bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
‘Bad Retail’: A romantic fiction
Authors: Figgis Laurence 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
‘Bad Retail’ is a work of fiction that I wrote to accompany a series of my own narrative paintings. The text was originally disseminated through a series of exhibitions in the form of printed handouts that were included alongside the visual works. The story evolved from a simultaneous investigation of two related devices in literature and painting: anachronism and collage. These terms are linked by an act of displacement: of objects from history and of images from their source. This compositional tendency is characteristic of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century romantic fiction, which often refuses to conform to (and remain within) accustomed genre categories. The aforementioned narrative will be accompanied here by a series of illustrations based on the paintings and drawings that I produced in tandem with the text. The aim will be to treat the journal submission as a form of ‘illuminated manuscript’, in which anachronism might be understood as both a verbal and a visual strategy.
Dear Louise (April 2015)
Authors: Tatham Joanne 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
I propose that the conventions of academia may subject the various practices and practitioners of contemporary art to a set of behaviours that privileges certain modes of knowledge and the discovery and presentation of that knowledge over others. This text aims to perform this position through its form, as a means in and of itself to assert the agency of creative practice as a set of processes, and outcomes that are not in any way lacking in rigour, or needing to be brought into line, or licked into shape. The writing you read has been assembled slowly, in pieces, both knowingly and unknowingly, drawing on an array of writing approaches, channeling a spectrum of literary and creative forms, from within and across and around fiction, art writing and other modes of experimental writing. This text is not an academic article, although it was written as a willing acceptance of an invitation to be included in this journal; as with much contemporary art practice, it performs through and in relation to the place that it is encountered within and I expect this to be the case here. This is part two of a two-part article in the form of a letter.
Middle Eastern women, media artists and ‘self-body image’
Authors: Salah Omnia 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
As a conceptual approach in art practice, the female body has represented both a cultural barrier and a source of inspiration throughout art history. The adoption of the female body as an art theme is prevalent across many different artistic movements, using varying conceptual approaches. Women struggle against paradigms of inferiority to this day, though their individual cultural identity varies according to their society’s beliefs and customs – for example, many contemporary Middle Eastern cultures and customs are based on a patriarchal past, when men wielded power over women. Women all over the world experience subjugation to varying degrees in the fields of employment, education, sexuality and reproductive choice. The female body in Middle Eastern societies is a red line that artists are not allowed to cross. Though many Middle Eastern civilizations have dealt freely with the female body, as can be seen in the paintings and sculptures of ancient Egypt, many social and religious factors made the female body taboo in most Middle Eastern cultures. However, on close scrutiny of modern art history in Middle Eastern and Islamic countries, we can identify outstandingly courageous female artists who succeeded in breaking the rules. They chose to express themselves through their own own form of art as an expression of freedom. They chose to use their own bodies as an art medium, which made them pioneers in their countries, and many female artists followed their example. Media art has flourished in Arab countries since the 1990s, especially in Egypt. Many of these female artists distinguished themselves as pioneers, aligning themselves with new art forms and challenging the prevailing stereotypical notion of the female artist at that time. This new mode of female self-expression and identity has developed over time and remains an ongoing process in the twenty-first century. This article considers how Middle Eastern female media artists have struggled to transform stereotypes of women by using their own bodies as an artistic element, and how they have expressed the concept of freedom through their self-body image.
Efektivitas ekstrak umbi sarang semut (myrmecodia pendens merr.& perry) sebagai penurun kadar glukosa darah tikus sprague dawley yang diabetes mellitus
Authors: Raya Maxianus Kopong , Legowo Anang M. , Wijayahadi Noor 
Published: December 2017

Background : Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease associated with pancreatic β cell damage and causes hyperglycemia Antioxidants were effective in reducing the state of hyperglycemia that was triggered by free radicals. Sarang semut contains flavonoids and tannins that act as antioxidants.Objective : The purpose to analyze the effectiveness of sarang semut stem extract as lowering blood glucose on diabetic white male Sprague Dawley rats. Method : True experimental with 30 rats which divided into five groups : negative control (DM+ water), positive control (DM+glibenklamid) and 3 treatment groups of DM + water extract of sarang semut stem powder 90 mg/200gBW, 180 mg/200g BW and 360/200g BW respectively. DM was induced by 65mg/kgBW Streptozotocin and 230 mg/kgBW Nicotinamide intraperitonealy. Extract was given by sonde. The data was analyzed by Kruskall-Wallis and Mann-Whitney. Results : IC50 value of sarang semut stem extract were 6,56-10,07 mg/ml in powder and 9,12-15,62 mg/ml whole. The average rats weight alteration on groups of negative control, positive control, and 3 treatment groups of DM + water extract of sarang semut stem powder 90 mg/200gBW, 180 mg/200g BW and 360/200g BW before and after treatment were -7,60± -0,40; 25,80±0,51; 16,40±0,44; 17,20±1,28 dan 19,20±0,06 gram respectively (ρ=0,001). The average fasting blood glucose level on groups of negative control, positive control, and 3 treatment groups of DM + water extract of sarang semut stem powder 90 mg/200gBW, 180 mg/200g BW and 360/200g BW before and after treatment were 3,33±2,42; -122,44±-0,51; -79,42±-11,38; -94,08±-11,97 and -134,66±-2,59 mg/dL respectively (ρ=0,001). Conclusion : The IC50­ value in sarang semut stem powder was higher than a whole form. Dose of 360 mg/200g BW lowered blood glucose better than 90 and 180 /200g BW dosage.
Perbandingan pemberian air kelapa muda (cocos nucifera l) dengan isotonik terhadap denyut nadi dan VO2maks atlet remaja
Authors: Hatta Muhammad , Susanto Hardhono , Rahfilludin M. Zen 
Published: December 2017

Background: Football players requires a high level of VO2max which is influenced by the available of energy. Tender coconut water and branded isotonic are as energy drinks containing of carbohydrates and the body’s electrolyte ions that can prevent dehydration. The increasing pulse describes a the condition of dehydrated players during match or training. Objective: To Examine comparison of tender hybrid coconut water and branded isotonic to pulse and the plyer’s level of VO2max in the Diponegoro University Football School in Tembalang, Semarang. Methods: Experimental study with an approach of randomized pretest - post test control group design at 41 soccer’s player aged 13-15 years at Diponegoro University Football School Tembalang in August 2015. The treatment group consumed consumed 250 mL tender coconut water (n=13) and branded isotonic (n=14) and group control consumed mineral water (n=14) every 15-30 minutes for 5 times. Observation pre test and post test 1,2,3 with interval of 3 day after physical training, athlets test the pulse to palpation techniques for 15 seconds and VO2max test with multistage fitness test. Result: The VO2max and pulse recovery in the beginning of research for 3 group was similar (p = 0,454 and p = 0,294). Post test 1 VO2max on three group are same (p = 0,841) but the recovery pulse is better on the group of tender coconut water and branded isotonic (p = 0.006). Post test 2, VO2max and recovery pulse is more good by players who were given tender hybrid coconut water and branded isotonic (p = 0,004 and p = 0,017), as the same post test 3 VO2max and recovery pulse (p = 0.000 and p = 0,004).Conclusion: Giving the tender hybrid coconut water and branded isotonic to same to recovery pulse and increased VO2maks on athlete school football diponegoro unversity
Pengaruh susu kedelai dan jahe terhadap kadar kolesterol total pada wanita hiperkolesterolemia
Authors: Fitranti Deny Yudi , Marthandaru Diassafons 
Published: December 2017

Background: Hypercholesterolemia is one of the risk factor of coronary heart disease. Soy contains protein, fiber and isoflavones which can reduce total cholesterol levels. Soy milk added by ginger might increase antioxidant activity. Ginger consist of oleoresin that can reduce total cholesterol level.Objective: To investigate the effect of soy milk and ginger to the total cholesterol levels in hypercholesterolemic women Methods: The study was true experiment with the control group pre-post test design. Subjects were 16 women aged 30-55 years with serum total cholesterol level 200-250 mg / dl. Subject were divided into two group. The intervention group receive 430 ml soy milk with 3 gram ginger and control group receive placebo. Total cholesterol level was measured by CHOD-PAP method. Food intake during the intervention was measured using food records and 24-hours food recall.. Data was analyzed by using Independent t test, Wilcoxon and Multiple Linear Regression.Results: Mean of total cholesterol level in treatment group decreased 5,50 mg/dl and the placebo group had increased total cholesterol l9.44 mg/dl. There were no differences in total cholesterol levels before and after intervention in the treatment group (p = 0.204) and control group (p = 0.093). There were differences in variations in total cholesterol levels between the two groups (p = 0.041). Conclusion: Consumed soy milk with ginger as much as 430ml/day during 14 days there was no difference in total cholesterol levels before and after intervention with decreased total cholesterol by 5,50 mg/dl.
Die Deutsche Biographie zu Gast in Amerika
Authors: Scholz  , Schrott Maximilian 
Published: December 2017

Zusammenfassung
Die von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft geförderte Deutsche Biographie erhielt im Dezember 2016 die Möglichkeit, sich auf dem Treffen der Coalition of Networked Information (CNI) vorzustellen. Als Kooperationsprojekt von Forschung und Bibliothek passte es gut in den Rahmen der CNI, zu deren Mitgliedern Verlage, Behörden und Forschungseinrichtungen ebenso gehören wie Bibliotheken, Archive und Museen. In den weit überwiegend amerikanisch geprägten Vorträgen wurden alle Aspekte der digitalen Prozesskette von der Produktion bis zur Langzeitarchivierung angesprochen. Es zeigte sich, dass die Aufgabenstellungen auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks die gleichen sind und nur durch eine möglichst früh einsetzende Zusammenarbeit aller Bereiche effektiv gelöst werden können.
10. Wildauer Bibliothekssymposium im Rückspiegel
Authors: Seeliger Frank 
Published: December 2017

Zusammenfassung
Im September fand das 10. Wildauer Bibliothekssymposium statt und stellte sich in ganzer thematischer Breite dem Angebotsspektrum Innovation bzw. womit sich Bibliotheken aktuell dazu beschäftigen. Die Palette reicht von Stegreiftheater bis institutioneller Neuaufstellung, vom Einsatz humanoider Roboter bis zur Anwendung von Algorithmen des maschinellen Lernens für Suchanfragen.
Approximate Solution of a Singular Integral Equation with a Cauchy Kernel on the Euclidean Plane
Authors: Pylak Dorota , Karczmarek Paweł , Wójcik Paweł 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
Multidimensional singular integral equations (SIEs) play a key role in many areas of applied science such as aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, etc. Solving an equation with a singular kernel can be a challenging problem. Therefore, a plethora of methods have been proposed in the theory so far. However, many of them are discussed in the simplest cases of one–dimensional equations defined on the finite intervals. In this study, a very efficient method based on trigonometric interpolating polynomials is proposed to derive an approximate solution of a SIE with a multiplicative Cauchy kernel defined on the Euclidean plane. Moreover, an estimation of the error of the approximated solution is presented and proved. This assessment and an illustrating example show the effectiveness of our proposal.
Analysis of the Long Time Behavior of Enzymatic Cellulose Hydrolysis Kinetics
Authors: Ramakrishnan S , Brodeur G , Telotte J. C 
Published: December 2017

AbstractEnzymatic hydrolysis of biomass to produce sugars that can be converted to fuels and other valuable chemicals, is viewed as the prime technology for utilization of this renewable resource. To accelerate technology development, models are needed that are able to accurately predict the hydrolysis rate so that reactors can be tailored to the multitude of processing conditions and substrates that can be used. Of particular interest is the ability to predict the long time conversion in the hydrolysis reaction which dictates the maximum possible sugar concentration. It is our aim in this article to develop a simple model which is able to predict the long-term conversion of cellulose to soluble sugars. Drawing on the analogy from the theory of reactions in continuous mixtures, it is shown that analysis of the long time kinetics of hydrolysis by examining the behavior of the “lump” of the reacting material results in a simple expression which is capable of predicting the kinetics. Many features of actual enzyme systems can be included in the development of the hydrolysis model, such as the large size of the enzyme molecules, adsorption onto substrate, inhibition by different factors (solvent, glucose etc.), but, when the analysis is carried out to calculate the total sugar concentration, it is shown that the equations reduce to a simple expression. Analysis of this model is given with comparison to other models and experimental data available in the literature. In addition to predicting the long-term kinetics, it is shown that the model does a surprising job of predicting the initial hydrolysis rates as well.
Antinociceptive and antioxidant activities of Hunteria umbellata stem bark: possible role of the serotonergic, opioidergic and dopaminergic pathways
Authors: Edosuyi Osaze , Igbe Ighodaro , Iniaghe Loretta Oghenekome 
Published: December 2017

Abstract

Background

Hunteria umbellata (HU) (K. Schum) is used in ethnomedicine for the management of pain, diabetes mellitus and dysmenorrhoea. This study evaluated the analgesic and antioxidant activities of aqueous extract of HU stem bark and the possible mechanism(s) of action.

Methods
The antinociceptive effect of HU was evaluated using acetic acid mouse writhing, tail flick, hot plate and formalin-induced paw licking models. To establish the possible mechanism(s) of action of HU, separate group of animals were pretreated with naloxone (1 mg/kg, i.p.), atropine (1 mg/kg, i.p.), haloperidol (0.1 mg/kg, i.p.), ondansetron (1 mg/kg, i.p.) and phenoxybenzamine (0.1 mg/kg, i.p.), 15 min before HU. The in vivo and in vitro antioxidant potential was evaluated using established methods.

Results
The extract at 150 and 300 mg/kg, significantly (p<0.05) reduced the number of writhes and paw licking times and increased pain threshold in writhing assay, paw licking and hotplate tests respectively. Pretreatment of animals with ondansetron, naloxone and haloperidol, significantly (p<0.05 and p<0.01) attenuated the analgesic activity of HU. The extract demonstrated significant (p<0.05) radical scavenging activity (IC50 0.39 µg/mL), with high phenol content and reducing property. The total phenol content was 124.19 per gram of gallic acid. In vivo antioxidant assay showed significant (p<0.05) increase in catalase and superoxide levels.

Conclusions
Results obtained in this study suggest the involvement of serotonergic, opioidergic and dopaminergic pathways in the analgesic effect of HU stem bark, in addition to its potent antioxidant potential.
On decompositions of estimators under a general linear model with partial parameter restrictions
Authors: Jiang Bo , Tian Yongge , Zhang Xuan 
Published: December 2017

AbstractA general linear model can be given in certain multiple partitioned forms, and there exist submodels associated with the given full model. In this situation, we can make statistical inferences from the full model and submodels, respectively. It has been realized that there do exist links between inference results obtained from the full model and its submodels, and thus it would be of interest to establish certain links among estimators of parameter spaces under these models. In this approach the methodology of additive matrix decompositions plays an important role to obtain satisfactory conclusions. In this paper, we consider the problem of establishing additive decompositions of estimators in the context of a general linear model with partial parameter restrictions. We will demonstrate how to decompose best linear unbiased estimators (BLUEs) under the constrained general linear model (CGLM) as the sums of estimators under submodels with parameter restrictions by using a variety of effective tools in matrix analysis. The derivation of our main results is based on heavy algebraic operations of the given matrices and their generalized inverses in the CGLM, while the whole contributions illustrate various skillful uses of state-of-the-art matrix analysis techniques in the statistical inference of linear regression models.
Bile leakage after liver transplantation
Authors: Fang Cheng , Yan Sheng , Zheng Shusen 
Published: December 2017

Abstract

Objective
To evaluate the risk factors and outcome of bile leak after liver transplantation.

Methods
We undertook a retrospective study of patients who underwent liver transplantation in our institution between January 2010 and January 2014. The characteristics and survival rate of patients with or without bile leak were compared.

Results
Bile leak was observed in sixteen patients after liver transplantation (2.7% of the total number of patients transplanted). Total operating time and bile duct reconstruction technique (duct-to-duct anastomosis or Rouxen-Y cholangiojejunostomy) were found to differ significantly between patients with and without bile leak in univariate (p = 0.001 and 0.024, respectively) and multivariate analyses (p = 0.012 and 0.026, respectively). There was no difference in the one-year patient survival rate between the two groups. However, two-year patient survival rate was significantly lower in the bile leak group (p = 0.003). Both one-year and two-year graft survival rates were significantly lower in the bile leak group (p = 0.049 and <0.001, respectively).

Conclusions
Cholangiojejunostomy and prolonged total operating time are risk factors for bile leak after deceased donor liver transplantation. Bile leak reduces graft and patient survival rates after deceased donor liver transplantation.
Crystal structure of trans-diaqua-bis(1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylato-κ2
N,O)manganese(II), C8H10N4O6Mn
Authors: Wang Hui , Gao Yang , Lü Lei 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
C8H10N4O6Mn, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 5.1531(5) Å, b = 11.7052(11) Å, c = 9.4154(7) Å, β = 95.1540(10)°, V = 565.62(9) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0227, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0611, T = 298 K.
Crystal structure of (OC-6-13)-diaqua-bis(3,5-di(pyridin-3-yl)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine-κ1
N)-bis(dicyanamido-κ1
N)zinc(II) tetrahydrate, ZnC28H32N18O6
Authors: Wang Xue-Yuan , Zhu Xia , Lu Xin , Wang Jian-Qiao 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
ZnC28H32N18O6, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 10.472(2) Å, b = 21.668(4) Å, c = 8.1282(15) Å, β = 105.763(5)°, V = 1775.0(6) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0459, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1133, T = 298 K.
The crystal structure of (E)-N′-(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)pyrazine-2-carbohydrazide, C11H9N5O
Authors: Xi-Shi Tai , Peng-Fei Li 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
C11H9N5O, monoclinic, P21/n (no. 14), a = 14.203(3) Å, b = 11.036(2) Å, c = 14.303(3) Å, β = 109.91(3)° V = 2107.9(7) Å3, Z = 8, R
gt(F) = 0.0381, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1119, T = 293(2) K.
Tellabilities – Diatopic/Diachronic: Where and When a Story Is Worth Telling and Where and When It Is Not
Authors: Mahler Andreas 
Published: December 2017

AbstractMan/woman has been described as the meaning-generating, story-telling animal (‘homo narrans’). In developing narratives, we continuously (and communally) attempt to make sense of life: to turn the contingent into some common coherent form, apt to bring order into the indiscrete flow of events and to (meaningfully) explain to us the ‘world.’ This has been addressed under the concept of ‘tellability.’ Tellability seems to transform something that can be told into something that is worth telling – that has some hermeneutical or cognitive or even only phatic value in that it invites us to understand (again and again) what (and why it) ‘happened.’ The article traces this process of creating community through telling first diatopically, by exploring forms and practices of narrating in different contexts and cultures, and then diachronically, by focusing on what makes a story a ‘good’ story in different periods of time. Drawing on pragmatic and functionalist theories of language and literature, it attempts to show that the idea of a story that is ‘worth it’ – or, as for that, ‘relatable’ – is largely dependent precisely upon the story’s ‘relation’ to its users and, by extension, to its embedding culture as well as to its point in time.
History, Time, and Lived Experience in Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987), Jazz (1992), and Paradise (1997)
Authors: Brandt Stefan L. 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
My essay interprets Toni Morrison’s works as ‘timeless,’ not so much from the perspective of their presumable universal appeal, but from that of their narrative composition, which denies established forms of temporal arrangement and facilitates new ways of textual experience. Focusing on Morrison’s Trilogy (Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise), I will argue that the three novels challenge conventional ideas of history and time to create a narrative space situated in the living present. While filled with numerous references to concrete timelines, Morrison’s writings also insist on a quasi-universal ‘truth’ that takes the reader beyond the boundaries of objective history. Beloved first limits the narrative perspective to the year 1873, but then invites its readers to embark on a virtual ‘time travel’ through various periods of the protagonist’s life. Memories and subjective lapses back into the past dominate the narration, thus focusing on experience and imaginary time. Jazz and Paradise both situate literary ‘truth’ in the sentient dynamic of the reading experience. Following the claim of phenomenological theory that perception is always a kind of action in which the world appears “afresh from the perspective of […] ‘lived’ experience” (Chaplin, A.D. [2002]. “Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty and Sartre.” B. Gaut and D.M. Lopes, eds. The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics. London and New York, NY: Routledge, 159), I will examine Morrison’s novels as ‘living events’ that reconstruct the narrated occurrences as haptic experiences. Through mnemonic elements within the esthetics of her texts, Morrison transforms the novels’ story time into a very subjective discourse time that engages readers immediately. In the phenomenological sense, these strategies enable us to lose ourselves in Morrison’s novels and, instead of perceiving them as mere textual constructions, indulge in the illusion of “re-achieving a direct and primitive contact with the world” (Merleau-Ponty, Maurice (1996 [1945]). Phenomenology of Perception. Trans. Colin Smith. London and New York, NY: Routledge, vii).