bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Histopathological Study of Ischemic and Compressive Paraplegia in Dogs
Authors: Šulla I. , Balik V. , Maženský D. , Danielisová V. 
Published: July 2017

AbstractIt is well known that neuronal death, clinically manifested as paresis or plegia, is the end result of many pathological events affecting the central nervous system. However, several aspects of pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the development of tetra- or paraplegia caused by spinal cord traumatic or ischemic damage are only insufficiently understood and their histopathological manifestations remain poorly documented. That is why the authors decided to report on light-microscopic changes observed in 30 μm thick spinal cord sections cut from L3-S1 segments processed by the Nauta staining method in a group of 6 dogs with ischemic paraplegia induced by 30 min of a high thoracic aorta occlusion, and in a different group of 6 dogs with traumatic paraplegia induced by 5 min spinal cord compression with 200 g metallic rod. Both experimental groups (ischemic and compression) of spinal cord injuries (SCI) comprised the same number of mongrel dogs of both sexes, weighing 18-25 kg. In addition, each of the experimental groups had 3 normal dogs that served as controls. All experimental procedures were accomplished under general anaesthesia induced by pentobarbital and maintained by a mixture of halothane and oxygen. Following the 72 hour survival period, all 18 animals were euthanized by transcardial perfusion with 3,000 ml of saline and fixed by 3,000 ml of 10 % neutral formaldehyde during deep pentobarbital anaesthesia. The histopathological manifestation of neural tissue damage caused by ischemia or compression was similar. The light-microscopic images in both groups were characterised by argyrophilia and the swelling of grey matter neurons. However, in the dogs with traumatic SCIs, the changes only reached about 750 μm cranially and caudally from the necrotic epicentre. These findings indicated that the events taking part in secondary spinal cord injury mechanisms are similar in both, ischemic as well as in traumatic SCI.
The Influence of Short Duration Exercise on the Concentration of C-Reactive Protein and Selected Haematological and Biochemical Parameters in the Blood of German Shepherd Dogs
Authors: Goldírová K. , Fialkovičová M. , Benková M. , Tóthová C. , Harčárová M. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Short-term intensive exercise may be associated with many short-lasting metabolic changes. These changes depend on the duration and intensity of the exercise. The aim of our study was to determine potential changes in C-reactive protein (CRP) and selected haematological and biochemical parameters in clinically healthy German shepherd dogs before short duration high-intensity exercise and 6 hours after the exercise. During the study, the dogs were subjected to the following defensive training: detaining a figurant running away from a dog (2×) and detaining with a counterattack (2×). The running distance was 200 m at a mean speed of 28 km.h-1. The investigation of haematological parameters revealed a significant decrease in the mean values of platelet haematocrit (PCT) 6 hours after the training. Significant differences in the levels determined before and after exercise were observed also for phosphorus (P) and for iron (Fe). At the same time, we observed a significant increase in the mean calcium (Ca) level and a significant decrease in sodium (Na) and chlorides (Cl). The activity of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) significantly increased after exercise. Concentrations of acute phase C-reactive proteins were increased 6 hours after exercise in comparison to those before exercise but the difference was insignificant. Although the concentration of CRP was increased insignificantly after the exercise, when interpreting concentrations of this nonspecific indicator of inflammation, one should keep in mind that intensive exercise may also affect its concentrations.
Haematopathological Changes in Dogs Affected with Ehrlichia Canis in Lesvos
Authors: Geromichalou A. , Faixová Z. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Canine Ehrlichiosis is an important immunosuppressive tick borne disease in dogs. The geographical distribution and transmission is mostly related with Rhipicephalus sanguineus which acts as a vector. There is no predilection of age or sex; all breeds may be infected with Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (CME). The primary targets are monocytic cells. Platelet disorders and serum protein alterations are the principal hematological and biochemical consequences of infections. Clinical signs are almost non-specific. A definitive diagnosis requires: visualization of morulae within monocytes on cytology, detection of serum antibodies with E. canis, the IFA test, or the PCR. The objective of this study was to present information about haematological and biochemical tests of E. canis infected dogs in Lesvos island in Greece, which is an endemic area.
Monitoring of Physiological Changes of Uric Acid Concentration in the Blood of Snakes
Authors: Lam A. , Halán M. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The evaluation of uric acid concentrations in the blood of snakes is a crucial tool in the diagnosis of gout and renal disease; both prevalent diseases in captive reptiles. However, without an understanding of the physiological fluctuations in uric acid levels and the absence of distinction that makes pathological changes, biochemical parameters are devalued. This study focuses on investigating the relationship between feeding rate and plasma-uric acid concentrations of snakes. The aim of this investigation is to facilitate a better understanding of the feed-induced changes that occur, and to render the analysis of this biochemical parameter as a more potent diagnostic tool. A total of 10 snakes were used in the study and the basal concentration of uric acid was established prior to feeding via blood biochemical analysis. The snakes were then fed rats and successive postprandial blood samples were taken for the monitoring of uric acid levels. The results demonstrated that feeding led to substantial elevations in the uric acid values, whereby postprandial concentrations were significantly elevated for up to 5 days after feeding. The postprandial elevations in uric acid documented in these snakes were of similar levels reported in snakes afflicted with gout or renal disease. The results demonstrated the significant changes that occur to uric acid levels after feeding, and highlights the resemblance between postprandial increases in uric acid and concentrations reported in snakes suffering from renal disease or gout. To avoid a misdiagnosis and to distinguish transient postprandial hyperuricemia from pathological elevations, collecting sufficient anamnestic data on time since last feeding in performing repeated sampling after one week period of fasting is suggested.
Cationized fibers from pine kraft pulp: advantages of refining before functionalization
Authors: Moral Ana , Aguado Roberto , Jarabo Rocío , Tijero Antonio 
Published: July 2017

AbstractA partial cationization of cellulosic pulps has been suggested to enhance the retention of fillers and fines in the paper and board manufacturing industry. The challenge is the highly crystalline structure of cellulose and the mass transfer limitations of softwood fibers, which are long and resistant to and hinder the chemical reactions. In the present paper, it was demonstrated that refining (leading to decrystallization) and alkaline treatments facilitate the subsequent cationization process with quaternary ammonium groups. Cationization was performed with 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride (CHPTAC) at 120°C for 2 h, and degrees of substitution above 0.3 were achieved. Beating to 4000 or 4500 PFI revolutions was found to be an optimum to achieve these high degrees of substitution. Mixing a small percentage (4%) of cationized pulp (with a charge density of approximately 0.8 meq g−1) with the untreated pulp could compensate for the negative surface charge of the original fibers. In this way, the highest charge density and opacity of the paper and the best retention of fines were achieved. If cationization was implemented in a paper mill, it should follow, not precede, the refining stage.
Energy Stable Interior Penalty Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for Cahn–Hilliard Equation
Authors: Sarıaydın-Filibelioğlu Ayşe , Karasözen Bülent , Uzunca Murat 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
An energy stable conservative method is developed for the Cahn–Hilliard (CH) equation with the degenerate mobility. The CH equation is discretized in space with the mass conserving symmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin (SIPG) method. The resulting semi-discrete nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations are solved in time by the unconditionally energy stable average vector field (AVF) method. We prove that the AVF method preserves the energy decreasing property of the fully discretized CH equation. Numerical results for the quartic double-well and the logarithmic potential functions with constant and degenerate mobility confirm the theoretical convergence rates, accuracy and the performance of the proposed approach.
Present-day kinematics of the Sundaland plate
Authors: Yong Chien Zheng , Denys Paul H. , Pearson Christopher F. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Great earthquakes (≥M8.0) often cause widespread postseismic decay in areas well beyond any recognised plate boundaries. The Mw8.6 and 8.2 northern Sumatra doublet earthquakes occurred on 11 April 2012, near the intersection of the Indian, Australian and Sundaland plate, have caused an extensive coseismic offset and postseismic decay over the region. In this study, the long-term GPS time-series (1999–2014) suggests that the postseismic decay associated with the doublet earthquakes have had a significant effect on the eastern boundary of the Sundaland plate up to the western region of Peninsular Malaysia. Before the 2004 Mw9.1 Aceh and 2005 Mw8.6 Nias earthquakes, the average velocity of continuous GPS sites in Peninsular Malaysia is moving southeastward at

37
±
3.1

mm/yr

$37\pm 3.1\hspace{2.5pt}\text{mm/yr}$

relative to the fixed Australian plate. The postseismic decay of these two great earthquakes has caused Peninsular Malaysia to experience elastic relaxation rebound into the south-southeast direction with a lower average velocity of

10
±
5.5

mm/yr

$10\pm 5.5\hspace{2.5pt}\text{mm/yr}$

. After 2012 northern Sumatra earthquakes, Peninsular Malaysia returns to its original course of motion before the 2004 and 2005 earthquakes, with slightly lower average velocity at

25
±
2.4

mm/yr

$25\pm 2.4\hspace{2.5pt}\text{mm/yr}$

. In this paper, the impact of coseismic and postseismic deformation of the 2012 Mw8.6 and 8.2 northern Sumatra earthquakes towards Sundaland plate vectors are discussed. A new rotation vector for the Sundaland plate is defined in ITRF2008 by using 10 selected cGPS sites that are assumed to be in the stable block, based on the 1999–2004 time-series data.
The Living Camera in the Ritual Landscape: The Teachers of the Tatuutsi Maxakwaxi School, the Wixárika Ancestors, and the Teiwari Negotiate Videography
Authors: Kantonen Lea , Kantonen Pekka 
Published: July 2017

AbstractIn this article, we outline the meanings modern Wixárika institutions, such as the school and the museum, may receive as parts of ritual landscape and how the community-based videos shot in the context of these institutions may increase our understanding of ritual landscapes in general. We discuss how ritual landscape can be researched using community-based documentary video art in a way that takes the ontological conceptions of the human and non-human relations of the community seriously. In this case, we understand community-based video art as artistic research in which the work is produced with the community for the community. The making of art, discussed in this article, is a bodily activity as it includes walking with a camera in the Wixárika ritual landscape, interviewing people for the camera, and documenting the work and rituals of the pupils, teachers, and the mara’akate (shaman-priests) planning the community-based museum.
Is forty the new thirty? Population based study of advanced maternal age
Authors: Simenc Gabrijela Brzan , Blickstein Isaac , Verdenik Ivan , Bregar Andreja Trojner , Lucovnik Miha , Tul Natasa 
Published: July 2017

Abstract

Objective:
To compare perinatal outcomes in different advanced maternal age groups.

Patients and methods:
We used a population-based data set to compare perinatal outcomes in three maternal age groups: 30–34.9, 35–39.9, and in women over 40 years.

Results:
Over a 10-year period there were 23,422 (25.2%) births in the 35–39.9 years group, 3987 (4.3%) in the over 40 years group, and 65,492 births (70.5%) in our reference group (30–34.9 years). A direct significant relationship was found between maternal age and BMI and between pregnancy complications such as diabetes and hypertensive disorders, whereas an inverse relationship was found between older age and nuliparity and spontaneous conceptions. Also, older mothers had a higher incidence of both types of cesareans, and more early as well as late preterm births. Perinatal mortality was similar in all groups.

Conclusions:
Advanced maternal age is associated with higher, gradually increasing, incidence, of adverse perinatal outcomes.
Crystal structure of 2-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-7-propyl-5-methylimidazo[5,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-4(3H)-one, C17H20N4O2
Authors: Wang Kun-Yan , Yang Xiao-Li 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
C17H20N4O2, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 7.2692(4) Å, b = 10.5261(5) Å, c = 20.9563(10) Å, α = 95.422(2)°, β = 95.122(2)°, γ = 96.574(2)°, V = 1577.68(14) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0570, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1287, T = 296(2) K.
Crystal structure of bis(pyridine)-bis(2-formyl-4,6-dichlorophenolato)cobalt(II), C24H16Cl4CoN2O4
Authors: Su Qiong , Wang Yan-Bin 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
C24H16Cl4CoN2O4, triclinic, P1̄, (no. 2) a = 8.6148(13) Å, b = 12.2201(16) Å, c = 13.4807(16) Å, α = 115.198(12)°, β = 101.596(11)°, γ = 96.518(12)°, V = 1225.8(3) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0524, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1109, T = 173(1) K.
A single crystal study on tert-butyl-4-((4-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenylamino)-6-methoxyquinazolin-7-yloxy)methyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate, C26H30BrFN4O4
Authors: Wang Kai , Chen Qiang 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
C26H30BrFN4O4, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 10.9035(6) Å, b = 8.0936(6) Å, c = 29.429(2) Å, β = 98.136(2)°, V =2570.9(3) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0434, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0897, T = 173(2) K.
Crystal structure of 3-cyclohexyl-2-(cyclohexylimino)-2,3-dihydro-6,8-diiodo-4H-1,3-benzoxazin-4-one, C20H24I2N2O2
Authors: Hong Zhi , Zhao Sha-sha , Pan Hong , Jin Qian , Tang Xiao-qin , Liu Jun-li 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
C20H24I2N2O2, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 17.5052(10) Å, b = 12.7846(7) Å, c = 9.4663(5) Å, β = 94.899(1)°, V = 2110.8(2) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0321, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0996, T = 291 K.
Crystal structure of bis(μ
2-2-chlorobenzoato-κ3
O,O′:O′)-(2-chlorobenzoato-κO)-(2-chlorobenzoato-κO,O′)-bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2
N,N′)-dicadmium(II) monohydrate, C52H36Cd2Cl4N4O10
Authors: Liu Chao 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
C52H36Cd2Cl4N4O10, triclinic, P1̄ (no. 2), a = 11.3651(8) Å, b = 12.9707(10) Å, c = 18.7281(14) Å, α = 79.327(1)°, β = 74.543(1)°, γ = 70.703(1)°, V = 2497.1(3) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0393, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0933, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of ethyl 3-hydroxy-5-methyl-2-(4-(m-tolyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4- carboxylate, C25H24N3O3
Authors: Wang Qiang , Zhao Lin , Xing Wanli , Zong Chaozai , Zhang Shuai 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
C25H24N3O3, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 9.4549(11) Å, b = 10.7640(12) Å, c = 21.279(3) Å, β = 98.778(2)°, V = 2140.2(4) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0498, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1408, T = 296(2) K.
Investigation of a potential role for aldose reductase AlrA in tetrahydropteridine synthesis inDictyostelium discoideumAx2
Authors: Kim Hye-Lim , Ryu Hyun-Chul , Park Young Shik 
Published: July 2017

AbstractDictyostelium discoideumAx2 is well-known for the synthesis ofd-threo-tetrahydrobiopterin (DH4) with a smaller amount ofl-erythro-tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). DH4 synthesis from 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin (PPH4) is catalyzed by aldose reductase (AR)-like protein and sepiapterin reductase (SR) via an intermediate 1′-oxo-2′-d-hydroxypropyl tetrahydropterin, which is non-enzymatically oxidized tod-sepiapterin in the absence of SR. However,l-sepiapterin was a dominant product in the reaction of a cellular extract ofspr−disrupted in the SR gene. In order to investigate its potential role in tetrahydropteridine synthesis, the enzyme catalyzingl-sepiapterin synthesis from PPH4 was purified fromspr−. Via mass spectrometry, the protein was identified to be encoded byalrA. AlrA consists of 297 amino acid residues sharing a high sequence identity with human AR. However, in the co-incubation assay, DH4 synthesis was not detected and, furthermore, the recombinant AlrA was observed to suppress BH4 synthesis by SR, which was known to prefer 1′-oxo-2′-d-hydroxypropyl tetrahydropterin to PPH4. Although intracellular DH4 level inalrA−was decreased to 60% of the wild type, it is presumed to result from the antioxidant function of DH4. Therefore, despite the structural and catalytic identities with human AR, AlrA seems to be involved in neither BH4, nor DH4 synthesis under normal physiological conditions.
Strukturelle Gewalt und funktionale Differenzierung. Anschlüsse an Luhmann, Benjamin und Adorno
Authors: Möller Kolja 
Published: July 2017

ZusammenfassungDer Artikel geht dem Verhältnis von Gewalt, sozialen Formen und funktionaler Differenzierung nach. Die These ist dabei, dass die „strukturelle Gewalt“ der funktionalen Differenzierung, wie sie in jüngeren Arbeiten der Kritischen Systemtheorie angenommen wird, als dauerhaftes Zusammenspiel der „verletzenden“ Gewalt anonymer Kommunikation, der „polizeilichen“ Gewalt sozialer Formen sowie der „identifizierenden“ Gewalt eines verallgemeinernden Denkstils im Urteilen und Wahrnehmen verstanden werden sollte. Gegen eine inflationierende Betrachtungsweise, in der schon jede grenzziehende Unterscheidung als kommunikationseinschränkende Gewalt gilt, wird argumentiert, dass eine Analyse und Kritik der Gewalt sich auf die historisch gewachsenen Konstellationen „struktureller Gewalt“ richten sollte.
Differenz oder Interdependenz? Das Verhältnis von sozial- und gesellschaftstheoretischer Differenzierung in Luhmanns Theorie der Gesellschaft
Authors: Schmidt Johannes F.K. 
Published: July 2017

ZusammenfassungDie Luhmannsche Theorie unterscheidet zwei Differenzierungsformen: eine sozialtheoretische Differenzierung in Gestalt der Unterscheidung unterschiedlicher Systemtypen und eine gesellschaftstheoretische Differenzierung in Form der internen Differenzierung des Gesellschaftssystems. Der Beitrag fragt nach dem Verhältnis beider Differenzierungsformen insbesondere mit Blick auf die Gesellschaftstheorie Luhmanns. Der Durchgang durch das publizierte wie unpublizierte Werk aus dem Nachlass macht deutlich, dass Luhmann nicht nur der sozialtheoretischen Unterscheidung an sich deutlich weniger Aufmerksamkeit zukommen lässt, sondern dass er auch davon auszugehen scheint, mit der Unterscheidung von Systemtypen einen arbeitsteiligen theoretischen Zugriff begründen zu können und in der Folge daher das Konzept der Systemtypendifferenzierung nicht systematisch in die Theorie der Gesellschaft integriert. Dies beeinträchtigt aber das analytische Potential der Gesellschaftstheorie. Vor diesem Hintergrund fragt der Beitrag abschließend nach den Gründen für die konzeptionellen Schwierigkeiten einer Intergration beider Theoreme und sieht sie zum einen in dem paradoxalen Verhältnis beider Differenzierungsformen und zum anderen gerade in dem LuhmannschenGesellschaftsbegriff.
Recruiting Frontstage Entextualization: drafting, artifactuality and written-ness as resources in police – witness interviews
Authors: Rock Frances 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
This paper examines the complex literacy event through which police witness statements are produced in England and Wales. Witness statements are constructed through interviews which archetypally consist of a trajectory from the witness of the crime, through a police officer and onto a written page with the officer taking most control of the writing. This paper examines how this ostensibly inevitable trajectory materializes in practice. It identifies a distinctive way of traversing the trajectory through which the inner workings of the trajectory itself are put on display by the interviewing officer and through this display recursively influence the trajectory. This display of the trajectory draws on four discursive means: writing aloud, proposing wordings, reading back text just written and referring explicitly to the artifactuality of writing, which I label, collectively, “Frontstage Entextualization.” Through Frontstage Entextualization, the writing process comes to be used as a resource for both producing text and involving the witness in text production. The paper identifies three forms of activity which are accomplished through Frontstage Entextualization: First, frontstage drafting which allows words and phrases for possible inclusion to be weighed-up; secondly, frontstage scribing which foregrounds the technology of pen and paper which allows the witness to be appraised of writing processes; and finally, frontstaging the sequentiality of written-ness to textually resolve difficulties of witness memory. The paper concludes by suggesting that the analysis has shown how text trajectories can be made accessible to lay participants by institutional actors.
Investigation of Flow Distortion Generated Forced Response of a Radial Turbine with Vaneless Volute
Authors: Huang Zhi , Ma Chaochen , Zhang Hong 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
For a radial turbine with vaneless volute, the inflow of turbine rotor usually has a circumferential flow distortion due to the influence of the volute tongue. The rotating blades of the rotor are exposed to harmonic aerodynamic loads caused by the distortion, which may induce rotor resonance and lead to high cycle failures (HCF). To understand the forced response mechanism clearly, a numerical analysis was carried out based on a fluid structure interaction (FSI) method. The pressure functions were extracted from the results of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis by Fourier decomposition. The first three harmonic pressures were identified as the primary engine order (EO) excitations and imposed on the structural model for computational structural dynamics (CSD) simulation. The quantification and assessment of the rotor response were attained by mode superposition method. The simulation results are shown to be consistent with the predictions of Singh’s advanced frequency evaluation (SAFE) diagram.
Korean intervention effects are not a single phenomenon: Evidence from syntax-prosody interface
Authors: Kang Chorong 
Published: July 2017

AbstractIt has been observed that prosodic accents on wh-phrases improve the acceptability of Intervention Effect configurations in Korean and Japanese. However, this prosody-driven salvation effect has been studied only with the subject-intervener configuration, not with an object-intervener configuration, and surprisingly, the object-intervener configuration is actually not saved by prosody, unlike the situation with subject-interveners. Based on this new observation, the main goal of this paper is to argue that intervention effects, at least in Korean (and Japanese),do not constitute a single phenomenon which can be uniformly explained; structurally similar sentences may have different derivations, and prosody provides a clue to discern the different syntactic derivations which are involved. I crucially assume Korean has two distinct types of covert wh-movement-phrasal movement and ff-movement, as proposed in (Pesetsky, David. 2000.