bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Potencial de mejoramiento genético en Dipteryx panamensis a los 33 meses de edad en San Carlos, Costa Rica
Authors: Martínez-Albán Víctor , Fallas-Valverde Lucía , Murillo-Gamboa Olman , Badilla-Valverde Yorleny 
Published: December 2015

<p>El almendro (Dipteryx panamensis) es la especie nativa con la madera de mayor dureza que se planta en la región. Como especie leguminosa expresa gran potencial para su cultivo en la zona norte y caribe del país, donde predominan suelos de baja fertilidad, compactados, mal drenados y ácidos, limitantes para la mayoría de las especies forestales. Como especie de alto valor ecológico y potencial económico, se le ha considerado entre el grupo denominado maderas gourmet y parte estratégica del desarrollo forestal del país. Se estudió el potencial de mejoramiento genético en Dipteryx panamensis a los 33 meses de edad, en un ensayo de procedencia/progenie establecido en San Carlos, zona norte de Costa Rica. Se evaluaron 3 procedencias nativas de la zona norte del país, Crucitas (Pocosol, San Carlos), Sarapiquí y Coopesanjuan (Cutris, San Carlos) y, 10 árboles dentro de cada procedencia, todos seleccionados únicamente por su sanidad y vigor en condiciones naturales, para un total final de 29 familias o accesiones. Se utilizó un diseño experimental de bloques completos al azar, con 6 bloques y 6 progenies por familia en cada bloque (parcela), distribuidas en 3 parejas aleatorizadas dentro de cada bloque. Las variables evaluadas fueron: diámetro a la altura del pecho (dap), altura total (h total), presencia de ramas gruesas, presencia de bifurcación, calidad del árbol y sobrevivencia. El análisis de los datos se realizó con el software SELEGEN de EMBRAPA, Brasil. La heredabilidad media de procedencias fue h2mp = 0,72 para el dap, h2mp = 0,81 para la altura total y h2mp = 0,64 para la presencia de ramas gruesas. Mientras que la heredabilidad individual fue h2i = 0,46 para el dap y h2i = 0,29 para la altura total. La heredabilidad media familiar para el dap fue de hmf = 0,80, para la altura total hmf = 0,72 y de 0,55 para la presencia de rama gruesa. En la clasificación genética con base en dap y altura total, 25 de las 29 familias coincidieron como las mejores para ambos caracteres. El coeficiente de variación genético fue de 8,6 % para el dap y de 5,8 % para la altura total. Si se seleccionan las mejores 10 familias la ganancia genética esperada en dap a esta edad sería de un 15 %. La mayor variación se registró entre familias dentro de procedencias y poca variación se obtuvo entre las tres procedencias. La correlación genética entre el dap y las ramas gruesas fue r = 0,53*** y de r = 0,27** con la presencia de bifurcación. Como estrategia de mejoramiento se propone seleccionar dos individuos con el mayor diámetro dentro de cada una de las mejores 10 familias sin importar su procedencia. Esto generará una población con suficiente diversidad genética para atender la demanda de semilla del país en un horizonte de planificación no menor a 15 años. Se propone ampliar la base genética del programa de mejoramiento de almendro mediante nuevas colectas de otras procedencias naturales dentro del país.</p>
The rise of novelty in ecosystems
Authors: Radeloff Volker C. , Williams John W. , Bateman Brooke L. , Burke Kevin D. , Carter Sarah K. , Childress Evan S. , Cromwell Kara J. , Gratton Claudio , Hasley Andrew O. , Kraemer Benjamin M. , Latzka Alexander W. , Marin-Spiotta Erika , Meine Curt D. , Munoz Samuel E. , Neeson Thomas M. , Pidgeon Anna M. , Rissman Adena R. , Rivera Ricardo J. , Szymanski Laura M. , Usinowicz Jacob 
Published: December 2015

AbstractRapid and ongoing change creates novelty in ecosystems everywhere, both when comparing contemporary systems to their historical baselines, and predicted future systems to the present. However, the level of novelty varies greatly among places. Here we propose a formal and quantifiable definition of abiotic and biotic novelty in ecosystems, map abiotic novelty globally, and discuss the implications of novelty for the science of ecology and for biodiversity conservation. We define novelty as the degree of dissimilarity of a system, measured in one or more dimensions relative to a reference baseline, usually defined as either the present or a time window in the past. In this conceptualization, novelty varies in degree, it is multidimensional, can be measured, and requires a temporal and spatial reference. This definition moves beyond prior categorical definitions of novel ecosystems, and does not include human agency, self‐perpetuation, or irreversibility as criteria. Our global assessment of novelty was based on abiotic factors (temperature, precipitation, and nitrogen deposition) plus human population, and shows that there are already large areas with high novelty today relative to the early 20th century, and that there will even be more such areas by 2050. Interestingly, the places that are most novel are often not the places where absolute changes are largest; highlighting that novelty is inherently different from change. For the ecological sciences, highly novel ecosystems present new opportunities to test ecological theories, but also challenge the predictive ability of ecological models and their validation. For biodiversity conservation, increasing novelty presents some opportunities, but largely challenges. Conservation action is necessary along the entire continuum of novelty, by redoubling efforts to protect areas where novelty is low, identifying conservation opportunities where novelty is high, developing flexible yet strong regulations and policies, and establishing long‐term experiments to test management approaches. Meeting the challenge of novelty will require advances in the science of ecology, and new and creative conservation approaches.
Laser cleaning of steam generator tubing based on acoustic emission technology
Authors: Hou S.-X. , Luo J.-J. , Shen T. , Li R.-S. 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
As a physical method, laser cleaning technology in equipment maintenance will be a good prospect. The experimental apparatus for laser cleaning of heat tubes in the steam generator was designed according to the results of theoretical analysis. There are two conclusions; one is that laser cleaning technology is attached importance to traditional methods. Which has advantages in saving on much manpower and material resource and it is a good cleaning method for heat tubes. The other is that the acoustic emission signal includes lots of information on the laser cleaning process, which can be used as real-time monitoring in laser cleaning processes. When the laser acts for 350 s, 100 % contaminants of heat tubes is cleaned off, and the sensor only receives weak AE signal at that time.
Development of a new analytic function expansion nodal code, HexDANM, for solving the neutron diffusion equation in hexagonal-Z geometry
Authors: Jalili Bahabadi M. H. , Pazirandeh A. , Athari M. 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
In this paper, we developed a new approach of analytic function expansion nodal (AFEN) method to solve the multi-group and multi-dimensional neutron diffusion equation in reactor cores with hexagonal fuel assembly. This method represents a multidimensional intra nodal flux distribution in terms of analytic basis functions at any points in the node. New types of boundary conditions have been considered that constrain the intranodal flux distributions in the hexagonal-z node, which include twelve radial surface-averaged partial currents and two axial surface-averaged partial currents. We utilized the coarse group rebalancing (CGR) method to increase the speed of code calculations. The computer code takes a few-groups cross sections produced by a lattice code and calculates the effective multiplication factor (keff
), flux in multi-group energy, reactivity, and the relative power density at each fuel assembly. Finally, the solution accuracy is tested for two well-known benchmark problems. The numerical results demonstrate that the new AFEN method is an accurate method for calculating keff and power density distribution in hexagonal-z geometries.
Radiotracer application for characterization of nuclear grade anion exchange resins Tulsion A-23 and Dowex SBR LC
Authors: Singare P. U. 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
Radio isotopic tracer technique as one of the versatile nondestructive technique is employed to evaluate the performance of nuclear grade anion exchange resins Tulsion A-23 and Dowex SBR LC. The evaluation was made on the basis of ion-isotopic exchange reaction kinetics by using 131I and 82Br radioactive tracer isotopes. It was observed that for both the resins, the values of specific reaction rate (min−1), amount of ion exchanged (mmol) and initial rate of ion exchange (mmol/min) were calculated to be lower for bromide ion-isotopic exchange reaction than that for iodide ion-isotopic exchange reaction. It was observed that for iodide ion-isotopic exchange reaction under identical experimental conditions of 30.0 °C, 1.000 g of ion exchange resins and 0.001 mol/L labeled iodide ion solution, the values of specific reaction rate (min−1), amount of iodide ion exchanged (mmol), initial rate of iodide ion exchange (mmol/min) and log Kd were calculated as 0.377, 0.212, 0.080 and 15.5 respectively for Dowex SBR LC resin, which was higher than 0.215, 0.144, 0.031 and 14.1 respectively as that obtained for Tulsion A23 resins. Also at a constant temperature of 30.0 °C, as the concentration of labeled iodide ion solution increases from 0.001 mol/L to 0.004 mol/L, the percentage of iodide ions exchanged increases from 84.75 % to 90.20 % for Dowex SBR LC resins which was higher than increases from 57.66 % to 62.38 % obtained for Tulsion A23 resins. The identical trend was observed for the two resins during bromide ion-isotopic exchange reaction. The overall results indicate superior performance of Dowex SBR LC over Tulsion A23 resins under identical experimental conditions.
Solving the criticality problem with the reflected boundary condition for the triplet anisotropic scattering with the modified FN method
Authors: Türeci R. G. 
Published: December 2015

Abstract
One speed, time independent neutron transport equation in slab geometry can be solved with the triplet anisotropic scattering for the criticality problem with the reflected boundary condition. The value of the critical slab thickness is investigated numerically by using the Modified FN (HN) method. Case's eigenfunctions, normalization relation and orthogonality relations must be derived for this scattering in order to use the Modified FN method. Some selected values, which can be calculated from the criticality equation, can be tabulated. Also the term which comes from the Poincaré-Bertrand formula may be added to the orthogonality formula of the continuum eigenfunction.
Effects of coenzyme Q10 supplementation on the anthropometric variables, lipid profiles and liver enzymes in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Authors: Jafarvand Elnaz , Farhangi Mahdieh Abbasalizad , Alipour Beytollah , Khoshbaten Manouchehr 
Published: December 2015

<p class="Abstract">This randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial was conducted on 41 patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Patients in intervention group received 100 mg/day coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) for four weeks. There was a significant reduction in waist circumference and aspartate aminotransferase concentrations after CoQ10 supplementation (p&lt;0.05). Dietary fiber was in negative correlation with change in serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) concentrations (r = -410, p = 0.04), and dietary fat intake was in positive relation with serum triglyceride (r = 463, p = 0.04) and in negative relation with serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (r = -533, p = 0.02) in CoQ10-treated group. CoQ10 supplement is able to reduce central obesity and improve liver function in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Dietary factors were also significant determinants of change in liver-specific enzyme ALT and lipid profile in these patients. Further trials with higher dose of CoQ10 and longer treatment periods are warranted to better clarify these findings.</p><p> </p>
Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features in Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis in Conjunction with Clinical Variables to Whole Body MRI and Clinical Variables in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Authors: Weiss Bettina G. , Bachmann Lucas M. , Pfirrmann Christian W.A. , Kissling Rudolf O. , Zubler Veronika 
Published: December 2015

Objective.Discrimination of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can be challenging. Usefulness of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) in diagnosing spondyloarthritis has been recently proved. We assessed the value of clinical variables alone and in combination with WB-MRI to distinguish between DISH and AS.Methods.Diagnostic case-control study: 33 patients with AS and 15 patients with DISH were included. All patients underwent 1.5 Tesla WB-MRI scanning. MR scans were read by a blinded radiologist using the Canadian-Danish Working Group’s recommendation. Imaging and clinical variables were identified using the bootstrap. The most important variables from MR and clinical history were assessed in a multivariate fashion resulting in 3 diagnostic models (MRI, clinical, and combined). The discriminative capacity was quantified using the area under the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The strength of diagnostic variables was quantified with OR.Results.Forty-eight patients provided 1545 positive findings (193 DISH/1352 AS). The final MR model contained upper anterior corner fat infiltration (32 DISH/181 AS), ankylosis on the vertebral endplate (4 DISH/60 AS), facet joint ankylosis (4 DISH/49 AS), sacroiliac joint edema (11 DISH/91 AS), sacroiliac joint fat infiltration (2 DISH/114 AS), sacroiliac joint ankylosis (2 DISH/119 AS); area under the ROC curve was 0.71, 95% CI 0.64–0.78. The final clinical model contained patient’s age and body mass index (area under the ROC curve 0.90, 95% CI 0.89–0.91). The full diagnostic model containing clinical and MR information had an area under the ROC curve of 0.93 (95% CI 0.92–0.95).Conclusion.WB-MRI features can contribute to the correct diagnosis after a thorough conventional workup of patients with DISH and AS.
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Prevalence and Predictors
Authors: Pérez-Peñate Gregorio Miguel , Rúa-Figueroa Iñigo , Juliá-Serdá Gabriel , León-Marrero Fernándo , García-Quintana Antonio , Ortega-Trujillo José Ramón , Erausquin-Arruabarrena Celia , Rodríguez-Lozano Carlos , Cabrera-Navarro Pedro , Ojeda-Betancor Nazario , Gómez-Sánchez Miguel Ángel 
Published: December 2015

Objective.Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) prevalence has been reported to be between 0.5% and 17% in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study assessed PAH prevalence and predictors in an SLE cohort.Methods.The Borg dyspnea scale, DLCO, N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and Doppler echocardiographic (DE) were performed. An echocardiographic Doppler exercise test was conducted in selected patients. When DE systolic pulmonary arterial pressure was ≥ 45 mmHg or increased during exercise > 20 mmHg, a right heart catheterization was performed. Hemodynamic during exercise was measured if rest mean pulmonary arterial pressure was < 25 mmHg.Results.Of the 203 patients with SLE, 152 were included. The mean age was 44.9 ± 12.3 years, and 94% were women. Three patients had known PAH. The algorithm diagnosed 1 patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and 5 with exercise-induced pulmonary artery pressure increase (4 with occult left diastolic dysfunction). These patients had significantly more dyspnea, higher NT-proBNP, and lower DLCO.Conclusion.These data confirm the low prevalence of PAH in SLE. In our cohort, occult left ventricular diastolic dysfunction was a frequent diagnosis of unexplained dyspnea. Dyspnea, DLCO, and NT-proBNP could be predictors of pulmonary hypertension in patients with SLE.
Schönheit und Ekel. Zu Lessings “unklassischer”. Materialität der Künste im Laokoon
Authors: Gibhardt Boris Roman 
Published: December 2015

L’esthétique lessingienne de la (com)passion peut également être lue comme une esthétique de la matérialité de l’art : les effets différents que doivent produire l’art visuel et l’art poétique depuis l’Antiquité ne résultent pas d’une norme préconçue, mais d’une conscience sensuelle des effets différents des matières artistiques comme la relation entre froideur, mort et beauté du marbre par rapport au mouvement et à l’énergie de la parole. Ainsi, Lessing oppose à l’idée winckelmanienne, selon laquelle les Anciens auraient voulu réaliser l’idéal du beau, une poétique de l’imagination « matérielle » : afin d’encourager la passion, ils ont tout à fait représenté ce qui est repoussant, laid, dégoûtant, pour équilibrer justement le moment délicat où le beau y prend le dessus sur d’autres expressions sensuelles de la vie et de la mort. Car le plaisir esthétique ne peut se fonder sur l’idéal du beau seul. Ainsi, Lessing se révèle précurseur du « non-classique » et du Romantisme, ce qui sera démontré par rapport à Goethe, Delacroix, Byron, Baudelaire et d’autres.
L’appropriation de la règle de droit : impératif de sauvegarde de l’emploi et dispositifs de départs volontaires
Authors: Bourguignon Rémi , Garaudel Pierre 
Published: December 2015

Les plans de départs volontaires mettent en jeu différentes logiques qui entrent en tension les unes avec les autres et vont expliquer une formalisation différenciée par les employeurs. Dans le contexte français, la recherche du consentement individuel dans une perspective de pacification des restructurations peut se heurter à un principe juridique selon lequel l’employeur doit mettre en œuvre les moyens qui sont en son pouvoir pour sauvegarder l’emploi. Pour répondre à ces tensions, la notion de projet professionnel joue un rôle central. Partant de ce constat, les auteurs se donnent pour objectif de rendre compte de la diversité des dispositions prévues dans les plans de départs volontaires. Ils s’appuient, pour cela, sur l’analyse du contenu de 67 plans de départs volontaires en France et dressent une typologie des modes de régulation à l’œuvre 1 .
Échos lointains pour reprise dissonante : la série catalane Infidels
Authors: Houdiard Jennifer 
Published: December 2015

La série Infidels (TV3, 2009-2011), diffusée sur la chaîne catalane ainsi que sur internet durant trois saisons, était attendue comme une sorte d’adaptation de séries « féminines » américaines telles que Sex and the City (HBO, 1998-2004) ou Desperate Housewives (ABC, 2004). Cependant, une fois les premiers épisodes diffusés, Infidels fut rapidement reconnue comme une production originale, à double titre. En effet, loin de se limiter à transposer au cadre barcelonais des fictions télévisées venues des États-Unis, les scénaristes ont réussi à concevoir une fiction « maison » de qualité, fidèle à l’esprit de la chaîne TV3 par son ancrage dans la re-création d’un contexte catalan identifiable comme réel et réaliste par le spectateur. Si des « clins d’œil » aux séries américaines citées plus haut ou à la série britannique Mistresses (BBC One, 2008-2010) sont aisément perceptibles, ils se limitent en général à un jeu sur l’intertextualité. Au-delà de l’originalité et de la « catalanité » d’Infidels, les journalistes et critiques ont célébré le traitement profondément novateur des figures féminines et, plus généralement, la remise en question encore inédite des clichés et des rôles traditionnels dévolus aux femmes ainsi qu’aux personnages féminins qui peuplent la grande majorité des fictions télévisées. Les cinq protagonistes de la série ont en commun l’infidélité sexuelle et sentimentale, il est vrai, mais à mesure que les épisodes s’enchaînent, la quête ontologique qui sous-tend la diégèse et lui sert de fil conducteur se révèle de plus en plus clairement : Paula, Lídia, Cruz, Joana et Arlet sont, finalement, infidèles aussi bien aux rôles de genre traditionnels qu’au modèle incarné par le nouvel « Éternel féminin » des médias de masse, et ce n’est qu’ainsi qu’elles peuvent devenir fidèles à elles-mêmes.
Position paper FADOI sulla prevenzione cardiovascolare nei pazienti complessi a rischio
Authors: Campanini Guest Editors: M. , Nardi R. , Pinna G. 
Published: December 2015

<img src="/public/site/images/pgranata/intro.jpg" alt="" /><br /><p class="titolo"><strong><em>Position paper </em>FADOI (Federazione delle Associazioni dei Dirigenti </strong><strong>Ospedalieri Internisti) sulla prevenzione cardiovascolare </strong><strong>nei pazienti complessi a rischi</strong><strong>o</strong> 309<br /><em>M. Campanini, G. Pinna, R. Nardi</em></p><img src="/public/site/images/pgranata/rass.jpg" alt="" /><br /><p class="titolo"><strong>La patogenesi dell’aterosclerosi</strong> 319<br /><em>C. Nardin, M. Rattazzi, P. Pauletto</em></p><p class="titolo"><strong>La prevenzione secondaria nella cardiopatia ischemic</strong><strong>a</strong> 328<br /><em>D. Panuccio, P. Verdecchia</em></p><p class="titolo"><strong>La prevenzione cardiovascolare nello scompenso cardiaco</strong> 339<br /><em>R. Cavaliere, F. Gallucci, G. Mathieu</em></p><p class="titolo"><strong>Prevenzione secondaria degli eventi cerebrovascolari </strong><strong>aterotrombotici</strong> 356<br /><em>M. Paciaroni, R. Frediani, M. Stornello, G. Agnelli</em></p><p class="titolo"><strong>Prevenzione cardiovascolare secondaria e nefropatia</strong> 364<br /><em>D. Manfellotto, G. Vescovo</em></p><p class="titolo"><strong>Arteriopatia obliterante periferica cronica degli arti inferiori</strong> 371<br /><em>F. Dentali, A. Mazzone</em></p><p class="titolo"><strong>La prevenzione cardiovascolare secondaria nel paziente </strong><strong>con diabete mellito</strong> 379<br /><em>G. Augello, L. Magnani</em></p>
Impact of Organizational Commitment on Intention to Quit Among Psychaitric Nurses: Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Yasmin Kashifa , Marzuki Prof. Dr. Najib Ahmad 
Published: December 2015

<p><em>Shortage of the nurses is an important issue in the developing and developed countries. The aim of this paper is to determine the impact of organizational commitment on intention to quit among psychiatric nurses. Based on the model of casual turnover this study assessed the direct effect of organizational commitment on nurse’s intention to quit. The cross sectional data was collected from three hundred five nurses of psychiatric hospitals in Punjab, Pakistan. Structural equation modeling was applied to achieve the objectives. The results revealed that affective commitment and normative commitment have significant impact while continuous commitment has not significant effect on nurse’s intention to quit. So, the commitment of nurse to hospital goals, missions, and values is not enough to predict her intention to quit from job in the hospital. This study recommends that, the government and policy makers should look beyond forces in their internal and external environment, when considering how to reduce employee’s turnover intentions. This study recommends that future researchers should examine the impact of work environment on intention to quit though burnout as a unit variable. This study contributes socially and economically.</em></p><p><em> </em></p>