bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Family Members' Memories about Starting School: Intergenerational Aspects
Authors: Turunen Tuija , Dockett Sue 
Published: March 2019

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED MEMORIES about starting school across several family generations, and the impact of these memories on parents' philosophies and actions when they were supporting their children during the transition to school. In this paper, we report the autobiographical narratives of two families and explore the ways in which the memories of school and starting school prompted both continuity and change in family decisions about education in general, and the transition to school in particular. The study draws on generational and interpretive perspectives in exploring autobiographical memories and oral history. Results reflect the concept of ambivalence, highlighting tensions between processes of reproduction and innovation across families. The implications of these tensions for children starting school are considered.
Odd Alliances: Working Theories on ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Authors: Stover Sue 
Published: March 2019

WHAT HAPPENS TO CHILDREN'S free play when learning outcomes are required? What happens when safety is foregrounded over exploration? When does accountability become surveillance? When does visualising children as an investment opportunity make children ‘too precious’? Based on the analysis of oral history interviews with historic leaders of Aotearoa, New Zealand's early childhood sector, this paper examines some unintended consequences of the sector's professionalisation. It draws on contemporary, feminist and classical sociological theory (Bunkle, 1995; Foucault, 1970/2001; Merton, 1934; Moss, 2010) to support a discursive model that focuses on how ‘odd’ alliances can push the sector in unanticipated directions.
Lived Childhood Experiences: Collective Storytelling for Teacher Professional Learning and Social Change
Authors: Taylor Louise 
Published: March 2019

THIS IS THE STORY OF KIDS’ DOMAIN, an early childhood centre in New Zealand. It traces their journey through a four-year action research project shaped around collective storytelling, where the purpose was to understand the self, others and teaching differently. The research was situated within poststructuralist feminist and critical pedagogical theories because these celebrate the multiple and contradictory; value subjectivity; and challenge social inequities, which this project aimed to do. The sharing of stories challenged teachers' perspectives and impacted on both relationships and teaching. Teachers were challenged as they listened to complex and sometimes contradictory storylines, and at times these confronted and disrupted what had previously been taken for granted. This encouraged teachers to reconsider how they might be teachers, and how they might contribute to a more socially just world each day in their own setting.
Young Children's Voices about their Local Communities
Authors: Harris Pauline , Manatakis Harry 
Published: March 2019

THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY children were recently involved in statewide consultations to help inform the state government's review of its State Strategic Plan. This government wished to ensure children's views of their local communities were canvassed and their voices heard. These consultations were more than a tokenistic gesture—careful planning, implementation and documentation were carried out to ensure children's meaningful and sustained engagement over time. This article shares what children said—'said’, that is—through the many voices children have to express their meaning through art, dance, music, song, drama, storytelling, photography, as well as oral and written language. This is their story. In 2009, the Council of Australian Governments launched its National Early Childhood Development Strategy, framed by a vision that ‘all children have the best start in life to create a better future for themselves and for the nation’ (COAG, 2009, p. 13). Underscoring this vision is the simple but highly significant recognition that: … [c]hildren are important. They bring their own value and influence to the world, as well as being shaped by the world around them … Children are also important for their future contribution to society, as the next generation of leaders, workers, parents, consumers and members of communities … in a global society (COAG, 2009, p. 7). Framed by a similar vision, the South Australia government's review of its State Strategic Plan in late 2010 involved consultations with communities. These consultations included children across the state under the ages of 12, with specific focus on children under the age of five to ensure their voices were heard. This paper reports on these consultations with young children aged between three and eight years, describing how the consultations were planned and implemented, and children's themes that emerged in relation to children's views of their local communities.
Pre-Service Early Childhood Educators' Leadership Development through Reflective Engagement with Experiential Service Learning and Leadership Literature
Authors: Diamond Alexandra 
Published: March 2019

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED WHETHER final-year early childhood education students' aspirations for professional leadership roles, and positive perceptions of themselves as leaders, improved through engagement in a university course requiring reflection on service learning leadership projects, and leadership and advocacy literature. Before and after surveys found students' leadership self-perceptions and aspirations significantly improved on completing the course. Thematic analysis of students' reflections found initial notions about leadership were narrower, and more focused on positional power and stereotypically male capabilities than at the end of the course. Improved leadership self-perceptions and aspirations arose from leadership self-audits, participation in service learning (in which students practised leadership skills, challenged themselves, wrestled with difficulties, and discussed progress and strategies with other stakeholders), reflection on their current and aspirational leadership capabilities, and utilisation of leadership and advocacy literature to inform actions and reflections. Findings suggest these combined elements can support early childhood leadership development.
Transition to School Anxiety for Mothers of Children with Food Allergy: Implications for Educators
Authors: Sanagavarapu Prathyusha , Said Maria , Katelaris Constance , Wainstein Brynn 
Published: March 2019

PARENTAL CONCERNS FOR THE safety of their children with food allergy greatly increase once they reach ‘school age’, yet those concerns have not been investigated to date, despite the increasing attendance of children with food allergy in schools in Australia and globally. This pilot study explored 10 affected Australian mothers' feelings and perspectives of their children's transition to school. The results from Photo Elicitation Interviews revealed that mothers were anxious, concerned about their children's safety, and they perceived food allergy risks to be comparatively greater in schools than in prior-to-school settings, especially in the school playground. Mothers had a myriad of concerns relating to trusting and transferring the responsibility for their children's safety to school staff, as well as to the children themselves. Additionally, they were concerned about other parents' negative attitudes towards food allergy or affected children and families, and normalising children's school life with food allergy. Although based on a small sample, the findings have important implications for educators to ease parental anxiety and facilitate their child's positive start to school.
Synergy Research: A New Approach to Evaluating the Efficacy of Herbal Mono-drug Extracts and Their Combinations
Authors: Wagner Hildebert 
Published: March 2019

Synergy research is a new approach to phytomedicinal research. Three events have promoted this development: 1) The demand of the European drug law that the registration of drug preparations must include an assessment that each component of a herbal drug combination contributes to its overall pharmacological effect and therapeutic efficacy; 2) The availability of new high-tech analytical and molecular-biological methods and 3) A conspicuous change of paradigm in conventional medicine from a monodrug concept of treating diseases to a more multidrug therapy.
Analysis of Essential Oils of Artemisia absinthium L. from Lithuania by CC, GC(RI), GC-MS and 13C NMR
Authors: Judzentiene Asta , Tomi Félix , Casanova Joseph 
Published: March 2019

Different techniques have been utilized to determine the composition of Artemisia absinthum (wormwood) essential oil. The oil was fractionated on a silica gel column and each fraction analyzed by GC(RI), GC-MS and 13C NMR. This allowed the identification, for the first time in A. absinthium, of two diterpenes, 9-geranyl-p-cymene and 9-geranyl-α-terpinene, and two homoditerpenes, 9-(15,16-dihydro-15-methylene)-geranyl-p-cymene and 9-(15,16-dihydro-15-methylene)-geranyl-α-terpinene. Chemical variability of A. absinthium essential oils from plants collected in the surroundings of Vilnius city over several years (1999-2007) was also shown. Chemical composition was determined by GC and GC-MS. Thujones ( cis+trans, 10.2-36.3%) and trans-sabinyl acetate (9.8-39.2%) were the two predominant constituents of almost all the investigated oils (13 out of 15 samples). The third major compound was myrcene (5.1-9.2%, in four samples), β-pinene (5.4-10.4%, in 5), linalool (4.7% in one), trans-sabinol (6.4%, in one) and 1,8-cineole (5.2-7.1%, in two). In one oil, the prevailing components were thujones ( cis+trans, 11.2%), trans-sabinene hydrate (11.0%) and trans-sabinyl acetate (8.8%), while another sample was characterized by a large quantity of trans-sabinyl acetate (55.2%) and the absence of thujones.
Phenolic Compounds of Mountain Tea from the Balkans: LC/DAD/ESI/MSn Profile and Content
Authors: Petreska Jasmina , Stefkov Gjose , Kulevanova Svetlana , Alipieva Kalina , Bankova Vassya , Stefova Marina 
Published: March 2019

Twenty-one samples of Sideritis species ( S. scardica, S. raeseri, S. taurica, S. syriaca and S. perfoliata) from various locations on the Balkan Peninsula were evaluated for their chemical constituents. Chemical analyses were focused on secondary metabolites, particularly phenolic compounds, which have several roles in the plant physiological processes and have demonstrated significant health beneficial effects. The occurrence of hydroxycinnamic acids, phenylethanoid glycosides and flavonoids has been investigated in taxonomically related taxa of the genus Sideritis. A systematic method for phenolic compounds identification was developed using tandem mass spectrometry coupled to high performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection. Scanning for precursor ions of commonly found phenolics in Sideritis species using LC/MSn with an ion trap instrument permitted the specific determination of hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives, and phenylethanoid and flavonoid glycosides. Further characterization of each phenolic compound was performed using MS/MS production analysis and common–neutral-loss analysis. This online technique allowed identification of three hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives, eight phenylethanoid glycosides, and twenty-four flavonoid glycosides. All the taxa analysed produced very similar phenolic patterns characterized by the presence of 5-caffeoylquinic acid, lavandulifolioside, verbascoside, hypolaetin 7- O-[6′”- O-acetyl]-allosyl(1→2)glucoside, apigenin 7-(4″- p-coumaroylglucoside), 4′- O-methylisoscutellarein 7- O-[6′”- O-acetyl]-allosyl(1→2)glucoside, and minor amounts of isoverbascoside, apigenin 7- O-allosyl(1→2)glucoside, isoscutellarein 7- O-allosyl-(1→2)-[6′- O-acetyl]-glucoside, hypolaetin 7- O-allosyl-(1→2)-[6″- O-acetyl]-glucoside and 4′- O-methylhypolaetin 7- O-[6′”- O-acetyl]-allosyl-(1→2)-[6′- O-acetyl]-glucoside. These results show that the investigated species are systematically very closely related. Phenylethanoid glycosides and flavonoid acetylglycosides are dominant and constitute 90% of the total phenolic compounds compared with hydroxycinnamic acid and flavonoid 7- O-glycosides. Principal component analysis (PCA) was performed for the nature and content of the different compounds to be correlated to the particular Sideritis species and also to the locations.
Targets of Red Grapes: Oxidative Damage of DNA and Leukaemia Cells
Authors: Anter Jaouad , de Abreu-Abreu Noriluz , Fernández-Bedmar Zahira , Villatoro-Pulido Myriam , Alonso-Moraga Ángeles , Muñoz-Serrano Andrés 
Published: March 2019

Vitis vinifera is a widespread crop all over the world. The biophenols present in grapes have a remarkable influence on wine quality and also confer potential health-protecting properties to this fruit. The aim of the present work was to assess the beneficial properties of skin, seeds and pulp of red table grapes (RTG) ( Vitis vinifera, Palieri Cadiz variety). Two potential beneficial activities of red table grapes (RTG) were analyzed: (i) The maintenance of genomic stability studying their genotoxic/antigenotoxic effects, and (ii) the in vitro cytotoxic effect against tumor cells of RTG components. The genotoxic and/or antigenotoxic effect was measured applying the somatic mutation and recombination test on wing imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster. The cytotoxic effect was monitored using the HL60 human leukemia model to evaluate the antiproliferative potential of the different parts of RTG. The three major parts (skin, seeds and pulp) are not genotoxic. When antigenotoxicity assays were performed using hydrogen peroxide as the oxidative genotoxin, skin, seed and pulp exerted a desmutagenic effect, with seeds and skin showing the most potent effect. The cytotoxicity tests using HL60 cells indicated that only skin and pulp fractions are able to inhibit the tumor growth, with skin having the lowest IC50 (1.8 mg/mL versus 8 mg/mL of pulp). These results suggest that RTG are potent anti-mutagens that protect DNA from oxidative damage as well as being cytotoxic toward the HL60 tumor cell line.
Hyaluronan: From Biomimetic to Industrial Business Strategy
Authors: Murano Erminio , Perin Danilo , Khan Riaz , Bergamin Massimo 
Published: March 2019

Hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid) is a naturally occurring polysaccharide of a linear repeating disaccharide unit consisting of β-(1→4)-linked D-glucopyranuronic acid and β-(1→3)-linked 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, which is present in extracellular matrices, the synovial fluid of joints, and scaffolding that comprises cartilage. In its mechanism of synthesis, its size, and its physico-chemical properties, hyaluronan is unique amongst other glycosaminoglycans. The network-forming, viscoelastic and its charge characteristics are important to many biochemical properties of living tissues. It is an important pericellular and cell surface constituent; its interaction with other macromolecules such as proteins, participates in regulating cell behavior during numerous morphogenic, restorative, and pathological processes in the body. The knowledge of HA in diseases such as various forms of cancers, arthritis and osteoporosis has led to new impetus in research and development in the preparation of biomaterials for surgical implants and drug conjugates for targeted delivery. A concise and focused review on hyaluronan is timely. This review will cover the following important aspects of hyaluronan: (i) biological functions and synthesis in nature; (ii) current industrial production and potential biosynthetic processes of hyaluronan; (iii) chemical modifications of hyaluronan leading to products of commercial significance; and (iv) and the global market position and manufacturers of hyaluronan.
Composition of the Essential Oils from Anthriscus cerefolium var. trichocarpa and A. caucalis Growing Wild in the Urban Area of Vienna (Austria)
Authors: Chizzola Remigius 
Published: March 2019

The composition of the essential oil from the different above ground plant parts of Anthriscus cerefolium and A. caucalis collected in the urban area of Vienna has been studied. The essential oils of A. cerefolium were dominated by estragole (= methylchavicol) and 1-allyl-2,4-dimethoxybenzene, occurring in various proportions. The oils from young flowering plants had more estragole than 1-allyl-2,4-dimethoxybenzene. Fruits from one location reached 95% estragole in the essential oil. In A. caucalis, the main compound of all oils was cis-chrysanthenyl acetate (up to 74%) followed by cis-chrysanthenol (up to 16%). The fruit oils displayed a higher proportion of cis-chrysanthenyl acetate than the leaf or stem oils.
Prevalence of heartworm infection in the feral cat population of Grand Cayman
Authors: Darby Brandy , Dickinson Charles , Gaskins Lori , Hanna Paul 
Published: March 2019

Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the presence and prevalence of heartworm infection in the feral cat population of Grand Cayman. Methods During the study period, feral cats were routinely trapped and euthanized for population control by the municipal animal shelter. Cats older than 6 months of age were obtained for post-mortem examination shortly after euthanasia. The heart, lungs, pulmonary vasculature, thoracic and abdominal cavities were examined for the presence, location and number of mature heartworms. Sections of caudal lung were evaluated histologically and serologic tests were performed to screen for additional evidence of heartworm exposure. Results Mature heartworms were identified in the pulmonary vasculature of 4/36 cats (11.1%). An additional nine cats showed histopathologic changes in the lungs consistent with heartworm exposure, and one cat had a positive antibody test. Conclusions and relevance The results indicate a minimum heartworm prevalence of 11.1% within this population of feral cats, consistent with published necropsy reports from other endemic localities. Considering the histopathologic changes observed in this group, the true prevalence is likely higher and underscores the importance of heartworm prevention for the companion cat population of the island.
Tissue-Sparing Posterior Cervical Fusion With Interfacet Cages: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Authors: Laratta Joseph L. , Gupta Karishma , Smith William D. 
Published: March 2019

Study Design: Literature review. Objectives: Posterior cervical interfacet cages are an alternative to lateral mass fixation in patients undergoing cervical spine surgery. Recently, a percutaneous, tissue-sparing system for interfacet cage placement has been developed, however, there is limited clinical evidence supporting its widespread use. The aim was to review studies published on this system for patient reported outcomes, radiographic outcomes, intraoperative outcomes, and complications. Methods: Four electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, and MEDLINE) were queried for original published studies that evaluated the percutaneous, tissue-sparing technique for posterior cervical fusion with interfacet cage placement. All studies reporting on open techniques and purely biomechanical studies were excluded. Results: The extensive literature search returned 7852 studies. After systematic review, a total of 7 studies met inclusion criteria. Studies were independently classified as retrospective or prospective cohort studies and each assessed by the GRADE criteria. Patient reported outcomes, radiographic outcomes, intraoperative outcomes, and complications were extracted from each study and presented. Conclusions: Tissue-sparing, posterior cervical fusion with interfacet cages may be considered a safe and effective surgical intervention in patients failing conservative management for cervical spondylotic disease. However, the quality of evidence in the literature is lacking, and controlled, comparative studies are needed for definitive assessment.
The Role of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion on Relieving Axial Neck Pain in Patients With Single-Level Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Oitment Colby , Watson Tracy , Lam Victor , Aref Mohammed , Koziarz Alex , Kachur Edward , Badhiwala Jetan H. , Almenawer Saleh A. , Cenic Aleksa 
Published: March 2019

Study Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effects of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) on axial neck pain in adult patients receiving surgery for myelopathy, radiculopathy, or a combination of both. Methods: Two independent reviewers completed a librarian-assisted search of 4 databases. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Neck Disability Index (NDI) scores were extracted preoperatively and at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 48+ months postoperatively for ACDF groups and pooled using a random-effects model. Results: Of 17 850 eligible studies, 37 were included for analysis, totaling 2138 patients analyzed with VAS and 2477 with NDI score. Individual VAS mean differences were reduced at 6 weeks (−2.5 [95% confidence interval (CI): −3.5 to −1.6]), 3 months (−2.9 [−3.7 to −2.2]), 6 months (−3.2 [−3.9 to −2.6]), 12 months (−3.7 [−4.3 to −3.1]), 24 months (−4.0 [−4.4 to −3.5]), 48 months (−4.6 [−5.5 to −3.8]), and >48 months (−4.7 [−5.8 to −3.6]) follow-up ( P < .0001 for all endpoints). Individual NDI mean differences were reduced at 6 weeks (−26.7 [−30.9 to −22.6]), 3 months (−29.8 [−32.7 to −26.8]), 6 months (−31.2 [−35.5 to −26.8)], 12 months (−29.3 [−33.2 to −25.4]), 24 months (−28.9 [−32.6 to −25.2]), 48 months (−33.1 [−37.4 to −28.7]), and >48 months (−37.6 [−45.9 to −29.3]) follow-up ( P < .0001 for all endpoints). Conclusions: ACDF is associated with a significant reduction in axial neck pain compared with preoperative values in patients being treated specifically for myelopathy or radiculopathy. This influences the preoperative discussions surgeons may have with patients regarding their expectations for surgery. The effects seen are stable over time and represent a clinically significant reduction in axial neck pain.