bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Norm___ and the Pathological
Authors: Gotkin Kevin 
Published: March 2016

In this paper, I read The Normal and the Pathological by French philosopher Georges Canguilhem for what it can offer disability theory. I examine how the field has already taken up the text but further, I argue for The Normal and the Pathological as a keystone of disability theory (currently taken up with curiously reserved energy). I start with a précis on the text before offering a condensed citation analysis of the book. In the latter part of the paper, I suggest how the monograph might inform current conversations and I offer possibilities for it to deepen and complicate core notions about disability, including the social model, norms, normalcy, and the normate. I conclude by suggesting that Canguilhem’s philosophical intervention can be understood as "propulsive atavism" – an excavation of medical epistemology in order to map and reconfigure its legacies – and I propose this as one methodological template for disability scholarship.
OUT OF SIGHT, STILL IN MIND: visually impaired women's embodied accounts of ideal femininity
Authors: Fannon Tara A. 
Published: March 2016

With its emphasis on physical form, the diffusion of the feminine ideal relies heavily on the use of visual imagery but there is a common knowledge about the feminine ideal that penetrates language and discourse. The relationship between mainstream representations of the feminine ideal and non-disabled female body/self dissatisfaction has been well-documented over the years but less attention has been given to understanding how such visual representations affect women with disabilities, specifically women with visual disabilities. Drawing on qualitative data taken from the personal diaries and in-depth interviews with seven blind and visually impaired Irish women, and using a feminist disability model reinforced by sociology of the body, gender theory and visual studies, I examine what it means to be a young woman with a visual disability living in a visually-reliant, appearance-oriented culture. I explore interpretations and expressions of femininity and beauty, the complicated, often fraught, relationship with female body and self and the rituals and practices used to manage appearance while having a disability.
Integration Of Information Technology And Simulation For Managing Manufacturing-Logistics Network
Authors: Fitzpatrick Brian D. , Ali Shahid I. 
Published: March 2016

This paper helps investigate the integration of information technology (IT) and simulation in order to help understand how to set reliable delivery dates in manufacturing-logistics networks. This integration is necessary to assist organizations involved in the network to help plan and control their operations more efficiently. The authors reviewed previous work in the areas of IT-oriented logistics, real time simulation, and due date assignment. We describe a general architecture for a real-time simulation-based system and create a prototype based on our architecture. An application of the prototype in a small manufacturing company is employed. The prototype implemented was for a local manufacturer of made-to-order safety windows with three manufacturing plants and a one office location, all within a 50-mile radius. The prototype for this company was developed utilizing a Boreland’s Delphi 3 application development tool. The reason that a distributed simulation model was not implemented was that we focused on validating the most critical components of our architecture using a simple prototype as our initial validation effort. The following possible advantages of our architecture were identified: * The architecture can use the most up-to-date operational data to make decisions regarding delivery date assignment and network management.* The architecture can support both central and distributed environments. * The prototype developed based on the architecture could assign tight delivery dates.* The prototype could be used to maintain or increase the level of on-time deliveries by monitoring the operations.* The prototype could generate options on delivery dates and cost based on routings/priority and transportation service options.
The Process Of Creating XBRL Instance Documents: A Research Framework
Authors: Janvrin Diane , Mascha Maureen Francis 
Published: March 2016

The past decade has witnessed a technological revolution fueled by the widespread use of the Internet, web technologies, and their applications. Within financial reporting, proponents of extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) argue that XBRL will revolutionize financial reporting since it allows corporate financial information to be aggregated, transmitted, and analyzed quicker and more accurately (Hoffman and Strand 2001; Hannon 2002; Bovee et al. 2005; Willis 2005; Cox 2006). The SEC recently mandated that publicly traded companies furnish financial information in XBRL format (Rummel 2008; SEC 2009a). Thus, the purpose of this project is to provide researchers with a framework for examining the process financial statement preparers use to create XBRL instance documents. Further, the paper (1) demonstrates how the framework may be used, (2) raises unanswered questions, and (3) suggests avenues for future research.
Estudos de caso sobre avaliação de estruturas de concreto através da utilização de ensaios não destrutivos
Authors: Pinto da Silva Filho L. C. , Lorenzi A. , Campagnolo J. L. , Strieder A. J. , De M. Quinino U. C. , Caetano L. F. 
Published: March 2016

RESUMOO concreto é parte fundamental dos mais variados projetos de engenharia e, sem duvida, é o elemento estrutural mais utilizado no mundo. Esse fato conduz à necessidade de ferramentas de controle e análise de seu estado de conservação. Muitas das construções em concreto armado que formam a infra-estrutura civil que dão suporte às mais diversas atividades das sociedades modernas estão se aproximando do final de sua vida útil de projeto. Diante desse contexto, existe uma preocupação crescente com a avaliação do estado de deterioração e segurança das mesmas. O monitoramento constante das estruturas é um procedimento necessário, uma vez que a detecção preventiva dos problemas permite a utilização de métodos mais simples e econômicos para avaliação e reparo. Para tais fins, os métodos de ensaios não destrutivos (END) tornam-se uma estratégia de investigação bastante atraente e viável. Entre eles destacam-se: o ensaio de velocidade de pulso ultra-sônico, o radar e a esclerometria. Devido à sua facilidade de aplicação e boa capacidade de diagnóstico, esses métodos se tornam alternativas valiosas para investigação do estado de conservação das estruturas de concreto. Diversos exemplos de aplicação evidenciam como a aplicação de END pode contribuir com sucesso no controle da deterioração e na verificação da qualidade de estruturas de concreto. O presente artigo revisa alguns casos reais nos quais atuou o Grupo de Pesquisa LEME-UFRGS, mostrando como foram empregadas técnicas de END.
Concreto reciclado: una revisión
Authors: Martínez-Molina W. , Torres-Acosta A. A. , Alonso-Guzmán E. M. , Chávez-García H. L. , Hernández-Barrios H. , Lara-Gómez C. , Martínez-Alonso W. , Pérez-Quiroz J. T. , Bedolla-Arroyo J. A. , González-Valdéz F. M. 
Published: March 2016

La generación de residuos sólidos de concreto hidráulico, considerados como desecho, está convirtiéndose en un problema medioambiental. El material de construcción mayormente fabricado es el cemento Portland (CP), pero un problema es su alta temperatura de fabricación, que genera contaminantes. El uso de agregados triturados provenientes de demolición de concreto hidráulico se aprovecha para generar Concreto Hidráulico Reciclado, un material que puede abatir costos, disminuir la contaminación y abaratar la edificación. Sin embargo, la elaboración de concreto reciclado se enfrenta a la búsqueda de diseños óptimos para lograr el mayor desempeño mecánico bajo solicitaciones estáticas y dinámicas. En este trabajo se hace una revisión de los avances internacionales en esta temática.
Palabras Clave: Concreto reciclado, Residuos sólidos, Cemento Portland, Agregados
Tectono-magmatic reactivation of Téfidet Cretaceous trough during Cenozoic (Aïr, Niger)
Authors: Ahmed Yacouba , Konaté Moussa , Harouna Moussa 
Published: March 2016

AbstractThe Téfidet trough (eastern Niger) belongs to the Ténéré megasystem set of Cretaceous rifts N130°E to N170°E oriented, corresponding to the direction of the Lake Chad-Hoggar tectonic axis.The study of the relationship between the structure of the trough and alkaline fissural volcanism that developed there from the Oligocene to Plio-Quaternary shows the uniqueness of the Téfidet trough compared to the neighboring contemporary volcanic areas of Hoggar, Cameroon, and southern Aïr.The tectono-magmatic reactivation of the Cretaceous Téfidet trough developed in two steps: – a period contemporaneous with the Tuareg shield bulging (Aïr, Hoggar, Iforas);– a subsequent extension period generally N060°E, which has persisted since the opening of the South Atlantic (upper Jurassic to Plio-Quaternary).The fissural volcanism, due to the reactivation of Pan African and Cretaceous faults evolved concomitantly with the N060°E extension (syn-magmatic micro-fractures with basaltic filling), in several steps, from Oligocene to Plio-Quaternary.This study highlights the existence of periods of quietness and recovery of volcanic activity, for which two assumptions can be made: – no enough absolute datings,– apolyphased extension of the rift.The latter hypothesis seems to be supported by three periods of volcanic quietness, 28–24 m.y., 20–14 m.y. and 8–5 m.y., observed in the northern and the southern Aïr, Gréboun and Todgha, respectively.
Quality of Life in Carotid Atherosclerosis: The Role of Co-morbid Mood Disorders
Authors: Lecca Maria , Saba Luca , Sanfilippo Roberto , Pintus Elisa , Cadoni Michela , Sancassiani Federica , Francesca Moro Maria , Craboledda Davide , Lo Giudice Chiara , Montisci Roberto 
Published: March 2016

Introduction/Objective:
To study in severe carotid
atherosclerosis (CA): the frequency of mood disorders (MD); the impairment of
quality of life (QoL); the role of co-morbid MD in such impairment.

Methods:
Case-control study. Cases: consecutive in-patients with
CA (stenosis ≥ 50%). Controls: subjects with no diagnosis of CA randomized from
a database of a community survey. Psychiatric diagnosis according to DSM-IV made
by clinicians and semi-structured interview, QoL measured by the Short Form
Health Survey (SF-12).

Results:
This is the first study on
comorbidity on CA disease and MD in which psychiatric diagnoses are conducted by
clinicians according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
(17.4% vs 2.72%, P <0.0001) but not Bipolar Disorders (BD) (4.3% vs
0.5%, P = 0.99) was higher in cases (N=46) than in controls (N= 184). SF-12
scores in cases were lower than in controls (30.56±8.12 vs 36.81±6:40; p
<0.001) with QoL comparable to serious chronic diseases of the central nervous
system. The burden of a concomitant MDD or BD amplifies QoL impairment.

Conclusion:
Comorbid MD aggravates the impairment of QoL in CA.
Unlike autoimmune diseases or degenerative diseases of the Central Nervous
System, CA shows a strong risk of MDD than BD.
Use of veterinary services by Latino dog and cat owners with various degrees of English-language proficiency
Authors: Landau Ruth E. , Beck Alan , Glickman Larry T. , Litster Annette , Widmar Nicole J. Olynk , Moore George E. 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To characterize patterns of dog and cat ownership and veterinary service use among Latino dog and cat owners with various degrees of English-language proficiency.
DESIGN
Cross-sectional telephone survey.
SAMPLE
Data from 393 Latino pet owners.
PROCEDURES
Telephone surveys were conducted with Latino dog and cat owners from a random sample of US households to determine the number of dogs and cats owned, factors associated with veterinary service use, and satisfaction with veterinary care.
RESULTS
393 of 1,026 (38.3%) respondents were pet owners. Two hundred fifty-nine of 330 (78.5%) dog owners and 70 of 115 (60.9%) cat owners reported taking their pet to the veterinarian in the past 12 months, most commonly for vaccination or examination or because of illness. Respondents were most satisfied with veterinary care provided, least satisfied with cost, and moderately satisfied with quality of communication. English-language proficiency was not significantly associated with whether owners sought veterinary care. A large proportion of respondents who wanted to receive pet health information in Spanish described themselves as speaking English well or very well.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE
Although having limited proficiency in English was not associated with Latino pet owners seeking veterinary care, opportunities exist for veterinary personnel to improve communications with these clients. Personnel can assess their clients' language needs by asking each about the language in which they would prefer to receive their pet's health information.
Effects of hormonal changes in temporal perception, speech perception in noise and auditory working memory in females
Authors: Sao Tulsi , Jain Chandni 
Published: March 2016

Background
The menstrual cycle is a cyclic fluctuation of ovarian hormonal level in every female. Previous electrophysiological, psychoacoustic, neurobiological and cognitive neuroscience studies have focused on the fluctuating level of gonadal steroids (oestradiol and progesterone) affecting peripheral auditory system and cognitive function. These changes can alter central auditory processing abilities and auditory working memory capacity during the menstrual cycle. In the present study the effect of hormonal changes in temporal processing, speech perception in noise and working memory is assessed in females.

Study design
A time-series design was used. A total of 10 female participants in the age range of 18–25 years, with an average 28 days regular menstrual cycle, were included in this study. Auditory temporal processing abilities were assessed using gap detection, modulation detection and a duration discrimination test; speech perception in noise was assessed through the Quick-SIN test in Kannada and auditory working memory was assessed using a forward and backward digit span test. All participants were tested twice during a single menstrual cycle, i.e. menstrual phase, and ovulation. A paired sample t-test was used to estimate the significance of differences.

Results
The results showed significant differences for all the tests across the two phases of the menstrual cycle; the ovulation phase had better thresholds compared to that of the menstrual phase for all tests.

Conclusion
These findings suggest that higher oestrogen level fine tunes central auditory processing and improves psychoacoustic capabilities to resolve temporal waveform, which is important for speech perception.
Motor cortex tDCS does not modulate perceived exertion within multiple-sets of resistance exercises
Authors: Montenegro Rafael A. , Farinatti Paulo T.V. , de Lima Paulo F.M. , Okano Alexandre H. , Menêses Annelise L. , de Oliveira-Neto Leônidas , Cavalcante Bruno R. , de A. Correia Marilia , Fontes Eduardo B. , Ritti-Dias Raphael M. 
Published: March 2016

BACKGROUND: Recent evidences have shown that the motor cortex (MC) may influence the rating of perceived exertion (RPE). Given the potential role of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in modulate cortical areas related to exercise performance, it is possible that tDCS applied on motor cortex (MC) could also influence the RPE during resistance exercises. OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on the rating of perceived exertion during multiple sets of resistance exercises. METHODS: Thirteen strength-trained men performed a resistance exercise session after either anodal tDCS or sham stimulation applied over the primary motor cortex. Resistance exercise sessions included 3 sets of 10 repetitions of 6 exercises performed with load of at 85% of 8-12 RM. The RPE was obtained using OMNI-Resistance exercise scale. RESULTS: The RPE assessed at the end of the sessions was similar in tDCS vs. sham condition (6.78 ± 1.48 vs. 6.87 ± 1.49, respectively; p = 0.56). The RPE for each exercise was similar across conditions, except for the second set of bench press (p = 0.04) and first set of seated-row (p = 0.03). CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the RPE during multiple sets of submaximal exercises was not modulated by tDCS applied upon MC.
Primers to amplify SNP markers in Epichloë canadensis (Clavicipitaceae)
Authors: Sullivan Terrence J. , Bultman Thomas L. , Schoolcraft Jennifer 
Published: March 2016

Premise of the study:Primers were designed to produce short amplicons containing single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in β‐tubulin (tubB) and translation elongation factor 1‐α (tefA) in Epichloë canadensis (Clavicipitaceae), an endophytic fungus of Elymus canadensis (Poaceae).Methods and Results:Primers to amplify regions of tubB and tefA containing suspected SNPs were designed and tested on individuals from six populations. Two tubB alleles were identified that differed by a single SNP, and three tefA alleles were identified that differed by a combination of two SNPs. All six populations tested were polymorphic for the tefA marker, and three of the populations were also polymorphic for the tubB marker. These primers are also predicted to amplify these regions in 11 additional epichloid species.Conclusions:Primers for short amplicons within tubB and tefA genes can be used to successfully genotype E. canadensis, making them useful markers for population genetic or landscape genomic studies.
SEEING THROUGH THE RING: NEAR-INFRARED PHOTOMETRY OF V582 MON (KH 15D)
Authors: Arulanantham Nicole A. , Herbst William , Cody Ann Marie , Stauffer John R. , Rebull Luisa M. , Agol Eric , Windemuth Diana , Marengo Massimo , Winn Joshua N. , Hamilton Catrina M. , Mundt Reinhard , Johns-Krull Christopher M. , Gutermuth Robert A. 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACT
We examine the light and color evolution of the T Tauri binary KH 15D through photometry obtained at wavelengths between 0.55 and 8.0 μm. The data were collected with A Novel Dual Imaging CAMera (ANDICAM) on the 1.3 m SMARTS telescope at Cerro-Tololo Inter-American Observatory and with InfraRed Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope. We show that the system’s circumbinary ring, which acts as a screen that covers and uncovers different portions of the binary orbit as the ring precesses, has reached an orientation where the brighter component (star B) fully or nearly fully emerges during each orbital cycle. The fainter component (star A) remains fully occulted by the screen at all phases. The leading and trailing edges of the screen move across the sky at the same rate of ∼15 m s−1, consistent with expectation for a ring with a radius and width of ∼4 au and a precession period of ∼6500 years. Light and color variations continue to indicate that the screen is sharp edged and opaque at VRIJH wavelengths. However, we find an increasing transparency of the ring edge at 2.2, 3.6, and 4.5 μm. Reddening seen at the beginning of the eclipse that occurred during the CSI 2264 campaign particularly suggests selective extinction by a population of large dust grains. Meanwhile, the gradual bluing observed while star B is setting is indicative of forward scattering effects at the edge of the ring. The spectral energy distribution of the system at its bright phase shows no evidence of infrared excess emission that can be attributed to radiation from the ring or other dust component out to 8 μm.
NEW LUMINOUS ON SPECTRA FROM THE GALACTIC O-STAR SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY
Authors: Walborn Nolan R. , Morrell Nidia I. , Barbá Rodolfo H. , Sota Alfredo 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACT
Two new ON supergiant spectra (bringing the total known to seven) and one new ONn giant (total of this class now eight) are presented; they have been discovered by the Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey. These rare objects represent extremes in the mixing of CNO-cycled material to the surfaces of evolved, late-O stars, by uncertain mechanisms in the first category but likely by rotation in the second. The two supergiants are at the hot edge of the class, which is a selection effect from the behavior of defining N iii and C iii absorption blends, related to the tendency toward emission (Of effect) in the former. An additional N/C criterion first proposed by Bisiacchi et al. is discussed as a means to alleviate that effect, and it is relevant to the two new objects. The entire ON supergiant class is discussed; they display a fascinating diversity of detail undoubtedly related to the complexities of their extended atmospheres and winds that are sensitive to small differences in physical parameters, as well as to binary effects in some cases. Serendipitously, we have found significant variability in the spectrum of a little-known hypergiant with normal N, C spectra selected as a comparison for the anomalous objects. In contrast to the supergiants, the ONn spectra are virtual (nitrogen)-carbon copies of one another except for the degrees of line broadening, which emphasizes their probable unique origin and hence amenability to definitive astrophysical interpretation.
THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. XIX. TOMOGRAPHY OF MILKY WAY SUBSTRUCTURES IN THE NGVS FOOTPRINT
Authors: Lokhorst Deborah , Starkenburg Else , McConnachie Alan W. , Navarro Julio F. , Ferrarese Laura , Côté Patrick , Liu Chengze , Peng Eric W. , Gwyn Stephen D. J. , Cuillandre Jean-Charles , Guhathakurta Puragra 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACT
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) is a deep u*giz survey targeting the Virgo Cluster of galaxies at 16.5 Mpc. This survey provides high-quality photometry over an ∼100 deg2 region straddling the constellations of Virgo and Coma Berenices. This sightline through the Milky Way is noteworthy in that it intersects two of the most prominent substructures in the Galactic halo: the Virgo overdensity (VOD) and Sagittarius stellar stream (close to its bifurcation point). In this paper, we use deep u*gi imaging from the NGVS to perform tomography of the VOD and Sagittarius stream using main-sequence turnoff (MSTO) stars as a halo tracer population. The VOD, whose centroid is known to lie at somewhat lower declinations (α ∼ 190°, δ ∼ −5°) than is covered by the NGVS, is nevertheless clearly detected in the NGVS footprint at distances between ∼8 and 25 kpc. By contrast, the Sagittarius stream is found to slice directly across the NGVS field at distances between 25 and 40 kpc, with a density maximum at ≃35 kpc. No evidence is found for new substructures beyond the Sagittarius stream, at least out to a distance of ∼90 kpc—the largest distance to which we can reliably trace the halo using MSTO stars. We find clear evidence for a distance gradient in the Sagittarius stream across the ∼30° of sky covered by the NGVS and its flanking fields. We compare our distance measurements along the stream with those predicted by leading stream models.