bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Cardiac and Stress Biomarkers and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: The CRIC Study
Authors: Bansal Nisha , Zelnick Leila , Shlipak Michael G , Anderson Amanda , Christenson Robert , Deo Rajat , deFilippi Christopher , Feldman Harold , Lash James , He Jiang , Kusek John , Ky Bonnie , Seliger Stephen , Soliman Elsayed Z , Go Alan S 
Published: October 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Increases in cardiac and stress biomarkers may be associated with loss of kidney function through shared mechanisms involving cardiac and kidney injury. We evaluated the associations of cardiac and stress biomarkers [N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT), growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), soluble ST-2 (sST-2)] with progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

METHODS
We included 3664 participants with CKD from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort study. All biomarkers were measured at entry. The primary outcome was CKD progression, defined as progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or 50% decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Cox models tested the association of each biomarker with CKD progression, adjusting for demographics, site, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, eGFR, urine proteinuria, blood pressure, body mass index, cholesterol, medication use, and mineral metabolism.

RESULTS
There were 1221 participants who had CKD progression over a median (interquartile range) follow-up of 5.8 (2.4–8.6) years. GDF-15, but not sST2, was significantly associated with an increased risk of CKD progression [hazard ratios (HRs) are per SD increase in log-transformed biomarker]: GDF-15 (HR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.35–1.67) and sST2 (HR, 1.07; 95% CI, 0.99–1.14). NT-proBNP and hsTnT were also associated with increased risk of CKD progression, but weaker than GDF-15: NT-proBNP (HR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.13–1.36) and hsTnT (HR, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.01–1.22).

CONCLUSIONS
Increases in GDF-15, NT-proBNP, and hsTnT are associated with greater risk for CKD progression. These biomarkers may inform mechanisms underlying kidney injury.
Ethnicity, Politics, and the Rhetoric of Genocide at Eldoret
Authors: Harroff Lindsay 
Published: October 2019

AbstractIn this essay, I offer a reception study of the varied responses to and interpretations of a burning church in the town of Eldoret following the 2007 Kenya presidential election. Specifically, I study responses from the U.S. and British media, U.S. officials, and Kenyan politicians. My analysis illuminates how different uses of the term “genocide” mobilize particular sensibilities about the relation between ethnicity and politics and demonstrates how the label of genocide constrains interpretations of violence. In the media and discourse of U.S. politicians, the identification or denial of genocide was made by setting ethnicity and politics as opposing explanatory factors of the violence. Discourses in Kenya, however, demonstrate that understanding the violence required understanding the intersection and permeability of these same categories. This analysis has important implications for understanding how conflicts are and are not named genocide. It demonstrates the importance of attending to the nuanced rhetoric of genocide and calls our attention to the contingent relationships among ethnicity, politics, and genocide.
Radar and UAV: georeferencing and airspace surveillance system
Authors: Navarro Roa Jonnathan , Parca Acevedo Félix , Mancilla Gaona Giovani 
Published: October 2019

A ¨RADAR¨ system, from the English Acronym ¨Radio Detention and Ranging¨. Better known as ¨Radio Detection and Location¨ RDL. It is a system for detecting and positioning objects through shipping and reflection of electromagnetic waves in terms of the time of issue and the return of the waves and their speed (calculated by the Doppler effect of the electromagnetic signal received). Meanwhile, an autonomous unmanned vehicle, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV, which is defined as an aircraft which does not carry a human operator, and uses aerodynamic forces to provide airlift by itself. Therefore, it can fly autonomously or it can be operated by remote control. This article focuses on the review of experiences where these two technologies are integrated, particularly UAVSAR (Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar). This is done in order to support research concerning the combination thereof to be applied in georeferencing humanitarian missions or military missions that require monitoring of airspace.
Training and Development and its Impact on Employees Performance and Productivity "A case Study of district Anantnag Private Sector companies located in the District Anantnag Jammu and Kashmir
Authors: Bhat Ajaz Ahmad 
Published: October 2019

This study is all about the training and development and to understand the affect of its need or necessity on the internal or external management of the organization, this is the only way to design or give framework of the new innovations or creativity and to implementing the new look over the management of the company we all know organization wants maximum out of the minimum efforts but it needs a proper mentoring of the management and for the same purpose the organization has to adopt the new trends of training sessions and development in the company for making performance better and better in the upcoming future competition for the research study we have to study about the factor of success for the organization and fulfilling the same objective of the research study we have selected 250 sample size for accessing their information about the training and development programs in their work place.
Digitale Transformation und die Verbesserung der Wirkung von bibliothekarischen Dienstleistungen
Authors: Tréfás David 
Published: October 2019

Zusammenfassung
Bibliotheken sind in den letzten Jahren immer stärker unter Druck von digitalen Konkurrenten geraten. Die Verbesserung der Wirkung ihrer Dienstleistungen ist ein Desiderat von Universitätsbibliotheken. Der digitalen Konkurrenz aus der Privatwirtschaft setzen Bibliotheken jedoch mehrheitlich traditionelle Modelle entgegen. Digitale Transformation bietet den Bibliotheken viele Chancen, sich weiterzuentwickeln und ihre Expertise und ihre Ethik in einem neuen Zeitalter zur Geltung zu bringen. Der Beitrag folgt der Hypothese, wonach die Einführung digitaler Technologien nur dann die Wirkung verbessert, wenn sich Bibliotheken in den Bereichen Strategie, finanzielle Ausstattung, Organisationsstruktur und Führungsverständnis verändern.
Best-Practices im Umgang mit rechtlichen Fragestellungen zum Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM)
Authors: Ostendorff Philipp , Linke David 
Published: October 2019

Zusammenfassung
Der Beitrag stellt die Ergebnisse mehrerer Interviews zur Organisation rechtlicher Aspekte des FDM dar. Die Interviews ergaben das Ergebnis, dass rechtliche Fragestellungen zum FDM wichtiger Bestandteil der Beratungsangebote sind. Als Organisationsstruktur bietet sich das Modell des First-Level-Supports an. Dadurch lässt sich die bibliothekarische mit der technischen und rechtlichen Expertise verbinden. Anders als in der bisherigen Praxis sollte die Hochschule jedoch mit klaren Arbeitsanweisungen oder Tätigkeitsbeschreibungen für die Beratungsleistungen ihrer Mitarbeiter einstehen.
Exploring, Photographing and Vacationing in J. G. Ballard’s Airport Landscape
Authors: Crouch Giorgios 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Landscape and architecture has played a major role in J. G. Ballard's writing, I have in particular been fascinated with the use of airports in his work. When attempting to hunt down and photograph J. G. Ballard's airport landscape police and security would disrupt my ability to take photographs meaning initial plans would be altered and I would turn my focus to the peripheries, spending time cut off from the infrastructure, dwelling in abandoned waste land and forgotten patches of wilderness. Inadvertently I would replay the roles of certain characters from Ballard's work, becoming marooned and learning to adapt to the landscape. Photographing these places would yield unusual results, images resembling a science fiction landscape, turning the realist properties of photography on its head. I would discover that the extreme nature of the airport landscape influences those who experience it, so when Ballard's work portrays the modern landscape he is also revealing the unseen psychology of the humans inhabiting it.
On approximation in generalized Zygmund class
Authors: Nigam Hare Krishna 
Published: October 2019

AbstractHere, we estimate the degree of approximation of a conjugate functiong˜{\tilde g}and a derived conjugate functiong˜′{\tilde g'}, of a 2π-periodic functiong∈Zrλg \in Z_r^\lambda,r≥ 1, using Hausdorff means of CFS (conjugate Fourier series) and CDFS (conjugate derived Fourier series) respectively. Our main theorems generalize four previously known results. Some important corollaries are also deduced from our main theorems. We also partially review the earlier work of the authors in respect of order of the Euler-Hausdorff product method.
Existence and Ulam stability for nonlinear implicit differential equations with Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative
Authors: Benchohra Mouffak , Bouriah Soufyane , Nieto Juan J. 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
In this paper, we establish the existence and uniqueness of solutions for a class of initial value problem for nonlinear implicit fractional differential equations with Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative, also, the stability of this class of problem. The arguments are based upon the Banach contraction principle and Schaefer’s fixed point theorem. An example is included to show the applicability of our results.
Silent Spaces: Allowing Objects to Talk
Authors: Sherritt Megan 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Object-oriented ontology (OOO) is a philosophy that asks us to step outside the human-centric view of the world to recognize that objects have realities of their own. Although we cannot directly access a thing-in-itself, we can still come to know something about it through an indirect access that Graham Harman suggests is provided by aesthetics, specifically the metaphor. In the metaphor, we step into the place of the object-in-itself (that withdraws) and experience a taste of its reality. This main purpose of this article is to show that the visual arts—specifically Haim Steinbach’s art works—offer a different way to know objects. Steinbach “arranges” found objects on shelves; this emphasis on “arrangement” raises questions about the nature of the space between objects. I argue that it is this space between objects (rather than the indirect contact with objects) that grants us some access to the thing-in-itself. By relating the spaces between objects to silence, I show that it is in these spaces that objects speak. In other words, the theatricality of the metaphor Harman privileges for understanding the object only exists in a silence that emerges from the spaces between objects.
Antinomies of Metaphysical Experience between Theodor Adorno and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
Authors: Ustun Berkay 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
This article is an inquiry into the concept of metaphysical experience through a joint discussion of two authors and philosophers with different approaches that nevertheless converge in the reclamation of the concept and rely both on the experience of death as an example. In both cases, the authors are guided by the central problem of how not to relinquish metaphysical experience to unscrutinized immediacy or a powerful conversion which enjoins subjection, putting it in contact with aesthetics and ethics at once. Theodor Adorno situates metaphysical experience as a problem of philosophy of history and devotes attention to the contemporary possibility of experiences that evoke transcendence. The transformations he identifies in the concept also lead him to propose art as a domain where metaphysical experience is alive. The implicit personal investment Adorno makes is much more clear in Lacoue-Labarthe who, in a dialogue with Maurice Blanchot, shows the experience as deeply bound up with literature and its links to subjectivity. The article argues that the main difference between the two approaches is modal and temporal from the side of the object, aside from the different modes of interrogation recognized with the labels deconstruction and critical theory.
Between Diplomatic Crisis and Economic Interaction: An Information Battle, Public Diplomacy and Investments in US-Mexico Relations, 1876–1880
Authors: Riguzzi Paolo 
Published: October 2019

In the second half of the 1870s, relations between the United States and Mexico faced a difficult situation. On the one hand, an acute diplomatic and security crisis occurred, involving various dimensions of Mexican sovereignty. On the other hand, foundations for modern economic exchange between the two countries were laid, based on the developing railroad connection. This article analyses this situation focusing on the relationship between diplomatic, economic and information interactions, seeking to understand how the conflict was settled. The analysis of the crisis management demonstrates that the solution was contingent upon the use of unconventional diplomatic channels, which had important implications for the course of the bilateral relationships that followed.
En la segunda mitad de la década de 1870, las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y México enfrentaron una situación difícil. Por un lado, ocurrió una grave crisis diplomática y de seguridad, que involucró varias dimensiones de la soberanía mexicana. Por otro, se sentaron las bases para el intercambio económico moderno entre los dos países, con base en la conexión ferroviaria en desarrollo. Este artículo analiza dicha situación, enfocándose en la relación entre interacciones diplomáticas, económicas y de información, y buscando entender cómo se resolvió el conflicto. El análisis de la gestión de la crisis demuestra que la solución dependió del uso de canales diplomáticos no convencionales, lo cual tuvo importantes implicaciones para la evolución posterior de las relaciones bilaterales.
Adrenal insufficiency, be aware of drug interactions!
Authors: Thijs Elke , Wierckx Katrien , Vandecasteele Stefaan , Van den Bruel Annick 
Published: October 2019

Summary
A 42-year-old man with complaints of muscle soreness and an increased pigmentation of the skin was referred because of a suspicion of adrenal insufficiency. His adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol levels indicated a primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) and treatment with hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone was initiated. An etiological workup, including an assessment for anti-adrenal antibodies, very long-chain fatty acids, 17-OH progesterone levels and catecholamine secretion, showed no abnormalities. 18Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT showed bilateral enlargement of the adrenal glands and bilateral presence of an adrenal nodule, with 18fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation. A positive tuberculin test and positive family history of tuberculosis were found, and tuberculostatic drugs were initiated. During the treatment with the tuberculostatic drugs the patient again developed complaints of adrenal insufficiency, due to insufficient dosage of hydrocortisone because of increased metabolism of hydrocortisone.

Learning points:

Shrinkage of the adrenal nodules following tuberculostatic treatment supports adrenal tuberculosis being the common aetiology.

The tuberculostatic drug rifampicin is a CYP3A4 inducer, increasing the metabolism of hydrocortisone. Increase the hydrocortisone dosage upon initiation of rifampicin in case of (adrenal) tuberculosis.

A notification on the Addison’s emergency pass could be considered to heighten physician’s and patients awareness of hydrocortisone drug interactions.
Bastions of Irrational Conservatism? Shop-floor Accounts and the Co-evolution of Organizational and Institutional Change in Russia
Authors: Grancelli Bruno 
Published: October 2019

On the whole, the co-evolutionary literature on state-business relationships in Russia conveys the idea that significant changes have occurred in property and corporate governance while less change is noticed in management structures, and workplaces are the places less touched by the systemic transformation. This paper critically assesses the idea that organizational changes only proceed from top to down and from the outside to the inside: those who interact in the workplace are not just the receiving end of change. Yet, the cognitive lenses through which this area of empirical reality is seen have often led to the superposition on shop-floor accounts of overarching frameworks such as that of surplus value extraction and the class antagonism it is bound to breed. I argue that better ways to bridge the micro-macro gap may be found within an institutional research that highlights the links between the microlevel of firm capacities for change and the meso level of organizational fields and local socioinstitutional environments. Therefore, the paper reviews some major contributions of the co-evolutionary framework with a focus on the bridging issue of emerging entrepreneurship. Then it addresses the methodological challenge of devising explanatory mechanisms that might improve our understanding of that issue. Two examples are proposed here for a comparative look at the Russian case: the attention for the “strategies of independence” of working people in classic works of industrial sociology as well as for the “social construction of markets” as aggregate outcome of such strategies in the Italian industrial districts. The paper concludes with some remarks on whether a rational model of purposive action is or is not compatible with thick descriptions and high-context explanations of the micro-meso link.
In Vitro Effect of Temperature on Dentin Bond Strength of Universal Adhesive Systems
Authors: Akarsu DDS, PhD Serdar , Aktuğ Karademir DDS Sultan 
Published: October 2019

The aim of this study was to evaluate the shear bond strength (SBS) of two universal adhesives (Universal Single Bond and All Bond Universal) and a two-step self-etch adhesive system (Clearfil SE Bond) to dentine at various temperatures. Materials and Methods: One hundred and twenty dentin specimens were divided randomly to 12 groups, according to adhesive systems (Universal Single Bond and All Bond Universal, Clearfil SE Bond) and temperature ( 4ºC, 20 ºC, 36ºC, 55ºC) used. Dentin specimens were prepared (n :10, adhesives were applied, and composite cylinders were polymerized. Statistical analysis of the SBS data was performed using Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s Honestly Significant Differences post-hoc test. Results: The Clearfil SE Bond was shown to have higher SBS than the universal adhesives at all temperatures; however, there was no statistically significant difference (P>0.05). In both groups, the lowest SBS values were observed in the samples at 4°C while the highest SBS values were observed in the samples at 55°C. In this case, there was a statistically significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusions: The results suggest that the effectiveness of an adhesive may increase if it is preheated at 36°C or above before use instead of being used immediately after removal from the refrigerator or at room temperature.
Waste glass as binder in alkali activated slag–fly ash mortars
Authors: Liu G. , Florea M. V. A. , Brouwers H. J. H. 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
This paper illustrates the application of waste glass powder as part of the binder in slag–fly ash systems activated by NaOH and NaOH/Na2CO3 activators. To evaluate the reaction kinetics, reaction products, mechanical properties, and durability performance of glass powder modified alkali activated slag–fly ash systems, calorimetry test, X-ray diffraction, FTIR, strength test, drying shrinkage tests, and carbonation test were conducted. From the isothermal calorimeter results, glass powder shows a higher reactivity compared to fly ash but still lower than slag. The reaction products of glass power modified samples exhibit an enhancement of polymerization degree of Si–O–T, observed in FTIR. As a consequence, higher drying shrinkage exists in glass modified mortars. The mechanical performance of different samples is mostly controlled by the Ca/Si of dry mixtures and activator type. After the slag–fly ash binder system was modified by the waste glass, a significant enhancement of resistance to carbonation was identified, especially for NaOH/Na2CO3 activated mortars, which show an increase of 300% on the carbonation resistance ability compared to the reference sample. The Na/(Si + Al) ratio of dry mixtures exhibits a positive correlation with carbonation resistance.
TÜKETİCİ YAŞAM TARZLARI İLE STATÜ TÜKETİMİ İLİŞKİSİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Authors: ÖZDEN Aybike Tuba 
Published: October 2019

Teknolojide yaşanan gelişmeler,
ürün çeşidinin artmasını kolaylaştırırken aynı zamanda bilgiye hızlı ve kolay
ulaşabilen, daha seçici tüketicileri yaratmıştır. Bu durum, işletmelerin ürün
konumlandırırken hedef pazarlarını doğru seçmelerinin giderek önem kazanmasına
neden olmaktadır. Mevcut çalışma, tüketicilerin yaşam tarzları ile statü
tüketimi eğilimleri ile ilişkisini, aynı zamanda bu tüketicilerin kişisel özelliklerinin
statü tüketimi eğilimlerine etkisini incelemek amacıyla tasarlanmıştır. Ankara
ve Samsun şehirlerinde 415 tüketici ile yürütülen çalışmada anket formu
kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada yaşam tarzları ölçek alt boyutları bağımsız, statü tüketimi ölçeği ise
bağımlı değişken olarak tanımlanarak bir yapısal eşitlik modeli kurulmuştur ve tüketicilerin
yaşam tarzları ile statü tüketim eğilimleri arasında istatistikî olarak anlamlı
bir ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca araştırma sonuçlarına göre tüketicilerin
statü tüketimi eğilimleri ile eğitim durumları, medeni durumları ve meslekleri
arasında ilişki olduğu görülmüştür.
Buradan hareketle bu çalışma, ürünlerini statü tüketimine yönelik
konumlandıran işletmelerin, tüketicilerin yaşam tarzlarını, kişisel
özelliklerini ve mesleklerini dikkate alarak alternatif hedef pazar
oluşturabilmeleri açısından önem taşımaktadır.
ПРОГНОЗИРОВАНИЕ РАЗМЕЩЕНИЯ И РАЗВИТИЕ ПРОИЗВОДСТВА ПРОДУКЦИИ ЖИВОТНОВОДСТВА В РЕГИОНЕ.
Authors: Печеневский Владимир Федорович , Снегирев Олег Игоревич 
Published: October 2019

Цель: Разработать прогноз размещения и развития производства основных видов продукции животноводства в ЦЧР. Обсуждение: В процессе исследования уточнены и дополнены теоретико-методические положения прогнозирования современного размещения и развития производства продукции животноводства, обусловленные самой аграрной сферой влиянием природно-климатических и экономических факторов производства, зависимостью от климатических зон специфики ведения животноводства и производства основных видов его продукции. Выявлены структурные сдвиги в размещении и развитии производства основных видов продукции животноводства в ЦЧР, характеризующиеся значительным ростом поголовья свиней и птицы, объемов производства свинины и мяса птицы, превысивших дореформенный уровень, с одновременными диспропорциями в размещении поголовья КРС, коров, в производстве говядины и молока. Результаты: Разработан прогноз размещения и развития производства основных видов продукции животноводства в ЦЧР, базирующийся на всесторонней оценке состояния и тенденций их развития, одновременном использовании комплекса методов: трендового корреляционно-регрессионного, имитационного моделирования и сценарного прогнозирования, учитывающих влияние многообразия экономических и природных факторов.