bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Keratitis in six dogs after topical treatment with carbonic anhydrase inhibitors for glaucoma
Authors: Beckwith-Cohen Billie , Bentley Ellison , Gasper David J. , McLellan Gillian J. , Dubielzig Richard R. 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Case Description—6 dogs (10 eyes) with keratitis following long-term topical treatment with a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (CAI) were evaluated. In 4 dogs (6 eyes), CAI treatment was discontinued. Three dogs (4 eyes) underwent enucleation because of end-stage corneal disease. One dog was treated differently in each eye and thus was represented in both aforementioned groups.
Clinical Findings—Following initiation of treatment with a CAI (ie, brinzolamide or dorzolamide), the median time to development of severe ocular signs was 266 days (range, 133 to 679 days). Clinically severe ocular signs included ulcerative and nonulcerative perilimbal keratitis or severe diffuse keratitis with marked vascularization. The keratitis was refractory to treatment with anti-inflammatory medications. Histologic and immunohistochemical examination of enucleated globes was performed in 3 affected dogs and in 1 dog with keratitis that recovered. Corneal lesions included 2 distinct inflammatory infiltrates with plasma cells predominating in the anterior stroma and both T cells and neutrophils in the epithelium. Stromal plasma cells and overlying epithelium exhibited strong positive immunoreactivity for IgG.
Treatment and Outcome—Topical CAI treatment was discontinued in 4 dogs after a median of 209 days (range, 44 to 433 days), and in these dogs, clinical improvement was evident within 2 to 4 days of CAI treatment cessation. Signs of keratitis resolved in 12 to 25 days in these 4 dogs, and median follow-up time after CAI discontinuation was 25.5 months (range, 6 to 42 months), during which time signs of corneal disease did not recur.
Clinical Relevance—On the basis of this small series, presumed topical CAI-associated keratitis in dogs appeared to be an uncommon immune-mediated disease that was not responsive to corticosteroid treatment. Affected patients improved rapidly, but only after discontinuation of CAI treatment. In dogs with glaucoma, clinicians should consider the development of punctate keratopathy and severe diffuse keratitis as potential adverse effects related to topical administration of CAIs, even after previously uneventful long-term use.
Terms and conditions of high-mountain lake ice-cover chemistry (Carpathians, Poland)
Authors: Kurzyca Iwona , Choiński Adam , Pociask-Karteczka Joanna , Lawniczak Agnieszka , Frankowski Marcin 
Published: December 2015

AbstractWe discuss the results of an investigation of the chemical composition of the ice cover on the high-mountain lake Morskie Oko in the Tatra Mountains, Carpathians, Poland. In the years 2007–13, the ice cover was characterized by an average duration of 6 months, a thickness range of 0.40–1.14 m, and a multilayered structure with water or slush inclusion. In water from the melted ice cover, chloride (max. 69%) and sulphate (max. 51%) anions and ammonium (max. 66%) and calcium (max. 78%) cations predominated. Different concentrations of ions (F−, Cl−, NO3−, SO42−, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, NH4+) in the upper, middle and bottom layers of ice were observed, along with long-term variability and spatial diversification within the ice layer over the lake. Snowpack lying on the ice and the water body under the ice were also investigated, and the influence on the ice cover of certain ions in elevated concentrations was observed (e.g. Cl−in the upper ice cover and the snowpack, and Ca2+in the bottom ice cover and water body).
Evaluation of Cognitive Functions through the Systemic Lisbon Battery: Normative Data
Authors: Oliveira J. , Brito R. , Lopes P. , Rodelo L. , Pinto L. , Morais D. , Gamito P. 
Published: December 2015

SummaryIntroduction: This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on “Methodologies, Models and Algorithms for Patients Rehabilitation”. Background: ICT is an emerging alternative to paper-and-pencil tests for the assessment of cognitive functions, allowing for the monitoring of participants’ behavior while they perform simulations of instrumental activi -ties of daily life (IADLs) in a virtual reality (VR) scenario. This requires normative values for each VR task, so that deviations to normality can be identified as indicators of cognitive impairment. Objectives: To identify normative data for several IADL tasks that are available on the Systemic Lisbon Battery (SLB). Methods: Fifty-nine participants performed a series of VR tasks that require the use of the memory and executive function dimensions of cognitive functionality. Results: Normative data for the different subsets and total score of the SLB, based on proportion of correct hits per execution time, were identified. Age and experience with video games affect (respectively, negatively and positively) performance on the SLB and should be taken into account in assessment; on the other hand, gender and education do not. Conclusions: Overall results suggest that the SLB may be useful to assess cognitive functioning during the execution of activities of daily living, but larger studies and with clinical samples are needed.
Development and characterization of microsatellite markers in the African deciduous tree Terminalia superba (Combretaceae)
Authors: Demenou Boris B. , Migliore Jérémy , Tosso Felicien , Kaymak Esra , Hardy Olivier J. 
Published: December 2015

Premise of the study:Microsatellites were designed and characterized in the African timber forest tree Terminalia superba (Combretaceae). Due to their high variability, these markers are suitable to investigate gene flow patterns and the structure of genetic diversity.Methods and Results:From a genomic library obtained by next‐generation sequencing, seven monomorphic and 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed. The polymorphic microsatellites displayed two to 27 alleles (mean 11.4; expected heterozygosity range 0.283–0.940, mean 0.736) in one population from southeastern Cameroon. Genotypes were typical of an outbreeding diploid species, although null alleles explain a significant heterozygote deficit in three loci. Cross‐amplification in three congeneric species (T. ivorensis, T. avicennioides, and T. mantaly) failed, suggesting that T. superba is rather divergent.Conclusions:This set of newly developed microsatellite markers will be useful for assessing the genetic diversity, population structure, and demographic history of T. superba in tropical African forests.
The Role of Aberrometry in Accommodative Spasm After Myopic Photorefractive Keratectomy
Authors: Shetty Rohit , Deshpande Kalyani , Kemmanu Vasudha , Kaweri Luci 
Published: December 2015

PURPOSE:
To report the role of aberrometry in a case of accommodative spasm following myopic photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).

METHODS:
Observational case report.

RESULTS:

One month following myopic PRK, a 33-year-old healthy woman complained of seeing multiple images and headache that interfered with her daily activities. Her corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) was 20/40 in the right eye and 20/25 in the left eye with a manifest refraction of −0.75 −0.50 × 165° in the right eye and plano −0.50 × 20° in the left eye. Cycloplegic refraction was plano −0.50 × 165° in the right eye and plano −0.5 × 20° in the left eye. Ray tracing aberrometry showed variable refraction with increase in internal defocus, which after cycloplegia reduced from 1.019 to 0.142
µ
m in the right eye and 0.366 to 0.230
µ
m in the left eye. Total ocular aberrations decreased by 53.16% in the right eye (range: 1.511 to 0.708
µ
m) and 18.77% (range: 0.671 to 0.545
µ
m) in the left eye; corresponding simulated Snellen visual acuity charts also showed improvement. The patient was treated with one drop of cyclopentolate 1% three times a day for 6 weeks, following which headache and ghosting of images completely resolved.

CONCLUSIONS:
Accommodative spasm should be considered in patients with visual disturbances of uncertain causes following myopic refractive surgery. Ray tracing aberrometry can serve as a diagnostic and educative tool in managing such patients.

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J Refract Surg.
2015;31(12):851–853.]
Comparison of Geographic Atrophy Growth Rates Using Different Imaging Modalities in the COMPLETE Study
Authors: Yehoshua Zohar , de Amorim Garcia Filho Carlos Alexandre , Nunes Renata Portella , Gregori Giovanni , Penha Fernando M. , Moshfeghi Andrew A. , Sadda SriniVas , Feuer William , Rosenfeld Philip J. 
Published: December 2015

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:
To compare the measurements and growth rates of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) obtained using different imaging modalities.

PATIENTS AND METHODS:

Thirty patients with AMD and GA measuring from 1.25 mm
2
to 18 mm
2
based on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) fundus imaging were enrolled. Imaging was performed at baseline and at follow-up months 3, 6, 9, and 12, including autofluorescence (AF) imaging with a fundus camera-based flash system (TRC-50DX; Topcon Medical Systems, Oakland, NJ; AF excitation λ: 535–585 nm; detection λ: 605–715 nm), AF and fluorescein angiography (FA) imaging with a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) system (Spectralis; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany; AF excitation λ: 488 nm; detection λ: > 500 nm), and SD-OCT en face imaging (Cirrus; Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA).

RESULTS:

Average baseline square root measurements and enlargement rates of square root areas appeared similar across all modalities; 0.2 mm was the largest difference between any pair of measurement means. The intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were essentially equal to 1 for all comparisons of area measurements but were lower for growth rates than area measurements. Comparison of 26-week average enlargement rates showed no significant difference between the SLO AF image and enhanced SD-OCT en face image (mean difference: 0.01 mm; SD: 0.10;
P
= .70).

CONCLUSION:
Agreement among all imaging modalities in measuring the areas of GA at baseline diminished when the growth rates of GA were compared over 26 weeks, likely because each imaging technique identifies different anatomic features along the border of GA, which may appear similar but change at different rates.

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Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
. 2015;46:413–422.]
Characteristics and Outcomes of Sequential Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments
Authors: Walia Harpreet S. , Shah Gaurav K. , Blinder Kevin J. 
Published: December 2015

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:
While copious data exist regarding the incidence, treatment, and prognosis of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD), fewer data exist regarding bilateral RRD.

PATIENTS AND METHODS:
The authors performed a retrospective review of patients with sequential bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachments over a 5-year period from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2014, that were repaired at a single institution. Data were reviewed for 80 eyes of 40 patients, which is the largest series of sequential RRD reported.

RESULTS:
In patients with sequential RRD, the subsequently affected eyes were more likely to present with better initial visual acuity, shorter duration of symptoms, less macula-off status, and less concurrent proliferative vitreoretinopathy. The subsequent eye had better final visual acuity and was less likely to re-detach. Subsequent eyes tended to progress to RRD despite prophylactic retinopexy.

CONCLUSION:
The constellation of baseline characteristics in which subsequent eyes presented with better initial visual acuity, shorter duration of symptoms, less macula-detached status, and less concurrent proliferative vitreoretinopathy when compared to the initial eye correspond with the findings that subsequent eyes had more successful anatomical and better visual outcomes.

[
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
. 2015;46:445–449.]
Vitreous Incarceration After Ranibizumab Injection: An Ultrasound Biomicroscopy Study
Authors: Helvaci Sezer , Sahinoglu-Keskek Nedime , Kiziloglu Mustafa , Oksuz Huseyin , Cevher Selim 
Published: December 2015

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:
The aim of the study was to evaluate vitreous incarceration at the injection site using ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab.

PATIENTS AND METHODS:
The study included 39 eyes of 34 patients who underwent intravitreal injection of 0.05 mL of ranibizumab. UBM (HiScan; Optikon, Rome, Italy) with a 50 MHz probe was performed 1 day after surgery to determine the existence of vitreous incarceration at the injection site.

RESULTS:
The mean patient age was 59.7 (± 10.1) years, and 58.9% were female. Vitreous incarceration into the pars plana site was detected in six eyes (15.3%) the day after intravitreal injection.

CONCLUSION:
Vitreous incarceration at the injection site after intravitreal injection is thought to lead to a higher risk for complications such as infection, retinal breaks, retinal detachment, vitreous hemorrhage, and fibrovascular proliferation at the injection site. To understand the clinical importance of vitreous incarceration, further long-term prospective studies are necessary.

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Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
. 2015;46:471–474.]
L’érudition imaginaire
Authors: Piégay-Gros Nathalie 
Published: December 2015

Discréditée par le discours critique et théorique, l’érudition est présente dans un grand nombre d’œuvres de fiction ou de récits. Elle peut être l’objet d’une critique acerbe exercée à l’encontre d’un savant fou, dupe ou excentrique (Queneau, Nabokov, Canetti). Elle s’oppose souvent à l’exercice de l’imagination et à l’intelligence spéculative. Mais l’érudition imaginaire peut aussi donner lieu à dispositifs érudits mis en place dans le texte du roman : appareil de notes, listes, enquête philologique, discours savants... migrent dans la fiction. Expression d’un savoir savant, souvent désuet, l’érudition est bordée par la folie et la mélancolie. Dans l’œuvre de Borges ou de Sebald, comme dans celle de Quignard ou de Pierre Michon, l’érudition traduit ainsi une inquiétude envers les pouvoirs de la littérature et envers son rapport au savoir et à la mémoire.
Portrait du Père Noël en Docteur Faust
Authors: Rebillon Carole 
Published: December 2015

En 1946, le poète américain E.E.Cummings fait paraître une brève pièce de théâtre satirique : Santa Claus. A Morality. Cette pièce se présente comme une réécriture burlesque du mythe de Faust, et Cummings en assume le caractère allégorique. Après avoir abordé les rapports entre Faust et Santa Claus, nous étudierons le rôle central que tient l’image d’une technologie imaginaire (la « mine de rouages ») dans l'économie de la pièce. Ce faisant, nous aurons un aperçu d'un questionnement qui parcourt toute l’œuvre poétique de Cummings, celle de la place de l’imaginaire dans un monde matérialiste et envahi par la technologie. Ce questionnement sera mis en relation avec celui de la réception de la vulgarisation scientifique à l’époque de l’écriture de la pièce.
La « shadokologie » dans la première et la deuxième série des Shadoks
Authors: Kohn Jessica 
Published: December 2015

Créé par Jacques Rouxel, le dessin-animé des Shadoks inscrit l'imaginaire français de la fin des années 1960 dans un contexte technologique et artistique résolument moderne. Sciences et savoirs imaginaires y ont une place de premier choix, dans une sorte de genèse « futuriste » qui s'inspire des avancées techniques des années 1960 et parodie de manière farfelue les savoirs scientifiques, théoriques et mathématiques, en s'inspirant par exemple de la 'Pataphysique. Toutefois, le feuilleton traite avant tout de l'absurdité possible de la science, jusqu'à poser la question du caractère aliénant de celle-ci, notamment lorsqu'elle est au service de l'autorité. En définitive, les Shadoks ne célèbrent la connaissance que si celle-ci reste au service de l'imaginaire.
The Relationship between Audit Committee Characteristics, Audit Firm Quality and Companies’ Profitability
Authors: Aryan Laith A 
Published: December 2015

<p>Jordan displayed keen interest in corporate governance in terms of enhancing the quality of financial statements and to restore the investors’ confidence. This study aimed to highlight the role of audit committee and external audit in enhancing companies’ profitability. Since there are contradictions in previous studies results, there is a need to test these relationships in Jordanian context to provide empirical evidence on this issue,especially after the corporate governance application became mandatory since 2009. This study has used industrial sector, which include 91 companies, only 69 companies were included in this study, the other 22 companies were excluded either newly listed or delisted during the study period (2009-2014). Multiple regression were used to analyze the data, the result showed positive relationships between audit committee meeting, audit committee size and companies profitability, while no significant relationship between audit committee composition, audit committee members literacy, audit quality and companies profitability. Such results would be beneficial to companies’ corporate governance committees to play their supervisory role. </p>
Synthesis and Application of Layered Double Hydroxide for the removal of Copper in Wastewater
Authors: N. Ayawei , T. Ekubo A. , D. Wankasi , D. Dikio E. 
Published: December 2015

Ni-Al Layered double hydroxide (Ni-Al LDHs) with M<sup>2+</sup>: M<sup>3+</sup> (4:1) ratio was synthesized by co-precipitation method from nitrate salt solutions. The layered double hydroxide was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy/Scanning Electronic Microscopy. The influences of phase contact time, temperature and initial concentrations were investigated to optimize the conditions for maximum adsorption. The experimental data were analyzed by Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models and fitted well with correlation coefficient values of 0.9996 and 0.9995 respectively. The thermodynamic parameters of Isosteric heat of adsorption (DH<sub>x</sub>), Activation energy (E<sub>a</sub>), Enthalpy change (DH<sup>o</sup>) and Entropy change (DS<sup>o</sup>) were calculated to be 18.1KJ/mol, 1.447KJ/mol, -7.135J/mol and 24J/molK respectively. The results shows that the adsorption process was spontaneous and exothermic.
Educomunicación del patrimonio
Authors: Martín Cáceres Myriam J. , Cuenca López José María 
Published: December 2015

Se presenta una síntesis de la actividad de investigación del grupo EDIPATRI, de la Universidad de Huelva. Los trabajos de investigación desarrollados por este grupo abordan el campo de la educación patrimonial, desde perspectivas interdisiciplinares, holísticas, simbólico-identitarias y sociocríticas. Tras indicar los antecedentes y contexto académico de este campo de investigación, se parte de la teoría de la comunicación como marco de referencia para la comprensión de los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje del patrimonio. Se presenta el instrumento básico de investigación, el sistema de categorías, marco analítico para los estudios de este grupo. Se muestran los resultados más<br />significativos obtenidos dentro del ámbito de la educación formal y no formal. Estos estudios ponen de manifiesto que, aunque sigue existiendo una importante carga tradicionalista a la hora de trabajar con el patrimonio, cada vez hay más propuestas que plantean una comunicación patrimonial<br />abierta, flexible, interactiva y dinámica. Esto implica una importante mejora<br />en la educación patrimonial y un futuro mucho más prometedor. Finalmente, se platean unas conclusiones que proponen líneas de investigación abiertas dentro de la educación patrimonial y que previsiblemente serán abordadas en un futuro, para la potenciación de lo que podríamos llamar una educomunicación patrimonial deseable.
Genre, stratification et mobilité sociale au sein des classes populaires
Authors: Testenoire Armelle 
Published: December 2015

Les rapports de genre et de classe se conjuguent et interagissent de manière différenciée au cours du temps, produisant des configurations qui structurent les devenirs individuels. À partir de plusieurs enquêtes biographiques menées auprès de femmes et de couples hétérosexuels, l’article analyse la dynamique réciproque des rapports de classe et de genre, et la manière dont celle-ci configure les parcours de femmes et de couples de classes populaires. De quelle manière ces rapports s’agencent-ils ? Nous montrerons que parfois ils s’amplifient réciproquement, alors que dans d’autres cas s’ouvrent des voies d’ascension sociale où seules quelques configurations conjugales spécifiques contribuent à la réduction des inégalités de genre.
La mobilité sociale d’artistes du spectacle issus des classes populaires : des « transclasses » entre désir d’émancipation et sentiment d’illégitimité
Authors: Roux Nicolas 
Published: December 2015

L’article analyse les ressorts et les résistances du désir d’émancipation sociale et familiale d’artistes issus des classes populaires, la vie d’artiste représentant un moyen de revendiquer une identité pour soi. Ce désir fait face à « l’expérience des limites » des enquêtés dans le milieu artistique. Elle s’exprime par un sentiment d’illégitimité, qui prend source dans un défaut de « capital relationnel » spécifique au champ du spectacle, en raison notamment de l’éloignement des classes populaires par rapport au capital culturel.
Enfermement et relégation des jeunes des classes populaires rurales
Authors: Venet Thomas 
Published: December 2015

La désindustrialisation pousse la recomposition généralisée des classes populaires. Les territoires organisés autour de l’industrie jusque dans les années 1970 deviennent des lieux de relégation sociale, en particulier pour les jeunes. Ces derniers ne parviennent plus à accéder à l’autonomie (par le manque d’emplois, notamment), à formuler des projets, à s’imaginer en dehors du territoire et des réseaux de proches. Il en résulte un sentiment d’enfermement dans la jeunesse, qui entraîne un repli sur soi et sur l’entourage se traduisant en pratique par la recherche d’une reconnaissance sociale dans l’entre-soi (par la famille) et la construction d’un « eux » et d’un « nous » forts.
Catégories populaires et inégalités face à l’action publique. Différenciation sociale dans le recours au droit au logement opposable et son traitement
Authors: Weill Pierre-Édouard 
Published: December 2015

L’article porte sur les inégalités face à l’action publique en milieu populaire. Combinant méthodes qualitatives et quantitatives, il analyse les mécanismes de différenciation sociale du recours au droit au logement opposable (DALO) et de son traitement. Il contribue d’une part à l’étude de la stratification des catégories populaires : diverses configurations de propriétés sociales et de situations en matière d’habitat sont distinguées parmi les requérants DALO. Il met d’autre part en évidence les inégalités face à la justice administrative et à l’action sociale en milieu populaire : les caractéristiques des requérants DALO déterminent à la fois les modalités d’appropriation de la procédure et le traitement public de leur situation.
Le logement neuf, un bien inaccessible pour les catégories populaires en France ?
Authors: Bavay Lucile 
Published: December 2015

Depuis le début des années 2000, la France fait face à une crise du logement abordable. Les prix croissent, mais les revenus des ménages ne suivent pas. Dans le même temps, le confort des logements neufs s’améliore, offrant aux ménages qui ont la possibilité d’y habiter une meilleure qualité de vie. Mais à qui est réservé ce privilège ? Les ménages des catégories populaires sont-ils mis au ban du logement neuf ? Deux approches complémentaires permettent de répondre à cette question. L’une concerne l’accessibilité économique des logements neufs destinés aux ménages des catégories populaires. L’autre s’attache à examiner le peuplement des logements nouvellement construits.