bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
POPULATION BIOLOGY OF MUD CRAB Scylla serrata - Forsskal, 1775 IN MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM OF SUBANG DISTRICT, WEST JAVA
Authors: Kumalah Ayu Annisa , Wardiatno Yusli , Setyobudiandi Isdradjad , Fahrudin Achmad 
Published: October 2017

<p><em>The study </em><em>of population biology </em><em>of mud crab <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Scylla</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">serrata</span> is necessary to </em><em>analyse </em><em>the population dynamics, </em><em>such as </em><em>growth of crabs, size distribution, mortality </em><em>and exploitation </em><em>rate</em><em>s</em><em> </em>of<em> </em><em>S. </em><em>s</em><em>errata. </em><em>Population biology </em><em>data collection </em><em>was </em><em>carried out</em><em> from March to June 2016 at</em><em> estuary and </em><em>s</em><em>ilvofishery area</em><em>s of three stations (</em>Mayangan, Tanjung Tiga and Blanakan villages)<em>.</em><em> </em><em>Data were analyzed </em><em>using </em><em>analytical methods </em><em>of</em><em> FISAT-II (FAO-ICLARM Stock Assessment Toool II)instruments. </em><em>The results showed the growth of S. </em><em>s</em><em>errata male in Subang distric was </em><em>positive </em><em>allometric and the female was negative allometric</em><em>. </em><em>Growth coefficient (K) ranged from 0.21 to 0.43 in the estuary and from 0.28 to 0.89 in silvofishery area.</em><em> Exploitation rate in</em><em> the </em><em>silvofishery </em><em>area </em><em>has been </em><em>above the maximum exploitation rate. The size distribution of S. </em><em>s</em><em>errata in Subang district has the highest frequency </em><em>at</em><em> </em><em>class</em><em> interval</em><em> of</em><em> 106-110 </em><em>mm </em><em>(male) and</em><em> of</em><em> 101-105</em><em> mm</em><em>. </em><em>The highest abundance of mature female crabs is in May.</em><em></em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em> : </em><em>population </em><em>biology, </em><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">S</span></em><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">cylla</span></em><em> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">serrata</span>, Subang District</em></p>
Treadmill Training with Cues and Feedback Improves Gait in People with More Advanced Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Studer Valeria , Maestri Roberto , Clerici Ilaria , Spina Letizia , Zivi Ilaria , Ferrazzoli Davide , Frazzitta Giuseppe 
Published: November 2017

Background: Gait disturbances in Parkinson’s disease (PD) are highly disabling and poorly responsive to drugs, especially in advanced stages. While the efficacy of a treadmill training based on external feedback and cues (treadmill-plus) on gait disturbances in early PD stages is demonstrated, no definitive evidence exists about advanced stages. Objective: We aimed to evaluate the feasibility and the effects of a treadmill-plus training on gait disturbances in advanced PD. Methods: Two hundred and six PD patients from medium to more advanced Hoehn & Yahr stage (stage 2, n = 79, stage 3 n = 74, and stage 4 = 53) who underwent a 4-week treadmill-plus training, were retrospectively identified. All patients were able to walk on a treadmill for one minute at 1.5 km/h, without support. Feasibility was evaluated by measuring safety, adverse events, and attrition rate. The effects of treatment were evaluated by assessing, both at enrolment and at the end of treatment, the on-land, self-paced 6-minute Walking Test (6MWT) and the gait parameters obtained from the treadmill during a 1.5 km/h trial. Results: All patients completed the treadmill-plus training and no adverse events were recorded, even among more disabled patients. After training, we observed a significant improvement in the 6MWT, an increase in step length and a reduction of cadence and step variability in the whole sample. After stratifying patients according to disease stage, we found that patients in more advanced stages experienced the same improvements in all gait parameters as patients in less advanced stages. Conclusions: Treadmill-plus training is well tolerated and may have a positive impact on many aspects of gait in more advanced PD stages.
Bioactive Potentials of <i>Cleome viscosa</i> L. Extracts: Dose-mortality, Insect Repellency and Brine Shrimp Lethality
Authors: Rimi S. A. , Hossain S. , Islam S. , Islam Z. , Chhabi S. B. , Islam N. 
Published: November 2017

Petroleum ether (Pet. ether), chloroform (CHCl3) and methanol (CH3OH) extracts of Cleome viscosa have thoroughly screened against Tribolium castaneum (Hbst.) for repellency and dose mortality, against Callosobruchus chinensis for dose mortality activities, and against Artemia salina nauplii for lethality. In case of repellency of T. castaneum, Pet. ether extract found significantly active at 1% level of significance (P < 0.01), CHCl3 extract offered activity at 5% level of significance (P < 0.05) and CH3OH extract did not show any activity at all. In case of mortality against T. castaneum the LD50 values of Pet. ether, CHCl3, and CH3OH extracts were 2.380, 2.188, 1.867, 1.658 and 1.429 mg/cm2; 4.950, 2.906, 2.664, 2.658 and 2.609 mg/cm2; and 4.950 and 2.791, 2.609, 2.552 and 2.474 mg/cm2 after 0.5, 6, 12, 18 and 24 h of exposure respectively. Against C. chinensis the LD50 values of the same extracts were 0.781, 0.670, 0.642, 0.614, 0.560 and 0.494 mg/cm2; 1.964, 1.050, 0.867, 0.725, 0.635 and 0.590 mg/cm2; and 2.631, 1.851, 1.471, 1.703, 1.524 and 1.457 mg/cm2 after 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 and 36 h of exposure respectively. In case of cytotoxicity test against A. salina, the extracts offered LC50 values in a descending order CH3OH > CHCl3 > Pet. ether extracts.
C-reactive protein point-of-care testing in children with cough: qualitative study of GPs' perceptions
Authors: Schot Marjolein JC , Broekhuizen Berna DL , Cals Jochen WL , Brussee Esther , de Wit Niek J , Verheij Theo JM , de Groot Esther 
Published: November 2017

BackgroundPoint-of-care C-reactive protein (CRP) testing is widely accepted in Dutch general practice for adult patients with acute cough, but GPs’ perceptions of its use in children with suspected lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) are unknown. Knowledge of these perceptions is important when considering broadening its indication to use in children.AimTo explore the perceptions of Dutch GPs of the addition of point-of-care CRP testing to the diagnostic evaluation of children, and compare these to their perceptions of use in adults.Design & settingA qualitative study in general practice in the Netherlands.MethodSemi-structured interviews were held with 11 GPs. Interviews were analysed using open coding and a thematic approach.ResultsGPs’ perceptions of the addition of point-of-care CRP testing to diagnostic process in children with suspected LRTI differ from their perceptions of this in adults. Five themes were identified: patient characteristics; vulnerability of the child; clinical presentation; availability of evidence; the impact of the procedure; and use of point-of-care CRP testing as a communication tool.ConclusionDifferences between the perceptions of using point-of-care CRP testing in children and adults need to be addressed when considering the possible implementation of this diagnostic instrument.
Les communes nouvelles : l’invité surprise de la réforme territoriale
Authors: Frinault Thomas 
Published: November 2017

Résumé L’une des voies envisagées par la réforme visant à rationaliser le « mille-feuille territorial » français consiste à redimensionner la géographie des collectivités territoriales et de leurs établissements. Si la critique du trop grand nombre d’organisations par échelon territorial concerne au premier chef, et depuis longtemps, les dizaines de milliers de communes héritées de la Révolution française, les pouvoirs publics n’ont jamais réussi à réformer le tissu que ces communes constituent à la différence d’autres pays européens. Mais depuis la loi du 16 mars 2015 facilitant la création de communes nouvelles, une dynamique de regroupement communal se fait jour de manière assez inattendue. Cette dynamique est d’autant plus surprenante que les élus locaux n’y étaient guère favorables il y a encore peu de temps. Cet article étudie non seulement le nouveau régime ainsi créé, mais aussi les raisons ayant conduit les élus locaux à reconsidérer leur position à l’égard de la perspective de fusion.
An Integrative Review of the Concealed Connection: Nurse Educators' Critical Thinking
Authors: Raymond Christy , Profetto-McGrath Joanne , Myrick Florence , Strean William B. 
Published: November 2017

Background:
The role of nurse educators in the development of students' critical thinking has been overlooked despite the emphasized need for effective teaching methods.

Method:
An integrative review was performed to examine both quantitative and qualitative research published from 2000 to 2015 related to nurse educators' critical thinking.

Results:
Many barriers and facilitators existing on individual, interpersonal, and contextual levels affected nurse educators' critical thinking. Various tools have been used to measure nurse educators' critical thinking. This review also highlighted the continued lack of a consensus definition of critical thinking and the limited presence of conceptual models to guide the use of critical thinking in nursing education.

Conclusion:

Continued examination of nurse educators' critical thinking is needed, given the limited number of studies that have been completed. Much needs to be explored further, including conceptualizations of critical thinking and confirmation of emerging themes identified in this review. [
J Nurs Educ.
2017;56(11):648–654.]
Lesson Plans: Road Maps for the Active Learning Classroom
Authors: Moore-Cox Annie 
Published: November 2017

Background:
Lesson planning is a documentation process used extensively in education from kindergarten through 12th grade, but rarely in higher education, including undergraduate, prelicensure nursing education. Lesson plans help teachers plan what will happen during a class period from moment to moment. Trends in nursing education, such as the incorporation of active learning strategies in the classroom, make lesson plans a timely addition to the nurse educator's toolkit.

Method:
This article describes the components of a lesson plan and offers an author-developed template for use in nursing education.

Results:
Using the template helps nurse educators map out activities for all class participants, such as students, student pairs and teams, and faculty.

Conclusion:

The lesson plan enables faculty to plot out the many dynamic components of an active learning class period. It also serves as a road map for subsequent faculty, which is an important feature as the profession faces a wave of retirements in the coming decade. [
J Nurs Educ.
2017;56(11):697–700.]
Lung-Infiltrating Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells Are Quantitatively and Qualitatively Different during Eosinophilic and Neutrophilic Allergic Airway Inflammation but Essential To Control the Inflammation
Authors: Jang Eunjung , Nguyen Quang Tam , Kim Sohee , Kim Dongkyun , Le Thi Hong Nga , Keslar Karen , Dvorina Nina , Aronica Mark A. , Min Booki 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
Understanding functions of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) during allergic airway inflammation remains incomplete. In this study, we report that, during cockroach Ag–induced allergic airway inflammation, Foxp3+ Tregs are rapidly mobilized into the inflamed lung tissues. However, the level of Treg accumulation in the lung was different depending on the type of inflammation. During eosinophilic airway inflammation, ∼30% of lung-infiltrating CD4 T cells express Foxp3, indicative of Tregs. On the contrary, only ∼10% of infiltrating CD4 T cells express Foxp3 during neutrophilic airway inflammation. Despite the different accumulation, the lung inflammation and inflammatory T cell responses were aggravated following Treg depletion, regardless of the type of inflammation, suggesting regulatory roles for Tregs. Interestingly, however, the extent to which inflammatory responses are aggravated by Treg depletion was significantly greater during eosinophilic airway inflammation. Indeed, lung-infiltrating Tregs exhibit phenotypic and functional features associated with potent suppression. Our results demonstrate that Tregs are essential regulators of inflammation, regardless of the type of inflammation, although the mechanisms used by Tregs to control inflammation may be shaped by environmental cues available to them.
Virtual Sorting Has a Distinctive Advantage in Identification of Anticorrelated Genes and Further Negative Regulators of Immune Cell Subpopulations
Authors: Wang Pingzhang , Han Wenling , Ma Dalong 
Published: November 2017

AbstractImmune cells are highly plastic in both gene expression and cell phenotype. We have established a method of gene expressional plasticity and virtual sorting to evaluate immune cell subpopulations and their characteristic genes in human CD4+ T cells. In this study, we continued to investigate the informatics mechanism on the effectiveness of virtual sorting. We found that virtual sorting had an overall positive correlation to the Pearson correlation in the identification of positively correlated genes. However, owing to nonlinear biological anticorrelation, virtual sorting showed a distinctive advantage for anticorrelated genes, suggesting an important role in the identification of negative regulators. In addition, based on virtual sorting results, we identified two basic gene sets among highly plastic genes, i.e., highly plastic cell cycle–associated molecules and highly plastic immune and defense response–associated molecules. Genes within each set tended to be positively connected, but genes between two sets were often anticorrelated. Further analysis revealed preferential transcription factor binding motifs existed between highly plastic cell cycle–associated molecules and highly plastic immune and defense response–associated molecules. Our results strongly suggested predetermined regulation, which was called an immune cell internal phenotype, should exist and could be mined by virtual sorting analysis. This provided efficient functional clues to study immune cell phenotypes and their regulation. Moreover, the current substantial virtual sorting results in both CD4+ T cells and B cells provide a useful resource for big-data–driven experimental studies and knowledge discoveries.
Irregular Weight One Points with Image
Authors: Lee Hao 
Published: November 2017

AbstractDarmon, Lauder, and Rotger conjectured that the relative tangent space of an eigencurve at a classical, ordinary, irregular weight one point is of dimension two. This space can be identified with the space of normalized overconvergent generalized eigenforms, whose Fourier coefficients can be conjecturally described explicitly in terms of $p$-adic logarithms of algebraic numbers. This article presents the proof of this conjecture in the case where the weight one point is the intersection of two Hida families of Hecke theta series.
No Choice without Care: Palliative Care as a Relational Matter, the Case of Ireland
Authors: Lolich Luciana , Lynch Kathleen 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACT
In recent years, choice and autonomy have been prioritized as key quality indicators in palliative care services. This article examines current palliative care discourses with respect to patient choice. While recognizing the importance of personal autonomy, using evidence from Ireland, this article explores how a discourse on choice can contribute to inequalities in palliative care because it fails to take account of pre-existing structural inequalities, human relationality, and bodily decline. This article proposes a relational approach to care that takes account not only of the relational lives in those in need of care but also of their careers.
Effects of graded concentrations of supplemental lead on lead concentrations in tissues of pigs and prediction equations for estimating dietary lead intake
Authors: Reddy Kondreddy Eswar , Park Kyu Ree , Lee Sung Dae , Yoo Ji-Hyock , Son Ah Reum , Lee Hyun-Jung 
Published: November 2017

The objectives of this experiment were to determine the effects of graded dietary lead (Pb) concentrations on body weight and Pb concentrations in blood, hair, soft tissues, and urine from pigs and to generate equations for estimating daily Pb intake. Sixteen barrows with initial body weight 36.3 kg (standard deviation = 2.3) were allotted to four dietary treatments that consisted of graded supplemental Pb concentrations (0, 10, 25, and 250 mg/kg of diet). Daily feed allowances for each pig were 1 kg for first two weeks and 2 kg for last two weeks. The hair and blood of pigs were collected on d 14 and 28. At the end of experiment, the pigs were euthanized, and the liver, kidneys, muscle, and urine samples were collected. The prediction equations for estimating daily Pb intake of pigs were generated using Pb concentration of blood, hair, tissues, or urine as an independent variable. The Pb concentrations in the blood, hair, liver, kidneys, muscle, and urine linearly increased (P < 0.01) with increasing dietary Pb concentrations. There were quadratic effects (P < 0.05) of increasing dietary Pb concentration on Pb concentrations in the blood, hair, and muscle. There were highly positive correlations between dietary Pb concentration and Pb concentrations in the blood, hair, liver, kidneys, muscle, and urine (r > 0.83;P < 0.01). The equations were significant (P < 0.01) and showed highr2(>0.83), except the equation using Pb concentration in the muscle as an independent variable. In conclusion, the dietary Pb concentration was highly correlated with Pb concentrations in the blood, hair, soft tissues, and urine of pigs. The total dietary Pb intake can be estimated from the Pb concentrations in the blood, hair, soft tissues, or urine for pigs.
Male-male competition and female choice are differentially affected by male call acoustics in the serrate-legged small treefrog,Kurixalus odontotarsus
Authors: Zhu Bicheng , Wang Jichao , Zhao Longhui , Chen Qinghua , Sun Zhixin , Yang Yue , Brauth Steven E. , Tang Yezhong , Cui Jianguo 
Published: October 2017

BackgroundThe evolution of exaggerated vocal signals in anuran species is an important topic. Males and females have both evolved the ability to discriminate communication sounds. However, the nature of sexual dimorphism in cognition and sensory discrimination and in the evolution and limitation of sexual signal exaggeration remain relatively unexplored.MethodsIn the present study, we used male calls of varied complexity in the serrate-legged small treefrog,Kurixalus odontotarsus, as probes to investigate how both sexes respond to variations in call complexity and how sex differences in signal discrimination play a role in the evolution of sexual signal exaggeration. The compound calls of maleK. odontotarsusconsist of a series of one or more harmonic notes (A notes) which may be followed by one or more short broadband notes (B notes).ResultsMale playback experiments and female phonotaxis tests showed that increasing the number of A notes in stimulus calls elicits increased numbers of response calls by males and increases the attractiveness of the stimulus calls to females. The addition of B notes, however, reduces male calling responses. Moreover, call stimuli which contain only B notes suppress spontaneous male calling responses. Phonotaxis experiments show that females prefer calls with greater numbers of A notes and calls containing both A notes and B notes, but do not prefer calls with only B notes.DiscussionMale-male competition and female choice appear to have played different roles in the evolution and limitation of signal complexity inK. odontotarsus. These results provide new insights into how exaggerated compound signals evolve and how signal complexity may be limited in anurans.
Three clinical pearls in the treatment of patients with seizures and comorbid psychiatric disorders
Authors: Tallian Kimberly 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
A strong association exists between epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidities, especially depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorders, and psychosis. The impact of psychotropic medications in lowering seizure threshold both directly and indirectly, hypersensitivity reactions to antiepileptic and other psychotropic medications, and how antiepileptic drugs affect psychiatric disorders are explored through three patient cases. Ultimately, in selecting an appropriate psychotropic medication for an individual with epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidities, it is important to consider the clinical and quality-of-life impacts that a particular medication will have on that individual.
Implementation and results of a symptom-triggered opioid withdrawal protocol at a Veterans Affairs medical center
Authors: Koch Jessa , Ward Sarah , Thomas Christopher J. 
Published: November 2017

Abstract

Introduction:
The Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center serves veterans from southern Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia, where the rates of non-medical opioid use are some of the highest in the nation. Prior to this project, there was not a standardized practice for the treatment of veterans undergoing opioid withdrawal at the facility. In May 2015, a symptom-triggered protocol was initiated to improve the quality of care and decrease the length of detoxification for veterans treated at the Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Methods:
This paper reflects a 2-phase project that took place from August 2014 through June 2016. Phase 1 focused on the development of a symptom-triggered opioid withdrawal protocol using the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale for assessment and buprenorphine/naloxone or clonidine for treatment. Phase 2 was a retrospective cohort analysis comparing outcomes between group 1, before protocol initiation; group 2, after protocol initiation with clonidine; and group 3, after protocol initiation with buprenorphine/naloxone. The primary outcome assessed was length of detoxification (in days). Secondary outcomes included length of hospitalization (in days) for the index admission, outpatient substance abuse treatment program participation rates, and opioid sobriety rates at 3 months after detoxification.

Results:
A statistically significant reduction in the duration of detoxification days was detected after protocol initiation in veterans who received buprenorphine/naloxone or clonidine in accordance with the protocol.

Discussion:
This retrospective quality analysis supports the use of a symptom-triggered opioid withdrawal protocol using the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale for assessment and clonidine or buprenorphine/naloxone for detoxification treatment.
Sociodemographic characteristics and morbidities among institutionalized elderly without cognitive decline Características sociodemográficas e morbidades entre idosos institucionalizados sem declínio cognitivo
Authors: Vieira Samara Karine Sena Fernandes , Alves Eucário Monteiro , Fernandes Márcia Astrês , Martins Maria do Carmo Carvalho , Lago Eliana Campêlo 
Published: November 2017

Objetivo: Descrever as características sociodemográficas e clínicas de idosos sem declínio cognitivo de instituições de longa permanência. Métodos: Foi aplicado o Mini-Exame do Estado Mental e um formulário para investigar aspectos sociodemográficos e clínicos nos idosos sem declínio cognitivo. Os dados foram analisados através do SPSS 18.0 e do teste Qui-Quadrado. Resultados: Houve predomínio de idosos sem declínio cognitivo do sexo masculino (55,7%), solteiros (63,29%), com faixa etária ≥ 75 anos (54,43%), com Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica (64,56%) e com uso de medicamentos que atuam no sistema cardiovascular (64,56%). Conclusão: É necessário que os idosos institucionalizados sem déficit cognitivo sejam avaliados continuamente para diagnóstico precoce do envelhecimento cognitivo patológico para prevenção de estados demenciais.