bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Ngugi wa Thiong’o and the Conceptual Worlding of Literature
Authors: Helgesson Stefan 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
The central claim of this article is that the Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o, known above all for his advocacy of African-language writing, performs in his essays a conceptual worldingof literature that serves to diversify its semantic content and thereby enable the recognition and expanded production of otherwise marginalised literatures. The logic of this conceptual worlding is read through a cosmopolitan-vernacular optic, which presupposes that Ngugi’s interventions can neither be defined as ethnically particularist nor as expansively cosmopolitan. Rather, his approach 1) combines multiple literary ‘ecologies’, in Alex Beecroft’s sense, and 2) attempts to reroute the temporality of ‘literature’ so that it is no longer reducible to Eurochronology. What unites these interventions is that they both draw on and attempt to recalibrate ‘world literature’ as a symbolic value in response to a postcolonial predicament. Three texts provide the empirical focus of the article: the department circular “On the Abolition of the English Department” that Ngugi co-authored in 1968 with Taban Lo Liyong and Henry Owuor-Anyumba; the essay “Literature and Society”, first written in 1973; and “Memory, Restoration and African Renaissance”, which is the third chapter in Something Torn and New from 2009.
Real life dabigatran and metabolite concentrations, focused on inter-patient variability and assay differences in patients with atrial fibrillation
Authors: Boonen Kristel , Schmitz Ellen , Rozestraten Fleur , van den Heuvel Dennis , Brunsveld Luc , van der Voort Pepijn , van de Kerkhof Daan 
Published: March 2017

AbstractBackground:Dabigatran is prescribed to increasing numbers of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Although routine monitoring is not considered to be useful, measuring drug concentrations can be clinically relevant in specific situations. The aim of this study was the comparison of different functional and non-functional assays for determination of dabigatran concentrations at different timepoints in a real-life patient population with AF. We focused on the differences between assays in identifying patients with low drug concentrations. Furthermore, we studied the effect of glucuronidation on the established concentration as determined with different assays.Methods:This study established dabigatran concentration ranges in 40 real-life AF patients by an ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) reference method and compared these with results from coagulation assays (Hemoclot dTT, LD-dTT and ECA). Samples were taken just before and 2 and 4 h after taking the drug.Results:A wide range of concentrations at different time points was found in this patient group. Coagulation assays correlate best with UPLC-MS/MS results that include the glucuronidated metabolites, showing that the pharmacologically active glucuronides are also measured in coagulation testing. The LD-dTT has the best agreement with UPLC-MS/MS and combines good sensitivity with high specificity. Several patients show consistently low or high drug concentrations, implying that drug exposure differs between patients.Conclusions:Based on the association of dabigatran concentrations with bleeding and thromboembolic risk, we believe that dabigatran monitoring could be beneficial for further optimizing anticoagulation therapy in AF.
The Use of Simulation Models in Solving the Problems of Merging two Plants of the Company
Authors: Sedláček Michal 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThis paper focuses on utilization of analysis of different possibilities of merging two production sites with the help of simulation model of company processes. Software SIMUL8 was chosen as a development environment for its possibility of dynamic discrete simulation of company processes. In the first phase, it analyses current status of both production sites. It is followed by suggesting several possible solutions for their potential merger. Each solution is analyzed with the help of simulation models. They have been evaluated and the optimal solution was selected.
Strategic Performance Measurement Using Balanced Scorecard: A Case of Machine Tool Industry
Authors: Kshatriya Anil , Dharmadhikari Vijay , Srivastava Deepak , Basak P.C. 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThis paper focuses on implementation, monitoring, and application of balanced scorecard (BSC) techniques in an organization involved in providing machine tool solutions to the industrial sector. The growth of the company considered in real time constituted improvements of both top and bottom lines. In the industry under consideration, it was observed that in our company, the top line was steadily growing but not the bottom line. This is when we started getting down to brass tacks and strategically focusing on growth in overall profits of the company. This included growing revenues by improving of EBITDA (earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) and by increasing efficiency (i.e., cutting costs). These improvements were implemented by chalking out a comprehensive BSC designed to suit the machine tool industry. The four perspectives of the management, namely, internal business process, organizational learning, financial perspective, and customer perspective, have been considered lucidly and enunciate the parameters that affect the BSC very aptly. The BSC designed considered 9 objectives and 27 relative measures of these factors to quantify the various quantitative and qualitative dimensions that affect the company’s performance. A Balanced Lean Index (BL Score) was used to measure the results for company X.
Isothermal green microwave-assisted extraction of caffeine from guarana: a kinetic study
Authors: Koturevic Biljana , Adnadjevic Borivoj , Jovanovic Jelena 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThe kinetics of isothermal green microwave-assisted extraction of caffeine from guarana seed powder with water at a temperature range from 40°C to 60°C was investigated. The caffeine concentration in the water extract was determined by UV-Vis spectrophotometry. By applying the isoconversional method, it was established that the kinetics of the caffeine extraction from the guarana seed powder with microwave heating is an elementary kinetic process. The model fitting method was used to determine the kinetic model of the caffeine extraction under microwave heating. It was found that the kinetics of the caffeine extraction can, under microwave heating, be modeled by the Jander’s model of three dimensional diffusion. The kinetic parameters, activation energy and pre-exponential factor of the caffeine extraction were determined.
Morphological features of aerogels and carbogels based on lignosulfonates
Authors: Brovko Olga , Palamarchuk Irina , Bogolitsyn Konstantin , Chukhchin Dmitriy , Ivakhnov Artem , Valchuk Natalia 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
The synthesis of new carbogels based on sodium lignosulfonates alone (LSNa) and interpolyelectrolyte complexes (IPEC) made by a combination of lignosulfonate and chitosan (CT) (i.e. IPEC-LSNa-CT) was investigated. The IPECs were converted into carbogels by slow and rapid pyrolysis (Pyslow and Pyrapid) and the influence of Py conditions on the formation of carbogels was established. It is demonstrated that the obtained carbogels have a high microporous structure with elevated total porosity values. The porosity of synthesised carbogels is on the nanoscale level, while about 80% of the internal surfaces obtained by both Pyslow and Pyfast is in the range of 0.7–1.0 nm pore size. It was found that elements of the initial precursor structure (LSNa) are stored in the carbon aerogels, if obtained by the appropriate pyrolysis technique.
Imaging methods for bone mass evaluation during childhood and adolescence: an update
Authors: Pezzuti Isabela Leite , Kakehasi Adriana Maria , Filgueiras Maria Tereza , de Guimarães Juliana Albano , de Lacerda Isabela Alves Campos , Silva Ivani Novato 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThe objective of the work was to prepare an update on imaging methods for bone evaluation during childhood and adolescence. The text was based on original and review articles on imaging methods for clinical evaluation of bone mass in children and adolescents up to 20 years old. They were selected from BIREME and PUBMED by means of the following keywords: bone density; osteoporosis/diagnosis; densitometry; tomography; ultrasonography; magnetic resonance imaging; and radiogrammetry and published in Portuguese or English, in the last 10 years (2006–2016). The article was organized into topics with the description of peculiarities, advantages and disadvantages of each imaging method and their possible clinical applicability. Despite the emergence of new technologies, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) remains the gold standard method for low bone mass diagnosis in all age groups. However, interpretation is complex in children and adolescents and demands skilled people. Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) [central QCT, peripheral QCT (pQCT) and high resolution-pQCT (HR-pQCT)] and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evaluate real bone density, but are not yet available for routine use. Quantitative bone ultrasound (QUS) shows good perspectives for its use in primary prevention actions. Automated radiogrammetry shows promise as a method able to flag individuals who might benefit from a complete bone assessment, but the clinical value of the measures still needs to be established.
Cushing’s syndrome in infancy due to ectopic ACTH secretion by a sacro-coccygeal teratoma
Authors: Rydzewska Marta , Krawczuk-Rybak Maryna , Zajkowska Adrianna , Jurczuk Natalia , Polnik Dariusz , Szalecki Mieczysław , Moszczyńska Elżbieta , Savage Martin O. , Bossowski Artur 
Published: March 2017

AbstractBackground:Adenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing’s syndrome in infancy is extremely rare. We describe the case of a sacro-coccygeal ectopic ACTH-secreting immature teratoma in an infant who also presented the triad of defects characteristic of Currarino syndrome.Case presentation:A girl was born with a large immature teratoma in the sacro-coccygeal region associated with anal atresia. At the age of 7 days, the concentration of α-fetoprotein (AFP) was above the age-specific normal range. Two non-radical surgical excisions of the tumour were performed. At the age of 7 months, she developed polyphagia, acne, hirsutism, hypertension and hypokalemia with elevated ACTH and absence of serum cortisol circadian rhythm. Immunostaining of tumour tissue showed ACTH-immunoreactive cells. Due to unsuccessful therapy with ketoconazole and resistance to antihypertensive medications [blood pressure (BP) 210/160 mmHg], metyrapone was administered, which controlled her ACTH and cortisol levels in the normal range. Following further removal of tumour bulk after three operations during the first year of life, there was a decrease of BP to normal values.Conclusions:A rare case of ectopic ACTH syndrome causing Cushing’s syndrome in infancy in the context of Currarino syndrome is reported. Radical surgery has resulted in excision of the tumour and current control of Cushing’s syndrome.
Plasma but not serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor concentration is decreased by oral glucose tolerance test-induced hyperglycemia in children
Authors: Araki Shunsuke , Yamamoto Yukiyo , Saito Reiko , Kawakita Aoi , Eguchi Mami , Goto Motohide , Kubo Kazuyasu , Kawagoe Rinko , Kawada Yasusada , Kusuhara Koichi 
Published: March 2017

AbstractBackground:Little is known regarding the relationships among circulating brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels and glucose or insulin in children and adolescents. The objective of this study was to investigate whether circulating BDNF levels would change during the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).Methods:We performed the OGTT and measured the serial changes in BDNF levels in both plasma and serum.Results:There were 22 subjects in the normal type (N) group and 20 in the borderline/diabetic type (B/D) group, defined by the results of the OGTT. Serum levels of BDNF were almost five times higher and plasma levels gradually decreased during the OGTT, whereas serum levels showed no significant change. The reduction of plasma BDNF level changes from baseline to 120 min were significantly different between the N and B/D groups (36.3% vs. 20.8%, p=0.023).Conclusions:Our results showed that plasma levels of BDNF are more sensitive to acute changes in glucose or insulin levels than serum.
Battling for Metaphysics: The Case for Indispensability
Authors: Giladi Paul 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to propose that both Hegel and Peirce are committed to two arguments against the notion that metaphysics is impossible, where not only do they claim metaphysics is possible, but that they also insist on theindispensabilityof this philosophical discipline. In the first argument, both Hegel and Peirce argue that it is impossible to eliminate metaphysical concepts from ordinary language and our scientific practices. In the second argument, both Hegel and Peirce argue that metaphysics is a necessary part of intellectual enquiry on the grounds that metaphysics is indispensable for human development. Such is the philosophical significance of both their views on the indispensability of metaphysics that there is every reason to regard Hegel and Peirce as representing powerful challenges to eliminativist attitudes to metaphysical enquiry. The purpose of my paper is to justify the exercise of metaphysics as a “humanistic discipline”, to use an expression from Bernard Williams. Using perfectionist approaches to ethics as a framework in which to contextualise the question of whether it could ever be desirable to eliminate metaphysics is under-explored and potentially a major avenue through which to explore the way we do metaphysics today.
The crystal structure of 3-aminopropan-1-aminium iodide, C3H11N2I
Authors: Arderne Charmaine , Batchelor Kyle F. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
C3H11N2I, monoclinic, P21/n (no. 14), a = 5.0152(2) Å, b = 10.1470(4) Å, c = 14.1852(5) Å, β = 96.501(2)°, V = 717.23(5) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0174, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0411, T = 100 K.
Soundscape design guidelines through noise mapping methodologies: An application to medium urban agglomerations
Authors: Vogiatzis Konstantinos , Remy Nicolas 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
In the framework of the European Directive 2002/49/EC, from 2012 to 2016, several cities in Greece have completed noise strategic maps with noise action plans that usually define the main strategies to reduce the noise residents are exposed to and introduce and preserve “quiet zones”. Several medium urban agglomerations in Greece (Volos, Larissa, Chania, Heraklion, Corfu, Agrinio, Thessaloniki) have been chosen to also analyse the sound qualities of the soundscapes of specific urban neighbourhoods in order to generate recommendations for the urban design of the soundscapes of these agglomerations in a manner that complements conventional noise mitigation measures. The general principle of this approach is to relate quantitative data (e.g., from measurements, acoustic simulations, urban forms, topography, and traffic model) with qualitative data (e.g., from type of sources, interviews, reports on environmental noise perception) by creating quantitative and qualitative maps. The aim of this study is to propose possible action tools to the relevant authorities aiming at diminishing noise levels in affected areas and also to provide solutions towards a sustainable sound environment both in space and time. This paper presents the main current methodology, selected important results proposed for the urban agglomerations of a typical Southeast Mediterranean country such as Greece.
Removal of synthetic dyes from multicomponent industrial wastewaters
Authors: Sharma Komal , Dalai Ajay K. , Vyas Raj K. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Colored effluents containing dyes from various industries pollute the environment and pose problems in municipal wastewater treatment systems. Industrial effluents consist of a mixture of dyes and require study of the simultaneous removal of dyes. Simultaneous quantification of dyes in the solution is a common problem while using a spectrophotometric method due to overlapping of their absorption spectra. Derivative spectroscopy and chemometric methods in spectrophotometric analysis facilitate simultaneous quantification of dyes. Adsorption is a widely used treatment method for the removal of a mixture of recalcitrant dyes in industrial wastewaters. Confirming the assertion, this paper presents a state-of-the-art review on methods used for simultaneous quantification of dyes and the effects of various parameters on their adsorptive removal. This paper also reviews the adsorption equilibrium, modeling, mechanisms of dyes adsorption, and adsorbent regeneration techniques in multicomponent dye systems. It has been observed that chemometric techniques provide accuracy, repeatability, and high speed in processing and helps in better operability in real wastewater treatment plants. The conclusions include the need for the development of thermodynamic models that can predict simultaneous physisorption and chemisorption exhibited by different dyes and to develop isotherm models that can describe chemisorption of a mixture of dyes. The paper delves into inadequately researched gray areas of adsorption of a mixture of dyes which require the development of modified adsorption methods that serves process intensification for complete degradation/mineralization.
Cold plasmas in the modification of catalysts
Authors: Zhang Lingfeng , Liu Xinying , Scurrell Michael S. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Heterogeneous catalysts play an important role in the chemical industry and are also of critical importance in the general well-being of society in the 21st century. Increasing demands are being placed on catalyst performance in a number of areas such as activity, selectivity, longevity, and cost. Conventional approaches to improving catalytic performance are becoming exhausted, and novel ways of generating the increased performance are being sought. The utilization of cold plasmas has opened great opportunities for modification of catalysts, thanks to their room-temperature operations with reduced energy combustion, shortened duration, and undestroyed bulk structure. In this review, we present an assessment of the modification of catalysts by cold plasmas, with emphasis on particle sizes, dispersion of nanoparticles, distribution of elements, electronic properties, acid-base properties, surface functional groups, and metal-support interaction. Moreover, challenges and perspectives are also presented for the further modification of catalysts by cold plasmas and broadening their practical applications.
TheCellMap.org: A Web-Accessible Database for Visualizing and Mining the Global Yeast Genetic Interaction Network
Authors: Usaj Matej , Tan Yizhao , Wang Wen , VanderSluis Benjamin , Zou Albert , Myers Chad L , Costanzo Michael , Andrews Brenda , Boone Charles 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Providing access to quantitative genomic data is key to ensure large-scale data validation and promote new discoveries. TheCellMap.org serves as a central repository for storing and analyzing quantitative genetic interaction data produced by genome-scale Synthetic Genetic Array (SGA) experiments with the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In particular, TheCellMap.org allows users to easily access, visualize, explore, and functionally annotate genetic interactions, or to extract and reorganize subnetworks, using data-driven network layouts in an intuitive and interactive manner.
Hydrologic modeling of the loess bluff in Dunaujvaros, Hungary
Authors: Murinkó Gergő , Bene Katalin 
Published: March 2017

The western shoreline of the Danube from Érd to Mohács consists of loess bluffs up to 50 m high. These bluffs can be susceptible to landslides when groundwater conditions weaken the supporting loess. Often this will occur during periods of high rainfall, however morphological, geological and other factors are also important in triggering these movements.
Changes in pore water pressures related to precipitation, confined water levels driven by remote catchments, and river level fluctuations are widely recognized as important factors controlling the loess bank stability. This work aims to determine the interaction of rainfall, river level, drainage and local pumping on the pore pressure regime and stability of the bluffs.
As a first step, a realistic 2-dimensional infiltration and groundwater model was built that reflects the influence of river levels, rainfall patterns, and local pumping. Based on model results, initial and boundary conditions have a strong influence on seasonal pore pressures. Further study will better define those influences on slope stability along the bluffs.
Европейская культура в тезаурусном освещении
Authors: Луков Валерий Андреевич , Кузнецова Татьяна Федоровна , Трыков Валерий Павлович 
Published: March 2017

<p>Статья раскрывает тезаурусные основания энциклопедии «Европейская культура в русском тезаурусе», которая конструируется на базе трудов выдающегося российского культуролога и литературоведа Владимира Андреевича Лукова (1948–2014). Это издание осуществляется с опорой на основные теоретические идеи Вл. А. Лукова, которые и составили его вклад в тезаурусную концепцию. В статье характеризуются важнейшие из этих идей, ставших теориями: 1. Тезаурусная теория культурологии (субъектная культурология); 2. Тезаурусная теория жанров, разработанная первоначально для литературоведения, но оказавшаяся применимой ко всей конструкции культурологии, социологии и философии культуры; 3. Тезаурусная теория концентров влияния, включающая форсологию — раздел тезаурусного анализа, выявляющий «сильные позиции» в культуре, которым и соответствуют культурные концентры; 4. Теория персональных моделей автора художественного произведения — одна из наиболее оригинальных концепций Вл. А. Лукова: не обращение к индивидуальности автора литературного произведения, а перевод исследования персоналий из описательной в теоретическую форму, т. е. выявление в них общезначимого для определенной культуры. Этот взгляд выходит за пределы литературоведческого анализа и приобретает методологическое значение для гуманитарного знания во всех его разделах; 5. Теория тезаурусных сфер, которая сформировалась на базе обобщения обширных разработок Вл. А. Лукова и его коллег по Институту фундаментальных и прикладных исследований МосГУ шекспиросферы.</p><p>Шекспировские труды Вл. А. Лукова и его соавторов продвинули вперед и тезаурусную методологию по целому ряду пунктов, в частности, показывая широкую применимость идей тезаурусного расширения и культурной картины мира.</p><p>Обозначенные пять направлений в разработке тезаурусной методологии в основном отражают прикладные задачи ее использования в филологии, культурологии, философии и социологии культуры, а также определяют подходы к конструированию энциклопедии Вл. А. Лукова «Европейская культура в русском тезаурусе». </p>