bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Efficacy of text-message reminders on paediatric malaria treatment adherence and their post-treatment return to health facilities in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Talisuna Ambrose O. , Oburu Amos , Githinji Sophie , Malinga Josephine , Amboko Beatrice , Bejon Philip , Jones Caroline , Snow Robert W. , Zurovac Dejan 
Published: January 2017

AbstractBackgroundShort Message Service (SMS) reminders have been suggested as a potential intervention for improving adherence to medications and health facility attendance.MethodsAn open-label, randomized, controlled trial to test the efficacy of automated SMS reminders in improving adherence to artemether–lumefantrine (AL) and post-treatment attendance in comparison with standard care was conducted at four health facilities in western Kenya. Children below five years of age with uncomplicated malaria were randomized to intervention (SMS reminders) or control groups. Within each study group they were further randomized to three categories, which determined the timing of home visits to measure adherence to complete AL course and to individual AL doses. A sub-set of caregivers was advised to return to the facility on day 3 and all were advised to return after 28 days. The primary outcomes were adherence to medication and return on day 3. The primary analysis was by intention-to-treat.ResultsBetween 9 June, 2014 and 26 February, 2016, 1677 children were enrolled. Of 562 children visited at home on day 3, all AL doses were completed for 97.6% (282/289) of children in the control and 97.8% (267/273) in the intervention group (OR = 1.10; 95% CI = 0.37–3.33; p = 0.860). When correct timing in taking each dose was considered a criteria for adherence, 72.3% (209/289) were adherent in the control and 69.2% (189/273) in the intervention group (OR = 0.82; 95% CI = 0.56–1.19; p = 0.302). Sending SMS reminders significantly increased odds of children returning to the facility on day 3 (81.4 vs 74.0%; OR = 1.55; 95% CI = 1.15–2.08; p = 0.004) and on day 28 (63.4 vs 52.5%; OR = 1.58; 95% CI = 1.30–1.92; p < 0.001).ConclusionsIn this efficacy trial, SMS reminders increased post-treatment return to the health facility, but had no effect on AL adherence which was high in both control and intervention groups. Further effectiveness studies under the real world conditions are needed to determine the optimum role of SMS reminders.Trial registrationISRCTN39512726
Assessing healthcare service quality: a comparative study of patient treatment types
Authors: Lee DonHee , Kim Kai K. 
Published: January 2017

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to examine the effects of healthcare service quality (HEALTHQUAL) measurement items. First, the proposed measurement items for HEALTHQUAL were tested using data collected from a hospital in South Korea with more than 500 beds. The data set included 365 patients and 232 public respondents. ANOVA and t-tests were used to perform a comparative analysis of HEALTHQUAL measurement items among three patient treatment groups (inpatients, outpatients, and family members of patients in the emergency room) and between the patient and general public groups. The results indicated significant differences among measurement items of HEALTHQUAL depending on the type of patient treatment, while there were no significant differences among measurement items of HEALTHQUAL between patients and the public.
Castas, Creoles, and the Rise of a Maya Lingua Franca in Eighteenth-Century Yucatan
Authors: Lentz Mark 
Published: January 2017

AbstractAlthough indigenous languages elsewhere in the Americas declined during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, in eighteenth-century Yucatan fluency and literacy in Yucatec Maya became more common among castas and creoles. During the later colonial period, interpreters were readily available, with an upsurge in literacy in Maya among criollo clergymen, merchants, militia officers, and provincial administrators. They in turn observed that almost as many mestizo and Afro-Yucatecan subjects and parishioners spoke only Yucatec Maya as their indigenous counterparts. In criminal cases, indigenous, casta, and even creole witnesses and suspects required interpreters to translate their statements. This article builds on earlier research into indigenous-language documentation but shifts its emphasis to mundane genres produced by non-Mayas, demonstrating that the linguistic persistence of Yucatec Maya should be viewed not only as an instance of effective cultural preservation but also as an example of multidirectional transculturation.
Cost Management with Сost-killing
Authors: Макиева  , Makieva E. 
Published: January 2017

This article deals with the process of cost management. The author provides
a description of cost-killing as a method of cost management and the ways of its
application with regard to the productive capacity, personnel, inventory, logistics
and distribution management, reveals a need for optimization of and rationing
variable costs of production by constructing an econometric model.
Concept Approaches to Information Education Environment Designing for Education Professional Managers Training
Authors: Лазарева  , Lazareva M. , Новикова  , Novikova Tatyana , Никулина  , Nikulina N. 
Published: January 2017

The article gives approaches to information education environment designing, which provide education professional managers training of capital
educational organizations. The authors describe the principles of information education environment designing and its main components such as
information education resources, means of communication and educational technologies (including mentoring).
Implementation of the Standard Requirements for the Study of Polyhedrons
Authors: Васильева  , Vasileva Marina 
Published: January 2017

The article describes the implementation of the requirements of the standard in the study of polyhedrons for profi le level. The organization of active
teaching and learning activities of students with the introduction of concepts of the subject is shown. Using the problematic situation with the
introduction of concepts, using an analogy, combining the front group and individual work, promotes the formation steps of formulating and solving
the problems that are part of the universal cognitive learning activities. Solving the problem, hypothesizing, defending own point of view, requires the
student correctly formulate the basic facts proving faithful view that promotes the formation of universal educational communication actions.
In the profi le classes the study of material should be systematic and perform function of preparation for further education. Defi nition of polyhedron gets
a diff erent meaning depending on how you defi ne a polygon. Polygon is the main element of the polyhedron surface. The study of polygons actually
continues throughout the learning of mathematics in high school. In the process of teaching section of the polyhedrons can be used similar to the
relevant issues of plane geometry course but it should be used carefully, because it may not always lead to plausible conclusions. Using the analogy
between the actions of basic geometric concepts will help in the formulation of the defi nitions of new concepts.
Methods and Tools of Seismic Risk Assessment and Reduction. Overview
Authors: Метелкин  , Metelkin E. , Акатьев  , Akatev Vladimir , Нигметов  , Nigmetov G. 
Published: January 2017

The article considers approaches to the analysis and management of seismic risk. In chronological order a summary of the
seismographs, methods of assessing the risk of seismic events, the scale of earthquakes and seismic zoning area is presented.
An expression for the quantitative assessment of seismic risk is presented. It is shown that in the management of seismic risk in
Russia the researches in the field of methods for real-time prediction of strong earthquakes and earthquake-proof construction
are especially relevant in the near future. The analysis of the factors that best determine the seismic risk is carried out.
Inducing salt tolerance in sweet corn by magnetic priming
Authors: Karimi Soheil , ESHGHI Saeid , KARIMI Saeid , HASAN-NEZHADIAN Saman 
Published: January 2017

This study evaluates seed germination and growth of sweet corn under NaCl stress (0, 50, and 100 mM), after exposing the seeds to weak (15 mT) or strong (150 mT) magnetic fields (MF) for different durations (0, 6, 12, and 24 hours). Salinity reduced seed germination and plant growth. MF treatments enhanced rate and percentage of germination and improved plant growth, regardless of salinity. Higher germination rate was obtained by the stronger MF, however, the seedling were more vigorous after priming with 15 mT MF. Proline accumulation was observed in parallel with the loss of plant water content under 100 mM NaCl stress. MF prevented proline accumulation by improving water absorption. Positive correlation between H2O2 accumulation and membrane thermostability (MTI) was found after MF treatments, which revealed that MF primed the plant for salinity by H2O2 signaling. However, over-accumulation of H2O2 after prolonged MF exposure adversely affected MTI under severe salt stress. In conclusion, magnetic priming for 6 hours was suggested for enhancing germination and growth of sweet corn under salt stress.
Variations on gui and the Trouble with Ghosts in Modern Chinese Fiction
Authors: Imbach Jessica 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
Ghosts appear in a great number of fictional works from the early modern period to the present. Yet, to this date no systematic study of this very heterogeneous textual corpus has been undertaken. This paper proposes as a useful starting point a review of figures and discourses of spectrality, mainly in Republican-era literary and critical texts, that focuses in particular on the different meanings and usages of the term gui, “ghosts”. A better understanding of gui helps us not only to distinguish different approaches towards spectral figures, which do not necessarily always operate on a secular-religious binary, but also brings the entangled dynamics of the aesthetic and the political in modern Chinese ghost fiction into sharper focus.
The Formation of Zhou Dunyi’s Role in the Daoxue: A Critical Analysis of Biographical Sources
Authors: Gallinaro Ludovica 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
This study presents a critical investigation on the biographical sources of the Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhou Dunyi (1017–1073), recognized as a pioneer of the tradition of Learning of the Way (Daoxue), also translated as Neo-Confucianism. Through a relevant translation and analysis of two textual typologies, namely the biographical chronology (nianpu) and the official biography (liezhuan) of Zhou Dunyi, according to their different uses of historiographical materials and epistemological assumptions, we aim to provide a portray of Zhou Dunyi in relation to the context of Daoxue. Zhou Dunyi’s individuality is established by an integration of two conceptual frameworks: one focuses on the historical representation, the other stresses the value of his Neo-Confucian personality. In both cases, there is a dynamics of legitimization of Zhou Dunyi’s role in order to create a Neo-Confucian philosophical and moral paradigm: this paper is an attempt to explain this process of formation and legitimization.
The effects of brown-rot decay on select wood properties of poplar (Populus cathayana Rehd.) and its mechanism of action
Authors: Ge Xiaowen , Wang Lihai , Hou Jiejian , Rong Binbin , Yue Xiaoquan , Zhang Shengming 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
The effects of brown-rot decay on the mechanical and chemical properties of poplar (Populus cathayana Rehd.) wood were investigated, while the correlation of several properties to the decay degree and to each other were quantified. During the decay process, the losses in impact bending strength (IBS) and modulus of rupture (MOR) increased logarithmically with the degree of decay, whereas the losses in modulus of elasticity (MOE) and compressive strength parallel to grain (CS∥) increased slowly with linear trends. The ranking of the four mechanical parameters for the response speed to decay and the degree of the influence of decay were IBS>MOR>MOE>CS∥. Hemicelluloses were preferably decomposed by the brown-rot fungus. The prominent degradation of cellulose began from a weight loss (W
L) of 18.7%, where the relative crystallinity decreased. In summary, the degradation of hemicelluloses caused a fast and significant decrease in IBS while the subsequent removal of paracrystalline cellulose resulted in MOR loss. The variation of MOE was in correlation with the cellulose content. A decrease in CS∥ was due to the slow deterioration of crystalline cellulose.
Oxidation of 1, 2-dichlorobenzene on a commercial V2O5-WO3/nano-TiO2 catalyst: Effect of HCl addition
Authors: Ji Longjie , Lu Shengyong , Du Cuicui , Li Xiaodong , Buekens Alfons , Yan Jianhua 
Published: January 2017

Abstract:The effect of various parameters on the catalytic oxidation of 1,2-dichlorobenzene (1,2-DCBz) present in simulated flue gas was investigated. A commercial V
Effect of electrode oxide film in micro arc oxidation on water treatment
Authors: Yan Zhiyu , Men Manting , Sun Bing , Wang Qiaomin , Han Yue , Wen Mi 
Published: January 2017

AbstractThis study investigated the characteristics of liquid phase plasma-electrode catalysis system formed by micro-arc oxidation with titanium-aluminum (Ti-Al) alloy as the anode. Under different power supplies, the wastewater from printing and textile dyeing industries simulated with Rhodamine B (RhB) dye was decolored. We evaluated the impact of oxide film formed on the electrodes on the plasma effects. Our findings showed that repeated applications of opposite voltages could damage the insulating oxide film formed on the electrode surface, contributing to its breakdown and enhancing micro-arc oxidation. Intermittent power supply also modulated the coverage of oxide film by enhancing the cooling of electrolyte. Morphological study of oxide film revealed the presences of rutile and anatase titanium dioxide (TiO
Capacity of Optical Wireless System over Log-Normal Channels with Spatial Diversity in Presence of Atmospheric Losses
Authors: Kaushik Rahul , Khandelwal Vineet , Jain R.C. 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
In this paper, average channel capacity of optical wireless communication system is evaluated under the combined effect of geometrical loss, attenuation due to weather conditions and weak atmospheric turbulence using a simple closed form expression. Fading induced due to atmospheric turbulence is modeled by log-normal distribution. Considering the fact that the sum of log-normal random variables can be well approximated by another log-normal random variable, the proposed expression has been utilized to compute the channel capacity for spatial diversity reception employing maximum ratio combining and equal gain combining over uncorrelated turbulence-induced fading conditions. It is shown that spatial diversity is an effective technique to mitigate the impairments caused by various atmospheric conditions such as haze, rain and fog. The quantitative improvement in channel capacity achieved by using diversity techniques is investigated and compared. Accuracy of the results is validated with exact results computed using Monte Carlo simulation.
Potential applications of deep eutectic solvents in natural gas sweetening for CO2 capture
Authors: Aissaoui Tayeb , AlNashef Inas M. , Qureshi Umair A. , Benguerba Yacine 
Published: January 2017

AbstractNovel solvents named deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have been intensively investigated in recent years. Their non-toxicity, biodegradability, low volatility, easy preparation and low cost make them promising green solvents for several industrial processes. This article provides a status review of the possible applications of DESs in natural gas (NG) sweetening by carbon dioxide (CO
Neural Progenitor Cells Promote Axonal Growth and Alter Axonal mRNA Localization in Adult Neurons
Authors: Merianda Tanuja T. , Jin Ying , Kalinski Ashley L. , Sahoo Pabitra K. , Fischer Itzhak , Twiss Jeffery L. 
Published: January 2017

AbstractThe inhibitory environment of the spinal cord and the intrinsic properties of neurons prevent regeneration of axons following CNS injury. However, both ascending and descending axons of the injured spinal cord have been shown to regenerate into grafts of embryonic neural progenitor cells (NPCs). Previous studies have shown that grafts composed of glial-restricted progenitors (GRPs) and neural-restricted progenitors (NRPs) can provide a permissive microenvironment for axon growth. We have used cocultures of adult rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons together with NPCs, which have shown significant enhancement of axon growth by embryonic rat GRP and GRPs/NRPs, both in coculture conditions and when DRGs are exposed to conditioned medium from the NPC cultures. This growth-promoting effect of NPC-conditioned medium was also seen in injury-conditioned neurons. DRGs cocultured with GRPs/NRPs showed altered expression of regeneration-associated genes at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. We found that levels of GAP-43 mRNA increased in DRG cell bodies and axons. However, hepcidin antimicrobial peptide (HAMP) mRNA decreased in the cell bodies of DRGs cocultured with GRPs/NRPs, which is distinct from the increase in cell body HAMP mRNA levels seen in DRGs after injury conditioning. Endogenous GAP-43 and β-actin mRNAs as well as reporter RNAs carrying axonally localizing 3'UTRs of these transcripts showed significantly increased levels in distal axons in the DRGs cocultured with GRPs/NRPs. These results indicate that axon growth promoted by NPCs is associated not only with enhanced transcription of growth-associated genes but also can increase localization of some mRNAs into growing axons.
The Proline/Arginine Dipeptide from Hexanucleotide Repeat ExpandedC9ORF72Inhibits the Proteasome
Authors: Gupta Rahul , Lan Matthews , Mojsilovic-Petrovic Jelena , Choi Won Hoon , Safren Nathaniel , Barmada Sami , Lee Min Jae , Kalb Robert 
Published: January 2017

AbstractAn intronic hexanucleotide repeat expansion (HRE) mutation in theC9ORF72gene is the most common cause of familial ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and is found in ∼7% of individuals with apparently sporadic disease. Several different diamino acid peptides can be generated from the HRE by noncanonical translation (repeat-associated non-ATG translation, or RAN translation), and some of these peptides can be toxic. Here, we studied the effects of two arginine containing RAN translation products [proline/arginine repeated 20 times (PR20) and glycine/arginine repeated 20 times (GR20)] in primary rat spinal cord neuron cultures grown on an astrocyte feeder layer. We find that PR20kills motor neurons with an LD50of 2 µM, but in contrast to the effects of other ALS-causing mutant proteins (i.e., SOD or TDP43), PR20does not evoke the biochemical signature of mitochondrial dysfunction, ER stress, or mTORC down-regulation. PR20does result in a time-dependent build-up of ubiquitylated substrates, and this is associated with a reduction of flux through both autophagic and proteasomal degradation pathways. GR20, however, does not have these effects. The effects of PR20on the proteasome are likely to be direct because (1) PR20physically associates with proteasomes in biochemical assays, and (2) PR20inhibits the degradation of a ubiquitylated test substrate when presented to purified proteasomes. Application of a proteasomal activator (IU1) blocks the toxic effects of PR20on motor neuron survival. This work suggests that proteasomal activators have therapeutic potential in individuals withC9ORF72HRE.
Electrical Microstimulation of the Pulvinar Biases Saccade Choices and Reaction Times in a Time-Dependent Manner
Authors: Dominguez-Vargas Adan-Ulises , Schneider Lukas , Wilke Melanie , Kagan Igor 
Published: January 2017

The pulvinar complex is interconnected extensively with brain regions involved in spatial processing and eye movement control. Recent inactivation studies have shown that the dorsal pulvinar (dPul) plays a role in saccade target selection; however, it remains unknown whether it exerts effects on visual processing or at planning/execution stages. We used electrical microstimulation of the dPul while monkeys performed saccade tasks toward instructed and freely chosen targets. Timing of stimulation was varied, starting before, at, or after onset of target(s). Stimulation affected saccade properties and target selection in a time-dependent manner. Stimulation starting before but overlapping with target onset shortened saccadic reaction times (RTs) for ipsiversive (to the stimulation site) target locations, whereas stimulation starting at and after target onset caused systematic delays for both ipsiversive and contraversive locations. Similarly, stimulation starting before the onset of bilateral targets increased ipsiversive target choices, whereas stimulation after target onset increased contraversive choices. Properties of dPul neurons and stimulation effects were consistent with an overall contraversive drive, with varying outcomes contingent upon behavioral demands. RT and choice effects were largely congruent in the visually-guided task, but stimulation during memory-guided saccades, while influencing RTs and errors, did not affect choice behavior. Together, these results show that the dPul plays a primary role in action planning as opposed to visual processing, that it exerts its strongest influence on spatial choices when decision and action are temporally close, and that this choice effect can be dissociated from motor effects on saccade initiation and execution.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTDespite a recent surge of interest, the core function of the pulvinar, the largest thalamic complex in primates, remains elusive. This understanding is crucial given the central role of the pulvinar in current theories of integrative brain functions supporting cognition and goal-directed behaviors, but electrophysiological and causal interference studies of dorsal pulvinar (dPul) are rare. Building on our previous studies that pharmacologically suppressed dPul activity for several hours, here we used transient electrical microstimulation at different periods while monkeys performed instructed and choice eye movement tasks, to determine time-specific contributions of pulvinar to saccade generation and decision making. We show that stimulation effects depend on timing and behavioral state and that effects on choices can be dissociated from motor effects.
Aclimatación ovina en los altiplanos andinos
Authors: Monge M. Carlos , San Martín Mauricio 
Published: January 2017

La acción agresiva de las causas físicas y químicas sobre las gonadas masculinas ha recibido una mayor atención en los últimos años. Así en la excelente revista Hueper, a la que nos referimos para el conocimiento de la bibliografía hasta 1942, se da cuenta de los factores exógenos que pueden actuar sobre el epitelio germinal ocasionando pérdida de la líbido, azoospermia y lesiones tisulares, reversibles algunas veces, y otras, irreversibles.
Valor diagnóstico de la biopsia por aspiración en los tumores de la mama
Authors: Campos R. de C. J. , García Giesmann J. 
Published: January 2017

Se ha estudiado las ventajas, limitaciones e indicaciones del método de biopsia por aspiración en una serie de 80 tumores de la mama. De los resultados obtenidos se concluye que es este un método innocuo, de gran valor en el diagnóstico anatómico de lesiones no ulceradas en las que no debe practicarse biopsia por sección; permite hacer diagnósticos pre-operatorios seguros y, en los casos avanzados no quirúrgicos, constitutye la única oprtunidad de diagnóstico anatómico. Es indispensable una estrecha colaboración entre el cancerólogo y el patólogo, como condición fundamental para obtener buenas muestras, y lograr una adecuada interpretación de ellas.