bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Expression of aquaporins 1 and 5 in a model of ventilator‐induced lung injury and its relation to tidal volume
Authors: Fabregat Gustavo , García‐de‐la‐Asunción José , Sarriá Benjamín , Mata Manuel , Cortijo Julio , de Andrés José , Gallego Lucía , Belda Francisco Javier 
Published: July 2016

New Findings

What is the central question of this study?
Although different studies have attempted to find factors that influence the expression of aquaporins (AQPs) in the lung in different situations, to date no research group has explored the expression of AQP1 and AQP5 jointly in rats mechanically ventilated with different tidal volumes in a model of ventilator‐induced lung injury.

What is the main finding?
Mechanical ventilation with a high tidal volume causes lung injury and oedema, increasing lung permeability. In rats ventilated with a high tidal volume, the pulmonary expression of AQP1 decreases.

We analysed the expression of aquaporins 1 and 5 and its relation with tidal volume in a model of ventilator‐induced lung injury. Forty‐two rats were used. Six non‐ventilated animals were killed (control group). The remaining rats were ventilated for 2 h with different tidal volumes (group 7ML with 7 ml kg−1 and group 20ML with 20 ml kg−1) and a respiratory rate of 90 breaths min−1. Lung oedema was measured, and the expression of AQP1 and AQP5 was determined by Western immunoblotting and measurement of mRNA. Lung oedema and alveolar–capillary membrane permeability were significantly increased in the animals of group 20ML compared with the control group. Expression of AQP1 was decreased in groups 7ML and 20ML compared with the control group. In conclusion, mechanical ventilation with a high tidal volume causes lung injury and oedema, increasing lung permeability. In rats ventilated with a high tidal volume, the pulmonary expression of AQP1 decreases.
An effective and efficient approach top-type AlN by Be2:O codoping from first-principles calculations
Authors: Zhao Meng , Wang Wenjun , Wang Jun , Yang Junwei , Hu Weijie , Guo Liwei , Chen Xiaolong 
Published: July 2016

Various Be:O-codoped AlN crystals have been investigated via first-principles calculations to evaluate the role of the different combinations in effectively and efficiently inducing p-type carriers. It is found that the O atom is favored to bond with two Be atoms. The formed Be2:O complexes decrease the acceptor ionization energy to 0.11 eV, which is 0.16 eV lower than that of an isolated Be in AlN, implying that the hole concentration could probably be increased by 2–3 orders of magnitude. The electronic structure of Be2:O-codoped AlN shows that the lower ionization energy can be attributed to the interaction between Be and O. The Be–O complexes, despite failing to induce p-type carriers for the mutual compensation of Be and O, introduce new occupied states on the valence-band maximum (VBM) and hence the energy needed for the transition of electrons to the acceptor level is reduced. Thus, the Be2:O codoping method is expected to be an effective and efficient approach to realizing p-type AlN.
Electrical performance of alumina films made in EB evaporation
Authors: He Li-Jun , Wang Li-Yan , Chen Wei-Zhong , Liu Xing-Zhao 
Published: July 2016

Alumina thin films deposited by electron beam (EB) evaporation are investigated with regard to their performance in high-temperature electrical insulators. The most important application is high-temperature sensors. The leakage behavior of EB-evaporated alumina thin films is investigated by analyzing the temperature dependence of the I–V characteristics of alumina thin films deposited on Pt/n-Si(100) substrates. The temperature is extending in the range from 300 K up to 1273 K. The results show that ln(J) increases linearly with the increasing electric field at high-temperature range, the trap depth of [Formula: see text] is 280 meV, the conductivity increases with the increasing temperature, while the resistivity decreases with the increasing temperature.
Divertimento 1889 de Guido Morselli: um trompe Voeil para Umberto I
Authors: Dias Maurício Santana 
Published: July 2016

Escrevendo na contramão das neovanguardas dos anos 1960, Guido Morselli (1912-1973) retoma a forma tradicional do romance em Divertimento 1889 para, simultaneamente, subverter o romance histórico e criar uma paródia melancólica dos destinos da Europa no final do século XIX.
Territories of Desire
Authors: Kreil Aymon 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
This article addresses multiple paths of desire in Egypt. To date, research has mainly focused on the family as the realm of intimacy. To understand desire, it is important to take into account other contexts that contribute to shaping experience. Conversations about sex among men in coffee shops are contrasted with family discourses as a symbolic locus for alternative modes shaping intimacy in homosocial circles. The hierarchy of truth whereby confessions are supposed to give insight into subjects’ core feelings are reassessed, allowing the sketching of a geography of competing intimacies that outline the coordinates of masculine desire.
Ab alio movetur: Aristotle and Causal Determinism
Authors: Jordan Jason 
Published: July 2016

AbstractThis paper addresses the contentious issue of Aristotle’s commitment to causal determinism, particularly as concerns the efficient cause. After distinguishing between determinism, fatalism, and necessitarianism, several common arguments in favor of indeterminist interpretations of Aristotle are examined and rebutted. Afterwards, several positive arguments in favor of a determinist interpretation are advanced. The paper then turns to Aristotle’s seminal theory of chance and his resistance to systemic/metaphysical conceptions of determinism. Finally the paper asks whether Aristotle’s theory of chance succeeds in vanquishing determinism, or even necessitarianism.
Effects of Density and Relative Time of Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) Emergence on Yield of Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Authors: Yadavi A. , Asadi M. , Maghsoudi E. 
Published: July 2016

AbstractFor create of food security is essential increasing of efficiency and more productivity strategic products such as potato. In order to investigate the effects of density and relative time of pigweed emergence on potato, a factorial field experiment was conducted during 2014 based on randomized complete block design with three replications at the Research Station of Borojen, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran. Treatments were combination of three different pigweed densities (5, 10 and 15 plants/m2) and relative time of pigweed emergence (4 and 8 days before potato, emerged with potato, 4 days after potato emergence). Results indicated that the effects of density and relative time of emergence of pigweed was significant on number of branches per plant, plant height, number of tubers per square meter, biological yield and tuber yield of potato. Also, the interaction of between experimental factors was significant on the biological yield and tuber yield of potato. The earlier emergence and pigweed density led to reduce number of branches per node,biological yield and tuber yield and increase plant height of potato. The presence of weeds caused reduce the size and number of potato tubers. Procedure of decreasing biological yield and tuber yield potato was different with density increasing of pigweed in various relative time of emergence treatment. The highest (39.8 t ha-1) and the least (18.4 t ha-1) tuber yield were related to density of five plants/m2and emergence at 4 days after potato and density of 15 plants/m2and emergence at 8 days before potato treatments, respectively.
Semi-continuity of stability for sheaves and variation of Gieseker moduli spaces
Authors: Greb Daniel , Ross Julius , Toma Matei 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
We investigate a semi-continuity property for stability conditions for sheaves that is important for the problem of variation of the moduli spaces as the stability condition changes. We place this in the context of a notion of stability previously considered by the authors, called multi-Gieseker-stability, that generalises the classical notion of Gieseker-stability to allow for several polarisations. As such we are able to prove that on smooth threefolds certain moduli spaces of Gieseker-stable sheaves are related by a finite number of Thaddeus-flips (that is flips arising for Variation of Geometric Invariant Theory) whose intermediate spaces are themselves moduli spaces of sheaves.
Marketing Communications as Important Segment of the Marketing Concept
Authors: Mirković Milena , Kulina Dejana 
Published: July 2016

Summary
New frameworks operating at the international level have led to the need for a broader and more complex involvement of companies in international economic flows. In such circumstances, focus on the international and global markets becomes inevitable. Each segment companies must adapt and evolve in accordance with such conditions. Marketing as an important activity of the company in selling products or services is also changing and expanding its activities in line with international market. This leads to the creation of an international marketing concept and system as a specific approach to the processing of international economic relations. An important segment of implementation of the marketing concept is the marketing communication, which in terms of the limited number of international barriers. It is certainly possible to overcome with a well-defined marketing strategy. Clearly defined marketing strategy and well-prepared marketing mix remove barriers, to meet the set goals and lead to positive results for the company.
Issues of provisions in the Specification of the Essential Terms of Contract (SIWZ) in tenders for realization of forestry works
Authors: Błuszkowska Urszula , Nurek Tomasz 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
The aim of the work was to analyse the provisions included in the Specifications of the Essential Terms of Contract in tenders for forestry works. The subject of the analysis was tender documentation of a selected Regional Directorate of State Forests. An attention was given to a number of inconsistencies, and non-specific and unjustified requirements. The presence of significant differences in the manner of defining requirements in the examined forest districts was emphasised. In opinion of the authors, the differences observed are unjustified and without any doubt impede the creation of tender documentation by representatives of forestry work companies. The summary of the analysis consists of, among others, a few guidelines on the manner of defining the requirements for forestry work companies and the need to unify the SIWZ provisions at the level of Regional Directorate of State Forests.
First report of Geosmithia langdonii and Geosmithia spp. isolated from a decaying elm (Ulmus minor) in Geneva, Switzerland
Authors: Hänzi Martine , Cochard Bastien , Chablais Romain , Crovadore Julien , Lefort François 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
The mortality of a young elm Ulmus minor in 2014 in Geneva prompted a search for the microorganisms potentially involved. Symptoms included foliar chlorosis and wilting followed by defoliation of branches. Wood symptoms included a brown streaking of sap wood and brown stains in trunk and branches. The comparison of the resulting ITS rDNA sequences to the NCBI Nucleotide database allowed to identify 10 different organisms. The genus Geosmithia represented 48% of the isolates belonging to three species: Geosmithia langdonii (7 isolates) and 2 unknown morphologically and genetically different Geosmithia sp. 1 and sp. 2 (4 isolates). Geosmithia species are very little known ascomycetes, which have been recently shown to be opportunistic pathogens on broadleaved trees and conifers, living as saprobes in galleries of many bark beetle species. In the case described here, Geosmithia langdonii, and the unknown Geosmithia species were found in symptomatic wood while bark beetle galleries were found in close regions of the symptomatic wood. Geosmithia langdonii was the major fungus retrieved from the symptomatic wood and could have contributed, along with other identified fungal species, to a pathogenic complex producing symptoms similar to the ones of the Dutch Elm Disease and led to the dieback of this elm tree. Geosmithia langdonii and 2 yet unknown Geosmithia species (sp. 1 and sp. 2), different from any other reported Geosmithia species are reported from an elm tree in Switzerland for the first time.
Multipath Routing and Wavelength Assignment Technique in Optical WDM Mesh Networks
Authors: Kavitha T. , Shiyamala S. , Rajamani V. 
Published: July 2016

AbstractA routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) technique for supporting multipath traffic in optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) mesh network is proposed in this paper. The network can be preceded by accomplishing two processes: one is establishing connection node and the second one is identifying the multipath and assigning wavelength. The connection node is selected based on the load and current traffic-carrying capacity of that node. During wavelength allocation mechanism, cost function is considered as the major criterion. Based on the cost involved in every path, the wavelengths are selected such that wavelength with the minimum cost is allocated to that particular path. This technique efficiently allocates the wavelength to the selected multiple paths and the traffic is routed to the destination using multiple paths with wavelength allocation. For simulation, NS2 simulator is used by applying the optical WDM network simulator patch. The proposed multipath RWA technique is compared with the existing RWA technique. We achieved a throughput of 12,625 packets for ten numbers of wavelengths. But the existing approach achieved a throughput of 10,189 packets only for the same numbers of wavelengths. Channel utilization is more, and delay is less compared with the existing technique. Hence, the proposed method is very efficient, since the router effectively routes the traffic within the network.
In search of a common language: teacher and student in educational space
Authors: Sporek Paweł 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
In my paper I would like to present the student and the teacher in educational space. I’d like to say about difficulties in communication between them and the search for a common language for dialogue. The context for this discussion will be the current socio- cultural space and the expectations of both the teacher and the student. The purpose of the text is to show the conditions through which the agreement between the student and the teacher is possible and identify a cultural experience of a common language. Considerations will be conducted from the perspective of the anthropological concept of education and subjective view of the student and the teacher.
Crystal structure of bis(biphenyl-2,2′-dicarboxylato-κ2
O:O′)-bis(1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylato-κ2
O,O′)dizinc(II)2.5 hydrate, C62H57N6Zn2O16.5F2
Authors: Hu Yong-Jun , Zhu Ling , An Zhe , Zhou Tian 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
C62H57N6Zn2O16.5F2, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 10.026(4) Å, b = 12.064(4) Å, c = 13.385(5) Å, α = 112.473(3)°, β = 105.835(4)°, γ = 91.309(4)°, V = 1424.4(9) Å3, Z = 1, R
gt(F) = 0.0266, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0707, T = 100(2) K.
Crystal structure of 4-((4,4-dimethyl-2, 6-dioxocyclohexylidine)methylamino)-N-(3,4-dimethylisoxazol-5-yl)benzenesulfonamide, C20H23N3O5S
Authors: Ghorab Mostafa M. , Alsaid Mansour S. , Ghabbour Hazem A. , Al-Mishari Abdullah A. , AlRuqi Obaid S. 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
C20H23N3O5S, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 6.7503(2) Å, b = 14.0026(7) Å, c = 21.954(1) Å, β = 96.892(3)°, V = 2060.14(15) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0545, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1192, T = 100 K.
A test on within-individual changes in risk-taking behaviour due to experience to predation in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
Authors: Krenhardt Katalin , Markó Gábor , Szász Eszter , Jablonszky Mónika , Zsebők Sándor , Török János , Garamszegi László Zsolt 
Published: July 2016

Summary
Different experiences from the past may have influence on individual’s behaviour through feedback mechanisms that can weaken or preserve the within-individual consistency of behavioural traits. Here, we aimed to find evidence for such feedback mechanisms that may operate on risk-taking behaviour via the effect of former experience to potential predation events in male Collared Flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis). We predicted that risk-taking of males would decrease after experiencing a predator’s attack in previous breeding seasons (negative feedback). We assessed risk-taking by flight initiation distance (FID) that is the distance at which an individual flees from an approaching predator, which was estimated for 234 individuals from different breeding seasons. Information on predation experience (i.e. occurrence of nest predation, the incidence of capture by human observers) was available from our long-term database on individual life histories. In a horizontal approach, we found no difference in FID when comparing males with former experience to predation with males naive to predators. A longitudinal approach relying on the repeated tests of the same individuals from different years yielded analogous results, we could not show a significant change in the risk-taking behaviour of the males as a consequence of experience to predation in past years. However, we found that individuals systematically took less risk over the years, which might be a consequence of acquiring general experience with age.
Photographic Documentation in Plastic Surgeon’s Practice
Authors: Kasielska-Trojan Anna , Korczak Karol , Niedźwiedziński Marian , Antoszewski Bogusław 
Published: July 2016

AbstractThe aim of the study was to analyze practices of clinical photographic documentation management among plastic surgeons in Poland as well as to gain their opinion about the characteristics of “ideal” software for images archiving.Material and methods. The on-line survey link was send (via e-mail) to all members of Polish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. From 187 members, 86 subjects (47.5%, 54 men and 32 women, of the mean age 40.8 years ± 10.6 years) filled in the on-line questionnaire, which constitutes a representative sample of plastic surgeons practicing in Poland.Results. The study showed that only 7% of plastic surgeons use IT applications dedicated to archiving photographs. Instead, more than half of them store photos in ordered folders on computers. The majority of respondents (89.3%) are interested in using a dedicated computer application to archive photographic documentation. The most important features, which an application of this type should have are (265 answers): quick search (26%), easy to use (24%), quick data entry (22%), data security (15%), an ability to print selected data (7%), availability only to authorized employees of the unit (5%).Conclusions. Cooperation of health care providers with informatics may lead to the conceptualization of a program fulfilling the requirements of specific medical groups. On the basis of the questionnaire study we have collected the data necessary to create the concept of the unique software that would be useful for clinical practice of plastic surgeons as well for other specialists dealing with photographic documentation.
Treatment of Acute Appendicitis in Geriatric Patients – Literature Review
Authors: Kot Anna , Kenig Jakub , Wałęga Piotr 
Published: July 2016

AbstractDemographic changes associated with the aging population mean that surgeons increasingly have contact and make decisions about treating patients from the oldest age groups.The aim of the study was to review the literature concerning the treatment of acute appendicitis in patients over the age of 60 years old.Material and methods. A review of the literature published in the years 2000-2015 has been carried out using the PubMed database. The initial number of results corresponding to the query in English, „appendicitis (MeSH) AND elderly (MeSH)” was 260. Selection based on the titles, abstracts, and eventually whole articles, ultimately resulted in 11 papers concerning the treatment of appendicitis in patients above 60 years of age.Results. Nine papers were retrospective and 2 were prospective. In total, the studies included 82,852 patients. Laparoscopic appendectomy was associated with a lower mortality rate, a smaller number of postoperative complications and a shorter length of hospital stay, which led to it being recommended by most authors. Four of the ten papers demonstrated that the patients who were qualified for laparoscopic surgery had less comorbidity and were in a lower ASA (American Society of Anaesthesiology) category. Antibiotic therapy as an independent method was assessed in one study in a group of elderly people, on a selected group of 26 patients, and its effectiveness was shown to be 70%. Most studies, however, are highly heterogeneous which significantly hindered comparisons.Conclusions. Currently, laparoscopic appendectomy seems to be the treatment of choice in the elderly with acute appendicitis. Antibiotic therapy, as an independent method of treatment of acute appendicitis, cannot currently be recommended. However, further, prospective, and better-designed studies are needed, involving a larger number of patients, and primarily dedicated to the elderly.
Long-Term Results of Incisional Hernia Repair with Concomitant Abdominoplasty in Postbariatric Patients
Authors: Iljin Aleksandra , Antoszewski Bogusław , Durczyński Adam , Lewandowicz Edward , Strzelczyk Janusz 
Published: July 2016

AbstractThe aim of the study was evaluation of long-term results after simultaneous incisional hernia repair and abdominoplasty in patients following RYGB (Roux-en-Y Gastric By-pass) and estimation of quality of life before and after this complex operation.Material and methods. We analyzed long-term results in 18 patients who underwent complex anterior abdominal wall surgery after massive weight loss, following previous RYGB. The patients were followed-up for at least 8 years. We compared the quality of life before and after hernia repair combined with abdominoplasty.Results. Observed wide postoperative scar in 4 persons, permanent dysesthesia in one, and flaccidity of the anterior abdominal wall in three cases. Estimation of the quality of life revealed significant improvement in functional, aesthetic and psychological aspects after complex surgery.Conclusions. 1. Simultaneous incisional hernia repair and abdominoplasty resulted in satisfactory long-term postoperative results, which confirms the efficiency of complex anterior abdominal wall surgery in patients following RYGB after massive weight loss. 2. Surgery in patients afflicted with disfigurements of the anterior abdominal wall contributed to significant improvement in their life quality in functional, aesthetic and psychological aspects, as compared with preoperative estimations. 3. All persons confirmed positive influence of abdominal wall surgery on their possibility to take challenges in life, and fulfill plans. 4. Surgery of the anterior abdominal wall deformities, if needed after massive weight loss, should become an integral part of complex multidisciplinary treatment in postbariatric individuals.