bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Associations of Adiponectin, Leptin Levels, and the Change of Body Composition in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis: A Prospective Cohort Study
Authors: Xu Xiao , Tian Xue , Chen Yuan , Yang Zhi-Kai , Qu Zhen , Dong Jie 
Published: April 2018

Background Although the association between adipokines such as adiponectin, leptin, and body composition has been noted, whether they could predict the change of fat mass and lean body mass is unknown. We aimed to examine these associations in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) through a prospective cohort study. Methods Body composition (by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry) including fat mass and lean body mass were examined at baseline and then at year 3. Serum leptin and adiponectin levels were measured. Demographic data, comorbidity, biochemical data, inflammation (high-sensitive C-reactive protein [hs-CRP]) and insulin resistance (homeostatic model assessment [HOMA-IR]) were also examined. Results At baseline, serum adiponectin levels were significantly inversely correlated with weight, lean body mass index (LBMI), fat mass index (FMI), lean body mass (LBM), and fat mass (FM) in 213 prevalent patients. At year 3, FMI, LBMI, FM, and the percentage of FM (FM%) increased while the percentage of LBM (LBM%) significantly decreased despite unchanged weight and LBM among the remaining 112 patients. After adjustment for demographic data, comorbidities, hs-CRP, HOMA-IR, and daily energy intake (DEI), serum adiponectin at baseline was not associated with increases in LBMI, FMI, and FM, but independently associated with an increase in FM% and a decrease in LBM%. The predictive effect of high-serum adiponectin level on mortality disappeared after adjusting for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Serum leptin was not associated with any changes in body composition during the follow-up, nor with the mortality in this cohort. Conclusions A high adiponectin level could predict an increase in FM% and a decrease in LBM% during a 3-year follow-up in PD patients. Serum adiponectin could not independently predict mortality in PD patients.
Introduction à la pensée d’Emmanuel Levinas. Le soin ou l’irréductible inquiétude d’une responsabilité infinie
Authors: Svandra Philippe 
Published: April 2018

Malgré un abord particulièrement difficile, Emmanuel Levinas reste un philosophe qui « parle » assez naturellement aux soignants. La raison en est simple ; il s’est intéressé à une question longtemps occultée en philosophie, mais qui touche directement le soin : la vulnérabilité. Toutefois, il semble que sa pensée a été trop souvent édulcorée. En la présentant comme une forme d’altruisme bienveillant, l’aspect radical, voire même subversif, de l’approche qu’il nous propose est comme gommée. En effet, la responsabilité levinassienne se vit d’abord comme une déchirure, une violence qui me fait « otage d’autrui ». Selon Levinas, seule l’irruption du tiers impose une limite à la relation au visage d’autrui. Plus précisément, l’exigence de justice vis-à-vis du tiers me place dans la situation difficile à devoir « peser, penser, juger en comparant l’incomparable ». Levinas nous propose donc une éthique de l’absolu, une morale hyperbolique qui tient peu compte des circonstances. Serait-ce alors trahir Levinas que de chercher à atténuer cette responsabilité qui peut sembler, à bien des égards, hors de portée ?
Physico-chemical and biological factors influencing dinoflagellate cyst production in the Cariaco Basin
Authors: Bringué Manuel , Thunell Robert C. , Pospelova Vera , Pinckney James L. , Romero Oscar E. , Tappa Eric J. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract. We present a 2.5-year-long sediment trap record of dinoflagellate cyst production in the Cariaco Basin, off Venezuela (southern Caribbean Sea). The site lies under the influence of wind-driven, seasonal upwelling which promotes high levels of primary productivity during boreal winter and spring. Changes in dinoflagellate cyst production is documented between November 1996 and May 1999 at ∼ 14-day intervals and interpreted in the context of in situ observations of physico-chemical and biological parameters measured at the mooring site. Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages are diverse (57 taxa) and dominated by cyst taxa of heterotrophic affinity, primarily Brigantedinium spp. (51 % of the total trap assemblage). Average cyst fluxes to the trap are high (17.1  ×  103 cysts m−2 day−1) and show great seasonal and interannual variability. On seasonal timescales, dinoflagellate cyst production responds closely to variations in upwelling strength, with increases in cyst fluxes of several protoperidinioid taxa observed during active upwelling intervals, predominantly Brigantedinium spp. Cyst taxa produced by autotrophic dinoflagellates, in particular Bitectatodinium spongium, also respond positively to upwelling. Several spiny brown cysts contribute substantially to the assemblages, including Echinidinium delicatum (9.7 %) and Echinidinium granulatum (7.3 %), and show a closer affinity to weaker upwelling conditions. The strong El Niño event of 1997/98 appears to have negatively impacted cyst production in the basin with a 1-year lag, and may have contributed to the unusually high fluxes of cysts type Cp (possibly the cysts of the toxic dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides sensu Li et al., 2015), with cyst type Cp fluxes up to 11.8  ×  103 cysts m−2 day−1 observed during the weak upwelling event of February–May 1999. Possible trophic interactions between dinoflagellates and other major planktonic groups are also investigated by comparing the timing and magnitude of cyst production with proxies for phytoplanktonic communities (from photopigment data) and micro- to macrozooplankton abundance indicators (from palynological data) at the site. This work provides new, detailed insights into the ecology of cyst-producing dinoflagellates and will allow for more detailed interpretations of fossil assemblages extracted from sedimentary records in the basin and elsewhere.
On the effect of model parameters on forecast objects
Authors: Marzban Caren , Jones Corinne , Li Ning , Sandgathe Scott 
Published: April 2018

Abstract. Many physics-based numerical models produce a gridded, spatial field of forecasts, e.g., a temperature map. The field for some quantities generally consists of spatially coherent and disconnected objects. Such objects arise in many problems, including precipitation forecasts in atmospheric models, eddy currents in ocean models, and models of forest fires. Certain features of these objects (e.g., location, size, intensity, and shape) are generally of interest. Here, a methodology is developed for assessing the impact of model parameters on the features of forecast objects. The main ingredients of the methodology include the use of (1) Latin hypercube sampling for varying the values of the model parameters, (2) statistical clustering algorithms for identifying objects, (3) multivariate multiple regression for assessing the impact of multiple model parameters on the distribution (across the forecast domain) of object features, and (4) methods for reducing the number of hypothesis tests and controlling the resulting errors. The final output of the methodology is a series of box plots and confidence intervals that visually display the sensitivities. The methodology is demonstrated on precipitation forecasts from a mesoscale numerical weather prediction model.
Analysis of groundwater flow and stream depletion in L-shaped fluvial aquifers
Authors: Lin Chao-Chih , Chang Ya-Chi , Yeh Hund-Der 
Published: April 2018

Abstract. Understanding the head distribution in aquifers is crucial for the evaluation
of groundwater resources. This article develops a model for describing flow
induced by pumping in an L-shaped fluvial aquifer bounded by impermeable
bedrocks and two nearly fully penetrating streams. A similar scenario for
numerical studies was reported in Kihm et al. (2007). The water level of the
streams is assumed to be linearly varying with distance. The aquifer is
divided into two subregions and the continuity conditions of the hydraulic
head and flux are imposed at the interface of the subregions. The
steady-state solution describing the head distribution for the model without
pumping is first developed by the method of separation of variables. The
transient solution for the head distribution induced by pumping is then
derived based on the steady-state solution as initial condition and the
methods of finite Fourier transform and Laplace transform. Moreover, the
solution for stream depletion rate (SDR) from each of the two streams is also
developed based on the head solution and Darcy's law. Both head and SDR
solutions in the real time domain are obtained by a numerical inversion
scheme called the Stehfest algorithm. The software MODFLOW is chosen to
compare with the proposed head solution for the L-shaped aquifer. The
steady-state and transient head distributions within the L-shaped aquifer
predicted by the present solution are compared with the numerical simulations
and measurement data presented in Kihm et al. (2007).
Design and results of the ice sheet model initialisation experiments initMIP-Greenland: an ISMIP6 intercomparison
Authors: Goelzer Heiko , Nowicki Sophie , Edwards Tamsin , Beckley Matthew , Abe-Ouchi Ayako , Aschwanden Andy , Calov Reinhard , Gagliardini Olivier , Gillet-Chaulet Fabien , Golledge Nicholas R. , Gregory Jonathan , Greve Ralf , Humbert Angelika , Huybrechts Philippe , Kennedy Joseph H. , Larour Eric , Lipscomb William H. , Le clec'h Sébastien , Lee Victoria , Morlighem Mathieu , Pattyn Frank , Payne Antony J. , Rodehacke Christian , Rückamp Martin , Saito Fuyuki , Schlegel Nicole , Seroussi Helene , Shepherd Andrew , Sun Sainan , van de Wal Roderik , Ziemen Florian A. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract. Earlier large-scale Greenland ice sheet sea-level projections (e.g. those run during the ice2sea and SeaRISE initiatives) have shown that ice sheet initial conditions have a large effect on the projections and give rise to important uncertainties. The goal of this initMIP-Greenland intercomparison exercise is to compare, evaluate, and improve the initialisation techniques used in the ice sheet modelling community and to estimate the associated uncertainties in modelled mass changes. initMIP-Greenland is the first in a series of ice sheet model intercomparison activities within ISMIP6 (the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP6), which is the primary activity within the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) focusing on the ice sheets. Two experiments for the large-scale Greenland ice sheet have been designed to allow intercomparison between participating models of (1) the initial present-day state of the ice sheet and (2) the response in two idealised forward experiments. The forward experiments serve to evaluate the initialisation in terms of model drift (forward run without additional forcing) and in response to a large perturbation (prescribed surface mass balance anomaly); they should not be interpreted as sea-level projections. We present and discuss results that highlight the diversity of data sets, boundary conditions, and initialisation techniques used in the community to generate initial states of the Greenland ice sheet. We find good agreement across the ensemble for the dynamic response to surface mass balance changes in areas where the simulated ice sheets overlap but differences arising from the initial size of the ice sheet. The model drift in the control experiment is reduced for models that participated in earlier intercomparison exercises.
Enhanced Treatment Ability of Membrane Technology by Integrating an Electric Field for Dye Wastewater Treatment: A Review
Authors: Li Chen , Zhang Meihan , Song Chengwen , Tao Ping , Sun Menghan , Shao Mihua , Wang Tonghua 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
The increasing environmental awareness and stricter regulations have prompted the developments of various treatment technologies for dye wastewater. Membrane separation receives extensive attention as a promising technology because of many advantages. However, higher removal performance requirements and membrane fouling issues make a single separation method inadequate for the removal of dyes from industrial wastewater. Exerting an electric field on membrane separation system for dye wastewater treatment has already been proposed and newly developed in recent years because each technology complements the advantages and overcomes the challenges of the other. Although the amount of literature in this field is limited, this integrated technology has exhibited good performance on dye removal and is believed to have a bright prospect. This review mapped out the previous studies and current trends as well as provided a prospective outlook for advances in various membrane-combining technologies with an electric field, especially with the electric advanced oxidation processes. The different combination patterns, performance evaluations, removal mechanisms, and treatment parameters are gathered and discussed.
Um poema-síntese: vou-me embora pra Pasárgada
Authors: Campos Rafael Ubirajara Lima 
Published: April 2018

Este ensaio propõe uma interpretação do poema “Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada", de Manuel Bandeira, a partir da tensão ternura/desejo que ele carrega. A partir desse poema, pretende-se demonstrar que o título da obra Libertinagem funciona como uma espécie de centro a partir do qual se pode significar e ressignificar cada um dos poemas que compõem a o livro.
Palaearctic species of Charipinae (Hymenoptera, Figitidae): two new species, synthesis and identification key
Authors: Ferrer-Suay Mar , Selfa Jesús , Pujade-Villar Juli 
Published: April 2018

The Charipinae Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910 present in the Palaearctic region are revised; 2410 specimens have been identified, belonging to 75 species: 52 to Alloxysta, one to Apocharips, six to Dilyta and 16 to Phaenoglyphis. For 33 species, new country-level distribution records are provided. Two new species are here described: Alloxysta palearctica Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar sp. nov. and Alloxysta pascuali Ferrer-Suay sp. nov. A diagnosis for these species is included and their diagnostic features are shown in different figures. A key to identify all the species of Charipinae in the Palaearctic region is also given.
CHAOTIC OSCILLATIONS IN SIMPLEST CHEMICAL REACTION
Authors: Kol'tsov Nikolay I. 
Published: April 2018

It is known that chaotic oscillations for chemical reactions can be described by non-stationary kinetic models consisting of three ordinary differential equations. Rossler established the first examples of chemical reactions, including the two-route five-stage reaction of the Villamovski-Rossler, with three intermediate substances, containing three autocatalytic on intermediates stages, the dynamic model of which describes chaotic oscillations. In given article presents a simple one-route four-stages reaction A+E=D involving two autocatalytic and one linear on intermediate stage, the non-stationary kinetic model of which describes chaotic oscillations. The non-stationary kinetic model under the assumption of quasistationarity with respect to the main substances within the framework of the law of acting masses is a system of three ordinary differential equations. The presence of chaos is confirmed by numerical calculations of the kinetic model and Lyapunov exponentials. The Lyapunov exponents satisfy the condition L1+L2+L3<0, which proves the existence of chaotic oscillations.Forcitation:Kol'tsov N.I. Chaotic oscillations in simplest chemical reaction. Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol. 2018. V. 61. N 4-5. P. 133-135
Van-Karagündüz (Ortaçağ) Erişkin Bireylerinin Dental Patoloji Analizi
Authors: Gözlük Kırmızıoğlu Pınar 
Published: April 2018

Amaç: Van-Karagündüz Höyüğü birinci yapı katında yer alan ve
Ortaçağ Döneme tarihlendirilen mezarlık alanından çıkarılan diş ve çenelere
sahip 188 erişkin bireye ait iskelet kalıntıları; dişlerde ve çenelerde iz
bırakan patolojik lezyonları incelemek amacıyla araştırılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma materyalimizi 81 kadın (% 18,62) ve 107
erkek (% 24,60) olmak üzere toplam 188 erişkin bireye ait 2734 daimi diş ve 283
çene oluşturmaktadır. Bulgular: Erişkinlerin daimi dişlerinde, diş aşınması % 95,54, diş çürüğü % 6,36, hypoplasia % 24,91,
diştaşı % 25,90, apse % 1,86, periyodontal hastalıklar içinde değerlendirilen
alveol kaybı % 40,64 ve ölüm öncesi (premortem) diş kaybı % 18,73 oranında
görülmektedir.

Sonuç: Genel olarak tarım ve hayvancılığa dayalı bir yaşam biçimine
sahip olduğu düşünülen Karagündüz Ortaçağ toplumunun beslenme rejimini,
genellikle iyi öğütülmüş, fakat biraz lifli ve sert besinler oluşturmaktadır.
Seasonal Outflow of Ice Shelf Water Across the Front of the Filchner Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Authors: Darelius E. , Sallée J. B. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractThe ice shelf water (ISW) found in the Filchner Trough, located in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica, is climatically important; it descends into the deep Weddell Sea contributing to bottom water formation, and it blocks warm off‐shelf waters from accessing the Filchner ice shelf cavity. Yet the circulation of ISW within the Filchner Trough and the processes determining its exchange across the ice shelf front are to a large degree unknown. Here mooring records from the ice shelf front are presented, the longest of which is 4 years long. They show that the coldest (Θ =− 2.3∘C) ISW, which originates from the Ronne Trough in the west, exits the cavity across the western part of the ice shelf front during late austral summer and early autumn. The supercooled ISW escaping the cavity flows northward with a velocity of about 0.03 m/s. During the rest of the year, there is no outflow at the western site: the current is directed eastward, parallel to the ice shelf front, and the temperatures at the mooring site are slightly higher (Θ =− 2.0∘C). The eastern records show a more persistent outflow of ISW.
SAMI3 Simulations of a Persistent Plasmasphere Plume
Authors: Krall J. , Huba J. D. , Borovsky J. E. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractThe Naval Research Laboratory Sami3 is Also a Model of the Ionosphere (SAMI3) ionosphere/plasmasphere code is used to examine the physics of a long‐lived plasmasphere plume. The May 1994 storm is simulated. Here a plasma density peak was observed in the afternoon sector by multiple spacecraft at geosynchronous orbit on each of 11 continuous days. The storm is modeled by adding a Kp‐driven Volland/Stern‐Maynard/Chen analytic convection potential to the self‐consistent electric potential that is driven by thermosphere winds. Results are compared to measurements of the cold‐ion density from the 1989‐046 spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit. We find that many observed features are reproduced by SAMI3 and that high‐speed, field‐aligned plasma flows from the ionosphere contribute significantly to the plume density.
Investigation of a Cyprinid Herpesvirus 1 Disease Episode in a Group of Pond-Reared Koi
Authors: Crossland Nicholas , Hawke John , Del Piero Fabio , Sokolova Yulia , Waltzek Thomas , Viadanna Pedro 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Fifteen adult koi (a variant of Common Carp Cyprinus carpio) simultaneously developed white cutaneous proliferations affecting up to 30% of their bodies. The onset of these lesions (in September 2014) was associated with their return to a remodeled backyard water garden after temporarily being maintained in a plastic swimming pool. A single water temperature taken during the outbreak read 21°C on November 17, 2014. The water garden had no extrinsic heat source, with average ambient temperatures ranging from 9.4 to 26.4°C during the outbreak (September 2014–January 2015). Representative skin biopsies were obtained from two fish; the histologic features included severe epidermal hyperplasia, dysplasia, keratinocyte apoptosis, decreased and haphazardly distributed goblet cells with the absence of club cells, keratinocyte hydropic degeneration, and moderate infiltration by lymphocytes and eosinophilic granular cells. Ultrastructural findings included intranuclear nonenveloped hexagonal nucleocapsids and abundant cytoplasmic-enveloped virions morphologically consistent with the Alloherpesviridae family. Polymerase chain reaction was performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded shavings from the two biopsied koi targeting the thymidine kinase gene of cyprinid herpesvirus 1 (CyHV-1). Together with the aforementioned findings, these results are consistent with an outbreak of CyHV-1 in a population of adult koi.
Street‐level discretion, emotional labour and welfare frontline staff at the Australian employment service providers
Authors: Nguyen Tran , Velayutham Selvaraj 
Published: April 2018

AbstractDespite the current controversial debates about discretion in public bureaucracies in general, and in welfare agencies in particular, the current literature on street‐level bureaucracy mainly assumes that discretion is a distinctive feature of the daily work of public servants. Nonetheless, a pertinent question has not specifically been asked in this literature, that is, given the context of privatisation and increased welfare conditionality in the welfare sector that are seriously challenging welfare frontline staff's commitment to social justice and human rights‐based practices, what are forms of street‐level discretion likely to contribute to improving the quality of welfare services? In this study, we attempt to address this question by exploring discretion displayed by welfare frontline staff in four Australian employment service providers. We argue that emotional labour, especially when being informed by critical empathy, is an important and effective form of street‐level discretion that welfare frontline workers can perform to better support welfare recipients and minimise the punitive aspects of welfare policy.
Differences in occupation between ancestry subgroups of Asian birthplace groups in Australia
Authors: De Alwis Sheruni , Parr Nick 
Published: April 2018

AbstractAsia‐born migrants form a majority of Australia's immigrants. Most of the larger Asian birthplace groups are ethnically heterogeneous. However, the literature on the occupations of migrants in Australia has tended to overlook the diversity within individual migrant groups. Using 2011 census data, this study details for the first time the significant variation in the occupational distributions between ancestry subgroups of the 10 largest Asian birthplace groups in Australia. A majority of the birthplace and ancestry groups have higher overall occupational status scores than the Australia‐born. The European and Australian ancestry subgroups are more likely to be managers, while the Chinese and Indian ancestry groups are more likely to be in particular professional occupations and to have higher overall occupational status than other ancestry groups from the same birthplace. In other ancestry subgroups such as Punjabi and Sikh ancestry India‐born, high proportions of migrants are in low‐skilled occupations, indicating wastage of skills.