bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Performances en la infancia: cuando el habla parece música, danza y poesía
Authors: Español Silvia 
Published: May 2017

El foco de este trabajo es el modo de actuar de los adultos frente a los bebés, en un momento específico: cuando el bebé ronda el medio año de vida. En primer lugar, se argumenta que, en ese momento particular, la actuación adulta, generalmente conce-bida como Habla Dirigida al Bebé (Infant Directed Speech), es fundamentalmente una performance de sonido y movimiento que requiere ser contemplada al modo de las artes performativas. Se describen, entonces, análisis de sonido y movimiento de la actuación adulta dirigidas a bebés de alrededor de 6 meses, con las concepciones teóricas y las herramientas de análisis propios de la música y la danza. En segundo lugar, se exponen los rasgos de la Oralidad Primaria, en particular la trama de música, danza y poesía que constituyen su habla, se sugiere que el Habla Dirigida al Bebé puede considerarse un asombroso vestigio de Oralidad Primaria y se describe el campo de exploración que esta hipótesis abre.
Sobre las relaciones entre la Música y el Lenguaje
Authors: Igoa José Manuel 
Published: May 2017

Este artículo expone una reflexión acerca de los paralelismos y los contrastes entre la música y el lenguaje. La comparación se circunscribe a la música tonal occidental y a la modalidad oral del lenguaje. El artículo comienza con una breve exposición de los aspectos en los que la música y el lenguaje son susceptibles de comparación, destacándose el carácter social y cultural de ambos, las experiencias estéticas que suscitan, el soporte sensoriomotor y corporal en el que se asientan, el medio acústico en el que se desar-rollan y las facultades neurocognitivas en las que se apoyan. Seguidamente, se exponen algunos paralelismos o propiedades similares relativas al origen y desarrollo de las competencias musicales y lingüísticas en el individuo (ontogénesis) y la especie (filogénesis), y a los componentes integrantes de las facultades musical y lingüística (sonidos, estruc-tura y significado). Esta comparación revela la existencia de un conjunto de parámetros comunes, como el acento, la duración o la altura tonal, en el ámbito de los sonidos, la combinación reglada de unidades sonoras para formar estructuras jerárquicas, en el plano de la estructura, y la expresión de emociones y la evocación de experiencias, en el terreno del significado. No obstante, también se subrayan aspectos singulares de cada dominio que no encuentran correspondencia en el otro; así, la armonía en la música o la composicionalidad del significado en el lenguaje. A continuación se realiza una exploración comparada de la arquitectura de los procesos cognitivos que soportan las facultades musical y lingüística y de los recursos de atención y memoria que consumen dichos procesos. En este terreno se revisan datos empíricos provenientes del estudio de las alteraciones de las habilidades musicales (amusias) y lingüísticas (afasias), de la in-vestigación del procesamiento musical y lingüístico mediante el registro de potenciales cerebrales evocados y técnicas de neuroimagen cerebral y de experimentos con tareas conductuales de percepción y producción musical y lingüística. El artículo concluye con algunas observaciones sobre las correspondencias mínimas entre música y lenguaje en materia de arquitectura cognitiva y recursos compartidos entre ambas facultades, en un intento de justificar la relevancia de la pregunta acerca de las relaciones entre la música y el lenguaje desde una perspectiva psicológica.
Factors Associated With Diabetes-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes: The Global TEENs Study
Authors: Anderson Barbara J. , Laffel Lori M. , Domenger Catherine , Danne Thomas , Phillip Moshe , Mazza Carmen , Hanas Ragnar , Waldron Sheridan , Beck Roy W. , Calvi-Gries Francoise , Mathieu Chantal 
Published: May 2017

OBJECTIVEOur objective was to characterize diabetes-specific health-related quality of life (D-HRQOL) in a global sample of youth and young adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and to identify the main factors associated with quality of life.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSThe TEENs study was an international, cross-sectional study of youth, 8–25 years of age, with T1D. Participants (N = 5,887) were seen in clinical sites in 20 countries across 5 continents enrolled for 3 predetermined age groups: 8–12, 13–18, and 19–25 years of age. To assess D-HRQOL, participants completed the PedsQL Diabetes Module 3.0 and were interviewed about family-related factors. Specifics about treatment regimen and self-management behaviors were collected from medical records.RESULTSAcross all age groups, females reported significantly lower D-HRQOL than did males. The 19–25-year age group reported the lowest D-HRQOL. Multivariate linear regression analyses revealed that D-HRQOL was significantly related to HbA1c; the lower the HbA1c, the better the D-HRQOL. Three diabetes-management behaviors were significantly related to better D-HRQOL: advanced methods used to measure food intake; more frequent daily blood glucose monitoring; and more days per week that youth had ≥30 min of physical activity.CONCLUSIONSIn all three age groups, the lower the HbA1c, the better the D-HRQOL, underscoring the strong association between better D-HRQOL and optimal glycemic control in a global sample of youth and young adults. Three diabetes-management behaviors were also related to optimal glycemic control, which represent potentially modifiable factors for clinical interventions to improve D-HRQOL as well as glycemic control.
Assessing the Genetic Diversity of <i>Alternaria Bataticola</i> in South Africa using Molecular Markers
Authors: Chalwe J. , Adebola P. , Pillay M. 
Published: May 2017

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) an economically important food crop is affected by viral and fungal diseases. The most important fungal disease is Alternaria blight caused by Alternaria bataticola. Alternaria blight can be controlled using fungicides and cultural practices in the short-term. A sustainable control measure is the development of resistant sweetpotato cultivars. A prerequisite to this approach is the knowledge of the genetic diversity of this fungal pathogen. This study assessed the genetic diversity of A. bataticola in South Africa using RAPD analysis, DNA sequencing and secondary structures of the ITS2 region. Samples were collected from 25 different localities and the pathogen was identified in the laboratory. Both RAPD and ITS2 sequence data showed that there is high levels of genetic diversity among the isolates of A. bataticola. Although the dendrograms generated from the RAPD and ITS2 sequences clustered some isolates according to their place of origin, the majority of isolates did not group according to their geographic origins. The predicted ITS2 secondary structure models were variable ranging from simple to complex. The unique secondary structures of each isolate can be used to identify and distinguish each of the isolates used in this study.Â Â
Prevalence of Hematological Disorders among Children with Brucellosis
Authors: El-Sayed Saber A. M. , Ali Yasser F. , Ahmady Mostafa M. , Alsayed Salah F. , Baraka Ahmed M. 
Published: May 2017

Background:Â Brucellosis is a zoonotic systemic infection due to infection by BrucellaÂ organisms with a various clinical manifestations and complications. Hematological disorders is the most common and serious complications among children. Objectives:Â Our study aimed to evaluate frequency of hematological complications among brucellosis infected children. Patients and Methods:Â All 75 patients enrolled in the study with fever more than 5 days, arthralgia , myalgia, low back pain , hematological disorders and positive serology test ( positive results when the tires > 1:80 ) were referred to the infectious diseases unit in King Khalid hospital ,Al-kharj city ,K.S.A. during Â April 2013 to August 2015, andÂ C.B.C., blood culture and bone marrow study were made for all patients .Results:Â out of 75children with brucellosis with age 5-18 y, 63 (84%) gave a history of raw animal milk ingestion and 33 patients 44% had a positive family history of brucellosis. The commonly presenting symptoms and signs included; excessive sweating 43 patients (57.3%) bone aches 65 patients (62%) chills 40 patients (53.3%), arthritis 27 patients (36%). Hepatomegaly 10 patients (13.3%) and splenomegalyÂ Â Â Â 11 patients (14.6%). The most commonly detected hematological manifestations included; anemia in 34 patients (45%). leukopenia in 30 patients (40%) and leukocytosis in 18 patients (24%). Meanwhile, pancytopenia was detected in 24 patients (32%). Positive blood culture for brucella was seen in 30 patients (40%). B. melitensis from 26 patients (34.6%) was cultured in vitro. Out of 15 BM aspiration cultures, 5 were positive for B. melitensis while 10 cultures were negative. Out of 24 patients (32%) with pancytopenia, 17 patients 71% presented with bone aches and weakness, 12Â patients 50% presented with sweating and chills,12Â patients 50% Â had petechiae and purpura , 12 patients50% had splenomegaly and also 9 patients 37.5% had hepatomegaly.Conclusions:Â Our study showed that the clinical manifestations and hematological disorders in children with brucellosis are 45% of patients were anemic, 40% were leukopenia, pancytopenia were in 32% while leukocytosis were in 24% similar to that in the adults; specially in endemic areas like K.S.A.Â
Kind of Weak Separation Axioms by D_Ï‰,D_(Î±-Ï‰),D_(pre-Ï‰),D_(b-Ï‰) and D_(Î²-Ï‰)-Sets
Authors: Hadi Mustafa H. 
Published: May 2017

Â In this paper we define new types of sets we call them sets and use them to define some associative separation axioms. Some theorems about the relation between them and the weak separation axioms introduced in [5] are proved, with some other simple theorems.
Thinning of Antenna Arrays for Direct Broadcast Satellite System
Authors: Borah Shekhar Suman , Deb Arindam , Roy Jibendu Sekhar 
Published: May 2017

In antenna array thinning some antenna elements are made â€˜ONâ€™ and some antenna elements are Â made â€˜OFFâ€ strategically. Keeping some of the antenna elements â€˜OFFâ€™ and reducing use of digital beamformer, desired characteristics of the array can be achieved in direct broadcast satellite (DBS) communication, to achieve higher gain and saving power utilization. In this paper, array thinning is done using differential evolution (DE) algorithm, an optimization technique. DE optimized results are compared with corresponding fully populated arrays. Lower side lobe levels (SLL) are achieved using DE optimized thinned arrays compared to fully populated arrays. Both linear array and planar are considered for array thinning.
PSP3 Program and its Impact in Poverty Alleviation (Using Case Study Approach in Bangsal Village, Mojokerto District)
Authors: Tande Elias , Kanto Sanggar , Susilo Edi 
Published: May 2017

Poverty is a social problem faced by Indonesian people until today. This could be seen from high level poverty in Indonesia which was fluctuating from year to year. One of government program to alleviate poverty was Pemuda Sarjana Penggerak Pembangunan di Pedesaan (PSP3) program. It was a program from Youth and Sport Agency of East Java Province to improve empowerment among youth. Study concerning this programâ€™s impact, particularly its social impact, was never conducted before, thus this study aimed to identify, analyze and interpret structures which support implementation of PSP3 program, its supporting and impeding factors also impact resulted of its implementation in an effort to alleviate poverty.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â This study was a qualitative descriptive with case study approach using Bangsal village in Bangsal sub-district, Mojokerto as its study site. Informant selection in this study was using purposive sampling method, in which people was assumed and does have connection related with the study such as PSP3 participants, relevant government institution, also village apparatus and its local people. This was done to obtain valid and objective information or data. Collected data and information was analyzed using Giddensâ€™s structuration social theory.Keywords: Empowerment, Sarjana Penggerak Pembangunan di Pedesaan (PSP3) Program, Poverty, Giddens Structuration
The Physiological Effects of IPAD Digital Games on Children with Autism
Authors: Mohd Saat Nur Zakiah , Md Zin Najwa Suhaili , Kamaralzaman Sazlina 
Published: May 2017

Background: Previous studies found that the use of an iPadÂ® in intervention programmes benefited the skills of daily living of children with autism. The purpose of the study was to determine the physiological changes in children while playing action and strategy games on an iPad. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted using Powerlab 24/6T, a blood pressure monitor, respiratory belt, and finger pulse transducer. The children were asked to play two types of game. The duration for each game was 10 minutes. The measurement of blood pressure - both systolic and diastolic, heart rate and breathing rate were taken at three consecutive times (before, during and after each game). The inclusion criteria are children aged 7 to 12 years old who have been diagnosed with a mild type of autism (Pervasive developmental disorder). The exclusion criteria were children who had co-morbidities such as epilepsy, migraine, heart, and lung problems, depression, physical disabilities and visual impairments. Â Results: Nineteen children with autism participated in this study. The result indicated that the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures increased before and after playing strategy games and action games. However, compared to pre-play values, the mean heart rate and breathing rate decreased both during and after playing both types of game. Meanwhile, there was significant mean difference for breathing rate for both types of game (p<0.05). Conclusion: Playing strategy and action games did not affect the measured physiological parameters of children with autism.Â
Correction of Minor-Form and Microform Cleft Lip Using Modified Muscle Overlapping with a Minimal Skin Incision
Authors: Kim Min Chul , Choi Dong Hun , Bae Sung Gun , Cho Byung Chae 
Published: May 2017

Background In treating minor-form or microform cleft lip, obtaining an optimal result is a challenge because of the visible scarring caused by traditional surgery. We present a refined method using muscle overlapping with a minimal skin incision in patients younger than 3 years, a group characterized by thin muscle.
Methods The surgical technique involves restoration of the notched vermillion using Z-plasty, formation of the philtral column using overlapping of an orbicularis oris muscle flap through an intraoral incision, and correction of the cleft lip nasal deformity using a reverse-U incision and V-Y plasty. A single radiologist evaluated ultrasonographic images of the upper lip.
Results Sixty patients were treated between September 2008 and June 2014. The age at the time of operation ranged from 6 to 36 months (mean, 26 months). The follow-up period ranged from 8 to 38 months (mean, 20 months) in minor-form cases and from 14 to 64 months (mean, 37 months) in microform cases. A notched cupid's bow was corrected in 10 minor-form cases and 50 microform cases. Ultrasonographic images were obtained from 3 patients with minor-form cleft lip and 9 patients with microform cleft lip 12 months after surgery. The average muscle thickness was 4.5 mm on the affected side and 4.1 mm on the unaffected side.
Conclusions The advantages of the proposed procedure include the creation of an anatomically natural philtrum with minimal scarring. This method also preserves the continuity and function of the muscle and provides sufficient augmentation of the philtral column and nostril sill.
Pyridone-based nucleotide analogues accepted for DNA biosynthesis
Authors: Mikalkėnas Algirdas , Ravoitytė Bazilė , Tauraitė Daiva , Serva Saulius 
Published: May 2017

Novel pyridone-based nucleotides were investigated for maintenance of DNA synthesis, carried on by representatives of different classes of polymerases. Five different nucleoside triphosphates of similar structure were addressed, demonstrating involvement in primer extension. The nucleotides containing 4-chloro- and 4-bromo-2-pyridone as a nucleobase were preferred by all DNA polymerases tested. These nucleotides were incorporated up to several instances in a row and unexpectedly failed to ensure DNA primer termination. Temporary polymerase stalling obeys kinetic constrain and is alleviated by availability of nucleotides readily acquired by the polymerase. Lack of inhibitory properties of 2-pyridone nucleobase confirms the processivity of DNA polymerases challenged by incorporated nucleotides.
Impact of substorm time O+ outflow on ring current enhancement
Authors: Nakayama Y. , Ebihara Y. , Fok M. C. , Tanaka T. 
Published: May 2017

AbstractEnergetic O+ ions (tens of keV) rapidly increase in the inner magnetosphere and contribute significantly to the ring current during substorms. Previously, two source regions of the energetic O+ ions have been proposed. The first one is the dayside polar region. Ions from the dayside polar region are transported to the lobe; then they are injected to the nightside plasma sheet during substorm expansion phase. The second one is the nightside aurora region. After the substorm onset, energetic O+ ions are extracted from the ionosphere with the auroral acceleration processes, and the O+ ions are directly supplied to the nightside plasma sheet. We investigated the relative importance of these two regions on supplying the energetic O+ ions in the inner magnetosphere. We performed a test particle simulation in global MHD electromagnetic fields. We obtained the following results. (1) During the substorm growth phase, O+ ions at tens of eV are extracted from the dayside polar region, resulting in the enhancement of the warm O+ ions (hundreds of eV) in the lobe. After the substorm onset, the warm O+ ions are nonadiabatically accelerated to tens of keV and injected to the inner magnetosphere. These O+ ions contribute to most of the O+ ring current. (2) O+ ions at < a few keVs are supplied from the nightside aurora region to the plasma sheet. However, their contribution to the O+ ring current remains small. From the results, we concluded that the main source of the energetic O+ ions is the dayside polar region.
Testing the daily PRISM air temperature model on semiarid mountain slopes
Authors: Strachan Scotty , Daly Christopher 
Published: May 2017

AbstractStudies in mountainous terrain related to ecology and hydrology often use interpolated climate products because of a lack of local observations. One data set frequently used to develop plot‐to‐watershed‐scale climatologies is PRISM (Parameter‐elevation Regression on Independent Slopes Model) temperature. Benefits of this approach include geographically weighted station observations and topographic positioning modifiers, which become important factors for predicting temperature in complex topography. Because of the paucity of long‐term climate records in mountain environments, validation of PRISM algorithms across diverse regions remains challenging, with end users instead relying on atmospheric relationships derived in sometimes distant geographic settings. Presented here are results from testing observations of daily temperature maximum (TMAX) and minimum (TMIN) on 16 sites in the Walker Basin, California‐Nevada, located on open woodland slopes ranging from 1967 to 3111 m in elevation. Individual site mean absolute error varied from 1.1 to 3.7°C with better performance observed during summertime as opposed to winter. We observed a consistent cool bias in TMIN for all seasons across all sites, with cool bias in TMAX varying with season. Model error for TMIN was associated with elevation, whereas model error for TMAX was associated with topographic radiative indices (solar exposure and heat loading). These results demonstrate that temperature conditions across mountain woodland slopes are more heterogeneous than interpolated models (such as PRISM) predict, that drivers of these differences are complex and localized in nature, and that scientific application of atmospheric/climate models in mountains requires additional attention to model assumptions and source data.
Woody plant encroachment reduces annual runoff and shifts runoff mechanisms in the tallgrass prairie, USA
Authors: Qiao Lei , Zou Chris B. , Stebler Elaine , Will Rodney E. 
Published: May 2017

AbstractWoody plant encroachment into semiarid and subhumid rangelands is a global phenomenon with important hydrological implications. Observational and experimental results reported both increases and decreases in annual runoff for encroached watersheds and little is known regarding the underlying runoff generation mechanisms. To systematically study the effect of woody plant encroachment on runoff generation processes, seven experimental watersheds were instrumented in 2010, three on grassland sites and four on adjacent sites that were heavily encroached by eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) in the southern Great Plains, USA. Results showed that the runoff coefficient was 1.4 ± 0.6% in eastern redcedar encroached watersheds, significantly lower than 4.4 ± 0.7% in grassland watersheds for the four water years from 2011 to 2014. Eastern redcedar encroachment resulted in reduction of both surface and subsurface flows and the magnitude of reduction depended on annual precipitation. While there were nearly equal contributions between overland flow and subsurface flow, 87% of the total runoff from grassland watersheds occurred under saturated or nearly saturated soil condition, while 86% of runoff under encroached watersheds was generated under unsaturated soil condition, suggesting a shift from saturation excess overland flow to infiltration excess overland flow. These results permitted reconciliation of observed difference of streamflow responses associated with Juniperus spp. encroachment in the region and provided insights to better predict change in water resources under vegetation changes in subhumid regions of the south‐central USA.
A vegetation‐focused soil‐plant‐atmospheric continuum model to study hydrodynamic soil‐plant water relations
Authors: Deng Zijuan , Guan Huade , Hutson John , Forster Michael A. , Wang Yunquan , Simmons Craig T. 
Published: May 2017

AbstractA novel simple soil‐plant‐atmospheric continuum model that emphasizes the vegetation's role in controlling water transfer (v‐SPAC) has been developed in this study. The v‐SPAC model aims to incorporate both plant and soil hydrological measurements into plant water transfer modeling. The model is different from previous SPAC models in which v‐SPAC uses (1) a dynamic plant resistance system in the form of a vulnerability curve that can be easily obtained from sap flow and stem xylem water potential time series and (2) a plant capacitance parameter to buffer the effects of transpiration on root water uptake. The unique representation of root resistance and capacitance allows the model to embrace SPAC hydraulic pathway from bulk soil, to soil‐root interface, to root xylem, and finally to stem xylem where the xylem water potential is measured. The v‐SPAC model was tested on a native tree species in Australia, Eucalyptus crenulata saplings, with controlled drought treatment. To further validate the robustness of the v‐SPAC model, it was compared against a soil‐focused SPAC model, LEACHM. The v‐SPAC model simulation results closely matched the observed sap flow and stem water potential time series, as well as the soil moisture variation of the experiment. The v‐SPAC model was found to be more accurate in predicting measured data than the LEACHM model, underscoring the importance of incorporating root resistance into SPAC models and the benefit of integrating plant measurements to constrain SPAC modeling.