bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Do ovarian reserve markers predict the subsequent pregnancy outcomes in women with recurrent pregnancy loss?
Authors: Yildirim Gonca Yetkin , Celik Hale Goksever , Koroglu Nadiye , Karakus Esra 
Published: January 2018

Abstract

Objective(s)
Chromosomal abnormalities are more commonly seen in embryos with decreased oocyte quality. Therefore aneuploidy due to diminished ovarian reserve may be one of the causative reasons of RPL. We investigated the relationship between ovarian reserve markers especially serum antimullerian hormone (AMH) level and antral follicle count (AFC) and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL).

Materials and methods
This prospective cross-sectional clinical trial including 88 women with RPL and 84 age-matched women without RPL.

Results
There were statistically significant differences in body mass index, live birth number, menstrual cycle length, AFC and serum AMH level between groups. There was no statistically significant difference between groups regarding age, menstrual cycle regularity and serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol (E2) levels. The percentage of women with levels of AMH<1 was 21.4% in the RPL group and 11.4% in the control group. AFC <7 in both ovaries was lower in the RPL group when compared with the control group (73.8% vs 44.3%, respectively).

Conclusion(s)
Serum AMH levels and AFC can be assessed in patients with RPL as a part of the work up parameters. Lower Serum AMH levels and AFC especially may predict the quantity of oocytes that may be consequently be related with RPL.
Wie immanent ist die immanente Kritik? Soziologische Einwände gegen Widerspruchs­freiheit als Ideal der Sozialkritik
Authors: Weißmann Martin 
Published: January 2018

ZusammenfassungDer erste Teil des Artikels zeigt auf Grundlage der Analyse von Arbeiten zeitgenössischer Kritischer Theoretikerinnen (Honneth, Jaeggi, Stahl), dass die von ihnen angewandte Methode immanenter Sozialkritik ihr Versprechen nicht einlösen kann, ein soziales Gebilde nur an solchen Normen zu messen, die in diesem Gebilde selbst vertreten werden. Zu den von den immanenten Kritikerinnen extern in die Kritik eingebrachten Normen zählt neben konkreten Werthaltungen wie der Ablehnung ökonomischer Ungleichheit sowie abstrakteren Plädoyers etwa für selbstreflexive und lernfähige soziale Gebilde vor allem das jeder Form immanenter Kritik zugrundeliegende formale Ideal widerspruchsfreier Sozialität. Der zweite Teil des Artikels entwickelt die These, dass eine soziologische Thematisierung normativer Widersprüche im Gegensatz zur immanenten Kritik und weiteren Formen der (akademischen) Sozialkritik die Form und das Maß der einem sozialen Gebilde ‚bekömmlichen‘ Widerspruchsfreiheit als eine prinzipiell empirisch bestimmbareVariablebehandeln und dabei insofernsymmetrischvorgehen muss, als sie neben den Unkosten auch die Vorzüge systematisch widersprüchlich strukturierter sozialer Gebilde herausarbeitet.
Zum Zusammenwirken von Normen und Anreizen bei Fertilitätsentscheidungen
Authors: Arránz Becker Oliver , Lois Daniel 
Published: January 2018

ZusammenfassungDie Erklärung des Geburtenverhaltens und seines Wandels ist seit jeher ein primäres Anliegen sozialdemographischer Forschung. In der Literatur wurden bislang zwei Arten von Einflussgrößen in mikrosoziologischen Erklärungen von Fertilitätsentscheidungen berücksichtigt: Zum einen ökonomische Faktoren, welche die (Schatten-)Preise von Kindern determinieren, zum anderen pronatalistische Normen und Werte, wie sie unter anderem in christlichen Religionen propagiert werden. Weitgehend ungeklärt ist jedoch bislang das Zusammenspiel solcher anreizbezogenen und normativen Fertilitätsdeterminanten. Analysen an einem Paneldatensatz zeigen, dass Religion in der säkularisierten deutschen Gesellschaft zwar vordergründig keine prominentedirekteRolle bei Fertilitätsentscheidungen zu spielen scheint, aber dennoch auf zweiindirektenWegen Einfluss erlangt: erstens als Verstärker positiver Bewertungen von Kindern, welche dann im Rahmen einer augenscheinlich „rationalen“ Kosten-Nutzen-Abwägung eine Familiengründung begünstigen; und zweitens als Randbedingung für RC-Erklärungen, welche umso erklärungskräftiger werden, je stärker konfessionelle und religiöse Bindungen an Bedeutung verlieren.
La ponderación de la apariencia del buen derecho, la tutela jurisdiccional y el debido proceso legal en la justicia constitucional de México
Authors: Elizalde Castañeda Rodolfo Rafael , Hinojosa Vara Socorro Rosaura 
Published: January 2018

En este trabajo se investiga si el principio de la ponderación de la apariencia del buen derecho surgió efectivamente en México, con la reforma constitucional del 6 de junio de 2011; o, si por el contrario, los jueces federales han estado siempre obligados a aplicar dicho principio en relación con la suspensión del acto reclamado en el juicio de amparo a la luz de los derechos fundamentales de la tutela jurisdiccional y el debido proceso legal en el ámbito del derecho procesal constitucional. Asimismo, examina la relación que existe entre los mencionados derechos fundamentales con el nuevo principio de la ponderación de la apariencia del buen derecho.
Genomic Understanding of an Infectious Brain Disease from the Desert
Authors: Moreno Leandro F , Ahmed Abdalla A O , Brankovics Balázs , Cuomo Christina A , Menken Steph B J , Taj-Aldeen Saad J , Faidah Hani , Stielow J Benjamin , Teixeira Marcus de M , Prenafeta-Boldú Francesc X , Vicente Vania A , de Hoog Sybren 
Published: January 2018

AbstractRhinocladiella mackenziei accounts for the majority of fungal brain infections in the Middle East, and is restricted to the arid climate zone between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Neurotropic dissemination caused by this fungus has been reported in immunocompromised, but also immunocompetent individuals. If untreated, the infection is fatal. Outside of humans, the environmental niche of R. mackenziei is unknown, and the fungus has been only cultured from brain biopsies. In this paper, we describe the whole-genome resequencing of two R. mackenziei strains from patients in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. We assessed intraspecies variation and genetic signatures to uncover the genomic basis of the pathogenesis, and potential niche adaptations. We found that the duplicated genes (paralogs) are more susceptible to accumulating significant mutations. Comparative genomics with other filamentous ascomycetes revealed a diverse arsenal of genes likely engaged in pathogenicity, such as the degradation of aromatic compounds and iron acquisition. In addition, intracellular accumulation of trehalose and choline suggests possible adaptations to the conditions of an arid climate region. Specifically, protein family contractions were found, including short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase SDR, the cytochrome P450 (CYP) (E-class), and the G-protein β WD-40 repeat. Gene composition and metabolic potential indicate extremotolerance and hydrocarbon assimilation, suggesting a possible environmental habitat of oil-polluted desert soil.
Outcome of Preterm Infants With Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection
Authors: Gunkel Julia , de Vries Linda S. , Jongmans Marian , Koopman-Esseboom Corine , van Haastert Ingrid C. , Eijsermans Maria C.J. , van Stam Carolien , van Zanten Bert G.A. , Wolfs Tom F.W. , Nijman Joppe 
Published: January 2018

OBJECTIVES:
To assess whether preterm infants with postnatal cytomegalovirus infection develop neurologic sequelae in early childhood.

METHODS:
Infants &lt;32 weeks’ gestation were prospectively screened for cytomegalovirus (CMV) at term-equivalent age. Neurodevelopment was compared between CMV-positive and CMV-negative infants by using the Griffiths Mental Development Scales (GMDS) at 16 months’ corrected age (CA); the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition or the GMDS at 24 to 30 months’ CA; and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Third Edition and Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition at 6 years of age. At 6 years old, hearing was assessed in CMV-positive children.

RESULTS:
Neurodevelopment was assessed in 356 infants at 16 months’ CA, of whom 49 (14%) were infected and 307 (86%) were noninfected. Infected infants performed significantly better on the GMDS locomotor scale. There were no differences at 24 to 30 months’ CA on the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition or GMDS. At 6 years of age, infected children scored lower on the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Third Edition, but mean scores were within normal range, reaching significance only in verbal IQ (96 [SD 17] vs 103 [SD 15] points; P = .046). Multiple regression indicated no impact of CMV status but significant influence of maternal education and ethnicity on verbal IQ. No significant differences in motor development were found and none of the infected children developed sensorineural hearing loss.

CONCLUSIONS:
In this cohort study, postnatal cytomegalovirus infection in preterm children did not have an adverse effect on neurodevelopment within the first 6 years of life.
Clinical profile of neonatal candidiasis in newborn nursery
Authors: James Mary , J. S. Anuja , Ninan Praveen Jacob 
Published: January 2018

Background: Candidiasis refers to infection with fungi of the genus candida. Candida infections are frequent and major causes of septicemia in neonatal intensive care units and are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Low birth weight preterm infants are especially vulnerable to these devastating infections. Candida infections are a major cause of septicemia in neonatal ICUs and may affect 1.6% to 12.9% of very low birth weight infants. The smaller the infant is, the greater is the likelihood for systemic fungal infection to develop.Methods: 40 Newborns with culture proven candidiasis admitted in new-born nursery of Government T. D Medical College, Alappuzha, were selected for the study. The significance of different parameters such as gender, gestational age, birth weight, Apgar score, duration of hospital stays, central venous catheter and use of third generation cephalosporins were analysed. Clinical profile like apnoea, feed intolerance, requirement of ventilator support, temperature instability, thrombocytopenia, hyperglycemia etc. were analyzed.Results: Out of 40 newborns 39 were preterms, 42% of study population were having a birth weight of 1-1.5 kg, 33% with a birth weight of 1.5-2 kg and 20% with a birth weight of <1 kg.75% of the study population were hospitalized for >1 week. In the study group 58% had feed intolerance, 52.5% needed ventilator support, 52.5% had temperature instability, 70% had thrombocytopenia 50% had apnea and 4% had hyperglycemia. The overall survival was 60%.Conclusions: Prematurity, low birth weight and prolonged hospital stay were associated with increased risk of candidiasis. Feed intolerance, increased need for ventilator support, apnea, temperature instability and thrombocytopenia were significant clinical parameters.
A periferia de São Paulo: revendo discursos, atualizando o debate
Authors: Nascimento Érica Peçanha do 
Published: January 2018

Doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social da USP e pesquisadora do NUMAS - Núcleo de Estudos sobre Marcadores Sociais da Diferença. Bolsista da Fundação Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo.
Foliar Fungicide Effects on Disease Severity, Yield, and Agronomic Characteristics of Modern Winter Wheat Genotypes
Authors: Bhatta Madhav , Regassa Teshome , Wegulo Stephen N. , Baenziger P. Stephen 
Published: January 2018

Core Ideas
Foliar fungicide application at the flag leaf stage (Zadoks 39) improved grain yield and grain protein content.One time application of foliar fungicide resulted in economic returns up to US$204 ha–1.Grain volume weight, grain size, leaf area index, and leaf greenness were improved from foliar fungicide application at the flag leaf stage.
Foliar diseases limit winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production in the Great Plains of the United States. Farmers often use foliar fungicide application to counter yield loss. Two‐year field experiments were conducted at two locations in Nebraska to investigate the effects of foliar fungicide (Prosaro 421 SC [Bayer Crop Science, Leverkusen, Germany]: prothioconazole + tebuconazole) at the flag leaf stage on yield and agronomic characteristics of winter wheat. Foliar fungicide application increased grain yield, grain protein content, seed weight, grain volume weight, leaf greenness, and leaf area by up to 42, 1, 16, 6, 48, and 35%, respectively. Foliar fungicide at the flag leaf stage in the spring reduced disease severity (up to 84%), area under disease progress curve (up to 87%), and agronomic characteristics that resulted in economic returns of up to US$204 ha−1 excluding the premium farmers get from increased protein. Susceptible to moderately susceptible genotypes were more responsive to foliar fungicide on controlling disease severity and improving grain yield compared to moderately resistant to resistant genotype when disease pressure was high. This study showed that the economic benefit for all genotypes obtained from improved grain yield, grain volume weight, grain protein content, and grain size due to one‐time application of foliar fungicide at the flag leaf stage in winter wheat could have significant benefit to the farmer’s economy and wheat industry.
Numerical modeling on sediment capture in catch basins
Authors: Yang Haoming , Zhu David Z. , Li Lin 
Published: January 2018

AbstractCatch basins are designed to convey surface runoff into sewer systems. They are also found to be effective in retaining sediments. A number of factors can influence catch basin sediment capture efficiency, such as sediment size distribution, flow hydraulics and catch basin design. To better understand the influence of these factors, numerical simulations using the Eulerian-Lagrangian method were conducted to provide insights into flow fields and to predict sediment capture rates. The numerical model was validated using previous experimental measurements of flow field and sediment capture rates for sediment sizes larger than 0.25 mm. The influence of catch basin designs, including the bottom sump and inflow arrangements, was also studied, and an equation was developed for predicting the capture rate.
Natural Disasters Management in Indonesia: Perspective of Local Wisdom and Heidegger Hermeneutics
Authors: Alwi Idaman , Mustansyir Rizal , Hadi Protasius Hardono 
Published: January 2018

Natural disaster managements in Indonesia carried out by the government seemed centralized, slow and is not well prepared. Even the government seems to ignore the management of natural disasters that has long been entrenched in the pulse of local community knowledge systems. Considerations in decision-making mitigation of natural disasters is too scientific-positivistic and ignores the philosophical aspect of the work. This paper attempts to offer a perspective of natural disaster management with support of Indonesian local wisdom and Heidegger hermeneutics. Most of the ethnic groups in Indonesia have already had a set or system of knowledge in the management of natural disasters. This knowledge system exists since the long experience of Indonesian society in dealing with natural disasters. This system is then passed on and transformed from many generations through oral hystory. Some studies indicate that local knowledge systems on the management of natural disasters so far are very effective in minimizing the number of dissaster victims. In addition, Martin Heidegger hermeneutics offeres a concept of natural disaster management with the starting point of the idea of being-in-the-world.The idea is one of the basic principles of hermeneutics-facticity Martin Heidegger who supposes that a real human living being has awareness of this universe. In the 'living earth', man does not necessarily accept the fate thrown into the earth, but he has the ability to exercise the creativity for survival. As a result of the awareness of the throwness into the universe, in turn, human beings have awareness that they have a relation to one another, empathy and sensitivity as human beings.
PERAN KEPUASAN KERJA SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI DALAM PENGARUH HUMAN RESOURCES PRACTICES TERHADAP KOMITMEN KARYAWAN DI POLDA BENGKULU
Authors: Rafida Oktine 
Published: January 2018

The objectives of this research was to find out the effect of human resources practices (reward, training, and person-job fit) on job satisfaction and employee commitment, and the effect of job satisfaction on employee commitment. The methodology of this research was using questionnaire survey approach to collect data for testing the research hypothesis and regression technique for data analysis. Census was used to analyze the hypothesis. The population were 200 respondents and divided to 187 PNS and 13 PHL of Polda Bengkulu. Finding and contribution in this research was HR practices have a significant effect to employee commitment, human resources practices have a significant effect to job satisfaction, and job satisfaction to employee commitment also have a significant effect. Research limitation or implication in this research was the result can not be applied to other region Polda, or other public organization. This research suggest further investigation is needed to equivalent the result and more extent area of research.
MANIFESTATIONS OF POWER AND RESISTENCE: AN EXPLORATION OF QUENTIN TARANTINO'S DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012) AND STEVE MCQUEEN'S 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Authors: Chera Godknows , Rwafa Urther 
Published: January 2018

Â This article explores the manifestations of power and resistance in films using Django Unchained (2012), directed by Quentin Tarantino, and 12 Years a Slave (2013), directed by Steve McQueen, as case studies. The research findings suggest that films are texts and terrains that are used to address class structures politically, socially, economically and culturally. Dominant classes use film to produce and reproduce ideologies of power and resistance. The films under scrutiny reflect an aspect of control, whereby conservative superior classes exercise the power to mistreat those who are viewed as â€˜second-class citizensâ€™. The argument of this article is that film images are mirrors of the â€˜realâ€™ world, where ideological domination is either achieved or resisted. The article deploys eclectic theories like semiotics, Marxism, critical discourse analysis, language interpretation and thematic analysis to analyse the selected films. It is hoped that the approach of these theories will help to investigate the manifestations of power and resistance in filmsÂ
INTERVIEW WITH PETINA GAPPAH
Authors: Mkwesha Faith 
Published: January 2018

This interview was conducted on 16 May 2009 at Le Quartier Francais in Franschhoek, Cape Town, South Africa. Petina Gappah is the third generation of Zimbabwean writers writing from the diaspora. She was born in 1971 in Zambia, and grew up in Zimbabwe during the transitional moment from colonial Rhodesia to independence. She has law degrees from the University of Zimbabwe, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Graz. She writes in English and also draws on Shona, her first language. She has published a short story collection An Elegy for Easterly (2009), first novel The Book of Memory (2015), and another collection of short stories, Rotten Row (2016).Â Gappahâ€™s collection of short stories An Elegy for Easterly (2009) was awarded The Guardian First Book Award in 2009, and was shortlisted for the Frank Oâ€™Connor International Short Story Award, the richest prize for the short story form. Gappah was working on her novel The Book of Memory at the time of this interview.
Female chauvinist and male patriarchs: a critical analysis of gender relations in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes: A Love Story
Authors: Tugume Benon 
Published: January 2018

This article examines gender relations in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes: A Love Story (henceforth Changes). The novel depicts a gender crisis among the educated and career-oriented women working in government offices in Accra. The focus is on women’s education, sexuality, marriage, and marital rape. The three women protagonists, Esi, Opokuya and Fusena, find the institution of marriage challenging and hold the view that it hampers their career development. Esi is highly educated compared to the other female characters. She is a female chauvinist, who feels too powerful to be controlled by a man. She finds herself in the most complicated situation in her marriage, because of her feminist views, which she acquired from Western education. Although she abhors the dominance of men over women, her sexuality naturally brings her into relationships with male patriarchs. Her views about love and marriage are superficial and irreconcilable with the realities of her society. She divorces her first husband because of marital rape and goes into a polygamous marriage, which she also finds unfulfilling. In this article, I argue that Esi’s problems in her first marriage are due to her uncompromising character and her inability to engage her husband in order to strike a balance between family obligations and career goals. In addition, I argue that Esi does not realise her expectations in the second marriage because she emotionally and selfishly goes into it without understanding the rules that govern polygamous marriages.
THE EVOLUTION OF A FEMININE STEREOTYPE: WHAT TINKER BELL TEACHES CHILDREN ABOUT GENDER ROLES
Authors: Jones SuneÃ© 
Published: January 2018

Research has shown that some childrenâ€™s stories may contain subversive cultural messages and that, by consuming them, children are unconsciously socialised and unwittingly influenced to accept cultural norms relating to, among other things, gender roles, race relations, power structures and class distinctions. This process of socialisation is especially effective through the medium of childrenâ€™s literature, especially those stories that make use of generic elements such as the archetypes found in fairy tales, and the fairy tales re-imagined and produced as films by the Walt Disney Company. A literature review confirms that gendered messages are present in the entertainment provided to children and highlights the most universal preconceptions of feminine roles in Western society. To determine if these gender stereotypes have evolved in recent years, the depiction of a beloved childrenâ€™s character, the fairy Tinker Bell, first imagined by author J.M. Barrie and later refashioned by Disney to become part of our collective imagination, is explored. A close analysis reviews the depiction of Tinker Bell in three different texts: Barrieâ€™s 1911 novel, Peter Pan , Disneyâ€™s 1953 animated classic of the same name, and the first instalment of Disneyâ€™s more recent series of movies in the FairiesÂ franchise, Tinker BellÂ (2008). The results indicate that the original Tinker Bell is a nontraditional female portrayed as a negative stereotype, but that the latest version of Tinker Bell is a non-traditional female portrayed in a positive manner. This shift in emphasis may indicate that gender stereotypes in the 21stÂ century are consciously being reviewed.
INCARCERATION, TRANSFORMATION AND AWARENESS IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVEL
Authors: Youssef Mariam 
Published: January 2018

Â This article examines the theme of black male incarceration in the African American novel. Black male incarcerated characters are frequently presented as the most socially aware characters in the novel, in spite of their isolation. In different African American novels, black male incarcerated characters experience a transformation as a result of their incarceration that leads to a heightened awareness of their marginalisation as black men. Because of their compromised agency in incarceration, these characters are not able to express black masculinity in traditional ways. Using novels by Richard Wright, James Baldwin, John A. Williams and Ernest Gaines, I argue that black male incarcerated characters use their heightened awareness as an alternative method of expressing black masculinity.