bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Attempted Development of a Tool to Predict Anesthesia Preparation Time From Patient-Related and Procedure-Related Characteristics
Authors: Maheshwari Kamal , You Jing , Cummings Kenneth C. , Argalious Maged , Sessler Daniel I. , Kurz Andrea , Cywinski Jacek 
Published: April 2017

BACKGROUND:
Operating room (OR) utilization generally ranges from 50% to 75%. Inefficiencies can arise from various factors, including prolonged anesthesia preparation time, defined as the period from induction of anesthesia until patients are considered ready for surgery. Our goal was to use patient-related and procedure-related factors to develop a model predicting anesthesia preparation time.

METHODS:
From the electronic medical records of adults who had noncardiac surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, we developed a model that used a dozen preoperative factors to predict anesthesia preparation time. The model was based on multivariable regression with “Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator” and 10-fold cross-validation. The overall performance of the final model was measured by R2, which describes the proportion of the variance in anesthesia preparation time that is explained by the model.

RESULTS:
A total of 43,941 cases met inclusion and exclusion criteria. Our final model had only moderate discriminative ability. The estimated adjusted R2 for prediction model was 0.34 for the training data set and 0.27 for the testing data set.

CONCLUSIONS:
Using preoperative factors, we could explain only about a quarter of the variance in anesthesia preparation time—an amount that is probably of limited clinical value.
Flurbiprofen Axetil Provides Effective Analgesia Without Changing the Pregnancy Rate in Ultrasound-Guided Transvaginal Oocyte Retrieval: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Zhao Hong , Feng Yi , Jiang Yan , Lu Qun 
Published: April 2017

BACKGROUND:
In this prospective double-blind randomized study, we evaluated the analgesic effect and potential effect on pregnancy rate of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug flurbiprofen axetil in patients undergoing ultrasound-guided transvaginal oocyte retrieval under propofol–remifentanil anesthesia.

METHODS:
A total of 200 patients scheduled to undergo ultrasound-guided transvaginal oocyte retrieval were randomly allocated to receive 1.5 mg/kg of flurbiprofen axetil (FA group) or placebo (control group) 30 minutes before the procedure. Postoperative pain scores, embryo implantation rate, and pregnancy rate were recorded. Neuroendocrine biomarkers and prostaglandin E2 levels in follicular fluid were tested after oocyte retrieval.

RESULTS:
Patients in the FA group awakened earlier after surgery than patients in the control group (3.3 ± 2.6 vs 5.3 ± 3.4 minutes, P < .05) and had lower pain scores than patients in the control group (2.0 [0.0, 2.8] vs 5.0 [3.0, 5.0], P< .001). The difference in pregnancy rates between the 2 groups (44%–44%) was 0% (conventional 2-sided 95% confidence interval, –13.8% to 13.8%). The lower limit of the 90% 1-sided confidence interval for this difference was −9.0%, which was within the predefined noninferiority margin of −15.0%. The concentration of prostaglandin E2 in follicular fluid was decreased in the FA group (24.51 ± 1.52 vs 25.15 ± 1.49 pg/mL, P = .039), although the difference does not appear to be clinically important.

CONCLUSIONS:
Flurbiprofen axetil given before ultrasound-guided transvaginal oocyte retrieval for patients under propofol–remifentanil general anesthesia relieves pain without any detrimental effect on clinical pregnancy rate.
Training of Reflection As a Method of Increasing the Efficiency of Intercultural Communication
Authors: Кананчук  , Kananchuk L. , Смолева  , Smoleva T. 
Published: April 2017

The article deals with one of the leading methods of training
future experts for intercultural communication. Special attention is
paid to the psychological-pedagogical research of reflection as the
ability to improve the communicative competence.
The purpose of the training for each participant is to learn to solve
problems of intercultural communication in professional activity and
interpersonal communication. Be aware of how cultural stereotypes
affect the perception and behavior of the subjects of the multiethnic
educational environment due to the emergence of a situation of psychologic
uncertainty.
In the article approaches to the study of the phenomenon of reflection
in the context of overcoming uncertainty and increasing the effectiveness
of intercultural communication in terms of training are disclosed.
Particular attention is paid to cognitive-emotive technology to overcome
the negative emotions of the person adaptation to the representatives
of other culture through the prism of the reflective skills of participants
in intercultural communication.
Relevance the article presents the contents of the study is determined
by the importance of studying this aspect in connection with necessity
of definition of the status of the training reflection as a method of
increasing the efficiency of intercultural communication.
To the Question on the Evolution of Traditional Social Institutions in Modern Tajikistan
Authors: Овсянников  , Ovsyannikov D. , Попов  , Popov D. 
Published: April 2017

The article deals with the transformation of social relations
in Tajikistan in the historical and contemporary context. There
are an explanation of the basic concepts, of which the term &#34;avlod&#34;
is key, the analysis of causality that led to the synthesis of the traditional
and the post-Soviet social institutions in the local community
in the text. The authors investigate structure of the society
in Tajikistan, his horizontal and vertical categories, understanding
of their identity in the local society. The questions of effective
public administration and traditional authorities in Tajikistan, the
reasons of neotraditionalism and a problem of social stratification
of territorial communities are considered.
The Core of the Activity Concept of Extend Didactic Unit (EDU) Technology in Teaching Geometry
Authors: Ульянова  , Ulyanova I. 
Published: April 2017

The core of the concept allows to characterize the specifics
of any pedagogical concept and to enable the theoretical and
logical inference of its key provisions. It is formed by the basic laws
and principles of the concept as a system of scientific knowledge.
The activity concept of the technology of extend didactic units
(EDU) is based on the idea of an action enlargement, as a fundamental
strategic component. Then one of the components of the
core of the activity concept EDU, explaining the regularities of its
functioning, is the system of an action enlargement as didactic
units.
The given paper is reveals the gradual construction of a final (noncomputer)
model of system of this enlargement using the phased
construction of the auxiliary models: informational and symbolic.
Also the mechanism of an action enlargement based on this model
is described. Thus the essence of the model and the mechanism
of an enlargement are showed on the subject material of the school
course of geometry.
Theoretical Aspects of Environmental Monitoring to Assess the Environmental Situation
Authors: Гасымова  , Gasymova V. , Мамедзаде  , Mamedzade N. 
Published: April 2017

The article considers the theoretical aspects of environmental
monitoring, as exemplified in actinomycetes – producers
of polyene antibiotics (PA), depending on geographical and climatic
zones of distribution of microorganisms. Using PA as a test
system, it is possible to trace the relationship between the taxonomic
position of the producers and the properties of their antibiotics.
It is assumed that depending on the geographical locations
of the producers of PA, may be the biosynthesis of molecules of
PA, resulting in the formation of antibiotics with a modified molecular
structure.
Maximality of the Minimal R-Logic
Authors: Karczewska Anna Maria 
Published: April 2017

The minimal system of the connective of realization – T. Jarmużek and A. Pietruszczak’s MR– is examined. The single-index rule is defined. Then it is claimed that if a single– index rule non-derivable in MR is derivable in a strengthening of MR, then the strengthening is inconsistent. This property may be called the single-index maximality.
Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies
Authors: Seamans Robert , Zhu Feng 
Published: April 2017

Organizational structures are increasingly complex. In particular, more firms today operate as multisided platforms. In this paper, we study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that constrain or enable these responses, and examine how the firms’ responses affect their performance. Our empirical context is the U.S. newspaper industry, which has experienced increased competition following the entry of Craigslist, an online provider of classified ads. We find that when Craigslist enters a newspaper’s market, the newspaper repositions itself away from other newspapers by changing its content. This results in greater differentiation between newspapers in a market, but occurs primarily in markets in which reader preferences are heterogeneous. When reader preferences are homogeneous, newspapers are more likely to engage in cost-cutting. Both responses are more pronounced for newspaper firms whose sister firms have already experienced Craigslist’s entry. We also find that failure to design the right response harms competitive viability. These findings offer important implications for many platform firms operating in today’s digital economy. The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/stsc.2017.0027 .
Time to Push: Use of Gestational Age in the Electronic Health Record to Support
Delivery of Relevant Prenatal Education Content
Authors: Arcia Adriana 
Published: April 2017

Introduction: Clinicians must provide anticipatory guidance pregnant clients would
find useful but might not seek out independently. Client-facing health information
resources should a) satisfy clients’ health self-management queries, and b) provide
anticipatory guidance at developmentally appropriate times. Care Guide (by our
technology partner, Maternity Neighborhood™) is an online maternity education platform
positioned to meet pregnant clients’ information needs through high-quality, curated
content paired with secure provider/client messaging. The research version of Care Guide
is called Maternity Information Access Point (MIAP). Little is known about how clients
perceive or engage with maternity education delivered via patient portal or personal
health record.Methods: This qualitative study employed focus groups and four week
field-testing periods with English- and Spanish-speaking pregnant women enrolled in
Medicaid. User satisfaction and system usability were evaluated through self-report
instruments.Results: Twelve of the 16 participants logged usage of MIAP, with amount of
usage varying widely. Satisfaction (4.3/5) and usability (4.7/5) were rated highly.
Weekly content push emails were a popular feature; participants agreed the content was
relevant, timely, and useful. Forgetting passwords and lack of experience with
technology were barriers to use.Discussion and Conclusion: Gestational age captured in
the electronic health record can support automated pushing of content containing highly
relevant anticipatory guidance. Platform features that guide the user through content
can be leveraged to promote continued user engagement. Users’ desire for easy access to
content must be balanced against the need to safeguard protected health information.
Digital newcomers may require in-person technical support.
Thrombin-Mediated Degradation of Human Cardiac Troponin T
Authors: Katrukha Ivan A , Kogan Alexander E , Vylegzhanina Alexandra V , Serebryakova Marina V , Koshkina Ekaterina V , Bereznikova Anastasia V , Katrukha Alexey G 
Published: April 2017

AbstractBACKGROUNDCardiac troponin T (cTnT) is an acknowledged biomarker of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) that is known to be prone to proteolytic degradation in serum. Such degradation is usually explained by the action of μ-calpain, although there could be other candidates for that role. In the current study, we explored the hypothesis that thrombin-mediated cTnT cleavage occurs as a result of the serum sample preparation.METHODScTnT degradation was studied by using immunoblotting and mass spectrometry (MS) analysis.RESULTSThe comparison of cTnT isolated from AMI heparin plasma and serum samples showed that cTnT in the plasma samples was mainly present as the full-sized molecule (approximately 35 kDa), while in serum samples it was present as a 29-kDa fragment. The incubation of recombinant cTnT, or native ternary cardiac troponin complex with thrombin or in normal human serum (NHS), resulted in the formation of a 29-kDa product that was similar to that detected in AMI serum samples. No cTnT degradation was observed when thrombin or NHS was pretreated with hirudin, a specific inhibitor of thrombin, or during incubation of troponin in normal heparin plasma. When the products of thrombin-mediated cTnT proteolysis were analyzed by MS, 2 fragments consisting of amino acid residues (aar) 2–68 and 69–288 were identified, which suggests that thrombin cleaves cTnT between R68 and S69.CONCLUSIONSThe results of this study suggest that the 29-kDa fragment of cTnT in AMI serum samples mainly appears due to the cleavage by thrombin during serum sample preparation.
Grotowski and the Indian tradition
Authors: Byrski Maria Krzysztof 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
The question of Grotowski’s Indian affiliations in his theatrical experiments is long discussed. In the article presented, an attempt is made to tackle this problem. What absorbs Grotowski into the Indian tradition is a question that remains still fascinating in many ways. My conclusion is that it was first of all Grotowski’s fascination with the Indian spirituality as personified by Ramana Maharishi of Arunachala that made him especially sensitive to what the Indian culture could offer and not so much his acquaintance with the Indian theatre tradition, which was rather fragmentary and occidental. While travelling in India, he was more interested in the religiously motivated performances of the Bauls of Bengal than in regular theatre, either classical or modern.
Performance, revelation and resistance: Interweaving the artistic and the therapeutic in devised theatre
Authors: Gopalakrishna Maitri , Rao Shabari 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
This article describes the process that led to the creation of Positively Shameless, a devised theatre performance that explores emotional and physical residues of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in five adult women in Bangalore, India. The article touches upon the interplay between the therapeutic and artistic perspectives of theatre making and challenges the widely held dichotomy between applied and pure theatre. It also explains the principles that guided the process, with illustrative examples taken from the devising stage and the final piece.
Book Reviews
Authors: Madhavan Arya , Nair Sreenath 
Published: April 2017

Abstract

The Taste of British South Asian Theatres: Aesthetics and Production, Chandrika Patel (2015)
Lulu Publishing Services, 252 pp.,
ISBN: 978-1-4834-3340-0, p/bk, £17.99

Stanislavsky and Yoga, Sergei Tcherkasski (2016)
Routledge, 125 pp.,
ISBN: 978-1-138-95409-0, p/bk, £14.26
The Greek Crisis at the movies: Jason Bourne (2016)
Authors: Wills David 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
The ongoing economic crisis has afforded film-makers the opportunity for transforming Greece from paradise holiday destination to violent nightmare. Jason Bourne (2016) presents an extended dystopian vision of Athens beset by graffiti, political instability and riots. This short article sets this significant ‘dark tourism’ development in the context of recent English-language commentary about the present situation in Greece – including from travel writing and novels – and the previous representation of Greece in foreign movies.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts: Metaphors as viruses in discourses on the Greek crisis
Authors: Gumpert Matthew 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
During negotiations in February 2015 over the Greek debt crisis, a German official was widely quoted referring to the latest Greek offer as a ‘Trojan horse’ designed to sabotage the latest bailout package. The recent economic debacle and the threat of a ‘Grexit’ from the eurozone produced a veritable outbreak of tropes in the classical style: Greece is Europe’s ‘Achilles heel’, its collapse a ‘modern Greek tragedy’, its prospects for recovery ‘Sisyphean’, etc. What are the effects of these classicizing clichés – all of which function, in effect, as Trojan horses – on the debate over European unity and identity, past, present and future? A closer examination of these hellenotropes suggests that they constitute important weapons or antidotes for conceptualizing and, by the same token, quarantining Greece as a form of economic, political and cultural ruin metastasizing within the European body politic. But the effort to ward off the virus of the Greek ruin only helps transmit it. What finally underlies Europe’s resentment of Greece is the anxiety produced by the metaphorical itself: the fear that Greece is either not enough or too much like Europe.
Foreign correspondents in Cyprus: Universal roles and contextualized practices
Authors: Doudaki Vaia 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
This study on foreign correspondence in Cyprus explores the profiles and professional values of the correspondents working on the island, taking into consideration the interplay of forces operative at the level of the foreign correspondents’ professional culture, the international media environment and the specific context of the country the correspondents report from and for. The study shows that the foreign correspondents working in Cyprus largely align with their colleagues in other countries, as it concerns the self-perception of their main professional roles, values and selection criteria. At the same time, these roles, values and tasks take on certain special traits, accommodated both in the specificities of the foreign correspondent’s job and the Cypriot environment. This contextualized examination points to the complexity not only of studying but also of defining foreign correspondence in ever-changing environments and sheds some light on the ways in which news is built as a product of its time and its professional, cultural and social milieu.
Formação e desenvolvimento profissional de professoras da Educação Básica /Formation and professional development of teachers of basic education
Authors: Lacerda Vera Lúcia , Melo Geovana Ferreira 
Published: April 2017

O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar aspectos da formação continuada de professoras que atuam na Educação Básica, em escolas públicas do Governo do Distrito Federal, que tenham participado de ações formativas promovidas pela Escola de Aperfeiçoamento de Profissionais da Educação – EAPE. A investigação foi orientada pelo seguinte questionamento: quais as contribuições das ações de formação continuada de professores, promovidas pela EAPE, para o desenvolvimento profissional docente? A pesquisa, de abordagem qualitativa, teve como ponto de partida a análise da literatura da área, tendo sido embasada, principalmente, pelos seguintes autores: Gatti (2009); Imbernón (2009); Marcelo Garcia (2009); Marcelo Garcia e Vaillant (2012); Melo (2007; 2009); Nóvoa (2000); Pimenta (2002). Os dados foram obtidos por meio de questionário e grupo focal dos quais participaram as professoras de duas escolas do Governo do Distrito Federal. A partir da análise de conteúdo dos dados são apresentadas as seguintes considerações: a formação continuada promovida pela EAPE é entendida como campo fértil para o aprimoramento profissional, desde que seja planejada e realizada conforme as demandas específicas de cada realidade e com o envolvimento direto das professoras. A escola é um dos espaços privilegiados de formação, de construção da identidade profissional e dos saberes docentes, a serem associados com as experiências individuais e coletivas, que apontam para o desenvolvimento profissional das professoras.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Formação Continuada. Saberes Docentes. EAPE. Educação Básica. Desenvolvimento Profissional Docente.
Wear Analysis of Cemented Carbide during Turning of Cast Iron Considering Economical Machining Speed
Authors: Znojkiewicz Natalia , Korzeniewski Dariusz , Wiciak Martyna 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to find economical machining speed during turning of grooves for piston rings with various feeds. In the first part of the paper, literature analysis concerning durability of cutting tools is presented. Next, the wear of cemented carbide cutting tools during turning of cast iron is researched. The research has been done for seven cutting tools. During conducted turning trials, angular speed has been altered from n=530rev/min to n=710rev/min and feeds from f=0.007mm/rev to f=0.105mm/rev. On the basis of Taylor’s equation, which relates cutting speed to tool life, the economical cutting speed is established with the application of two various methods.
Repository of 3D images for education and everyday clinical practice purposes
Authors: Macko Marek , Szczepanski Zbigniew , Mikolajewska Emilia , Nowak Joanna , Mikolajewski Dariusz 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
Novel, easy-automation technologies such as three-dimensional (3D) printing and reverse engineering can improve the training of medical and allied health professionals and everyday clinical practice. This paper aims at the presentation of its own concept of the repository of medical images for education and everyday clinical practice purposes. Presented concept of the repository constitutes a relatively novel solution, but its further development may lead to the novel family of commercial initiatives aiming at joining common efforts toward optimization of 3D-based technologies in everyday clinical practice and online e-learning system.
Research Article. Perfluoroalkylated substances in human urine: results of a biomonitoring pilot study
Authors: Hartmann Christina , Raffesberg Wolfgang , Scharf Sigrid , Uhl Maria 
Published: April 2017

AbstractPerfluoroalkylated substances (PFASs) are a class of synthetic chemicals used in a wide range of processes and products due to their unique physicalchemical properties. Through intake of PFASs via food or several consumer products, humans can be exposed. Long-chain PFASs have been associated with adverse effects in laboratory animals, and there is also evidence for adverse health effects in humans. Although investigations of human exposure are mainly conducted in blood samples, some studies have shown that especially short-chain PFASs can be detected in human urine. In the present study, a sensitive analytical method was adapted for the measurement of 12 PFASs in human urine samples by HPLC-MS/MS. For verifying this method, concentrations in 11 male and female participants aged 25-46 years were analysed. In the study population, ranges of urinary PFASs concentrations were n.d.- 8.5 ng/l for perfluoropentanoic acid, <LOQ-3.0 ng/l for perfluorohexanoic acid, n.d.-1.8 ng/l for perfluorohexane sulphonate, n.d.-0.99 ng/l for perfluoroheptanoic acid, 0.79-5.1 ng/l for perfluorooctanoic acid, <LOQ-4.9 ng/l for perfluorooctane suphonate, and <LOQ-0.57 ng/l for perfluorononanoic acid. For the other investigated PFASs, no urinary exposure could be identified in any of the samples. The present study shows that several shortchain PFASs are detectable in human urine.