugs and medicinal plants, including those of dental properties, employed by users of the Jardim das Graças Health Center, Colombo-PR. Methodology: Qualitative study of a descriptive approach; Composed of 31 research participants, chosen at random, according to the criterion: belong to the area of coverage of the UC, and accept to participate in the research. The data were obtained in three stages: 1st home visit, where the research participants answered a questionnaire, 2nd was collected the plants used for botanical identification were collected, 3rd in the medical records, data on the prescribed drugs were analyzed. Results: 77.4% of the research participants used medicinal plants, 33.3% were over 45 years of age, 74.2% were women, 95.8% took medication associated with plant use, 62.5% used plants as medicine, the most used part was the leaf (61.53%), preparation through boiling (75%). The most cited plant was guaco (10.4%), followed by chamomile (9.6%) and lemon (6.4%), and those related to dentistry were: rosemary, arnica, alfavaca, chamomile, fennel, ginger, spearmint, clove and melissa. We concluded that most of the participants used plants concomitantly with allopathic medication, mainly diseases, without any guidance from health professionals. A total of 14 allopathy drugs, and 13 medicinal plants which may present possible risk for drug interaction, were observed.
Fracture Characteristics and Change of Permeability Under the Influence of Natural Fractures: Experimental Study of Wufeng–Longmaxi Shale
Authors: Zhu Hai-Yan , Tao Lei , Liu Qing-You , Lei Zheng-Dong , Jiang Shu , McLennan John D. 
Published: May 2018

Summary
Currently, substantial shale gas reserves have been recognized in many countries, including China and the United States. An improved comprehension of the structure of these shale plays can lead to improved shale gas producibility. Gas is produced through natural fractures (NFs) and through hydraulically induced fractures, together creating the so-called stimulated reservoir volume (SRV). Although NFs are advocated as significantly influencing the size and shape of an SRV, the effects of NFs on fracturing and permeability changes are incomplete. This paper describes experimental studies performed on calcite-filled fractures from outcrops of Wufeng (O3w)-Longmaxi (S1l) shale. These samples are representative of Ordovician-Silurian productive shales in the Fuling Basin, near Chongqing City, China. Basic parameters, such as acoustic wave velocity, porosity, and permeability, were first measured on representative samples. Subsequently, permeability and acoustic emissions were measured during triaxial compression experiments through the post-peak domain. After these evaluations, the fracture modes and the fragment distribution were evaluated.
In the measurements made, the natural calcite-filled macroscopic fractures reduced the confined compressive strength of these shale samples from 26 to 47%. Permeability is also affected. During the triaxial compression experiments, different NF orientations affected the overall permeability differently. We divided the collected samples into three groups.
Group 1 samples had axial fractures (AFs). The gas permeability reduced from 0.70 to 0.12 md. When the sample was broken, permeability increased to 2.0 md, whereas the axial stress dropped to zero. Samples in Group 2 had transverse natural fractures (TFs). When new fractures were generated, permeability increased to greater than 0.70 md. Because samples in Group 3 had no obvious, natural macroscopic fractures (NFs), permeability was too low to measure before catastrophic failure during triaxial compression. When these samples did fail in compression, significant fractures formed, and permeability increased, resembling Group 2.
There was a close relationship between the initial pattern of NFs and the subsequently generated fracture morphologies. For Group 1, the samples broke into several larger pieces along the original AFs. For Group 2, the samples broke into numerous small and relatively uniform pieces. For Group 3, the samples did not break completely, and the constituent fragments were nonuniform. Our results are helpful for understanding fracture-propagation mechanisms and the evolution of permeability under in-situ loading processes (long-term geologic loading, stress alteration during well construction and stimulation, and reservoir modification during depletion).
Quantitative Evaluation of Key Geological Controls on Regional Eagle Ford Shale Production Using Spatial Statistics
Authors: Tian Yao , Ayers (ret.) Walter B. , Sang Huiyan , McCain William D. , Ehlig-Economides Christine 
Published: May 2018

SummaryRecent progress has increased our understanding of key controls on the productivity of shale reservoirs. The quantitative relations between regional Eagle Ford Shale production trends and geologic parameters were investigated to clarify which geologic parameters exercise dominant control on well-production rates.Previously, qualitative correlations for the Eagle Ford Shale were demonstrated among depth, thickness, total organic carbon (TOC), distribution of limestone beds, and average bed thickness with regional production. Eagle Ford production wells are horizontal, but it was necessary to use vertical wells that penetrated the Eagle Ford to map reservoir properties. No wells in the database had both production and geological parameters, and thus geological parameters could not be directly related to individual-well production. Therefore, spatial-interpolation methods derived from the Kriging and Bayesian methods with Markov-chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling algorithms were used to integrate data sets and predict geological properties at production-well locations. The spatial Gaussian-process-regression modeling was conducted to investigate the primary controls on production.Results suggest that the 6-month cumulative production from the Eagle Ford Shale, in barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), increases consistently with depth, with Eagle Ford thickness (up to 180-ft thickness), and with TOC (up to 7%). Also, when the number of limestone beds exceeds 12, production increases with the number of limestone beds. The corresponding significance code indicates that the parameters most significant to production are TOC and depth (which relates to pressure and thermal maturation).Concepts and models developed in this study may assist operators in making critical Eagle Ford Shale development decisions and should be transferable to other shale plays.