bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Maternal exposure to UV filters: associations with maternal thyroid hormones, IGF-I/IGFBP3 and birth outcomes
Authors: Krause M , Frederiksen H , Sundberg K , Jørgensen F S , Jensen L N , Nørgaard P , Jørgensen C , Ertberg P , Petersen J H , Feldt-Rasmussen U , Juul A , Drzewiecki K T , Skakkebaek N E , Andersson A M 
Published: January 2018

Background
Several chemical UV filters/absorbers ('UV filters' hereafter) have endocrine-disrupting properties in vitro and in vivo. Exposure to these chemicals, especially during prenatal development, is of concern.

Objectives
To examine maternal exposure to UV filters, associations with maternal thyroid hormone, with growth factor concentrations as well as to birth outcomes.

Methods
Prospective study of 183 pregnant women with 2nd trimester serum and urine samples available. Maternal concentrations of the chemical UV filters benzophenone-1 (BP-1) and benzophenone-3 (BP-3) in urine and 4-hydroxy-benzophenone (4-HBP) in serum were measured by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). The relationships between 2nd trimester maternal concentrations of the three chemical UV filters and maternal serum concentrations of thyroid hormones and growth factors, as well as birth outcomes (weight, height, and head and abdominal circumferences) were examined.

Results
Positive associations between maternal serum concentrations of 4-HBP and triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and its binding protein IGFBP3 were observed in mothers carrying male fetuses. Male infants of mothers in the middle 4-HBP exposure group had statistically significantly lower weight and shorter head and abdominal circumferences at birth compared to the low exposure group.

Conclusions
Widespread exposure of pregnant women to chemical UV filters and the possible impact on maternal thyroid hormones and growth factors, and on fetal growth, calls for further studies on possible long-term consequences of the exposure to UV filters on fetal development and children’s health.
ASPEK BIOLOGI, DINAMIKA POPULASI DAN TINGKAT PEMANFAATAN RAJUNGAN (Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758) DI PERAIRAN KOTABARU, KALIMANTAN SELATAN
Authors: Tirtadanu Tirtadanu , Suman Ali 
Published: January 2018

Penangkapan rajungan yang intensif di perairan Kotabaru memerlukan kajian biologi dan dinamika populasi sebagai dasar dalam menentukan pengelolaan yang tepat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji aspek biologi, dinamika populasi dan tingkat pemanfaatan sumberdaya rajungan di perairan Kotabaru. Penelitian dilakukan pada Januari – November 2016 di daerah pendaratan rajungan di Kotabaru. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan tiap bulan berbasis enumerator dengan metode random sampling. Analisis dinamika populasi dilakukan dengan model analitik berdasarkan pergeseran modus struktur ukuran lebar karapas. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan modus ukuran rajungan tertangkap adalah 110 mmCW pada jantan dan 120 mmCW pada betina. Pertumbuhan bobot rajungan jantan lebih tinggi dibandingkan betina. Nisbah kelamin rajungan tidak seimbang dengan perbandingan jantan dan betina adalah 1,7 : 1. Ukuran rata-rata pertama kali matang gonad (Lm) rajungan betina adalah 110,25 mmCW. Lebar karapas asimptotik (CW) rajungan adalah 179,2 mmCW pada jantan dan 183,6 mmCW pada betina. Laju pertumbuhan rajungan (K) adalah 1,36 per tahun pada jantan dan 1,11 per tahun pada betina. Laju eksploitasi (E) rajungan sebesar 0,68 pada jantan dan 0,77 pada betina menunjukkan tingkat pemanfaatan lebih tangkap (overfishing). Pengelolaan yang disarankan adalah mengurangi upaya penangkapan sekitar 54% dari 4.190 unit armada jaring rajungan, penentuan ukuran minimum rajungan yang boleh tertangkap sebesar 110 mmCW sebagai masukan bila ada revisi terhadap peraturan tentang penangkapan rajungan dan dilakukan penutupan penangkapan pada beberapa daerah asuhan. Intensive fishing on blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758) in Kotabaru waters requires biological study and population dynamic as bases to determine proper management. The current research aims to study biological aspects, population dynamic and exploitation rate of crab in Kotabaru waters. The research was conducted on January-November 2016 at landing site of crab in Kotabaru. Samples were collected every month by enumerator with random sampling method. Population dynamic was analysed by analytical model. Results show that the mode of carapace width was 110 mmCW in males and 120 mmCW in females. The growth in weight of male was greater than female. Sex ratio of male and female crabs was (1.7:1). Length at first (Lm) of female crab was 110.25 mmCW. The asymptotic carapace width (CW) of crab was 179.2 mmCW for male and 183.6 mmCW for female. The growth rate of crab (K) was 1.36 year-1 for male and 1.11 year-1 for female. The explotation rate (E) of crab was 0.68 for males and 0.77 for female so that the exploitation was overfished. From the results obtained, it suggests that the fishing effort should be reduced to 54% of 4.190 gillnet fleet and the minimum legal size would be at 110 mmCW as input for regulation if is needed and it should be determined the closure of fishing activities in some nursery grounds.
Revisión sistemática sobre hábitos de actividad física en estudiantes universitarios
Authors: Moreno-Arrebola Rubén , Fernández-Revelles Andrés Bernardo , Linares-Manrique Marta , Espejo-Garcés Tamara 
Published: January 2018

El presente trabajo realiza una revisión sistemática de la literatura, de artículos sobre hábitos de actividad física de estudiantes universitarios de diferentes países. Concretamente con este trabajo damos respuesta a interrogantes como: ¿Es un tema novedoso y por el cual se muestra interés?, ¿Qué instrumentos se utilizan con más frecuencia para medir los hábitos de actividad física? ¿En qué países se ha estudiado este tema?, ¿Coinciden los resultados y conclusiones de las investigaciones estudiadas? ¿Qué factores se estudian trasversalmente junto a los hábitos de actividad física en esta población?, ¿Existen diferencias entre sexos? Se ha seguido un procedimiento de revisión sistemática, en la Web of Science (WOS), extrayéndose estudios en base a unos criterios de selección determinados. Tras aplicar los criterios de selección, resultan un total de 10 investigaciones objeto de revisión en profundidad. Es un tema novedoso y con una tendencia ascendente en los últimos años. El instrumento más utilizado en los estudios revisados es el IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionaire). Con respecto a los hábitos de actividad física de los estudiantes universitarios son débiles, y se han de potenciar. Por último, con respecto al sexo, la mayoría de las investigaciones obtienen diferencias significativas entre hombres y mujeres, siendo los hombres los que tienen mayor apego a la actividad física.
Aliskiren and losartan study in non-diabetic CKD: a comparison of patients in the clinical trial versus the usual care group
Authors: Woo Keng Thye , Chan Choong Meng , Fook Chong Stephanie , Lim Cynthia , Choo Jason , Choong Lina , Mohamad Suhail , Tan Han Khim , Wong Kok Seng , Foo Marjorie 
Published: January 2018

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> This is a comparative study of a 6 year retrospective analysis of the therapeutic efficacy and safety of Combined Aliskiren (150 mg a day) and Losartan (100 mg a day) in a Clinical Trial setting versus a Usual Care group of patients on Losartan (100 mg a day), Telmisartan (80 mg a day) and Combined Enalapril (10 mg a day) plus Losartan (100mg a day) in non-Diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients. The objective of this study was to ascertain if there were any differences in the renal outcome of patients treated within a Clinical Trial setting versus a Usual Care setting. The study seeks to establish the relevance of having a Usual Care group as a comparator and whether its inclusion in the study would help to validate the findings in the Clinical Trial group</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This is a 2<sup>nd</sup> Phase follow up study three years after the initial 1<sup>st </sup>Phase study in the Clinical Trial Group. Patients in the 2<sup>nd</sup> Phase study were those who continued to have proteinuria and were treated with Losartan 100mg a day. The 2<sup>nd</sup> Phase study seeks to document the incidence of remission of proteinuria following their initial 1st Phase therapy for proteinuria compared to those in the Usual Care group where treatment remained unchanged from year 1 to end of year 6. The rates of remission of proteinuria and improvement of renal function as well as associated comorbidities between the 2 groups are compared.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Among the 154 patients in the Clinical Trial Group, 70/154 (45%) continued to have proteinuria, while 84/154 (55%) had no proteinuria (remission) compared to 41 (28%) in remission and 104 (72%) with continued proteinuria in the Usual Care group (p&lt;0.001). There were more patients with hypertension and hyperkalaemia in the Clinical Trial group compared to the Usual Care group. Seven patients were in ESRF in the Usual Care group compared to only 3 in the Clinical Trial group but this difference was not significant. More patients in the Clinical Trial group compared to the Usual Care group had improvement in eGFR at the end of the 6 years (p&lt;0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study shows that patients in a Clinical Trial setting do better than those in the Usual Care setting as they are more likely to have improvement in renal function with remission of proteinuria. </p>
Clinical study of community acquired pneumonia at MNR medical college and hospital, Sangareddy
Authors: Jain Sonal 
Published: January 2018

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> This study is done<strong> </strong>to study the clinical profile of community acquired pneumonia in patients admitted in medical wards at MNR Hospital, Sangareddy and<strong> </strong>to find out the associated risk factors of community acquired pneumonia.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> 75 Patients admitted in the department of medicine of MNR Medical college and Hospital, Sangareddy with clinical manifestations of Community acquired pneumonia from august 2012 to January 2015 (Two years and 6 months) were taken into the study. All adult patients of both genders aged above 14 yrs, who presented with acute onset of fever associated with chills and rigors, having cough with expectoration and/ or chest pain and breathlessness were included in the study. All the patients were subjected for detailed clinical examination to make a provisional diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Patients with hospital acquired pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia and PCP pneumonia in patients with HIV were excluded.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Among 75 cases studied, the mean patient age was 52.1 years with Male: Female patient ratio 3.17:1. The associated diseases in this study are COPD (30.67%) and DM (12.0%).The most common presenting symptoms were fever (100%), cough (100%), and expectoration (100%); other symptoms included chest pain (60%), dyspnoea (61.33%). The respiratory signs included bronchial breath sounds, increased VF and VR, and presence of whispering pectorolique in all subjects. </p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Identification and determining the clinical patterns of community acquired pneumonia helps in adoption of regionally optimized diagnostic approach.
A Study of the Prevalence of Depression in Geriatric Outpatients and Associated Predisposing Factors
Authors: BS Dr. Bineetha , Vijayakumar Dr. Priya , Senan Dr. Sunil K. , Paul Dr. George 
Published: January 2018

Geriatric depression is a major health hazard which may affect upto 15-20% of the geriatric population in the world. This study is being undertaken to estimate the prevalence of depression in the elderly population and to identify the predisposing factors associated with depression. A cross sectional study on patients above 65 years of age attending an outpatient clinic was done. They were screened using the Geriatric Depression Scale (30-point questionnaire). The association between depression and possible predisposing factors was tested using chi-square test. Out of 250 outpatients at the Geriatrics Outpatient Department, 133 patients were diagnosed to have depression, giving a prevalence of 53.2%. Out of these patients, 102 patients (76.69%) were diagnosed to have mild depression and 31 patients (23.31%) were diagnosed to have severe depression. The commonest symptoms associated with depression were anxiety (57.9% patients), sleep disturbances (55.6% patients), irritability (42.9% patients) and somatic symptoms (37.6% patients). The predisposing factors that were significantly associated with depression were female gender, poor level of education, unemployed or retired life, multiple comorbid illnesses, polypharmacy, adverse life events, fincancial crisis in the family and functional impairment.The prevalence of depression was 53.2% in Geriatric patients, and majority of cases were mild depression. Gender, socioeconomic variables, lifestyle and comorbid medical conditions are important predisposing factors to the development of depression in the geriatric population.
The Effect Range of Motion (Rom) Exercise on Lower Extremities Joint Pain Level for Elderly at Gampong Tanjung Selamat Kec. Darussalam Kab. Aceh Besar
Authors: Rahmiati Cut , Afrianti Novi 
Published: January 2018

BACKGROUND : Joint pain is a condition that often experienced for elderly and caused by a degenerative disease that causes reduced joint synovial fluid and give a pain and joint stiffness. ROM excercise is an exercise to increasing flexibility of muscles and joints.
PURPOSE : The purpose of this research was to find out the effect of ROM excercise on lower extremities joint pain level for elderly.
METHODS : The method of this research was a quasi experimental research design consisted of pre and postest without control. The data collected by 6 time for 2 weeks, with amount of sample counted 33 respondents. The level of the lower extremities joint pain was measured by VAS pain scale. The data were analyzed with SPSS 17 program with non parametric statistic test, to see the scale of lower extremities joint pain in elderly when there was no movement was measured by McNemar test, while moving (walk) and to see the general lower extremities pain scale before and after ROM exercise was measured by Marginal Homogenity test.
RESULTS : The research result showed the differences of joint pain scale before and after ROM exercise when the elderly has no movement (p value = 0,05), and there is a differences for pain scale before and after ROM exercise when the elderly has movement (p value = 0,005). Generally, there is a difference joint pain level between before and after ROM exercise (p value = 0,014).
CONCLUSIONS : After doing ROM exercise for 6 times, the reduction of joint pain in elderly was occured. When there was no any movement, the level of low joint pain in elderly before ROM exercise was about 30,3% to being 3% after ROM exercise. When moving (walk) the level of low joint pain which is being suffering by elderly from 54% before ROM exercise being 36,4% after ROM exercise. While generally before ROM exercise, the level of medium joint pain in elderly was about 15,2% before ROM exercise being null (0%), means that no body suffers joint pain after ROM exercise. Statistically, based on non-parametric test by McNemar and Marginal Homogeneity test, there was the significant difference in scale of average scores in joint pain before and after ROM exercise when there was no any movement with P-value 0,004 and when the was a movement (walk) P-value 0,005. Generally, there was the difference in avarage scores in joint pain in elderly before and after ROM exercise with P-Value 0,014. So, ROM exercise can be used as a way to decrease the scale of joint pain in erderly.
O ‘trabalho dobrado do livro: sobre o jornal Dobrabil, de Glauco Mattoso
Authors: Scudeller Gustavo 
Published: January 2018

Entre 1977 e 1981, Glauco Mattoso (codinome literário de Pedro José Ferreira da Silva) levou a cabo uma das mais inusitadas experiências com a poesia e a prosa visuais já realizadas na literatura brasileira, ao escrever e distribuir, via correio, o seu Jornal Dobrabil. Inicialmente concebidos para serem lidos numa só folha de papel A4, batida à máquina em frente e verso, xerocopiada e dobrada ao meio, com tiragem e ordem irregulares, os fascículos do jornal foram reunidos pela primeira vez em livro ainda em 1981, e reeditados, em 2001, pela Editora Iluminuras. Essa passagem do jornal ao livro conjunta e inversamente à passagem do artesanato poético para a edição impressa na obra de Glauco Mattoso é a questão que mais imediatamente nos interessa aqui. Partindo da hipótese de que, sendo uma espécie de work in progress, o jornal já presumiria em sua concepção geral uma ideia de livro, procuraremos demonstrar como essa ideia remonta a uma tradição moderna de reflexão poética sobre as relações entre o livro e a imprensa e como essa tradição funda a própria ideia de jornal no panfleto poético-literário de Glauco. Neste caso, privilegiaremos a linhagem franco-brasileira dessa tradição, da qual Mallarmé, na França, e Haroldo de Campos, um dos maiores divulgadores de sua obra no Brasil, são dois nomes cruciais.
Poéticas do infinito em Os lados do círculo, de Amilcar Bettega
Authors: Prado Amanda Priscila Santos 
Published: January 2018

Este ensaio discute a composição do livro Os lados do círculo (2004), de Amilcar Bettega, em diálogo com a ideia de infinito e suas possibilidades poéticas. Levando em consideração o conceito do "ainda-não" como potencial utópico na cultura, conforme elaborado por Bloch (1959), e a ideia do "livro por vir", de Blanchot (1959), analiso o modo como, em sua configuração circular e, portanto, infinita, o livro de Bettega possui uma dimensão metaficcional.
Pengaruh Suhu Penyimpanan dan Jumlah Perforasi Kemasan Terhadap Karakteristik Fisik dan Kimia Brokoli (Brassica oleracea var. Royal G) Fresh-Cut
Authors: Asgar Ali 
Published: January 2018

<p><em>Fresh-cut </em>adalah perlakuan dengan membuang bagian yang tidak dikonsumsi pada sayuran dan buah-buahan dengan dikupas, atau dipotong sehingga 100% produk dapat digunakan untuk kemudian dikemas dan didistribusikan kepada konsumen dalam kondisi nutrisi, flavor dan kesegaran yang masih terpelihara. <em>Fresh-cut</em> atau pengolahan minimal dalam bentuk potongan segar merupakan alternatif untuk mempercepat dan mempermudah proses pengolahan, meningkatkan keamanan dan kualitas, memperluas distribusi, dan mengurangi limbah sampah yang dapat mencemari lingkungan. Dalam mempertahankan mutu brokoli fresh-cut selama penyimpanan disarankan untuk menggunakan kemasan dan penyimpanan pada suhu dingin. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan suhu penyimpanan dan jumlah perforasi yang memberikan efek paling baik pada kualitas segar brokoli potongan. Penelitian ini dilakukan dari bulan April sampai Juli 2014 di Laboratorium Fisiologi Hasil, Balai Penelitian Tanaman Sayuran (BALITSA) di Lembang. Penelitian menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) pola faktorial<em>. </em>Faktor pertama adalah suhu penyimpanan, yaitu : 5ºC dan 10°C. Faktor kedua adalah jumlah perforasi, yaitu : 0,5% dan 1% dan tiap perlakuan diulang sebanyak 6 kali. Hasil penelitian terpilih adalah perlakuan brokoli yang disimpan pada suhu 5<sup>o</sup>C dengan jumlah perforasi 0,5%. Jumlah lubang perforasi yang berlebihan mengakibatkan kebusukan pada brokoli.</p>
The Knox Court: Exposition Unnecessary
Authors: Fricke Graham 
Published: January 2018

Knox has generally been regarded as a disappointing Chief Justice; his high distinction at the Bar was not matched by his achievements as a judge. His undoubted skills as a lawyer were overbalanced by the distractions of interests outside the law.Australia’s second chief justice has generally received a bad press. Perhaps this is due in part to the circumstances of his departure, which did nothing to enhance the prestige of the office. But it may be worthwhile to revisit the decade of his stewardship, for it marks the commencement of a centralist approach to the interpretation of our Constitution. It may also be fruitful to examine the extent to which the justices under his leadership collaborated in preparing their judgments, for that question has a contemporary relevance.
Resurrecting Mrs Salomon
Authors: Spender Peta 
Published: January 2018

It was never intended that the company to be constituted should consist of one substantial person and six mere dummies.The robust affirmation of separate corporate personality by the House of Lords in Salomon is in sharp contrast to the fragile legal personality possessed by Mrs Salomon in 1897. In corporate law discourse Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd is portrayed as the first case about the “one person company”. The case has given rise to considerable debate about the recognition of corporate personality where the corporation is the alter ego of a human person. In fact the portrayal of A. Salomon & Co Ltd as the alter ego of Aron Salomon is misleading because the company was a family company. The subscribers to the memorandum, described by Lopes LJ in the above quote as “six mere dummies” were Aron Salomon's wife and five children who were active participants in the company.
Living on the Edge: Utopia University Ltd
Authors: Corcoran Suzanne 
Published: January 2018

[R]aces condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth.This article considers the impact of the doctrine of legal personality as enunciated in the classic corporate law case, Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd, on our theories concerning the role of the membership within a corporation, in particular the role of the membership within a university corporation.Universities live on the edge of corporate law. Although it has been one hundred years since the judgment in Salomon's case, the ground rules of university governance were established well before that judgment. Furthermore, Salomon's case involved a one-man company organised under the Companies Act 1862 (UK) and universities are not typically organised under business incorporation statutes. Nevertheless, Salomon's case has had a dramatic effect on the way we view the constitutional structure of all corporations, including university corporations.
Parliamentary Privilege and Admissibility of Evidence
Authors: Campbell Enid 
Published: January 2018

Courts have recognised that the circumstances in which they may receive and make use of evidence of parliamentary proceedings are restricted. The restrictions have been held to be required by Article 9 of the English Bill of Rights 1689. This Article is part of the law of all the Australian polities and it gives expression to one of the most important privileges of parliaments. Article 9 providesThat the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.In Prebble v New Zealand Television Ltd the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, on appeal from New Zealand, held that Article 9 does more than accord to participants in parliamentary proceedings an immunity from liability for statements made by them in the course of those proceedings. It means also “that parties to litigation, by whomsoever commenced, cannot bring into question anything said or done in the House by suggesting (whether by direct evidence, cross examination, inference or submission) that the action or words were inspired by improper motives or were untrue or misleading”.