bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Metabolic Syndrome and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Authors: Gavril Oana Irina , Arhire Lidia Iuliana , Mitu Ovidiu , Gavril Radu Sebastian , Mastaleru Alexandra , Zota Madalina Ioana , Leon-Constantin Maria-Magdalena , Vasilcu Teodor , Mihalache Laura , Mitu Florin 
Published: June 2019

Abstract

Introduction. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is regarded as the hepatic expression of the metabolic syndrome, both conditions presenting similar clinical features.

Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate, among diabetic subjects, the relationship between fatty liver load and the presence of metabolic syndrome criteria.

Methods. An observational study was conducted on 92 subjects with type 2 diabetes. We followed anthropometric measurments, lipid profile, blood pressure and the degree of hepatic steatosis using ultrasonography.

Results. The average age of the study group was 60,38 ± 10,37 years, with an approximately equal distribution by gender (48% male and 52% female). More than half of the subjects presented hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and low HDL cholesterol level. Most of the patients included in the study had varying degrees of liver fat load (only 9,89% of cases of apparently normal liver on ultrasound), and met the criteria for metabolic syndrome (81,31%). It was found that the frequency of the cases with fatty liver impairment was significantly higher in subjects with metabolic syndrome (32,43% compared to 5,88% for those without metabolic syndrome, p = 0,01) and the frequency of the cases with normal liver were significantly higher in subjects without metabolic syndrome (23,53% to 6,76%, p=0,02).

Conclusion. We can say that NAFLD is a risk factor for the presence of metabolic syndrome and it can be considered the hepatic expression of this syndrome.
Marginal Parodontopathy - A Possible Effect of Cardiac Pathology
Authors: Pantea Vlad Alin , Pantea-Roșan Larisa Renata , Rahotă Daniela , Radu Carmen , Maghiar Teodor 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Chronic marginal periodontal disease is caused by the damage to the mucous membrane of the gum and the profound structures of the periodontium caused by a chronic inflammatory process. Next, we will present a 46-year-old patient with no known cardiovascular antecedents, presenting to the dentist for the paroprotective solution of the upper arcade, at which the presence of atrial fibrillation and pulmonary thromboembolism.
Structural optical and magnetic properties of transition metal doped ZnO magnetic nanoparticles synthesized by sol-gel auto-combustion method
Authors: Sarfraz Madiha , Ahmed Nasar , Khizar-ul-Haq  , Shahida Shabnam , Khan M. A. 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Transition metals, such as chromium (Cr) and manganese (Mn) doped zinc oxide (ZnO) magnetic nanoparticles, were synthesized via sole gel auto-combustion method. The prepared magnetic (Zn1−(x+y)MnxCryO, where x, y = 0, 0.02, 0.075) nanoparticles were calcined in an oven at 6000 °C for 2 hours. The morphologies of the nanoparticles were investigated using different techniques. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed that the hexagonal wurtzite structure of the synthesized nanoparticles was unaffected by doping concentration. The crystallite size measured by Scherrer formula was in the range of 32 nm to 38 nm at different doping concentrations. Nanosized particles with well-defined boundaries were observed using a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra showed a wide absorption band around 1589 cm−1 in all the samples, corresponding to the stretching vibration of zinc and oxygen Zn–O bond. A blue shift in optical band gaps from 3.20 eV for ZnO to 3.08 eV for Zn0.85Mn0.075Cr0.075O nanoparticles was observed in diffuse reflectance spectra, which was attributed to the sp-d exchange interactions. The field-dependent magnetization M-H loops were measured using vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The VSM results revealed diamagnetic behavior of the ZnO nanoparticles which changed into ferromagnetic, depending on the doping concentration and particle size. The compositions of Zn, Cr, Mn and O in the prepared samples were confirmed by using the energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Our results provided an interesting route to improve magnetic properties of ZnO nanoparticles, which may get significant attention for the fabrication of magnetic semiconductors.
Review of previous applications of innovative information technologies in construction health and safety
Authors: Mihić Matej , Vukomanović Mladen , Završki Ivica 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Construction industry is one of the most hazardous industries to work in. This problem is further exacerbated by the fact that safety performance improvement is stagnating. Information technologies (ITs) are however identified as one of the most promising methods of improving the performance of construction safety. The goal of this paper was therefore to present previous research in the application of innovative ITs to the field of construction health and safety (H&S), classified by their underlying technology and application, to identify research gaps, as well as to evaluate and describe the potential of their implementation into construction safety practice. To achieve the set goals, the research consisted of identifying and studying the existing research published in the leading journals in the field of construction H&S. The review identified 72 papers dealing with development or application of innovative ITs. The research had also identified several research gaps, which have a significant impact on the construction safety practice. These gaps focus on the construction phase, while neglecting earlier project phases; industry and project levels, while neglecting construction activity and task levels; building projects, while neglecting infrastructure projects and specific hazard types, while neglecting a universal approach. Focussing research effort on these gaps would benefit all construction safety stakeholders but mostly the prominent contractors and H&S professionals. Furthermore, recommendations for directing research focus on solving the identified issues are given in this paper.
The Agon Motif: Redux. A Study of the Contest Element in Sport
Authors: Loy John W. , Morford W. Robert 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
The contest element of modern sport has its ancient roots in the “agon” of early Greek life. We begin with an overview of the material and historical continuities in the social development of sport, followed by a discussion of our suppositions regarding the original linkage of sport and war in terms of what we call “the agon motif”, and conclude with speculations about residuals of the agon motif in modern sport. We argue it is important to recognize that notwithstanding of the many transitions and transformations in the social development of sport since the agon of Homeric and Hellenic Greek cultures there are notable, long-standing, material and historical continuities in the structure of sport and the ethos of agonal contests. To better depict the relationships between the concepts of sport and contest, we highlight these vestiges of agon. We employ the phrase “the agon motif” to embrace both the concept of “agon”and the concept of “aethlos”. In a structural sense the agon motif refers to the overall properties, processes, and products of agonal competition, including contestants, spectators, battle grounds, sporting venues, festivals and spectacles, prizes and award ceremonies. Whereas, in an ideational sense, the agon motif refers to the ethos of chivalric competition associated with the pursuit of prestige (status-honor) and the active quest to achieve excellence (bodily and moral) through physical prowess in agonal contests wherein individuals place their reputation, moral character, and at times, their very lives at stake. There is a close link to the cult of masculinity and masculine domination in the Western world, since the primary avenues of pursuing the agon motif through war and sport are two of the most highly and rigidly “gendered” activities in the history of humankind. We suggest that the most fundamental dynamic of the agon motif as well as the most enduring residual of the agon motif in modern sport is the pursuit of prestige, honor and excellence through physical prowess. The ethical framework of archaic (heroic) agon represents the epitome of a morality of honor and an ethics of virtue and offers a largely unfamiliar picture from a contemporary viewpoint of winning and losing in sport.
Agon Lost – or in Disguise? A Commentary
Authors: Ballisager Olav 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Thanks to John W. Loy one of the recurrent themes in Institute of Scandinavian Physical Culture (ISPC) was “agon”. First, I offer some old Nordic examples on games – possibly with an agonal element. Then I focus on moral and character in order to identify some sort or a vestige of agon and revisit physical culture in terms of “idræt”, an old Nordic word for athletics and sport. Finally, I ask if there is – atavistic or not – in the modern world any glimpse of agonal behavior to be found and appreciated within the three realms or categories, which could be pillars of a physical education program: Nature, combat/competition and aesthetics. Would Edmund Hillary, Nelson Mandela and Pussy Riot qualify into a renewed, more general perception of agon?
Why a Focus on Sporting Tests Would Reveal an Alternate Story and Raise Ethical Questions about Agon: A Commentary
Authors: Kretchmar R. Scott 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Loy and Morford focus on “agon” as an important window through which to understand human life and development. Competition in war and sport was culturally significant then, and it is culturally significant today, albeit in modified forms. In this commentary, I attempt to do two things – first, identify implications of some conceptual distinctions, and second, point out normative questions raised by the Loy/Morford analysis. I find it worthwhile to differentiate clearly between tests and contests. If the historical and sociocultural spotlight were turned on sporting “tests” rather than “contests”, that is, on trying to solve physically demanding problems well rather than trying to solve them better than at least one other party, then another story than the agonal account could be told. War would probably no longer serve as the best historical and prehistorical analogue for sport. Rather, it might be hunting. I add, that, on one hand, competitive sport is far less violent and, therefore, far more defensible today than it was previously. On the other hand, joy in playing is often sacrificed on the altar of any number of extrinsic rewards. Success, even gained by questionable means, replaces skill-based and virtue-generated achievement. This threatens the connection endorsed by MacIntyre between practices and virtues.
Analysis of Transients in a Three-Level DC–DC Flying Capacitor Converter. Time Domain Approach
Authors: Reznikov Boris , Ruderman Alexander , Galanina Valentina 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
The paper considers a discrete state-space model for transients in a three-level flying capacitor DC–DC converter. A transition matrix is obtained for a pulse width modulation (PWM) period. The matrix elements are expanded into a power series using a selected small parameter. The matrix eigenvalues that determine the natural balancing dynamics transients are presented in the form of power series as well. Four separate transients are constructed based on four possible PWM period initial states (topologies). Inductor current and capacitor voltage transients are found for the voltage source power-up as the arithmetic average of the four separate transients. The discrete solutions are replaced by continuous ones. The resulting transients that are elementary functions of the circuit parameters, PWM period, and voltage reference demonstrate good agreement with the simulation results.
Efficacy and durability of radiopaque gelified ethanol in management of herniated discs
Authors: Kuhelj Dimitrij , Dobrovolec Anita , Kocijancic Igor Jozef 
Published: June 2019

Abstract

Background
Percutaneous image-guided intradiscal injection of gelified ethanol was introduced to treat herniated disc disease lately. The aim of the study was to assess clinical efficacy and durability over a 36 months’ period.

Patients and methods
Eighty-three patients (47 males, 36 females, mean age 48.9 years (18–79 years) were treated between May 2014 and December 2015 for 16 cervical and 67 lumbar chronical contained disc herniations. For pain assessment evaluation, the visual analog scale (VAS) was used. Physical activity, the use of analgesics, patients’ satisfaction with the treatment results and patient’s willingness to repeat the treatment were also evaluated.

Results
Fifty-nine patients responded to questionnaire. 89.8% had significant reduction in VAS after 1 month (p < 0.001); 76.9% of patients with cervical symptoms and 93.5% of patients with lumbar symptoms. In cervical group it remained stable, while in lumbar group VAS decreased even more during 36 months (p = 0.012). Single patient had spinal surgery. Moderate and severe physical disability prior to treatment (96.6%) was reduced to less than 30% after 12 months. The majority of active patients returned to their regular job (71.1%); 78% needed less analgesics. Only 5.1% patients were not satisfied with the treatment and 10.2% would not repeat the treatment if needed.

Conclusions
Percutaneous image-guided intradiscal injection of gelified ethanol is safe, effective and durable therapy for chronic contained cervical and lumbar herniations. Due to minimal invasiveness and long-lasting benefits, this kind of treatment should be proposed to designated group of patients as first-line therapy.
Effects of Surrounding Earth on Shell During the Construction of Flexible Bridge Structures
Authors: Machelski Czesław 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
A characteristic feature of soil-steel structures is that, unlike in typical bridges, the backfill and the carriageway pavement with its foundation play a major role in bearing loads. In the soil-steel structure model, one can distinguish two structural subsystems: the shell made of corrugated plates and the backfill with the pavement layers. The interactions between the subsystems are modelled as interfacial interactions, that is, forces normal and tangent to the surface of the shell. This is a static condition of the consistency of mutual interactions between the surrounding earth and the shell, considering that slip can arise at the interface between the subsystems. This paper presents an algorithm for determining the internal forces in the shell on the basis of the unit strains in the corrugated plates, and subsequently, the interfacial interactions. The effects of loads arising during the construction of a soil-steel bridge when, for example, construction machines drive over the structure, are taken into account in the analysis of the internal forces in the shell and in the surrounding earth. During construction, the forces in the shell are usually many times greater than the ones generated by service loads. Thus, the analytical results presented in this paper provide the basis for predicting the behaviour of the soil medium under operational loads.
The Processualism of the Creative Approach in an Artistic Context
Authors: Strâmtu Adrian 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
The following article attempts a discussion concerning the issue of creativity in the context of artistic approaches, by taking into consideration the central concepts: creative personality, creative process, and creative product/ creative performance. Our analysis is based on two questions that concern the extent to which we can speak of flexibility and creativity in contemporary artistic activities. Our conclusion is that creative artistic activities are not disorderly/ unorganised, they are realised according to artistic rules and principles that relate to the forms of expression that can be used in creative artistic approaches. Furthermore, in the context of the cultural hybridization phenomenon, the merging of the traditional with the postmodern allows the manifestation of cultural and artistic diversity, as well as the revaluation, redefinition and update of the traditional forms of expression and of cultural forms in a creative manner, by means of a creative exploitation of their spectacular artistic potential.
Barnardine or Death as an Option
Authors: Ionescu Romanița 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
The aim of this article is to research the meaning of the presence in the play Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare of a character which apparently doesn’t fulfill any dramatic function. Although the drunkard Barnardine seems to be brought into the scene in order to make possible the salvation of Claudio, the brother of the main feminine character, through the dramatic mechanism of replacing one man sentenced to death with another, Shakespeare surprisingly quits this solution. Barnardine is spared because he has strongly drunk all night long and, as a consequence, he doesn’t feel prepared to die. In this manner, this minor character approaches, during only one page of text, some fundamental themes of Shakespearian writing: preparation for death, and sleep and inebriation as paradoxal states of the conscience. Barnardine floats in three dimensions: inebriation, dream, and reality. This state of chiaroscuro of the conscience reveals the negative of the being, it opens the gate to the realm of the shadow. In this state, Barnardine chooses not to die and the Duke, the demiurge of the play, spares his life. Barnardine exists in a dimension where the laws of the real loosen their rigidity and death can be an option, not a necessity.
Tourism and valorisation of cultural heritage: The case of the Castle of Lanhoso
Authors: Cerdeiras António , Pinheiro Bruno , Vareiro Laurentina , Mendes Raquel 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Given the relationship of sustainability and mutual benefits that tourism and cultural heritage can and should establish, the present study aims to reflect on the importance of the development of creative activities in the Castle of Lanhoso, in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso (in northern Portugal), as a form of promotion and tourism valorisation of this heritage classified as National Monument. In this context, the study intends to stimulate and streamline the processes of monetization and preservation of the Castle of Lanhoso, making it suitable for sustainable tourism economic activity with the purpose of improving the living conditions of the population, generating employment and revenues, increasing tourism demand, promoting and preserving the identity and the local cultural heritage.
Primary Gastric Localization of Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma and Viral Hepatitis C. A Case Report at the Department of Clinical Hematology of University Hospital of Yopougon, Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)
Authors: Packo Dieu-le-Veut Saint-cyr Sylvestre  , Kouakou Boidy  , N'dhatz Comoe Emeraude  , Botti Renee Paule  , Danho Nanho Clotaire  
Published: June 2019

Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are characterized by its clinical and pathological polymorphism. In the stomach, MALT lymphomas are common and mostly associated with Helicobacter Pylori infection. We report a case of 76-year old women with a medical history of chronic stomach pain, addressed for the investigation of normochromic normocytic anemia. The clinical picture included signs of digestive hemorrhage and stomach pain. Gastrointestinal endoscopy and histology noted an unspecified ulcer-budding tumor without signs of Helibacter pylori infection. Immunohistochemistry concluded to diffuse large B cell lymphoma with CD79b +, BCL10 +/-, BCL2+, BCL6 +, MUM1+. The Ann Arbor classification was stage IE. The serology of Helicobacter pylori was negative. Pre-treatment investigation noted a comorbity with Hepatitis C infection. This study has two interests. Firstly the rarity of the localization of this lymphoma, and secondly, the etiopathological interest because of association with hepatitis C virus.
É a educação ética uma forma de violência contra o educando?
Authors: Pucci Bruno 
Published: June 2019

Chauí, no livro Convite à Filosofia lança uma questão instigante para os educadores: não seria a educação ética uma forma de violência contra o ser humano? Primeiramente, porque visa transformar-nos de seres passivos em ativos; se nossa natureza é passional, impulsionada por nossos instintos, forçar-nos à racionalidade ativa não seria violência contra a natureza espontânea? Se a educação ética se propõe a colocar-nos em conexão com os valores da sociedade, não seria isso submissão ao poder externo e, nesse caso, em vez de sujeitos autônomos, não seríamos escravos das normas e valores impostos pela sociedade? Este texto se propõe, a partir das contribuições de Kant, Durkheim e Adorno, analisar os questionamento de Chauí e trazer contribuições para a formação ética de nossos educandos e educadores.
A educação ambiental na formação continuada de professores: reflexões a respeito das práticas compartilhadas de construção
Authors: Dal-Farra Rossano André , Valduga Mariela 
Published: June 2019

As múltiplas interfaces entre o global e o local na educação ambiental demandam a construção de práticas de formação de professores nas quais estes participem ativamente do processo, fornecendo subsídios para a realização das atividades. Com essa perspectiva, o presente texto discute os pressupostos subjacentes à realização de ações calcadas nos âmbitos conceituais, atitudinais e procedimentais, indicando a necessidade de incluir a diversidade de experiências dos professores na construção de práticas compartilhadas de formação continuada. Aborda-se, ainda, a importância da inserção de estudos teóricos específicos no âmbito das ciências da natureza em sintonia com o nível de ensino no qual os professores atuam.
“Professor, quero ser oprimida!”: situação-limite e atos-limites no habitus professoral
Authors: Sousa Carlos Alberto Lopes de 
Published: June 2019

Esse artigo tem por objetivo apresentar e discutir episódio ocorrido no ensino superior em que estudante, tendo estudado a Pedagogia do Oprimido (Freire, 1987), demanda explicitamente a condição de ser oprimida pelo professor. O episódio registrado em diário de campo é analisado sob a ótica dos conceitos de situação-limite, inédito-viável, ambos de Paulo Freire (1992), e o de habitus, este último conceito de Bourdieu (1983). O conceito de habitus é posicionado no texto em perspectiva heurística, sendo denominado habitus professoral, nos termos de Silva (2003). O texto conclui que o pensamento freireano deve ser assumido como utopia sustentada no habitus professoral, expressando a negação do fugaz ou insatisfação momentânea e associado a movimento coletivo pela superação do estado das coisas e condições de existência desumanizadoras.
Avaliação de desempenho docente no Brasil: desvelando concepções e tendências
Authors: Nogueira Danielle Xabregas Pamplona , Jesus Girlene Ribeiro de , Cruz Shirleide Pereira da Silva 
Published: June 2019

Este trabalho tem como objetivo evidenciar as principais concepções e tendências dos sistemas de avaliação de desempenho docente nas redes estaduais de educação básica no Brasil. A discussão do tema tratou da relação entre avaliação, responsabilização e desenvolvimento profissional, bem como das concepções que orientam os processos avaliativos de desempenho docente. As análises do levantamento realizado a partir das informações disponíveis nos sítios das 27 Secretarias Estaduais de Educação revelaram que, nos estados brasileiros, a tendência predominante nas políticas de avaliação docente se dá na perspectiva da responsabilização, na maioria das vezes se utilizando dos resultados de avaliações do desempenho de alunos, que se distanciam dos pressupostos que orientam o processo de desenvolvimento profissional docente.