bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
POEMS syndrome: a rare cause of adrenal insufficiency in a young male
Authors: Prokop Joanna , Estorninho João , Marote Sara , Sabino Teresa , Botelho de Sousa Aida , Silva Eduardo , Agapito Ana 
Published: September 2019

Summary
POEMS syndrome (Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal protein and Skin changes) is a rare multisystemic disease. Clinical presentation is variable, the only mandatory criteria being polyneuropathy and monoclonal gammapathy in association with one major and one minor criterion. Primary adrenal insufficiency is rarely reported. We describe a case of a 33-year-old patient, in whom the presenting symptoms were mandibular mass, chronic sensory-motor peripheral polyneuropathy and adrenal insufficiency. The laboratory evaluation revealed thrombocytosis, severe hyperkalemia with normal renal function, normal protein electrophoresis and negative serum immunofixation for monoclonal protein. Endocrinologic laboratory work-up confirmed Addison’s disease and revealed subclinical primary hypothyroidism. Thoracic abdominal CT showed hepatosplenomegaly, multiple sclerotic lesions in thoracic vertebra and ribs. The histopathologic examination of the mandibular mass was nondiagnostic. Bone marrow biopsy revealed plasma cell dyscrasia and confirmed POEMS syndrome. Axillary lymphadenopathy biopsy: Castleman’s disease. Gluco-mineralocorticoid substitution and levothyroxine therapy were started with clinical improvement. Autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) was planned, cyclophosphamide induction was started. Meanwhile the patient suffered two ischemic strokes which resulted in aphasia and hemiparesis. Cerebral angiography revealed vascular lesions compatible with vasculitis and stenosis of two cerebral arteries. The patient deceased 14 months after the diagnosis. The young age at presentation, multiplicity of manifestations and difficulties in investigation along with the absence of serum monoclonal protein made the diagnosis challenging. We report this case to highlight the need to consider POEMS syndrome in differential diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy in association with endocrine abnormalities even in young patients.

Learning points:

POEMS syndrome is considered a ‘low tumor burden disease’ and the monoclonal protein in 15% of cases is not found by immunofixation.

Neuropathy is the dominant characteristic of POEMS syndrome and it is peripheral, ascending, symmetric and affecting both sensation and motor function.

Endocrinopathies are a frequent feature of POEMS syndrome, but the cause is unknown.

The most common endocrinopathies are hypogonadism, primary hypothyroidism and abnormalities in glucose metabolism.

There is no standard therapy; however, patients with disseminated bone marrow involvement are treated with chemotherapy with or without HCT.
Effect of radiation with temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity on unsteady a stretching sheet through porous media
Authors: Abdou M. M. M. M. M. 
Published: September 2019

A numerical model is developed to study the effect of thermal radiation on unsteady boundary layer flow with temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity due to a stretching sheet in porous media. The Rosseland diffusion approximation is used to describe the radiative heat flux in the energy equation. The governing equations reduced to similarity boundary layer equations using suitable transformations and then solved using the Runge–Kutta numerical integration, procedure in conjunction with shooting technique. A parametric study illustrating the influence of the radiation R, variable viscosity ε, Darcy number Da, porous media inertia coefficient γ, thermal conductivity κ and unsteady A parameters on skin friction and Nusselt number.
Qualitative behavior of three species food chain around inner equilibrium point: spectral analysis
Authors: Mandal S. , Panja M. M. M. , Ray S. , Roy S. K. K. 
Published: September 2019

This work deals with analytical investigation of local qualitative temporal behavior around inner equilibrium point of a model for three species food chain, studied earlier by Hastings and Powel and others. As an initial step towards the spectral analysis of the model, the governing equations have been split into linear and nonlinear parts around arbitrary equilibrium point. The explicit parameter dependence of eigenvalues of Jacobi matrix associated to the linear part have been derived. Analyzing these expressions in conjunction with some pedagogical analysis, a lot of predictions on stable, unstable or chaotic change of species have been highlighted. Agreement of predictions of this work with available numerical or semi-analytical studies suggest the utility of analytical results derived here for further investigation/analysis of the model as desired by earlier works.
Stability analysis of an eco-epidemiological model incorporating a prey refuge
Authors: Pal A. K. K. , Samanta G. P. P. 
Published: September 2019

The present paper deals with the problem of a predator-prey model incorporating a prey refuge with disease in the prey-population. We assume the predator population will prefer only infected population for their diet as those are more vulnerable. Dynamical behaviours such as boundedness, permanence, local and global stabilities are addressed. We have also studied the effect of discrete time delay on the model. The length of delay preserving the stability is also estimated. Computer simulations are carried out to illustrate our analytical findings.
Investigation of the spectrum for the Sturm–Liouville problem with one integral boundary condition
Authors: Skučaitė A. , Skučaitė-Bingelė K. , Pečiulytė S. , Štikonas A. 
Published: September 2019

In this paper, the Sturm–Liouville problem with one classical first type boundary condition and other nonlocal integral boundary conditions of two cases is investigated. We analyze how complex eigenvalues of these problems depend on the parameters of nonlocal integral boundary conditions. Some new results are given on complex spectra of these problems. Many results are presented as graphs of complex characteristic functions.
Analysis of a delay nonautonomous predator-prey system with disease in the prey
Authors: Samanta G. P. P. 
Published: September 2019

In this paper we have considered a nonautonomous predator-prey model with time delay due to gestation, in which a disease that can be transmitted by contact spreads among the prey only. Here, we have established some sufficient conditions on the permanence of the system by using inequality analytical technique. By Lyapunov functional method, we have also obtained some sufficient conditions for global asymptotic stability of this model. We have observed that the time delay has no effect on the permanence of the system but it has an effect on the global asymptotic stability of this model. The aim of the analysis of this model is to identify the parameters of interest for further study, with a view to informing and assisting policy-makers in targeting prevention and treatment resources for maximum effectiveness.
Högt och lågt i skandinaviska dialekter
Authors: Riad Tomas 
Published: September 2019

The typology of Scandinavian dialects is based on prosodic features, namely tone and intonation. We look at three variables that account for the variation between the large dialect groups: 1. The value of the lexical tone in accent 2, 2. Whether there is one or two association points for the tonal contour in compounds, and 3. Whether there is spreading or interpolation between the lexical tone and the prominence tone in compounds. The relevance of these variables is illustrated by comparisons of real pronunciations from several dialects, including Olso (East Norwegian), Göteborg (West Swedish), Stockholm (Central Swedish), Norberg (Dala Swedish), Skåne (South Swedish), and Luleå (North Swedish).
“Laissez-faire under a bell jar” Marquis Childs and the Sweden-fad of the Roosevelt Era
Authors: Östlund David 
Published: September 2019

For decades “Swedology” was a rich and polemically charged genre. “Swedophiles” and “Swedoclasts” were quite as eager to deploy images of Sweden as weapons in foreign contexts as they were interested in the country as such. A telling example is the genre’s early classic, Marquis W. Childs’s Sweden: The Middle Way from 1936. With the backdrop of Dwight Eisenhower’s attempt to get back at Childs by branding Sweden as an extreme society in 1960, this essay aims to see Childs’s book as an argument in its original context during the New Deal. Rather than initiating the 1930s’ American wave of Swedophilia, Childs phrased his argument as an implicit polemic against its apparent exaggerations. Sweden was not a Utopia; the point in studying its example was on the contrary the pragmatism shown in the Swedes’ attempts to solve everyday problems in a reasonable and genuinely democratic way, negotiating and compromising. As a text implicitly supporting the Roosevelt agenda, Childs’s book was far from encouraging federal dirigisme, expert rule and central planning (“social engineering”): on the contrary the message to other New Dealers was to shun such things in favor of grass-roots activities and initiatives. The predominant theme – the consumers’ cooperation movement’s central role in counteracting monopolies, thus creating economic efficiency and turning Sweden into the world’s only truly working laissez-faire economy – harmonized with Childs’s commitment to projects like the federal rural electrification program, which in a “Swedish” manner was founded on co-ops and a vision of popular self-determination.
Jolly and Less Jolly Challenges in Working on the Norwegian-Lithuanian Dictionary
Authors: Griškevičienė Aurelija 
Published: September 2019

The Norwegian-Lithuanian Dictionary is a joint project of lexicographers from the universities of Vilnius and Oslo. The dictionary consists of approximately 48,000 entries. It is initially intended as a paper dictionary, but as it is compiled in XML, an electronic version is also planned for the future. The dictionary is bidirectional: that is, it is intended for native speakers of both Norwegian and Lithuanian, and it provides information on both the source language (Norwegian) and the target language (Lithuanian).The aim of the article is to give a presentation of the project, point out innovative aspects of the project, and analyse the jolly (expected) and less jolly (unexpected) challenges we faced in the two main stages of compiling the dictionary. In the first stage we adapted a base from another bilingual dictionary (the Large Norwegian-Russian Dictionary), reusing its lemma list and information on the source language, Norwegian. In the second stage we created a conception and a system for information on the target language, Lithuanian, and (perhaps for the first time in Lithuanian bilingual lexicography) included several types of information for non-native users of Lithuanian.
The Language of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales – Compared with Earlier Tales
Authors: Lundskær-Nielsen Tom 
Published: September 2019

It is my aim in this article to outline some of the main characteristics of Hans Christian Andersen’s language as used in the fairy tales. I shall concentrate on the earliest tales because this will allow me to focus on the radical linguistic departure from previous fairy tales that Andersen’s early work in this genre represents. Even so, comparisons apply not only to other writers; one of the most illuminating comparisons is with Andersen’s first attempt at fairy-tale writing, published in 1830.
Corrigendum / Erratum / Retraction
Authors: Al-Iqtishad Jurnal 
Published: September 2019

Retraction to:Sukmana, R. (2018). Determinantf of Credit and Financing Risk: Evidence of Dual Banking System in Indonesia. Al-Iqtishad: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi Syariah (Journal of Islamic Economics). Vol. 10 (1): 189-206. doi: 10.15408/aiq.v10i1.5903.This article has been retracted by the publisher based on the following reasonThis is based on the author's recognition to the editor that the author has committed acts of violation of publication ethics. The author has published a double publication by submitting the same article to two journals at the same time. The author admits that he forgot to have submitted the same article to another journal. This article also has published in the Journal of Islamic Financial Studies (Publisher: University of Bahrain) Vol. 3 (2), December 2017 (http://journals.uob.edu.bh/jifs/contents/volume-1115/articles/article-5448)This article has followed with the procedures that apply to journal management. The author has received the review results, and has improved the article according to the review result.One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication in this journal is that authors declare explicitly that their work is original and has not appeared in a publication elsewhere, and also not considered by another journal. As such this article represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter, and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.
Evaluating The Models of Sharia Microfinance in Indonesia: an Analytical Network Process (ANP) Approach
Authors: Amalia Euis , Atiqah Mahmudah 
Published: September 2019

This study focuses on evaluating the performances of three sharia microfinance models, i.e. cooperative model represented by BMT al Fath, Grameen model represented by MBK, Ltd.co, and mixed model represented by Baytul Amanah Ikhtiar cooperative. ANP approach is used to evaluate the performances of those models from five important aspects (clusters) as the determiners, such as human resource, finance, management, sharia compliance, and marketing. The findings of this research show that the most important aspect (priority) among the clusters is human resource. Thus, the best strategy is the mixed-based; the model which integrates the cooperative system with grameen system. It becomes the best model inasmuch as it implements values of both co ownership and co responsibility, in addition to power of collectivity resulting in no cash collateral.DOI:10.15408/aiq.v7i1.1355
A Developing Model Of Relationship Among Service Quality, Consumer Satisfaction, Loyalty and Word of Mouth In Islamic Banking
Authors: Suryani S. , Hendryadi Hendryadi 
Published: September 2019

This research aims to develop a measurement tool of service quality in Islamic banking sector, and examine its relationship among satisfaction, word of mouth (WOM), and consumer loyalty. A convenience sampling of 235 respondents collected from seven locations in the Lhokseumawe, Aceh. Partial least square -structural equation modeling- (PLS-SEM) was used to test the research hypotheses. The results revealed that the quality of service has four dimensions, they are: service portfolio and assurance/SPA, tangibles/TAN, reliability of communication/COM, and Islamic values/IVA. The PLS-SEM results suggest that SPA and COM are dominant factors affecting satisfaction, and satisfaction were significantly related to WOM and loyalty. Loyalty also positively and significantly related to WOM.DOI:10.15408/aiq.v7i1.1357
Gender Awareness in Islamic Legal Education
Authors: Triana Windy , Karmilah Milah 
Published: September 2019

This article aims at discussing the integration of gender issues in Islamic legal education in Indonesia and Malaysia. In particular, this is to see how gender issues are taught to Islamic law students and integrated into the curricula to instil gender awareness. Based on empirical inquiries in the Department of Family Law of Faculty of Sharia and Law of State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and Faculty of Sharia and Law of Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, this study finds that the attempts to include gender issues in the curricula have been still very limited and insufficient. Courses that directly discuss gender issues and human rights issues are treated merely as elective courses. Except in Jakarta UIN, currently, the specific course on gender becomes a compulsory course. Moreover, the integration of gender discussion into general courses is not easy. This depends on the willingness and awareness of the lecturers to include the discussion. The significant challenge in integrating gender issues in Islamic legal education is related to lecturers and students’ previous norms, values, and ideology. Because of this, the introduction to gender discourse becomes mind-provoking. This study relies on data from the curricula, interviews with faculties’ key figures, and Focus Group Discussion with students from both institutions. Tulisan ini membahas tentang integrase isu gender ke dalam pendidikan hukum Islam di Indonesia dan Malaysia. Fokus penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat bagaimana isu gender diajarkan kepada mahasiswa hukum Islam dan bagaimana isu gender diintegrasikan ke dalam kurikulum untuk menanamkan kesadaran gender. Melalui penelitian empiris di Program Studi Hukum Keluarga, Fakultas Syariah dan Hukum, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta dan Jabatan Syariah dan Undang-Undang, Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya, kajian ini menemukan bahwa upaya untuk memasukan isu gender dalam kurikulum pendidikan hukum Islam masih sangat terbatas dan belum cukup. Mata kuliah-mata kuliah yang secara langsung membahas isu gender dan hak asasi manusia kebanyakan hanya dijadikan mata kuliah pilihan. Kecuali di UIN Jakarta, baru-baru ini mata kuliah terkait gender menjadi mata kuliah wajib. Selanjutnya, integrasi pembahasan gender ke dalam mata kuliah umum tidak lah mudah. Tantangan paling besar yang dihadapi adalah norma, nilai dan ideologi terdahulu yang dimiliki oleh dosen dan mahasiswa. Hal tersebut menjadikan pengenalan terhadap isu gender menantang bagi pemikiran yang sudah mereka miliki. Data pada kajian ini berasal dari kurikulum, wawancara dengan tokoh-tokoh kunci pada dua fakultas dan Focus Group Discussion dengan mahasiswa dari dua institusi.
Timed ATL: Forget Memory, Just Count
Authors: Knapik Michal Jozef , Andre Etienne , Petrucci Laure , Jamroga Wojciech , Penczek Wojciech 
Published: September 2019

In this paper we investigate the Timed Alternating-Time Temporal Logic (TATL), a discrete-time extension of ATL. In particular, we propose, systematize, and further study semantic variants of TATL, based on different notions of a strategy. The notions are derived from different assumptions about the agents’ memory and observational capabilities, and range from timed perfect recall to untimed memoryless plans. We also introduce a new semantics based on counting the number of visits to locations during the play. We show that all the semantics, except for the untimed memoryless one, are equivalent when punctuality constraints are not allowed in the formulae. In fact, abilities in all those notions of a strategy collapse to the “counting” semantics with only two actions allowed per location. On the other hand, this simple pattern does not extend to the full TATL.
As a consequence, we establish a hierarchy of TATL semantics, based on the expressivity of the underlying strategies, and we show when some of the semantics coincide. In particular, we prove that more compact representations are possible for a reasonable subset of TATL specifications, which should improve the efficiency of model checking and strategy synthesis.
The Iterative Processing Framework: A New Paradigm for Automatic Event Building
Authors: Tibi Rigobert , Encarnacao Andre , Ballard Sanford , Young Christopher J. , Brogan Ronald , Sundermier Amy 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
In a traditional data‐processing pipeline, waveforms are acquired, a detector makes the signal detections (i.e., arrival times, slownesses, and azimuths) and passes them to an associator. The associator then links the detections to the fitting‐event hypotheses to generate an event bulletin. Most of the time, this traditional pipeline requires substantial human‐analyst involvement to improve the quality of the resulting event bulletin. For the year 2017, for example, International Data Center (IDC) analysts rejected about 40% of the events in the automatic bulletin and manually built 30% of the legitimate events. We propose an iterative processing framework (IPF) that includes a new data‐processing module that incorporates automatic analyst behaviors (auto analyst [AA]) into the event‐building pipeline. In the proposed framework, through an iterative process, the AA takes over many of the tasks traditionally performed by human analysts. These tasks can be grouped into two major processes: (1) evaluating small events with a low number of location‐defining arrival phases to improve their formation; and (2) scanning for and exploiting unassociated arrivals to form potential events missed by previous association runs. To test the proposed framework, we processed a two‐week period (15–28 May 2010) of the signal‐detections dataset from the IDC. Comparison with an expert analyst‐reviewed bulletin for the same time period suggests that IPF performs better than the traditional pipelines (IDC and baseline pipelines). Most of the additional events built by the AA are low‐magnitude events that were missed by these traditional pipelines. The AA also adds additional signal detections to existing events, which saves analyst time, even if the event locations are not significantly affected.
Assessment of pain management intervention for treatment of long bone fractures in tertiary care hospital
Authors: Sada Elizabeth C. , Bhot Firdaus , Kanishetty Rohit 
Published: September 2019

Background: Musculoskeletal trauma represents a considerable global health burden. Pain is a complex, subjective personal experience. The assessment of pain is the essential perquisite for successful pain management. It is useful to decide the plan of initial treatment but also to reassess the degree of success. So the purpose of the study was to do assessment of pain management intervention, post-op analgesics for treatment of long bone fractures.Methods: All adult patients (more than IS years) reporting to Emergency Medicine Department of a tertiary care hospital with long hone fractures of lower limb were included in the study. Patient pain management was assessed by visual analogue score (VAS). Pain is a complex, subjective personal experience. The assessment of pain is the essential perquisite for successful pain management. It is useful to decide the plan of initial treatment but also to reassess the degree of success. The entire data is statistically analyzed using SPSS software. p-values less than 0.05 are considered to be statistically significant.Results: 74 cases got operated, 64 cases (86.5.0%) did not have any intra-op complications and 10 cases (13.50%) had intra-op complications .Postoperative analgesia the 74 cases operated was as follows: 17 cases (23.0%) epidural anaesthesia 41 Cases (55.4%) had epidural + intravenous analgesics. Recent was managed with 1.V, analgesics alone; 12 cases (16.20%) had tramadol, 2 cases (2.7%) received paracetamol and 2 cases (2.7%) had dynaper for post-operative analgesia.Conclusion: Adequate pain management on arrival in the Emergency Department is an important aspect in patient care and is not at all difficult to achieve. Femoral nerve block in Proximal lower limb fractures is very effective and easy to perform.