bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Status in Patients with Bell’s Palsy
Authors: Terzi Suat , Dursun Engin , Yılmaz Adnan , Coşkun Zerrin Özergin , Özgür Abdulkadir , Çeliker Metin , Demirci Münir 
Published: December 2016

SummaryBackground:Bell’s palsy (BP) is the most common acute mononeuropathy of unilateral facial paralysis. Immune, infective and ischaemic mechanisms are potential contributors to the development of BP, but the precise cause remains unclear. Recently, oxidative stress has been proposed as a risk factor of various idiopathic diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of oxidative stress in patients with BP.Methods:Thirty-two patients with BP and 30 healthy controls were included in this study. Serum total oxidant status (TOS), total antioxidant status (TAS) and oxidative stress index (OSI) were measured by the Erel method.Results:Serum TOS activities and OSI values were significantly higher in patients with BP compared with the control group (P<0.003 for all comparisons), whereas there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of TAS levels (P>0.05).Conclusions:The data suggest that oxidative stress is increased in BP. These results of high oxidative stress in patients with BP may be helpful to clarify the etiopathogenesis of BP and contribute to improvement in the management or prevention of the disease.
The prevalence of dyslipidemia and associated factors in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Authors: Bulut Tuba , Demirel Fatma , Metin Ayşe 
Published: December 2016

AbstractBackground:Dyslipidemia increases the frequency and severity of micro and macrovascular complications of type 1 diabetes (T1D). The present study aims to determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia and its association with clinical and laboratory findings in diabetic children and adolescents.Methods:The study included 202 children and adolescents with T1D. Demographic data and laboratory findings were obtained from patients files.Results:Dyslipidemia prevalence was found to be 26.2%. Hypercholesterolemia (15.8%) and hyperglyceridemia (12.9%) were most common findings. Age, body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin AConclusions:Blood lipid levels should be monitored regularly and nutrition education should be repeated periodically to prevent and control dyslipidemia in patients with T1D. Smoking-related risks should be a part of patient education in the pubertal period.
Pressure dependence of the band gap energy for the dilute nitride GaNxAs1−x
Authors: Zhao Chuan-Zhen , Wei Tong , Sun Xiao-Dong , Wang Sha-Sha , Lu Ke-Qing 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
A model is developed to describe the pressure dependence of the band gap energy for the dilute nitride GaNxAs1–x. It is found that the sublinear pressure dependence of E− is due to the coupling interaction between E+ and E−. We have also found that GaNxAs1−x needs much larger pressure than GaAs to realize the transition from direct to indirect band gap. It is due to two factors. One is the coupling interaction between the E+ and E−. The other is that the energy difference between the X conduction band minimum (CBM) and the G CBM in GaNxAs1−x is larger than that in GaAs. In addition, we explain the phenomenon that the energy difference between the X CBM and the G CBM in GaNxAs1−x is larger than that in GaAs. It is due to the impurity-host interaction.
Investigation on growth, optical and thermal properties of stilbazolium derivative crystal: 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4′-N′-methylstilbazolium 2,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonate
Authors: Zahid I. Md. , Kalaiyarasi S. , Krishna Kumar M. , Ganesh T. , Jaisankar V. , Mohan Kumar R. 
Published: December 2016

AbstractMetathesis ionic exchange reaction process was used to synthesize a novel nonlinear optical material: 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4′- N′-methylstilbazolium 2,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonate (DSDMS). The growth of DSDMS single crystals was carried out by adopting the solution growth technique. The crystal perfection and lattice parameters were elucidated from single XRD and powder XRD, respectively and its morphology was interpreted by WinXMorph program. FT-IR and Raman spectral analyses confirmed the existence of functional groups and their corresponding vibrational modes. UV-Vis spectral studies revealed the optical transmission region. Mechanical stability of the crystal was determined from Vickers microhardness number Hv, Meyer’s index n and elastic stiffness constant C11. Dielectric and thermal behavior of the grown crystal were elucidated by using impedance analyser and thermogravimetric analysis.
Quantum chemical studies on the molecular structure, spectroscopic and electronic properties of (6-Methoxy-2-oxo-2H-chromen-4-yl)-methyl pyrrolidine-1-carbodithioate
Authors: Evecen Meryem , Tanak Hasan 
Published: December 2016

AbstractIn this paper, the molecular geometry, vibrational frequencies and chemical shifts of (6-Methoxy-2-oxo-2H-chromen-4-yl)methyl pyrrolidine-1-carbodithioate in the ground state have been calculated using the Hartree-Fock and density functional methods with the 6-311++G(d,p) basis set. To investigate the nonlinear optical properties of the title compound, the polarizability and the first hyperpolarizability were calculated. The conformational properties of the molecule have been determined by analyzing molecular energy properties. Using the time dependent density functional theory, electronic absorption spectra have been calculated. Frontier molecular orbitals, natural bond orbitals, natural atomic charges and thermodynamical parameters were also investigated by using the density functional theory calculations.
The effect of pressure and alloying on half-metallicity of quaternary Heusler compounds CoMnYZ (Z = Al, Ga, and In)
Authors: Rahmoune M. , Chahed A. , Amar A. , Rozale H. , Lakdja A. , Benhelal O. , Sayede A. 
Published: December 2016

AbstractIn this work, first-principles calculations of the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Heusler alloys CoMnYAl, CoMnYGa and CoMnYIn are presented. The full potential linearized augmented plane waves (FP-LAPW) method based on the density functional theory (DFT) has been applied. The structural results showed that CoMnYZ (Z = Al, Ga, In) compounds in the stable structure of type 1+FM were true half-metallic (HM) ferromagnets. The minority (half-metallic) band gaps were found to be 0.51 (0.158), 0.59 (0.294), and 0.54 (0.195) eV for Z = Al, Ga, and In, respectively. The characteristics of energy bands and origin of minority band gaps were also studied. In addition, the effect of volumetric and tetragonal strain on HM character was studied. We also investigated the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of the doped Heusler alloys CoMnYGa1−xAlx, CoMnYAl1−xInxand CoMnYGa1−xInx(x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1). The composition dependence of the lattice parameters obeys Vegard’s law. All alloy compositions exhibit HM ferromagnetic behavior with a high Curie temperature (TC).
UE Biobased Policy:
A Critical Economic-Geographical Point of View
Authors: Ciervo Margherita 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
We propose a brief analysis of the “Innovating
for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe” by
the European Commission. With this aim, we have used
a multiscalar and inductive methodology, a critical,
paradigmatic and deconstructionist approach. Special
attention is given to the language because it influences the
individual’s perceptions and the collective imagination
that is the base of ideas, decisions and actions. The main
results concern the conceptual and ideological matrix, the
population-resource relation and the participation process.
We argue that the technocentric and anthropocentric
approaches as well as the neoliberal vision are all the same
in regards to both the old “fossil” economy and the most
recent bioenergy sector’s development. The latter could
offer important lessons to avoid errors, contradictions
and paradoxes. In addition, the asymmetry regarding
the distribution of biomass and advanced level of
techno-knowledge could lead to new forms of ecological
exploitation, economic domination and power relations
on the different levels of spatial scale. This could put in
to question the territorial sovereignty. Finally, the EU
bioeconomy model cannot be considered an economic
revolution because it is focused on the supply side in
support of market demand and economic growth, without
taking into account the production model and scale. So,
it simply appears as one of many steps of the “industrial
revolution”: from fossil sources to biobased ones. For this
reason, it is very important to make the choice process a
democratic one, bringing in the Member State Parliaments
on the discussion on the UE biobased policy, as well as
opening a broad public debate about the prospects and
effects of this choice. In regard to this, the paper could be of
interest because it aspires to assume and motivate a more
systemic prospective in evaluations and policy decisions.
Cutaneous larva migrans – a threat to divers in the tropics
Authors: Olszański Romuald , Siermontowski Piotr , Dąbrowiecki Zbigniew 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThe article presents a dermatosis that occurs in tropical and subtropical countries. Though the definitive hosts of the cutaneous larva migrans parasite are animals, humans can become accidental hosts and they are infected when their skin comes into contact with damp soil, most frequently sand. The disease is only present in the epidermis where an itch is brought about by the mining activity of the larva. Sunbathers and divers who put on their gear on a beach, on account of the epidermis maceration caused by a prolonged exposure to water, are particularly susceptible to the penetrative activities of the larva. In Poland the cutaneous larva migrans is in most cases mistaken for nettle rash or eczema.
Analysis of the connection between pain, disability and a radiological image determining the treatment process
Authors: Mańko Grzegorz , Kuśnierczyk Anna , Pieniążek Magdalena , Kurzydło Wojciech 
Published: December 2016

Abstract

Introduction: The objective of this paper is to analyse the correlation between pain and the degree of disability, and the lesions shown on radiological examination of KOA.

Material and method: The study encompassed 31 female patients (42 knees) aged 51-70 years, with diagnosed idiopathic knee osteoarthritis. Medical history and analysis of previously performed x-ray scans were conducted. The history included questions regarding pain (VAS, WOMAC index) and the maximum marching distance, the presence of oedema and instability as well as disability in everyday life (WOMAC index). The radiological lesions were assessed using the Kellgren and Lawrence Grading Scale. Moreover, the widths of the joint spaces were measured.

Results: The patients’ pain in everyday activities (WOMAC) showed a positive correlation with the presence of osteophytes (r=0.32), and the intensity of the pain on the VAS correlated with the presence of joint osteophytes (r=0.46) and with the elevation of the intercondylar eminence (r=0.32). The other disorders on the x-ray image did not correlate with the pain. Positive correlations were identified between the presence of oedema (r=0.57) and instability (r=0.39), and the presence of lesions in the patellofemoral joint. The patients’ disability in everyday activities (WOMAC) showed a negative correlation with the width of the joint spaces (r<-0.34). However, no correlations were observed between the remaining x-ray lesions and the WOMAC index.

Conclusions: Only a small number of subjects showed a correlation indicating an interdependency between the painful sensations and the degree of disability versus the progression of radiographic lesions. Among the KOA risk factors, it is worth noting the presence of obesity which, in these studies, affected more than half of the female patients.
Wissen ist Macht!
Authors: Schindler Claudia 
Published: December 2016

AbstractWith his poems, which comprise more than 40.000 hexametric verses and cover a wide range of secular topics, the Neapolitan Jesuit Nicolò Partenio Giannettasio (1648-1715) represents a very distinct form of neo-Latin didactic poetry: on the one hand, Giannettasio’s poems refer to the literary models of classical antiquity such as Vergil’s Georgics and contemporary Jesuit didactic poetry such as René Rapin’s Hortorum libri. Hence, the poet from Naples claims for himself to be the natural heir of his ›Neapolitan‹ poetic predecessors Vergil, Pontano and Sannazaro. On the other hand, Giannettasio’s poetry can be regarded as a very specific instrument used to spread Jesuit doctrine. The secular topics of his poems perfectly match the scientific interests of the Societas Iesu, and at the end of the sixteenth century, it is exactly this specific form of poetry that grants its success. As the addressees of his didactic poems are highly educated aristocrats, Giannettasio tries to emulate their literary taste and arranges the scientific material in a way that resembles the baroque Kunstkammer rather than a (plain) scientific treatise. Nevertheless, Giannettasio never loses sight of the principles of the Jesuit order. All in all, Giannettasio’s didactic poems provide a unique example for the combination of scientific material, classical models, and Jesuit doctrine and for spreading a local literary microculture by means of the worldwide Jesuit network.
Klima, Politik und Literatur
Authors: Meid Christopher 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThis paper examines the role Montesquieu’s climatological theory plays in Albrecht von Haller’s political novel Usong. It shows how the author uses this widespread knowledge about history, geography and political theory to explain and discuss different forms of government. The characters of Haller’s novel refer to Montesquieu’s theories as a means to justify their opinions regarding oriental despotism. At the same time, Usong’s character’s are confronted with contrarian views based on empirical evidence. Thus, the novel establishes a scientific discourse with immanent political consequences. Because of its dialogic elements, Usong questions and undermines traditional beliefs about the climate’s crucial influence on human behavior and political organization.
Hugo Friedrich, Montaigne
Authors: Hausmann Frank-Rutger 
Published: December 2016

AbstractIn the years immediately following the Second World War, three books written by German professors of Romance Philology were published in Switzerland: Mimesis by Erich Auerbach in 1946, European literature and the Middle Ages by Ernst Robert Curtius in 1948, and Montaigne by Hugo Friedrich in 1949. Even if the subjects of these studies and the approaches of their authors are different, their aim is nevertheless the same: They want to contribute to the idea of continuity in European literature. It is certainly logical to conclude that Auerbach, banished from Germany by the Nazi authorities because of his Jewish heritage, Curtius, surviving the years from 1933 to 1945 in »inner emigration«, and Friedrich, serving as interpreter in the German army, learned the lessons of the past and evoke the heritage of literature as an antidote to ideological blindness and fanaticism. Friedrich, whose study of Montaigne’s Les Essais forms the center of the following article, is internationally known first and foremost for his bestseller Structure of modern poetry (1957), translated into thirteen languages, but also his work Montaigne, which is the first comprehensive study of Montaigne’s personality and work in German and, even today, far from being outdated. Strangely enough, the book is actually only available in the English translation by Dawn Eng. It helps the modern reader to understand not only the complex composition of Montaigne’s essays, but also their epoch-making place in French moralistic literature.
Die Wirklichkeitserkenntnis der Literatur
Authors: Gabriel Gottfried 
Published: December 2016

AbstractDespite using the concept of ›reality‹ (Wirklichkeit) in his book Mimesis Erich Auerbach fails to give an explanation of this concept. This lack of a theoretical reflection on the relation between reality and fiction is not to be taken as a symptom of the failed recognition of this distinction. Rather, its function is positive, namely, as an expression of a particular sense of reality. Auerbach is thus an ally against postmodern pan-fictionalism. For Auerbach, it is obvious not only that we have access to reality, but also that fiction makes an essential contribution to this access. Starting with an explication of Auerbach’s position, this article defends the cognitive value of fictional literature. Fiction conveys cognition when it successfully re-presents situations in which we are able to discover aspects of our own particular situation. Novelistic truth is not simply the truth of propositions in novels. Instead, it might be something like an adequate, or an exemplary, re-presentation (Vergegenwärtigung) of the conditio humana.
Latin and Vernacular Translation in Early Modern Natural Philosophical Literature
Authors: Barton William M. 
Published: December 2016

Abstract The late 16th century saw the publication of two descriptions of Monte Baldo written by apothecaries working in the nearby town of Verona. Both texts were published in Latin and Italian and have come to the attention of scholars for the vibrant descriptions of the mountain they contain, as well as for the insight they allow into the European networks of natural philosophers. A more detailed examination of the circumstances that produced Latin and Italian versions of these two descriptions of the same mountain, containing the same type of scientific investigation by men engaged in the same profession and from the same town, makes for a neat case study in considering the issues surrounding translation and authorship in the natural philosophical literature of the early modern period. By setting the study’s findings into the context of the recent ›translation turn‹ in literary studies - and Neo-Latin studies in particular - the case study reveals interesting data for the use of Latin in early modern natural philosophy, as well for the dynamics of northern Italy’s scientific community in the period.
Unparteilichkeit und das Problem der Trennung von Person und Sache
Authors: Stader Daniel , Traninger Anita 
Published: December 2016

Abstract This article seeks to show how the republic of letters as an ideal of communication took shape between the early modern period and the early enlightenment by transforming the culture of debate within universities. While oral university disputations arbitrarily distributed the roles of respondent and opponent, thus intentionally dissociating the man and the position defended, the republic of letters, which operates through texts and preferably in the periodic press, presupposes all speech acts to be assertive. It is taken for granted that all defended positions are actually held by the speaker. Drawing on the works of Pierre Bayle, Christian Thomasius, and Christian Gottfried Hoffmann, this article will argue that the separation of person and argument is reconceived in the service of a newly emerging public sphere. Impartiality is introduced as a specific quality of judgement that is required of all participants as a type of self-regulation, thus compensating the loss of the institutional frame that was previously provided by disputation.
Philosophie als Konfliktgeschehen
Authors: Stockinger Ludwig 
Published: December 2016

Abstract The reception of Panagiotis Kondylis’ depiction of the Enlightenment published in 1981 was determined by its reduction to the thesis of the ›rehabilitation of sensuality‹ (Sinnlichkeit). In addition, the objection raised by critics against ›decisionism‹ impaired an adequate reception of Kondylis’ work. This article attempts to reconstruct Kondylis’ argument and clarify its social-anthropological presuppositions, by interpreting the history of ideas as a history of the struggle for power between philosophy and theology. Employed as an agent in this struggle, the ›rehabilitation of sensuality‹ generates a second problem: the danger of relativizing all values as in nihilism. This article identifies work on this problem, which remains ultimately unresolved, as the central goal of the Enlightenment movement. Understood in this light, Kondylis’ these can be contextualized in the social-historical interpretation of literature and culture grounded in theories of secularization and history of problems in the modern period.
Texte als makrophysikalische Artefakte
Authors: Bernhart Toni 
Published: December 2016

Abstract Die interpretierenden Tätigkeiten in den Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften greifen auf Wissensansprüche unterschiedlicher Form zurück. Zu diesen Formen gehört die Bedeutungszuweisung an etwas, das als sprachliches Artefakt gilt. Jede Bedeutungszuweisung besteht darin, ein makrophysikalisches artifizielles Gebilde mit etwas anderem zu verbinden.
Der Dichter als Raumbild: Kurt Lothar Tank und Gerhart Hauptmann
Authors: Sprengel Peter 
Published: December 2016

AbstractKurt Lothar Tank’s highly circulated monograph on Gerhart Hauptmann (Rowohlt 1959) is based on his two essays from 1942, both marked ideologically by the spirit of the time. By their emphasis on spatial pattern, they - just like his later biography - correspond with Otto Schönstein’s stereoscopic publications, with which Tank had been involved since 1935. Hauptmann, on his part, objected resolutely to stereoscopy.
Evaluation of the Current Foreign Trade Relations between Slovakia and Ukraine Affected by the Global Changes in the World Economy
Authors: Kašťáková Elena , Bebiaková Dáša 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
The article focuses on the issues of the perspectives of foreign trade relations between Slovakia and Ukraine affected by the current changes of EU trade policy towards Ukraine and other global changes underway in the global economy, which are very demanding in terms of the ongoing conflict situation in eastern Ukraine. The authors examine the development of foreign trade relations between the Slovak Republic and Ukraine, and based on the globalization processes taking place in Ukraine and analysing the foreign trade, the SWOT analysis of prospects for foreign trade relations of Slovakia and Ukraine influenced by the given facts will be performed.
Comparison of the performance of entrapped and covalently immobilized lipase in the synthesis of pear flavor
Authors: Ozyilmaz Gul , Yağız Esra 
Published: December 2016

Abstract

Introduction
Although aroma esters are produced mostly by a chemical method that requires the use of aggressive chemical catalysts, enzymatic esterification has been very favored during previous two decades. The main aim of this study was to investigate the commercially important pear flavor, hexyl acetate (HAc), by the catalysis of immobilized lipase samples and to optimize the immobilization and operational conditions in detail.

Methods
Lipases from Candida rugosa (CRL) and porcine pancreas (PPL) were immobilized using biodegradable polysaccharides, by entrapment in calcium alginate/chitosan composite gel (CRLCa-Alg/Chi and PPLCa-Alg/Chi) and by covalent binding onto the chitosan (CRLChi and PPLChi) carrier.

Results
Among the several organic media, the highest esterification activites were observed in heptane. HAc yield decreased when substrate concentrations were higher than 50 or 75 mM. Yield increased with increase in reaction time up to the 5th hour in the batch type reactor while it increased during the 8 h reaction time for fixed bed reactors with lower yields.

Discussion and conclusions
As well as synthesis conditions, immobilization parameters also affected HAc productivity. The amount of water in the microenvironment of lipase is so important not only for gaining its active conformation but only for the reaction direction.