bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Problem-Solving Therapy During Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Improves Coping and Health-Related Quality of Life
Authors: Visser Marieke M. , Heijenbrok-Kal Majanka H. , van‘t Spijker Adriaan , Lannoo Engelien , Busschbach Jan J.V. , Ribbers Gerard M. 
Published: December 2015

Background and Purpose—
This study investigated whether problem-solving therapy (PST) is an effective group intervention for improving coping strategy and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with stroke.

Methods—
In this multicenter randomized controlled trial, the intervention group received PST as add-on to standard outpatient rehabilitation, the control group received outpatient rehabilitation only. Measurements were performed at baseline, directly after the intervention, and 6 and 12 months later. Data were analyzed using linear-mixed models. Primary outcomes were task-oriented coping as measured by the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations and psychosocial HRQoL as measured by the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale. Secondary outcomes were the EuroQol EQ-5D-5L utility score, emotion-oriented and avoidant coping as measured by the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, problem-solving skills as measured by the Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised, and depression as measured by the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale.

Results—

Included were 166 patients with stroke, mean age 53.06 years (SD, 10.19), 53% men, median time poststroke 7.29 months (interquartile range, 4.90–10.61 months). Six months post intervention, the PST group showed significant improvement when compared with the control group in task-oriented coping (
P
=0.008), but not stroke-specific psychosocial HRQoL. Furthermore, avoidant coping (
P
=0.039) and the utility value for general HRQoL (
P
=0.034) improved more in the PST group than in the control after 6 months.

Conclusions—
PST seems to improve task-oriented coping but not disease-specific psychosocial HRQoL after stroke >6-month follow-up. Furthermore, we found indications that PST may improve generic HRQoL recovery and avoidant coping.

Clinical Trial Registration—

URL:
http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=2509
. Unique identifier: CNTR2509.
Rates, Predictors, and Outcomes of Early and Late Recurrence After Stroke
Authors: Callaly Elizabeth , Ni Chroinin Danielle , Hannon Niamh , Marnane Michael , Akijian Layan , Sheehan Orla , Merwick Aine , Hayden Derek , Horgan Gillian , Duggan Joseph , Murphy Sean , O’Rourke Killian , Dolan Eamon , Williams David , Kyne Lorraine , Kelly Peter J. 
Published: December 2015

Background and Purpose—
Few recent studies have investigated the rates and predictors of early and late stroke recurrence using prospective population–based methodology. We investigated recurrent stroke at 2 years in the North Dublin Population Stroke Study (NDPSS).

Methods—
Patients were ascertained from December 2005 to 2006 from overlapping community and hospital sources using hot and cold pursuit. Stroke recurrence, survival, and functional outcome were ascertained at 72 hours, 7 days, 28 days, 90 days, 1 year, and 2 years.

Results—

Of 567 patients, cumulative 2-year stroke recurrence rate was 10.8% and case fatality was 38.6%. Recurrence subtype was associated with initial stroke subtype (
P
<0.001). On multivariable Cox regression, hyperlipidemia (adjusted hazard ratio, 3.32;
P
=0.005) and prior stroke (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.92;
P
=0.01) were independent predictors of 2-year recurrence in 28-day survivors.

Conclusions—
Despite rigorous ascertainment, recurrent stroke rates were lower in current study than in earlier studies. Our data suggest that large sample sizes may be needed for future secondary prevention trials in patients treated with modern preventive medications.
Microbial degradation of cellulosic material under intermediate-level waste simulated conditions
Authors: Bassil Naji M. , Bewsher Alastair D. , Thompson Olivia R. , Lloyd Jonathan R. 
Published: December 2015

AbstractUnder the alkaline conditions expected in an intermediate-level waste repository, cellulosic material will undergo chemical hydrolysis. This will produce hydrolysis products, some of which can form soluble complexes with some radionuclides. Analyses of samples containing autoclaved tissue and cotton wool incubated in a saturated solution of Ca(OH)2 ( pH > 12) confirmed previous reports that isosaccharinic acid (ISA) is produced from these cellulose polymers at high pH. However, when inoculated with a sediment sample from a hyperalkaline site contaminated with lime-kiln waste, microbial activity was implicated in the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose and the subsequent production of acetate. This in turn led to acidification of the microcosms and a marked decrease in ISA production from the abiotic alkali hydrolysis of cellulose. DNA analyses of microbial communities present in the microcosms further support the hypothesis that bacterial activities can have a controlling influence on the formation of organic acids, including ISA, via an interplay between direct and indirect mechanisms. These and previous results imply that microorganisms could have a role in attenuating the mobility of some radionuclides in and around a geological disposal facility, via either the direct biodegradation of ISA or by catalysing cellulose fermentation and therefore preventing the formation of ISA.
A mechanism for bentonite buffer erosion in a fracture with a naturally varying aperture
Authors: Reid Christopher , Lunn Rebecca , El Mountassir Gráinne , Tarantino Alessandro 
Published: December 2015

AbstractIn the deep geological disposal of nuclear waste in crystalline rock, erosion of the bentonite buffer may occur during periods of glaciation. Previous researchers have examined the mechanism and rates of extrusion and erosion for purified montmorillonite samples in smooth planar fractures. In this paper, we investigate the influence of using MX-80 material (as delivered, i.e. including accessory minerals) and a naturally varying aperture on bentonite erosion. A bespoke fracture flow cell was constructed for this purpose and flow through conducted with deionized water. Throughout the experiment, gravimetric analysis was undertaken on the effluent and the swelling pressure of the bentonite monitored. Quantitative image analysis of the extrusion process was also undertaken. When the swelling pressure data were analysed, alongside both the oscillations in erosion rate and the area of the accessory-mineral ring, a two-stage mechanism governing the erosion process became apparent. Once an accessory-mineral ring had formed at the edge of the extruded material, further increases in swelling pressure resulted in a breach in the accessory-mineral ring, triggering an erosive period during which, the mineral ring was supplemented with additional minerals. The cycle repeated until the ring was sufficiently strong that it remained intact. This observed process results in erosion rates one order of magnitude less than those currently used in long-term safetycase calculations.
An approach to modelling the impact of 14C release from reactor graphite in a geological disposal facility
Authors: Doulgeris Charalampos , Humphreys Paul , Rout Simon 
Published: December 2015

AbstractCarbon-14 (C-14) is a key radionuclide in the assessment of a geological disposal facility (GDF) for radioactive waste. In the UK a significant proportion of the national C-14 inventory is associated with reactor-core graphite generated by the decommissioning of the UK's Magnox and AGR reactors.There are a number of uncertainties associated with the fate and transport of C-14 in a post-closure disposal environment that need to be considered when calculating the radiological impacts of C-14-containing wastes. Some of these uncertainties are associated with the distribution of C-14-containing gaseous species such as 14CH4 and 14CO2 between the groundwater and gaseous release pathways. As part of the C14-BIG programme, a modelling framework has been developed to investigate these uncertainties. This framework consists of a biogeochemical near-field evolution model, incorporating a graphite carbon-14 release model, which interfaces with a geosphere/biosphere model. The model highlights the potential impact of the microbial reduction of 14CO2 to 14CH4, through the oxidation of H2, on C-14 transport. The modelling results could be used to inform the possible segregation of reactor graphite from other gasgenerating wastes.
Development of a Generic Safety Narrative for a UK Geological Disposal Facility
Authors: Bailey L. 
Published: December 2015

AbstractThe UK has published a generic Disposal System Safety Case for a geological disposal facility (NDA, 2010) and is planning to update this in 2016. However, it is a challenge to present a meaningful safety case when the location and hence the design of a geological disposal facility are not known. Consequently, this paper describes our aim to present a narrative, explaining how we can have confidence in the long-term safety of a geological disposal facility. This narrative is based on an understanding of the environmental safety functions of a geological disposal facility and the features, events and processes (FEPs) that support them. The highest level environmental safety functions required for a geological disposal facility are isolation and containment. By isolation we mean removal of the wastes from people and the surface environment. By containment we mean retaining the radioactivity from the wastes within various parts of the disposal facility for as long as required to achieve safety. Beneath these top-level environmental safety functions we have identified generic environmental safety functions associated with each of the key safety barriers within a geological disposal facility, namely: the wasteform, the container, the local buffer or backfill, the mass backfill (in the access tunnels and service ways), the plugs and seals and the geosphere. This paper discusses the application of environmental safety functions and FEPs to building a safety narrative and explains how it is proposed to use such an approach to develop a generic environmental safety case for the UK to provide confidence in the longterm safety of a geological disposal facility after it has been sealed and closed.
Behavior-Based Pricing: An Analysis of the Impact of Peer-Induced Fairness
Authors: Li Krista J. , Jain Sanjay 
Published: December 2015

Firms tracking consumer purchase information often use behavior-based pricing (BBP), i.e., price discriminate between consumers based on preferences revealed from purchase histories. However, behavioral research has shown that such pricing practices can lead to perceptions of unfairness when consumers are charged a higher price than other consumers for the same product. This paper studies the impact of consumers’ fairness concerns on firms’ behavior-based pricing strategy, profits, consumer surplus, and social welfare. Prior research shows that BBP often yields lower profits than profits without customer recognition or behavior-based price discrimination. By contrast, we find that firms’ profits from conducting BBP increase with consumers’ fairness concerns. When fairness concerns are sufficiently strong, practicing BBP is more profitable than without customer recognition. However, consumers’ fairness concerns decrease consumer surplus. In addition, when consumers’ fairness concerns are sufficiently strong, they reduce inefficient switching and improve social welfare. This paper was accepted by J. Miguel Villas-Boas, marketing.
Transactional Reading in EFL Learning: A Path to Promote Critical Thinking through Urban Legends
Authors: Leal Hernandez Mariela , Gómez Rodríguez Luis Fernando 
Published: December 2015

This article reports the research methodology and the findings of an action-research study conducted with a group of EFL eleventh graders’ at a public school in Bogotá. The study aimed at helping learners develop critical thinking through the implementation of the Transactional approach to reading. Individual and social transactions during the reading process of several urban legends enabled learners to discuss social conflicts that were also related to their lives, including, for instance, social irresponsibility, violence, drug consumption, and dishonesty. Data analysis from teachers’ observations, students’ opinions in an interview, and artifacts (workshops) completed in a pedagogical intervention show that the students fostered critical thinking. The main findings indicate that they <em>criticized </em>human behaviors, <em>generated </em>solutions to conflicts, and <em>planned</em> and <em>produced</em> new knowledge based on previous information<em>.</em> An equal significant finding is that they became critical learners when they used the foreign language. <br /><p> </p><p> </p>
Virilidad y Subjetividad revolucionaria: elementos conceptuales para el estudio del periodismo de oposición en México: la revista Política, 1960-1967
Authors: Sánchez Sierra Juan Carlos 
Published: December 2015

<p>En este artículo se examinan algunas facetas del ejercicio periodístico de oposición congregado alrededor de la revista <em>Política</em>. Con el uso de columnas periodísticas, editoriales, y cartas enviadas a la redacción de <em>Política</em> como insumo empírico, con este análisis se busca establecer la posible relación entre la formación de un perfil ideal de periodismo comprometido, y la formación de un modelo de subjetividad revolucionaria netamente masculino a comienzos de la década de 1960. A través de un examen de la emergencia de un arquetipo asociado con la idea del del Hombre Nuevo, se argumenta que los valores que marcaron el periodismo de la izquierda mexicana con un aura moral fortalecieron la vivencia subjetiva masculina de la militancia de izquierda y al periodismo como una de las facetas del heroísmo revolucionario. Con el estudio de los valores asociados al periodismo de oposición, y el efecto que la represión tuvo en periodistas y lectores, se intenta poner a prueba la funcionalidad de nociones tales como periodismo heroico, subjetividad revolucionaria, y esfera pública alternativa. </p>
El centro penitenciario de Guantánamo: algunas reflexiones sobre la justificación ética a la enajenación de los Derechos Humanos
Authors: Blandón Lotero Laura Catalina , Molina Javier 
Published: December 2015

<p>El<strong> </strong>presente documento tiene por objeto<strong> </strong>develar y argumentar cómo el uso indiscriminado de la violencia funciona en los regímenes democráticos contemporáneos como un instrumento de presión para la comunidad internacional, legitimada a través de la política antiterrorista y su consecuente discurso del terror. Adicionalmente, tras el esbozo de los principales supuestos de la teoría del mal menor de Michael Ignatieff, y algunas reflexiones de carácter ético-políticas, se procurará establecer cómo el modelo de Estado democrático, representado por EEUU en la comunidad internacional, admite en su seno el uso indiscriminado de la fuerza y en esencia la expensa reducción de derechos civiles de sus ciudadanos, bajo la idea y “necesidad” de seguridad de su población frente a un posible ataque terrorista del medio oriente.</p>
Tiempo para la vida. La crisis ecológica en su dimensión temporal
Authors: Osorio Ardila Giselle 
Published: December 2015

<p>En tiempo para la vida, el ecólogo, politólogo y poeta, Jorge Riechmann reúne varios de sus escritos sobre la relación existente entre la manera imperante de concebir el tiempo y la crisis ecológica mundial. La edición colombiana complementa la amena escritura de esta obra con ilustraciones de John Digby, cuyos collages, en palabras de Mutis Durán (en el epílogo de esta edición): <em>“Son metáforas de nuestra relación y convivencia con los animales, los bosques, los ríos, los insectos… relación que hoy se ha tornado dramática o atroz”. </em></p>
THE DESIGN THINKING AND THE HEALTH SERVICES: THE COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIAL THROUGH THE HUMANIZATION OF PATIENT EXPERIENCE
Authors: Caulliraux Adriano Amaral , Meiriño Marcelo Jasmim 
Published: December 2015

It is necessary to rethink the different experiences of patients in health care area. Feelings such as anxiety and fear, for example, are common in the interactions between caregivers and patients, which reflects the disparity between the offered and the necessary to meet the patients’ demands. In this article, there will be analyzed two cases of successful application of the Design Thinking in the Health Care area, the “Mayo Clinic” – elected the best hospital in the USA in 2014 - and the “Humanization of the perioperative experience of the elective patient ” – a Master's thesis developed by the author at Fluminense Federal University (UFF) in 2015. It’s demonstrated the potential of using the Design Thinking for the systematic planning and re-planning of the health service, seeking to meet and transpose the human beings expectations, generating values for the clients, market spread and leveraging a competitive advantage.
The analysis of children’s books in the context of how they reflect environmental issues<p>Çocuk edebiyatı yapıtlarının çevre sorunlarını yansıtışı bağlamında incelenmesi
Authors: Aslan Canan 
Published: December 2015

<p>Children’s books are among important variables that contribute to raising children as individuals sensitive to environment through providing aesthetic experiences. The purpose of this study is to analyze literary children’s books in the context of how they reflect environmental issues. The data sources of the study included the books covering environmental issues and first published in 2014 or 2015. The data were collected through document analysis that is a qualitative research method and were analyzed descriptively. As a result of the study it was seen that the analyzed books cover many topics related to environmental pollution and that environmental pollution is caused by lack of education, unawareness or insensitivity mostly for economic or arbitrary reasons. According to the books, everyone from administrators to large companies and local administrations is responsible for environmental pollution. The study showed that children and women are more sensitive to environment. The books of which the content is supported with quality visuals make children feel future problems and their solutions through the use of a literary language and in a way appropriate for the age and development of children.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Özet</strong></p><p>Çocukların çevreye duyarlı bireyler olarak yetişmelerinde katkı sağlayacak önemli bir değişken de etkisini estetik yaşantı sağlayarak gösteren çocuk edebiyatı yapıtlarıdır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, yazınsal çocuk kitaplarını çevre sorunlarını yansıtışı bağlamında incelemektir. Çalışmanın veri kaynağını, 2014-2015 yıllarında ilk baskıları yapılan çevre sorunları konulu kitaplar oluşturmaktadır. Veriler, nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi yoluyla toplanmış, betimsel olarak çözümlenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda incelenen kitaplarda çevre kirliliğine ilişkin birçok konunun ele alındığı ve çevrenin; eğitimsizliğin, bilinçsizliğin ve duyarsızlığın bir sonucu olarak çoğunlukla ekonomik ve keyfi nedenlerle kirletildiği saptanmıştır. Kitaplara göre, çevre kirliliğinden yöneticilerden zengin şirketlere, yerel yönetimlere kadar her kesimden insan sorumludur. Çevreye karşı özellikle çocuklar ve kadınlar daha duyarlıdır. İçeriğin nitelikli görsellerle desteklendiği bu kitaplarda gelecekte yaşanacak sorunlar ve bu sorunların çözüm yolları da yazınsal bir dille ve çocuğun yaş/gelişim düzeyine uygun biçimde duyumsatılmıştır.</p>
Analysis of educational augmented reality applications: The case of Android operating system<p>Eğitsel artırılmış gerçeklik uygulamalarının incelenmesi: Android işletim sistemi örneği
Authors: Arslan Ahmet , Elibol Mehmet 
Published: December 2015

<p>The aim of this study is to examine the educational augmented reality applications developed for mobile devices. In accordance with this aim, mobile educational augmented reality applications restricted by Android operating system were searched under the keywords “Augmented Reality and Education” in the Google Play Store and the first 100 results enumerated according to the downloading number were taken under review and evaluated from different perspectives. This evaluation addresses the following points: (1) whether the evaluated applications have the characteristics of augmented reality, (2) market category of the applications where they are published, (3) the table formed as a result of classification of the researchers, (4) distribution of the subjects in the applications, (5) the area on which augmented reality application runs, (6) last update date of augmented reality applications and (7) downloading number of augmented reality applications. After evaluation of these points 18 applications which take much attention and are considered as important for the education have been evaluated in detail. As the result of study, it was concluded that augmented reality applications run mainly on paper and when the pointer on the paper is swiped as augmented reality they are video – playing applications.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Özet</strong></p><p>Bu çalışmanın amacı mobil cihazlar için geliştirilmiş eğitsel artırılmış gerçeklik uygulamalarını incelemektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Android işletim sistemi ile sınırlandırılan mobil eğitsel arttırılmış gerçeklik uygulamaları Google Play Markette indirilme sayısına göre listelenen ilk 100 sonuç değerlendirmeye alınarak çeşitli açılardan incelenmiştir. Yapılan bu incelemeler şu noktaları kapsamaktadır: (1) incelemeye alınan uygulamaların artırılmış gerçeklik özelliği taşıyıp taşımadığı, (2) uygulamaların yayınlandıkları market kategorisi, (3) araştırmacıların kategorilendirme sonucu oluşan tablo, (4) uygulamalarda işlenen konuların dağılımı, (5) artırılmış gerçeklik uygulamasının çalıştığı alan, (6) artırılmış gerçeklik uygulamalarının son güncellenme tarihleri ve (7)artırılmış gerçeklik uygulamalarının indirilme sayıları. Bu noktalarda yapılan incelemelerin ardından dikkat çeken ve eğitim için önemli olduğu düşünülen 18 adet uygulama detaylıca incelenerek tanıtımları yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, artırılmış gerçeklik uygulamalarının ağırlıklı olarak kağıt (kitap, dergi, çıktı) üzerinde çalıştığı ve artırılmış gerçeklik olarak kağıt üzerindeki işaretleyici okutulduğunda video oynatan uygulamalar şeklinde olduğu tespit edilmiştir.</p>
La capacidad estatal en la gestión de los conflictos violentos: el caso de Irak
Authors: García Guindo Miguel , Mousa Fayadt Adnan , Montabes Pereira Juan 
Published: December 2015

El presente artículo aborda la importancia de la capacidad del Estado y su habilidad para formular e implementar estrategias que le permitan alcanzar objetivos económicos y sociales en el ámbito de su propia sociedad. Para ello, se toma como referencia el estudio de caso de Irak, acotando el estudio a la horquilla temporal 2003-2007. El objetivo último de este trabajo es poner de manifiesto la importancia de la satisfacción de las demandas sociales (particularmente en materia de seguridad) a fin de afrontar las tensiones sistémicas que generan determinados agravios y alimentan los incentivos que ofrece la violencia política a gran escala.http://dx.doi.org/10.15304/rips.14.2.2754