bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Abjectly melodramatic: The monstrous body and the queer politics of Tamam mıyız? (Are We OK?)
Authors: Germen Baran 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
This article seeks the queer politics of melodrama in the very abjectness of the form with a reading of Çağan Irmak’s 2013 popular motion picture Tamam mıyız? (Are We OK?). Telling the story of an unlikely friendship between two men, the film thematizes abjection as a social phenomenon with its abject bodies: Temmuz, a bohemian gay sculptor, and İhsan, a suicidal young man with tetra-amelia syndrome. Are We OK? capitalizes on melodrama’s affective potency to render its characters sympathetic through a narrative of victimhood shared by both men. This article demonstrates that the film nonetheless struggles to register these abject bodies in a socially intelligible relationship within the confines of the norm. In a performative act evocative of abjection, the film pushes Temmuz and İhsan to the end of melodrama, where their bodily unison forms an embodied queer subjectivity. The improbability of this body situated in an anti-oedipal temporal impasse between a post-melodramatic future and a pre-abject past exposes the ineptness of the categories of relationality that govern the domain of the social.
Failure reconnaissance: The virtual problem of the It Gets Better Project
Authors: Lipscomb Robert 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The It Gets Better Project, founded by Dan Savage and Terry Miller and launched in response to a spate of queer teen suicides, purports to offer messages of hope and encouragement to youth struggling with issues related to their sexual identities. Although many critics have already noted the problematic nature of It Gets Better’s platform and messaging, this article critiques the project with a twofold approach in order to highlight alternate and more useful approaches to messaging queer teens. First, works by theorists including Lee Edelman and Michael Warner offer insight into the project’s dangerous propensity for encouraging assimilation and normalization within the larger social apparatuses that fostered a need for the project in the first place. Second, this analysis builds on Judith Halberstam’s work on the legacy of queer failure, in addition to emphasizing Kate Bornstein’s pragmatism, to propose methods of messaging that are materially helpful and instructional to the queer teen, the queer community and potentially the culture as a whole.
Genotoxic, carcinogenic potential of food additives and their other effects on human health<p>Gıda katkı maddelerinin genotoksik, karsinojenik potansiyeli ve insan sağlığı üzerindeki diğer etkileri
Authors: Şen Selen , Aksoy Hüseyin , Yılmaz Serkan 
Published: October 2017

The use of food additives (FAs) in food production has become an indispensable part of food technology primarily in developed countries for the last 30 years. Today, we encounter with chemical or E coded names of FAs in the ingredients written on the packages of many food products; from take-home foods to frozen products and canned goods. Some of these products, which have been increasing in terms of usage and number each passing day, have detected genotoxic and carcinogenic effects with various toxicological test systems. Besides, some of these are emerged to play role in the formation of hyperactivity, allergy, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity, diabetes, reproduction and gastrointestinal system disorders. In this review, it is aimed to give information about food additives which have been determined to have genotoxic and carcinogenic effects and reported to cause other health risks with toxicological studies. Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetSon 30 yıldır gelişmiş ülkeler başta olmak üzere, gıda üretiminde katkı maddelerinin kullanımı gıda teknolojisinin vazgeçilmez bir parçası olmuştur. Günümüzde, hazır gıdalardan, dondurulmuş ürünlere ve konservelere kadar tükettiğimiz birçok gıda maddesinin ambalajlarındaki içindekiler kısmında gıda katkı maddelerinin kimyasal yada E kodlu isimleri ile karşı karşıya gelmekteyiz. Kullanımları ve sayıları her geçen gün artan bu maddelerin bazılarının genotoksik ve karsinojenik etkili olduğu çeşitli toksikolojik test sistemleriyle belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca bazılarının hiperaktivite, alerji, nörodejeneratif hastalıklar, obezite, diyabet, üreme ve gastrointestinal sisteme ilişkin bozuklukların oluşumunda rol oynadığı da ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu derlemede, toksikolojik çalışmalarla genotoksik, karsinojenik etkilere sahip olduğu ve diğer sağlık risklerine yol açtığı belirlenen gıda katkı maddeleri hakkında bilgi verilmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Helly numbers of algebraic subsets of ℝ
d
and an extension of Doignon’s Theorem
Authors: De Loera J. A. , La Haye R. N. , Oliveros D. , Roldán-Pensado E. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
We study S-convex sets, which are the geometric objects obtained as the intersection of the usual convex sets in ℝ
d
with a proper subset S ⊂ ℝ
d
, and contribute new results about their S-Helly numbers. We extend prior work for S = ℝ
d
, ℤ
d
, and ℤ
d−k
× ℝ
k
, and give some sharp bounds for several new cases: low-dimensional situations, sets that have some algebraic structure, in particular when S is an arbitrary subgroup of ℝ
d
or when S is the difference between a lattice and some of its sublattices. By abstracting the ingredients of Lovász method we obtain colorful versions of many monochromatic Helly-type results, including several colorful versions of our own results.
Central figure-8 cross-cuts make surfaces cylindrical
Authors: Solomon Bruce 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Let M be a complete connected C
2-surface in ℝ3 in general position, intersecting some plane along a clean figure-8 (a loop with total curvature zero) and such that all compact intersections with planes have central symmetry. We prove that M is a (geometric) cylinder over some central figure-8. On the way, we establish interesting facts about centrally symmetric loops in the plane; for instance, a clean loop with even rotation number 2k can never be central unless it passes through its center exactly twice and k = 0.
Differences in levels of albumin, ALT, AST, γ-GT and creatinine in frail, moderately healthy and healthy elderly individuals
Authors: Edvardsson Maria , Sund-Levander Märtha , Milberg Anna , Wressle Ewa , Marcusson Jan , Grodzinsky Ewa 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Background:
Reference intervals are widely used as decision tools, providing the physician with information about whether the analyte values indicate ongoing disease process. Reference intervals are generally based on individuals without diagnosed diseases or use of medication, which often excludes elderly. The aim of the study was to assess levels of albumin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), creatinine and γ-glutamyl transferase (γ-GT) in frail, moderately healthy and healthy elderly indivuduals.

Methods:
Blood samples were collected from individuals >80 years old, nursing home residents, in the Elderly in Linköping Screening Assessment and Nordic Reference Interval Project, a total of 569 individuals. They were divided into three cohorts: frail, moderately healthy and healthy, depending on cognitive and physical function. Albumin, ALT, AST, creatinine and γ-GT were analyzed using routine methods.

Results:
Linear regression predicted factors for 34% of the variance in albumin were activities of daily living (ADL), gender, stroke and cancer. ADLs, gender and weight explained 15% of changes in ALT. For AST levels, ADLs, cancer and analgesics explained 5% of changes. Kidney disease, gender, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease explained 25% of the variation in creatinine levels and MMSE explained three per cent of γ-GT variation.

Conclusions:
Because a group of people are at the same age, they should not be assessed the same way. To interpret results of laboratory tests in elderly is a complex task, where reference intervals are one part, but far from the only one, to take into consideration.
Laboratory performance of sweat conductivity for the screening of cystic fibrosis
Authors: Greaves Ronda F. , Jolly Lisa , Massie John , Scott Sue , Wiley Veronica C. , Metz Michael P. , Mackay Richard J. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Background:
There are several complementary English-language guidelines for the performance of the sweat chloride test. These guidelines also incorporate information for the collection of conductivity samples. However, recommendations for the measurement and reporting of sweat conductivity are less clear than for sweat chloride. The aim of the study was to develop an understanding of the testing and reporting practices of sweat conductivity in Australasian laboratories.

Methods:
A survey specifically directed at conductivity testing was sent to the 12 laboratories registered with the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs.

Results:
Nine (75%) laboratories participated in the survey, seven of whom used Wescor Macroduct® for collecting sweat and the Wescor SWEAT·CHEK™ for conductivity testing, and the remaining two used the Wescor Nanoduct®. There was considerable variation in frequency and staffing for this test. Likewise, criteria about which patients it was inappropriate to test, definitions of adequate collection sweat rate, cutoffs and actions recommended on the basis of the result showed variations between laboratories.

Conclusions:
Variations in sweat conductivity testing and reporting reflect many of the same issues that were revealed in sweat chloride test audits and have the potential to lead to uncertainty about the result and the proper action in response to the result. We recommend that sweat testing guidelines should include clearer statements about the use of sweat conductivity.
Characterization of the Ag43Cu37Zn20 alloy surface after potentiostatic polarization using LDI-TOF mass spectrometry
Authors: Vurdelja Borislava D. , Dimitrijević Stevan P. , Dimitrijević Silvana B. , Kamberović Željko J. , Veličković Suzana R. 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThis work is the first to demonstrate the possibilities of direct analysis of the corrosion film formed on Ag43Cu37Zn20 alloy using laser desorption/ionization (LDI) on a commercial matrix-assisted LDI time of flight mass spectrometry (MS) instrument. In the LDI mass spectra measured from the water solution of the corrosion film, the ion species Zn+, Zn(H2O)+, AgH+, Cu2H+, Cu2O(OH)+, Cu3O(OH)+ (high intensity), and Cu(OH)(H2O)+, ZnCl(OH)(H2O)+, AgCl+, CuCl+ (low intensity) were identified. The LDI mass spectra of the propan-2-ol solution of the corrosion film contains the ions Zn5Cl(OH)3(H2O)11+, Zn5Cl2(OH)8(H2O)6+, and Zn5Cl2(OH)(H2O)14+. Mass spectra were observed at laser energies in the range of 1340–1860 arbitrary units in positive ion mode. Previously, Raman spectra and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of the same anodic film have shown similar results as LDI MS – that the anodic film contains the mixture of Ag, Cu2O, CuCl, Zn5Cl2(OH)8·H2O, and β-Zn(OH)Cl. LDI MS could be a complementary method for XRD and Raman, as demonstrated in this investigation. The LDI MS method greatly reduces the analysis time and amount of the sample compared to traditional methods. For this reason, the LDI MS method can be a useful tool for the fast qualitative screening of corrosion films.
Sunflower’s Productivity in the Context of Climatic Changes on Republic of Moldova’s Territory
Authors: Nedealcov Maria , Duca Maria , Dencicov Lidia 
Published: October 2017

AbstractCurrent climate change represents a serious threats to sustainable development by its accelerated its pace of manifestations and inability to adequately adapt to these changes. Increasing intensity and frequency of climate change’ related risk have conditioned the need to conduct a parallel study on the specifics of regional climate change and weather-climate risks’ manifestation. The results indicate that the financial damage caused by some climatic related risks in recent years can substantially destabilize the country’s economy.
Characterization of residual lignin in cellulose isolated by the diglyme method from three Pinus species by IR spectroscopy and analytical pyrolysis
Authors: Alves Ana , Santos Sara , Simões Rita , Rodrigues José 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Quantitative determination of cellulose content by means of diglyme [bis(2-methoxyethyl) ether] isolation is useful for rapid screening experiments. However, diglyme isolation from softwoods results in a certain amount of residual lignin in the cellulose. In this paper, the lignin content (L) in diglyme cellulose of three pine species (Pinus halepensis Miller, Pinus sylvestris L. and Pinus pinaster Aiton) was analysed by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and analytical pyrolysis (Py). Py allowed lignin quantification. The influence of wood milling on cellulose yield was also analyzed and it was shown that a particle size between 10 and 60 mesh did not noticeably influence the cellulose yield or L; however, ball-milling to powder did cause a cellulose loss of around 37%. The diglyme method is only reproducible if the experimental parameters are standardized and meticulously followed.
An Efficient Wavelet-Based Collocation Method for Handling Singularly Perturbed Boundary-Value Problems in Fluid Mechanics
Authors: Shah Firdous A. , Abass Rustam 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
In this article, we develop an accurate and efficient wavelet-based collocation method for solving both linear and nonlinear singularly perturbed boundary-value problems that arise in fluid mechanics. The properties of the Haar wavelet expansions together with operational matrix of integration are used to convert the underlying problems into systems of algebraic equations which can be efficiently solved by suitable solvers. The performance of the numerical scheme is assessed and tested on specific test problems and the comparisons are given with other methods existing in the recent literature. The numerical outcomes indicate that the method yields highly accurate results and is computationally more efficient than the existing ones.
An isobolographic analysis of the anti-nociceptive effect of geraniin in combination with morphine or diclofenac
Authors: Boakye-Gyasi Eric , Kasanga Ella Anle , Ameyaw Elvis Ofori , Abotsi Wonder Kofi Mensah , Biney Robert Peter , Agyare Christian , Woode Eric 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Background:
Geraniin, a dehydroellagitannin, is a major component of the aqueous extract of the aerial parts of Phyllanthus muellerianus (Kuntze) Exell. (Euphorbiaceae). Several Phyllanthus species are traditionally used for painful disorders. The anti-nociceptive effects of the aqueous extract of the aerial parts of P. muellerianus and of geraniin have been scientifically established. The aim of the paper is to determine whether a combination of geraniin and diclofenac or geraniin and morphine leads to better anti-nociceptive effects.

Methods:
The nature of the interactions of morphine and diclofenac with geraniin was evaluated by undertaking the isobolographic analysis. Mice were treated with geraniin (3–30 mg/kg), morphine (1–10 mg/kg), and diclofenac (10–100 mg/kg) to obtain the ED50 values of the agents in the formalin test. Dose-response curves were then obtained and analyzed after the co-administration of geraniin with morphine or diclofenac in fixed ratio (1:1) combinations based on specific fractions (1/2, 1/4, and 1/8) of their respective ED50 values for the formalin test.

Results:
Geraniin was less potent than morphine but more potent than diclofenac in the formalin-induced nociception. The isobolographic analysis of geraniin/morphine (G/M) and geraniin/diclofenac combinations (G/D) at different fractions revealed the potentiation of their anti-nociceptive effects. The degrees of potentiation, which were calculated as interaction indices, showed synergism for both combinations in both phase I (G/M: 0.040, G/D: 0.017) and phase II (G/M: 0.004, G/D: 0.002) of the formalin test.

Conclusions:
The present study demonstrates synergism for the co-administration of geraniin with both morphine and diclofenac.
Cost Analysis of the Country of Georgia’s Street Level Drug Testing Policy
Authors: Bergen-Cico Dessa , Otiashvili David , Kirtadze Irma , Zabransky Tomas , Tsertsvadze Vano 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Background
In 2006 the country of Georgia implemented Article 45 of the Administrative code and Article 273 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, a public policy that enable police to detain any individual, anywhere, at any time on grounds of suspicion of drug use; and require them to submit to urine screening to test for the presence of illegal drugs and their metabolites. This policy is referred to as the street drug testing policy. Positive drug screening results in fines and potential jail time. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a cost analysis of this policy and assess the execution of the policy and the extent to which the policy meets its stated aims.

Methods
This study employed cost analysis methodology to calculate annual direct material and labor costs associated with carrying out Georgia’s street level drug testing policy. These costs encompassed law enforcement, drug testing, associated judicial processes, imprisonment and income offset through fines collected during the two years covered in this study (2008 and 2014). In addition, we measured: fidelity of the execution of the policy measured by the accuracy of the percentage of people detained who were found to actually have used drugs; and the policy’s effectiveness in deterring drug use among those who tested positive. Impact on drug use behavior was measured through impact analysis interviews conducted with a national sample of 500 detainees who tested positive for drugs under Article 45 and Article 273.

Results
Using conservative financial estimates the cost of carrying out the policy offset by fine revenues broke even in 2008 (−111,889 GEL); however, by 2014 the costs increased 20 % in conjunction with an 18 % increase in the number of people detained for testing. However, the percentage of people who tested positive for drugs declined 39 % indicating decreased fidelity in the execution of the policy; accompanied by a financial imbalance of −10,277,909 GEL. Moreover, effectiveness analysis revealed that within one month of being detained and having tested positive for drug use, over 90 % of individuals had returned to pre-detention drug use levels, and within 12 months 100 % of detainees had resumed prior drug use behaviors.

Conclusion
The financial costs associated with Georgia’s street level drug screening policy has rapidly increased while becoming decreasingly accurate and efficient in its execution. Moreover, data indicates that the policy is not effective in reducing or stopping drug use among those who tested positive. In conclusion, it is fiscally unsustainable to continue the policy as it is being executed and the policy is ineffective in changing drug use behavior among people who use illegal substances.
Makorin ring finger 3 gene analysis in Koreans with familial precocious puberty
Authors: Jeong Hwal Rim , Lee Hae Sang , Hwang Jin Soon 
Published: October 2017

AbstractBackground:Precocious puberty is known as an idiopathic, sporadic disease. Recently, specific mutations have been shown to cause familial central precocious puberty (CPP). The makorin ring finger 3 (Objective:To identifyMethods:26 patients with CPP and their parents (total 13 families) were recruited. We measured endocrine and auxological parameters, and sequenced allResults:We found noConclusions:mutation is uncommon in Korean patients with familial CPP. Ethnic variation in the
Oral health status of children with type 1 diabetes: a comparative study
Authors: Ismail Ahmad Faisal , McGrath Colman Patrick , Yiu Cynthia K.Y. 
Published: October 2017

AbstractBackground:The aim of this study was to compare the oral health status of children with type 1 diabetes and healthy controls.Methods:This comparative study involved 64 children, 32 children with type 1 diabetes and 32 age- and gender-matched controls. Oral health examination was conducted using WHO criteria. Dental caries experience was recorded using DMFT/dmft index and periodontal parameters were assessed using plaque, gingivitis, gingival bleeding and calculus indexes. Dental caries and periodontal parameters between the two groups were compared using the Mann-Whitney U-test.Results:Children with diabetes exhibited significantly greater plaque deposits (p=0.01) and a higher mean plaque index (p<0.01), when compared to healthy subjects. No significant difference in DMFT and dmft scores, mean bleeding index, calculus index and gingival index was found between the two groups.Conclusions:Children with type 1 diabetes had a poor oral health status with greater plaque accumulation than children without diabetes.
Persistent de Quervain tenosynovitis induced by somatotropin treatment
Authors: Yurdakul Ozan Volkan , Aytüre Lütfiye , Yalçinkaya Ebru Yilmaz 
Published: October 2017

AbstractBackground:Growth hormone deficiency is a well-known clinical entity that is usually treated with somatotropin (growth hormone). Growth hormone has some frequent side effects such as intracranial hypertension, lymphedema and diabetes mellitus.Case presentation:We report the case of a 14-year-old girl with a history of wrist pain and clumsiness. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed de Quervain tenosynovitis. The patient had a history of using growth hormones for 12 months. We conservatively managed the patient with corticosteroid injections and oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and followed the course. However, the conservative treatment methods failed, and we recommended surgery, which was rejected. She was given nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and was followed up for 2 years, at the end of which her visual analog scale had decreased from 80 to 50.Conclusions:To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of de Quervain tenosynovitis related to somatotropin treatment. Physicians should consider the possibility of musculoskeletal side effects after somatotropin treatment.
Severe complications after initial management of hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome and diabetic ketoacidosis with a standard diabetic ketoacidosis protocol
Authors: Nambam Bimota , Menefee Emily , Gungor Neslihan , Mcvie Robert 
Published: October 2017

AbstractHyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS) is a clinical entity not identical to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), and with a markedly higher mortality. Children with HHS can also present with concomitant DKA. Patients with HHS (with or without DKA) are profoundly dehydrated but often receive inadequate fluid resuscitation as well as intravenous insulin therapy based on traditional DKA protocols, and this can lead to devastating consequences. In this article, we briefly review HHS along with a report of an adolescent who presented with HHS and DKA and was initially managed as DKA. She went into hypotensive shock and developed severe, multiorgan failure. A thorough understanding of the pathophysiology of HHS and its differences from DKA in terms of initial management is crucial to guide management and improve outcomes. Additionally, fluid therapy in amounts concordant with the degree of dehydration remains the mainstay therapy.