bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A review of current surgical practice in the operative treatment of proximal humeral fractures
Authors: Dean B. J. F. , Jones L. D. , Palmer A. J. R. , Macnair R. D. , Brewer P. E. , Jayadev C. , Wheelton A. N. , Ball D. E. J. , Nandra R. S. , Aujla R. S. , Sykes A. E. , Carr A. J. 
Published: May 2016

Objectives The PROximal Fracture of the Humerus: Evaluation by Randomisation (PROFHER) trial has recently demonstrated that surgery is non-superior to non-operative treatment in the management of displaced proximal humeral fractures. The objective of this study was to assess current surgical practice in the context of the PROFHER trial in terms of patient demographics, injury characteristics and the nature of the surgical treatment. Methods A total of ten consecutive patients undergoing surgery for the treatment of a proximal humeral fracture from each of 11 United Kingdom hospitals were retrospectively identified over a 15 month period between January 2014 and March 2015. Data gathered for the 110 patients included patient demographics, injury characteristics, mode of surgical fixation, the grade of operating surgeon and the cost of the surgical implants. Results A majority of the patients were female (66%, 73 of 110). The mean patient age was 62 years (range 18 to 89). A majority of patients met the inclusion criteria for the PROFHER trial (75%, 83 of 110). Plate fixation was the most common mode of surgery (68%, 75 patients), followed by intramedullary fixation (12%, 13 patients), reverse shoulder arthroplasty (10%, 11 patients) and hemiarthroplasty (7%, eight patients). The consultant was either the primary operating surgeon or supervising the operating surgeon in a large majority of cases (91%, 100 patients). Implant costs for plate fixation were significantly less than both hemiarthroplasty (p < 0.05) and reverse shoulder arthroplasty (p < 0.0001). Implant costs for intramedullary fixation were significantly less than plate fixation (p < 0.01), hemiarthroplasty (p < 0.0001) and reverse shoulder arthroplasty (p < 0.0001). Conclusions Our study has shown that the majority of a representative sample of patients currently undergoing surgical treatment for a proximal humeral fracture in these United Kingdom centres met the inclusion criteria for the PROFHER trial and that a proportion of these patients may, therefore, have been effectively managed non-operatively. Cite this article: Mr B. J. F. Dean. A review of current surgical practice in the operative treatment of proximal humeral fractures: Does the PROFHER trial demonstrate a need for change? Bone Joint Res 2016;5:178–184. DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.55.2000596.
(Re)authoring the 27 club: Bewildered voices, acousmatic audiophilia and the dangers of listening-in
Authors: Macpherson Ben 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
This article considers the limits, layers and potential of vocal mimesis in the creation and performance of a new musical theatre work. Reflecting on the process and production of All That’s Left – a musical that performed imagined conversations between pop-culture icons from ‘The 27 Club’ – I conceptualize voice as a plural space that connects imitation and originality by exposing, negotiating and re-siting the boundaries of mimetic vocality. Specifically, using Hillel Schwartz’s The Culture of the Copy (1996) as a basis for discourse, I offer three readings of vocal mimesis as an act that constructs a space of plural and paradoxical possibilities. First, I consider the fidelity of timbral imitation or accent in ‘singing like the celebrity’, and use Simon Frith in dialogue with Roland Barthes’ concept of the ‘grain’ to explore the paradox of vocal bewilderment in performing original versions of celebrities. Second, I reflect on the use of recorded voice, to suggest that acousmatic voice unveils the limits of mimesis while allowing a sonic (re)authoring in the process. Third, I consider the audience as transgressors, and suggest that in listening-in to the ethereal and imagined thoughts of a long-deceased rock star, they themselves perform the very (re)authoring the mimetic voice offers.
Singing research: Judaica 1 at The British Library
Authors: Spatz Ben 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
This article analyses a performance of Judaica 1 at The British Library in London, part of an ongoing research project to investigate the embodied technique of contemporary (Jewish) identity using a ‘laboratory’ methodology of post-Grotowskian songaction. Through a close analysis of this event, the article seeks to articulate some of the main concepts and questions that underpin the Judaica Project, such as the relevance of social epistemology to fields of embodied knowledge; the ethics and politics of embodied research in culturally defined areas of technique; and the relationship between referential meaning and non-lexical vocal form. Although the Judaica Project focuses specifically on Jewish songs, the proposed synthesis of scholarly epistemology and contemporary performance could have relevance for other projects in which embodied performance materials function both as markers of identity and as unfolding epistemic objects.
Voice in devising/devising through voice: A conversation with Mikhail Karikis, Elaine Mitchener and Jessica Walker
Authors: Karikis Mikhail , Mitchener Elaine , Walker Jessica , Thomaidis Konstantinos 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
How is voice used in devising practices? What is the interplay between structure, freedom and improvisation in such compositional practices? In what ways is voice conceived and practised as material? In providing answers to such questions, this multi-vocal interview/roundtable transcript is composed around the responses of three contemporary vocal artists based in the United Kingdom, Mikhail Karikis, Elaine Mitchener and Jessica Walker. Their work ranges from audio-visual installations and solo shows to immersive performance and site-responsive work, and their deployment of vocality ranges from jazz and Victorian music hall repertoires to extended vocal techniques and experimentations across the speech–song continuum. In conversation with practitioner-scholar Konstantinos Thomaidis, their responses offer valuable insights into current vocal experimentation but are also an invitation to expand discussions around devising in the field of interdisciplinary voice studies.
Vocalizing Nothingness: (Re)configuring vocality inside the spacetime of Ottavia
Authors: Belgrano Elisabeth 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
In 1634, a Venetian academy, Accademia degli Incogniti/Academy of the Unknown, published a discourse on Nothingness, Le Glorie del Niente. Their idea of Nothingness can be simplified to the fact that words were the sparkles of meaning, and immediately when spoken the rational context was transformed into other meanings and purposes. Nothingness was in a sense fragmented but at the same time filled with paradoxes and multiple meanings. A list of figures of Nothingness was formulated by the Academy. Voice was one of them. The purpose of this Voicing is to stage an event where Nothingness becomes a part of a singer’s conscious process into an historical vocal manuscript. This event – being an essay delivered in both written and sounding format – invites the reader to join the singer in her paradoxical journey through words, thoughts and vocality. Her methodological format is built through a continuous questioning into how sensuous experiences of singing and performing can be understood and communicated in words. Theories and vocal practice materialize through one another continuously. The result is a complex poetic event in words and sound, serving as a model for how a voice can develop through a never-ending learning process of vocalizing and theorizing.
Predicting box office from the screenplay: A text analytical approach
Authors: Hunter III Starling David , Smith Susan , Singh Saba 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
Empirical studies of the determinants of box office revenues have mostly focused on post-production factors – that is, ones known after the film has been completed and/or released. Relatively few studies have considered pre-production factors – that is, ones known before a decision has been made to green-light a film project. The current study directly addresses this gap in the literature. Specifically, we develop and test a relatively parsimonious, pre-production model to predict the opening weekend box office of 170 US-produced, English-language feature films released in the years 2010 and 2011. Chief among the pre-production factors we consider are those derived from the textual and content analysis of the screenplays of these films. The most important of these is determined through the application of network text analysis (NTA) – a method for rendering a text as a map or network of interconnected concepts. As predicted, we find that the size of the main component of a screenplay’s text network strongly predicts the completed film’s opening weekend box office.
Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Saccardi Nadia , Lennox Patricia , Carter Tina 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
COSTUME AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY 1990–2015 A.A. BAKHRUSHIN STATE CENTRAL THEATRE MUSEUM, MOSCOW
SHAKESPEARE: L’ÉTOFFE DU MONDE, CENTRE NATIONAL DU COSTUME DE SCÈNE, MOULINS, FRANCE 14 June 2014 – 4 January 2015
REVIEW OF BJÖRK: A MID-CAREER RETROSPECTIVE WITH NEW COMMISSIONED PIECE FOR MOMA, NEW YORK
The real professional: Designers and discourse in Hindi film costume
Authors: Wilkinson Clare M. 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
Since the mid-twentieth century, successive generations of Hindi film costume designers and costume workers have asserted claims to an aesthetic and professional distinction. As each new cluster of designers comes on the scene, they draw a contrast between their practices and knowledge and those of past designers (or other costume department personnel) in ways that boost their own claims of being the first to do the job ‘professionally’. Such claims often tend to revolve around evolving (and often competing) notions of what makes a costume ‘real’. Based on in-depth interviews and ethnography among a cross-section of film costume producers from different eras, this article points out the ways in which discrepant discourses among designers and makers, and between designers of different generations, reveal important differences in how ‘real’ costume is understood. Paying attention to a wider range of voices within costume production also reveals the linkage of narrative, costume, and aesthetics in collaborative, albeit conflicted practice, as opposed to being the direct outcome of an intellectual and somewhat disembodied process of design.
Such stuff as dreams are made on: Exploring costume design’s semiotic and scenographic potential in making meaning for performance
Authors: Lynch Julie 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
There has been an abundance of literature on the role of set and lighting design within scenography. However, the presence of costume within the scenographic whole has been poorly considered. In this article, I will analyse costume’s semiotic and scenographic potential by comparing two important productions of The Tempest. I will juxtapose the signification of Ariel in Giorgio Strehler’s Tempest at the Piccolo Teatro, Milan (1978) (set and costume design by Luciano Damiani), with Robert Lepage’s production of Thomas Adès’ The Tempest for the Metropolitan Opera in collaboration with Ex Machina (2012) (set design by Jasmine Catadul, and costume, wig and make-up design by Kym Barrett). I will examine why costume design has been less examined than other areas within scenography, and by comparing these two productions, I will show evidence of the different and significant ways that costume can interrupt or enhance meaning within performance.
Memoirs of a GAY! Sha: Race and gender performance on RuPaul’s Drag Race
Authors: Zhang Eric 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
The popular American reality television programme RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009–) has become well known for its racially diverse cast of contestants; notably, it has featured numerous contestants of Asian descent throughout its first seven seasons. Looking at four of these contestants (namely, Jujubee, Manila Luzon, Raja and Gia Gunn), I ask how Asian American drag queens use costume and other elements of bodily adornment in conjunction with performance in order to construct their drag characters. I explore the ways in which these former contestants embody their intersecting racial, gender and sexual identities through their costuming and performance, both while competing on Drag Race and in their post-Drag Race careers. Ultimately, I argue that Asian American drag queens often engage in an ambivalent rhetoric of race and gender both onstage and on-screen.
Are WE the world? A critical reflection on selfhood and global citizenship education
Authors: Wang Chenyu , Hoffman Diane M. 
Published: May 2016

Although much debate exists on the conceptualization, nature, and goals of global citizenship education, there has been widespread support for incorporating ideals of global citizenship into the practices, texts, and curricula of U.S. schools and universities. This article offers an interpretive discourse-based critique of ideas of selfhood underlying global citizenship education. Based on analyses of two U.S. high school curricula and materials available on websites devoted to global citizenship, we develop a critique of universalizing constructs of selfhood that underlie global citizenship discourse. These assumptions obscure reflection on dynamics of social class privilege that shape global citizenship activism and situate global citizenship education as a potentially counter-productive neoliberal discourse. The article concludes with recommendations for practitioners interested in developing a more self-reflective and critical global citizenship education.
Without Boundaries?
Authors: Watson Anthony J. 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
This article systematically derives a common pluralist theology from the works of theologians
Roger Haight and Amir Hussain. It then discusses this emergent definition of pluralism through the
perspective of intent, an examination of exclusive claims and the historicity of formative context. Finally,
potential approaches and areas are outlined, such as revelation, salvation, and historicity, in which a
pluralist theology can advance a Theology “Without Walls.”
Left atrial strain: a new predictor of thrombotic risk and successful electrical cardioversion
Authors: Costa Cátia , González-Alujas Teresa , Valente Filipa , Aranda Carlos , Rodríguez-Palomares José , Gutierrez Laura , Maldonado Giuliana , Galian Laura , Teixidó Gisela , Evangelista Artur 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
Background: Left atrial deformation (LAD) parameters are new markers of atrial structural remodelling that seem to be affected in atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL). This study aimed to determine whether LAD can identify patients with a higher risk of thrombosis and unsuccessful electrical cardioversion (ECV).
Methods: Retrospective study including 56 patients with AF or AFL undergoing ECV, with previous transthoracic (TTE) and transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) studies. Echocardiographic parameters analysed were as follows: left ventricle function, left atrium (LA) dimensions, LAD parameters (positive and negative strain peaks), left atrial appendage (LAA) filling and emptying velocities and the presence of thrombi. Strain values were analysed according to thrombotic risk and success of ECV.
Lower mean values of peak-positive strain (PPS) in patients with prothrombotic velocities (<25 cm/s) and a higher incidence of thrombi in LAA were observed compared with those with normal velocities. Multivariate analysis revealed PPS normalised by LA maximum volume indexed by body surface area (BSA) to be associated with prothrombotic risk (odds ratio 0.000 (95% CI: 0.000–0.243), P 0.017), regardless of CHADs2VASC score. Peak-negative strain normalised by LA volumes indexed by BSA were associated with unsuccessful ECV.
Conclusions: Atrial deformation parameters identify AF and AFL patients with a high risk of thrombosis and unsuccessful ECV. Therefore, these new parameters should be included in anticoagulation management and rhythm vs rate control strategies.
Timing of Return to Work and Breastfeeding in Australia
Authors: Xiang Ning , Zadoroznyj Maria , Tomaszewski Wojtek , Martin Bill 
Published: May 2016

OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of timing of return to work, number of hours worked, and their interaction, on the likelihood of breastfeeding at 6 months and predominant breastfeeding at 16 weeks.METHODS:A nationally representative sample of Australian mothers in paid employment in the 13 months before giving birth (n = 2300) were surveyed by telephone. Four multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze the effects of timing of return to work and work hours, independently and in interaction, on any breastfeeding at 6 months and on predominant breastfeeding at 16 weeks, controlling for maternal sociodemographics, employment patterns, and health measures.RESULTS:Mothers who returned to work within 6 months and who worked for ≥20 hours per week were significantly less likely than mothers who had not returned to work to be breastfeeding at 6 months. However, returning to work for ≤19 hours per week had no significant impact on the likelihood of breastfeeding regardless of when mothers returned to work. Older maternal age, higher educational attainment, better physical or mental health, managerial or professional maternal occupation, and being self-employed all significantly contributed to the increased likelihood of any breastfeeding at 6 months. Similar patterns exist for predominant breastfeeding at 16 weeks.CONCLUSIONS:The effects of timing of return to work are secondary to the hours of employment. Working ≤19 hours per week is associated with higher likelihood of maintaining breastfeeding, regardless of timing of return to work.
Дослідження можливостей використання поліферментних систем водоростей Mycrocystis aeruginosa для підготовки питної та технологічної води
Authors: Karpenko V. I. , Golodok L. P. , Vodka M. V. , Dyachenko A. A. , Sirenko L. A. 
Published: May 2016

The methods and a laboratory bench have been developed for research of the multienzyme systems of cyanobacteriae Mycrocystis aeruginosa. The bench allows regulating the luminous intensity and suspension agitation, studying the cells reproduction and conducting the chemical analysis of water. It has been established that algae can be used in a biofilter for reducing low concentrations of total iron in water to the levels which meet state standard (GOST 2874-82) requirements. Algae cells reproduction during water treatment from iron in a biofilter indicates that the number of enzyme systems and their activity increase. The advantage of the algae multienzyme systems use for the water treatment is the fact that they maintain their activity for a long time and do not need any carbonaceous energy substrata.
Комплексна дiагностика ниркового алотрансплантата з метою подовження функцiонування
Authors: Tashevskaya N. I. , Furman Y. V. , Nedzvetsky V. S. 
Published: May 2016

This review covers the necessity of deep estimation of kidney allograft state on each stage of its life. Particular emphasis was made on complex investigation by invasive and noninvasive diagnostics methods. This way will be helpful for increasing of the kidney allograft lifetime.
Dissimilatory sulfate reduction in bacteria Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ІМV К-6 upon influence of Uragan and Raundup herbicides
Authors: Zvir G. І. , Moroz O. М. , Hnatush S. O. 
Published: May 2016

Objects of the study were sulfate-reducing bacteria Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ІМV К-6, isolated from Yavorivske lakе. This strain is kept in the collection of microorganisms at the Department of Microbiology of Ivan Franko National University. Bacteria were grown in the Kravtsov-Sorokin’s liquid medium with the following composition (g/l): Na2SO4 × 10H2O – 0.5, NaH2PO4 – 0.3, K2HPO4 – 0.5, (NH4)2SO4 – 0.2, MgSO4 × 7H2O – 0.1, C3H5O3Na – 2.0. The bacteria were grown for 10 days at 30 °C under anaerobic conditions. In order to study the sensitivity of the sulfate reducing bacteria to action of Uragan and Raundup herbicides, the cells of D. desulfuricans ІМV К-6 were grown at the concentrations of herbicides as follows: 0,28 mМ, 2,8 mМ (concentration recommended for use) and 5,6 mM. Biomass was determined by photometric method. Concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the culture medium was determined by photo-colorimetric method. Concentration of sulfate-ions in the medium was determined by turbidimetric method. Capacity of sulfate reducing bacteria D. desulfuricans ІМV K-6 to grow, reducing sulfates to hydrogen sulfide upon influence of Uragan and Raundup herbicides was studied. Accumulation of bacterial biomass in the control and upon influence of herbicides was the highest on the fourth-sixth day of cultivation, and after that the stationary growth phase began. It was shown that sulfate reducing bacteria upon influence of herbicides grew more intensively compared with the control. It was discovered that the level of biomass changed depending on the increasing concentration of Uragan or Raundup herbicides in the medium. Sulfate reducing bacteria D. desulfuricans ІМV K-6 could reduce sulfates to hydrogen sulfide in the presence of sulfates and organic compounds in the medium (dissimilatory sulfate reduction). Stimulatory influence of Uragan and Raundup on the dissimilatory sulfate reduction process of D. desulfuricans ІМВ К-6 has been discovered. The formation of hydrogen sulfide correlates with the usage of sulfatе ions. The capacity of sulfate reducing bacteria D. desulfuricans ІМV K-6 to grow, reducing sulfate ions to hydrogen sulfide upon influence of Uragan and Raundup may be caused by presence of inert components (sulfates) in these herbicides that can be used by microorganisms as electron acceptors during sulfate respiration.