bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Early expressive and receptive language trajectories in high-risk infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder
Authors: Longard Julie , Brian Jessica , Zwaigenbaum Lonnie , Duku Eric , Moore Chris , Smith Isabel M , Garon Nancy , Szatmari Peter , Vaillancourt Tracy , Bryson Susan 
Published: November 2017

Background & aims In response to limited research on early language development in infants at high risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the current prospective study examined early expressive and receptive language trajectories in familial high-risk (HR) infants who were and were not later diagnosed with ASD (HR-ASD and HR-N, respectively), and low-risk (LR) controls with no family history of ASD. Methods Participants were 523 children (371 HR siblings, 56% boys; 152 LR controls, 52% boys) followed from age 6 or 12 months to 36 months. Based on independent, best-estimate clinical diagnoses at 36 months, HR participants were classified as HR-ASD (n = 94; 69% boys), or HR-N (n = 277; 52% boys); the sample also included 152 LR controls (52% boys). Expressive and receptive language trajectories were examined based on corresponding domain standard scores on the Mullen Scales of Early Learning ( MSEL) at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months. In the combined sample of HR and LR infants, semi-parametric group-based modeling was used to identify distinct trajectories in MSEL standard scores. Results A 3-group solution provided optimal fit to variation in both expressive and receptive language, with the following patterns of scores: (1) inclining from average to above average, (2) stable-average, and (3) declining from average to well below average. For both expressive and receptive language, membership in these trajectories was related to 3-year diagnostic outcomes. Conclusions Although HR-ASD, HR-N, and LR control infants were in each trajectory group, membership in the declining trajectory (expressive and/or receptive) was associated with an ASD diagnosis. Implications Evidence of declining trajectories in either expressive or receptive language may be a risk marker for ASD in a high-risk sample.
European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guidelines on glycaemia management in acute stroke
Authors: Fuentes Blanca , Ntaios George , Putaala Jukka , Thomas Brenda , Turc Guillaume , Díez-Tejedor Exuperio ,   for the European Stroke Organisation
Published: November 2017

Background Hyperglycaemia is a frequent complication in acute stroke that has been shown to be independently associated with larger infarct size, haematoma growth, poor clinical outcome and mortality. This Guideline Document presents the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) Guidelines for the management of blood glucose levels in patients with acute ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke. Methods The working group identified related questions and developed its recommendations based on evidence from randomised controlled trials following the standard operating procedure of the ESO. This Guideline Document was reviewed and approved by the European Stroke Organisation Guidelines Committee and the European Stroke Organisation Executive Committee. Results We found low-quality evidence from clinical trials in ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke exploring the use of intravenous insulin aimed to achieve a tight glycaemic control with different glucose level targets and several other sources of heterogeneity. None of these trials neither the meta-analysis of them have demonstrated any significant benefit of tight glycaemic control with intravenous insulin in acute ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke patients on functional outcome or in survival and they have shown an increased risk for hypoglycaemia. Conclusions We suggest against the routine use of tight glycaemic control with intravenous insulin as a means to improve outcomes. The currently available data about the management of glycaemia in patients with acute stroke are limited and the strengths of the recommendations are therefore weak. Nevertheless, this does not prevent that hyperglycaemia in acute stroke patients could be treated as any other hospitalised patient.
Contributions of Function-Altering Variants in Genes Implicated in Pubertal Timing and Body Mass for Self-Limited Delayed Puberty
Authors: Howard Sasha R , Guasti Leonardo , Poliandri Ariel , David Alessia , Cabrera Claudia P , Barnes Michael R , Wehkalampi Karoliina , O’Rahilly Stephen , Aiken Catherine E , Coll Anthony P , Ma Marcella , Rimmington Debra , Yeo Giles S H , Dunkel Leo 
Published: November 2017

Abstract

Context
Self-limited delayed puberty (DP) is often associated with a delay in physical maturation, but although highly heritable the causal genetic factors remain elusive. Genome-wide association studies of the timing of puberty have identified multiple loci for age at menarche in females and voice break in males, particularly in pathways controlling energy balance.

Objective/Main Outcome Measures
We sought to assess the contribution of rare variants in such genes to the phenotype of familial DP.

Design/Patients
We performed whole-exome sequencing in 67 pedigrees (125 individuals with DP and 35 unaffected controls) from our unique cohort of familial self-limited DP. Using a whole-exome sequencing filtering pipeline one candidate gene [fat mass and obesity–associated gene (FTO)] was identified. In silico, in vitro, and mouse model studies were performed to investigate the pathogenicity of FTO variants and timing of puberty in FTO+/− mice.

Results
We identified potentially pathogenic, rare variants in genes in linkage disequilibrium with genome-wide association studies of age at menarche loci in 283 genes. Of these, five genes were implicated in the control of body mass. After filtering for segregation with trait, one candidate, FTO, was retained. Two FTO variants, found in 14 affected individuals from three families, were also associated with leanness in these patients with DP. One variant (p.Leu44Val) demonstrated altered demethylation activity of the mutant protein in vitro. Fto+/− mice displayed a significantly delayed timing of pubertal onset (P &lt; 0.05).

Conclusions
Mutations in genes implicated in body mass and timing of puberty in the general population may contribute to the pathogenesis of self-limited DP.
Sports sponsorship for communication companies reliability and validity study of measurement<p>İletişim şirketlerinin spor sponsorluğu ölçeğinin güvenirlik ve geçerlik çalışması
Authors: Ercan Özge , Özbek Oğuz 
Published: November 2017

Nowadays, the concept of the sports sponsorship is considered as a marketing activity that attracts the attention of the company from every sector. The aim of this study is to develop a scale to determine how communication companies' sports sponsorship practices are perceived. Research is a screening model. 47 items and personal information were included in the test form of the measurement tool. The evaluation of the items in the scale form was made with a 5-point Likert-type rating consisting of values ranging from 1 to 5. The validity and reliability studies were performed by applying the measurement tool to 250 participants who participated voluntarily. The item total correlation values were examined for the validity study and explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis was applied. For reliability, Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was calculated. In communication Companies Sports sponsorship scale, there are 25 items totaly; 9 items in cooperation dimension, 8 items in support dimension and 8 items in impact dimension. The increase in points that can be taken from the subscales of the scale indicates that sports sponsorship practices are positive and helpful. As a result, the Communication Companies Sports Sponsorship Scale was found to be valid and reliable.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetSpor sponsorluğu kavramı günümüzde her sektörden şirketin dikkatini çeken bir pazarlama faaliyetidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, iletişim şirketlerinin spor sponsorluğu uygulamalarının nasıl algılandığını saptamak için bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Araştırma tarama modelindedir. Ölçme aracının deneme formunda 47 madde ve kişisel bilgiler yer almıştır. Ölçek formunda yer alan maddelerin değerlendirilmesi 1’den 5’e kadar değişen değerlerden oluşan 5’li Likert tipi derecelendirme ile yapılmıştır. Ölçme aracı gönüllü katılan 250 kişiye uygulanarak, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması yapılmıştır. Geçerlik çalışması için madde bütün korelasyon katsayılarına bakılmış, doğrulayıcı ve açımlayıcı faktör analizi uygulanmıştır. Cronbach’s Alpha katsayısı ile güvenirlik hesaplanmıştır. İletişim Şirketleri Spor sponsorluğu ölçeği, etki boyutunda 8, işbirliği boyutunda 9 ve destek boyutunda 8 madde olmak üzere toplam 25 maddeden oluşmuştur. Ölçek alt boyutlarından alınabilecek puanların artması, spor sponsorluğu uygulamalarının olumlu olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuç olarak, İletişim Şirketleri Spor Sponsorluğu Ölçeğinin geçerli ve güvenilir olduğu saptanmıştır.
Vocational training’s failure dynamics and vocational school’s teaching staff opinions<p>Mesleki eğitimin başarısızlık dinamikleri ve meslek yüksekokulu öğretim elemanlarının görüşleri
Authors: Kaya Ahmet 
Published: November 2017

This study was carried out with the aim of revealing the reasons of the unsuccessfulness claimed to exist in vocational colleges carrying out associate degree teaching activities and to reveal the results of a questionnaire survey based on the aim and instructors. This study was also supported by the results of a survey conducted by students in 2013.To determine the dynamics of this failure, a questionnaire survey was conducted at the members of 10 vocational schools of Ege University and it was tried to determine the dynamics which cause failure in vocational education. In the questionnaire survey, 45 teaching staff, most of whom are in charge of teaching at Ege University vocational schools, participated. In line with the opinions of the instructors, the dynamics of failure in vocational education were tried to be explained. According to the teaching staff, the transition system without examination must be removed. Training in vocational high schools should be revised. Education period should be raised. The recruitment system of the teaching staff should be observed. Economical personel rights for instructors should be raised. Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalışma, ön lisans düzeyinde öğretim faaliyeti yürüten meslek yüksekokullarında var olduğu ileri sürülen başarısızlığın nedenlerini ortaya koymak amacı ile öğretim elemanları temelinde yapılan bir anket araştırmasının sonuçlarını ortaya koymak amacı ile yapılmıştır. Bu çalışma, 2013 yılında öğrenciler nezdinde yapılan bir anket araştırmasının sonuçları ile de desteklenmiştir.Mesleki eğitimde başarısızlığa neden olan sebeplerin neler olduğunu tespit etmek amacıyla Ege Üniversitesi’nin 10 meslek yüksekokulunda görevli öğretim elemanlarına bir anket araştırması uygulanmış ve mesleki eğitimde başarısızlığa neden olan dinamiklerin tespit edilmesine çalışılmıştır. Yapılan anket araştırmasına haihazırda Ege Üniversitesi meslek yüksekokullarında görevli, geneli öğretim görevlisi ünvanlı 45 öğretim elemanı katılmıştır. Öğretim elemanlarının görüşleri doğrultusunda mesleki eğitimde ortaya çıkan başarısızlık dinamikleri açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır. Öğretim elemanı görüşlerine göre sınavsız geçiş sistemi derhal kaldırılmalı, meslek liselerinde eğitim revize edilmeli, yüksekokulların eğitim süresi gözden geçirilmeli, yüksekokullarda öğretim elemanı istihdamı gözden geçirilmeli ve öğretim elemanlarının özlük hakları yükseltilmelidir.
Housing Demand and Affordability of Riga 21st Century Apartment Complexes
Authors: Freimane Santa 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The research focuses on the context of several issues, which are influencing housing demand and affordability of new built apartment complexes. Theoretical studies, statistical data analysis as well as housing affordability calculations were used. Research results indicate that in the current situation there are several threats, which do not allow to use full potential in order to increase sustainable housing demand and affordability of Riga 21st century apartment complexes.
Hybrid Invariance and Oligarchic Structures
Authors: Cato Susumu 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThis study addresses the problem of Arrovian preference aggregation. Social rationality plays a crucial role in the standard Arrovian framework. However, no assumptions on social rationality are imposed here. Social preferences are allowed to be any binary relation (possibly incomplete and intransitive). We introduce the axiom of hybrid invariance, which requires that if social preferences under two preference profiles make the same judgment, then a social preference under a “hybrid” of the two profiles must extend the original judgment in a certain way. Then, we characterize the structure of decisive coalitions under hybrid invariance.
The first records of Callopistromyia annulipes (Macquart, 1855) (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from the Czech Republic
Authors: Dvořák Libor 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The peacock fly Callopistromyia annulipes (Macquart, 1855) (Diptera: Ulidiidae) is recorded from the localities Libušín and Praha, both in Central Bohemia. The species represents a new addition to the fauna of Diptera of the Czech Republic. An updated distribution of this alien species in Europe is briefly summarised.
First records of four species of the long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Azerbaijan, with addition to the national checklist
Authors: Negrobov Oleg P. , Hrivniak Ľuboš , Oboňa Jozef 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
First records of four species of the family Dolichopodidae are given. Argyra ilonae Gosseries, 1988 from subfamily Diaphorinae, Dolichopus agilis Meigen, 1824 from subfamily Dolichopodinae, Medetera glaucella Kowarz, 1877 from subfamily Mediterinae and Syntormon tarsatus (Fallén, 1823) from subfamily Sympycninae increase the current national species list to 86 species. The completed nation checklist of long-legged flies of Azerbaijan is presented.
Cross-Dressing and Transgender Representation in Swedish Cinema, 1908–2017
Authors: Horak Laura 
Published: November 2017

AbstractToday’s explosion of Swedish films made by and about transgender people is sometimes considered in a vacuum. This article explores the long history of cross-gender performance in Swedish cinema and the relationship of these new films to older traditions. In this article, I will outline the contours of cross-gender performance in Swedish films from the 1908 to today, using some exemplary films to display the variety of styles, genres, and meanings that can be found: the short dance film
The Egocentrism of Entrepreneurs: Bias in Comparative Judgments
Authors: Shin Jiseon , Kim Sang Kyun 
Published: November 2017

AbstractResearch in entrepreneurship decision making assumes that entrepreneurs use a relatively distinct decision-making process when it comes to market entry. Building on a biased comparative-judgment-formation framework and egocentrism theory, this article theorizes a model of entrepreneurs’ egocentric market entry decisions. Specifically, we illustrate how entrepreneurs may be vulnerable to cognitive biases in the three stages of decision making: information acquisition, evaluation, and comparative judgment formation. This article contributes to understanding the high failure rate of new ventures by suggesting that egocentric and myopic decision-making processes on the part of entrepreneurs may impede rational decision making.
“Boy’s Club:” Examining sexist humor on types of sexism and femininity ideology using two research approaches
Authors: Wright Chrysalis L. , DeFrancesco Taylor , Hamilton Carissa , Vashist Natasha 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThe current study examined sexist humor and participants’ level of sexism and femininity ideology using two research approaches: (1) a quasi-experimental design in which participants were primed with sexist humor and (2) a correlational approach using content analysis to estimate exposure to sexist humor in media. It was hypothesized that exposure to sexist humor would influence viewer’s sexist views and femininity ideology. It was also hypothesized that the quasi-experimental design would yield confirmatory results of our initial hypothesis while the correlational design would not. Participants included 1,559 male and female college students who were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions (viewed sexist humor, viewed non-sexist humor, viewed no videos) and then answered questions related to sexism and femininity ideology followed by general demographic items and media viewing preferences. Results confirmed that the quasi-experimental design, in comparison to the correlational design, yielded more confirmatory results in that those exposed to sexist humor had higher scores on all outcome measures examined. Limitations of priming and content analysis are discussed as well as directions for future research.
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in neurorehabilitation in Austria. Comparison of the healthprofessions occupational therapy, speech-and language therapy and physiotherapy / Die Internationale Klassifikation der Funktionsfähigkeit, Behinderung und Gesundheit in der Neurorehabilitation in Österreich. Vergleich der Berufsgruppen Ergotherapie, Logopädie und Physiotherapie
Authors: Aftenberger Hannes , Schwarze Gabriele , Salchinger Beate , Rother Angelika 
Published: November 2017

Abstract

Introduction
The International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) provides the language and a framework applying a unified and standardized form to describe health and conditions related to health. Teams who work in an interdisciplinary and multi professional way, as it is the case in neuro rehabilitation, can profit from integrating the ICF. The aim of this paper was to show how well implemented the ICF is in Austria with occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and physiotherapists working in neuro rehabilitation.

Methods
The present paper is a follow-up project of the APPEAR study. An extended questionnaire, which has been sent to 109 therapists working in Austrian neurologic rehabilitation facilities forms the basis for the results presented here.

Results
64 questionnaires were returned from occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and physio therapists and were used for evaluation. 50% of the therapists who answered the questionnaire (n=25) stated that the ICF has already been implemented in their institution. Therapists often applied ICF (n=35) when using common documentation systems. Additionally, therapists consider the ICF an aid to support interdisciplinary and multi professional work. The therapists also stated (n=27) that they are not satisfied with the ICF when inpatients become outpatients.

Conclusions
Many therapists answering the questionnaire consider the ICF an important tool for optimizing the rehabilitation process. Barriers contributing to hindering an implementation of the ICF should be eliminated in the future. In order to achieve that aim, institutions should provide time and financial resources to further the education of their employees.
The Single Market and Synchronized Mechanisms for the Exercise of Administrative Functions: Converging Pathways or New Pathways for Integration? The Case of the European Banking Union
Authors: Giglioni Fabio 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The EBU represents a clear investment in administrative integration with clear implications for the constitutional features of the EU. This paper aims to give an analysis of the administrative arrangements, through which the functions of supervision and resolution are affecting the single financial market. This case study is very interesting because these functions represent a genuine novelty in the history of financial integration since they are pre-ordained to a specific public interest: financial stability. Particularly, they cause a shift in the decision gradient from the technical to the political, as market integrity is less and less the key interest compared to financial stability. However, this wider discretionary power is not adequately counteracted by checks and balances in favour of accountability. As a result, the EBU makes a new contribution to the well-known ‘fragmentation of the executive power’ of the EU by introducing a new governance tool positioned between the Communitarian and Intergovernmental Method, but its development is still full of uncertainties given that constitutional equilibrium is far from being definitively reached.
High-pressure synthesis and crystal structure of α-Y2B4O9
Authors: Schmitt Martin K. , Huppertz Hubert 
Published: November 2017

Abstract

α-Y2B4O9 was synthesized in a high-pressure/high-temperature experiment at 12.3 GPa/1020°C. The crystal structure has been determined via single-crystal X-ray diffraction. α-Y2B4O9 is isotypic to the lanthanide borates α-Ln
2B4O9 (Ln=Sm–Ho) and crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c (no. 15) with the following lattice parameters: a=25.084(2), b=4.3913(2), c=24.726(2) Å, and β=99.97(1)°. The compound was further characterized via X-ray powder diffraction as well as IR and Raman spectroscopy.
Volatiles from Cinnamomum cassia buds
Authors: Sandner Daniel , Krings Ulrich , Berger Ralf G. 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
While the chemical composition of leaf and stem bark essential oils of the Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J. Presl, has been well investigated, little is known about the volatilom of its buds, which appeared recently on German markets. Soxhlet extracts of the commercial samples were prepared, fractionated using silica gel and characterised by gas chromatography-flame ionisation detector (GC-FID) for semi-quantification, by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for identification and by GC-FID/olfactometry for sensory evaluation. Cinnamaldehyde was the most abundant compound with concentrations up to 40 mg/g sample. In total, 36 compounds were identified and 30 were semi-quantified. The extracts contained mostly phenylpropanoids, mono- and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and oxygenated derivatives. Because of the high abundance of cinnamaldehyde, the aldehyde fraction was removed from the extracts by adding hydrogen sulphite to improve both the detection of trace compounds and column chromatography. The aldehyde fraction was analysed by GC-MS separately. The highest flavour dilution factor of 316 was calculated for cinnamaldehyde. Other main sensory contributors were 2-phenylethanol and cinnamyl alcohol. This report provides the first GC-olfactometry data of a plant part of a Cinnamomum species. The strongly lignified C. cassia buds combine a high abundance of cinnamaldehyde with comparably low coumarin concentrations (<0.48 mg/g), and provide a large cinnamaldehyde depot for slow release applications.
¿Señales de vitalidad? El uso de las lenguas indígenas en espacios de traducción públicos y semi-públicos
Authors: Schrader-Kniffki Martina 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
This article explores the relationship between ethnolinguistic vitality and translation in indigenous languages in Mexico. Based on a more general concept of vitality, the author examines how different institutional translation spaces, as well as translational practices, contribute to the vitality of indigenous languages. The practices under scrutiny are historical as well as contemporary, literary translation as well as oral and translation in linguistic landscapes. The voice of indigenous translators is analysed to complete the hypotheses of translation as a factor to be included in the list of vitality factors.