bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Behavioral responses of Anagrus nilaparvatae to common terpenoids, aromatic compounds, and fatty acid derivatives from rice plants
Authors: Mao Guofeng , Tian Jiaxin , Li Ting , Fouad Hatem , Ga'al Hassan , Mo Jianchu 
Published: July 2018

AbstractThe attraction of parasitoids to their hosts is a key issue in efforts to enhance biological control efficiency. This study was conducted to identify which rice plant volatiles are attractive to females of the rice planthopper egg parasitoid Anagrus nilaparvatae Pang et Wang (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) by using Y‐tube olfactometer behavior assays. Our results demonstrated that 10 of 17 selected volatiles – that is, 3‐carene, linalool oxide, linalool, benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde, methyl salicylate, (E)‐2‐hexenal, (E)‐2‐hexen‐1‐ol, (E)‐3‐hexen‐1‐ol, and hexanal – from three major groups of rice plant volatiles – terpenoids, aromatic compounds, fatty acid derivatives – attracted female A. nilaparvatae at various doses. Two full‐component mixtures of 10 behaviorally active compounds at different ratios were more attractive to wasps compared with individual volatiles. Blends composed of the 10 behaviorally active compounds in their optimally attractive doses (i.e., each in the dose that elicited the strongest response in the wasps) or at equal mass ratio may be considered as attractants for A. nilaparvatae and thus help to control rice planthoppers.
Shallow Unconfined Flow on a Sloping Base Redux
Authors: Barnes Randal J. 
Published: July 2018

AbstractWhen is the impact of a sloping base large enough to justify more complex models for an unconfined aquifer? The intuitive answer that “it depends on the magnitude of the slope” is not wholly correct. Using recent mathematical results (the Lambert W function), we explicitly solve the simple sloping base problem. This explicit solution offers insights beyond those possible using Dupuit's, Polubarinov‐Kochina's, Harr's, Child's, and others' implicit solutions. Specifically, it shows that the impact of the sloping base is best characterized by the saturated thickness divided by the change in base elevation, not by the slope.
Accuracy of non‐invasive scoring systems for diagnosing non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis‐related fibrosis: Multicenter validation study
Authors: Itoh Yoshito , Seko Yuya , Shima Toshihide , Nakajima Tomoaki , Mizuno Kei , Kawamura Yusuke , Akuta Norio , Ito Kiyoaki , Kawanaka Miwa , Hiramatsu Akira , Sakamoto Michiie , Harada Kenichi , Goto Yoshihito , Nakayama Takeo , Kumada Hiromitsu , Okanoue Takeshi 
Published: July 2018

AimHepatic fibrosis is the most important factor for estimating the prognosis of patients with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). A novel non‐invasive scoring system, the FM‐fibro index, showed high accuracy in a pilot study. The purpose of this study was to validate the efficacy of the FM‐fibro index in a multicenter cohort.MethodsAmong 18 institutions, we analyzed 400 Japanese patients with biopsy‐proven NAFLD. We evaluated the accuracies of the FM‐fibro index, CA‐fibro index, and European Liver Fibrosis (ELF) panel by area under the receiver operator characteristics curves (AUROC). The FM‐fibro index includes three formulas for type IV collagen 7S, hyaluronic acid, and vascular cell adhesion molecule‐1.ResultsAmong 400 patients, 205 were women, and the median age was 56 years. The histological distribution of Matteoni types 1, 2, 3, and 4 was 11, 40, 15, and 334, and the distribution of hepatic fibrosis stages 0 to 4 was 67, 183, 55, 63, and 32, respectively. The AUROCs of the FM‐fibro index, CA‐fibro index, and ELF panel for non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)‐related fibrosis were 0.7178/0.7095/0.7065, 0.7093, and 0.7245, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of the FM‐fibro index for predicting NASH‐related fibrosis was 0.5359/0.5210/0.4641 and 0.8333/0.8182/0.8788, respectively. The accuracy of the FM‐fibro index was not significantly different from that of the CA‐fibro index or the ELF panel.ConclusionsThe FM‐fibro index can predict NASH‐related fibrosis with sufficient accuracy compared with previous scoring systems. Further analyses that verify the accuracy of the FM‐fibro index to distinguish significant or advanced fibrosis in patients with NAFLD are awaited. (UMIN‐CTR: UMIN000018158).
Determinants of the relationship between investor sentiment and analysts’ private information production
Authors: Keshk Walied , Wang Jeff J. 
Published: July 2018

AbstractWe examine whether and how investor sentiment affects analysts’ private information production and the factors that moderate this influence. As expected, analysts’ private information production (measured by the information asymmetry component of analyst forecast dispersion) is significantly negatively associated with investor sentiment. Our tests also show that higher institutional holdings of stock, longer analysts’ earnings forecasting experience, and higher levels of short selling of stock mitigate this negative influence of sentiment on analysts’ private information production. Our findings are informative for researchers, financial analysts, and market participants who rely on analysts’ forecasts to form earnings expectations.
Does social performance influence breadth of ownership?
Authors: Kim Jeong‐Bon , Li Bing , Liu Zhenbin 
Published: July 2018

AbstractThis study examines the hitherto unexplored question of whether and how a firm's social performance influences the breadth of that firm's share ownership. We predict and find that firms with higher corporate social responsibility (CSR) ratings attract more institutional investors (especially long‐term, low‐stake and green institutional investors) and more individual investors. This finding is consistent with the notion that investors are more interested in firms with higher CSR ratings and thus prefer to hold stocks of such firms. We also find that firms with higher CSR ratings are associated with higher stock liquidity, lower cost of equity capital, more equity and debt issuance, and greater investment, and that sin stocks are associated with a lower investor base, which further corroborates our prediction. Our results are robust to potential endogeneity, the use of alternative model specifications, and an alternative proxy for CSR performance.
Empirical Evidence of the Introduction of the Services Directive on Microeconomic Productivity
Authors: Olbrecht Vojtěch 
Published: July 2018

AbstractThe Services Directive puts into motion the free movement of services, one of the milestones of the Single Market of the European Union. Though very ambitious in its draft version, several adjustments have been made and it is being questioned whether the final Directive is helpful at all. This article aims to answer the question by focusing on the productivity of affected companies from retail and the wholesale trade sector with the use of two distinct control groups and employing difference‐in‐difference‐in‐differences design on firm‐level data. The article finds that the Services Directive has significantly increased the productivity of companies though the results cannot be labelled as profoundly causal, as is further discussed in the article.
Power morcellation‐induced dissemination of sarcomatous component arising in leiomyoma
Authors: Emoto Ikuko , Moriuchi Kaori , Kanbayashi Shota , Inohaya Asako , Ri Yasufumi , Sato Yukiyasu 
Published: July 2018

AbstractIn 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a safety communication warning against the use of power morcellators during laparoscopic hysterectomy or myomectomy. We report a case of peritoneal leiomyosarcomatosis attributable to power morcellation. A 49‐year‐old nulligravid woman presented with a huge uterine tumor measuring 15 × 8 cm that was diagnosed as benign leiomyoma on magnetic resonance imaging. The uterine tumor had shrunk to 13 × 7 cm after five treatment courses with a gonadotropin‐releasing hormone agonist. She underwent laparoscopic hysterectomy using power morcellation; postoperative pathological diagnosis was benign leiomyoma. After 6 months, urinary ascites developed because of right ureteral rupture. She underwent laparotomy and was diagnosed with peritoneal leiomyosarcomatosis. Meticulous and thorough reevaluation of the morcellated specimens revealed a small component of leiomyosarcoma. Use of power morcellation should be minimized until the advent of novel methods that can perfectly differentiate benign from malignant uterine tumors preoperatively.
New insights into the Parnaíba Basin: results of investments by the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency
Authors: Abelha Marina , Petersohn Eliane , Bastos Gabriel , Araújo Daniel 
Published: July 2018

Abstract

The Parnaíba Basin is a Paleozoic cratonic basin located in NE Brazil. Despite exploration in the Parnaíba Basin having undergone a long period of stagnation, it is now one of the most prolific natural gas producing basins in Brazil. Production from this basin is
c.
5.6 million m
3
day
−1
from three established gas fields, with another four fields in development and eight ongoing discovery assessment plans (in January 2017). This success is the result of activity on exploration concessions, both the investments of the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) and concessionaires operating in the basin. ANP's investments were decisive in the definition of the offered areas in the bid rounds and, more importantly, in our understanding of the structural and stratigraphic framework through systematic data acquisition, which helped to define an exploration model for the basin. The Parnaíba Basin received investments of
c.
US $100 million from ANP and the preliminary results from projects located in the SE of the basin suggest the need for a new exploration model for this area, which was probably affected by the Trans Brazilian Lineament. In this model, the petroleum system would include Ordovician–Silurian components.
Duas vezes Maria Filomena Molder
Authors: Galé Pedro Fernandes 
Published: July 2018

Resenha de: Maria Filomena Molder, As nuvens e o vaso sagrado, Lisboa: Relógio D'Água, 2014.Maria Filomena Molder, Dia alegre, dia pensante, dias fatais, Lisboa, Relógio D'Água, 2017.
Serum Amyloid A Is an Exchangeable Apolipoprotein
Authors: Wilson Patricia G. , Thompson Joel C. , Shridas Preetha , McNamara Patrick J. , de Beer Maria C. , de Beer Frederick C. , Webb Nancy R. , Tannock Lisa R. 
Published: July 2018

Objective—
SAA (serum amyloid A) is a family of acute-phase reactants that have proinflammatory and proatherogenic activities. SAA is more lipophilic than apoA-I (apolipoprotein A-I), and during an acute-phase response, <10% of plasma SAA is found lipid-free. In most reports, SAA is found exclusively associated with high-density lipoprotein; however, we and others have reported SAA on apoB (apolipoprotein B)–containing lipoproteins in both mice and humans. The goal of this study was to determine whether SAA is an exchangeable apolipoprotein.

Approach and Results—
Delipidated human SAA was incubated with SAA-free human lipoproteins; then, samples were reisolated by fast protein liquid chromatography, and SAA analyzed by ELISA and immunoblot. Both in vitro and in vivo, we show that SAA associates with any lipoprotein and does not remain in a lipid-free form. Although SAA is preferentially found on high-density lipoprotein, it can exchange between lipoproteins. In the presence of CETP (cholesterol ester transfer protein), there is greater exchange of SAA between lipoproteins. Subjects with diabetes mellitus, but not those with metabolic syndrome, showed altered SAA lipoprotein distribution postprandially. Proteoglycan-mediated lipoprotein retention is thought to be an underlying mechanism for atherosclerosis development. SAA has a proteoglycan-binding domain. Lipoproteins containing SAA had increased proteoglycan binding compared with SAA-free lipoproteins.

Conclusions—
Thus, SAA is an exchangeable apolipoprotein and increases apoB-containing lipoproteins’ proteoglycan binding. We and others have previously reported the presence of SAA on low-density lipoprotein in individuals with obesity, diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome. We propose that the presence of SAA on apoB-containing lipoproteins may contribute to cardiovascular disease development in these populations.
Sôphrosunê and the Poets
Authors: Joosse Albert 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
This paper considers the intertextual role of two citations in Plato’s Charmides. The first, from Homer, is introduced by Socrates. The second, from Hesiod, is introduced by Critias. I argue that these citations reveal their full meaning only when their original contexts are considered. In particular, the source context in Hesiod makes clear that Critias’ citation is meant as a response to Socrates’ quote. The dialectic between Critias and Socrates thus turns into a poetic rivalry. It is a rivalry with substantive implications about sôphrosunê and that raises larger questions about authority and interpretation.
Neuronal pentraxin receptor-1 is a new cerebrospinal fluid biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease progression
Authors: Begcevic Ilijana , Tsolaki Magda , Brinc Davor , Brown Marshall , Martinez-Morillo Eduardo , Lazarou Ioulietta , Kozori Mahi , Tagaraki Fani , Nenopoulou Stella , Gkioka Mara , Lazarou Eutichia , Lim Bryant , Batruch Ihor , Diamandis Eleftherios P. 
Published: July 2018

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, with progressive onset of clinical symptoms. The main pathological hallmarks are brain deposits of extracellular amyloid beta plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFT). Cerebrospinal fluid reflects pathological changes in the brain; amyloid beta 1-42 is a marker of amyloid plaques, while total and phosphorylated tau are markers of NFT formation. Additional biomarkers associated with disease pathogenesis are needed, for better prognosis, more specific diagnosis, prediction of disease severity and progression and for improved patient classification in clinical trials. The aim of the present study was to evaluate brain-specific proteins as potential biomarkers of progression of AD. Methods: Overall, 30 candidate proteins were quantified in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild, moderate and severe AD dementia (n=101) using mass spectrometry-based selected reaction monitoring assays. ELISA was used for neuronal pentraxin receptor-1 (NPTXR) confirmation. Results: The best discrimination between MCI and more advanced AD stages (moderate and severe dementia) was observed for protein NPTXR (area under the curve, AUC=0.799). A statistically different abundance of this protein was observed between the two groups, with severe AD patients having progressively lower levels (p<0.05). ELISA confirmed lower levels in AD, in a separate cohort that included controls, MCI and AD patients. Conclusions: We conclude that NPTXR protein in CSF is a novel potential biomarker of AD progression and could have important utility in assessing treatment success in clinical trials.
Lymphoedema and chronic oedema: An overview
Authors: Todd Marie 
Published: July 2018

Marie Todd provides practice nurses with the tools to effectively manage chronic oedema and lymphoedema, meaning care is delivered close to home Untreated chronic oedema and lymphoedema will advance, resulting in increased swelling and skin changes, and may subsequently lead to associated physical and psychosocial morbidity, which has an associated increase in costs and resources. There is now a much wider and improved range of compression products available to prescribe for managing these patients, which means a combined approach of preventative and active therapy can be achieved along the progression continuum of these conditions. However, a significant contribution to care must come from the patient—self-care initiated at the mild/preventative stage is the appropriate way to ensure the best outcomes are achieved, and must include addressing compounding lifestyle issues, e.g. obesity. With the correct knowledge and support, nurses working in the community can effectively manage chronic oedema and lymphoedema, meaning care is delivered close to home. Prescribing the correct compression system requires a thorough assessment, including any contraindications to compression, knowledge of the range available, and awareness of which approach should be used.
Restaurando a Paisagem: Um Desafio Social e Ambiental
Authors: Pacheco Carvalho Aline Beatriz , Escobar Letícia Camacho , Cademartori Cristina Vargas 
Published: July 2018

Considerando-se a perspectiva do diálogo sobre as relações entre a sociedade humana e a conservação da natureza, este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar um estudo de caso que visou restaurar ecologicamente uma área degradada e promover, concomitantemente, ações de educação ambiental no âmbito não formal. A área, localizada no município de Glorinha-RS, é composta por uma paisagem formada por remanescentes de dois biomas típicos e ameaçados do Rio Grande do Sul, a Mata Atlântica e o Pampa. Motivados pelo dever ético-moral e preocupados com as situações adversas observadas, os proprietários permitiram que a área se tornasse objeto de estudo de um projeto de restauração e educação ambiental realizado entre os anos de 2013 a 2015.
conservação ambiental; educação ambiental; Mata Atlântica; restauração ecológica; impactos ambientais.
A Educação Ambiental nas propostas formativas dos cursos de Pedagogia: desafios e experiências desenvolvidas no Estado do Paraná
Authors: Torales Campos Marília Andrade , Saheb Daniele , De Carvalho Andréa Macedônio 
Published: July 2018

Este artigo trata de analisar uma experiência de formação desenvolvida com estudantes do curso de Pedagogia de uma universidade pública no Estado do Paraná (Brasil). A partir do relato da experiência foram abordadas quatro ancoragens propostas por Girault et al (2006), ou seja, foram analisadas as
seguintes dimensões da experiência: epistemológica, didática, curricular e pedagógica. Os dados apontam para a importância da inserção da temática ambiental nos cursos de formação de professores, em especial, no que se refere a formação dos professores que atuam na Educação Infantil e nos Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental.
“QUE PALHAÇADA É ESSA?”: UM RELATO SOBRE A SEXUALIDADE NO ENSINO DE CIÊNCIAS
Authors: COSTA DHEMERSSON WARLY SANTOS , SILVA CARLOS AUGUSTO SILVA 
Published: July 2018

Neste artigo apresentaremos o relato de uma experiência vivida por um estudante do curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas durante o estágio supervisionado obrigatório em uma escola de ensino fundamental localizada na cidade de Altamira/PA. O objetivo principal de apresentar esta memória é a possibilidade de debater questões voltadas à sexualidade na disciplina de Ciências. As reflexões sobre o episódio narrado na pesquisa demonstram que a temática sexualidade faz sim parte do campo de debate da escola, todavia a sexualidade entra na escola não para promover a multiplicidade de formas de habitar o mundo, mas para suprimi-la, discipliná-la em códigos sociais, respaldados por método científico, que acaba por provocar generalizações, bifurcações... Homem, Mulher, Masculino, Feminino, Macho, Fêmea. Binarismos impostos por uma ciência régia que congela um possível abalo do sexo. Restringindo-o apenas para procriação e explicações biológicas.
Discursos Entrecruzados: gênero e sexualidade nas aulas de Português e Espanhol
Authors: Assumpção Ana Paula Vieira de Andrade , Freitas Silvia Garcia de 
Published: July 2018

A importância de discutir, em sala de aula, temáticas relacionadas a gênero, à sexualidade, à identidade dá-se pelo simples fato de que vivemos em uma sociedade em que a diversidade existe, mas que é frequentemente desrespeitada, violando, dessa maneira, os direitos humanos e despromovendo a cidadania. Isso significa que é dever dos aparelhos de Estado – Instituição família, Instituição escola e Estado – promover ações que possibilitem a consolidação de uma sociedade democrática, a desestabilização do sexismo, da homofobia ou de qualquer outro tipo de preconceito. Por isso, afetadas pelo o lugar que ocupamos – o de educadoras – e pelo desejo de estimular a reflexão em sobre tais questões, inscrevemo-nos no projeto "Escolas Promotoras da Igualdade de Gênero", promovido pelo GESE, que nos ofereceu subsídios para desenvolvermos um bom trabalho com os terceiros anos do Ensino Médio.
Memoria e identidad
Authors: De Zan Julio 
Published: July 2018

En primer término se muestra fenomenológicamente el papel esencial de la memoria (y del olvido) en la constitución de la identidad (l). Se avanza luego el análisis crítico de los usos de la memoria y de su relación con la historia escrita (2), para introducir en el tema de las políticas de la memoria colectiva (3), y revisar las políticas de identidad del Estado moderno (4). El artículo se refiere en su parte central al hecho de que en los comienzos del Siglo XXI experimentamos que las políticas de la memoria y del olvido del Siglo XIX ya no funcionan con respecto a las nuevas heridas que la memoria viva arrastra del Siglo XX, y la reconciliación mediante aquel tipo de elaboraciones no es posible (5). La cuestión seria de la memoria viva no está ligada ya a la historiografía de los acontecimientos fundacionales del estado nación en el pasado remoto, sino que está ligada a otros acontecimientos trágicos de la historia reciente de la sociedad en que vivimos (6). En las sociedades posmodernas se asiste a una redefinición de las identidades políticas tradicionales y a la formación de nuevas identidades posnacionales ligadas a la memoria trágica de los genocidios y al compromiso moral y político del “nunca más” (7).
Antiviral activity of Veronica persica Poir. on herpes virus infection
Authors: Sharifi-Rad Javad , Iriti Marcello , Setzer William N , Sharifi-Rad Mehdi , Roointan Amir , Salehi Bahare 
Published: July 2018

The lack of an effective anti-viral agent and the emergence of drug-resistant strains dictate a real need for discovery of novel therapies able to ameliorate viral infections. In this regards, medicinal plants and natural products offer safe and inexpensive platforms for discovery of efficient and novel anti-viral agents. We have investigated the potential anti-viral activities of Veronica persica Poir. as a medicinal plant against herpes simplex viruses (HSVs). In vitro screening of the ethanol plant extract against HSV-1 and HSV-2 infected Vero cells revealed the extract to show a dose-dependent inhibitory activity against both virus strains. After fractionation of the extract by a stepwise methanol gradient and evaluation of each fraction, the 80% methanol fraction displayed a pronounced inhibitory activity against the herpes viruses. The highest antiviral activity was observed when the Vero cells were treated with the extract both during and after infection by viruses. Moreover, the extract showed a prominent synergistic activity in combination with acyclovir anti-HSV therapy. Our findings revealed the potential of V. persica extract, especially its 80% methanol fraction, in inhibition of herpes simplex viral infections.