bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An in vivo cytogenetic analysis of human oral squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Mohanta Abhimanyu , Mohanty Prafulla K. , Parida Gadadhar 
Published: January 2016

Abstract
Background: Oral cancer ranks in the top three of all cancers in India, which accounts for over 30% of all cancers reported in the country. The micronucleus test (MNT) is one of the most widely applied short term tests used in genetic toxicology to evaluate the mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. Aims: The present study aims at an in vivo cytogenetic analysis of human oral squamous cell carcinoma and to assess the applicability of MNT in diagnosing early detection of oral carcinoma. Materials and Methods: Exfoliated scrape smears were collected from the clinically diagnosed 136 patients suffering from oral precancerous and cancerous lesions. The wet fixed smears were stained by adopting Papanicolaou’s staining protocol and counter-stained with Giemsa’s solution. Results: The frequency of micronucleated cells has been observed to be in increasing order with the increase of the age-groups and from control to precancerous to cancerous cases significantly in both sexes. Conclusion: Micronucleus formation in the oral mucosa could be a biomarker of genetic damage and also a potential onco-indicator in the long run of oral carcinogenesis. Therefore, MNT can be applied for the early detection of oral carcinoma in the human being.
Text to Quit China: An mHealth Smoking Cessation Trial
Authors: Augustson Erik , Engelgau Michael M. , Zhang Shu , Cai Ying , Cher Willie , Li Richun , Jiang Yuan , Lynch Krystal , Bromberg Julie E. 
Published: January 2016

Purpose. To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a text message–based smoking cessation intervention in China. Design. Study design was a randomized control trial with a 6-month follow-up assessment of smoking status. Setting. Zhejiang, Heilongjiang, and Shaanxi provinces in China provided the study setting. Subjects. A total of 8000 adult smokers in China who used Nokia Life Tools and participated in phase 2 (smoking education via text message) of the study were included. Intervention. The high-frequency text contact (HFTC) group received one to three messages daily containing smoking cessation advice, encouragement, and health education information. The low-frequency text contact (LFTC) group received one weekly message with smoking health effects information. Measures. Our primary outcome was smoking status at 0, 1, 3, and 6 months after intervention. Secondary outcomes include participant perceptions of the HFTC intervention, and factors associated with smoking cessation among HFTC participants. Analysis. Descriptive and χ2 analyses were conducted to assess smoking status and acceptability. Factors associated with quitting were assessed using multiple logistic regression analyses. Results. Quit rates were high in both the HFTC and LFTC groups (HFTC: 0 month, 27.9%; 1 month, 30.5%; 3 months, 26.7%; and 6 months, 27.7%; LFTC: 0 month, 26.7%; 1 month, 30.4%; 3 months, 28.1%; and 6 months, 27.7%), with no significant difference between the two groups in an intent-to-treat analysis. Attitudes toward the HFTC intervention were largely positive. Conclusion. Our findings suggest that a text message–based smoking cessation intervention can be successfully delivered in China and is acceptable to Chinese smokers, but further research is needed to assess the potential impact of this type of intervention.
An Integrated Approach to Addressing Chronic Disease Risk Factors in Financially Disadvantaged Women in South Carolina
Authors: Tabung Fred K. , Daguisé Virginie G. , Lydiard Dianna , Steck Susan E. 
Published: January 2016

Purpose. We combined data from the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection (NBCCEDP) and Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) programs in South Carolina to assess whether cancer screening outcomes in NBCCEDP impacted participation in WISEWOMAN lifestyle interventions, and whether the status of WISEWOMAN baseline risk factors (obesity, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and smoking) determined subsequent completion of lifestyle interventions. Design. Case-control. Setting. Three WISEWOMAN implementation sites in South Carolina. Subjects. The study comprised 7841 NBCCDEP participants in three WISEWOMAN program sites. The two programs serve financially disadvantaged women. Measures. Outcome measures were participation in WISEWOMAN lifestyle interventions and completion of lifestyle interventions. The main predictor measures were cancer screening outcomes and baseline chronic disease risk factors. Covariate measures included age, race, body mass index, smoking status, and education. Analysis. We used multivariable logistic regression models to examine the odds of participation in and completion of WISEWOMAN lifestyle interventions. Results. The association between cancer screening outcome and participation in WISEWOMAN lifestyle interventions among NBCCEDP participants differed significantly by education and smoking status. Among smokers or highly educated women, having an outcome of cancer or precancerous lesion through the NBCCEDP screening compared to normal screening outcomes was significantly associated with participation in lifestyle interventions, with odds ratios of 2.69 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10–6.58) for highly educated women and 1.82 (95% CI, 1.00–3.31) for smokers. Similarly, smokers or diabetics were more likely than nonsmokers or nondiabetics, respectively, to complete lifestyle interventions. Conclusion. Nonsmokers and women with lower education in NBCCEDP may need additional navigation to lifestyle interventions in an integrated program implementation approach to improve participation in and completion of WISEWOMAN interventions.
Integrated Approaches to Occupational Health and Safety: A Systematic Review
Authors: Cooklin A. , Joss N. , Husser E. , Oldenburg B. 
Published: January 2016

Objective. The study objective was to conduct a systematic review of the effectiveness of integrated workplace interventions that combine health promotion with occupational health and safety. Data Source. Electronic databases (n = 8), including PsychInfo and MEDLINE, were systematically searched. Study Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria. Studies included were those that reported on workplace interventions that met the consensus definition of an “integrated approach,” published in English, in the scientific literature since 1990. Data Extraction. Data extracted were occupation, worksite, country, sample size, intervention targets, follow-up period, and results reported. Quality was assessed according to American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Practice Guidelines. Data Synthesis. Heterogeneity precluded formal meta-analyses. Results were classified according to the outcome(s) assessed into five categories (health promotion, injury prevention, occupational health and safety management, psychosocial, and return-on-investment). Narrative synthesis of outcomes was performed. Results. A total of 31 eligible studies were identified; 23 (74%) were (quasi-)experimental trials. Effective interventions were most of those aimed at improving employee physical or mental health. Less consistent results were reported from integrated interventions targeting occupational health and safety management, injury prevention, or organizational cost savings. Conclusion. Integrated approaches have been posed as comprehensive solutions to complex issues. Empirical evidence, while still emerging, provides some support for this. Continuing investment in, and evaluation of, integrated approaches are worthwhile.
DISCURSOS QUE PRODUZEM A EDUCAÇÃO BILÍNGUE PARA SURDOS NA ATUALIDADE
Authors: Stürmer Ingrid Ertel , Thoma Adriana Da Silva 
Published: January 2016

Que discursos vêm produzindo a educação bilíngue para surdos no cenário educacional brasileiro na atualidade? Para problematizar essa questão, olhamos para documentos produzidos pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC) e pela Federação Nacional de Educação e Integração dos Surdos (FENEIS) que tratam da educação bilíngue para surdos, tendo como ferramenta teórico-metodológica a noção de discurso de Michel Foucault (2013), para quem os discursos produzem práticas. Em nossas análises, buscamos dar visibilidade para as relações de saber-poder que estão imbricadas nos discursos que constituem os documentos analisados e os modos específicos de se pensar a escolarização para surdos que vêm sendo produzidos a partir dos significados de educação bilíngue que circulam em tais documentos.
How Job Satisfaction Factors Affects Components of Organizational Commitment: Study on Employees of Star Hotels in Eritrea
Authors: Araya Saba Habtom , Haiyan Ma 
Published: January 2016

This study focused on how job satisfaction factors affects components of organizational commitment among the basic employees of star hotels in Eritrea. Besides, the impact of control variables on the relationship between job satisfaction factors and components of organizational commitment were assessed. Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) by Spector and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) by Mayer and Allen were used to measure the respondents’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment.Pearson Correlation analysis was done to identify the relationship between the independent variables and dependent variable. The results indicates that there is significant relationship between pay satisfaction, satisfaction with promotion, satisfaction with nature of work and satisfaction with communication in the organization and employees’ organizational commitment, in which each variables is significant at p=.000. Nevertheless, satisfaction with supervision and co-workers found to be insignificant to contribute to basic employees’ commitment with p>0.05. With regard to the degree and direction of relationship, satisfaction with pay has strong and positive relationship, satisfaction with promotion, nature of work and communication possesses a moderate positive relationship with organizational commitment.To identify whether control variables have impact on the relationship b/n job satisfaction factors and components of organizational commitment, a hierarchical stepwise multiple regressions was examined. Though the correlation analysis illustrated that pay, promotion, nature of work and communication can contributes to the basic employees’ affective, continuance and normative commitment, but with the presence of the control variables the result appeared differently. On the presence of control variables, pay, promotion, supervision and communication can contributes to the employees’ affective commitment; pay and promotion can contributes to the employees’ continuance commitment and only pay can contributes to the employees’ normative commitment.
Impact of Physical Activity on Pain Perception in an Animal Model of Endometriosis
Authors: Hernandez Siomara , Cruz Myrella L. , Torres-Reveron Annelyn , Appleyard Caroline B. 
Published: January 2016

Background Symptoms of endometriosis, such as pain and infertility, are considered significant sources of stress. In many chronic conditions, exercise can act as a stress buffer and influence pain perception. We tested the impact of swimming exercise on pain perception and pain receptors in an animal model of endometriosis. Methods Endometriosis (Endo) was induced in female rats by suturing uterine horn tissue next to the intestinal mesentery. Sham rats received sutures only. Rats were exposed to swimming exercise for 7 consecutive days, while no-exercise rats were left in the home cage. Fecal pellets were counted after swimming as an index of anxiety, and serum corticosterone levels measured. Pain perception was assessed using the hot plate test for hyperalgesia and Von Frey test for allodynia. Mu-opioid receptor (MOR) and neurokinin-1 receptor expression in the spinal cord was measured by immunofluorescence. Results Fecal pellet counts were higher in those animals that swam (p<0.05), but no significant difference in corticosterone was found. Although Endo-exercise rats had higher colonic damage (p<0.05) with more cellular infiltration, the lesions were smaller than in Endo–no exercise rats (p<0.05). Exercise did not ameliorate the hyperalgesia, whereas it improved allodynia in both groups. MOR expression was significantly higher in Endo-exercise vs. Endo–no exercise rats (p<0.01), similar to Sham–no exercise levels. Conclusions Our results point toward beneficial effects of swimming exercise during endometriosis progression. Physical interventions might be investigated further for their ability to reduce perceived stress and improve outcomes in endometriosis.
Kiefferulus tainanus (Kieffer, 1912) is a distinct species, not a synonym of Kiefferulus barbatitarsis (Kieffer, 1911)
Authors: Martin Jon 
Published: January 2016

Morphological and molecular studies indicate that Kiefferulus tainanus (Kieffer 1912) is quite distinct from K. barbatitarsis (Kieffer 1911), and not a synonym of the latter species, as has previously been suggested. The suggestion of synonymy seems to have arisen in part from a comparison based on the figures of K. tainanus in Sasa (1979), which depict an unusually thickened male superior volsella. Other characters, and mitochondrial COI sequence, suggest the two species are not particularly closely related.
Causes of Death in Children Aged < 15 Years in the Inner Mongolia Region of China, 2008-2012
Authors: Wang Ying , Du Maolin , Hao Zhihui , Zhang Hairong , Zhang Qing , Hao Wenli , Xi Lei , Sun Juan 
Published: January 2016

<p>The objective of our study was to identify the causes of death in children &lt;15 years of age in Inner Mongolia and to examine the age-specific causes of death. Study data from 2008–2012 were obtained from the Death Registry System that is maintained by the Inner Mongolia Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mortality rate (per 100,000) for children &lt;15 years of age was calculated and stratified by age in different years. We computed the proportion of age-specific causes of death for children &lt;15 years that occurred between 2008 and 2012 across eight monitoring points in Inner Mongolia. We used a log-linear model to analyze the year and age effects on childhood mortality. From 2008-2012, the standardized mortality of children &lt;15 years of age was 42.78/100,000. The mortality rate was not significantly different from 2008 to 2012 (p&gt;0.05); the mortality rate was the highest in the &lt;1-year age group (p&lt;0.05); and the mortality rate of the &lt;1-year age group was higher in 2012 compared to that in 2009 (p&lt;0.05), 2010 (p&lt;0.05), and 2011 (p&lt;0.05). In children aged 1-14 years, the leading cause of death was injuries, among which transport accident injuries were the most prevalent. To reduce the childhood mortality rate in Inner Mongolia, China, we should focus on the prevention of perinatal deaths in infants &lt;1 year of age and on the prevention of transport accident injuries among older children (1-14 years).</p>
The Effect of Stress Management on Occupational Stress and Satisfaction among Midwives in Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Wards in Iran
Authors: Karimyar Jahromi Mahdi , Minaei Shahnaz , Abdollahifard Sareh , Maddahfar Majid 
Published: January 2016

<p><strong>INTRODUCTION:</strong> Occupational stress is one of the major problems of health care staff, substantially affecting their professional and personal performance. This research has been conducted with the aim of determining the effect of stress management on occupational stress and satisfaction among the Midwives in Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital wards at Motahari Hospital in Jahrom, Iran 2013-2014.</p><p><strong>METHODS:</strong> This is a Quasi-experimental study of the pre- and post-clinical trials type. The study population included midwives employed in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital wards selected trough census. The samples were categorized into two groups randomly. The intervention group participated in the short-term training workshop of stress management. The studied samples were measured in terms of occupational stress and satisfaction before, right after, and one month after the workshop. Occupational stress measurement was measured by Toft-Anderson occupational stress questionnaire (1981). Similarly, the occupational satisfaction was measured by JDI checklist developed by Stephen Robins (1994). In order to analyze the information, SPSS 16 together with descriptive statistics tests (frequency, percentile, mean, and standard deviation), independent sample t-tests, iterative measurement and Spearman correlation coefficient were used. </p><p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> A total of 70 people (two 35-person groups) of midwives participated in this study. The findings revealed that there was a significant difference between the mean of scores of occupational stress between the two groups before and after the workshop (p=0.001). There was, however, no significant difference between the scores of satisfactions across the two groups.</p><p><strong>DISCUSSION:</strong> Training of skills of coping with stress including stress management can be effective in diminishing level of occupational stress. Mitigation of stress without catering for professional, occupational, organizational, and environmental factors would not lead to development of job satisfaction.</p>
Cadernos de História PUC Minas: vinte anos de um projeto em construção (Cadernos de História PUC Minas: twenty years of a project under construction)
Authors: Machado Heloisa Guaracy , Mourão Rafael Pacheco 
Published: January 2016

<p>A presente nota histórica<strong> </strong>realiza um relato sobre os vinte anos da revista <strong>Cadernos de História </strong>PUC Minas, abordando a sua criação, as fases de estruturação e sua contribuição para a área da História. </p><p> </p><p>This historical note carries an account of the twenty years of the magazine <strong>Cadernos de História </strong>PUC Minas, addressing its inception, the stages of structuring and his contribution to the field of history.</p>
Os legados pios perpétuos confraternais na cidade de Braga no século XVIII (The legacy pious perpetual confraternais in the city of Braga in the eighteenth century)
Authors: Ferraz Norberto Tiago Gonçalves 
Published: January 2016

<p>Neste artigo pretendemos analisar os legados pios perpétuos instituídos nas confrarias bracarenses no século XVIII, em especial a sua periodicidade, quais as intenções neles contidas e o perfil dos seus instituidores. Este trabalho inseriu-se na nossa investigação de doutoramento sobre a temática da vivência da morte e da salvação da alma na Braga setecentista. Através dos legados pios perpétuos pretendia-se, sobretudo, sufragar perpetuamente as almas dos defuntos. Para atingirem esse objetivo, os legatários doavam propriedades ou fundos monetários. As confrarias constituíram-se como instituições privilegiadas de receção desses legados perpétuos pelas intenções das almas dos defuntos que os legatários queriam sufragar. A nossa investigação centrou-se, desse modo, no levantamento e análise arquivístico das fontes documentais setecentistas de 34 confrarias locais (entre 40% e 50% do total de irmandades existentes à época). Nem todas receberam legados, mas os dados recolhidos e analisados permitiram estabelecer padrões relativamente ao tema em questão.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>In this article we want to analise the perpetual pious legacies instituded in the confraternities of Braga in the XVIII century, in particular their periodicity, what were their intentions and the profile of their institutors. This work comes from our doctoral investigation about the more wide thematic of the experience of death and the soul salvation on the Braga of XVIII century. Throughout the perpetual pious legacies there was na intention, mainly, to defray perpetually the souls of the dead. To achieve that purpose, the legataries donated proprieties and budget funds. The confraternities established themselves as priviliged institutions that received these perpetual legacies for the intentions of souls that the legataires wanted to defray. Our investigation focused in the study and analisis of the XVIII century documental sources contained in the archives of 34 local confraternites, corresponding to between 40% and 50%, of all brotherhoods that existed at that time. Not all of them received legacies, but the data that was took over and analised allowed to establish patterns relatively to the subject in question.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Legacie; Confraternitie; Braga; Soul.</p>
O parentesco escravo nas terras da família Maia: Sul de Minas, 1811 a 1860 (The slave parentage in the lands of the Maia family: southern Minas Gerais, 1811-1860)
Authors: Rodrigues João Lucas 
Published: January 2016

<p>Durante o século XIX, a família Maia construiu um patrimônio avultado na localidade de Camanducaia, no Sul de Minas Gerais. Na montagem do empreendimento agrícola, como em outras grandes propriedades da região, um número expressivo de escravos foi adquirido. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar as relações parentais construídas por esses cativos no decorrer do século XIX, especificamente, no período de 1811 a 1860. Cruzando informações provenientes de fontes diversas, analisamos a formação das uniões conjugais, as alianças tecidas mediante as relações de compadrio e, ainda, a estabilidade dos núcleos familiares ao longo do tempo. Desse modo, pudemos acompanhar a trama das relações de parentesco construídas na senzala da família Maia durante quase meio século, identificando parentelas extensas que tiveram considerável estabilidade no tempo.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>During the nineteenth century, the Maia family built a substantial heritage in the locality of Camanducaia, southern Minas Gerais. When mounting the agricultural enterprise, as in other large properties in the region, a significant number of slaves was purchased. This study aims to examine parental relationships built by these captives during the nineteenth century, specifically in the period from 1811 to 1860. Crossing information from various sources, analyze the formation of marital unions, alliances woven through relationships patronage and also the stability of the family nucleus over the years. Thus we could follow the plot of kinship relations in the slave huts built the Maia family for nearly half a century, identifying extensive kinsfolk who had considerable stability over time.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Slavery; Family Slave; Southern Minas.</p>
Determination of focal mechanisms of nonvolcanic tremor using S wave polarization data corrected for the effects of anisotropy
Authors: Imanishi Kazutoshi , Uchide Takahiko , Takeda Naoto 
Published: January 2016

AbstractWe propose a method to determine the focal mechanisms of nonvolcanic tremors using anisotropy‐corrected S polarizations measured directly from noisy tremor signals. The successful retrieval of polarization angles in noisy signals owes much to the observation that, in general, tremors propagate slowly and therefore do not change their location immediately. This feature of tremors enables us to use longer time windows to compute polarization angles (e.g., 1 min or longer), resulting in a stack of particle motions. We applied the method to a tremor episode that occurred beneath the Kii Peninsula in April 2013. Although the majority of inferred focal mechanisms suggested that tremors manifest shear slip on the plate interface, some events with strike‐slip components were also found to have occurred. The proposed method provides us with a tool for investigating smaller‐scale spatial distributions and temporal variations of focal mechanisms throughout tremor zones.