bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Der „okkulte“ Alltag
Authors: Stenger Horst 
Published: May 2016

Zusammenfassung
Der Aufsatz setzt sich mit dem derzeit stark wachsenden Interesse an Esoterik im Rahmen des “New Age” auseinander. Die Kernthese des “New Age”, ist, daß die Menschheit an der Schwelle zu einem neuen Zeitalter steht, das durch eine Bewußtwerdung der Einheit allen Seins und der größeren Realität dieser Einheit gekennzeichnet ist. Die individuelle und kollektive Bewußtseinsentwicklung wird als Weg auch zur Überwindung der globalen Krisen und Bedrohungen verstanden. Den Anfang macht daher die Darstellung des inhaltlichen Spektrums der Aktivitäten der Bewußtseinsentwicklung. Der zweite Schritt der Analyse ist die Diskussion der Annahme, daß die Beziehung des Subjekts zu seiner Welt und Wirklichkeit die verbindende “Metathematik” der heterogenen New Age- Aktivitäten ist. Daran knüpft der Versuch einer soziologischen Deutung an (Punkt 4 u. 5). Der gesellschaftliche Verbreitungserfolg des New Age wird in einem modernisierungstheoretischen Zusammenhang gesehen und als Veralltäglichung reflexiver Kompetenzen gedeutet. Abschließend werden wissenssoziologische Bedingungen untersucht, die einem Verbreitungserfolg zugrundeliegen müssen. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie esoterische Deutungsmuster sinnhaft mit alltagsweltlichen Situationen verknüpft werden, wie “andere Wirklichkeiten” in der Alltagswirklichkeit “realisiert” werden.
„Organisation“ der Wirtschaft
Authors: Gülich Christian 
Published: May 2016

Zusammenfassung
Die zentrale Fragestellung des Beitrages besteht darin, welchen Einfluß Dürkheims Analyse der „anormalen Formen“ der Arbeitsteilung und ihres theoretischen Lösungsversuches, die Wiederherstellung der Berufsgruppen, auf die vor und nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg auch in Frankreich geführte Diskussion um die Transformation der Wirtschaftsordnung ausgeübt hat. Célestin Bouglé, einer der wichtigsten Mitarbeiter bei „Année Sociologique“, hat hierzu entscheidende Anstöße geliefert, denn er stellt eine Verbindung zwischen seinen wirtschaftssoziologischen Analysen, die auf einen begrenzten Staatsinterventionismus bei Partizipation aller wirtschaftlichen Interessengruppen hinauslaufen, und den ordnungspolitischen Bestrebungen des französischen Solidarismus her. Der Solidarismus muß zu jenen politischen Strömungen gerechnet werden, die für einen „Dritten Weg“ zwischen Klassischem Liberalismus und zentralistischem Kollektivismus plädierten. Bouglés solidaristische ordnungspolitische Konzeption wird in dem 1925 geschaffenen „Nationalen Wirtschaftsrat“ verwirklicht, der in abgewandelter Form bis heute in Frankreich existiert, und als ein frühes Modell des „liberalen Korporatismus“ anzusehen ist.
Einige Probleme lebensweltlicher Ethnographie
Authors: Honer Anne 
Published: May 2016

Zusammenfassung
‚Lebensweltliche Ethnographie‘ bezeichnet den Versuch, durch eine Verbindung ethnographischer und phänomenologischer Methoden, praktisch also insbesondere im Rekurs auf beobachtende Teilnahme und mehrphasige Intensivinterviews, Wirklichkeiten von Menschen (in modernen Gesellschaften) kontrolliert zu rekonstruieren. D.h., theoretisch geht es darum, die Welt, wie sie unter ‚typischen‘ Perspektiven erscheint, zu verstehen. Und als methodologische Konsequenz folgt daraus, daß der Forscher idealerweise praktische Mitgliedschaften an sozialen Veranstaltungen erwirbt und sein Feld methodenplural exploriert, denn es gilt, ‚die Fremde in der Nähe‘ wiederzuentdecken.
Curcumin and Fennel Essential Oil Improve Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Authors: Portincasa Piero , Bonfrate Leonilde , Scribano Maria , Kohn Anna , Caporaso Nicola , Festi Davide , Campanale Maria Chiara , Di Rienzo Teresa , Guarino Maria , Taddia Martina , Fogli Maria Vittoria , Grimaldi Maria , Gasbarrini Antonio 
Published: May 2016

Background & Aims: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients still require effective treatment. The anti-inflammatory property of curcumin and the antispasmodic and carminative effect of fennel suggests that combination of these nutraceutical compounds would be useful in functional bowel disorders including IBS. We assessed the efficacy and tolerability of a combination of curcumin and fennel essential oil (CU-FEO) in IBS symptoms relief.
Methods: 121 patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms of IBS defined by an Irritable Bowel Syndrome- symptom severity score (IBS-SSS) 100-300 and abdominal pain score 30-70 on a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), were randomly assigned to CU-FEO or placebo (2 capsules b.d. for 30 days). Primary endpoint was the mean decrease of IBS-SSS at the end of the treatment corrected for the mean baseline score (relative decrease). The impact of the treatment on quality of life was assessed through IBS-QoL questionnaire.
Results: CU-FEO was safe, well-tolerated and induced symptom relief in patients with IBS; a significant decrease in the mean relative IBS-SSS was observed after 30 days of treatment (50.05 ± 28.85% vs 26.12 ± 30.62%, P<0.001). This result matched the reduction of abdominal pain and all the other symptoms of IBS-SSS. The percentage of symptom-free patients was significantly higher in the CU-FEO than in the placebo group (25.9% vs. 6.8%, P = 0.005). All domains of IBS-QoL improved consistently.
Conclusion: CU-FEO significantly improved symptoms and quality of life in IBS patients over 30 days.
Abbreviations: AEs: adverse events; CU-FEO: Curcumin-Fennel Essential Oil; GI: gastrointestinal; IBS: irritable bowel syndrome; IBS-D: irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea; IBS-C: irritable bowel syndrome-constipation; IBS-SSS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome – symptom severity score; NF-kB: nuclear factor-κB; QoL: quality of life; UC: ulcerative colitis; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: a Simple and Effective Tool in Defining a Rapid Diagnostic Work-up for Small Nodules Detected in Cirrhotic Patients during Surveillance
Authors: Giorgio Antonio , Montesarchio Luca , Gatti Piero , Amendola Ferdinando , Matteucci Paolo , Santoro Bruno , Merola Maria Gabriella , Merola Francesca , Coppola Carmine , Giorgio Valentina 
Published: May 2016

Background & Aims: Disappearance of portal blood flow and arterial vascularization is the hallmark of hepatocarcinogenesis. The capability of a dynamic imaging modality detecting arterial hypervascularization of small nodules is crucial to promote a rapid diagnostic and therapeutic work-up improving survival. We aimed to evaluate the capability of CEUS to detect arterial vascularization of ≤ 2 cm HCC nodules arising during surveillance so as to shorten the diagnostic and therapeutic work-up.
Methods: From October 2009 to September 2014, among 1757 consecutive cirrhotic patients under surveillance with ultrasound (US), 243 patients had new single nodules 7-20 mm; 229/243 had a conclusive histologic diagnosis and comprised the study group. All patients underwent CEUS followed by enhanced MRI and US guided percutaneous 18G needle core biopsy of the nodules. Of the 229 nodules, 27 were hyperechoic, 171 hypoechoic and 31 isoechoic lesions.
Results: The histology results revealed that 199/229 nodules were HCC and 30 were benign. Of 199 HCC, CEUS evidenced arterial hypervascularity in 190 nodules (95.5%) (sensitivity 94.48 %, specificity 100%, PPV 100%, NPV 76.92 %). Of the 39 CEUS arterial-unenhanced nodules, 30 were benign and 9 (23%) were well-differentiated HCC. eMRI showed arterial hypervascularity in 199 nodules (86,9%). Of these, only 193 (97%) were histologically HCCs while 6 were benign (sensitivity: 97%, specificity: 80%, PPV: 97%, NPV: 80%).
Conclusions: CEUS has a great capability to detect arterial hypervascularity of small HCC. Because only 4.5% of new nodules escape the demonstration of arterial hyervascularity, CEUS must be performed immediately after conventional US to contrast the malignant fate of small lesions arising in a cirrhotic liver..
Abbreviations: CEUS: contrast-enhanced ultrasound; CT: computed tomography; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma;MRI: magnetic resonance; NPV: negative predictive value; PPV: positive predictive value; US: ultrasonography.
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Is Associated with Non- Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Authors: Fialho Andrea , Fialho Andre , Thota Prashanthi , McCullough Arthur J. , Shen Bo 
Published: May 2016

Background: Changes in gut bacteria play a role in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and hepatic steatosis. There is a lack of studies evaluating the frequency and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients tested for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Aim: To evaluate the frequency of NAFLD and associated risk factors in patients tested for SIBO.
Methods: In this case-control study, 372 eligible patients submitted to glucose hydrogen/methane breath test for SIBO who also had an abdominal imaging study were included. Patients were divided into SIBO-positive and SIBO-negative groups. Clinical, demographic and laboratory variables were evaluated in addition to the presence of NAFLD on abdominal imaging.
Results: Of the 372 eligible patients, 141 (37.9%) were tested positive for SIBO (study group) and 231 (62.1%) were negative for it (control group). NAFLD occurred in 45.4% (64/141) of the study group compared to 17.3% (40/231) of the control group (p<0.001). Patients in the study group were found to have higher rates of elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (20.6% vs. 11.3%; p=0.034) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (56.0% vs. 40.7%; p= 0.039), type 2 diabetes (23.4% vs. 13.9%; p=0.041), hypertension (54.6% vs. 40.3%; p=0.046) and metabolic syndrome (78.0% vs. 60.2%; p=0.020). In the multivariate analysis, SIBO (odds ratio [OR]: 1.95; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.14-3.31; p=0.014), type 2 DM (OR: 3.04; 95%CI: 1.57-5.90; p=0.001) and obesity (OR: 3.58; 95%CI: 1.70-7.54; p=0.001) remained associated with NAFLD.Conclusion: Patients with SIBO have an increased risk for hepatic steatosis and may benefit from aggressive control of the risk factors for NAFLD including metabolic syndrome.
Abbreviations: ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; BMI: body mass index; CTE: computed tomography enterography; DM: diabetes mellitus; ETOH: ethanol; IL: interleukin; LPS: lipopolysaccharide; NAFLD: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; PPI: proton pump inhibitor; SIBO: small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; TLR-4: toll-like receptor 4; TMAO: trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO); TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha.
Liver Stiffness Evaluation by Transient Elastography in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Ultrasound-proven Steatosis
Authors: Sporea Ioan , Mare Ruxandra , Lupușoru Raluca , Sima Alexandra , Șirli Roxana , Timar Romulus 
Published: May 2016

Background & Aims: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases worldwide. The aim of our study was to evaluate a population of diabetic patients regarding the severity of liver steatosis and liver fibrosis.
Methods: The study included 392 type 2 diabetic patients prospectively randomized, evaluated in the same session by transabdominal ultrasound to assess steatosis and by liver elastography to assess fibrosis (Transient Elastography – TE, FibroScan, EchoSens). Steatosis severity was graded using a semi-quantitative scale (S0-no steatosis; S1-mild steatosis; S2-moderate steatosis; S3-severe steatosis). For differentiation between stages of liver fibrosis, the following cut-off values were used (Wong et al., 2010): F2-F3: 7-10.2kPa, F4≥10.3 kPa.
Results: Reliable elastographic measurements were obtained in 76% (298/392) patients. By using the proposed cut-off values, significant fibrosis (F2-F3) was found in 18.8% (56) patients with steatosis, while 13.8% (41) had cirrhosis (F4). Significant fibrosis (F2-F3) was found in 20.4% (20/98) of the patients with S1, in 18.6% (22/118) of those with S2 and in 31.8% (14/44) of those with S3, while cirrhosis (F4) was diagnosed in 7.1% (7/98) patients with S1, in 20.3% (24/118) of those with S2 and in 22.7% (10/44) of those with S3.
Conclusions: Liver steatosis diagnosed by ultrasound is very frequently found in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, more than half of them having moderate/severe steatosis. A significant liver stiffness increase was found in more than 30% of these patients. Liver stiffness assessment in type 2 diabetic patients should be performed systematically to identify those with significant liver fibrosis. .
Abbreviations: 2D-SWE: Two Dimensional Shear Waves Elastography; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AP: alkaline phosphatase; ARFI: Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; AUROC: area under the receiver operating characteristic; BMI: body mass index; DM: diabetes mellitus; GGT: gammaglutamyl transpeptidase; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; HBsAg: hepatitis B virus surface antigen; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; LC: liver cirrhosis; LS: liver stiffness; NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; TE: transient elastography; US: ultrasound.
METHOD OF MULTICRITERIA ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY OF THE OIL PRODUCING COMPANIES
Authors: Smirnov D. B. 
Published: May 2016

The developed method of multicriteria assessment of the level of innovative activity of the oil-producing companies, which can be used to form a strategy for sustainable development of the enterprise, industry; improve the management of innovative activity of oil companies. The use of this technique gives practical tools to improve the quality of decisions regarding the provision of state support for real innovation projects, which in turn contributes to a more effective spending of budgetary funds.The article describes the algorithm of methodology for assessing the innovative activity of the oil-producing companies, which includes a series of sequential steps with the use of special software for statistical analysis of the Microsoft Excel 2013 and Statistica Advanced for Windows v.10.
Estado, desigualdad y bienestar en Argentina (1993-2010)
Authors: Calvi Gabriel 
Published: May 2016

El objetivo general de este trabajo es problematizar el impacto del accionar estatal sobre la distribución del ingreso disponible y el bienestar en la Argentinade los últimos años, para brindar una base de sustento empírico, desde el campo de los estudios de la desigualdad, al análisis de las continuidades y cambios en el rol del estado. El estudio del sesgo redistributivo del accionar estatal, fundado en una caracterización teóricamente informada del estado –tal y como es propuesta en este trabajo–, constituye un insumo empírico relevante para abordar problemas como el de la autonomía relativa del estado, que suelen quedar circunscriptos a debates exclusivamente teóricos. Ciertamente, las funciones del estado no se agotan en el complejo mecanismo redistributivo que opera. Pero este aspecto del accionar público es evidencia suficiente para dar cuenta del sentido de su intervención.
La dimensión (ausente) de género en la política pública de Economía Popular y Solidaria en Ecuador
Authors: Vega Ugalde Silvia 
Published: May 2016

Este artículo analiza la política pública de economía popular y solidaria implementada por el Gobierno ecuatoriano del Presidente Rafael Correa (2007-2012) desde la interrogación sobre la existencia o no de un enfoque de transversalidad y de redistribución de género, a partir de la conceptualización que hacen de estos términos Judith Astelarra y Nancy Fraser, respectivamente.La evidencia extraída fundamentalmente de entrevistas a actoras claves en la formulación e implementación de esta política sustenta la tesis de que la dimensión de género está hasta ahora ausente en dicha política, aunque existe la apertura para considerarla.
La formación y capacitación política en la Argentina democrática
Authors: Guardamagna María Melina 
Published: May 2016

La preocupación por formar cuadros políticos para la gestión del Estado adquiere rango constitucional en 1994 cuando el Estado se compromete a contribuir a la capacitación de los dirigentes de los partidos políticos. Para la implementación de dicha política se crearon dos instituciones de formación y capacitación político estatales: la Escuela Nacional de Gobierno y el Instituto de Capacitación y de Dirigentes Políticos. El análisis del proceso de formulación e implementación de la política busca comprender el devenir de estas instituciones que, desde su creación, fueron cerrándose cada vez más a las necesidades coyunturales de cada gestión, generando la gubernamentalización de componentes estatales e impidiendo la estabilización de un modelo de formación y capacitación de cuadros políticos tal como lo prescribe la Constitución Nacional en su artículo 38.
Segmentación residencial e informalidad económica: un ejercicio de tipologías.
Authors: Molina Derteano Pablo 
Published: May 2016

El presente artículo es un estudio de caso de la configuración socio-territorial de un territorio segregado en la localidad de Ministro Rivadavia. Adoptando una perspectiva de estratificación, se muestra un anudamiento entre crecimiento de lainformalidad económica y segregación residencial que perfilan espacios urbanos de gran complejidad en una localidad de reciente crecimiento demográfico.La metodología apunta a la construcción de tipologías, siendo que se considera como el mejor recurso para dar cuenta de la multidimensionalidad de las problemáticas que afectan a los hogares derivadas del anudamiento entre territorios y mercados de trabajo segmentados.
Responsabilidad política, actores y controversias en torno a la inseguridad en la Argentina. Un análisis a partir del “caso Blumberg”.
Authors: Schillagi Carolina 
Published: May 2016

El artículo analiza el proceso político a través del cual se configuraron respuestas al problema de la inseguridad en diversos ámbitos y niveles institucionalesdurante el año 2004 en la Argentina, cuando tuvo lugar el “caso Blumberg”. Desde la perspectiva de la sociología de los problemas públicos y en base a entrevistas a actores clave, discursos políticos, planes oficiales y debates legislativos, estudiamos un conjunto de actividades llevadas adelante por los actores políticos que asumieron la responsabilidad de ofrecer soluciones respecto de la seguridad en una coyuntura determinada. Señalamos también algunos aportes y límites que ofrece el enfoque teórico adoptado para el estudio de los procesos políticos.
03. Ideology as Artificial Respiration: Hegel on Stoicism, Skepticism and Unhappy Consciousness
Authors: Särkelä Arvi 
Published: May 2016

This paper draws upon Hegel’s analysis of Stoicism, Skepticism and the Unhappy Consciousness as intellectual reactions to social pathology. He argues that, in Hegel’s view, the true and the false are held together in ideology by its being recognitively educational: ideology presents both a moment of social pathology and a moment of its overcoming. It gives, so to speak, artificial respiration for a social life fallen ill. The paper argues against two readings of these passages (as distinguished by Robert Stern). For the ‘historical materialist’ interpretation put forward by Alexandre Kojève, Stoicism, Skepticism and Unhappy Consciousness are treated as servile ‘ideologies’ and given a ‘purely socio-political rationale.’ The conceptual realist reading, by contrast, identifies a clear conceptual progress in these shapes as they bring self-consciousness forth from what initially appeared to be a dead-lock in the preceding relation of Lordship and Bondage. The paper argues that both readings are partly right and partly wrong: the conceptual realist gets it right that Stoicism, Skepticism and Unhappy Consciousness are indeed distinctively novel shapes of consciousness; the historical materialist correctly points out that Stoicism, Skepticism and Unhappy Consciousness are ideologies functionally sustaining the dead equilibrium of Lordship and Bondage. Both aspects can be reconciled by regarding ideology as productive and potentially educative. Ideology works not only to maintain the dead equilibrium of Lordship and Bondage, but also revives the organic means of overcoming it. Thereby this paper argues for the necessity of ideology-critique as a component of an inclusive diagnosis that understands social pathologies as systematic disturbances in the reproduction of characteristically social life.
11. Pathologies of Collective Recognition
Authors: Hirvonen Onni 
Published: May 2016

This paper maps the theoretical possibilities of what pathologies of collective recognition might be. It argues that collectives have a twofold role in recognition: they can function either as normative frameworks that enable recognition, or as agents of recognition. From this it follows that pathologies of collective recognition can be either systemic or agential. Furthermore, accepting the agential role of collectives opens possibilities for specific forms of pathologies. The paper concludes with remarks on the ontological commitments that need to be made if one wants to understand pathologies of recognition as including collective agents.
Les clusters au Maroc : vers l’émergence d’une nouvelle politique industrielle territoriale
Authors: Amine Rajae 
Published: May 2016

Dans le contexte économique mondial actuel, les pays développés et ceux en voie de développement ont fait le pari des pôles et des agglomérations d’entreprises, afin de consolider la compétitivité des territoires et ainsi de l’économie nationale. S’inspirant des expériences internationales, le Maroc s’est investi dans le renforcement de la compétitivité territoriale, à travers des politiques volontaristes, afin de permettre l’éclosion d’une industrie forte en valeur ajoutée et l’ancrage d’une logique d’innovation et de compétitivité territoriale. Cet article se donne pour but, d’abord, de présenter l’évolution des agglomérations d’entreprises et leur rôle dans la valorisation des territoires à travers une revue de littérature. Il s’agit ensuite, de donner un aperçu de l’expérience marocaine dans le développement des clusters à travers des politiques économiques et industrielles, et conclure par une matrice SWOT synthétisant l’expérience marocaine. Classification JEL : L520, L160, R580, R120.