bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
“Sei a mensch”: Mezz Mezzrow’s Jewish Hipster Autobiography Really The Blues and the Ironies of the Color Line
Authors: Stein Daniel 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
Jewish jazz clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow’s autobiography Really the Blues (1946), co-written with Bernard Wolfe, has received some critical attention to date, most of which concerns the book’s depiction of white-to-black passing, its display and discussion of jive, and its construction of the white Jewish hipster as a countercultural figure in postwar America. Building on existing studies, this essay revisits these themes in order to foreground two largely unacknowledged aspects: a) the book’s encapsulation of Whitmanesque “American multitudes”, i. e., its attempt to reflect the internal diversity and multiplicity of U. S. culture, which complicates the autobiography’s frequent compression of the black-white-Jewish triad into a more convenient black-white binary; b) and its significance as one of the earliest extended postwar American Jewish reflections on World War II and the atrocities of Nazi Germany. All of these elements – the passing narrative, the promotion of the hipster ethic, the linguistics of jive, the encapsulation of multiplicity, and the immediate postwar context – must be considered together in order to unravel the autobiography’s investigation of, and simultaneous complicity in, the racial paradoxes that continue to haunt color-conscious America.
Permeable Boundaries: Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) and Jurij M. Lotman’s Semiosphere
Authors: Falkenhayner Nicole 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
This article argues that the cultural semiotic model of the “semiosphere” by Lotman (Lotman, Grishakova and Clark 2009) can be productively employed to interpret the complex layers of social order and liminal sociality in Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year (1722). Defoe’s text, analysed with a cultural semiotic approach, appears as more than a shocking re-narration of a historical event, as it becomes possible to read this proto-novel as a text that showcases and makes experiential the entanglement of social breakdown and social needs. London during the plague is shown as a space that labours to enforce both discursive as well as physical borders, but fails in both instances: The lively media public which Defoe depicts for the mid-17th century is shown as failing to establish boundaries of ‘facts’ and ‘fake news’, while single human beings constantly defy the shutting orders of the authorities, or flee the city illegally. In the semiosphere of a London constituted by a state of exception, Defoe strategically inserts permeable boundaries to show a survival of conviviality in the face of the breakdown of society. The main topoi of Lotman’s cultural semiotic model – explosion and periphery – illustrate both the discursive disorientation during the plague as well as the spatial peripheries of the city as sites of liminal social survival in the face of catastrophe.
Positioning Strategies and Representation in Fictional Autobiography: The Sense of an Ending
Authors: Farsi Roghayeh 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
Spatial positioning strategies and social actors representation have been introduced and discussed in visual and political texts. This paper offers an analysis of these strategies in a literary text, Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending. The main objectives of this study are (a) to disclose the way(s) the narrator-autobiographer positions himself and others in his life story as social actors, (b) to investigate whether these strategies can explain the involved social actors’ motivations in their interactions, and (c) to pinpoint the pros and cons of this perspective for literary analysis. The paper uses social actors representation and spatial positioning theories provided by Langacker, Hart, van Leeuwen, and Chilton along with Jahn’s notions of focalization. The analysis of Barnes’s fictional autobiography pinpoints the precision spatial positioning strategies confer on literary focalization. Simultaneously, both social actors representation and spatial positioning strategies fail to attend to the gaps the narrative has due to its symbolic overtones or ambiguous repetitions.
Of Language and Music: A Neo-Baroque, Environmental Approach to the Human, Infrahuman and Superhuman in Richard Powers’ Orfeo
Authors: Fernandez-Santiago Miriam 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
In 2014, Richard Powers published Orfeo. Literally, a road novel, Orfeo tells the story of retired, avant-garde composer Peter Els as he flees Homeland Security for bioterrorism. However, Els’s intentions in biohacking Serratia marcescens are merely artistic, and concerned only with encoding his last musical composition in the DNA of this bacterium. Troubled as he is with the purpose and reach of art, Els does not anticipate the consequences of his artistic experimentation until Homeland Security is after him. In Orfeo, the power of music to move human and natural elements and the illicit disruption of the divine order-of-being represented in the Orphic katabasis find their parallel within the historical context of post-9/11 America, the environmental concerns regarding scientific experimentation at the turn of the century and the transhumanist branch of posthumanist discourse respectively, but also as they relate to each other. Orpheus’ katabasis is also reflected in the textual construction of the novel as a road novel, an epic journey the original purpose of which stands behind an ultimate gain of self-discovery that in the novel, engages the main character as much as the narrative itself. Finally, the thematic and formal aspects of the novel organize around a Neo-Baroque aesthetics that insists on the arrangement of apparently disconnected historical, musical and literary phenomena, as it widens into the transhistorical dimension of Orphic myths and religious practices.1
Genres matter: Video games as predictors of physical aggression among adolescents
Authors: Dickmeis Anne , Roe Keith 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
The purpose of this article is to investigate whether competition hypothesis (Anderson and Carnagey, 2009) contributes to the General Aggression Model when video game genre is entered into the relationship between video game use and self-reported physical aggression. A pre-test (n=93) taken randomly from the research sample employed categorized the game genres as violent and/or competitive. 1,170 adolescents (ages 12–18) completed the written survey. Online shooter games and fight’em up games, categorized as both violent and competitive, were positively related to self-reported physical aggression, while simulation games manifested a negative relationship. Video game genres such as strategy, sports, offline shooter, racing, adventure, puzzle, and platform games were not significantly related to physical aggression. The results support the hypothesis that the presence of both competition and violence in games increases the probability of physical aggression. This study shows that (1) video game genres can be used to predict physical aggression in a non-causal way and (2) that there is support for an interaction effect of the competition hypothesis and the violence hypothesis.
Association of IRS1 genetic variants with glucose control and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic patients from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Mahmutovic Lejla , Bego Tamer , Sterner Maria , Gremsperger Gabriella , Ahlqvist Emma , Velija Asimi Zelija , Prnjavorac Besim , Hamad Nour , Causevic Adlija , Groop Leif , Semiz Sabina 
Published: March 2019

Abstract

Background
Previous studies reported conflicting results regarding association of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) gene variation with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and insulin resistance (IR) in different ethnic groups. We examined the association of rs7578326, rs2943641, and rs4675095 in the IRS1 gene with T2D and related traits in a population from Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is one of the European countries with the highest T2D prevalence of 12.5%.

Methods
Our study included 390 T2D patients and 252 control subjects. Biochemical parameters, including fasting glucose (FG), fasting insulin (FI), homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR), and HbA1c were measured in all participants. Genotyping analysis was performed by Mass Array Sequenom iPlex platform.

Results
Our results demonstrated that rs7578326 and rs4675095 variants were associated with increased FG levels. The rs7578326 was also associated with higher FI, HOMA-IR (B = 0.08, 95% CI [0.01, 0.15], padd = 0.025; B = 0.079, 95% CI [0.006, 0.150], padd = 0.033, respectively) in T2D, and with HbA1c (B = 0.034, 95% CI [0.003, 0.065], pdom = 0.035) in non-drug-treated T2D. In contrast, rs2943641 C allele was associated with lower FG levels in control subjects (B = −0.17, 95% CI [−0.03, −0.002], padd = 0.030) and HbA1c (B = 0.03, 95% CI [0.002, 0.06], pdom = 0.040) in non-drug-treated T2D.

Conclusions
We report the association between common variants in IRS1 gene with insulin resistance, glucose, and HbA1c levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s population.
Gender-induced Differences while Choosing Cosmetics for Men: A Case of Lithuania
Authors: Pilelienė Lina , Grigaliūnaitė Viktorija 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
The paper discusses peculiarities of gender-induced differences in consumer choice behaviour. The problem solved in the paper is addressed as: what are gender-induced differences in the consumer’s decision while choosing cosmetics for men? The patterns of consumer behaviour while choosing cosmetics for men are determined by applying qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Mediale Vanitas
Authors: Marek Kristin 
Published: March 2019

Abstract

Bilder haben seit je her das Vermögen, sich als Metamalerei reflexiv mit den Bedingungen ihrer eigenen Bildlichkeit auseinander zu setzen. In Momenten ,medialer Vanitas’, wie sie der Beitrag nachvollzieht, ist es die Symbolik der Vanitas, welche gegen das Bild als solches gerichtet wird. Schon im Barock entstehen sie mit so unterschiedlichen Werken wie jenen Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts und Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggios, die als spezifisch ,thanatologische Metamalerei‘ bezeichnet werden können. Sie zielen auf die mortifzierenden Strukturen bildlicher Repräsentation, ihre Medialität und Materialität. Doch auch in zahlreichen zeitgenössischen Bildern von Marlene Dumas finden sich solch selbstreflexive Momente medialer Vanitas und damit moderne Transformationen eines vormodernen Topos.
Suppressive Traveling Waves Shape Representations of Illusory Motion in Primary Visual Cortex of Awake Primate
Authors: Chemla Sandrine , Reynaud Alexandre , di Volo Matteo , Zerlaut Yann , Perrinet Laurent , Destexhe Alain , Chavane Frédéric 
Published: March 2019

How does the brain link visual stimuli across space and time? Visual illusions provide an experimental paradigm to study these processes. When two stationary dots are flashed in close spatial and temporal succession, human observers experience a percept of apparent motion. Large spatiotemporal separation challenges the visual system to keep track of object identity along the apparent motion path, the so-called “correspondence problem.” Here, we use voltage-sensitive dye imaging in primary visual cortex (V1) of awake monkeys to show that intracortical connections within V1 can solve this issue by shaping cortical dynamics to represent the illusory motion. We find that the appearance of the second stimulus in V1 creates a systematic suppressive wave traveling toward the retinotopic representation of the first. Using a computational model, we show that the suppressive wave is the emergent property of a recurrent gain control fed by the intracortical network. This suppressive wave acts to explain away ambiguous correspondence problems and contributes to precisely encode the expected motion velocity at the surface of V1. Together, these results demonstrate that the nonlinear dynamics within retinotopic maps can shape cortical representations of illusory motion. Understanding these dynamics will shed light on how the brain links sensory stimuli across space and time, by preformatting population responses for a straightforward read-out by downstream areas.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTTraveling waves have recently been observed in different animal species, brain areas, and behavioral states. However, it is still unclear what are their functional roles. In the case of cortical visual processing, waves propagate across retinotopic maps and can hereby generate interactions between spatially and temporally separated instances of feedforward driven activity. Such interactions could participate in processing long-range apparent motion stimuli, an illusion for which no clear neuronal mechanisms have yet been proposed. Using this paradigm in awake monkeys, we show that suppressive traveling waves produce a spatiotemporal normalization of apparent motion stimuli. Our study suggests that cortical waves shape the representation of illusory moving stimulus within retinotopic maps for a straightforward read-out by downstream areas.
AYDIN İLİNDE TÜKETİLEN SEBZE VE MEYVELERİN ESER ELEMENT DERİŞİMLERİNİN TAYİNİ
Authors: Güven Gülşen 
Published: March 2019

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Aydın’da satılan çeşitli meyve ve
sebzelerde kadmiyum (Cd), kobalt (Co), bakır (Cu), krom (Cr), demir (Fe),
kurşun (Pb), mangan (Mn), nikel (Ni) ve çinko (Zn) derişimini
değerlendirmektir. Bu eser elementler indüktif eşleşmiş plazma optik emisyon
spektrometrisi (ICP OES) ile tayin edildi. İncelenen elementlerin derişim
aralığı, kadmiyum, kobalt, bakır, krom, demir, kurşun, mangan, nikel ve çinko
için sırasıyla 0-0.27 µg/g, 0–0.40 µg/g, 3.23–25.05 µg/g, 0–0.33 µg/g,
7.35–554.86 µg/g, 0–2.19 µg/g, 0–58.34 µg/g, 1.03–16.84 µg/g, 4.02–48.55
µg/g’dır. Metodun doğruluğu standart
referans madde (liyofilize edilmiş esmer ekmek-BCR 191) kullanılarak tayin
edildi. Bulunan değerler sertifikalı referans değerler ile uyumludur.
Association between isolated hypothyroxinaemia in early pregnancy and perinatal outcomes
Authors: Su Xiujuan , Zhao Yan , Cao Zhijuan , Yang Yingying , Duan Tony , Hua Jing 
Published: March 2019

Background
The effect of isolated maternal hypothyroxinaemia (IMH) on pregnancy complications and neonatal outcomes in human beings is still controversial.

Methods
This was a retrospective cohort study based on the electronic medical register system. The records of women with a singleton pregnancy who sought antenatal examination between January 2014 and December 2015 at Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital were extracted from the electronic medical records system. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (fT4) and anti-thyroperoxidase autoantibody (TPO-Ab) was measured before 20 gestational weeks, and a multiple logistic regression model was used to estimate the odds ratios of pregnancy complications and neonatal outcomes between euthyroid women and those with isolated hypothyroxinaemia.

Results
A total of 8173 women were included in this study, of whom 342 (4.18%) were diagnosed with IMH. Regression analysis showed that IMH diagnosed in the second trimester (13–20 weeks) was associated with an increased risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (OR = 2.66, 95% CI: 1.38–5.10) and placenta abruption (OR = 3.64, 95% CI: 1.07–12.41), but not with preterm delivery (OR = 1.09, 95% CI: 0.50–2.40), small or large gestational age of infant (OR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.39–2.12; OR = 1.16, 95% CI: 0.72–1.86), macrosomia (OR = 1.71, 95% CI: 0.95–3.07), gestational diabetes mellitus (OR = 1.36, 95% CI: 0.86–2.15) and placenta previa (OR = 1.62, 95% CI: 0.39–7.37).

Conclusion
IMH could be a risk factor for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Pycnogenol supplementation as an adjunct treatment for antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction
Authors: Smetanka A , Stara V , Farsky I , Tonhajzerova I , Ondrejka I 
Published: March 2019

Introduction
Major depressive disorder is a serious mental disorder in which treatment with antidepressant medication is associated with incidence of adverse events, such as constipation, diarrhea, dry mouth, headache, insomnia, and sexual dysfunction (SDys). Escitalopram (ESC), an effective and safe selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor with good tolerability, was used in this study. In this study, we investigated the prospective effect of Pycnogenol (PYC), an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and vasodilator agent, on ESC-induced SDys.

Methods
This was a randomized, parallel, open-label study. Seventy-two outpatients of both genders with depression were randomized into two groups as follows: 37 patients from the ESC + PYC group took 50 mg of PYC per day for 4 months in ESC co-treatment, and 35 subjects from the ESC group took ESC only. Five patients dropped out and were excluded from the analysis. The participants were examined every month (visits 1–4).

Results
ESC use led to improvement of depressive symptoms and severity scored by standardized psychiatric tests. PYC co-treatment resulted in attenuation of SDys beginning at 1 month of treatment and continuing for two consecutive months. Furthermore, an increase in heart rate in the PYC group was registered.

Conclusions
We propose that PYC-mediated SDys attenuation is based on its ability to improve endothelial functions by its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, vasodilatory, and anticoagulant action. We assume that the action of PYC on heart rate is in accordance with the aforementioned vasodilatory action of PYC and consequent baroreflex-mediated heart rate response. PYC co-treatment reduced ESC-induced SDys and elevated heart rate.
PRONATEC FIC: UMA AVALIAÇÃO DA EFICIÊNCIA, EFICÁCIA E DA EFETIVIDADE DOS CURSOS OFERECIDOS PELO PROGRAMA
Authors: Da Fonseca Janilson Gomes , Ferreira dos Santos Maria Aparecida 
Published: March 2019

O presente texto visa fazer uma avaliação ex post ou avaliação de resultados da politica pública do Pronatec, dando foco aos cursos FIC. Para tanto, cotejá-la com as fases do ciclo das políticas públicas: a agenda, a implementação e a avaliação, com foco nesta última, tendo como pano de fundo, os critérios da eficiência, da eficácia e da efetividade. A hipótese levantada é de que tais critérios não foram alcançados por essa Política pública no que diz respeito às satisfações das necessidades dos trabalhadores (as) e da sociedade. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, exploratória, descritiva e documental. A metodologia utilizada foi revisão bibliográfica em alguns autores e também em legislações e sites pertinentes ao tema com o uso de fontes primárias e secundárias. O resultado alcançado foi à confirmação da hipótese levantada com relação aos benefícios não contemplados pelo Programa.
RESUSCITATION OF VITAL ACTIVITY AFTER COLD ARREST OF RESPIRATION BY PHYSIOLOGICAL METHODS WITHOUT REWARMING THE BODY
Authors: Ivanov K. P. 
Published: March 2019

The arrest of respiration during deep hypothermia means death, though at a low temperature the heart may rhythmically contract for 30–40 minutes more. The attempts of rewarming only shorten the time before the heart arrest. “The aim of the study” the attempts to develop the methods of stimulating the respiration and heart without rewarming the body. Calcium ions (Ca2+) are believed to accumulate in the nervous cells in cold. An excess of these ions inhibits the metabolism. Moreover it stimulates the cell proteases, which destroy the cell membranes. “Materials and methods” The work was carried out on wite rats 250-320 g in weight. We introduced disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) into the animals. The second method of blocking the mechanisms of the cold death was artificial respiration. “Results”EDTA reacts with calcium ions, decreases their quantity in the blood, and, consequently, in a complex manner in the cell protoplasm. Artificial respiration not only increases the flow of oxygen into an organism but also decreases the lowest temperature threshold of the cold death of an organism. “Conclusions” A decrease in the surviving threshold by 1.5-1.8oC is very important from the point of view of reanimation of an organism since to preserve life in the critical period of reanimation each 0.5oC are important. Prolongation of minimal frequency of heart contractions and maintaining a minimal arterial blood pressure in an overcooled organism given the body temperature of 11-12.5oC is a special problem of great interest associated with many physiological and biological parameters.
Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi Dersinin Uzaktan Eğitim Yoluyla Öğretilmesi Hakkında Öğretim Elemanlarının Görüşleri
Authors: EROL ŞAHİN Ayşegül Nihan 
Published: March 2019

Bu araştırmada Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi dersinin
uzaktan eğitim yoluyla öğretilmesi hakkında öğretim elemanlarının görüşlerinin
belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Nitel araştırma yönteminin benimsendiği çalışmada
verilerin toplanması için görüş formu kullanılmıştır. 2013-2018 yılları
arasında görev yapan öğretim elemanlarına görüş formunda yer alan 5 adet açık
uçlu soru sorulmuştur. Verilerin analizinde betimsel analiz kullanılmıştır.
Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre bu dersin uzaktan eğitim aracılığı ile verilmesine
ilişkin çok sayıda sorun yaşandığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Bu sorunlar, derse
katılım oranının azlığı, sınavlarda yaşanılan problemler, teknik problemler,
dersin itibarsızlaşması şeklinde sıralanmaktadır. Bu duruma çözüm önerileri olarak da yüz yüze
derslere geri dönülmesi, programların güncellenmesi, farklı öğretim metotları
ile dersin verilmesi gibi öneriler getirilmiştir.
Canlıların Sınıflandırılması ve Biyolojik Çeşitlilik Konusunun Kavram Haritası ile Öğretimin 9. Sınıf Öğrencilerinin Akademik Başarılarına Etkisi
Authors: BEKTÜZÜN Burcu , YEL Mustafa 
Published: March 2019

ÖZ

Bu
araştırmada, ortaöğretim 9. sınıf öğrencilerinin Canlıların Sınıflandırılması
ve Biyolojik Çeşitlilik ünitesinde kavram haritası ile öğretimin öğrenci
akademik başarısı olan etkisinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, 9. Sınıfta öğrenim gören kontrol
grubu (f=36) ve deney grubu (n=36) olmak üzere 72 öğrenci ile
gerçekleştirilmiştir. Verilerin araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan “Canlıların Sınıflandırılması ve Biyolojik
Çeşitlilik Akademik Başarı Testi” kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Akademik başarı
testinin Cronbach Alfa güvenirlik katsayısı 0,82 olarak hesaplanmıştır.
Araştırma sonucunda, kavram haritalarıyla yapılan derslerin öğrencilerin
canlıların sınıflandırılması ve biyolojik çeşitlilik konularına yönelik
akademik başarılarında istatistiki olarak anlamlı fark oluşturduğu
belirlenmiştir. Bu nedenle biyoloji dersine yönelik konuların anlatımında
kavram haritalarının kullanılması oldukça önemlidir.
Práticas de ensino inovadoras e aprendizagem no ensino superior no Brasil: o caso de um curso de ciências contábeis
Authors: Costa Felipe da , Neumann Martins Silvana , Diesel Aline 
Published: March 2019

The present research aims to verify whether the teaching methodologies used by professors from an Accounting Science course at an institution in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul/BRA favor learning and profile construction of graduating students. For this, Accounting Science graduate conceptions on the pedagogical practices of their teachers were assessed, as well as the competences and skills required for the profile of graduating students. Data for the qualitative/quantitative approach research were collected through a questionnaire applied to 13 students enrolled in the Supervised Training Project during semester B/2014. The participating individuals signed the Term of Informed Consent (TIC). The resulting data were analyzed by means of discursive textual analysis. The results allow us to conclude that the teaching methodologies used by the course professors do contribute to learning and profile formation of graduating students. The research also showed that, with the use of active methodologies, students are positioned as creators of their own knowledge, which favors learning.