bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Characteristics of Takayasu Arteritis Patients with Severe Ischemic Events
Authors: Yu Richard Ying , AlSolimani Roaa , Khalidi Nader , Pagnoux Christian , Barra Lillian 
Published: October 2019

Objective.Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare large-vessel vasculitis that puts patients at high risk of developing severe ischemic events (SIE). Outcomes for TA patients with SIE are poorly understood. We aim to describe the characteristics of TA patients experiencing SIE.Methods.All TA patients with at least 1 followup visit seen between 1988 and 2015 were included from 3 academic centers in Ontario, Canada. Diagnosis was based on American College of Rheumatology criteria, physician opinion, and vascular imaging. SIE were defined as cerebrovascular accident (CVA), acute coronary syndrome (ACS), ischemic cardiomyopathy, ischemic blindness, and/or ischemic bowel or limb requiring surgery.Results.Of the 52 patients with TA included in the study, 51 (98%) were female and 22 (42%) were of European descent. The mean age was 31 (SD 12) at the time of diagnosis and the followup time was 6 years (SD 5). Fifteen (29%) experienced an SIE: 5 CVA, 5 ACS, 1 ischemic cardiomyopathy, and 4 limb ischemia. Thirteen out of 15 SIE (87%) occurred at or before diagnosis. Patients with SIE were more likely than those without SIE to be started on corticosteroids combined with immunosuppressants (p = 0.04) and antiplatelet agents (p = 0.004). Outcomes including disease activity and damage scores were similar between patients with and without SIE.Conclusion.SIE are common in patients with TA and occur early in the disease. With aggressive treatment, patients with SIE had a favorable prognosis.
Learning ecologies in online students with disabilities
Authors: Rodrigo Covadonga , Tabuenca Bernardo 
Published: October 2019

E-Learning environments are enhancing both their functionalities and the quality of the resources provided, thus simplifying the creation of learning ecologies adapted for students with disabilities. The number of students with disabilities enrolled in online courses is so small, and their impairments are so specific that it becomes difficult to quantify and identify which specific actions should be taken to support them. This work contributes to scientific literature with two key aspects: 1) It identifies which barriers these students encounter, and which tools they use to create learning ecologies adapted to their impairments; 2) It also presents the results from a case study in which 161 students with recognised disabilities evaluate the efficiency and ease of use of an online learning environment in higher education studies. The work presented in this paper highlights the need to provide multimedia elements with subtitles, text transcriptions, and the option to be downloadable and editable so that the student can adapt them to their needs and learning style.
Los entornos de aprendizaje en línea están mejorando sus funcionalidades y la calidad de los recursos, facilitando que estudiantes con discapacidad puedan crear y adaptar sus propias ecologías de aprendizaje. Normalmente, el número de estudiantes con discapacidad matriculados es tan residual y sus discapacidades tan particulares, que resulta difícil identificar y cuantificar qué medidas de asistencia son relevantes para este colectivo en general. El objetivo de este trabajo es hacer entender cómo aprenden los estudiantes en entornos en línea dependiendo de su discapacidad y de las características del entorno. Consistentemente, se definen cinco ecologías de aprendizaje que son más frecuentes. Este trabajo contribuye a la literatura científica en dos aspectos fundamentales: 1) identificar qué barreras se encuentran, qué herramientas de apoyo utilizan los estudiantes online con discapacidad y cómo las combinan para formar ecologías de aprendizaje adaptadas a discapacidades específicas; 2) presentar los resultados en los que 161 estudiantes con discapacidad reconocida evalúan la eficiencia y facilidad de uso de un entorno de aprendizaje online en el ámbito universitario. Se resalta la necesidad de proveer elementos multimedia con subtítulos, transcripciones de texto, y la opción de que sean descargables y editables para que el estudiante pueda adaptarlos a sus necesidades y estilo de aprendizaje.
Positive or negative communication in social activism
Authors: Pinazo-Calatayud Daniel , Nos-Aldas Eloisa , Agut-Nieto Sonia 
Published: October 2019

This study analyses the role of communication in social activism from models that surpass the mere emotional reaction, prior belief reinforcement or brand identification. This paper tests the hypothesis that a message focused on the cause (and its results) will motivate a previously sensitized audience depending on their interactions with source favorability. The methodology is based on the design of a bifactor experimental action result study 2 (failure versus success) x 2 valences (favorable versus unfavorable source) with the participation of 297 people who are pro-avoidance of evictions. The results allow us to infer that the messages from sources hostile to the cause that report negative results have the potential to emotionally and behaviorally motivate activists to a greater extent than messages with more positive results from favorable sources. The conclusions point to the dialogue between social injustice frames and pro-cause action emotions as a way to increase social mobilization. The theoretical and empirical implications of these findings are discussed in the present-day context of social media prevalence.
Esta investigación analiza el papel de la comunicación en el activismo social desde modelos que superen la mera reacción emocional, el refuerzo de creencias previas o la identificación con la marca. Este estudio pone a prueba la hipótesis de que un mensaje que centre la atención en la causa (en sus resultados) motivará a una audiencia previamente sensibilizada en favor de dicha causa cuando interactúe con la favorabilidad de la fuente. Se ha diseñado un estudio experimental bifactorial 2 resultado de la acción (fracaso versus éxito) x 2 valencia (fuente favorable versus fuente desfavorable) con la participación de 297 personas pro-evitación de desahucios. Los resultados permiten deducir que los mensajes emitidos por fuentes hostiles para la causa que informen de resultados negativos tienen el potencial de motivar afectiva y conductualmente a los activistas en mayor medida que mensajes con resultados más positivos en fuentes favorables. Las conclusiones finales señalan al diálogo entre marcos discursivos de injusticia social y emociones de acción pro-causa como vía para incrementar la movilización social. Se discuten las implicaciones teórico-prácticas de estos resultados en el contexto actual de predominio de redes sociales.
Por uma história da história da educação no Brasil: Diana Vidal entre os 20 anos da SBHE e os 22 anos do NIEPHE
Authors: Soares Fagno Silva , Plessim Vinicius Kapicius 
Published: October 2019

Entrevista realizada em 17 de dezembro de 2018, com a historiadora da educação, Diana Gonçalves Vidal, professora titular de história da educação e livre-docente na Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo (FE/USP), coordenadora e fundadora do Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Estudos e Pesquisas em História da Educação (NIEPHE/USP). Diretora do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (IEB/USP) e destacada pesquisadora em História da Educação no Brasil.
Durante a entrevista, a pesquisadora Diana Vidal falou sobre sua trajetória profissional, fez reflexões acerca do ofício do/a historiador/a da educação, seus (di)lemas no século XXI, passando pelos 20 anos da SBHE e22 anos do NIEPHE, e sobre o seu contributo à frente do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (IEB/USP) até o processo de consolidação dos estudos em história da educação no Brasil. Por fim, tratou dos desafios, trajetória, experiências e perspectivas da história da educação Brasileira.
Faria de Vasconcelos e a Escola Nova em Portugal: do self-government à educação científica
Authors: Boto Carlota 
Published: October 2019

O presente artigo propõe-se a abordar o estudo do pensamento educacional de um representante da Escola Nova em Portugal, António de Sena Faria de Vasconcelos (1880-1939). A partir de 1912, o autor dirigirá uma escola por ele próprio fundada em Bierges-Les-Wavre, experiência caracterizada por contemporâneos como uma das principais ações de aplicação dos princípios renovados em educação. Em uma primeira etapa de sua produção, que vai do início do século aproximadamente aos anos de 1920, a ênfase se dá na discussão do método ativo, daquilo que Faria de Vasconcelos prefere denominar de autogoverno, ou, mais precisamente, self-government. Do ponto de vista teórico-metodológico, o estudo inscreve-se na perspectiva da história das mentalidades. Os procedimentos metodológicos adotados são a leitura e a análise das obras completas do autor, tomando esse corpus documental em paralelo com contemporâneos seus.
Chaucer's Pars Secunda Canon: A New Identification
Authors: Roger Euan Cameron 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Chaucer's conniving canon in pars secunda of the Canon's Yeoman's Tale has been traditionally identified with William Shuchirch, canon of the king's chapel at Windsor, on the basis of research undertaken almost a century ago by H. G. Richardson and J. M. Manly. Recent research, however, suggests that no such individual was ever present as a canon of Windsor. This article reexamines both Richardson's identification and Chaucer's links with Windsor, and provides a new Windsor candidate for Chaucer's canon character. It also reassesses Chaucer's connections with the law and legal proceedings, proposing a new hypothesis for the way in which pars secunda may have been inspired by the real-life story of “William Shuchirch.” This article contributes to efforts to place Chaucer within a historical context, as a man with complex professional networks, who interacted with the politics, law, and gossip of his age to draw inspiration for his writing.
Young Saviors and Agents of Change: Power, Environment, and Girlhood in Contemporary Finnish Young Adult Dystopias
Authors: Laakso Maria , Lahtinen Toni , Samola Hanna 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACT
The article examines the child savior motif in four contemporary Finnish young adult (YA) dystopias. The major topics discussed are political agency, environment, and fairy tale intertextuality in these works, which are connected to the northern ideal of children and adolescents as subjects able to affect their own lives. Contemporary Finnish YA dystopian literature does not portray Finland as a societal utopia but, rather, as a society in which social welfare and the general well-being of citizens have collapsed as a result of ecological disasters, continuous wars, totalitarian regimes, or the repression of minorities. Although the problems contemporary Finnish YA dystopias depict are often global, the novels still ground their ethics on northern conceptualizations of the welfare state and the unquestionable ideal of equality.
Making Radical Change Real: Danish Sustainability, Adaptability, and the Reimagination of Architectural Utopias
Authors: Ramiller Alex , Schmidt Patrick 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACT
Utopianism faded in the postmodern era as a source of inspiration for architecture, just as it declined as a source of literary and political ideas. Theorists have attempted to create space for its return by reenvisioning its requirements. The discourse of sustainability provides the most promising window, and a combination of environmental, social, and economic concerns has given rise to a generation of Danish architects who claim to be the inheritors of the utopian tradition. This article examines the work of two leading firms, the Bjarke Ingels Group and 3XN, and assesses their work and ambition against recent theoretical horizons. In this light, we critique Bjarke Ingels Group's invocation of utopianism but find in 3XN the hallmarks of architectural utopianism. This inquiry points out just how demanding and elusive sustainability is but, in so doing, reinforces why sustainability is fertile ground for the return of the utopian imagination to the architectural field.
Composição florística de uma floresta de várzea sob influência da macrodrenagem em Belém, Pará
Authors: Martorano Pedro Guerreiro , Galvão Jessivaldo Rodrigues , Galate Rosemiro dos Santos , Oliveira Leonardo de Almeida , Souza Joel Correa de , Paraense Antonio Diego Lobo , Maia Bruno Kleidson da Silva 
Published: October 2019

Estudos demonstraram que a tendência da ocupação urbana nas grandes cidades é consumir quantidades cada vez maiores de áreas verdes, o que vem provocando sérios danos ao ambiente natural e a saúde das populações. Para tanto, com o objetivo de avaliar os impactos negativos na composição florística, foi realizado o inventário de espécies florísticas da região. A área do estudo possui 44,06 ha e se insere no Parque Ecológico do Município de Belém distando cerca de 2 km da área aeroportuária. Na elaboração do mapa de vegetação, fez-se análise em ortofotos do aerolevantamento da cidade de Belém e utilizou-se de bases cartográficas do IBGE e levantamento topográfico. Para efeito de avaliação dos parâmetros, comparou-se o levantamento em três áreas distintas internas ao Parque. Nas áreas internas ao Parque, observou-se uma forte identidade florística entre os fragmentos traduzida nos valores de dominância, abundância e frequência das espécies. Na área A1 (Áreas contíguas), os valores de dominância e abundância foram 29,51m2/ha e 1.783 ind./ha, A2 (Áreas adjacentes), 30,01m2/ha e 1.723 ind./ha e A3 (Área de entorno), 31,18m2/ha e 841 ind./ha, respectivamente. Os principais descritores avaliados pelas análises fitossociológicas apontam para um ambiente rico e diversos quando comparado a outras comunidades florísticas, indicando tratar-se de uma comunidade madura com os diversos estádios de florestas na Amazônia. O alto grau de homogeneidade entre as parcelas indica tratar-se de um mesmo ambiente florístico, sugerindo que as perdas qualitativas em decorrência ao desmatamento na área do canal, não deva provocar alterações na diversidade florística do Parque.
Gymnasieelevers dømmekraft
Authors: Mathiasen Helle , Rootzén Helle , Thyregood Camilla 
Published: October 2019

Telefoner, tablets og computere er en udfordring i den daglige undervisning for elever i de gymnasiale uddannelser (Hansen et al 1998, Mathiasen 2002, Tække & Paulsen 2013). Det har medier og forskningsrapporter informeret om i flere år (Mathiasen et al 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, Mathiasen 2016a, 2016b). Artiklen sætter fokus på elevernes egenvurderinger af ikke-undervisningsrelateret teknologibrug i undervisningen og gennem begrebet dømmekraft som teoretisk optik diskuteres elevernes begrundelser for at vælge fx facebook til og undervisningen fra.
Analysen af elevsvarerne fortæller om elevers dømmekraft, og diskuterer frugtbarheden af elevernes valg og fravalg i den konkrete undervisningskontekst. Når vi fx i artiklen tolker elevernes valg af ikke undervisningsrelaterede aktiviteter i undervisningen som et udtryk for dømmekraft, handler det bl.a. om elevernes aktualisering af beslutningskompetence, kritiske refleksioner, autonomi samt etiske og sociale aspekter i deres konkrete valg.
La masculinité à travers l’Atlantique : enjeux identitaires et musicaux dans Crépuscule du tourment 1 et 2 de Léonora Miano
Authors: Murray Thomas 
Published: October 2019

L’oeuvre romanesque de Léonora Miano est profondément marquée par le recours à l’intermédialité. Celle-ci se met en place notamment grâce à des références constantes à une culture musicale qui dépasse l’axe France-Afrique structurant les identités afropéennes des personnages et ouvre l’univers fictionnel sur l’espace atlantique en faisant appel à un patrimoine musical essentiellement américain (jazz, funk, soul, etc.). Au-delà de l’aspect structurel de cette intermédialité musicale, sa présence diégétique renforce par bien des aspects la réflexion – de l’auteure et de ses personnages – d’une part sur les questions identitaires, d’autre part sur la masculinité et la position du « garçon noir » pris en étau entre divers schémas contraignants. Le présent article étudie cette articulation entre intermédialité musicale et identités dans les deux tomes de Crépuscule du tourment.
Phylogeny and biogeography of the African Bathyergidae: a review of patterns and processes
Authors: Visser Jacobus H. , Bennett Nigel C. , Jansen van Vuuren Bettine 
Published: October 2019

BackgroundWe review genealogical relationships, biogeographic patterns and broad historical drivers of speciation within the Bathyergidae, a group of endemic African rodents, as well as identify key taxa which need further research.MethodsWe sourced comparable cytochromebsequence data (comparable data available for all members for the Family) and geographic information for all six genera of the African subterranean rodent. This information was combined into the most comprehensive and geographically representative evolutionary study for the Bathyergidae to date.ResultsSpecies richness within the Bathyergidae appears to be underestimated, with undescribed taxa in five of the six genera. Biogeographic patterns suggest large historical distributions, which were repeatedly fragmented by major landscape changes (especially rifting, uplift and drainage evolution) since the Miocene. Aside from vicariant events, other factors (ecological specialization, population-level responses and climatic change) may have been instrumental in driving divergences in the Bathyergidae. As such, adaptive differences may exist among both populations and species across their discrete ranges, driving independent evolutionary trajectories among taxa. In addition, highly fragmented distributions of divergent (and often relict) lineages indicates the possibility of narrow endemics restricted to diminishing suitable habitats. From this, it is clear that a systematic revision of the Bathyergidae is necessary; such a revision should include comprehensive sampling of all putative taxa, the addition of genomic information to assess adaptive differences, as well as ecological information.
Urban-rural disparity in the utilization of national community-based hypertension monitoring service—results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 2015
Authors: Song Hongxun , Feng Da , Wang Ruoxi , Tang Shangfeng , Ghose Bishwajit , Li Gang , Chen Xiaoyu , Feng Zhanchun 
Published: October 2019

Background
Since 2009, community-based hypertension monitoring service (CBHMS) has been provided free of charge by the Chinese government as part of the national Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) policy. This study aimed to examine the disparity in the utilization of CBHMS between urban and rural community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults with hypertension.

Methods
Subjects were 3,479 community-residing hypertensive patients, identified from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), 2015, a nationally representative survey of Chinese residents aged 45 years and older. The utilization of CBHMS was defined as having one’s blood pressure (BP) examined at least once a season by community or village doctors. Rates of CBHMS use of urban and rural residents with hypertension were compared by using chi-square test. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine factors associated with the utilization of CBHMS of hypertensive patients.

Results
CBHMS was significantly more likely to be used by rural than urban middle-aged and older residents with hypertension (38.6% vs. 25.1%, P < 0.001). Results from multiple logistic regression analyses showed that urban patients who were living in central (OR = 0.37) and western (OR = 0.48) regions (vs. eastern region), had an educational attainment of middle school (OR = 0.33) and college and above (OR = 0.48) (vs. illiterate), and were not taking antihypertensive agents (OR = 0.26) were less likely to use CBHMS, while rural patients who had no medical insurance (OR = 0.56), and were not taking antihypertensive agents (OR = 0.31) were less likely to use CBHMS.

Conclusions
The national CBHMS is more likely to be used by rural middle-aged and older adults with hypertension in China. The urban-rural difference in the utilization of CBHMS may be resulted from the different demographics of urban and rural middle-aged and older residents and uneven distributions of health services resources between urban and rural areas. Urban-rural disparities in characteristics of CBHMS use should be taken into consideration when promoting the utilization of CBHMS in China.
The Effect of Intervention with Acupressure Therapy on Improving Overall Male Sexual Performance
Authors: Bay Roohallah , Ahmadi Khodabakhsh , Fathi-Ashtiani Ali , Zarghami Mohammad Hossein 
Published: October 2019

Background and Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of acupressure therapy on improving the overall male sexual performance. Acupressure therapy is a therapeutic approach that assumes that throughout the body there are certain nerves that have a direct and close relationship with the tissues and organs and they can be stimulated.
Method: This study was conducted in a semi-experimental and pre-test-post-test design with control group. The community of this research was from men living in Tehran who had been at least two years of their last permanent marriage and between the ages of 20 and 45 and living in Iran. In this study, the target points in reflexes and in other parts of the body were 2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 28, 29, 33, 34. Measurement tool in this research was International index of erectile function.
Results: The findings of the study showed that the subjects in the acupressure group had an increase of 18.27% in the post-test and 18.6% in comparison with the pre-test in the overall sexual performance. The result of the study was that the intervention by acupressure therapy method had an impact on overall male sexual performance.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that interventions using acupressure therapy are effective in improving overall male sexual performance and it is possible to emphasize the need for more attention to psycho-physiological interventions, including the approach of acupressure therapy in the field of sexual issues.
Modeling Tree Mortality for Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Dehnh) Stands in Afaka Forest Reserve, Kaduna-Nigeria
Authors: Abubakar B. , Shamaki S. B. , Dantani A. , Gada Z. Y. , Gupa M. A. 
Published: October 2019

This research was conducted to investigate mortality using logistic regression (Models) for River red-gum (Eucalyptud camaldulensis Dehnh) in Afaka Forest Reserve, Kaduna, Nigeria. Stratified random sampling and proportional sampling allocation were used in selecting plots and individual trees for measurements. Data on live and dead trees were recorded, variables measured are diameter, total tree heights, spacing and age of the stands within the plots. Diameter at the breast height (DBH) was measured using diameter tape while Haga Altimeter was used in taking the total height of the sampled stands. The Data collected were divided into four portions. Three portions (75%) for model calibration adopting logistic regression model, 25% were used for model validation of logistic model generated. Chi square test of goodness-of-fit, Negelkerke R2, Cox and snell R2 values were used for model evaluation. The positive regression coefficients (16.737, 49.266 and 1.992) showed by Dbh, Height and age (as independent variables) indicated positive future mortality effects on the stands; as the trees ages and increases in size and height, the chances of mortality will increase. At the present age and sizes of the stands the fitted model shows no significant relationship between the current age, height and size of the stands, as such the notion held by the management of the plantation that Eucalyptus cannot grow for many years and in large sizes is not true. There is therefore, need for periodic re-measurement of the stands to evaluate future effect of the variables (Age, Dbh and height) on mortality.