bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Current knowledge of burn injury first aid practices and applied traditional remedies: a nationwide survey
Authors: Kattan Abdullah E. , AlShomer Feras , Alhujayri Abdulaziz K. , Addar Abdullah , Aljerian Albaraa 
Published: October 2016

Abstract

Background
Burn first aid awareness has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality. We present a report on the knowledge and practices of the Saudi population with regard to burn first aid and the application of traditional remedies.

Methods
An internet-based survey was conducted to assess the public’s knowledge on first aid practices and home remedies applied for burn injuries among Saudi adults.

Results
A total of 2758 individuals responded to the survey. There were 1178 (42.7 %) respondents who had previously received burn first aid information. One thousand five hundred fifty respondents had a history of burn exposure in which burn injury first aid was applied as follows: 1118 (72.1 %) removed clothing and accessories from the injured area; water was applied by 990 (63.9 %); among those who applied water, 877 (88.6 %) applied cold water; and only 57 (5.8 %) did so for more than 15 min. Wrapping the burn area was performed by 526 (33.9 %), and 985 (63.5 %) sought medical assistance. When it comes to traditional remedies, 2134 (77.4 %) knew of and/or implemented these remedies as first aid or to treat burns. Honey and toothpaste were the commonest among these remedies with 1491 (69.9 %) and 1147 (53.7 %), respectively. This was associated with female gender (r = 0.87, P &lt; 0.001), younger age group (19–25 years) (r = 0.077, P &lt; 0.001), from central region (r = 0.012, P &lt; 0.001), and university graduate (r = 0.05, P = 0.002). Nearly half of those who knew of traditional remedies did not have previous knowledge of burn first aid.

Conclusions
Proper burn first aid is a simple, cheap, and accessible means of managing burns initially. Although the majority of the respondents were university graduates (51.1 %), knowledge and implementation of burn first aid was very poor. Major healthcare agencies should review and promote a consistent guideline for burn first aid in an effort to tackle and minimize the effect of this grave injury.
Relationship between childhood adversity and bipolar affective disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Palmier-Claus J. E. , Berry K. , Bucci S. , Mansell W. , Varese F. 
Published: October 2016

BackgroundThe relationship between childhood adversity and bipolar affective disorder remains unclear.AimsTo understand the size and significance of this effect through a statistical synthesis of reported research.MethodSearch terms relating to childhood adversity and bipolar disorder were entered into Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO and Web of Science. Eligible studies included a sample diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a comparison sample and a quantitative measure of childhood adversity.ResultsIn 19 eligible studies childhood adversity was 2.63 times (95% CI 2.00–3.47) more likely to have occurred in bipolar disorder compared with non-clinical controls. The effect of emotional abuse was particularly robust (OR = 4.04, 95% CI 3.12–5.22), but rates of adversity were similar to those in psychiatric controls.ConclusionsChildhood adversity is associated with bipolar disorder, which has implications for the treatment of this clinical group. Further prospective research could clarify temporal causality and explanatory mechanisms.
Development of Multiactive Site Catalysts for Surface Concerted Catalysis Aimed at One-Pot Synthesis
Authors: Motokura Ken 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
Multiactive site catalysts have been developed for conducting one-pot synthesis and highly efficient reactions based on the principle of concerted catalysis. Ru-grafted hydrotalcite containing both Ru and base sites on its outer surface exhibits high catalytic activity for the one-pot synthesis of dinitrile compounds. A reaction system consisting of a strong acid, base, and Pd species is capable of catalyzing a one-pot process consisting of five successive reactions, esterification, deacetalization, aldol reaction, hydrogenation, and Michael reaction, to produce a final product, 2,4-dicyanoester, from starting materials containing cycnoacetic acid and acetal, with excellent overall yield. Immobilization of an amine base onto a solid acid surface affords an acid–base bifunctional catalytic surface with controlled acid–base interactions. Various nucleophilic addition reactions including the one-pot synthesis of dinitroalkane derivatives proceeds effectively by acid–base concerted catalysis. The concept of concerted catalysis on solid surfaces can be extended to synergistic/double-activation catalysis between a metal complex and organic base immobilized on a surface. Further, the concept of multiactive site catalysis can also be applied to a homogeneous catalyst system. For example, a Cu-bisphosphine complex exhibits excellent catalytic performance for the transformation of CO2 to valuable chemicals, such as cyclic carbonate, silyl formate, and formamides.
Heart failure patients' experiences of non-pharmacological self-care
Authors: Woods Leanna S , Walker Kim N , Duff Jed S 
Published: October 2016

Background: Heart failure self-care is important yet often sub-optimal. This literature review identifies and analyses the literature on heart failure patients' experiences of non-pharmacological self-care. Methods: The literature was searched in April 2015 using EBSCO Host. The World Health Organization (WHO) (2003) dimensions of adherence framework was used for data analysis. Results: The identified literature (14 primary articles; 4 literature reviews) was heavily weighted towards patient-related factors, namely acceptance of diagnosis, bio-behavioural variables and decision-making characteristics. Poor symptom recognition/management and the presence of comorbidities (specifically depression) were common condition-related factors highlighted as barriers to self-care. Lifestyle factors (therapy-related dimension) and professional support (health system/team dimension) were briefly described. Conclusions: This narrative literature review highlighted that heart failure self-care regimes are complex and often challenging to maintain. Further qualitative research regarding the therapy-related and health system-related factors would shed light on individual variations of and barriers to self-care.
A New Palmomantic Text
Authors: Minnen Peter van 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
Edition of a fragmentary papyrus roll of the third century AD in a private collection containing a Greek palmomantic text. The entries with interpretations of the involuntary movements of various body parts roughly correspond to those in the second quarter of the palmomantic handbook that circulated under the name of Melampus and survives in a handful of medieval recensions.
A Late Antique donatio mortis causa
Authors: Koroli Aikaterini , Papathomas Amphilochios 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
The article offers an edition of a Greek papyrus belonging to the Austrian National Library which contains a fragment of a donatio mortis causa drawn up in Hermoupolis Magna. Donationes mortis causa are documents used in Roman and Byzantine Egypt for disposing of one’s property in anticipation of death. Since the present papyrus seems to date from the last third of the 6th century A.D., it provides us with one of the latest attestations of this kind of document.
Nouveaux comptes du monastère d’apa Apollô à Baouît
Authors: Martínez María Jesús Albarrán 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
Three Coptic accounts from the collection of the Institute of Papyrology (Sorbonne University), P.Sorb. inv. 2637, inv. 2638 + 2639 and inv. 2648, can be linked to the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit. They give detailed amounts of money and probably belong to the internal administration of the monastery in the 7th and 8th centuries AD. All of them are fragmentary, but several place names are already known in the Hermopolite nome and in other texts coming from this monastery.
Zur elektrohydraulischen Mehrachslenkung von Fahrzeugen
Authors: Huber Robert , Nitzsche Gunter , Wagner Sebastian , Engel Martin , Beyersdorfer Susann , Zipser Stephan 
Published: October 2016

Zusammenfassung
Zur besseren Manövrierbarkeit sind lange Fahrzeuge vielfach mit mehreren lenkbaren Achsen ausgestattet. Die koordinierte
Ansteuerung der Lenkachsen erfolgt nach festen Mustern über sog. Lenkprogramme als Mehrachslenkung. Diese nutzen die
gegebenen Freiheitsgrade jedoch nicht aus. In diesem Beitrag werden deshalb Entwicklungen vorgestellt, die eine
automatische Mehrachslenkung für mehrgliedrige Fahrzeuge mit neuen Merkmalen wie etwa die Spurtreue zum Ziel haben. Der
Beitrag betrachtet Verfahren von der automatischen Spurermittlung über die Spurführung bis hin zur optimalen
Pfadplanung. Diese Komponenten sind wesentliche Voraussetzung dafür, zukünftig mehrachsgelenkte Fahrzeuge
hochautomatisiert und damit sicherer und effizienter fahren zu können.
Intuitive Handführung von Robotern als Handlingsysteme
Authors: Müller Florian , Jäkel Jens , Thomas Ulrike , Suchý Jozef 
Published: October 2016

Zusammenfassung
Bei der Handführung roboterbasierter Handling- bzw. Kraftverstärkungssysteme wird die Bewegungsintention des Nutzers über
Kraft-/Momentsensoren erfasst. Die exakte Bewegungssteuerung der bis zu sechs Freiheitsgrade verlangt vom Nutzer viel
Erfahrung. Im Beitrag wird ein Konzept beschrieben, das durch die Anwendung virtueller Kraftfelder die Bedienung
erleichtert. Über die Stabilitätsuntersuchung des Gesamtsystems bestehend aus impedanzgeregeltem Roboter, Nutzer und
virtuellen Kraftfeldern sowie anschließende simulative und experimentelle Untersuchungen werden Aussagen zur
Parametrierung der Kraftfelder gewonnen.
Konzept und Realisierung eines optischen Mikrosystems zur Wiederherstellung der Akkommodation
Authors: Gengenbach Ulrich , Beck Christoph , Guth Helmut , Koker Liane , Krug Markus , Martin Thomas , Nagel Jörg , Sieber Ingo , Stiller Peter , Stachs Oliver , Guthoff Rudolf F. 
Published: October 2016

Zusammenfassung
Akkommodation, die Fähigkeit von der Nähe bis in die Ferne scharf zu sehen, ist mit ca. 50 Jahren so stark
eingeschränkt, so dass wir eine Sehhilfe, z. B. eine Brille, verwenden müssen. Ein neuer Ansatz zwischen unendlich
und Lesedistanz eine stufenlose Akkommodation wiederherzustellen, ist die Implantation eines optischen Mikrosystems
anstelle einer Intraokularlinse. Es werden Konzept und Realisierung des Systems als Funktionsmodell im Maßstab 2:1
beschrieben.
Konzepte zur Behandlung von Komplexität bei der Informationsverarbeitung in mechatronischen Systemen
Authors: Kaufmann Michael 
Published: October 2016

Zusammenfassung
Mit der anhaltenden Steigerung der Rechen- und Übertragungskapazität von Prozessor- und Kommunikationssystemen steigt der
Funktionsumfang und die Anzahl der informationsverarbeitenden Komponenten in mechatronischen Systemen. Die damit
einhergehende Steigerung der Komplexität stellt Entwickler vor große Herausforderungen. In einem Umfeld homogener
Architektur wird den Herausforderungen mit Standards für einen einheitlichen, geräteübergreifenden Entwurf begegnet. Viele
Anwendungen der Mechatronik basieren auf Komponenten heterogener Architektur, für die diese Standards nicht anwendbar
sind. In diesen Fällen können konstruktive und analytische Maßnahmen angewendet werden. Die Erweiterte Funktionale
Beschreibung wird als eine analytische Maßnahme vorgeschlagen und am Beispiel erläutert.
Physical fitness and aerobic capacity of Polish military fighter aircraft pilots
Authors: Tomczak Andrzej , Haponik Marcin 
Published: October 2016

Summary
Study aim: To determine the level of physical fitness and aerobic capacity of Polish military fighter aircraft pilots.

Material and methods: The study was conducted on a group of 120 Polish military fighter aircraft pilots (men). The average age of subject was 37.13 ± 5.42 years. For further analysis, the pilots were divided into three age groups: under 29, aged 30–39, and 40–49. Age criteria were adopted according to the classification used by the American Heart Association. A physical fitness test (seven skills) was used to determine the level of physical fitness of pilots. The Åstrand-Ryhming test and a MONARK cycling ergometer were used to determine the level of aerobic capacity.

Results: The pilots obtained the following average results during the physical fitness test: push-ups on a bench – 37.7 reps; shuttle run 10 × 10 m – 30.3 s; pull-ups – 9.1 reps; sit-ups – 54 reps; standing long jump – 228.5 cm; zigzag pattern run – 25.8 s; 50 m swimming – 49.2 s. The physical fitness of military pilots decreases with age. The average level of aerobic capacity of military pilots was estimated at 33.73 ± 5.62 VO2max (ml/kg/min).

Conclusions: Polish military fighter aircraft pilots are characterized by a medium level of physical fitness and a medium level of aerobic capacity. The level of aerobic capacity is lower currently than 30 years ago. It is a perturbing and negative phenomenon.
Translating language policy into practice: Language and culture policy at a Dutch university
Authors: Haines Kevin , Dijk Anje 
Published: October 2016

AbstractThe CEFR will only achieve its potential in higher education if it is embedded in a meaningful way in the wider processes of the university. One means of embedding the CEFR is through policy, and in this article we report the development of a language policy in the broader context of internationalization at a Dutch university. We describe some the challenges involved in developing and extending this policy to stakeholders across the complex environment of a modern university, particularly from the perspective of one of the key players in this process, the university Language Centre. A growth of English-medium instruction (EMI) programmes has coincided with a greater emphasis on internationalization in the university’s strategy, and this has resulted in the establishment of an International Classroom (IC) project and a supporting Language and Culture (L&C) policy. The L&C policy aims to be both top down and bottom up, with a dual language focus on English and Dutch, while also recognizing the inter-relation between linguistic and intercultural skills. We believe that the growth of EMI programmes has acted as a catalyst for the extension of the L&C policy beyond the EMI setting to the university as a whole, and that the CEFR can play a role in providing a bridge from an EMI-focused perspective on internationalization to a discussion of language policy as it affects the entire university community.
The ELP through time: Background motivation, growing experience, current beliefs
Authors: Argondizzo Carmen , Sasso Maria I. 
Published: October 2016

AbstractThis article offers an overview of research strategies currently in use at the Language Centre of the University of Calabria and aimed at observing university students’ learning habits when they are asked to use the European Language Portfolio during language courses. We present evidence of how experimental groups of students belonging to different fields of study (e. g. business administration, engineering, humanities, natural sciences, social-political science) interact with the ELP toolkit. Variables are considered such as students’ motivation and learning styles, which may be affected by different approaches to study in different academic disciplines. We hypothesize that the experimental groups will outperform the control group, made up of students who will not be using the ELP. The global objective of the research stems from the research team’s belief that the ELP offers strong and effective support when teachers wish to encourage language learners to develop reflective learning and participative autonomy.
Access granted: Modern languages and issues of accessibility at university – a case study from Australia
Authors: Brown Joshua , Caruso Marinella 
Published: October 2016

AbstractDiscussion about how to monitor and increase participation in languages study is gaining relevance in the UK, the US and Australia across various sectors, but particularly in higher education. In recent times levels of enrolment in modern languages at universities around the world have been described in terms of ‘crisis’ or even ‘permanent crisis’. In Australia, however, the introduction of a new course structure at the University of Western Australia, which established a three-year general Bachelor degree followed by professional degrees, has resulted in unprecedented levels of language enrolments. Using data from this university as a case in point, we provide substantial evidence to argue that language enrolments are directly related to overlooked issues of degree structure and flexibility, rather than to other factors.
Baire category results for quasi–copulas
Authors: Durante Fabrizio , Fernández-Sánchez Juan , Trutschnig Wolfgang 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
The aim of this manuscript is to determine the relative size of several functions (copulas, quasi–
copulas) that are commonly used in stochastic modeling. It is shown that the class of all quasi–copulas that
are (locally) associated to a doubly stochastic signed measure is a set of first category in the class of all quasi–
copulas. Moreover, it is proved that copulas are nowhere dense in the class of quasi-copulas. The results are
obtained via a checkerboard approximation of quasi–copulas.
Catalytic Activity of Bimetallic Cu-Ag/MgO-SiO2 Toward the Conversion of Ethanol to 1,3-Butadiene
Authors: Tripathi Anamol , Faungnawakij Kajornsak , Laobuthee Apirat , Assabumrungrat Suttichai , Laosiripojna Navadol 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
In the present work, the catalytic conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene (1,3-BD) was studied over monometallic of Cu and Ag, and bimetallic Cu-Ag supported on MgO-SiO2 (with MgO/SiO2 ratio of 2.0) under the temperature range from 250 to 325 °C. All catalysts were prepared by 4 different techniques including (i) conventional impregnation, (ii) microwave-assisted method, (iii) polyvinyl alcohol/sodium borohydride (PVA/NaBH4) assisted method, and (iv) benzoxaxine-assisted method to elucidate the effect of catalyst preparation method on their catalytic performance. All fresh and spent catalysts were also characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption and Temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) techniques to understand the relation between their physical/chemical properties and catalytic performance. From the reaction test, it was found that 5 %Ag/MgO-SiO2 showed greater activity towards 1,3-BD production than 5 %Cu/MgO-SiO2; nevertheless, higher deactivation after 6 h of operation was observed from 5 %Ag/MgO-SiO2. Importantly, this study revealed that bimetallic 2.5 %Cu-2.5 %Ag/MgO-SiO2 enhanced significantly higher activity and stability towards the reaction than monometallic catalysts. In addition, 2.5 %Cu-2.5 %Ag/MgO-SiO2 prepared by benzoxaxine-assisted method enhanced significantly higher reaction activity and stability than other preparation techniques, from which 1,3-BD yield of 46.40 % after 6 h of operation can be achieved. From the characterization, the good activity of this catalyst is mainly due to the dispersion improvement of metal over MgO-SiO2 support.
Ultrasound-Assisted Rehydration of Dried Sea Cucumber (Stichopus japonicus) – Kinetics
Authors: Zhang Longtao , Huang Xuhui , Miao Song , Zeng Shaoxiao , Zhang Yi , Zheng Baodong 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
Sea cucumbers are popular traditional tonic foods in Asia and the Middle East and are often dried for storage or sale. Rehydration of dried sea cucumber is a necessary step before further processing. The kinetics for ultrasound-assisted rehydration were mathematically described using mechanistic (Fick’s diffusion) and empirical (Peleg’s equation, Weibull model) models. The effective diffusivities of water transport with ultrasound were in the range of 0.182 mm2 min–1–0.197 mm2 min–1, which was greater than the value of the control, at 0.179 mm2 min–1, considering Fick’s diffusion. Peleg’s equation was concluded to be the best model to predict the ultrasound-assisted rehydration of dried sea cucumber. Its rehydration efficiency was increased 16-fold by ultrasound and rehydration time was reduced up to 45 h, the sea cucumbers did not show any negative effects on their texture properties after rehydration.
Re-telling the Word Rhetorically: The
Example of Shadreck Wame, a Chewa
Itinerant Evangelist
Authors: Wendland Ernst R. 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
This study presents a rhetorical analysis of Shadreck Wame, a popular Malawian revival preacher.
After an overview of the “rhetorical setting” in which these vernacular sermons were preached in the 1990s,
ten “oral-rhetorical techniques” that characterize Wame’s preaching style are identified, based on a corpus
of nearly 50 of his Chewa-language sermons that I recorded from radio broadcasts in the 1990s. These
features are then illustrated in selections from a specific sermon that Evangelist Wame preached in 1997 in
Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. In particular, his situationally-influenced “re-tellings,” or paraphrases, of
a familiar biblical text, Christ’s Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Luke 20:9-18), are identified and elaborated
upon in footnotes. I conclude this description of a popular preacher’s dynamic, contextualized homiletical
style with a number of applications to contemporary communicators in Africa. Both the content and
the methodology of this analysis may be significant for comparative purposes when teaching sermonic
technique in different, especially non-Western, sociocultural settings.
McLuhan’s war: Cartoons and decapitations
Authors: Nesselroth Peter W. 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
This essay analyzes certain recent news events like the “Charlie Hebdo” massacres and the recurring decapitations of prisoners and hostages by ISIS and other groups. It updates Jakobson’s standard model of communication to account for the different “factors” at play in our present reality and it calls for an “applied McLuhan” approach to processing the images that succeed each other on our various contemporary screen types. One of McLuhan’s prophecies was that the return of oral culture through new communications media would have catastrophic consequences for humanity. Judging by current events, he was right on.
A class of cyclic (v; k1, k2, k3; λ) difference
families with v ≡ 3 (mod 4) a prime
Authors: Ðokovic Dragomir Ž. , Kotsireas Ilias S. 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
We construct several new cyclic (v; k1, k2, k3; λ) difference families, with v ≡ 3 (mod 4) a prime
and λ = k1 + k2 + k3 − (3v − 1)/4. Such families can be used in conjunction with the well-known Paley-Todd
difference sets to construct skew-Hadamard matrices of order 4v. Our main result is that we have constructed
for the first time the examples of skew Hadamard matrices of orders 4 · 239 = 956 and 4 · 331 = 1324.
Numerical Study on Heat Transfer Enhancement of Swirl Chamber on Gas Turbine Blade
Authors: Du Haifen , Xie Daimei , Jiang Wei , Chen Tong , Gao Jianshu 
Published: October 2016

Abstract
The optimization of turbine cooling design has become a new research field of gas turbine. The swirl chamber is a prospect cooling concept. In this paper, the numerical simulation of the swirl chamber is carried out by FLUENT. The influence of inlet size parameters, temperature ratio and inlet Reynolds number on the enhanced heat transfer of swirl chamber is studied. The results show that, in the range of the studied condition, Nusselt number decreases with the height, the width, the ratio of width to height and Reynolds number. It also shows that comprehensive heat transfer effect is best at d=20 mm and enhances observably with the enlargement of width, width height ratio, and Reynolds number. Friction factor increases with height, width, temperature ratio and Reynolds number decreases. It is increased by increasing width height ratio. Nusselt number and comprehensive heat transfer effect decrease a little with aggrandizement of temperature ratio.