bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Outcome of LASIK for Myopia in Women on Hormone Replacement Therapy
Authors: O'Doherty Maeve A , O'Doherty John V , O'Keefe Michael 
Published: December 2018

ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of hormone treatment on refractive and visual outcome after LASIK in women.
METHODS: A retrospective review of the hospital notes of all women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and oral contraceptives at the time of LASIK was performed. Their refractive and visual outcomes were compared with those of women not on hormone treatment.
RESULTS: At 6 months after LASIK, 20 (45%) HRT eyes and 61 (75%) control eyes had a visual acuity of 2*20/20. Thirty-six (82%) eyes from the HRT group and 74 (91%) eyes from the control group could see > 2 0/40. A statistically significant difference was noted in both refractive and visual outcome in women taking HRT at the time of surgery in comparison to controls. Women on the oral contraceptive pill did not differ in outcome from controls.
CONCLUSIONS: Women on HRT are at an increased risk of refractive regression after LASIK. [J Refract Surg. 2006;22:350-353.]
A Study of Using Smart Book to Enhance Communication Ability for Hearing-Impaired Students
Authors: Mingsiritham Kemmanat , Chanyawudhiwan Gan 
Published: December 2018

This research aimed to study the use of smart book to enhance communication ability and satisfaction of hearing-impaired students. The content for the research composed of three aspects; 1) Travelling by BTS, 2) Getting a personal identification (ID), and 3) Accessing health care service. The samples were 10 hearing-impaired high school students derived from purposive sampling. The research instruments were smart book, evaluation form of communication ability and questionnaire of satisfaction. The data was statistically analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and content analysis.
The research findings were as follow:
1. The evaluation on communication ability found that the students gained the communication ability at the level of “good”. (X ̅=2.84, S.D. = .37) Considering on any item, the students was able to communicate with others with most frequency (X ̅= 3.00, S.D. = 0.00), the less was that the students were able to choose the content for communication (X ̅= 2.90, S.D. = 0.32), and the students were able to apply in real situation, and applied the use of application to others. (X ̅= 2.80, S.D. = 0.42)
2. The evaluation on satisfaction of the students to the smart book found that the quality of smart book was at the level of “most”. (X ̅=4.52, S.D. = .58) Considering on any item, the application for communication ability was valuable for use with the most average (X ̅= 4.90, S.D. = 0.32), the less was that the application was able to search for keywords conveniently and fast (X ̅= 4.80, S.D. = 0.42), and the clarification of using sign language for explaining the content respectively. (X ̅= 4.70, S.D. = 0.48)
De l’importance symbolique aux limites juridiques du prix Nobel de la paix 2018
Authors: Yzermans Manon 
Published: December 2018

Le Prix Nobel de la paix récompense chaque année, comme le voulait Alfred Nobel, « la personnalité ou la communauté ayant le plus ou le mieux contribué au rapprochement des peuples, à la suppression ou à la réduction des armées permanentes, à la réunion et à la propagation des progrès pour la paix »1. Cette année, ce prix a été décerné à deux acteurs de la lutte contre l’utilisation des violences sexuelles en tant qu’arme de guerre, Denis Mukwege et Nadia Murad. Un tel choix illustre l’émergence croissante, en droit international, de la prohibition des violences de genre en temps de guerre, mais également les limites de l’exercice d’octroi annuel du « prix nobel de la paix ».
First record of Botryococcus braunii Kützing from Namibia
Authors: Janse van Vuuren Sanet , Levanets Anatoliy 
Published: December 2018

Background: Botryococcus braunii is well known from all continents, but it has been sparsely recorded from Africa compared to other continents. The alga recently formed a rusty orange-red bloom in the Tilda Viljoen Dam, situated near Gobabis in Namibia. Blooms of this species are known to produce allelopathic substances that inhibit the growth and diversity of other phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish.Objectives: The objective of this study was to record the presence of B. braunii in Namibia.Method: Morphological features of the species were compared with illustrations and literature on B. braunii found in other continents of the world, particularly North America and Europe. Extensive literature surveys revealed its currently known geographical distribution.Results: The organism responsible for the discolouration of the water was identified as B. braunii. Microscopic examination revealed large colonies that floated in a thick layer on the surface of the water. Literature searches on the geographical distribution of B. braunii revealed that this was the first record of this species’ presence in Namibia.Conclusion: The known geographical distribution of B. braunii was expanded to include Namibia.
VACTERL association – Ultrasound findings and autopsy correlation
Authors: Gaur Naman Kumar , Gokhale Sudheer 
Published: December 2018

AbstractVACTERL (vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheoesophagus, renal, and limbs) is an abbreviation for the congenital group of abnormalities, including vertebral or vascular anomalies, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheoesophageal – fistula/esophageal atresia, renal defects, and limbs defects. It is a rare association and not accidental event where several organs are affected by developmental defects during blastogenesis. The exact cause is unknown; however, several environmental and genetic factors are included in literature. Three components out of seven are used to label as VACTERL. The combination is necessary, but the patient may have other congenital malformations as well. We present here an antenatal scan with autopsy correlation of one of the forms of VACTERL association spectrum.
Isolated spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea as a rare presentation of idiopathic intracranial hypertension: Case reports with comprehensive review of literature
Authors: Soin Priti , Afzaal Umer M , Sharma Pranav , Kochar Puneet S 
Published: December 2018

AbstractIsolated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea as a sole presenting symptom of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is extremely rare. IIH typically presents with headache, pulsatile tinnitus, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbance. We report two cases which presented with acute onset spontaneous CSF rhinorrhoea without any other symptom. In addition, we discuss in detail imaging features of IIH with review of its literature.
Evaluation of lung transplant perfusion using iodine maps from novel spectral detector computed tomography
Authors: Hokamp Nils Große , Gupta Amit 
Published: December 2018

AbstractWe report the case of a 51-year-old patient who underwent bilateral lung transplantation and presented with an unstable condition and sepsis 6 days after transplantation. The performed contrast enhanced spectral detector computed tomography (CT) using a dual-layer detector showed absence of perfusion in the left lung on iodine maps, although branches of the pulmonary artery were patent. This prompted retrospective evaluation of CT images and total venous occlusion of the left pulmonary veins was found. Here, iodine maps helped in raising conspicuity of loss of lung perfusion.
Myocardial nulling pattern in cardiac amyloidosis on time of inversion scout magnetic resonance imaging sequence – A new observation of temporal variability
Authors: Mahalingam Harshavardhan , Chacko Binita Riya , Irodi Aparna , Joseph Elizabeth , Vimala Leena R , Thomson Viji Samuel 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
Context: The pattern of myocardial nulling in the inversion scout sequence [time of inversion scout (TIS)] of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an accurate tool to detect cardiac amyloidosis. The pattern of nulling of myocardium and blood at varying times post gadolinium injection and its relationship with left ventricular mass (LVM) in amyloidosis have not been described previously. Aims: The aim is to study the nulling pattern of myocardium and blood at varying times in TIS and assess its relationship with LVM and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in amyloidosis. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study of 109 patients with clinical suspicion of cardiac amyloidosis who underwent MRI. Of these, 30 had MRI features of amyloidosis. The nulling pattern was assessed at 5 (TIS5min) and 10 (TIS10min) minutes (min) post contrast injection. Nulling pattern was also assessed at 3min (TIS3min) in four patients and 7min (TIS7min) in five patients. Myocardial mass index was calculated. Mann-Whitney U test was done to assess statistical difference in the myocardial mass index between patients with and without reversed nulling pattern (RNP) at TIS5min. Results: RNP was observed in 58% at TIS5minand 89.6% at TIS10min. Myocardial mass index was significantly higher in patients with RNP at TIS5min[mean = 94.87 g/m2; standard deviation (SD) =17.63) when compared with patients with normal pattern (mean = 77.61 g/m2; SD = 17.21) (U = 18; P = 0.0351). Conclusion: In cardiac amyloidosis, TIS sequence shows temporal variability in nulling pattern. Earlier onset of reverse nulling pattern shows a trend toward more LVM and possibly more severe amyloid load.
Rafiq Hariri: Martyr, Statesman, Bargain Hunter
Authors: Dib Kamal 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
This article reviews the contribution of two recent biographies about Rafiq Hariri: Citizen Hariri: Lebanon's Neoliberal Reconstruction, by Hannes Baumann and Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon: Rafiq Hariri and the Politics of Sacred Space in Beirut by Ward Vloeberghs. Baumann follows a “sociological” approach that uses the biography of an individual to explore the wider process of neoliberalism coming to Lebanon. Hariri looked over Lebanon's transition into a neoliberal economy, during a period that witnessed a Saudi–Syrian entente over the management of the affairs of Lebanon. Vloeberghs follows a multidisciplinary approach that combines insights from various social sciences in order to address the political dimensions of religious architecture and the politics of sacred space in general. Hariri is a controversial figure from recent Lebanese history. His political career is broken down into two periods in both books: prior to 1990, when he was a Saudi emissary and a powerbroker among the various parties during the Lebanon war; and as a statesman in the 1990s, when he climbed to center-stage of Lebanese power. He then started on a downward trend after 2000, and his assassination on February 14, 2005, almost tipped the country into civil strife.
Madame Midas (1888): One of Fergus Hume’s Attempts to Replicate Publishing Glory
Authors: Franks Rachel 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
The year 2017 marked the eighty-fifth anniversary of the death of Fergusson (Fergus) Wright Hume (1859–1932). Best known for his hugely successful debut novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), set in Australia’s Melbourne, Hume went on to write many more works of fiction in the form of novels and short stories. These efforts resulted in a vast array of titles but none that captured the public imagination on a large scale and they are, today, mere curiosities of literary history. The closest that Hume came to replicating the publishing glory of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was with his Australian-based murder mystery Madame Midas (1888). This article briefly explores Madame Midas and, while noting the story’s modest successes as both a book and a stage play, offers feminist and nationalist-focused rationales for this work’s inability to generate the same levels of excitement that surrounded, and continue to surround, Hume’s first novel.
Transgressive, Totalizing, Transformative: Utopia's Utopian Surplus
Authors: Moylan Tom 
Published: December 2018

ABSTRACT
This article reaffirms the utopian standpoint in transformative political culture and practice. Herein, it does not deploy utopia as a noun—an object—but, rather, an adjective, a modifier: as the utopian that identifies a triad—transgressive as it breaks with the status quo, totalizing as it analyzes the system that produces that status quo, and transformative as it moves social reality toward a horizon comprehensively better for all human beings and nature itself. This article develops this argument through a close reading of Book One of More's Utopia. In doing so, it works against the grain of More's ideological encapsulation of utopia within the remit of the state and its official policies by identifying the utopian surplus that exceeds the author's own (ex)position. Thus, Hythloday, itinerant and critical intellectual, emerges as the radical utopian subject, rather than the fictive character of More as a royal adviser.
Práticas informacionais: elementos constituintes
Authors: Rocha Janicy Aparecida Pereira , Gandra Tatiane Krempser 
Published: December 2018

Introdução: A partir de breve referência às abordagens tradicional e alternativa dos estudos de usuários, estas são contrapostas à abordagem social e aos estudos de práticas informacionais. Identifica-se e discute-se, posteriormente, os principais conceitos tradicionalmente abordados nesses estudos, a saber: usuário, contexto, informação, conhecimento e cultura. Objetivo: Apresentar a perspectiva das práticas informacionais, bem como a ressignificação dos referidos conceitos, o que se faz necessário para superar a perspectiva baseada em mecanismos de estímulo-resposta, adotada pelas duas primeiras abordagens, e para torná-los condizentes com essa nova forma de olhar para os fenômenos informacionais. Adicionalmente, apresenta outros conceitos propostos por diferentes autores: sociabilidade, imaginação simbólica, conhecimento autoritativo, autoridade cognitiva, credibilidade, resiliência informacional e posicionamento. Metodologia: Revisão da literatura da subárea usuários da informação buscando identificar: o modo como os conceitos são construídos em cada abordagem e os conceitos emergentes nas pesquisas sobre práticas informacionais. Resultados: Em uma compreensão mais ampla que as abordagens anteriores, as práticas informacionais se referem aos mais diversos modos de interação entre usuário e informação. Ao adotar a reconstrução dos conceitos-chave da subárea, assume-se que cada ação do sujeito é fruto de um duplo movimento entre sua subjetividade e os referenciais sociais. Portanto, é necessário compreender o significado que as ações dos usuários têm para eles mesmos e, também, desvelar a dimensão cultural por trás dessas ações. Conclusão: Para a abordagem de práticas informacionais, conceitos tradicionais da subárea devem ser reconfigurados de modo a se ajustar a visão mais compreensiva dessa perspectiva. Nesse sentido, a discussão de aportes teórico-metodológicos para estudos de práticas informacionais são relevantes para a subárea usuários da informação.
Estudo dos aspectos humanos da segurança da informação aplicado na Pró-Reitoria de Gestão de Pessoas da Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB
Authors: Araújo Wagner Junqueira de , Araújo Sueny Gomes Leda , Batista Rafaela Romaniuc 
Published: December 2018

Introdução: O universo de atividades que permeia a tecnologia da informação está sujeito a várias formas de ameaças que comprometem seriamente sua segurança. A própria tecnologia é responsável por fornecer parte da solução para esses problemas. Porém, parte das vulnerabilidades e ameaças a que os sistemas de informação estão expostos podem ser atribuídas às deficiências nos procedimentos organizacionais e ao comportamento humano. Nesse contexto, torna-se salutar estudar, sob a ótica da Ciência da Informação, uma das variáveis subjetivas do processo de segurança da informação, que está relacionada às pessoas. Para tanto, este trabalho apresenta um relato de experiência sobre o comportamento dos servidores da Pró-Reitoria de Gestão de Pessoas – Progep da Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB com relação à segurança da informação. Objetivo: Identificar quais as ações de segurança da informação, relacionadas aos aspectos humanos, são utilizadas pela Pró-Reitoria de Gestão de Pessoas – Progep da Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB. Metodologia: Essa pesquisa caracterizou-se como sendo de cunho descritivo, com abordagem quanti-qualitativa. Para coleta de dados foi aplicado um questionário on-line enviado por e-mail aos servidores da Progep, durante o período compreendido entre os dias 11 e 25 de julho de 2014. Resultados: Foi verificado que 93% dos respondentes não possuíam conhecimentos sobre segurança da informação, 50% raramente trocam suas senhas. Contudo, destaca-se que 60% se recusaram a passar o antivírus em suas estações de trabalho. Conclusões:Foi identificada a inexistênciade procedimentos para sensibilizar os servidores da importância de manter as informações organizacionais em segurança, bem como a falta de uma política de segurança que oriente como se comportar diante de eventuais ameaças.
Bestaat er zoiets als een onbillijke prijs? Zaak C-177/16 (AKKA/LAA)
Authors: van Damme Eric , Sauter Wolf 
Published: December 2018

Bestaat er zoiets als een onbillijke prijs? Zaak C-177/16 (AKKA/LAA)
In deze zaak wordt de norm voor excessieve prijzen aangevuld ten opzichte van de eerdere uitspraak in United Brands (1978). Prijsvergelijkingen staan hier centraal en kosten kunnen pas in een tweede stap aan de orde komen bij wijze van verweer na een eerste vaststelling van excessiviteit. De conclusie van A-G Wahl gaat nog verder en vereist het gebruik van een benchmarkprijs. Deze aanpak komt aan de orde in Pfizer/Flynn tegen CMA, een Engelse zaak die hier eveneens kort wordt aangestipt.
Kritická analýza judikatury Soudního dvora EU ve věcech určení mezinárodní příslušnosti soudů v případě pomluvy a porušení osobnostních práv na internetu
Authors: Kyselovská Tereza 
Published: December 2018

Tento článek se věnuje analýze kritéria pro určení příslušnosti soudů spočívající v „místě škodné události“ pro spory vyplývající z pomluvy a porušení osobnostních práv informacemi zveřejněnými na internetu, které je upraveno v článku 7 odst. 2 Nařízení Brusel Ibis. Předmětem analýzy jsou rozhodnutí Soudního dvora EU ve věcech Bier, Shevill, eDate a Bolagsupplysningen, ve kterých Soudní dvůr EU mimo jiné vytvořil tzv. „mozaiku“ pro žaloby na náhradu škody a nové jurisdikční kritérium „centrum zájmů poškozeného“. Tato rozhodnutí jsou kriticky analyzována z pohledu povahy šíření informací na internetu a vhodnosti a účelnosti této interpretace v kontextu cílů a principů, na kterých je Nařízení Brusel Ibis založeno.
Právní status a postmortální ochrana nascitura v České republice
Authors: Valc Jakub 
Published: December 2018

Otázkami souvisejícími s počátkem lidského života a jeho statusem v průběhu prenatálního vývoje se již od nepaměti zabývají odborníci nejen z oblasti biologie, filozofie či etiky, ale také právní vědy. V tomto ohledu se diskuze zaměřuje zejména na zodpovězení výchozí otázky, zda je již embryo či plod nositelem práva na život. Nelze však opominout, že každý začátek života má přirozeně také svůj konec. Z toho důvodu je nutné zabývat se tím, zda je nasciturovi poskytována náležitá ochrana za předpokladu, že se nedožije porodu. Přestože nebyla v minulosti věnována této problematice zvýšená pozornost, v ČR ke změně došlo v souvislosti s přijetím novely zákona o pohřebnictví a souvisejících právních předpisů, která se zásadním způsobem dotkla rovněž oblasti nakládání s pozůstatky dítěte, které se nedožilo porodu, včetně jeho postmortální ochrany. Cílem článku je analýza dotčené právní úpravy, a to včetně její komparace s právními předpisy, které poskytují nasciturovi během života odlišnou úroveň právní ochrany než po smrti.
Diskreční pravomoc veřejné správy v intencích české a zahraniční právní vědy a praxe
Authors: Gonsiorová Barbora 
Published: December 2018

Aplikace diskreční pravomoci, jehož produktem jest diskreční rozhodnutí správního orgánu, je nevyhnutelným institutem českého správního práva. Bylo by však mylné domnívat se, že se jedná o právní institut ryze český. Je tomu právě naopak. Vyskytuje se i v mnoha zahraničních právních úpravách, a to jak angloamerických tak kontinentálních. Jeho vnímání, výklad a aplikace se však v zahraničním pojetí může lišit. Pro účely předkládaného článku byly shromážděny zahraniční poznatky k problematice diskrečního rozhodování, které představují jeho výchozí zaměření a zároveň prostředek ke zkoumání jejich použitelnosti v českém právním prostředí. Hlavním účelem článku je přitom získání a prezentace nových poznatků k problematice diskrečního rozhodování.
Zplnomocnění zástupci Prezidenta Ruské federace
Authors: Hradský Kamil 
Published: December 2018

Právní institut Zplnomocněných zástupců Prezidenta Ruské federace prošel v rámci své existence řadou podstatných změn. Jejich současnou právní i faktickou podobu determinuje snaha Vladimíra Putina centralizovat federaci a posílit tzv. vertikálu státní moci. Cílem tohoto článku je kritická analýza zplnomocněných zástupců a jejich podpůrného aparátu, která by měla napovědět, jakým způsobem je uplatňována prezidentská moc v jednotlivých subjektech Ruské federace. Článek se dále nevyhýbá problematice federálních okruhů majících pro futuro potenciál nahradit subjekty federace a vytvořit tak snáze centrálně řízený stát, tzn., opětovně navrátit dvouúrovňový systém státní moci.
Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Authors: Van Steenis Jeroen , Hippa Heikki , Mutin Valeri A. 
Published: December 2018

The Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 are revised. The following 43 new species are described: Sphegina (Sphegina) abbreviata sp. nov. (Nepal), S. (S.) angustata sp. nov. (Nepal), S. (Asiosphegina) albolobata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (Asiosphegina) amplistylus sp. nov. (Philippines), S. (A.) atrimanus sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) bifida sp. nov. (Sabah, Malaysia), S. (A.) bracon sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) brevipilis sp. nov. (China), S. (A.) clavigera sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) collicola sp. nov. (Malaysia), S. (A.) crinita sp. nov. (Java, Indonesia; Malaysia), S. (A.) dentata sp. nov. (Taiwan), S. (A.) distincta sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) exilipes sp. nov. (Java, Indonesia), S. (A.) farinosa sp. nov. (Sabah, Malaysia), S. (A.) fimbriata sp. nov. (Thailand), S. (A.) furcillata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) ghatsi sp. nov. (India), S. (A.) gigantea sp. nov. (China), S. (A.) granditarsis sp. nov. (China), S. (A.) hamulata sp. nov. (India), S. (A.) hauseri sp. nov. (Nepal), S. (A.) incretonigra sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) inflata sp. nov. (Philippines), S. (A.) inventum sp. nov. (Sabah, Malaysia), S. (A.) karnataka sp. nov. (India), S. (A.) licina sp. nov. (Thailand), S. (A.) lobulata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) lucida sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) nigrotarsata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) nubicola sp. nov. (Thailand), S. (A.) ornata sp. nov. (China), S. (A.) perlobata sp. nov. (Taiwan), S. (A.) plautus sp. nov. (China), S. (A.) prolixa sp. nov. (Malaysia, Thailand), S. (A.) setosa sp. nov. (Nepal, India), S. (A.) spathigera sp. nov. (Philippines), S. (A.) spenceri sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) strigillata sp. nov. (Vietnam), S. (A.) taiwanensis sp. nov. (Taiwan), S. (A.) umbrosa sp. nov. (China), S. (A.) verrucosa sp. nov. (Vietnam) and S. (A.) vietnamensis sp. nov. (Vietnam). Sphegina (A.) tenuis Brunetti, 1915 is not a synonym of S. (A.) javana de Meijere, 1914. The males of S. (A.) apicalis Shiraki, 1930, S. (A.) tricoloripes Brunetti, 1915 and S. (A.) varidissima Shiraki, 1930 and the females of S. (A.) achaeta Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, S. (A.) index Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, S. (A.) mirifica Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015 and S. (S.) quadriseta Huo & Ren, 2006 are described for the first time. Sphegina (S.) quadriseta is recorded for the first time in the Oriental region. A key to all the Oriental species of Sphegina is provided. The Oriental fauna of Sphegina now comprises 94 species.