bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Women in Bullboats: Indigenous Women Navigate the Upper Missouri River
Authors: Steinke Christopher 
Published: October 2017

AbstractBy venturing out into the channel of the Missouri River, which they navigated for much of the nineteenth century, Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa women evaded American surveillance as well as indigenous enemies. They transported crucial supplies back to their villages, conducted long-distance expeditions that stretched hundreds of miles, and capitalized on their navigational experience by ferrying visitors across the river. Yet historians have mostly overlooked their mobility on the Missouri River. This article, which provides the first detailed account of their river travel, identifies an indigenous transportation regime in which Native women helped control passage across riparian borders.
Laboratory growth of denitrifying water column microbial consortia from deep-sea shipwrecks in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Authors: Haridas Dhanya , Biffinger Justin C. , Boyd Thomas J. , Fulmer Preston A. , Hamdan Leila J. , Fitzgerald Lisa A. 
Published: October 2017

Background: Shipwrecks serve as a rich source for novel microbial populations that have largely remained undiscovered. Low temperatures, lack of sunlight, and the availability of substrates derived from the shipwreck’s hull and cargo may provide an environment in which microbes can develop unique metabolic adaptations. Methods: To test our hypothesis that shipwrecks could influence the microbial population involved in denitrification when a consortium is grown in the laboratory, we collected samples proximate to two steel shipwrecks in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Then under laboratory conditions, we grew two independent denitrifying microbial consortia. Each consortium was grown by using the BART assay system and analyzed based on growth kinetics, ion chromatography and 16S amplicon sequencing.Results: Both denitrifying consortia were different from each other based on varied growth profiles, rates of nitrate utilization and 16S amplicon sequencing.Conclusions: Our observations conclude that the laboratory grown water column microbial consortia from deep-sea shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico are able to undergo aggressive denitrification.
Evaluation of electrochemiluminescence immunoassays for immunosuppressive drugs on the Roche cobas e411 analyzer
Authors: Fung Angela W.S. , Knauer Michael J. , Blasutig Ivan M. , Colantonio David A. , Kulasingam Vathany 
Published: October 2017

Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring of immunosuppressant drugs are used to monitor drug efficacy and toxicity and to prevent organ transplantation rejection. This study evaluates the analytical performance of semi-automated electrochemiluminescence immunoassays (ECLIA) for cyclosporine (CSA), tacrolimus (TAC) and sirolimus (SRL) on the Roche cobas e 411 analyzer at a major transplant hospital to identify method suitability and limitations.Methods:Residual whole blood samples from patients undergoing immunosuppressant therapy were used for evaluation. Experiments included imprecision, linearity, functional sensitivity, method comparisons and lot-to-lot assessments.Results:Total imprecision ranged from 3.3 to 7.1% for CSA, 3.9 to 9.4% for TAC, and 4.6 to 8.2% for SRL. Linearity was verified from 30.0 to 960.9 μg/L for CSA, from 1.1 to 27.1 μg/L for TAC, and from 0.5 to 32.3 µg/L for SRL. The functional sensitivity met the manufacturer’s claims and was determined to be <6.5 μg/L for CSA, 1.1 μg/L for TAC, and <0.1 µg/L for SRL (CV≤20%). Deming regression analysis of method comparisons with the ARCHITECT immunoassay yielded slopes of 0.917 (95%CI: 0.885-0.949) androf 0.985 for CSA, 0.938 (95%CI: 0.895-0.981) androf 0.974 for TAC, and 0.842 (0.810-1.110) androf 0.982 for SRL. Deming regression analysis of comparisons with the LC–MS/MS method yielded slopes of 1.331 (95%CI: 1.167-1.496) androf 0.969 for CSA, 0.924 (95%CI: 0.843-1.005) androf 0.984 for TAC, and 0.971 (95%CI: 0.913-1.030) androf 0.993 for SRL.Conclusions:The cobas e 411 ECLIA for CSA, TAC, and SRL have acceptable precision, linearity, and functional sensitivity. The method comparisons correlated well with the ARCHITECT immunoassay and LC–MS/MS and is fit for therapeutic drug monitoring.
Body image in women practicing yoga or other forms of fitness
Authors: Bąk-Sosnowska Monika , Urban Anna 
Published: October 2017

Aim of the studyThe aim of the study was to compare the body image of women practicing yoga and other forms of fitness.Subject or material and methods112 adult women practicing group forms of fitness (yoga - group A, other - group B) were examined using: Body-Esteem Scale (BES), Figure Rating Scale (FRS), The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).ResultsHigh scores in the IPAQ were present in the majority of both group and the difference between groups was not statistically significant. In all the subscales of BES (sexual attractiveness, weight concern, physical condition) high scores predominated in group A, and low in group B. Differences between the groups were statistically significant for each subscale of BES (p < 0,01). In FRS, group A achieved lower score for the current silhouette as well as for an ideal silhouette. A statistically significant difference was observed in the current silhouette (p < 0,001).DiscussionPhysical activity influences the body image, but the specific result may depends on form of this activity.ConclusionsWomen practicing yoga have greater body esteem, less discrepancy between the real and the ideal silhouette and perceive their current silhouette as better in comparison to women practicing other forms of fitness.
Relationship with siblings as a predictor of empathy and humor styles in early adulthood
Authors: Walęcka-Matyja Katarzyna 
Published: October 2017

Aim of the studyThe issue of relationships with siblings in early adulthood is relatively rarely explored by researchers. The purpose of the presented research was to characterize this relationship and to define its importance for the interpersonal function of young adults.Subject or material and methodsThe study included 100 participants at an average age of 27.08 years (SD=4.38). In the surveyed group 60% were women (n=60) and 40% men (n=40). The following methods were used in the study: Adult Siblings Relationships Questionnaire – Short Form, the Empathic Sensitiveness Scale and Humour Styles Questionnaire.ResultsThe results of the research revealed that sisters have the relationships with siblings based on Warmth, achieve higher average results in Empathic Care and Personal Distress and lower average results in Self-defeating humour than brothers. Relational variables with predictive value for empathy and humour styles were identified in both groups. In the group of brothers, they explained a higher percentage of variance in results.DiscussionThe presented results indicate that the quality of relationships with adult siblings significantly influences selected dimensions of interpersonal functioning.ConclusionsThe results of the study broaden the psychological knowledge of family psychology and have application aspect.
Comparison of white blood cells parameters
in patients with acute schizophrenia, unipolar
depression and bipolar disorder
Authors: Wysokiński Adam , Margulska Aleksandra 
Published: October 2017

Aim of the studyWe compared white blood cells parameters (total white blood cells (WBC), lymphocytes count (LYMPH#) and percentage (LYMPH%), monocytes count (MONO) and percentage (MONO%), basophils count (BASO#) and percentage (BASO%), eosinophils count (EO#) and percentage (EO%), neutrophils count (NEUT#) and percentage (NEUT%)) in patients with schizophrenia (SHZ), unipolar depression (UD) and bipolar disorder (BIP): bipolar depression (BD) and mania (BM).Subject or material and methodsThis was a retrospective, cross-sectional, naturalistic study of 2381 patients (SHZ n=1244; UD n=794; BIP n=343, BD n=259, BM n=84). WBC as well as differential leukocytes count were measured using automated hematology analyzer.ResultsThere were significant differences between study groups (WBC, p=0.02; LYMPH# p=0.03; LYMPH% p=0.008; EO% p <0.001). Age and sex affected various white blood cells parameters.DiscussionHighest WBC was in the schizophrenia and bipolar mania groups, while patients with BM had lowest LYMPH%. Highest frequency of below or above normal WBC was found in patients with BM.ConclusionsThere are differences in white blood cells between study groups.
Mind the Gap! Working Papers On Practice Based Doctoral Research in the Creative Arts and Media, Desmond Bell (ed.) (2016)
Authors: Swinson James , Chorpening Kelly 
Published: October 2017

Mind the Gap! Working Papers On Practice Based Doctoral Research in the Creative Arts and Media, Desmond Bell (ed.) (2016)
Dublin: Distillers Press in association with the National College of Art and Design, 267 pp.,
ISBN: 978-1-870225-02-1, p/bk, £12

A Different Kind of Black and White: Visual Thinking as Epistemic Development in Professional Education, Prue Bramwell-Davis (2015)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Lady Stephenson Publishing, 346 pp.,
ISBN (10): 1443877093;
ISBN (13): 9781443877091, £26.99
Role of the nurse in preventing or reducing increase intracrani-al pressure following craniotomy
Authors: Abdelmowla Rasha , Essa Abdelhakeem , Abdelmaged Esmat 
Published: October 2017

Background: Increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy is common and different measures should be taken to prevent or treat it promptly. Aim: Preventing or reducing increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy. Research design: Quasi-experimental.Subjects and methods: All nurses (26) in neurosurgery department at Assiut Neurological, Psychiatric and Neurosurgery University Hospital, in addition to a sample of 124 patients after craniotomy. Control group (62 adult patients before implementing the nursing educational program) and study group (62 adult patients after implementing the nursing educational program). Nurses’ knowledge and practice were assessed before and after implementation of the nursing educational program. Tools: Structured questionnaire to assess nurses` demographic data and knowledge about intracranial pressure, observation checklist for nurses` practice, patients’ assessment sheet, and teaching booklet for nurses about postoperative increase intracranial pressure. Results: Highly significant differences were found as regarding nurses` knowledge and nurses` practice pre and post implementing the nursing educational program. Significant difference was found between study and control groups as regarding increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy. Conclusion: Nursing educational program had a significant effect on preventing or reducing postoperative increase intracranial pressure.Recommendation: Nurses should have continuous education through programs, workshops, seminars and/or training courses to maintain high quality care.
Designing a PBL Environment Using the 3C3R Method
Authors: Tawfik Andrew A. , Trueman Rebecca J , Lorz Mathew M 
Published: October 2017

With the growing emphasis being placed upon situated learning theory, designs increasingly implement problem-based learning (PBL) in various educational contexts. However, some of the difficulties instructional designers face include interweaving elements such as breadth, depth, and situated knowledge in a contextualized learning task. This design case details how the 3C3R method was systematically employed to design a PBL learning environment that highlights the effects of environmental toxins on human fertility. We also discuss how a case library learning environment (CLLE) was implemented and designed to support the decision-making process. This design case examines the challenges involved, such as misunderstandings between the SMEs and instructional designer as we contextualized complex issues related to human biology. A discussion of how we designed for multiple solution paths is also included. Lastly, we discuss the challenges of interweaving the ill-structured problem with multiple narratives found in a case library.
Planning to Learn: The Role of Interior Design in Educational Settings
Authors: Kaup Migette L. , Kim Hyung-Chan , Dudek Michael 
Published: October 2017

This design case is about re-engaging with the fundamental role of the built environment in order to support the educational process and overall learning experience in a private Catholic school. Advanced level interior design students were provided an opportunity to work with a school whose administrator had requested assistance in setting priorities for needed changes to their grade school facility. The current building presented limitations in reflecting the high quality curriculum teachers delivered to their students, and they sought ideas for improvements that would support their goals. The design case describes a sequence of pedagogically based steps that were strategically employed through a service-learning project to help students explore user experience, apply theory, and develop design solutions using an evidence-based research framework. The goal was to plan learning spaces for pre-kindergarten through third grade school children. The interior design students first explored the theoretical perspectives of early childhood education and the role of the built environment as a significant component of the educational process. They then analyzed the existing conditions to create priorities for change, verifying this information with multiple user-groups. A comprehensive design program was developed from this information. Finally, student teams prepared design solutions that visually represented potential answers to the identified problems. Student, faculty, and client perceptions of the design process are presented in text and audio formats. Outcomes of the case study are discussed in the context of the benefits to the various user groups and participants, as well as the value of returning to the fundamentals of the educational experience through the human perceptual and physical interactions with the built environment.
K-12 Campus, LA-style: The Campbell Hall Arts & Education Center
Authors: Johnston Charrisse 
Published: October 2017

Campbell Hall is an independent, coeducational K-12 day school in Los Angeles that sits on a triangular-shaped piece of land between the Ventura Freeway and the Tujunga Wash, a Los Angeles river tributary. Having increased its population to over 1,000 students, the school recently acquired land to expand the campus. Gensler and its multidisciplinary design team helped Campbell Hall reconfigure the campus’ existing traffic circulation to improve safety and encourage walking. The team also developed a holistic, phased plan for future building development. The first building phase, and the primary topic of this article, included a new 175-car, two-level underground parking structure and a 37,000 square foot two-story Arts & Education Center. A future Phase II will include a 650-seat theater immediately adjacent to the Center; and finally, a 45,000 square foot gymnasium will cap off Phase III. This design case will discuss the process that led to the Arts & Education Center design in general, as well as how the design team approached several specific project issues. First, the team faced a design program that exceeded the project’s site, whose vehicular access was problematic. Secondly, a significant existing feature that impacted many of team’s design decisions was the bar-shaped classroom buildings designed by noted mid-century modernist architect A. Quincy Jones. The shape and arrangement of these buildings formed the basis of the Arts & Education Center’s “interstitial” outdoor spaces—flexible learning, socializing and circulation areas that promote informal interaction among students and faculty while forming a physical and symbolic link between the new and old parts of the campus. Third, the project’s landscape design was ultimately shaped by “value engineering” or cost cutting measures. Through the strength of multidisciplinary collaboration, the design team overcame these hurdles and produced a solution yielding a safer, denser campus with a greater sense of community than had existed before.
The effect of group guidance activities at improving friendship relationships to adolescents’ friendship relationships<p>Arkadaşlık ilişkilerini geliştirmeye yönelik grup rehberliği etkinliklerinin ergenlerin arkadaşlık ilişkilerine etkisi
Authors: Demir Yasin , Kutlu Mustafa 
Published: October 2017

In this study, it is studied the effect of group guidance activities which consists of eight sessions and prepared to improve friendship relationships on adolescents’ friendship relationships. The study group consists of 32 adolescents. As a research design, it was used pretest-posttest model with control and placebo groups. The data analysis was made with SPSS 18 packet program, and Anova and Ancova tests were used in the analysis. Friendship relation levels of the participants were measured with Peer Relationships Scale. After the pretest measurement, group guidance activities consisted of eight sessions and intended to improve friendship relationships was applied to experimental group adolescents. Within this period, no procedure was performed with the individuals in the control group, and 3 session presentations about the vocational guidance and examination system were made to the individuals in the placebo group. After the sessions, posttest measurement was given. In the data analysis, two factored variance analysis was used for mixed designs. According to the findings from the study, group guidance program aimed at improving the friendship relationships is effective to improve friendship relationships of adolescents. The findings were discussed taking the literature results into consideration, and the suggestions were made in accordance with the results from this study.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu araştırmada, sekiz oturumdan oluşan ve arkadaşlık ilişkilerini geliştirmeye yönelik hazırlanan grup rehberliği etkinliklerinin ergenlerin arkadaşlık ilişkileri üzerindeki etkisi incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu 32 ergenden oluşmuştur. Araştırma deseni olarak kontrol ve plasebo gruplu ön-test son-test model kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde Anaova ve Ancova testleri kullanılmıştır. Katılımcıların arkadaşlık ilişkileri düzeyleri Akran İlişkileri Ölçeği ile ölçülmüştür. Ön-test ölçümünün ardından deney grubunda yer alan ergenlere sekiz oturumdan oluşan arkadaşlık ilişkilerini geliştirmeye yönelik grup rehberliği etkinlikleri uygulanmıştır. Bu süre içerisinde kontrol grubundaki bireylerle hiçbir işlem yürütülmemiştir. Plasebo grubundaki üyelere ise sadece üç oturumluk mesleki rehberlik ve sınav sistemi ile ilgili sunumlar yapılmıştır. Oturumların sona ermesinden sonra son-test ölçümleri alınmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde karışık desenler için iki faktörlü varyans analizi tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgular, arkadaşlık ilişkilerini geliştirmeye yönelik uygulanan grup rehberliği etkinliklerinin ergenlerin arkadaşlık ilişkilerini geliştirmede etkili olduğunu göstermektedir. Bulgular literatür sonuçları dikkate alınarak tartışılmış ve araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlar doğrultusunda önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
Fat graft – the natural choice for reconstructive, regenerative and aesthetic surgery
Authors: Ibrahim Samir , Rybacka-Mossakowska Joanna , Michalak Sławomir 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThe search for appropriate filler, which can be used for aesthetic and reconstructive operations is currently one of challenges for plastic surgery. The application of absorbable and permanent artificial fillers may cause adverse events. Thus, autologous fat grafting can be a safe alternative. Moreover, fat tissue is rich in adipose-derived stem cells (ASC), which can be successfully used for regenerative procedures. The paper reviews reports on fat grafting procedures, which indicate risks and their possible prophylactic.Adipose tissue is a much more prolific source of ASCs than bone marrow. Basically, ASC are characterized by a spectrum of markers: CD11b-CD45-CD13+CD73+CD90+, which can be widened by CD36+CD-106-CD10+CD26+CD49d+CD49e+CD3-D49f -PODXL- to improve phenotyping. It is suggested to use at least two negative markers and two positive markers during the same phenotyping analysis. Fat transfer requires appropriate approach, planning and technique to make it clinically successful.Fat grafting fulfills the expectations for ideal injectable agent, which can be used for aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. To improve the survival of fat graft, careful decisions on donor site, local anesthetic administration, liposuction method, processing and placement methods need to be made. Moreover, fat is the source of adipose-derived stem cells which can be used for regenerative procedures. A proper transformation and identification of those cells is required to improve clinical effects.
Can iron work for pigs as a booster?
Authors: Urbaniak Olga , Spyrka Paweł , Rząsa Anna 
Published: October 2017

AbstractIron deficiency is a common health problem in mammals, especially in growing piglets hence iron administration to suckling piglets is a routine practice in swine production.A total number of 160 weaners were allotted to two experimental groups according to body weight (I – cachectic underweight piglets; II – piglets with appropriate weaning body weight). Additionally, each group was divided into two subgroups, with iron administered to piglets in subgroups IA and IIA on the first day of the experiment. In order to monitor the weight gains in pigs, they were weighed twice. To estimate the haematological status, blood samples were taken on the weaning day from selected piglets (10 in each subgroup). Haematological analyses were conducted using Hb, Ht, RBC, MCV, MCH, MCHC as early anaemia indicators. Additionally plasma iron (PI) and total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) were assessed as parameters of the actual and potential circulating extracellular iron.The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of additional postweaning Fe supplementation on production results. A lower concentration of PI was noted in weaker piglets (Group IA and IB). Throughout the experiment higher daily gains were noted in Group II; differences between Group IIA and IA as well as IB were statistically confirmed at p≤ 0,01.It might be expected that an additional Fe dose applied in weaning piglets can be used as a growth promoter. On the other hand, in case of cachectic animals toxicity of supplemental iron must be taken into consideration.