bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Efficacy and Safety of AbobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport) for the Treatment of Hemiparesis in Adults With Upper Limb Spasticity Previously Treated With Botulinum Toxin: Subanalysis From a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Marciniak Christina , McAllister Peter , Walker Heather , Brashear Allison , Edgley Steven , Deltombe Thierry , Khatkova Svetlana , Banach Marta , Gul Fatma , Vilain Claire , Picaut Philippe , Grandoulier Anne‐Sophie , Gracies Jean‐Michel ,   International AbobotulinumtoxinA Adult Upper Limb Spasticity Study Group
Published: June 2017

AbstractObjectiveTo assess the efficacy and safety of abobotulinumtoxinA in adults with upper limb spasticity previously treated with botulinum toxin A (BoNT‐A).DesignA post hoc analysis from a Phase 3, prospective, double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled study (NCT01313299).SettingA total of 34 neurology or rehabilitation clinics in 9 countries.ParticipantsAdults aged 18‐80 years with hemiparesis, ≥6 months after stroke or traumatic brain injury. This analysis focused on a subgroup of subjects with previous onabotulinumtoxinA or incobotulinumtoxinA treatment (n = 105 of 243 in the total trial population) in the affected limb. The mean age was 52 years, and 62% were male.InterventionStudy subjects were randomized 1:1:1 to receive a single injection session with abobotulinumtoxinA 500 or 1000 U or with placebo in the most hypertonic muscle group among the elbow, wrist, or finger flexors (primary target muscle group [PTMG]), and ≥2 additional muscle groups from the upper limb.Main Outcome MeasurementsEfficacy and safety measures were assessed, including muscle tone (Modified Ashworth Scale [MAS] in the PTMG), Physician Global Assessment (PGA), perceived function, spasticity, active movement, and treatment‐emergent adverse events.ResultsAt week 4, more subjects had ≥1 grade improvement in MAS for the PTMG with abobotulinumtoxinA versus placebo (abobotulinumtoxinA 500 U, 81.1%; abobotulinumtoxinA 1000 U, 75.0%; placebo, 25.0%). PGA scores ≥1 were achieved by 75.7% and 87.5% of abobotulinumtoxinA 500 and 1000 U subjects versus 41.7% with placebo. Perceived function (Disability Assessment Scale), spasticity angle (Tardieu Scale), and active movement were also improved with abobotulinumtoxinA. There were no treatment‐related deaths or serious adverse events.ConclusionsThe efficacy and safety of abobotulinumtoxinA in subjects previously treated with BoNT‐A were consistent with those in the total trial population. Hence, abobotulinumtoxinA is a treatment option in these patients, and no difference in initial dosing appears to be required compared to that in individuals not treated previously.Level of EvidenceIII
Uniplanar dual‐band printed compound loop antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications
Authors: Liu Fei , Xu Kuiwen , Zhao Peng , Dong Linxi , Wang Gaofeng 
Published: June 2017

A novel uniplanar dual‐band printed compound loop antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications is proposed. The proposed antenna consists of a small inner rectangular ring, an outer rectangular loop with three slits and a parasitic strip on one side of the substrate. Fed by the inner ring and collaborated with double rings and the parasitic strip, three resonant frequencies can be achieved, where the parasitic metallic strip between the rings can not only induce a new middle resonant frequency but also improve the impedance matching at the low‐frequency band greatly. By magnetic‐electrical coupling, dual‐band performance with the lower‐wide band covering 2.37–3.78 GHz and the upper‐frequency band covering 5.15–5.85 GHz can be obtained. It is experimentally demonstrated that the proposed antenna with the performance of broadband (covering 2.4/5 GHz WLAN including 2.4–2.484 GHz, 5.15–5.825 GHz and 3.5/5 GHz WiMAX including 3.4–3.69 GHz, 5.25–5.85 GHz, respectively), good dipole‐like radiation characteristics, stable gain and high‐radiation efficiency, is an excellent candidate for WLAN/WiMAX applications.
Electric field energy harvesting under actual three‐phase 765 kV power transmission lines for wireless sensor node
Authors: Kang S. , Kim J. , Yang S. , Yun T. , Kim H. 
Published: June 2017

For the first time, under the actual three‐phase 765 kV power transmission lines, electric field energy is harvested and Zigbee‐based sensor node powered by the harvested energy is operated autonomously. A conductor tube is placed between power lines and the earth surface for electric field energy harvesting. The voltage difference between conductor tube and the earth surface is rectified and the harvested electric energy is stored in a storage capacitor. A self‐sustaining power management circuit adopting low‐power comparator with hysteresis is devised to monitor the stored energy and to operate the sensor node autonomously according to the stored energy. Experimental results under the actual three‐phase 765 kV power lines show that the data transfer period is almost inversely proportional to the square of the height of the sensor module from the earth surface. The temperature data is transmitted in every 25 s when the conductor tube is located at 4 m from the earth surface. Since the presented non‐contact energy harvesting apparatus is very simple, robust and low‐cost, it is believed that the presented technology can be widely applied to power transmission, distribution and smart grid system.
Handshaking V2G strategy for grid connected PV assisted charging station
Authors: Sahoo Subham , Prakash Surya , Mishra Sukumar 
Published: June 2017

This study presents a novel handshaking approach to reduce transformer and line overloading using plug‐in electric vehicles (PEVs) connected to a photovoltaic (PV) assisted charging station (CS) via vehicle‐to‐grid (V2G) control strategy. The discharging behaviour of PEVs on receiving an aggregator command is carried out using a priority index function under two variant of customer command: (i) normal charging; and (ii) fast charging. Moreover, it is carried out to maximise aggregator profit in an optimal fashion by broadcasting to each CS and scheduling their dispatch based on the available power feedback from each CS. The energy command compliance for handshaking is ensured in a sturdy manner using a contingency approach considering the uncertain mobile behaviour of PEVs. Owing to the highly unlikely travelling behaviour of PEVs, a novel distributed consensus‐based power restoration between a fleet of CSs is proposed to endure handshaking using average power contribution from the rest of the CS if contingency fails for any CS. The proposed strategy has been tested on a 1 kVA FPGA‐based experimental setup to validate the proposed control scheme under different scenarios.
Development of water surface mobile robot inspired by water striders
Authors: Suzuki Kenji , Ichinose Richard Waki , Takanobu Hideaki , Miura Hirofumi 
Published: June 2017

This work describes a water surface mobile robot utilising surface tension forces. Recent biological studies on water striders revealed how they stay afloat and move on the surface of water. By using their hairy legs coated with hydrophobic substance produced, they increase the water repellency and float by the surface tension. This work focuses on understanding the static and dynamic interactions between supporting legs and the surface of water. First, microstructured wire legs were fabricated by using femtosecond laser machining to enhance the water repellency. Then the supporting force, the pull‐off force and the drag force were measured to find the suitable legs for water strider robot. Finally, by assembling the legs optimised for supporting load and propulsion, a water strider robot weighing 4.39 g was developed. The robot successfully moved on the surface of water at a speed of 59.2 mm/s.
“How my hair look?”
Authors: Lopez Qiuana , Bucholtz Mary 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThis article builds on research in queer linguistics and linguistic scholarship on race in the media to examine the semiotic representation of race, gender, and sexuality inThe Wire, often considered one of the most “authentic” media representations of Blackness. Based on an analysis of the entire series, the article argues that this authenticity effect is partly due to the show’s complex African American characters, who reflect a range of gendered and sexual subjectivities. The analysis focuses on three queer Black characters onThe Wirewho are represented as both “authentically queer” in their social worlds and “authentically Black” in their language. However, the semiotic authenticity of the series is linked to its reification of familiar stereotypes of Blackness, especially hyperviolence and hypermasculinity. Thus, these characters both contest and complicate traditional representations of queerness and gender while reinforcing problematic representations of Blackness for its largely white, affluent target audience.
Unnatural acts lead to unconsummated marriages
Authors: Findlay Jamie Y. 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
In June and July 2013, the UK House of Lords debated, and ultimately accepted, a Bill to legalise same-sex marriage. Following the model of Baker’s (2004) work on a set of earlier Lords debates relating to homosexuality, this study uses a corpus-based keywords analysis to assess the main lexical differences between those arguing in favour and those arguing against a change to the marriage laws. In so doing, it sheds light on the ways in which discourses relating to homosexuality are constructed and accessed by the Lords. In general, it is shown that supporters of reform take advantage of their hegemonic liberal position to construct a simple line of argument in contrast to the opponents, who are forced to use more subtle and elaborate lines of reasoning by the limited discursive space available to those espousing anti-LGBT sentiments.
The legal hypothesis of creole genesis
Authors: Sessarego Sandro 
Published: June 2017

The origins of the Afro-Hispanic Languages of the Americas (AHLAs), the languages that developed in Latin America from the contact of African languages and Spanish in colonial times, are extremely intriguing, since it still has to be explained why we do not find creole languages in certain regions of Spanish America, where the socio-demographic conditions for creole languages to emerge appear to have been in place in colonial times. Nowadays, in contrast, we can find such contact varieties in similar former colonies, which were ruled by the British, the French or the Dutch (McWhorter 2000). Despite the fascinating implications of this phenomenon, our knowledge of the AHLAs remains extremely limited. Several hypotheses have been proposed to account for this situation, but no common consensus has yet been achieved (Chaudenson 2001;Mintz 1971;Laurence 1974;Granda 1968;Schwegler 1993,2014;Lipski 1993; etc.). The pull of different views on the issue has been labelled in the literature as the ‘Spanish creole debate’ (Lipski 2005: ch.9).The current study is aimed at casting new light on the Spanish creole debate by relying on a comparative analysis of slave laws in the Americas. This article highlights the role that legal differences played in shaping colonial societies and the Afro-European languages that developed in the New World.
Analyzing online suicide prevention chats
Authors: Cooren François , Higham Lise , Huët Romain 
Published: June 2017

AbstractIn this article, we propose to mobilize a communicative constitutive approach to analyze sessions that took place in the context of online suicide prevention chats in France. By analyzing the detail of a specific excerpt, we propose, more precisely, to draw a portrait of various figures that appear to express themselves in what could be called online help in action (see alsoBartesaghi, 2014). Beyond the various psychotherapeutic approaches that are supposed to inform what volunteers are saying and doing, our goal is to start with their practices to determine the figures that they implicitly or explicitly stage in their turns of talk to help out the callers. By analyzing the relational aspects of these conversations, we thus show that these sessions can be compared to a form of modern exorcism, where the callers’ distress, uneasiness or suffering is meant to pass in and through the conversations. It is the conditions of these passages that we are exploring, especially regarding the tensions that they generate.
Rhetoric, ethics, and the principle of charity
Authors: Stroud Scott R. 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
This article examines the challenge of partisanship to the free and open communication entailed by rich notions of democracy. Exploring the vexing riddle of how democratic citizens can balance openness and assertiveness in their dialogic interactions, I turn to the American pragmatist tradition for two important starting points. Drawing from William James and John Dewey, I highlight how the pragmatist tradition provides a nuanced reading of charity, both towards individuals and to situations. Charity is a choice of disposition, and it has vital implications for pragmatist rhetoric’s drive to instantiate a deep sense of democratic communication.
The speech we do not speak
Authors: Lipari Lisbeth A. 
Published: June 2017

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This essay investigates three distinct modalities of the dialogic: dialogic mind, dialogic praxis, and dialogic ethics. Although each modality shares central dialogic characteristics of polyphony, polymodality, and polychronicity (Bakhtin, 1981, 1984, 1986; Lipari, 2014), each also differs in important ways, some of which are lost by using the single word ‘dialogue’ to refer to them. Rather, I will here explore how the dialogic is not merely a mode of communicative praxis, but it is also a mode of communicative consciousness and a mode of communicative ethics. Each dialogic modality describes different manifestations of what might otherwise be called the dialogic; each mode differs from the others in important ways while also sharing similar attributes.
Communicative Ethics
Authors: Arnett Ronald C. 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThis essay examines the importance of semioethics in relationship to the work of Levinas. The interplay of semioethics and Levinas’s commitment to “ethics as first philosophy” announces the communicative height and weight of a semiotic signification that demands responsive human action. Semioethics is a communicative act that wades through the plethora of signs in the global communication production system with the objective of discerning signs of ill health that curtail care of life. Semioethics necessitates attentiveness and responsiveness to Otherness and difference. Semioethics functions as resistance, the unwillingness to accept and abide within an unreflective communication production system composed of taken-for-granted sameness of process and procedure.
A prelude to a semioethics of dialogue
Authors: Eicher-Catt Deborah 
Published: June 2017

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This paper interrogates the phenomenological experience of enchantment as a sign process. I argue that our ethical intentionality in the world is significantly enhanced when we understand how the aesthetics of enchantment conditions the very possibility of such an ethic as a semiotic phenomenological event of dialogue. First, I discuss a key problematic of contemporary life – our culture of distraction and its impact on our dialogic relations. Next, I outline my thematic – enchantment as consequence of sign actions, both in what I call its “inauthentic” and “authentic” forms. Third, I interpret each form and their impact on the ethics of dialogic relations. Finally, I contend that authentic enchantment, as a semiotic interpretant, signifies an “answering comprehension” or unique expression that resonates with the greater whole, the greater good – demonstrating what Susan Petrilli describes as a productive or pragmatic semioethic.
Owning one’s past
Authors: Ritivoi Andreea Deciu 
Published: June 2017

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In this paper, I engage with the question of historical interpretation as a form of dialogue that can face an individual conscience with disturbing choices and decisions made at an earlier time, and the expectations we might have about a proper response. My paper draws on Paul Ricoeur’s philosophical ideas, as well as on a controversial part of his biography – his alleged involvement in the Petain circle in France in the early 1940s – to propose that instead of thinking about historical knowledge as reconstruction of another time, revelation of beliefs, or even exposure of intentions, we should consider it as a form of dialogical remembering that marks two joint features of subjectivity: fallibility and attestation. My paper does articulate a defense of Ricoeur’s philosophical conception of forgiveness, but offers neither an apology for nor an accusation on moral and political grounds.
Representation and videography in linguistic landscape studies
Authors: Troyer Robert A. , Szabó Tamás Péter 
Published: June 2017

AbstractMuch Linguistic Landscape scholarship relies on visual data collection, primarily the use of still photography; however, the field has yet to address the theoretical underpinning of such visual and spatial representation. Furthermore, digital video is currently as easy to capture and share as digital photographs were when Linguistic Landscape studies first became prominent in the early 2000s. With these two points in mind, this article first grounds the documentation and analysis of the Linguistic Landscape in a theory of visual representation; it then provides a framework for videographic methodologies drawing on recent work in the related fields of anthropology and cultural geography. An example study utilizing non-participatory videography is summarized in which digital video recordings were used to capture and convey the Linguistic Landscape.
Spanish infinitives borrowed into Zapotec light verb constructions
Authors: de Azcona Rosemary G. Beam 
Published: June 2017

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Spanish infinitives are commonly borrowed into Zapotec languages. The borrowed infinitive construction is here analyzed as a special type of light verb construction. In Southern Zapotec languages the construction occurs in a transitive version using ‘do’ and an intransitive version using ‘become’. This chapter analyzes the syntax of these constructions in Southern Zapotec, including the lexical status of the borrowed infinitives and the argument structure of the different forms of the construction.
The effect of external factors on the perception of sounds in Meꞌphaa
Authors: Marlett Stephen A. 
Published: June 2017

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The Meꞌphaa (Tlapanec) language genus, which displays some interesting internal diversification, has been in contact with other languages of southern Mexico, including those with which it is not genetically related, and with Spanish. This chapter examines various specific areas of the phonology of Meꞌphaa and discusses different factors – both internal to the genus and external – that seem to be affecting how the sounds of the language are perceived by the speakers of the language today. The primary evidence is based on the on-going development of an alphabetic representation of the language. The discussion of these facts leads to a new assessment of the value of traditional methods, based on a closed corpus, for analyzing the sound system of a language. The effects of external factors need to be taken into consideration.
Sociolinguistic factors in loanword prosody
Authors: Operstein Natalie 
Published: June 2017

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In their proposed taxonomy of loanword prosody types, Davis, Tsujimura & Tu (2012: 36) remark on the potentially interesting difference between the assimilation of loanwords into a majority prosodic pattern in the recipient language and their assimilation into a minority prosodic pattern. This difference, however, is not incorporated in the taxonomy proposed in that work. This paper takes up this discussion by investigating case studies in which loanwords are assigned to a minority, or “marked”, prosodic pattern in the recipient language. The starting point for the discussion is the unusual pattern of stress-to-tone mapping in early Spanish loanwords in Zaniza Zapotec, a Mesoamerican language. The paper then discusses similar patterns reported from other areas of the world, arguing that they are significant for our understanding of the typology of loanword prosody and the effects on it of sociolinguistic factors.
Spanish loanwords in Amerindian languages and their implications for the reconstruction of the pronunciation of Spanish in Mesoamerica
Authors: Parodi Claudia 
Published: June 2017

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This paper shows that the phonetic shape of the Spanish loanwords in the Amerindian languages of Mesoamerica is precious evidence that proves that different variants of Spanish were spoken in the Americas at the beginning of the conquest. Such variants are Andalusian Spanish, Old Castilian Spanish and the Latin American koines that resulted from the leveling of the different 16th century migrant Spanish dialects. The Spanish loanwords in the Amerindian languages show as well that a later development such as the opposition between the apico-alveolar concave retracted sibilant /s̺/ and the interdental sibilant /θ/ was not adopted in the 17th century Spanish variants in the Americas. This was so, because the apico-alveolar concave retracted sibilant /s̺/ was lost in the Latin American koines by the end of the 16th century. Instead, the aspirated /s̪/ in coda position was part of the popular koines that were formed in the coastal lands (or “tierras bajas”) in the Americas, as reflected in the loanwords to the Mesoamerican Indian languages. The merger of the palatal lateral /λ/ with the palatal non-lateral /ʝ/ (“yeísmo”) slowly became widespread in the Americas and in the southern region of Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries. In the modern period this change continues to spread in Madrid and the Northern part of Spain.
Loanword evidence for dialect mixing in colonial American Spanish
Authors: Operstein Natalie 
Published: June 2017

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This paper provides evidence that the dialect mixture to which speakers of Mesoamerican indigenous languages were exposed at the beginning of their contact with Spanish contained a number of different peninsular dialects. The specific focus of the study is on the phonological shape of early Spanish borrowings in Zaniza Zapotec, an Otomanguean language from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The study reveals that relatively few early Spanish loans in Zaniza Zapotec contained the features of seseo and yeísmo; instead, the majority of the early loans maintain the difference between the dental and apico-alveolar sibilants, and between the palatal lateral and the palatal glide. Additionally, the Zaniza Zapotec reflex of the initial consonant in Spanish zapato <çapato> ‘shoe’ is best explained by assuming a conservative, affricated realization in the input dialect.
Spanish–Huastec (Mayan) 16th-century language contact attested in the Doctrina Christiana en la lengua guasteca by Friar Juan de la Cruz, 1571
Authors: Guadarrama Lucero Meléndez 
Published: June 2017

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The aim of this paper is to present some aspects of Huastec–Spanish contact reflected in the early Colonial document entitled Doctrina Christiana en la lengua guasteca (De la Cruz 1571). First, I will present the morphological and syntactic strategies used to introduce Catholic words such as those for “baptism”, “devil”, “hell”, etc. from Spanish into Huastec. Second, I will show that the Spanish lexical borrowings were not registered by De la Cruz as phonologically assimilated into Huastec but rather simply included in the text with their forms in Spanish orthography.