bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Survival and Prognosis for Malignant Tumors of Odontogenic Origin
Authors: Agarwal Sunil , Mark Jonathan , Xie Changchun , Ghulam Enas , Patil Yash 
Published: March 2016

ObjectiveDetermine survival and factors affecting survival for patients with malignant tumors of odontogenic origin.Study DesignRetrospective analysis of the National Cancer Institute’s SEER database (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results).SettingTertiary medical center.Subjects and MethodsAll cases of malignant tumors of odontogenic origin were extracted from the SEER database for the period of 1973 to 2011. Demographic, tumor‐specific, and survival data were tabulated and Kaplan‐Meier survival analysis conducted according to histopathologic results. Cox regression analysis stratified for histopathology was conducted to determine factors that influenced survival.ResultsA total of 308 cases of malignant tumors with odontogenic origin were analyzed. Malignant ameloblastoma accounted for 59.7% of cases, followed by malignant odontogenic tumor (35.4%; including odontogenic carcinoma, odontogenic sarcoma, primary intraosseous carcinoma, and ameloblastic carcinoma) and ameloblastic fibrosarcoma (2.9%). The overall mean and median were 229 and 227 months, respectively, while the 5‐year survival rate was 81% for the entire cohort. Malignant ameloblastoma exhibited the best mean survival (237 months), whereas malignant odontogenic tumor (139 months) and ameloblastic fibrosarcoma (42 months) had lower mean survival rates. Younger age, surgery with adjuvant radiation, and smaller tumor size were found to improve survival.ConclusionsSignificantly different survival can be expected depending on individual tumor histopathology, tumor size, age at diagnosis, and treatment modality.
Peritonsillar Abscess
Authors: Klug Tejs Ehlers , Rusan Maria , Fuursted Kurt , Ovesen Therese 
Published: March 2016

ObjectiveTo review the literature concerning the 2 primary hypotheses put forth to explain the pathogenesis of peritonsillar abscess: “the acute tonsillitis hypothesis” (peritonsillar abscess is a complication of acute tonsillitis) and “the Weber gland hypothesis” (peritonsillar abscess is an infection of Weber’s glands).Data SourcesPubMed, EMBASE.Review MethodsData supporting or negating one hypothesis or the other were elicited from the literature.ConclusionsSeveral findings support the acute tonsillitis hypothesis. First, the 2 main pathogens in peritonsillar abscess have been recovered from pus aspirates and bilateral tonsillar tissues with high concordance rates, suggesting that both tonsils are infected in patients with peritonsillar abscess. Second, studies report signs of acute tonsillitis in the days prior to and at the time of peritonsillar abscess. Third, antibiotic treatment reduces the risk of abscess development in patients with acute tonsillitis. However, some findings suggest involvement of the Weber’s glands in peritonsillar abscess pathogenesis. First, high amylase levels have been found in peritonsillar pus. Second, the majority of peritonsillar abscesses are located at the superior tonsillar pole in proximity of the Weber’s glands. We propose a unified hypothesis whereby bacteria initially infect the tonsillar mucosa and spread via the salivary duct system to the peritonsillar space, where an abscess is formed.Implications for PracticeOur findings support the rationale for antibiotic treatment of patients with severe acute tonsillitis to reduce the risk of abscess development. Improved understanding of peritonsillar abscess pathogenesis is important for the development of efficient prevention strategies.
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Counseling in Pediatric Training
Authors: Gnagi Sharon H. , Gnagi Forrest T. , Schraff Scott A. , Hinni Michael L. 
Published: March 2016

ObjectiveDemonstrate the need for increased education regarding otolaryngology‐related manifestations of human papillomavirus (HPV). Highlight a need to incorporate otolaryngology‐related manifestations of HPV in vaccine counseling.Study DesignSurvey.SettingTertiary care academic children’s hospital.SubjectsPediatric residents, fellows, and staff.MethodsAn online survey was made available regarding HPV education and vaccination.ResultsParticipants (N = 348) initiated the survey representing 28.4%, 25.6%, and 19.0% postgraduate year 1, 2, and 3 residents, respectively, as well as 17.5% chief residents/fellows and 9.5% attendings. Participants rated their prior education as none or fair regarding recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (63.8%) and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (68.3%). In contrast, 60.6% and 70.9% rated their education on genital warts and cervical cancer correspondingly as good or excellent. When asked what was routinely discussed during HPV vaccine counseling, 63.3% reported “never” discussing recurrent respiratory papillomatosis and 52.9% “never” discussing oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. A range from 92.7% to 95.5% responded that there was a need for increased education regarding HPV and its role in recurrent respiratory papillomatosis and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.ConclusionsIncreased education about HPV and its otolaryngology‐related manifestations should be undertaken to increase provider, patient, and parent awareness of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. We propose that discussing the risks of otolaryngology‐related disease be routinely included in HPV vaccination counseling.
Alloantigen presentation and graft-versus-host disease: fuel for the fire
Authors: Koyama Motoko , Hill Geoffrey R. 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) is a unique procedure, primarily in patients with hematopoietic malignancies, involving chemoradiotherapy followed by the introduction of donor hematopoietic and immune cells into an inflamed and lymphopenic environment. Interruption of the process by which recipient alloantigen is presented to donor T cells to generate graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) represents an attractive therapeutic strategy to prevent morbidity and mortality after SCT and has been increasingly studied in the last 15 years. However, the immune activation resulting in GVHD has no physiological equivalent in nature; alloantigen is ubiquitous, persists indefinitely, and can be presented by multiple cell types at numerous sites, often on incompatible major histocompatibility complex, and occurs in the context of intense inflammation early after SCT. The recognition that alloantigen presentation is also critical to the development of immunological tolerance via both deletional and regulatory mechanisms further adds to this complexity. Finally, GVHD itself appears capable of inhibiting the presentation of microbiological antigens by donor dendritic cells late after SCT that is mandatory for the establishment of effective pathogen-specific immunity. Here, we review our current understanding of alloantigen, its presentation by various antigen-presenting cells, subsequent recognition by donor T cells, and the potential of therapeutic strategies interrupting this disease-initiating process to modify transplant outcome.
Roof Skeletons and Graph Theory Trees
Authors: Козневски  , Kozniewski E. 
Published: March 2016

The problem of constructing roofs of many papers [1;
6; 7; 9; etc.]. In this case, some studies suggested to use a computer
and special programs [10; 13; 16; etc.]. The geometry of the
efficient design of roofs is actual scientific direction, so in the
educational process of architectural and building trades made corresponding
innovations [2; 8; 14; 15; 17–20; etc.].
The roofs considered in this article are defined as special geometric
polyhedral surfaces, on the basis of two assumptions: (1) all
eaves of a roof form a planar (simply-connected or k-connected)
polygon called the base, (2) every hipped roof end makes the same
slope angle with the (horizontal) plane which contains the base.
All the vertices and edges of such a roof, forming the roof skeleton,
determine a graph. The orthogonal projection of a roof skeleton
onto the base plane leads to a planar graph. On the basis of [11] and [12] and continuing the investigations
for regular roofs, we formulate further properties which enable studying
the shapes of the roofs spread over simply connected v-gons for
an arbitrary integer v (v ≥ 3). We also introduce new operations:
splitting and grafting of graphs, and formulate some properties of
these operations. By means of such operations, the creation of a
graph with cycles using two or more trees is possible. In particular,
the operation of the grafting of a roof allows modeling an atrial roof.
Formation of the Surfaces of Side Slopes of Embankments and Excavations
Authors: Сальков  , Sal'kov Nikolay 
Published: March 2016

Designing of surfaces attracted many experts in the
field of applied geometry. However, there was paid quite little attention
to the formation of the surfaces of side slopes of embankments
and excavations, probably due to the belief that there was
done possible and there is nothing more to consider. The problem
was that the question of the side slopes from put or taken out ground
coat was discussed in the all textbooks for the builders while occupying
a very small number of pages and the tasks in these textbooks
were on the one hand simple, on the other – completed. Unfortunately,
these tasks’ solutions have one and the same defect: the lack of a
systematic approach to the study of the slopes’ formation, and
therefore this unfortunate mistake at the corners of building areas, which could not (and unfortunately) can´t see the developers of
modern textbooks for builders and architects. This work is characterized
by the presence of the system approach, which eliminates
any mistakes in training and in operation of excavation.
In this work the author gives the information on the building
of slopes with filled soil for ground work. All the necessary for correct
image in the drawing examples are given. As follows from the
analysis the image of slopes of embankments in projections with
numerical marks is identical to the image of excavations, only with
a different sign of a numeric mark. Special attention was paid to
the construction of embankments’ slopes and excavations on the
corners of buildings, because all the modern textbooks contain
annoying mistakes.
Programas de intervenção para o desenvolvimento de competências socioemocionais: Uma revisão crítica dos enquadramentos SEL e SEAL
Authors: Coelho Vítor Alexandre , Marchante Marta , Sousa Vanda , Romão Ana Maria 
Published: March 2016

Nos últimos anos tem aumento o interesse nos programas de desenvolvimento de competências socioemocional baseadas em escolas, face à perceção incrementadas destas como cruciais para o sucesso na vida e na escola. Este aumento impulsionou a criação de medidas legislativas de suporte e orientação nos Estados Unidos (Social and Emotional Learning - SEL) e em Inglaterra (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning - SEAL). O presente artigo pretende analisar as semelhanças e as diferenças entre as duas abordagens, comparando vários pontos cruciais como objetivos, âmbito de intervenção, estratégia de implementação, formatos dos programas, implementadores empregues e a adequação da implementação dos programas com o respetivo enquadramento teórico. Adicionalmente será analisada a eficácia e a efetividade de cada abordagem, contemplando questões como a existências de diferenças de género no impacto de programas de desenvolvimento socioemocional, bem como a importância de envolver múltiplos informantes na avaliaçao dos resultados. Em suma, pretendeu-se analisar criticamente estas abordagens de forma a apoiar a implementação de programas eficazes em Portugal, bem como identificar as temáticas que requerem investigação adicional. Pode-se concluir que são necessários estudos adicionais sobre a efetividade, o formato mais adequado e o impacto do género sobre os programas de desenvolvimento socioemocional.
The relationships of attachment styles, parental attidues and traumatic childhood experiences with emotional intelligence<p>Bağlanma stilleri, anne baba tutumları ve çocukluk çağı örselenme yaşantılarının duygusal zekâ ile ilişkileri
Authors: Bozdemir Feyza , Gündüz Bülent 
Published: March 2016

The present research is a descriptive study and a relational survey model aiming to examine the relationships attachment styles, parental attitudes and traumatic childhood experiences with emotional intelligence. The study group is consisted of total 935 students who have been studying in different faculties of Mersin University. “Experiences in Close Relationships”, “Parental Attitude Scale”, “Childhood Trauma Questionnaire” and “Emotional Quontient Inventory” were used in the study. In the research it was observed that emotional intelligence that is dependent variation of the research related with all of the independent variations (attachment styles, parental attitudes, childhood traumatic experiences) at a meaningful level as a result of statistical analysises that are obtained from the study. As a result of regression analysis that is applied for determining the contributions of independent variations on predicting emotional intelligence, it was observed that the most important contribution comes from avoidant attachment style and the importance rate is like these: sexual abuse, democratic parents attitudes, physical abuse, emotional abuse, protective–demanding parents attitudes and anxious attachment. ÖzetBu araştırma, bağlanma stilleri, anne baba tutumları ve çocukluk çağı örselenme yaşantılarının duygusal zekâ ile ilişkilerini ortaya koymak amacıyla betimsel yöntemle yapılmış, ilişkisel tarama modelinde bir çalışmadır. Araştırmaya Mersin Üniversitesi’nin çeşitli fakültelerinde öğrenim gören, toplam 935 öğrenci katılmıştır. Araştırmada “Yakın İlişkilerde Yaşantılar Envanteri”, “Ana Baba Tutum Ölçeği”, “Çocukluk Örselenme Yaşantıları Ölçeği” ve “Duygusal Zekâ Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen istatiksel analizler sonucunda; araştırmanın bağımlı değişkeni olan duygusal zekânın, bağımsız değişkenlerin (bağlanma stilleri, anne baba tutumları, çocukluk çağı örselenme yaşantıları) tümü ile anlamlı düzeyde ilişkili olduğu görülmüştür. Bağımsız değişkenlerin duygusal zekâyı yordamadaki katkılarını belirlemek amacıyla yapılan regresyon analizi sonucunda ise; en önemli katkının kaçınmalı bağlanma stilinden geldiği ve önem sırasının cinsel istismar, demokratik anne baba tutumu, fiziksel istismar, duygusal istismar, koruyucu-istekçi anne baba tutumu ve kaygılı bağlanma stili şeklinde devam ettiği görülmüştür.
Stable hypersurfaces in spheres with constant scalar curvature
Authors: Zhu Peng , Jin Yadong 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
We study complete noncompact 1-minimal stable hypersurfaces M in Sn+1. We obtain that there is no stable complete noncompact 1-minimal hypersurface in S4 with nonzero Gauss-Kronecker curvature and _nite total curvature. We show that there is no stable complete noncompact 1-minimal hypersurface in S4 with polynomial volume growth, nonzero Gauss-Kronecker curvature and supM H2 < 5/2. At last, we discuss stable complete noncompact hypersurfaces M with constant scalar curvature R > 1 in Sn+1 and show another nonexistence result. These results are generalised versions of results of Alencar, Santos, Zhou and Silva Neto on stable hypersurfaces in Rn+1 with constant scalar curvature.
Efficiency of Fetuin-A and Procalcitonin in the Diagnosis of Infection in Patients with Febrile Seizure
Authors: Al-Hakeim Hussein Kadhem , Al-Ankoshy Azhar Mohammed , Alsharifi Mohammed-R. 
Published: March 2016

Summary
Fetuin-A is a negative acute phase reactant, while procalcitonin is an indicator of severe bacterial infection. Diagnosis of bacterial infection in febrile seizure (FS) is important for choosing the most suitable treatment. In this study, serum fetuin-A was estimated, for the first time, in the inpatients with FS and compared with procalcitonin and blood culture tests.
A total of 60 children (28 male and 32 female) with FS in addition to 30 sex- and age-matched children participated in the study. Patients were classified according to sex, age, PCT level (high PCT>0.5ng/mL), C-reactive protein (CRP, positive >6mg/L), and according to the results of the blood culture.
Fetuin-A level decreased and PCT level increased in FS patients in comparison to those in the control group. These changes are significantly increased (p<0.05) in the positive CRP group compared with that of the negative CRP group. Kernel density estimation showed that procalcitonin is a better indicator of the infection in FS children than fetuin-A . Procalcitonin is more sensitive and specific than fetuin-A and when used together they produce 100% sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of bacterial infection in FS patients.
Fetuin-A is low in FS patients and can be used with procalcitonin in the diagnosis of bacterial infection in FS.
Aortic Dissection - The Role of Echocardiography in Emergency Unit: Case Report
Authors: Stojanović Sanja , Ilić Marina Deljanin , Ilić Stevan , Ilić Bojan , Stojanović Milovan , Petrović Dejan 
Published: March 2016

Summary
Aortic dissection is a quite rare but serious condition, often associated with a very high mortality rate; it is manifested by sudden chest pain and acute hemodynamic compromise. In the presented review, a case of an ascending aortic dissection with the lethal outcome is been shown. A healthy man with no past history of illness suddenly felt acute excruciating chest pain which was radiating to the back. A quick diagnosis, ideally within one hour of manifestation, heart auscultation and echocardiography are the key to aortic dissection recovery.
Banach fixed-point theorem in semilinear controllability problems – a survey
Authors: Klamka J. , Babiarz A. , Niezabitowski M. 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
The main aim of this article is to review the existing state of art concerning the complete controllability of semilinear dynamical systems. The study focus on obtaining the sufficient conditions for the complete controllability for various systems using the Banach fixedpoint theorem. We describe the results for stochastic semilinear functional integro-differential system, stochastic partial differential equations with finite delays, semilinear functional equations, a stochastic semilinear system, a impulsive stochastic integro-differential system, semilinear stochastic impulsive systems, an impulsive neutral functional evolution integro-differential system and a nonlinear stochastic neutral impulsive system. Finally, two examples are presented.
Optimum allocation of active power filters in large supply systems
Authors: Maciążek M. , Pasko M. 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
Problems concerning electrical power quality and especially estimation of costs required for reduction of higher harmonics in power network voltage and current time waveforms have been considered in the paper. The application of active power filters to reduction of higher harmonics has been analysed taking into account, in particular, the necessary investment costs. Two goal functions have been used to solve the underlying optimization problem - the first one that enables direct cost minimization and the second one based on the cost-effectiveness approach used by economists. Such approach is substantially different from solutions proposed by other authors who concentrate rather on theoretical issues and do not take into consideration the economical market-based reality. In the paper, theoretical analysis has been followed by an example of optimal allocation of active power filters in a large supply system.
Repetitive neurocontroller with disturbance feedforward path active in the pass-to-pass direction for a VSI inverter with an output LC filter
Authors: Ufnalski B. , Grzesiak L.M. 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
An enhancement to the previously developed repetitive neurocontroller (RNC) is discussed and investigated in the paper. Originally, the time-base generator (TBG) has been used to produce the only input signal for the neural approximator. The resulting search space makes the dynamic optimization problem (DOP) of shaping the control signal solvable with the help of a function approximator such as the feed-forward neural network (FFNN). The plant under consideration, i.e. a constant-amplitude constant-frequency voltage-source inverter (CACF VSI) with an output LC filter, is assumed to be equipped with the disturbance load current sensor to enable implementation of the disturbance feed-forward (pDFF) path as a part of the non-repetitive subsystem acting in the along the pass p-direction. An investigation has been undertaken to explore potential benefits of using this signal also as an additional input for the RNC to augment the approximation space and potentially enhance the convergence rate of the real-time search process. It is numerically demonstrated in the paper that the disturbance feed-forward path active in the pass-to-pass k-direction (kDFF) improves the dynamics of the repetitive part as well indeed.
Green’s function approach to frequency analysis of thin circular plates
Authors: Żur K.K. 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
The free vibration analysis of homogeneous and isotropic circular thin plates by using the Green’s functions is considered. The formulae for construction of the influence function for all nodal diameters are presented in a closed form. The limited independent solutions of differential Euler equations were expanded in the Neumann power series using the method of successive approximation. This approach allows to obtain the analytical frequency equations as power series rapidly convergent to exact eigenvalues for different number of nodal diameters. The first ten dimensionless frequencies for eight different natural modes of circular plates are calculated. A part of obtained results have not been presented yet in open literature for thin circular plates. The results of investigation are in good agreement with selected results obtained by other methods presented in literature.
De l’endurance à la résilience : les romans de Felicia Mihali
Authors: Ionescu Mariana 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
Female characters occupy a special place in Felicia Mihali’s novels. Victims of both Man and History, they show a remarkable endurance in the face of life’s difficulties. Special attention will be paid to the novels Le Pays du fromage [The Land of Cheese] and Confession pour un ordinateur [Confession to a Computer] whose narrators (re)construct their identity from fragmented memories, readings, and reveries. With the help of Boris Cyrulnik’ observations, this article will show how these enduring women’s resilience is “knitted” concurrently with that of their people, a people tried by many social and historic disruptions.
Représentation du refoulement de l’inceste : l’(anti)Œdipe dans l’œuvre d’Agota Kristof
Authors: Desorbay Bernadette 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
Several haunting themes inhabit the border writing of Agota Kristof including incest between brother and (half)sister and schizoid twinhood. Whereas fusion and duplication treats her in-between position between East and West as well as between a younger brother whom the mother considered as her favourite and an elder brother whom she herself passionately loved, the issue of a deuleuzian decontextualization and the representation of the suppression of incest motivating her writing range from a rejection to an approach of the Oedipus complex. The urge to write has finally faded away leaving a last uncompleted and unpublished novel, about which she speaks in her interviews and whose destiny could be related to a painful focalisation on a personal myth linked to a friend and surrogate father. Kristof died in 2011. She was 75 years old.