bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Improvement in Glycemic Control of Type 2 Diabetes After Successful Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus
Authors: Hum Justine , Jou Janice H. , Green Pamela K. , Berry Kristin , Lundblad James , Hettinger Barbara D. , Chang Michael , Ioannou George N. 
Published: June 2017

OBJECTIVE
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with diabetes and may worsen glycemic control in patients with diabetes. We aimed to investigate whether eradication of HCV infection with direct-acting antiviral (DAA) agents is associated with improved glycemic control in patients with diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We identified 2,435 patients with diabetes who underwent interferon-free and ribavirin-free DAA-based antiviral treatment for HCV in the national Veterans Affairs health care system. Changes in average hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level and use of antidiabetic medications 1 year before and after antiviral treatment were compared between patients who achieved sustained virologic response (SVR) and those who did not.

RESULTS
Among patients with elevated baseline HbA1c, the drop in HbA1c associated with antiviral treatment was greater in those who achieved SVR (0.98%) than in those who sustained treatment failure (0.65%) (adjusted mean difference 0.34, P = 0.02). Use of antidiabetic medications decreased more in patients who achieved SVR than in those who sustained treatment failure, especially for the use of insulin, which dropped significantly from 41.3% to 38% in patients achieving SVR compared with a slight increase from 49.8% to 51% in those who sustained treatment failure.

CONCLUSIONS
DAA-based eradication of HCV is associated with improved glycemic control in patients with diabetes as evidenced by decreased mean HbA1c and decreased insulin use. These endocrine benefits of SVR provide additional justification for considering antiviral treatment in all patients with diabetes.
Impacto del SENA en la innovación de las empresas manufactureras en Colombia: Una mirada desde la ambidestreza organizacional
Authors: Solís-Molina Miguel , Hernández-Espallardo Miguel , Rodríguez-Orejuela Augusto 
Published: June 2017

El Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA es una entidad de formación profesional integral de tecnólogos y técnicos laborales en Colombia. También lleva a cabo la prestación de servicios tecnológicos y participa en proyectos de innovación. En este sentido, la presente investigación aborda si la colaboración con el SENA en proyectos de innovación tiene efectos significativos en las capacidades y desempeño de las empresas manufactureras, mediante un estudio empírico a partir de una muestra de 281 empresas. Para ello, se usa como marco de referencia el paradigma de la ambidestreza organizacional, el cual plantea que las organizaciones pueden llevar a cabo actividades de innovación de explotación y exploraciónsimultáneamente para obtener un mejor desempeño. En el presente estudio se utiliza la Teoría de la firma basada en el conocimiento, la Teoría de recursos y capacidades, y la Teoría de los costos de transacción para estudiar la colaboración. Los resultados obtenidos sugieren que las empresas que colaboran para innovar en actividades de explotación con el SENA tienen mayores capacidades en exploración, capacidad de alianzas, co-explotación, coexploración y desempeño en términos de rentabilidad que las que no. En cuanto a aquellas empresas que colaboran para innovar en actividades de exploración con el SENA tienen mayores capacidades de exploración, capacidad de alianzas, co-explotación, co-exploración y desempeño en términos de rentabilidad y ventas que las que no. Esto es relevante, ya que las empresas pueden considerar las alianzas de colaboración para innovar con el SENA como una alternativa para mejorar sus capacidades y desempeño.
Diseño e Implementación de un sistema de control cascada en la planta de intercambio térmico - PIT000
Authors: Álvarez Díaz Juan Gonzalo , Moreno Serrano Jorge Enrique , Ramírez Murillo Edwin Fernando 
Published: June 2017

En el artículo se describe el diseño e implementación del sistema de control de la Planta Didáctica de Intercambio Térmico - PIT000, ubicada en el Centro de Electricidad y Automatización Industrial, CEAI - SENA, como un aporte investigativo a las necesidades de las instituciones de educación y de las empresas, ingenios azucareros, petroquímicas y papeleras, entre otras. El sistema de control se basa en una estrategia cascada temperatura-flujo, implementada mediante el uso de tecnología de instrumentación y control industrial, que incluyó transmisores inteligentes de flujo y temperatura,controladores lógicos programables y válvulas de control con posicionador inteligente. La metodología de diseño del sistema de control incluyó la elaboración de diagramas (P&ID) y bloques de la estrategia, la definición de condiciones de operación del proceso, el modelado de los lazos de control por medio de funciones de transferencia, el diseño de los controladores de flujo y temperatura, la determinación de los parámetros de sintonía haciendo uso del Matlab y la implementación final del sistema de control. Los resultados de la investigación, que están asociados a la implementación del sistema de control, son considerados satisfactorios, debido a que se validan con la simulación y prueba de la estrategia de control ante condiciones de operación, así como la estrategia de control cumplió con el propósito de mejorar el comportamiento de la temperatura de salida del producto en el proceso.
Conservación de uchuva (Physalis peruviana) mediante la aplicación de un recubrimiento a base de quitosano y áloe vera, utilizando el método de aspersión
Authors: Muñoz Ana , Barbosa Angie , Bustos Daniela , Ramírez Yenifer , Vásquez Yesenia , García Jaqueline , Guancha Marcelo 
Published: June 2017

El objetivo de esta investigación fue estimar la vida útil de la uchuva por efecto de la aplicación de un recubrimiento a base de quitosano y áloe vera utilizando el método de aspersión. La Norma Técnica Colombiana (NTC 4580) se empleó para comparar las características físicas de las uchuvas, utilizando como indicadores de deterioro, pérdida de peso, carotenoides totales e índice de color. Las muestras evaluadas se mantuvieron a dos condiciones de almacenamiento; bajo refrigeración (4 °C) y a temperatura ambiente de la ciudad de Cali (28 °C), durante un periodo de 21 y 6 días, respectivamente. Cuatro uestreos se realizaron para cada temperatura y los resultados obtenidos se utilizaron para definir la cinética de deterioro. La cinética fue de orden cero, siendo la pérdida de peso el indicador que limitó el tiempo de vida útil. Las variables como pH, acidez e índice de madurez no mostraron diferencia significativa a un nivel de significancia p < 0,05. Finalmente, el modelamiento cinético para la pérdida de peso presentó un incremento de 1 día para las muestras almacenadas a temperatura ambiente y de 2 días para las muestras refrigeradas a 4 °C.
“Lo espiritual y lo material: el símbolo disémico y el desarrollo de la ambigüedad en La Regenta de Clarín”
Authors: López Quero Salvador 
Published: June 2017

Fecha de recepción: 1 de febrero de 2012.Fecha de aceptación: 13 de mayo de 2013. En este artículo se estudia el desarrollo de la ambigüedad espíritu/materia en La Regenta, mediante la descripción comparativa entre la torre de la Catedral y don Fermín de Pas, desde una perspectiva pragmática. Mientras la torre de la Catedral es un símbolo disémico sólo en la primera parte de la narración, don Fermín es un personaje ambiguo hasta el final de la obra. Por medio de la descripción comparativa de la torre de la Catedral con don Fermín, el autor aúna semánticamente lo material con lo espiritual, cuyo contraste constituye el armazón de todo el relato de Clarín, lo que ofrece al mismo tiempo la base para criticar ferozmente a la Iglesia.
Bio-removal of Azo Dyes: A Review
Authors: Singh Pradeep Kumar , Singh Ram Lakhan 
Published: June 2017

Synthetic dyes are widely used in textile, paper, food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries with the textile industry as the largest consumer. Among all the available synthetic dyes, azo dyes are the largest group of dyes used in textile industry. Textile dyeing and finishing processes generate a large amount of dye containing wastewater which is one of the main sources of water pollution problems worldwide. Several physico-chemical methods have been applied to the treatment of textile wastewater but these methods have many limitations due to high cost, low efficiency and secondary pollution problems. As an alternative to physico-chemical methods, biological methods comprise bacteria, fungi, yeast, algae and plants and their enzymes which received increasing interest due to their cost effectiveness and eco-friendly nature. Decolorization of azo dyes by biological processes may take place either by biosorption or biodegradation. A variety of reductive and oxidative enzymes may also be involved in the degradation of dyes. This review provides an overview of decolorization and degradation of azo dyes by biological processes and establishes the fact that these microbial and plant cells are significantly effective biological weapon against the toxic azo dyes. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 5(2): 108-126
Ion Transport through Surfactant Modified Cellulose Acetate Phthalate Membrane in Acidic Medium
Authors: Tiwari A.K. , Khan Z.F. 
Published: June 2017

Cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP)membrane was interacted separately with aqueous HCl solution and aqueous HCl with sodium dodecyl hydrogen sulphate (SDS) as a surfactant and their characteristic properties were determined on the basis of water content, conductance-time and membrane potential data. The possibility of electrochemical modification of cellulose acetate phthalate membrane upon immobilization of the anionic surfactant (SDS) has been also explored. Variable concentration of HCl solutions were used across a cellulose acetate phthalate membrane for membrane potential. The data has been used to interpret the variation of permselectivity ,effective fixed charge density and Donnan distribution ratio of membrane.Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 5(2): 267-272
Le type statuaire de la Venus de Milo
Authors: Hamiaux Marianne 
Published: June 2017

L’étude du type statuaire de la Vénus de Milo pose d’abord la question de l’angle de vue principal de la statue. La comparaison avec trois sculptures romaines, l’Aphrodite de Capoue, une statuette de Corinthe et l’Aphrodite de Pergé, permet de privilégier la vue de trois quarts droit et de montrer qu’ainsi les quatre œuvres relèvent du même type. Il est alors possible de mettre en évidence leurs similitudes et leurs différences (attitude, draperie, position de la tête), et, à l’aide d’autres documents, de cerner le type statuaire dont elles sont issues. C’est celui de la statue de culte du temple d’Aphrodite sur l’Acrocorinthe, qui illustre au iv	e s. av. n. ère le thème d’« Aphrodite se regardant dans le bouclier d’Arès ». Adaptée au goût de son temps, la Vénus de Milo est une version hellénistique de ce type statuaire, qui a été diversement réinterprété à l’époque romaine, surtout en Victoire écrivant sur un bouclier, puis en Aphrodite écrivant sur un bouclier. Un addendum sur le type statuaire de la Victoire de Brescia clôt cette étude.
Mafia et traite bd de Strasbourg
Authors: Poulain Marilyne 
Published: June 2017

Jusqu’à récemment, les conflits du travail impliquant des étrangers concernaient des travailleurs déclarés, souvent subsahariens, généralement organisés dans des foyers. L’affaire du salon de coiffure du 57, boulevard de Strasbourg à Paris touche une population très différente et pose des problèmes d’une autre nature : travail dissimulé, traite des êtres humains et conditions de travail indignes. Cette dimension d’exploitation a contraint la CGT à changer son regard sur le travail des étrangers sans titre.
Integrating Spiritual Bereavement Skills Into an Advanced Practice Curriculum
Authors: Bristol Shirley T. , Lloyd Susan L. , Bristol Alycia A. 
Published: June 2017

Background:
When advanced practice nurses (APNs) encounter the need to address a bereaved individual's spirituality, gaps in educational preparation may prevent effective intervention. In addition, past and current research studies have not provided clear guidance for spiritually based bereavement care curricula within the graduate APN program.

Method:
Graduate advanced practice faculty successfully introduced classroom-based spiritual bereavement care education modules for APN students.

Results:
Course evaluations indicated student appreciation for the new content and practicum experiences provided. Students felt the new content to be essential in their development as expert practitioners.

Conclusion:

Through this innovation, the authors found that a variety of learning activities that addressed spiritual needs during the bereavement process was perceived as highly satisfactory by APNs. Within an ever increasingly diverse society, APNs have a significant role in performing responsibilities for bereaved individuals. [
J Nurs Educ.
2017;56(7):439–442.]
Les défis juridiques du gouvernement ouvert. Difficultés et obstacles du point de vue du droit administratif espagnol
Authors: Torrijos Julián Valero 
Published: June 2017

Ce qu’on appelle « gouvernement ouvert » a acquis un rôle rénové ces derniers temps en raison de la modernisation technologique de la gestion des administrations publiques et de l’utilisation de moyens électroniques dans les relations avec les citoyens. Ce travail offre une vision générale des problèmes et difficultés que suppose ce processus du point de vue du régime juridique en vigueur en Espagne, en faisant ressortir ses limites et l’étendue des réformes qui ont été adoptées.
Menin Controls the Memory Th2 Cell Function by Maintaining the Epigenetic Integrity of Th2 Cells
Authors: Onodera Atsushi , Kiuchi Masahiro , Kokubo Kota , Kato Miki , Ogino Tomohiro , Horiuchi Shu , Kanai Urara , Hirahara Kiyoshi , Nakayama Toshinori 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Posttranslational modifications of histones are well-established epigenetic modifications that play an important role in gene expression and regulation. These modifications are partly mediated by the Trithorax group (TrxG) complex, which regulates the induction or maintenance of gene transcription. We investigated the role of Menin, a component of the TrxG complex, in the acquisition and maintenance of Th2 cell identity using T cell–specific Menin-deficient mice. Our gene expression analysis revealed that Menin was involved in the maintenance of the high expression of the previously identified Th2-specific genes rather than the induction of these genes. This result suggests that Menin plays a role in the maintenance of Th2 cell identity. Menin directly bound to the Gata3 gene locus, and this Menin-Gata3 axis appeared to form a core unit of the Th2-specific gene regulatory network. Consistent with the phenotype of Menin-deficient Th2 cells observed in vitro, Menin deficiency resulted in the attenuation of effector Th2 cell–induced airway inflammation. In addition, in memory Th2 (mTh2) cells, Menin was found to play an important role in the maintenance of the expression of Th2-specific genes, including Gata3, Il4, and Il13. Consequently, Menin-deficient mTh2 cells showed an impaired ability to recruit eosinophils to the lung, resulting in the attenuation of mTh2 cell–induced airway inflammation. This study confirmed the critical role of Menin in Th2 cell–mediated immune responses.
User Survey of 3 Ankle Braces in Soccer, Volleyball, and Running: Which Brace Fits Best?
Authors: Janssen Kasper , Van Den Berg Anjulie , Van Mechelen Willem , Verhagen Evert 
Published: June 2017

Context:
Recurrence rates for ankle sprains are high. Therefore, preventive measures such as ankle bracing during sports are recommended.

Objective:
To systematically evaluate the perceived ease of use, quality, comfort, stability, and hindrance of and the overall satisfaction with 3 contemporary brace types in 3 types of sports.

Design:
Randomized comparative user survey.

Setting:
Recreational sports: soccer, volleyball, and running.

Patients or Other Participants:
Young adult recreational athletes (29 soccer players, 26 volleyball players, and 31 runners).

Intervention(s):
Compression brace (CB), lace-up brace (LB), and semirigid brace (SB).

Main Outcome Measure(s):
Rating of perceived ease of use, quality, comfort, stability, and hindrance of and overall satisfaction with the brace types during sports on a 5-point Likert scale. The secondary outcome measure was participants' willingness to buy the tested brace.

Results:
Overall, the 3 brace types received high mean scores for ease of use and quality. Soccer players preferred the CB over both alternatives, considering the higher scores for comfort (CB = 4.0, LB = 3.5, SB = 2.8), hindrance (CB = 3.7, LB = 2.9, SB = 2.8), overall satisfaction (CB = 3.6, LB = 3.0, SB = 2.5), and greatest willingness to buy this brace. Volleyball players preferred the LB over both alternatives, considering the higher scores for stability (LB = 4.2, CB = 3.2, SB = 3.3), overall satisfaction (LB = 3.8, CB = 3.0, SB = 3.0), and greatest willingness to buy this brace. Runners preferred the CB over both alternatives considering the better score for hindrance (CB = 3.6, LB = 2.8, SB = 2.9) and greatest willingness to buy this brace.

Conclusions:
All 3 ankle-brace types scored high on perceived ease of use and quality. Regarding the brace types, soccer players, volleyball players, and runners differed in their assessments of subjective evaluation of comfort, stability, hindrance, overall satisfaction, and willingness to buy the brace. Soccer players and runners preferred the CB, whereas volleyball players preferred the LB.
There is only one Church! Albert Geyser’s ecclesiology in Delayed Action
Authors: Dreyer Wim A. 
Published: June 2017

A.S. (Albert) Geyser was professor of New Testament at the University of Pretoria from 1946 to 1961, when he accepted an appointment at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was one of the most active and outspoken critics of apartheid and played a leading role in the establishment of the Christian Institute and the appointment of Beyers Naude as the first director of the Institute. However, Geyser received very little attention either in church history or in the history of South Africa. This contribution, presented as the Third A.S. Geyser Commemorative Lecture at the University of Pretoria, reflects on Geyser’s ecclesiology. It is quite remarkable that Geyser chose ecclesiology as point of entry into the discourse on apartheid. He engaged in fundamental theological criticism of segregation in church and state based on his understanding of the unity of the church in Christ and a humanity unified under the kingship of Christ.
Dietary habits among health professionals working in a district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Authors: Kunene Siyabonga H. , Taukobong Nomathemba P. 
Published: June 2017

Introduction: The burden of diseases associated with unhealthy lifestyle behaviours continues to increase in the low- and middle-income countries including South Africa. Among the affected population are the health professionals who are assumed to be knowledgeable about healthy eating.Aim: This study aimed to determine the dietary habits of health professionals in a public district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2012 among 109 randomly selected health professionals. Each received a questionnaire consisting of mostly closed and few open-ended questions. Its main focus was the dietary and eating habits of the professionals. An ethical clearance was granted by the Medunsa Research and Ethics committee at the University of Limpopo. Permission to conduct the study was sought and obtained from participants as well. Descriptive statistics and frequencies were used to analyse data.Results: A 100% (109) response rate was achieved. The majority skipped meals especially breakfast with a significant positive correlation between breakfast intake per week and age (r = 0.98, p = 0.048). The majority consumed a lot of unhealthy foods and carbonated beverages with sugar. Consumption of fruits, vegetables, high fibre and whole grain foods was less common.Conclusion: The study showed poor eating habits among participants. Urgent health interventions are therefore indicated to highlight the importance of healthy eating habits among the entire population.
An emission module for ICON-ART 2.0: implementation and simulations of acetone
Authors: Weimer Michael , Schröter Jennifer , Eckstein Johannes , Deetz Konrad , Neumaier Marco , Fischbeck Garlich , Hu Lu , Millet Dylan B. , Rieger Daniel , Vogel Heike , Vogel Bernhard , Reddmann Thomas , Kirner Oliver , Ruhnke Roland , Braesicke Peter 
Published: June 2017

Abstract. We present a recently developed emission module for the ICON (ICOsahedral Non-hydrostatic)-ART (Aerosols and Reactive Trace gases) modelling framework. The emission module processes external flux data sets and increments the tracer volume mixing ratios in the boundary layer accordingly. The performance of the emission module is illustrated with simulations of acetone, using a simplified chemical depletion mechanism based on a reaction with OH and photolysis only. In our model setup, we calculate a tropospheric acetone lifetime of 33 days, which is in good agreement with the literature. We compare our results with ground-based as well as with airborne IAGOS-CARIBIC measurements in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere (UTLS) in terms of phase and amplitude of the annual cycle. In all our ICON-ART simulations the general seasonal variability is well represented but uncertainties remain concerning the magnitude of the acetone mixing ratio in the UTLS region. In addition, the module for online calculations of biogenic emissions (MEGAN2.1) is implemented in ICON-ART and can replace the offline biogenic emission data sets. In a sensitivity study we show how different parametrisations of the leaf area index (LAI) change the emission fluxes calculated by MEGAN2.1 and demonstrate the importance of an adequate treatment of the LAI within MEGAN2.1. We conclude that the emission module performs well with offline and online emission fluxes and allows the simulation of the annual cycles of emissions-dominated substances.
Mujeres migrantes tejiendo democracia y sororidad desde el asociacionismo. Una aproximación cualitativa e interseccional
Authors: Royo Prieto Raquel , Silvestre Cabrera María , González Estepa Lia , Linares Bahillo Estibaliz , Suarez Errekalde Maialen 
Published: June 2017

En las últimas décadas, los estudios realizados desde la perspectiva feminista han cuestionado el uso monolítico de la categoría “mujer” y han mostrado un interés creciente hacia la consideración de otro tipo de desigualdades como la etnia, la nacionalidad o el estrato social. Desde este enfoque –feminista e interseccional–, este estudio centra su atención en las asociaciones de mujeres migrantes de Bizkaia, que constituyen una rica fuente de conocimiento sobre este colectivo. La metodología cualitativa basada en grupos de discusión nos ha permitido acercarnos a la interacción entre desigualdades múltiples que afectan a las vidas de mujeres migrantes y que las sitúa en posiciones particularmente vulnerables. Pero, sobre todo, nos ha permitido reconocer y estudiar estas estructuras como espacios resilientes, capaces de generar estrategias de afrontamiento, sororidad y participación democrática. Las narrativas de estas mujeres migrantes hacen visibles los engranajes de múltiples sistemas de dominación, a la vez que desvelan el importante papel que desempeñan ellas y sus asociaciones en la promoción del bienestar, el empoderamiento y la lucha contra las desigualdades múltiples.