bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Our experience in the treatment of Malignant Fibrous Hystiocytoma of the larynx: clinical diagnosis, therapeutic approach and review of literature
Authors: Testa Domenico , Motta Sergio , Marcuccio Giuseppina , Paccone Marianna , Rocca Aldo , Ilardi Gennaro , Tafuri Domenico , Mesolella Massimo , Motta Gaetano 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) and Chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) are both life threatening hemotologic diseases. They are rarely seen to occur simultaneously in one individual patient. Here we demonstrate a case of HS associated with CML in this study. The patient is a young female, diagnosed with HS in 2005, and was given partial embolization of the splenic artery. She got significant remission after the procedure. In 2008, she was found abnormal in blood routine test, after bone marrow routine, chromosome and fusion gene tests, she was diagnosed with CML (chronic phase). She did not receive regular treatment until 3 months prior, and is currently being treated with Dasatimib. She achieved hematological remission, but had no significant improvement in chromosome and fusion gene figures. Due to her severe condition of hemolysis, a splenectomy or an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is considered.
Integrated therapeutic approach to giant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: report of a case and review of the literature
Authors: Perrotta Fabio , Cerqua Francesco Saverio , Cammarata Antonino , Izzo Alessandro , Bergaminelli Carlo , Curcio Carlo , Guarino Carmine , Grella Edoardo , Forzano Imma , Cennamo Antonio , Tafuri Domenico , Rocca Aldo , Bianco Andrea , Mazzarella Gennaro 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The fibrous tumors of the pleura are rare primary tumors, accounting for 5% of malignant pleural neoplasms, which generally originate from sub-mesothelial mesenchymal tissue of the visceral pleura. These tumours generally exhibit clinical benign behavior although 12% of solitary fibrous tumors can be malignant and have worse outcomes. These tumors are considered “giant” when the lesion > 15 cm. Surgical treatment is the best choice for both benign and malignant neoplasms. We retrospectively analyzed the main case series of giant fibrous tumors of the pleura. In addition we report our experience of a 76-year-old woman treated by pre-surgical embolization involving implantation of vascular plugs. Surgery was successfully carried out without complications; imaging and functional assessment 6 months post intervention demonstrated both the absence of recurrence and improvement of lung function parameters.
Room-temperature single-photon emission from zinc oxide nanoparticle defects and their in vitro photostable intrinsic fluorescence
Authors: Chung Kelvin , Karle Timothy J. , Khalid Asma , Abraham Amanda N. , Shukla Ravi , Gibson Brant C. , Simpson David A. , Djurišic Aleksandra B. , Amekura Hiroshi , Tomljenovic-Hanic Snjezana 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a promising semiconductor that is suitable for bioimaging applications due to its intrinsic defect fluorescence. However, ZnO generally suffers from poor photostability. We report room-temperature single-photon emission from optical defects found in ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) formed by ion implantation followed by thermal oxidation in a silica substrate. We conduct a thorough investigation into the photophysics of a particularly bright defect and identify other single emitters within the NPs. Photostability was observed when the NPs were removed from the growth substrate and taken up by skin cells for in vitro imaging.
Crystal structure of bis(μ
2-chlorido)-bis(di-p-tolylhydroxyphosphine-κP)-bis(di-p-tolylphosphite-κP)dipalladium(II), C56H58Cl2O4P4Pd2
Authors: Kama Dumisani V. , Brink Alice , Visser Hendrik G. 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
C56H58Cl2O4P4Pd2, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 12.736(2) Å, b = 18.187(2) Å, c = 12.335(2) Å, β = 109.053(4)°, V = 2700.63 Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.034, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0955, T = 100 K.
Crystal structure of diaqua-bis(2-methyl-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylato-κ2-O,N)cadmium(II) tetrahydrate, C12H22CdN4O14
Authors: Xiong Zhi-Qiang , Song Xiu-Ying , Nie Xu-Liang 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
C12H22CdN4O14, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 7.188(2) Å, b = 8.895(3) Å, c = 9.771(3) Å, α = 63.148(3)°, β = 76.750(3)°, γ = 66.225(3)°, V = 509.2(3) Å3, Z = 1, R
gt
(F) = 0.0253, wR
ref
(F
2) = 0.0676, T = 296(2) K.
Nonprofit Organizations from the Perspective of Organizational Development and Their Influence on Professionalization
Authors: Dobrai Katalin , Farkas Ferenc 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the phenomenon of professionalization that is observable in organizations from the nonprofit sector. Empirical research was conducted among Hungarian nonprofit organizations, and the data were collected within the framework of a country-wide survey. Through the analysis of the research results, the paper provides deeper insights into knowledge about professionalization trends in the nonprofit sector. It proves that organizational development positively impacts nonprofit organizations’ improvement of their professionalization level and the members of these organizations.
The Analysis of Barriers in Succession Processes of Family Business with the Use of Grey Incidence Analysis (Polish Perspective)
Authors: Więcek-Janka Ewa , Mierzwiak Rafał , Kijewska Joanna 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The article presents results of research on the identification and evaluation of barriers faced by successors in family businesses during the first process of succession. The analysis of empirical material used grey systems theory, which was considered as an equivalent for the analysis of small samples and qualitative research. While conducting the literature review and empirical study, the authors concentrated on (a) the identification of barriers in the development of family firms and (b) eliciting the perspective of the new generation of owners in family firms entering the succession process through an empirical analysis of the assessed level of risk in relationships with family and business.
The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Work Satisfaction among Leaders and Employees
Authors: Koražija Maja , Šarotar Žižek Simona , Mumel Damijan 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
This study aims to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and work satisfaction among both leaders and employees. Most studies in this area have focused on researching the relationship between employees’ spiritual intelligence and work satisfaction, so we also researched the relationship between leaders’ spiritual intelligence and work satisfaction. Our leading thesis was that leaders and employees with a higher level of spiritual intelligence have a higher level of work satisfaction. In our study, we found no significant relationship between spiritual intelligence and work satisfaction for leaders, but we found a significant positive relationship between spiritual intelligence and workplace satisfaction for employees.
The use of diatoms to assess the water quality in the Wisłoka River in the town of Dębica and the surrounding area
Authors: Noga Teresa , Stanek-Tarkowska Jadwiga , Peszek Łukasz , Pajączek Anita , Kochman-Kędziora Natalia , Ligęzka Rafał 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The objective of this work was to examine the water quality using three diatom indices SPI, GDI and TDI. The material for the study was collected during four seasons from autumn 2010 to summer 2011, from four sampling sites located on the Wisłoka River, in the town of Dębica and the surrounding area. The Wisłoka at all selected sites was characterized by alkaline or close to neutral pH (pH 6.5-7.7). Electrolytic conductivity ranged from 364 to 480 µS cm-1. The Wisłoka at the selected sites in the urban area and in the surrounding areas was characterized by high diatom species richness. The total of 238 taxa from 53 genera were recorded, of which the most numerous were: Nitzschia (44), Navicula (33) and Gomphonema (12). Achnanthidium minutissimum var. minutissimum, Amphora pediculus, Navicula gregaria, N. lanceolata, and Nitzschia dissipata ssp. dissipata were usually the dominant species. Chemical parameters indicated very good quality of water. However, the diatom indices used to assess the water quality, classified the studied water into a group corresponding to quality class III or IV.
Russian Exceptionalism: a Comparative Perspective
Authors: Humphreys Brendan 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
This article seeks to define a certain form of exceptionalism - missionist exceptionalism - and ask to what extent it applies to Russia. The method will be a broad comparative analysis. The core argument is that missionist exceptionalism is fundamentally paradoxical; that polities make largely similar claims about themselves while pleading sui generis uniqueness. This hypothesis is asserted by examining the exceptionalism of other polities. These are two rivals of Russia; the United States and Poland, a “sentimental ally” of Russia, Serbia, and a country with a deep and interesting relationship with Russia, Israel.
State Civilisation: The Statist Core of Vladimir Putin’s Civilisational Discourse and Its Implications for Russian Foreign Policy
Authors: Linde Fabian 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The essay examines Vladimir Putin’s civilisational discourse, which arose in earnest with the publication of his presidential campaign articles in 2012. It argues that what makes Putin’s rendering of Russia’s civilisational identity distinctive is its strongly emphasized Statism, understood as a belief in the primacy of the state. This suggests that while his endorsement of a distinct civilisational identity represents an important conceptual turn as regards how national identity is articulated, there are also significant lines of continuity with previous presidential periods, given that state primacy has been at the heart of Putin’s political agenda since the very beginning of his presidential career. This detail also reveals a great deal about the political rationale behind Putin’s commitment to a Russian civilisational identity. It provides the government with a theoretical justification of an illiberal political course. There are important implications for foreign policy-making as well. In relation to the West, there is an attempt to limit its normative reach by depicting liberal values as less than universal. In regional affairs, Russia is attempting to legitimate its involvement in the near abroad on civilisational grounds. The loose definition of ‘co-patriots’ as foreign nationals experiencing some affinity with Russia gives it plenty of leeway in this regard. Lastly, Russia has petitioned for Ukraine’s neutrality based on the argument that the country is straddling a civilisational fault line.
Latin American vector in Russia’s Foreign Policy: Identities and interests in the Russian‑Venezuelan Partnership
Authors: Sitenko Alexandra 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The crisis in Ukraine, that broke out in 2013 and escalated in 2014, has led to sanction policy and the emergence of significant political divergences between Russian Federation and the West. This has resulted in an intensification of Russia’s foreign and economic policy alliances with its neighboring countries as well as with the rest of the BRICS members. In his interview with Cuba’s Prensa Latina, Vladimir Putin further classified cooperation with Latin American states as one of the key and very promising lines of Russia’s foreign policy.
In light of the above mentioned developments, this paper addresses the Latin American vector of Russian foreign policy using the example of Russian-Venezuelan partnership, which has been intensified after 2004. It explores the underlying key elements of this partnership based on realist and constructivist assumptions and is aimed at outlining foreign policy identities, perceptions and interests constitutive for the cooperation between the two countries. The author concludes, that the cooperation is based both on realist and constructivist elements, whereas Russian interests are mainly realist and Venezuelan constructivist, and that fact could hinder long-lasting and both-way beneficial bilateral collaboration.
Afghanistan’s significance for Russia in the 21st Century: Interests, Perceptions and Perspectives
Authors: Sangar Kaneshko 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Since President Barack Obama set the end of 2014 as the deadline to complete the planned troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, numerous commentators have sought to assess Russia’s Afghan policy since September 11, 2001 and anticipate Moscow’s strategy in ‘post-2014’ Afghanistan. This paper maintains that an assessment/evaluation of Afghanistan’s significance for Russia in the current system of international relations is needed to understand Moscow’s current and future Afghan strategy. Hence, the aim of this study is to identify and analyse the major factors, which lead to a conceptualization of Russia’s interests in Afghanistan. When assessing Russia’s interests in Afghanistan, one must take into account a plethora of significant issues, including Putin’s ‘great-power’ rhetoric; geopolitical, geostrategic, and geo-economic rivalries in the wider region; security threats such as the illegal narcotics emanating from Afghanistan and global terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism; the rivalry and competition for energy resources; and control over pipeline routes and energy corridors. The analysis of these substantiating factors demonstrate why in the 21st century the Afghan problem remains a significant challenge to Russia’s ‘great power’ identity, to its international strategy abroad, to its strategically important ‘near abroad,’ and to the country’s domestic socio-economic policy
A Study of Mean RSPM And SPM Levels at Selected Sites in Assam During the Recent Decade
Authors: Jamir Tongdi 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Air pollution is an important issue around the world. Evidence of air pollution and its impact has been well established by the scientific communities. The effects of these changes on the smaller towns in Brahmaputra valley of Assam still need to be investigated. This study concludes that Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) and Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) shows increasing trend in all the seasons except during the monsoon season but significant during the winter season. The study also reveals that RSPM remained above the standards throughout the decade, unlike SPM, which rose above the standards only during the years 2006, 2008 and 2009. It is also observed that during the rainy seasons Coefficient of Variation (CV) is high in maximum numbers of stations. The study concludes that exponential increase in population; vehicular activities, rainfall and wind direction as well as geographical conditions have indirectly influenced the pollutions.
Variation of Mean Seasonal Discharges in the Miletin River Basin (Moldavian Plain, Romania)
Authors: Romanescu Gheorghe , Zaharia Constantin 
Published: June 2016

AbstractThe hydrographic basin of the Miletin River is situated in the southeast of Europe, in a transitional temperate-continental climate, with considerable variations in the regime of precipitations. The purpose of this study is the spatial and temporal analysis of the mean seasonal discharges, meant to underline the need of implementing regulation projects for the Miletin stream. Furthermore, there are only a few specialized works on this hydrographic basin. The mean seasonal runoff presents significant seasonal and multiannual variations, caused by the high frequency of torrentiality, which characterizes the climate of the Miletin River area. Data from the rainfall stations of Nicolae Balcescu, Chiscareni, and Halceni, as well as from the hydrometric stations of Nicolae Balcescu, Sipote, and Halceni- downstream, respectively, were used. Unlike the stations with a natural runoff regime (Nicolae Balcescu, within the upper basin, Sipote within the middle basin, respectively), for Halceni-downstream (on the lower stream), the artificial runoff underlines a weak correlation with the rainfall regime. The data rows regard periods of 33-59 years, enough to conduct statistical analyses. Data from Halceni- downstream were analyzed, too, though the variables that characterize the hydrologic and rainfall regime within this region concern only 18 years. In the Miletin hydrographic basin, low and high discharge oscillations occur in all the four seasons. This characteristic is very different from those of the great hydrographic arteries that cross the east of Romania: Pruth and Siret.
Particularities of the Soil Layers in the Catchment of the Stemnic (Buda)
Authors: Bojoagă Ioan 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The Stemnic river (Buda) is a right side affluent of Bârlad river, with the surface of the catchment basin of 15,662.5 ha. Situated in the central part of the Central Moldavian Plateau, the catchment of the Stemnic (Buda) is characterized by an oblong form (30.5 km, respectively 8.5 km), having a lithologic homogeneity, but also by a diversity of the superficial deposits (eluvia, diluvia, colluvia and proluvia, alluvia).
The fields in the catchment basin of the Stemnic (Buda) have been analyzed from the point of view of the soils’ quality, that have been classified into five quality classes. Besides the intrinsic characteristics of the soils, their classification included also the pedo-chemical properties of the lands, geomorphologic or climatic properties of the area.
First, second and the third quality classes are predominant in the lower half of the catchment basin, less fragmentary, with prolonged cuesta reverses, corresponding to the distribution area of the chernosols. The lands that form part of the fourth quality class are distributed, in a great percentage, on the same types of soil, but represent greater constrains because of the abrupt cliffs. The fourth class is made up of the lands with severe limitations that reduce the range of agricultural crops or that need special measures or work in order to protect and ameliorate the soil’s resources. This class cumulates a percentage of 9%, being characteristic for the area affected by landslides, prevalent mainly in North-West part of the catchment of the Stemnic (Buda). In the fifth class there are included soils with major constrains for agricultural use.
From this perspective, in the catchment, there are predominant the soils in the third quality class (37%), being followed by the second class (26%) and the first class (23%).
The main limitative factors for the agricultural production of the lands in the catchment of the Stemnic (Buda) are the erosion in surface, the landslides, humidity excess and the small quantity of nutritive elements.
Some identities for derangement and Ward number sequences and related bijections
Authors: Callan David , Mansour Toufik , Shattuck Mark 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
We establish an alternating sum identity for three classes of singleton-free set partitions wherein the number of elements minus the number of blocks is fixed: (i) permutations, that is, partitions into cycles, (ii) unrestricted partitions, and (iii) contents-ordered partitions. Both algebraic and combinatorial proofs are given, the latter making use of a sign-changing involution in each ease. As a consequence, combinatorial proofs are found of specific cases of recent identities of Gould et al. involving both kinds of Stirling numbers.
Remark on quasi-ideals of ordered semigroups
Authors: Kehayopulu Niovi 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
The aim is to correct part of the Remark 3 of my paper “On regular, intra-regular ordered semigroups” in Pure Math. Appl. (PU.M.A.) 4, no. 4 (1993), 447-461. On this occasion, some further results and the similarity between the po-semigroups and the le-semigroups are discussed.
Pattern avoidance in inversion sequences
Authors: Mansour Toufik , Shattuck Mark 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
A permutation of length n may be represented, equivalently, by a sequence a1a2 • • • an satisfying 0 < ai < i for all z, which is called an inversion sequence. In analogy to the usual case for permutations, the pattern avoidance question is addressed for inversion sequences. In particular, explicit formulas and/or generating functions are derived which count the inversion sequences of a given length that avoid a single pattern of length three. Among the sequences encountered are the Fibonacci numbers, the Schröder numbers, and entry A200753 in OEIS. We make use of both algebraic and combinatorial methods to establish our results. An explicit Injection is given between two of the avoidance classes, and in three cases, the kernel method is used to solve a functional equation satisfied by the generating function enumerating the class in question.
Injectable hydrogel-based scaffolds for tissue engineering applications
Authors: Portnov Tanya , Shulimzon Tiberiu R. , Zilberman Meital 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Hydrogels are highly hydrated materials that may absorb from 10% to 20% up to hundreds of times their dry weight in water and are composed of three-dimensional hydrophilic polymeric networks that are similar to those in natural tissue. The structural integrity of hydrogels depends on cross-links formed between the polymer chains. Hydrogels have been extensively explored as injectable cell delivery systems, owing to their high tissue-like water content, ability to mimic extracellular matrix, homogeneously encapsulated cells, efficient mass transfer, amenability to chemical and physical modifications, and minimally invasive delivery. A variety of naturally and synthetically derived materials have been used to form injectable hydrogels for tissue engineering applications. The current review article focuses on these biomaterials, on the design parameters of injectable scaffolds, and on the in situ gelling of their hydrogel systems. The last section of this article describes specific examples of catheter-based delivery systems.
Accounting for Changing Tastes: Approaches to Explaining Unstable Individual Preferences
Authors: Jacobs Martin 
Published: June 2016

AbstractStandard economic theory assumes individual preferences to be fixed and exogenously given. This view has been challenged by numerous empirical observations. In reaction to those challenges, economic theory has been modified, mostly by including additional arguments into individuals’ utility functions. Among the approaches that tackle preference change are new consumer theory, habit formation, interdependent and status preferences, social and emotional influences, and reference point-dependent preferences. Hence, while standard economics largely abide by their assumption of stable preferences, an array of alternative approaches is now available to account for changing tastes. Some of these approaches are old and have been discussed in the literature for many decades while others are younger. However, all approaches have in common that they, in some cases surprisingly, have not made it to standard microeconomics textbooks. This survey aims at putting the approaches in perspective. For each of them, empirical evidence as well as methodological issues are discussed.