bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
PHYSIC NUT (JATROPHA CURCAS L.) DISEASES IN LAMPUNG PROVINCE
Authors: GINTING CIPTA 
Published: February 2019

Intensified cultivation of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) could raise the importance of plant diseases.Â The objectives of this research were to diagnose diseases occurring on physic nut in Lampung Province and to determine their intensity.Â Field observation was conducted in four districts: South Lampung, Tanggamus, Bandarlampung, and Tulang Bawang.Â Disease intensity, whether expressed as disease incidence or severity, was recorded from plant samples determined by making diagonal lines across the field on which five observation spots were made.Â On each spot, five plant samples were observed.Â Specimens were also collected and placed individually in plastic bags for laboratory observation.Â The diseases found on physic nut in Lampung Province were cercospora leaf spot, alternaria leaf spot, fusarium wilt, and bacterial wilt.Â In addition, leaf malformation first thought to be viral disease was commonly found in many locations.Â Further mechanical transmission failed to produce similar symptom on tested plants and higher population of mites were found on malformed leaves than that in normal leaves.Â Based on the disease distribution and intensity, the most likely threatening disease in physic nut cultivation is bacterial wilt.Â Fusarium alsoÂ caused wilt, but it was only found in one subdistrict with low incidence.Â Keywords: Alternaria, Cercospora, fusarium wilt, bacterial wilt, Jatropha curcas diseases
LIPID PRODUCING MICROALGAE FROM SEVERAL ECOSYSTEMS IN WEST AND CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA
Authors: SANTOSA DWI ANDREAS , SULASTRI  
Published: February 2019

This study is aimed to get lipid producing microalgae as feedstock for biofuel production. The microalgae were isolated from 355 collected water samples which Â represented many distinct ecosystems such as paddy fields, rivers, agricultural dams, ponds, swampy areas and unique ecosystem of volcano and mud-volcano craters in West- and Central Java, Indonesia. A total of Â 267 strains of microalgae were isolated from the samples of which Â 221 strains of them have capability to produce lipid. There were four promising strains that produce lipid between 14.7 â€“ 45.7 percent dry weight in optimal condition that were identified as Chlamydomonas sp. KO-7267 and PK-7195, Chlorella sp. KS-7300 and Desmodesmus sp. BK-7291.
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Keywords: microalgae, lipid, biofuel, Indonesian ecosystems
DENGUE EARLY WARNING MODEL USING CLIMATE INFORMATION
Authors: Hidayati Rini - 
Published: February 2019

The use of early warning system is potential adaptation options to reduce the impact of the climate variability and change.Â This study aims to develop a dengue early warning model using climate information.Â The model was developed through three steps of analysis.Â First step was to determine the length of periods used in prediction and optimal time for eradicating Aedes aegypti mosquitoâ€™s breeding sites.Â Second step was to identify the best prediction model of dengue incidence rate (IR).Â Third step was to develop an early warning model using stochastic spreadsheet.Â Â It was found that the best predictors for predicting dengue incidence rate at week-n (IRn) were (1) rainfall index with two weeks lead time (ICHn-2).Â The rainfall index of week-nth is a function of three week moving averages rainfall (CH3), i.e. (CH3n-1.155*CH3n-1+0.702*CHn-2), and (2) IR with one week lead time (IRn-1).Â The IR model prediction was IRn = 0.795*IRn-1+0.067*ICHn-2 with R2=76.6%.Â These models (result model from first and third step) can be used to provide early warning on optimum time for controlling the mosquitoâ€™s breeding sites and the need for fogging action in order to avoid the dengue incidence rate beyond the critical limit defined by the Ministry of Health
MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP AMONG LOCAL, SANGKURIANG, AND AFRICAN CATFISH BASED ON RAPD MARKER
Authors: Nuryanto Agus 
Published: February 2019

Catfish species are commercially cultivated freshwater fish by fish farmer. Formerly, only one species of catfish had been cultivated, namely local catfish (walking catfish) Clarias batrachus.Â However, since 1985, local catfish was replaced by a new commodity from Africa called African catfish (C. gariepinus).Â In 2004, BBPBAT Sukabumi had introduced a new strain of catfish, namely Sangkuriang catfish.Â Taxonomic analysis needed, especially for Sangkuriang catfish using molecular marker, in order to get a clearer picture about its genetics departure from their parental, so their taxonomic status and relationships with local and African catfish is clearer. Â One of the molecular markers is randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Species status defined based on the presence and absence of specific band on each catfish.Â Phylogenetics relationships was inferred from phylogenetic tree which was built using UPGMA tool as implemented in NTSYS software based on the similarity of RAPD band pattern. The result showed that Sangkuriang and local catfish had specific RAPD markers, while African catfish was not. This means that all RAPD markers of African catfish were shared with those of two others catfish. Local catfish phylogenetically distantly related to African and Sakuriang catfish. Only one individual of African catfish (D4) genetically close related to Sangkuriang catfish while the rest individuals of African catfish genetically closed related to green catfish. This means that African catfish showed very divergence genetic constituent.Â Â Key words: catfish, molecular identification, phylogenetic relationships, RAPD
POSTHARVEST QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) GRAINS
Authors: DHARMAPUTRA OKKY SETYAWATI 
Published: February 2019

The objectives of this study were (a) to investigate the effect of postharvest handling (threshing and storage) methods on the quality of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) grains variety Numbu, in terms of the percentages of damaged grains and seed germination, population growth of S. zeamais, F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides; fumonisin B1 and carbohydrate contents, and the percentage of weight loss during storage. The change of moisture contents of sorghum grains was also recorded. Threshing was conducted using a stick of wood and a paddy thresher. Sorghum grains were packed in hermetic plastic bags. The conditions inside of the bags wereÂ airtight and normal conditions. Each bag with different conditions inside of the bag was introduced with 10 pairs of Sitophilus zeamais (1-14 days old). Sorghum was stored for one, two and three months of storage under warehouse conditions. The results showed, that during storage the moisture contents of sorghum wereÂ lower than that its standard safe moisture content (
Explanation of Postprocedural Fractional Flow Reserve Below 0.85
Authors: van Zandvoort Laurens J.C. , Masdjedi Kaneshka , Witberg Karen , Ligthart Jurgen , Tovar Forero Maria Natalia , Diletti Roberto , Lemmert Miguel E. , Wilschut Jeroen , de Jaegere Peter P.T. , Boersma Eric , Zijlstra Felix , Van Mieghem Nicolas M. , Daemen Joost 
Published: February 2019

Background:
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) after percutaneous coronary intervention is a predictor of adverse cardiovascular events during follow-up. However, the rationale for low post procedural FFR values remains often elusive based on angiographic findings alone.

Methods and Results:
FFR SEARCH (Stent Evaluated at Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital) is a prospective single-center registry in which post-percutaneous coronary intervention FFR was assessed in 1000 consecutive all-comer patients. FFR measurements were performed with a microcatheter ±20 mm distal to the most distal stent edge. In 100 vessels with a post procedural FFR ≤0.85, and 20 vessels >0.85 high definition intravascular ultrasound analysis was performed.

In 100 vessels with a post-percutaneous coronary intervention FFR ≤0.85, mean post procedural FFR was 0.79±0.05. Minimal lumen area was 2.19 (1.81–3.19) mm
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, mean lumen area was 5.95 (5.01–7.03) mm
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, and minimal stent area was 4.01 (3.09–5.21) mm
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. Significant residual focal proximal lesions were found in 29% of the assessed vessels whereas, focal distal lesions were found in 30% of the vessels. Stent underexpansion and malapposition were found in 74% and 22% of vessels, respectively. Clear focal signs of luminal narrowing were found in 54% of the vessels analyzed. Although incidences of focal lesions, underexpansion, and malapposition were similar between both cohorts, minimal stent area was significantly smaller in vessels with a post-percutaneous coronary intervention FFR ≤0.85 as compared with those with an FFR >0.85.

Conclusions:
In patients with a post procedural FFR ≤0.85, intravascular ultrasound revealed focal signs of luminal narrowing in a significant number of cases.
Pesher on the True Israel, Commentary on Canticles?
Authors: Tigchelaar Eibert 
Published: February 2019

AbstractThis article identifies the Qumran Cave 4 manuscripts which Józef Milik labelled, more than fifty years ago, 4Q239 Pesher on the True Israel, 4Q240 Commentary on Canticles?, 4Q241 Fragments citing Lamentations, and 4Q349 Sale of Property. In addition two other manuscripts are identified: one tiny fragment preserves part of a copy of the Prayer of Manasseh (known from 4Q381), and an unidentified manuscript appears to be a communal confession.
Religions’ Future in the Anthropocene
Authors: Kollar Nathan R. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractWhen the present epoch is described as “Anthropocene” human choice is seen as essential to the planet’s future. This essay accepts this presupposition of choice and demonstrates its consequences upon the religions of the world. It does this first by describing what human choices must be made in order to bring about a healthy planet; then provides a way of expanding the current definitions of “religion” so these new social realities will be recognized in the future. It describes in detail how religions have interfaced with planetary necessities in the past and present. Presupposing that the religions of the world have been a force of good as well as ill, it describes what must happen in both the classical as well the newer forms of religion to enable the future environmental changes to be for the good of humanity.
The Fabric of Faith-Based Environmentalism in Canada
Authors: Moyer Joanne M. , Scharper Stephen Bede 
Published: February 2019

AbstractAs our global environmental malaise has deepened, so has interest in potential contributions by faith communities to sustainability discourses and activities. While several studies have mapped various eco-theologies and worldviews that speak to environmental problems, this research has been largely limited to Judeo-Christian and U.S.-based groups. This study explores the work of a variety of faith-based organizations (FBOs) doing environmental work in Canada, beginning to broaden the scope beyond just Christian groups. Based on interviews, focus groups, document review, and participant observation with 16 FBOs, the study presents five environmental worldview strands: Scriptural/Theological; Traditions, Values, Virtues; the New Cosmology; Nature Experience/Revelation; and Ritual. Sub-strands specific to different faith and cultural communities were also identified. These strands are considered in relation to the activities of the FBOs, and how the nature of tradition, values, and virtues may yield potential avenues for translating worldviews into individual and societal practice.
Apocalypticism in the Homiletic Text of Pesiqta Rabbati: Catastrophic Events at the End of Time
Authors: Ulmer Rivka 
Published: February 2019

AbstractThe rabbinic homiletic work Pesiqta Rabbati contains several apocalyptic topoi in its homilies that culminate in descriptions of divine intervention in history, total destruction followed by the messianic age at the end-of-time, and justice at the final judgment. Nevertheless, Pesiqta Rabbati does not present itself as an apocalypse, nor does it belong to the text-type “apocalypse.” It contains midrashic apocalypticism by interpreting scriptural passages, and relied on the existing language of apocalyptic sources to augment the midrashic statements. Previous scholarship relating to the apocalypse in Pesiqta Rabbati focused mainly on the apocalypses of 2 Baruch, Paralipomena Jeremiou, and 4 Ezra. However, 1 Enoch (Similitudes) and Ascension of Isaiah should also be considered as possible sources. The Revelation to John contains numerous suggestive parallels to Pesiqita Rabbati. The apocalyptic topics address predicaments in Israel’s past history and apply these to its present and future state.
Explaining the Effect of Likelihood Manipulation and Prior Through a Neural Network of the Audiovisual Perception of Space
Authors: Ursino Mauro , Cuppini Cristiano , Magosso Elisa , Beierholm Ulrik , Shams Ladan 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
Results in the recent literature suggest that multisensory integration in the brain follows the rules of Bayesian inference. However, how neural circuits can realize such inference and how it can be learned from experience is still the subject of active research. The aim of this work is to use a recent neurocomputational model to investigate how the likelihood and prior can be encoded in synapses, and how they affect audio-visual perception, in a variety of conditions characterized by different experience, different cue reliabilities and temporal asynchrony. The model considers two unisensory networks (auditory and visual) with plastic receptive fields and plastic crossmodal synapses, trained during a learning period. During training visual and auditory stimuli are more frequent and more tuned close to the fovea. Model simulations after training have been performed in crossmodal conditions to assess the auditory and visual perception bias: visual stimuli were positioned at different azimuth (±10° from the fovea) coupled with an auditory stimulus at various audio-visual distances (±20°). The cue reliability has been altered by using visual stimuli with two different contrast levels. Model predictions are compared with behavioral data. Results show that model predictions agree with behavioral data, in a variety of conditions characterized by a different role of prior and likelihood. Finally, the effect of a different unimodal or crossmodal prior, re-learning, temporal correlation among input stimuli, and visual damage (hemianopia) are tested, to reveal the possible use of the model in the clarification of important multisensory problems.
Synbranchus doeringii Weyenbergh, 1877, a justified emendation of S. döringii (Pisces: Synbranchidae)
Authors: KOERBER STEFAN 
Published: February 2019

Weyenbergh in 1877 described Synbranchus döringii from lakes near Santa Fé, Argentina. Synbranchus döringii is considered as a synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus, a widespread species occurring throughout Central and South America (Kullander 2003). Synbranchus Döringii, as spelled in the original description, is frequently listed sub S. doringii by recent authors (e.g. Eschmeyer 1998; Kullander 2003). Eschmeyer emended Döringii to doringii and additionally said “Species name originally spelled as Döringii; if based on a German name the correct spelling would be doeringii”.
First record of a pygmy backswimmer (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pleidae) from Micronesia
Authors: ZACK RICHARD S. , MOORE AUBREY , MILLER ROSS H. 
Published: February 2019

Pygmy backswimmers, pleids, can be common in aquatic habitats with stagnant or slow-moving water that is rich in vegetation. They are small bugs, usually less than 3.5 mm in length and confine themselves to the vegetation in which they hide and where they prey on mosquito larvae and other small arthropods (Schuh and Slater 1995). The family is represented by 37 species in three genera: Plea, confined to the Old World; Neoplea confined to the New World; and Paraplea, the largest and most widely distributed genus (Schuh and Slater 1995).
Association study of matrix metalloproteinase 3 5A/6A polymorphism with in-stent restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions in a Han Chinese population
Authors: Du Ji-Bing , Zhang Wei , Li Na , Jiang Hua , Liu Yin , Gao Jing , Chen Shu-Tao , Cong Hong-Liang , Wei Yi-Liang 
Published: February 2019

Objective We aimed to investigate the association between the 5A/6A promoter polymorphism in the matrix metalloproteinase 3 ( MMP3) gene and in-stent restenosis (ISR) in a regional Chinese population. Methods A total of 818 patients who underwent primary implantation of drug-eluting stents were enrolled and received a 6-month follow-up angiography and DNA genotyping of the 5A/6A polymorphism. Results ISR was found in 36.9% of all patients (302 ISR vs. 516 no ISR). The genotype proportion of 6A6A was significantly increased in ISRs (74.2% ISR vs. 66.8% no ISR), whereas the allele frequency of 5A was significantly decreased in ISR patients (25.8%) compared with controls who did not undergo ISR (33.1%). Conclusions Our data indicate that the MMP3 6A6A genotype is a genetic susceptibility factor for ISR after coronary stent placement, but the 5A allele can lower the risk for patients within 6 months after stenting. Therefore, genotyping 5A/6A in the MMP3 promoter is suggested for patients who undergo coronary stent implantation.
Risk of Prolonged Opioid Use Among Opioid-Naïve Patients After Common Shoulder Arthroscopy Procedures
Authors: Gil Joseph A. , Gunaseelan Vidhya , DeFroda Steven F. , Brummett Chad M. , Bedi Asheesh , Waljee Jennifer F. 
Published: February 2019

Background: Opioid-related morbidity and mortality are major public health concerns, and the risk of long-term opioid use after shoulder arthroscopy is not well defined. Hypothesis: Substance abuse disorders, pain disorders, and psychiatric conditions increase the risk for prolonged opioid use. Study Design: Case-control study, Level of evidence, 3. Methods: Insurance claims data from the Truven Health MarketScan Research Databases was used to identify patients who underwent shoulder arthroscopy between January 1, 2010, and March 31, 2015. Opioid-naïve patients were included. New prolonged opioid use was defined as continued opioid use between 91 and 180 days after the index procedure. The authors used a multivariable logistic regression model to identify patient factors associated with the risk of new prolonged opioid use. Results: In this cohort of 104,154 opioid-naïve adult patients, 8686 (8.3%) developed new prolonged opioid use as defined in this study. A total of 31,768 (30.5%) filled an opioid prescription in the 30 days before surgery. Patients who had limited debridement had the highest prolonged use rate (9.0%), followed by rotator cuff repair (8.5%), anterior labrum lesion repair (8.5%), and extensive debridement (8.2%). Patient characteristics associated with the highest odds ratios (ORs) of prolonged opioid use included those who had a total opioid dose during the perioperative period that was ≥743 oral morphine equivalents (ie, at least 149 tablets of 5-mg hydrocodone) (OR, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.9-2.1), followed by patients with a suicide and self-harm disorder (OR, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.1-3.4), a history of alcohol dependence or abuse (OR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.3-1.9), a mood disorder (OR, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.2-1.4), an opioid prescription filled in the 30 days before surgery (OR, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.2-1.4), female sex (OR, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.2-1.3), an anxiety disorder (OR, 1.2; 95% CI, 1.1-1.3), and a history of a pain diagnosis (OR, 1.2; 95% CI, 1.1-1.2). Conclusion: The risk of prolonged opioid use after arthroscopic shoulder procedures is 8.3%, and it is higher among women and among those with greater opioid use in the early postoperative period, mental health conditions, substance dependence and abuse, and preexisting pain disorders. Patients at high risk warrant close surveillance after surgery for early recognition and management.
Multimodal imaging of torpedo maculopathy including adaptive optics
Authors: Hugo Juliette , Beylerian Marie , Denion Eric , Aziz Aurore , Gascon Pierre , Denis Danièle , Matonti Frédéric 
Published: February 2019

Purpose: The etiology of torpedo maculopathy remains unknown, but it has been recently suggested that it could represent a persistent defect in the development of the retinal pigment epithelium. As retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors form a functional unit, an alteration of photoreceptor distribution or function is predictable. The aim of this study is to describe multimodal imaging, including adaptive optics, in three cases of torpedo maculopathy, and discuss its pathogenesis. Methods: Multimodal imaging is presented, including fundus photographs, optical coherence tomography, adaptive optics, autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography, and ultra-widefield retinal imaging in three cases of torpedo maculopathy. Results: An oval-shaped well-delimited chorioretinal lesion both hypopigmented centrally and with a hyperpigmented border in the temporal macula, consistent with torpedo maculopathy, was observed in three patients. Optical coherence tomography showed a preservation of the inner retina, a mild atrophy of the outer retina, an alteration of the ellipsoid zone and of the retinal pigment epithelium layer, and a neurosensory detachment. These lesions were hypoautofluorescent with a hyperautofluorescent border. Fluorescein angiography showed a hyperfluorescence by window effect. Adaptive optics imaging showed an alteration of the cone mosaic within the lesions, with a lower cone density and a higher spacing between cones. Conclusion: The alteration of the cone mosaic suggested by adaptive optics in torpedo maculopathy has never been described and could be explained by the alteration of the retinal pigment epithelium. Our results support the existing hypothesis on the pathogenesis of torpedo maculopathy that a persistent defect in the development of the retinal pigment epithelium may be responsible for this clinical entity.
Laparoscopic Microwave Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma at Liver Surface: Technique Effectiveness and Long-Term Outcomes
Authors: Wang Tao , Zhang Xiao-Yu , Lu Xiaojie , Zhai Bo 
Published: February 2019

Background and Aims: To evaluate long-term outcomes and prognostic factors of laparoscopic microwave ablation as a first-line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma located at the liver surface not feasible for percutaneous ablation. Methods: 51 consecutive patients receiving laparoscopic microwave ablation in our center between January 11, 2012, and July 31, 2014, were enrolled. Technique effectiveness (complete ablation or incomplete ablation) was evaluated 1 month postprocedure. Procedure-related complications were recorded. The influences of patients’ baseline characteristics on recurrence-free survival and overall survival were analyzed after a median follow-up of 34.0 (ranging 19.0-49.0) months. Results: Complete ablation was gained in 47 (92.2%) of the 51 patients. No patients died within 30 days of microwave ablation procedure. A total of 3 (5.9%) cases of complications were observed. Tumor progression/recurrence were observed in 40 patients (78.4%). The median recurrence-free survival and median overall survival of the total cohort was 11.0 months (95% confidence interval: 7.573-14.427) and 34.0 months (95% confidence interval: 27.244-40.756), respectively. Multivariate analysis identified alanine transaminase level and tumor number as independent significant prognosticators of recurrence-free survival whereas α-fetoprotein level as significant prognosticators of overall survival. Conclusions: As a first-line treatment, laparoscopic microwave ablation provides high technique effectiveness rate and is well tolerated in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma located at liver surface. Alanine transaminase and tumor number were significant predictors of recurrence-free survival, whereas α-fetoprotein level was significant predictor of overall survival. Laparoscopic microwave ablation might serve as a rational treatment option for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with tumors at the liver surface, which merits validation in future perspective studies.