bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effect of ostrich egg lipoproteins and hen egg yolk on the quality of dog sperm during liquid storage at 5°C
Authors: Dziekońska Anna , Behrendt Dorota , Strzeżek Rafał , Kordan Władysław 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The objective of this study was a comparative analysis of the impact of the addition of lipoproteins from ostrich egg yolk (LPFo) and hen egg yolk (HEY) to a Tris-citric acid-fructose (TCF) extender on the quality of dog sperm preserved at 5°C for 7 days. The sperm-rich fraction of the ejaculate was manually collected and extended using the following extenders: control (TCF), TCF+ 5% addition of LPFo (TCF-LPFo) and TCF+ 20% of addition HEY (TCF-HEY). The analysis of quality included: sperm motility parameters (TMOT, PMOT, VAP, VSL, VCL, ALH, BCF, STR, LIN), normal apical ridge acrosome (NAR), plasma membrane integrity (PMI), mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and ATP content. The addition of LPFo and HEY to the TCF extender had a beneficial effect on all quality parameters of the stored sperm compared with the TCF extender. However, the analysis of sperm motility parameters revealed differences (P≤0.05) between TCF-LPFo and TCF-HEY extenders as affected by storage day. Semen extended in TCF-LPFo was characterized by lower values of TMOT and VAP on Day 5 and by lower values of TMOT and VCL on Day 7, compared to that extended in TCF-HEY. The analysis of PMOT, VSL, ALH, BCF, STR, LIN, PMI, MMP and ATP content showed no differences (P≥0.05) between TCF-LPFo and TCF-HEY extenders. The results suggest that TCF extender supplementation with LPFo or HEY improves the quality of dog sperm stored at 5°C. Both LPFo and HEY protect motility, membrane integrity and can contribute to the improvement of the energy status of stored dog sperm. LPFo can be alternatively used instead of HEY for dog semen preservation in the liquid state.
An Effect of Washing on Durability of Hydrophobic Finishes of Membrane Laminates
Authors: Kowalski Mateusz , Salerno-Kochan Renata 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThe aim of the study is to show how the washing process, while considering the type of washing agent and number of wash cycles, determines the durability of hydrophobic finishes of laminated fabrics. The samples of material were subject to multiple wash cycles in clear water and with the use of two types of washing agents, namely, an ordinary washing powder and a detergent recommended by manufacturers of functional clothing. The washed materials were subject to spray test and its waterproofing and degree of surface wetting were evaluated. The tests have shown that waterproofing of membrane laminates with DWR (durable water repellent) coating become deteriorated during washing treatment and the use of special detergent does not guaranty the maintenance of better coating properties than an ordinary washing agent.
Dolichocephala ocellata (Costa, 1854) (Diptera, Empididae) new to Slovakia
Authors: van der Weele Ruud , Kappert Jürgen , Oboňa Jozef 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The first record of Dolichocephala ocellata (Costa, 1854) (Diptera, Empididae) for the territory of Slovakia and Central Europe is presented. This increases the number of known empidid species for Slovakia to 286.
Contribution to the bryoflora of the Ciężkowickie Foothills (Western Carpathians, Poland)
Authors: Stebel Adam , Vončina Grzegorz 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The paper provides information about new localities of 118 species, including 2 hornworts, 22 liverworts and 94 mosses collected at the Ciężkowickie Foothills. The most interesting are bryophytes protected and threatened in Poland, for example Fossombronia wondraczekii, Nowellia curvifolia, Sphagnum compactum, Trichocolea tomentella and Weissia squarrosa.
Der Wald. Über Bild und Sinn in der Divina Commedia
Authors: Wehle Winfried 
Published: November 2017

Riassunto
Come raccontare in modo visibile e convincente di qualcosa che nessuno ha mai visto? Dante ha risposto a questa sfida in una maniera che continua a esercitare la sua influenza fino a oggi. Ha fatto della Divina Commedia un’opera ›bilingue‹. Da una parte l’autore spiega tutto il sapere possibile su Dio e sul mondo, dall’altra lo illustra con un’iconografia che parla direttamente, e con insistenza, all’immaginazione e ai sensi. Dalla ›selva oscura‹, e dalla natura in generale, fa nascere un immaginario in cui il giardino dell’Eden sfocia nell’albero celeste del Paradiso che fiorisce nel giardino di rose dell’Empireo.
Gemalte Landschaften im Zeitalter Dantes und Petrarcas
Authors: Aurenhammer Hans 
Published: November 2017

Riassunto
Il saggio esamina le analogie e le differenze che sussistono fra la rappresentazione del paesaggio nei pittori italiani della prima metà del Trecento e la letteratura dell’epoca. Giotto, il grande innovatore, continua a essere ligio alla tradizione medievale del paesaggio roccioso, ma le colline nude dei suoi sfondi si riferiscono così strettamente al racconto rappresentato da poter parlare di un paesaggio ›simpatetico‹. I primi illustratori della Commedia non riescono a tenere dietro alle descrizioni poetiche dei regni dell’aldilà. Fenomeni ottici descritti in maniera precisa da Dante (riflessi, sbattimento, cielo atmosferico) superavano le possibilità che la pittura aveva all’epoca. Entro questi limiti, però, i miniatori propongono delle soluzioni originali, come si mostra sull’esempio del Codice Egerton 943 della British Library (intorno al 1335/40). La descrizione dell’ascesa al monte Ventoux di Petrarca e Il Dittamondo di Fazio degli Uberti aprono sul paesaggio uno sguardo che viene dall’alto e spazia lontano, simile a quello dell’affresco sugli effetti del ›Buon Governo‹ di Ambrogio Lorenzetti nel Palazzo Pubblico di Siena (1338/39). L’affresco è caratterizzato da una combinazione di concretezza empirica e di ordine allegorico paragonabile ai paesaggi di Dante e di Petrarca.
The effect of antimicrobials on verocytotoxin bacteriophage transduction under bovine rumen fluid and broth conditions
Authors: Nyambe S. , Burgess C. , Whyte P. , Bolton D. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThe verocytotoxin genes in verocytotoxigenicEscherichia coli(VTEC) are carried by bacteriophages, incorporated into the bacterial genome (prophage). Antibiotics may promote phage replication and release to infect other cells (transduction), thus leading to the emergence of new VTEC strains. This study investigated transduction of a verocytotoxin2-encoding bacteriophage (3538(vtx2::cat)) under laboratory conditions, including the effect of antibiotic treatments. Luria-Bertani Miller broth and rumen fluid (raw and sterilised by irradiation) were inoculated with the donor (C600φ3538(Δvtx2::cat)) and recipient (E. coli C600::kanamycinR) strains (4 log10cfu/mL) and incubated at 38°C. Antibiotic treatments (minimal inhibitory and sub-inhibitory concentrations of ampicillin, cefquinome, oxytetracycline and sodium sulfamethazine) were applied after 3 h. Samples were tested for donor, recipient, cell-free phage and transductants at times t = 0, 3, 4, 6, 27 (24 h post-antibiotic treatment) and 51 h. Free phage was detected in the untreated broth and rumen samples, as were the transductants confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. The antibiotic treatments did not significantly (P > 0.01) increase the concentrations of free phage or transductants detected. It was therefore concluded that, under laboratory conditions, the antibiotics tested did not induce bacteriophage lysis, release and infection of new bacterial cells beyond that constitutively found in the phage population.
Portfolio immunization under cone restrictions
Authors: Gajek Lesław , Krajewska Elżbieta 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
Interest rate risk for portfolios with random cash flows
is mitigated via minimizing its

ℒ
2

{\mathcal{L}^{2}}

-measure.
A link between monotonicity of linear operators and immunization under cone restrictions is examined.
The results are based on the Hilbert space methods
applied to incomplete markets.
Swimming, but not vitamin E, ameliorates prothrombotic state and hypofibrinolysis in a rat model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Authors: Sakr Hussein F. , Abbas Amr M. , Haidara Mohamed A. 
Published: November 2017

Abstract

Background:
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with a systemic procoagulant hypofibrinolysis state that is considered as a risk factor for microangiopathy and peripheral vascular diseases. Swimming exercise ameliorates the metabolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes. Vitamin E is a natural antioxidant that reduces the risk of endothelial dysfunction in metabolic syndrome. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of combined swimming exercise with vitamin E on coagulation as well as blood fibrinolysis markers in rats with NAFLD.

Methods:
Eighty male rats were divided into control, control+vitamin E, control+exercise, high-fat diet (HFD), HFD+vitamin E, HFD+exercise, and HFD+vitamin E+exercise groups. Glucose, insulin, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), triglycerides, cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL), alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST), intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1), endothelin-1, von Willebrand factor (vWF), fibrinogen, plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1), fibrin degradation products (FDP), platelet count and aggregation, bleeding and clotting times, activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), and prothrombin time (PT) were determined.

Results:
HFD increased lipid profile, insulin, glucose, HOMA-IR, liver enzymes, adhesion molecules, endothelin-1, vWF, platelet aggregation, fibrinogen, FDP, and PAI-1, and decreased clotting and bleeding times and HDL. Although exercise reduced lipid profile, glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, vWF, platelet aggregation, fibrinogen, FDP, and PAI-1 and increased PT, aPTT, bleeding and clotting times, and HDL, vitamin E had no effect.

Conclusions:
Exercise, but not vitamin E, ameliorated the HFD-induced prothrombotic state and enhanced fibrinolytic activity.
From Literary Culture to Post-Communist Media: Romanian Conspiracism
Authors: Colăcel Onoriu , Pintilescu Corneliu 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
Conspiracy thinking has a long history in Romanian literary culture. In the early 21st century, what counts as a conspiracy theory in the mainstream of Romanian life is nevertheless elusive enough to keep the public engaged more than ever before. The growing number of attempts to address the gap in knowledge with regard to local conspiracy theories is proof that concern with their possibly harmful consequences is on the rise as well. For most of the conspiracy-minded, the topics of the day are specific threats posed to post-communist Romania and its people. In the main, conspiratorial beliefs fall into three main fields. Namely, they come across as 1) conspiracy theories against the body politic of the nation, 2) health-related conspiracy theories and 3) conspiracy theories on use and conservation of natural resources. While the first two overlap and build on the tradition of home-grown populism, the third is mostly a borrowing from Western media sources. However, the most influential instances of Romanian conspiracism posit that the well-being of the nation’s body politic and that of individuals’ own bodies are one and the same.
Conspiring Against the Gullible: Notes on Gulliver’s Travels as Universal Satire in the Guise of Paranoid Discourse
Authors: Popescu Dan Nicolae 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
Readers and critics alike have bickered over the verisimilitude of Gulliver’s Travels since it was first published in 1726. No critical consensus has ever been reached even on some very fundamental interpreting issues. While several particulars of Swift’s satire appear to have been decoded and agreed upon, such as the parody of travel literature and the attack on Walpole’s corrupt administration, some others are still debated over, even after more than a century of modern criticism, such as the overall object of the universally reverberating satire and what it teaches us about Swift’s own values and worldview. Fully aware of the Gulliverian critical deadlock the world is still in, we suggest in the present article that the narratorial duet Swift-Gulliver ‘conspires’ against readers, be they innocent (gullible) or competent (lucid): by construing the latter as a microcosm who explores the world in order to gain identity, the former stages an elaborate hoax in which a potentially paranoid narrative is cunningly brought within the boundaries of acceptable, coherent discourse, with a view to achieving his far-reaching satire.
Crystal structure of 5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3,7,8-trimethoxy-4H-chromen-4-one, C19H18O8
Authors: Brito Iván , Bórquez Jorge , Simirgiotis Mario , Cárdenas Alejandro 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
C19H18O8, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 12.689(2) Å, b = 20.321(4) Å, c = 7.0820(13) Å, β = 105.368(13)°, V = 1760.8(6) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt = 0.0662, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1788, T = 295 K.
Crystal structure of poly{[μ2-1,1′-(sulfonylbis(4,1-phenylene))bis(2-methyl-1H-imidazole)-κ2
N:N′][μ2-4,4′-oxydibenzoato-κ2
O:O′]cobalt(II)} hemihydrate, C34H27N4O7.5SCo
Authors: Li Wei , Sun Xuan , Suo Jian , Xing Yanpeng , Wang Daguang 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
C34H27N4O7.5SCo, monoclinic, Cc (no. 9), a = 23.7684(16) Å, b = 13.5683(10) Å, c = 10.0223(7) Å, β = 94.405(2)° V = 3222.6(4) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0427, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0815, T = 293(2) K.
The crystal structure of (E)-N-benzyl-N′-benzylidene-4-methylbenzenesulfonohydrazide, C21H20N2O2S
Authors: Guan Xiao-Yu , Zhang Liang-Dong , Liu Zhang-Qin , Guo Xin , Ma Xuebing 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
C21H20N2O2S, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 19.436(3) Å, b = 6.1396(6) Å, c = 16.362(3) Å, β = 108.100(16)°, V = 1855.8(5) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0502, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1224, T = 100 K.
Terminology of separation methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2017)
Authors: Maryutina Tatiana A. , Savonina Elena Yu. , Fedotov Petr S. , Smith Roger M. , Siren Heli , Hibbert D. Brynn 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
Recommendations are given concerning the terminology of methods of separation in analytical chemistry, including chromatography, electromigration techniques, and field-flow fractionation and related techniques.
Comparasion of NDBI and NDVI as Indicators of Surface Urban Heat Island Effect in Landsat 8 Imagery: A Case Study of Iasi
Authors: Macarof Paul , Statescu Florian 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
This study compares the normalized difference built-up index (NDBI) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) as indicators of surface urban heat island effects in Landsat-8 OLI imagery by investigating the relationships between the land surface temperature (LST), NDBI and NDVI. The urban heat island (UHI) represents the phenomenon of higher atmospheric and surface temperatures occurring in urban area or metropolitan area than in the surrounding rural areas due to urbanization. With the development of remote sensing technology, it has become an important approach to urban heat island research. Landsat data were used to estimate the LST, NDBI and NDVI from four seasons for Iasi municipality area. This paper indicates than there is a strong linear relationship between LST and NDBI, whereas the relationship between LST and NDVI varies by season. This paper suggests, NDBI is an accurate indicator of surface UHI effects and can be used as a complementary metric to the traditionally applied NDVI.
The Effect of Tigecycline on the Binding of Fluoroquinolones to Human Serum Albumin
Authors: Jelic Ratomir M. , Stojanovic Stefan D. , Beric Jelena D. , Odovic Jadranka 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThe co-administration of several drugs in multidrug therapy may alter the binding of each drug to human serum albumin (HSA) and, thus, their pharmacology effect. Therefore, in this study, the interaction mechanism between HSA and two fluoroquinolones (FQs), sparfloxacin (SPF) and levofloxacin (LVF), was investigated using fluorescence and absorption methods in the absence and presence of the competing drugtigecycline (TGC). The the UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy results showed that the fluorescence quenching of HSA was a result of the formation of the HSA-SPF and HSA-LVF complexes. The fluorescence quenching of HSA-TGC revealed that tigecycline can regulate the binding sites, binding mode and binding affinity of fluoroquinolones. The binding constants (KA) and binding sites (n) of the interaction systems were calculated. The results confirmed that the KAvalues of the HSA-FQ system decreased in the presence of TGC, indicating that TGC can affect the binding ability of FQ for HSA. This interaction may increase the free plasma concentration of unbound FQ and enhance their pharmacology effect.
A New Scheduling Method for TTCAN-Based Turbofan Distributed Control System
Authors: Pan Muxuan , Fan Xueshi , Mei Man , Huang Jinquan 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
A hybrid-scheduling method, consisting of packing algorithm, genetic algorithm and priority promotion algorithm, was proposed for time-triggered CAN in this paper. We divided the basic cycles (BC) into synchronous phase for transmitting time-triggered messages and asynchronous phase for transmitting event-triggered messages. At the each end of BC, fault-tolerant windows were designed to improve the fault-tolerance. The First Fit Increasing and the genetic algorithm scheduled and optimized the transmission of time-triggered messages in the synchronous phase, and the priority promotion algorithm optimized the transmission of event-triggered messages in the synchronous phase. For the communication application of a TTCAN-based turbofan distributed control system, the new scheduling method improved the bandwidth utilization and arbitrary windows utilization to 99% and 9.3%.
On Some Generalizations of Porosity and Porouscontinuity
Authors: Kowalczyk Stanisław , Turowska Małgorzata 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
In the present paper, we introduce notions of v-porosity and v-porouscontinuity. We investigate some properties of v-poroucontinuity and its connections with porouscontinuity introduced by Borsík and Holos. Moreover, we show that v-porouscontinuous functions may not belong to Baire class one.
Qualche considerazione sui riflessi dell’italiano pugnale nelle lingue balcaniche e in turco-ottomano
Authors: Rocchi Luciano 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The Italian word pugnale ‘dagger’ has been borrowed by several Balkan languages and Ottoman-Turkish, but some of these loans show a peculiar phonetic feature, namely the change of the vowel u to i in the first syllable. Two scholars, Gustav Meyer and Henrik Barić, tried to explain this feature by opposing arguments: according to Meyer the change originated in Turkish, whilst according to Barić in Albanian. This paper aims to reanalyze the whole question and demonstrate that Barić’s view is much likelier both for phonetic reasons and on the basis of documentary and lexicographical data.
Next-generation panel sequencing identifies NF1 germline mutations in three patients with pheochromocytoma but no clinical diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1
Authors: Gieldon Laura , Masjkur Jimmy Rusdian , Richter Susan , Därr Roland , Lahera Marcos , Aust Daniela , Zeugner Silke , Rump Andreas , Hackmann Karl , Tzschach Andreas , Januszewicz Andrzej , Prejbisz Aleksander , Eisenhofer Graeme , Schrock Evelin , Robledo Mercedes , Klink Barbara 
Published: November 2017

Objective
Our objective was to improve molecular diagnostics in patients with hereditary pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) by using next-generation sequencing (NGS) multi-gene panel analysis. Derived from this study, we here present three cases that were diagnosed with NF1 germline mutations but did not have a prior clinical diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).

Design
We performed genetic analysis of known tumor predisposition genes, including NF1, using a multi-gene NGS enrichment-based panel applied to a total of 1029 PPGL patients. We did not exclude genes known to cause clinically defined syndromes such as NF1 based on missing phenotypic expression as is commonly practiced.

Methods
Genetic analysis was performed using NGS (TruSight Cancer Panel/customized panel by Illumina) for analyzing patients’ blood and tumor samples. Validation was carried out by Sanger sequencing.

Results
Within our cohort, three patients, who were identified to carry pathogenic NF1 germline mutations, attracted attention, since none of the patients had a clinical suspicion of NF1 and one of them was initially suspected to have MEN2A syndrome due to co-occurrence of a medullary thyroid carcinoma. In these cases, one splice site, one stop and one frameshift mutation in NF1 were identified.

Conclusions
Since phenotypical presentation of NF1 is highly variable, we suggest analysis of the NF1 gene also in PPGL patients who do not meet diagnostic NF1 criteria. Co-occurrence of medullary thyroid carcinoma and PPGL was found to be a clinical decoy in NF1 diagnostics. These observations underline the value of multi-gene panel NGS for PPGL patients.
Analysis of Copy Number Variants on Chromosome 21 in Down Syndrome-Associated Congenital Heart Defects
Authors: Rambo-Martin Benjamin L , Mulle Jennifer G , Cutler David J , Bean Lora J H , Rosser Tracie C , Dooley Kenneth J , Cua Clifford , Capone George , Maslen Cheryl L , Reeves Roger H , Sherman Stephanie L , Zwick Michael E 
Published: November 2017

AbstractOne in five people with Down syndrome (DS) are born with an atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), an incidence 2000 times higher than in the euploid population. The genetic loci that contribute to this risk are poorly understood. In this study, we tested two hypotheses: (1) individuals with DS carrying chromosome 21 copy number variants (CNVs) that interrupt exons may be protected from AVSD, because these CNVs return AVSD susceptibility loci back to disomy, and (2) individuals with DS carrying chromosome 21 genes spanned by microduplications are at greater risk for AVSD because these microduplications boost the dosage of AVSD susceptibility loci beyond a tolerable threshold. We tested 198 case individuals with DS+AVSD, and 211 control individuals with DS and a normal heart, using a custom microarray with dense probes tiled on chromosome 21 for array CGH (aCGH). We found that neither an individual chromosome 21 CNV nor any individual gene intersected by a CNV was associated with AVSD in DS. Burden analyses revealed that African American controls had more bases covered by rare deletions than did African American cases. Inversely, we found that Caucasian cases had more genes intersected by rare duplications than did Caucasian controls. We also showed that previously DS+AVSD (DS and a complete AVSD)-associated common CNVs on chromosome 21 failed to replicate. This research adds to the swell of evidence indicating that DS-associated AVSD is similarly heterogeneous, as is AVSD in the euploid population.