bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
<b>Concentrations and enrichment of metals in sediment cores: geochemistry and correlations with geoaccumulation index
Authors: Fernandes Felippe , Poleto Cristiano 
Published: August 2017

The Mãe d’Água dam was built in 1962 to supply the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul’s water demanding. Thus, the paper aims to measure Nickel (Ni) and Zinc (Zn) concentrations in many depths of the dam’s bottom, sampling cores of sediments silted in it. The samplings were carried out in June, 2014, and it was sampled four sediment cores in pre-defined points of the dam. The methodology for extraction of sediment cores was ‘Piston Core’. Sediment particles smaller than 63 μm were separated and used for chemical analysis. EPA 3050 acid digestion methodology is used by the U.S. Environment Protection Agency and it was also used in this study. Analyses were carried out in duplicate and two USGS reference materials were used for quality control: SGR-1b and SCO-1. Zn and Ni concentrations were over than local background values and increasing concentrations of the deepest sendiments to the most recent layers as a result of urbanization activities. Geoaccumulation index was able to characterize decreasing of metal concentrations in depth.
One Year Primary Patency of Infrapopliteal Angioplasty Using Drug- Eluting Balloons: Single Center Experience at King Hussein Medical Center
Authors: Haddad Sizeph Edward , Shishani Jan Mohammad , Qtaish Izzeddin , Rawashdeh Mohammad Abdelmajeed , Qtaishat Belal Saleh 
Published: August 2017

Objective:
Conventional percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for long lesions in the below-the-knee (BTK) arteries in patients presenting with critical limb ischemia (CLI) has high restenosis rates at 1 year. Our goal is to evaluate whether paclitaxel drug-eluting balloons (DEB) have higher 1 year primary patency rates compared to conventional PTA.

Methods:
This is a single-center, prospective, randomized trial that was conducted from June 2013 to December 2015. The aim of the study was to compare 1 year primary patency rates of DEB and PTA in BTK arteries in CLI patients. Inclusion criteria were patients presenting with CLI (Rutherford class 4 or greater), stenosis or occlusion ≥30 mm of at least one tibial artery, and agreement to 12-month evaluation. Exclusion criteria were life expectancy <1 year, allergy to paclitaxel, and contraindication to combined antiplatelet treatment. Follow-up was performed by clinical assessment, ankle brachial pressure index, Doppler ultrasound imaging, and conventional angiogram if indicated. Primary end point was 1 year primary patency, and secondary end points were target lesion revascularization (TLR) and major amputation. Statistical analysis was performed using Fischer's exact test.

Results:
Ninety-three patients with 106 lesions in the BTK arteries were enrolled in this study. One year primary patency was achieved in 26 (65%) and seven (17%) in the DEB and PTA groups (P = 0.006), respectively. TLR was performed in nine lesions (23%) and 29 lesions (71%) in DEB and PTA groups (P = 0.009), respectively. Major amputations occurred in one limb (2%) and two limbs (4%) in DEB and PTA groups (P = 0.6), respectively.

Conclusion:
Paclitaxel DEB has significantly higher 1 year primary patency rate associated with significantly less TLR than conventional PTA, following endovascular recanalization of BTK arteries in patients presenting with CLI.
Comparison of EHR-based diagnosis documentation locations to a gold standard for risk stratification in patients with multiple chronic conditions
Authors: Martin Shelby , Wagner Jesse , Lupulescu-Mann Nicoleta , Ramsey Katrina , Cohen Aaron A. , Graven Peter , Weiskopf Nicole G. , Dorr David A. 
Published: August 2017

Summary
Objective: To measure variation among four different Electronic Health Record (EHR) system documentation locations versus ‘gold standard’ manual chart review for risk stratification in patients with multiple chronic illnesses.
Methods: Adults seen in primary care with EHR evidence of at least one of 13 conditions were included. EHRs were manually reviewed to determine presence of active diagnoses, and risk scores were calculated using three different methodologies and five EHR documentation locations. Claims data were used to assess cost and utilization for the following year. Descriptive and diagnostic statistics were calculated for each EHR location. Criterion validity testing compared the gold standard verified diagnoses versus other EHR locations and risk scores in predicting future cost and utilization.
Results: Nine hundred patients had 2,179 probable diagnoses. About 70% of the diagnoses from the EHR were verified by gold standard. For a subset of patients having baseline and prediction year data (n=750), modeling showed that the gold standard was the best predictor of outcomes on average for a subset of patients that had these data. However, combining all data sources together had nearly equivalent performance for prediction as the gold standard.
Conclusions: EHR data locations were inaccurate 30% of the time, leading to improvement in overall modeling from a gold standard from chart review for individual diagnoses. However, the impact on identification of the highest risk patients was minor, and combining data from different EHR locations was equivalent to gold standard performance.Martin S, Wagner J, Lupulescu-Mann N et al. Comparison of EHR-based diagnosis documentation locations to a gold standard for risk stratification in patients with multiple chronic conditions . Appl Clin Inform 2017; 8: 794–809 https://doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2016-12-RA-0210
Systemic Cytokine Response predicts the Outcome of Patients from Mechanical Ventilation
Authors: Prashant Akila , Vishwanath Prashant , Kotekar Nalini , Nataraj Suma M , Kuruvilla Caroline , Nagalakshmi CS , Doddamani Parveen 
Published: August 2017

ABSTRACT

Purpose
Despite the lifesaving potential, mechanical ventilation (MV) imposes a considerable amount of mechanical stress on the lung. Pulmonary and systemic cytokine release due to inflammatory process triggered by MV may give valuable information on patient outcome.

Materials and methods
Thirty patients aged >18 years with acute respiratory distress who required MV were enrolled for the study. Three milliliters of the venous blood was collected immediately after the initiation of MV and at 24 hours. Serum levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8 and, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were estimated using quantitative immunometric sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique. Based on their outcome from MV, they were divided into two groups: Survivors (group I) and nonsurvivors (group II).

Results
Serum levels of IL-6 and IL-8 significantly increased in group II (n=13) when compared with group I (n = 17) (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.001 respectively) at 24 hours of MV. However, TNF-α did not show any significant difference between the two groups. The IL-6 >111.9 pg/mL at 24 hours of MV increases the probability of mortality by factor 2.40. An increase of IL-6 by 1 pg/mL significantly increases the relative probability of mortality by a factor of 1.004 (95% CI, 1.0003–1.0078, p = 0.0001).

Conclusion
Estimating the levels of IL-6 and IL-8 at 24 hours of connecting the patient to MV will help in predicting the outcome of the patient.

How to cite this article
Prashant A, Vishwanath P, Kotekar N, Nataraj SM, Kuruvilla C, Nagalakshmi CS, Doddamani P. Systemic Cytokine Response predicts the Outcome of Patients from Mechanical Ventilation. Indian J Med Biochem 2017;21(1):5-10.
Thyroid Function Status in Indian Adult Nonpregnant Females in Ranchi, India
Authors: Hazra Nandita , Singh Sarvinder , Mitra Binay , Shahbabu Bhaskar 
Published: August 2017

ABSTRACTAimThyroid disorders are one of the most common endocrine diseases in India. Thyroid disorders are more common in women than in men and contribute to significant morbidity. In this postiodization era, there is paucity of pan-Indian data of thyroid disorder status among adult nonpregnant women. This study was done to analyze the thyroid hormone levels in women of Jharkhand region, which is traditionally known to be an iodine-deficient area.Materials and methodsThree hundred and forty nonpregnant adult females in Ranchi area who were consuming iodized salt formed part of the study group. Clinical evaluation was done by a gynecologist pertaining to thyroid illness. Thyroid function tests encompassing triiodothyronine, thyroxine, and thyroid-stimulating hormone were carried out by quantitative enzyme immunoassay method. Thyroid status of the population was defined as per kit reference range.ResultsSubjects with age range 20 to 67 years were divided into three groups as per clinical status of thyroid disorder, viz. total, disease free, and control. A total of 19.6% had biochemical evidence of thyroid disorder and 82.4% were euthyroid as per reference ranges in kit literature. Out of hypothyroid subjects, 3.2% had clinical and 14.4% had subclinical hypothyroidism. In the study group, no subjects were detected to have overt or subclinical hyperthyroidism. Multiple comparison analysis was done with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20.0, a statistical software package.DiscussionThis is the first study in Jharkhand area on nonpregnant adult female population that are getting iodine sufficient foods in an iodine-deficient region. The study showed high prevalence of thyroid disorders in the study group. Hypothyroidism, predominantly subclinical hypothyroidism, is prevalent among women in this region.How to cite this articleChakrabarty BK, Mitra B, Shahbabu B, Hazra N, Singh S. Thyroid Function Status in Indian Adult Nonpregnant Females in Ranchi, India. Indian J Med Biochem 2017;21(1):25-29.
Projeto Todos Contra o Bullying: práticas de leitura e escrita hipertextual por alunos do ensino fundamental
Authors: Lima Simone Da Costa , Souza Raquel Cristina De Souza e 
Published: August 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-9288.2015v11n1p21A ampla expansão das redes de comunicação eletrônica – a Internet – vem causando impactos profundos na sociedade, principalmente na forma com que as pessoas processam a informação e constroem o conhecimento. Como a linguagem disponibilizada no ambiente on-line é centrada na forma escrita, o conceito de texto tem sido amplamente modificado – hipertexto, hipermídia, multimídia. Em função do exposto, cabe à escola desenvolver práticas pedagógicas que atendam às demandas da sociedade atual, propiciando aos alunos a aquisição de diferentes tipos e camadas de letramento. Este trabalho relata uma experiência realizada com seis turmas de 6º ano do Ensino Fundamental de uma instituição pública federal no Rio de Janeiro. Inspirado pela leitura do livro Todos contra Dante, em que o autor Luís Dill se baseia em fatos reais para criar literatura, cada aluno selecionou um caso real de bullying noticiado na mídia, criou murais on-line de recortes das notícias sobre o caso e elaborou um texto em primeira pessoa se colocando no lugar da vítima. Esse texto foi publicado em um microblog, que, assim como os murais, foi produzido com a ferramenta Padlet. Todos os trabalhos foram organizados em um ambiente do Google Sites, de forma que circulassem socialmente e cumprissem objetivos comunicativos reais. Os resultados da experiência realizada evidenciam que o uso pedagógico das TICs, além de propiciar o multiletramento dos alunos, permitiu que estes refletissem sobre um conflito real e modificassem suas atitudes no ambiente escolar.
Sonoridades em meio digital
Authors: De Almeida Tereza Virginia , Berezoschi Ellen 
Published: August 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-9288.2015v11n1p355O artigo tem como objetivo apresentar algumas reflexões sobre o fato de que o meio digital permite aos indivíduos produzir, compartilhar e receber arquivos sonoros. O fenômeno representa uma transformação significativa nas experiências sensoriais na vida cotidiana, quando comparado com a cultura de impressão. No meio digital, entre a palavra escrita em textos e hipertextos estão disponíveis arquivos auditivos e audiovisuais . Este artigo aborda os arquivos de áudio porque eles ativam um sentido distinto da visão: a audição. Qual é o impacto real da possibilidade de troca de sons entre os indivíduos que não compartilham as mesmas condições espaço-temporais? Esta é a pergunta que atravessa o artigo. No entanto, nosso objetivo não é respondê-la, mas levantar um conjunto de problematizações que possam auxiliar pesquisas futuras.
History of translation / História da Tradução, de Samuel Johnson
Authors: Johnson Samuel , Althoff Gustavo , Furlan Mauri 
Published: August 2017

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) foi um intelectual multifário cuja fama atravessou os séculos após a publicação de seu monumental e pioneiro Dictionary of the English Language, de 1755, uma das grandes conquistas da cultura de língua inglesa, obra de referência compulsória por mais de um século até a publicação do imenso Oxford English Dictionary a partir de 1888. Nesse ensaio, Johnson reúne fragmentos da história da tradução e os expõe cronologicamente, mesclando a eles os seus juízos sobre o estado da atividade em cada época. Começa pelos Gregos, passa pelos Romanos, trata dos Árabes, informa o estado de confusão propiciado pelos bárbaros, descreve o humor da Idade Média e aponta a luz que a sucedeu, até a tradução chegar a Inglaterra, assunto da segunda metade do ensaio. Rajadas curtas de crônica histórica interpostas por juízos de valor a culminar, ao fim, numa visão da tradução não tão estranha aos artistas que a ela se dedicam ainda hoje.
Traduzir línguas sem padrão: variação e norma no catalão do século XIX
Authors: Calvo del Olmo Francisco 
Published: August 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1980-4237.2014n16p33Este artigo examina especificidades decorrentes em projetos de tradução que propõem trabalhar com textos escritos em línguas sem padrão ou escassamente padronizadas. Para tanto, problematizamos algumas especificidades relevadas em um corpus de poesia em língua catalã do século XIX. Primeiramente, apresentamos de maneira concisa o contexto histórico, linguístico, literário e cultural dos territórios de línguas catalã durante a segunda metade do século XIX, época em que um grupo de intelectuais e escritores reivindica a língua a partir do uso que eles próprios fazem do idioma. Em seguida, mostramos algumas das dificuldades encontradas por esses autores ao usarem uma língua sem padrão como veiculo de expressão literária e fazemos uma classificação dos dialetalismos, vulgarismos, arcaísmos e estrangeirismos identificados. Por fim, propomos estratégias que considerem o espaço polilinguístico captado pelo texto fonte na língua de chegada.ABSTRACTThis paper examines specific issues arising on translation projects that propose to work with texts written in languages no or low standardized. Therefore, we question particular phenomena of a poetry corpus in Catalan language of the nineteenth century. First, we present concisely the historical, literary, linguistic and cultural context of Catalan territories during the second half of the nineteenth century, when a group of intellectuals and writers claim the language from the use they make own language. Right after, we reveal some of the difficulties encountered by these authors to use a nonstandard language as a vehicle of literary expression and make a classification of dialectalisms, vulgarisms, archaisms and loanwords in the texts. Finally, we propose strategies that consider the polilinguistic space captured by the source text in the target language.Keywords: nonstandard language; poetic translation; Catalan language.
Tecendo uma ideia crítica sobre a lusofonia em Timor-Leste: entre a política linguística de fato e a de direito
Authors: Silveira Alexandre Cohn da , Dias Christiane Da Silva 
Published: August 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1984-8420.2015v16n2p139As turbulências históricas e políticas vivenciadas em Timor-Leste motivaram uma decisão política estatal pela co-oficialização da língua portuguesa no pequeno país multilíngue asiático. Esta decisão, no entanto, embora pretenda caracterizar o país como lusófono “de direito”, configura a criação de uma “comunidade imaginada” lusófona (ANDERSON, 2008) uma vez que as políticas linguísticas “de fato” revelam que a língua portuguesa está longe de constituir uma unanimidade nas práticas cotidianas, ocupando um lugar exógeno e distante para muitos indivíduos timorenses. As relações de poder em suas instâncias macro e micro (FOUCAULT, 1997) produzem a emergência de uma língua que atenda interesses diversos, cumprindo inclusive papel segregante e uma hierarquização linguística. A reflexão proposta por este trabalho consiste na problematização acerca da presença do idioma lusitano em Timor-Leste e as tensões produzidas pelas relações de poder e pelos discursos conflitantes em defesa (ou não) do idioma. O corpus de análise consiste, além da base documental oficial de Timor-Leste, de depoimentos (oficiais e não oficiais) de cidadãos timorenses, pertencentes a diversos grupos sociais, coletados em trabalho dos pesquisadores no país. O que se percebe é que Timor-Leste vive um dilema causado pelas questões institucionais sobre o projeto de uma lusofonia forçada o que faz com que os timorenses, em maior ou menor escala, vivenciem um apagamento de línguas, culturas e vozes nas políticas de língua adotadas.
Een blik vanuit de marge
Authors: Nout Senne , Smiet Katrine 
Published: August 2017

Abstract

A View from the Margins. A Situated Intersectional Perspective in Philosophy

In this article, we introduce a situated intersectional perspective as an approach to look critically at the ways in which philosophical knowledge is constructed, and to question what disappears from sight in the process. ‘Intersectionality’ and ‘situated knowledges’ are two concepts that have been developed within feminist scholarship. While they have been taken up widely in gender studies and other social science disciplines, their reception within the field of philosophy has been limited. However we contend this approach has a lot to offer philosophy, and can serve as a fruitful strategic tool for making difference visible within philosophical discussions. After introducing and contextualizing these central concepts, the article puts a situated intersectional perspective in practice through an analysis of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of the body. Looking at Merleau-Ponty’s theory through this lens shows both how his thought on the body is shaped through his own historical and geo-political situatedness, as well as the intersectional blind spots that this situatedness brings with it. We argue that this case study demonstrates the importance of diverse voices and perspectives within the field, not in order to dismiss Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology, but rather in order to use it as a starting point for a multiplicity of embodied experiences. By opening up a space for critical reflection on one’s own situation and recognizing the partiality of our perspectives, a situated intersectional perspective challenges exclusionary tendencies in philosophy.
Filosoferen over littekens
Authors: Slatman Jenny 
Published: August 2017

Abstract

Philosophizing on Scars: Plea for a Material Turn in Phenomonology

In this paper, I provide a philosophical reflection on the meaning of scars while drawing on phenomenological studies of the body. According to Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, the body as Leib or corps vécu (lived body) functions as a transcendental condition for world disclosure. Because of this transcendental reasoning, phenomenological studies concerning embodiment often prioritize a form of embodied subjectivity that is virtually immaterial. Endowing meaning to one’s world by becoming engaged in actions and projects is most successful when one’s body is ‘absent,’ ‘transparent,’ or, at least, if it is not in the center of one’s attention. This taken-for-granted nature can be disturbed by discomfort, disability, and disfigurement. Habituation to these kinds of disturbances aims at maintaining or restoring the body’s taken-for-grantedness. Successful restoration of this taken-for-grantedness is mostly understood in terms of incorporation. My analysis of the case of a woman who successfully habituated to her mastectomy scar demonstrates, however, that habituation to a perceptible scar can be understood only partly in terms of incorporation. Next to a decrease of explicit attention for the scar and the discomfort it produces (i.e. incorporation), the scar should also stop being a sign that refers to something else than itself. This is only possible, I argue, by taking the body’s materiality seriously, rather than it being wiped out as a result of transcendental reasoning.
Celebrating Bimal Krishna Matilal: A Give and Take
Authors: Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty 
Published: August 2017

ABSTRACT
This article engages in a “culturally different” philosophical/narrative discourse by reading the epics of ancient India, Mahābhārata and Rāmāyana, as a narrative instantiation of philosophy. This is the result of my cross-disciplinary working relationship and friendship with Bimal Krishna Matilal (1935–1991), who was the Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford University. Combining Matilal's expertise in Indic rational critique and my own as a feminist reader animated by deconstruction, I present some of the results of this engagement before building on this to present the case of Madhusudana Saraswati, a sixteenth-century philosopher who introduced various radical elements into existing Hindu monasticism.
Born This Way? Time and the Coloniality of Gender
Authors: Draz Marie 
Published: August 2017

ABSTRACT
The “born this way” narrative remains a popular way to defend nonnormative genders and sexualities in the United States. While feminist and queer theorists have critiqued the narrative's implicit ahistorical and essentialist understanding of sexuality, the narrative's incorporation by the state as a way to police gender identity has gone largely underdeveloped. I argue that transgender accounts of this narrative reorient it amid questions of temporality, race, colonialism, and the nation-state, thereby allowing for a critique that does justice to the enmeshment of categories of difference.
Life and Sexual Difference in Hegel and Beauvoir
Authors: Mussett Shannon M. 
Published: August 2017

ABSTRACT
I argue that Simone de Beauvoir's chapter “Biological Data,” from The Second Sex, is grounded in her reading of Hegel's Philosophy of Nature. This reading reveals original formulations of her understanding of the concept of life, the relation of the individual organism to the species, and the supposed necessity of heterosexual reproduction. Beauvoir's strategic engagement with Hegel on the themes of organic life and the rational division of the sexes deepens our understanding of the complexity of Beauvoir's approach in The Second Sex and opens up radically different possibilities regarding the configuration and metaphysical necessity of human sexuality and reproduction.