bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Genotype of Brahman and Brahman Cross Cattle based on SNP in Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3) gene sequences
Authors: PRIYADI DWI AHMAD , PANJONO PANJONO , BINTARA SIGIT , HARTATIK TETY 
Published: May 2017

Priyadi DA, Panjono, Bintara S, Hartatik T. 2017. The genotype of Brahman and Brahman Cross Cattle based on SNP in Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3) gene sequences. Biodiversitas 18: 795-800. The IGFBP-3 gene is a potential marker of cattle growth, which is related to the functions that influence the growth, energy metabolism, reproduction and immunity. The genome was isolated from whole blood samples of 10 Brahman cattle and 16 Brahman Cross cattle. Cattle IGFBP-3 gene that targeted in this study was located in the part of intron 2, exon 3 and part of intron 3. The gene targets were amplified using specific primers by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique, resulting 563 bp amplification product. As data comparison to reveal the SNP, the GenBank sequences (n = 14) from various breed and countries were used. The objective of this study was to reveal the SNP on the Brahman and Brahman Cross IGFBP-3 gene. The results obtained 3 genotypes from one SNP that spread in the sample population. The SNP was located in intron 2 at position 3,930 (Gïƒ A). The Polymorphism could be recognized by PvuII restriction enzymes. There was not enough evidence to associate the SNP with the phenotype (at pre-weaning age) of Brahman and Brahman Cross cattle. There was a genetic diversity in the population studied. Knowledgeable SNP could be used as genetic markers for further research on Brahman and Brahman Cross cattle.
A survey of patients’ views from eight European countries of interpretive support from Specialists in Laboratory Medicine
Authors: Watson Ian D. , Oosterhuis Wytze P. , Jorgensen Per E. , Dikmen Z. Gunnur , Siodmiak Joanna , Jovicic Snezana , Aakre Kristin M. , Palicka Vladimir , Kutt Marge 
Published: May 2017

AbstractBackground:There is increasing interest in direct patient engagement including receiving their laboratory medicine results. We previously established an appetite for Specialists in Laboratory Medicine to support patients in understanding results. The aim of this study was to establish whether patients agreed with such an approach, determined through surveying views in eight European countries.Methods:A standardized five-question survey was administered across eight European countries to a total of 1084 individuals attending medical outpatient clinics, with 100 patients each in Poland, Serbia, Netherlands, Turkey and Czech Republic, 101 in Estonia, 116 in Denmark and 367 in Norway. The responses across countries were compared using the chi-square test (p<0.05).Results:Patients wanting their results ranged from 50% to 94% (mean 65%) of those responding positively, a mean of 72% wanted additional information with their results; direct receipt was preferred over referral to a website. Specialists in Laboratory Medicine providing such information were acceptable to a mean of 62% of those respondents wishing their results; in countries where payment was possible, there was little interest in making additional payment for such a service.Conclusions:A clear proportion of patients are interested in receiving their laboratory medicine results, the majority with explanatory notes; a role for Specialists in Laboratory Medicine is acceptable and raises the potential for direct engagement by such specialists with patients offering a new paradigm for the provision of laboratory medicine activities.
Mean curvature flow of noncompact hypersurfaces with Type-II curvature blow-up
Authors: Isenberg James , Wu Haotian 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
We study the phenomenon of Type-II curvature blow-up in mean curvature flows of rotationally symmetric noncompact embedded hypersurfaces. Using analytic techniques based on formal matched asymptotics and the construction of upper and lower barrier solutions enveloping formal solutions with prescribed behavior, we show that for each initial hypersurface considered, a mean curvature flow solution exhibits the following behavior near the “vanishing” time T: (1) The highest curvature concentrates at the tip of the hypersurface (an umbilic point), and for each choice of the parameter

γ
>

1
2

{\gamma>\frac{1}{2}}

, there is a solution with the highest curvature blowing up at the rate

(

T
-
t

)

-

(

γ
+

1
2

)

{(T-t)^{{-(\gamma+\frac{1}{2})}}}

. (2) In a neighborhood of the tip, the solution converges to a translating soliton which is a higher-dimensional analogue of the “Grim Reaper” solution for the curve-shortening flow. (3) Away from the tip, the flow surface approaches a collapsing cylinder at a characteristic rate dependent on the parameter γ.
On two questions concerning representations distinguished by the Galois involution
Authors: Gurevich Maxim , Ma Jia-Jun , Mitra Arnab 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Let

E
/
F

{E/F}

be a quadratic extension of non-archimedean local fields of characteristic 0.
In this paper, we investigate two approaches which attempt to describe the irreducible smooth representations of

GL
n

⁢

(
E
)

{\mathrm{GL}_{n}(E)}

that are distinguished by its subgroup

GL
n

⁢

(
F
)

{\mathrm{GL}_{n}(F)}

.
One relates this class to representations which come as base change lifts from a quasi-split unitary group over F, while another deals with a certain symmetry condition.
By characterizing the union of images of the base change maps, we show that these two approaches are closely related.
Using this observation, we are able to prove a statement relating base change and distinction for ladder representations.
We then produce a wide family of examples in which the symmetry condition does not impose

GL
n

⁢

(
F
)

{\mathrm{GL}_{n}(F)}

-distinction, and thus exhibit the limitations of these two approaches.
Regularity of complex geodesics and (non-)Gromov hyperbolicity of convex tube domains
Authors: Pflug Peter , Zwonek Włodzimierz 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
We deliver examples of non-Gromov hyperbolic tube domains with convex bases (equipped with the Kobayashi distance). This is shown by providing a criterion on non-Gromov hyperbolicity of (non-smooth) domains. The results show the similarity of geometry of the bases of non-Gromov hyperbolic tube domains with the geometry of non-Gromov hyperbolic convex domains. A connection between the Hilbert metric of a convex domain Ω in

ℝ
n

{\mathbb{R}^{n}}

with the Kobayashi distance of the tube domain over the domain Ω is also shown. Moreover, continuity properties up to the boundary of complex geodesics in tube domains with a smooth convex bounded base are also studied in detail.
A two-dimensional backward heat problem with statistical discrete data
Authors: Minh Nguyen Dang , To Duc Khanh , Tuan Nguyen Huy , Trong Dang Duc 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
We focus on the nonhomogeneous backward heat problem of finding the initial temperature

θ
=

θ
⁢

(
x
,
y
)

=

u
⁢

(
x
,
y
,
0
)

{\theta=\theta(x,y)=u(x,y,0)}

such that

{

u
t

-

a
⁢

(
t
)

⁢

(

u

x
⁢
x

+

u

y
⁢
y

)

=

f
⁢

(
x
,
y
,
t
)

,

(
x
,
y
,
t
)

∈

Ω
×

(
0
,
T
)

,

u
⁢

(
x
,
y
,
t
)

=
0

,

(
x
,
y
)

∈

∂
⁡
Ω

×

(
0
,
T
)

,

u
⁢

(
x
,
y
,
T
)

=

h
⁢

(
x
,
y
)

,

(
x
,
y
)

∈

Ω
¯

,

\left\{\begin{aligned} \displaystyle u_{t}-a(t)(u_{xx}+u_{yy})&\displaystyle=f%
(x,y,t),&\hskip 10.0pt(x,y,t)&\displaystyle\in\Omega\times(0,T),\\
\displaystyle u(x,y,t)&\displaystyle=0,&\hskip 10.0pt(x,y)&\displaystyle\in%
\partial\Omega\times(0,T),\\
\displaystyle u(x,y,T)&\displaystyle=h(x,y),&\hskip 10.0pt(x,y)&\displaystyle%
\in\overline{\Omega},\end{aligned}\right.\vspace*{-0.5mm}

where

Ω
=

(
0
,
π
)

×

(
0
,
π
)

{\Omega=(0,\pi)\times(0,\pi)}

. In the problem, the source

f
=

f
⁢

(
x
,
y
,
t
)

{f=f(x,y,t)}

and the final data

h
=

h
⁢

(
x
,
y
)

{h=h(x,y)}

are determined through random noise data

g

i
⁢
j

⁢

(
t
)

{g_{ij}(t)}

and

d

i
⁢
j

{d_{ij}}

satisfying the regression models

g

i
⁢
j

⁢

(
t
)

=

f
⁢

(

X
i

,

Y
j

,
t
)

+

ϑ
⁢

ξ

i
⁢
j

⁢

(
t
)

,

\displaystyle g_{ij}(t)=f(X_{i},Y_{j},t)+\vartheta\xi_{ij}(t),

d

i
⁢
j

=

h
⁢

(

X
i

,

Y
j

)

+

σ

i
⁢
j

⁢

ε

i
⁢
j

,

\displaystyle d_{ij}=h(X_{i},Y_{j})+\sigma_{ij}\varepsilon_{ij},

where

(

X
i

,

Y
j

)

{(X_{i},Y_{j})}

are grid points of Ω. The problem is severely ill-posed.
To regularize the instable solution of the problem, we use the trigonometric least squares method in nonparametric regression associated with the projection method. In addition, convergence rate is also investigated numerically.
Depth dependent resolution in Electrical Impedance Tomography
Authors: Alessandrini Giovanni , Scapin Andrea 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
We consider the two-dimensional version of Calderòn’s problem. When the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map is assumed to be known up to an error level

ε
0

{\varepsilon_{0}}

, we investigate how the resolution in the determination of the unknown conductivity deteriorates the farther one goes from the boundary. We provide explicit formulas for the resolution, which apply to conductivities which are perturbations, concentrated near an interior point q, of the homogeneous conductivity.
Plasma free fatty acids in hyperemesis gravidarum pregnancy
Authors: Ulubay Mustafa , Ozturk Mustafa , Ozturk Ozlem , Keskin Ugur , Fidan Ulas , Sertoglu Erdim , Aydin Hakan , Yilmaz Ali , Cemal Yenen Mufit 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
We evaluated the free fatty acids differences in plasma between hyperemesis gravidarum(HG) and healthy pregnant in first trimester pregnancy.

Objective
We aimed to compare the plasma levels of DHA, AA and EPA, between HG patients and healthy pregnant women

Design
Fifty-two pregnants were involved in the study. Twenty-six pregnants of them were HG as study group, and twenty-six pregnants were enrolled as healthy pregnant women at the similar gestational age. The saturated fatty acids C14, C15, C16, C18, C20, C22, and C24; the omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid, (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid, (DHA); the omega-6 fatty acids linoleic acid, arachidonic acid (AA), and homo-gamma-linolenic acid; and the omega-9 fatty acids oleic acid, erucic acid, and nervonic acid were analysed by gas chromatography.

Results
Statistically differences was not seen between the groups with maternal age, gestational age, or plasma levels of EPA, DHA, and AA. Statistically significant difference was seen between the groups with plasma levels of C20 and C22(p<0.05). C20 was declined but C22 was rised in the HG patients.

Conclusion
EPA, DHA, or AA, which related to placental and fetal neural development are not changing from Hyperemesis gravidarum.
Brain strokes related to aortic aneurysma – the analysis of three cases
Authors: Pastuszak Żanna , Stępień Adam , Kordowska Joanna , Rolewska Agnieszka , Galbarczyk Dariusz 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Brain stroke connected with aortic blood flow disturbances is a rare disease and its incidence is difficult to assume. Nevertheless, 10-50% of patients with aortic dissection may not experience any pain. In case of 18-30% patients with aortic dissection neurological signs are first disease presentation and among them ischemic stroke is the most common. The most popular aortic dissection classification is with use of Stanford system. Type A involves the ascending aorta and type B is occurring distal to the subclavian artery. Aortic dissection risk factors include hypertension, cystic medionecrosis, bicuspid aortic valve and Marfan’s or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Influence of the polyacrylonitrile proportion on the fabricated UF blend membranes’ performance for humic acid removal
Authors: Abdallah Heba , Jamil Tarek S. , Shaban A.M. , Mansor Eman S. , Souaya Eglal R. 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Asymmetric blend membranes of polyethersulfone (PES)/polyacrylonitrile (PAN) were prepared and developed for ultrafiltration applications. The membranes were prepared by dissolving two polymers in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as a solvent with diethylene glycol (DEG) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as non-solvent and pore former, respectively. The produced membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and the hydrophilicity of membranes was tested by contact angle measurements. The performance of prepared membranes was carried out by an ultrafiltration testing unit, where the efficiency of membranes was determined according to the humic acid separation and treated water permeate flux. The results indicated that using 1 wt.% of PAN in polymer mixture provided a blending membrane with high mechanical properties and high performance; the humic acid rejection reached 92.47% with treated water permeate flux 70 l/m2·h at feed pressure 6 bar.
Europeanization and minority policies in post-conflict Kosovo. Genuine inclusion or window dressing?
Authors: Potter Michael 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
This paper examines the position of minorities in Kosovo in the light of Kosovo’s potential candidacy as a member state of the European Union (EU). The paper contends that although the international community has constructed a comprehensive suite of protections and guarantees for minorities, nation-building by internal actors in Kosovo has followed an exclusively ethnocentric dominant narrative, running counter to the state-building project, which promotes a multiethnic Kosovo. The paper considers this dichotomy in the context of Kosovo’s Europeanization. It is concluded that the conditionality principle is not sufficiently defined or measurable in order to set criteria relating to the inclusion or exclusion of minorities in Kosovo to significantly influence decisions on EU membership.
Security sector reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A case study of the Europeanization of the Western Balkans
Authors: Kudlenko Anastasiia 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Security sector reform (SSR) has become an important part of the EU’s efforts to transform the Western Balkans from a conflict-ridden area into a stable and democratic part of Europe. This paper studies SSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as an illustration of the multifaceted and complex Europeanization policies employed by the EU in the region. It does not present a study of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) missions, as there is already a wealth of material available on this subject, but offers instead a broader examination of changes in two sectors of BiH’s security system with the aim of improving understanding of the EU’s impact on the domestic environments of candidate states. Its main argument is that the EU used police and intelligence reforms in Bosnia, both of which were part and parcel of the SSR efforts in the country, as state-building tools. But because domestic competence in Bosnia was lacking and the EU was rather inexperienced in implementing SSR, the reforms have had a mixed record of success and reveal the limitations of the region’s Europeanization.
Mirroring transitional justice. Construction and impact of European Union ICTY-conditionality
Authors: Wentholt Niké 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
The European Union (EU) developed a state-building strategy for the aspiring member states in the Western Balkans. Demanding full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the EU made transitional justice part of the accession demands. Scholars have recently criticized the EU’s limited focus on retributive justice as opposed to restorative justice. This paper goes beyond such impact-orientated analyses by asking why the EU engaged with retributive transitional justice in the first place. The EU constructed ICTY-conditionality by mirroring its own post-Second World War experiences to the envisioned post-conflict trajectory of the Western Balkans. The EU therefore expected the court to contribute to reconciliation, democratization and the rule of law. Using Serbia as a case study, this article examines the conditionality’s context, specificities and discursive claims. Finally, it relates these findings to the agenda of a promising regional initiative prioritizing restorative justice (RECOM) and sheds new light on the impact of ICTY-conditionality on transitional justice in the Western Balkans.
Counting for what purpose? The paradox of including ethnic and cultural questions in the censuses of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia
Authors: Hoh Anna-Lena 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
The Western Balkan countries are on the long road to European Union (EU) membership. One aspect of the accession process is the requirement for a population census, which falls under the acquis communautaire chapter covering the statistics needed. In the Western Balkans, censuses have included questions on ethnicity, language, and religion. The collection of data on ethnic and cultural characteristics raises an unresolved paradox: such questions are highly sensitive, but, in order to be able to protect minorities through, for example, antidiscrimination laws, the authorities need to know that these minorities exist. This article uses the additional coverage model mixed methods approach to illustrate the effects of including ethnic and cultural characteristics in the census questionnaires in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia, where population numbers are used to determine group rights and/or proportional representation. The article argues that, although taking a census forms part of the EU conditions, it is not possible to speak of Europeanization in this area, since there is no coherent European approach on how to collect ethnic and cultural data. However, as what appears in the censuses is linked to rights, the census processes can be highly politicized, and this is being overlooked in the general process of Europeanization.
Talk the talk, or walk the walk? Changing narratives in Europeanization research
Authors: Agarin Timofey , Yilmaz Gözde 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Over the past two decades, there has been a growing interest in Europeanization, both within and beyond the European Union (EU). The impact of Eastern enlargement in 2004 on candidate and neighbourhood countries has attracted scholarly attention, and a consensus currently exists on the success of the EU’s transformative power through the employment of a conditionality mechanism. However, the limits of EU conditionality upon candidate countries and neighbourhood Europeanization, in addition to the problems experienced by the EU itself, have brought into question whether the end of Europeanization research is in sight. Considering this, we critically evaluate the issues discussed in the scholarship on Europeanization and review several points of interest in relation to EU candidate countries in the Western Balkans as well as Turkey.
Effect of Short-term Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation and Precooling on Serum Endogenous Antioxidant Enzymes of Elite Swimmers
Authors: Emami Ali , Tofighi Asghar , Asri-Rezaei Siamak , Bazargani-Gilani Behnaz 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Emami, A, Tofighi, A, Asri-Rezaei, S, and Bazargani-Gilani, B. Effect of short-term coenzyme Q10 supplementation and precooling on serum endogenous antioxidant enzymes of elite swimmers. J Strength Cond Res 32(5): 1431–1439, 2018—This study aimed to investigate the effect of the use of a 2-week precooling strategy and supplementation coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) on superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and serum glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in elite, adolescent swimmers during heavy and regular trainings and recording of freestyle swimming. Thirty-six healthy males (mean ± SD; age: 17.5 ± 1.1 years, body fat content: 14.55 ± 1.75%) were randomly selected and divided into 4 groups of CoQ10 (300 mg·d−1), precooling (immersion in the water at 18 ± 0.5° C), supplementation with precooling, and control, each with 9 participants. During an 18-session protocol in the morning and evening, participants attended speed and endurance trainings for 5 km every session. A 3-stage blood sampling was conducted before the first recording and before and after the second recording in 800, 200, and 50 m. Repeated measurement and the Bonferroni correction were used for the statistical analyses of the data (α = 0.05). According to the results, there was no significant difference between the mean serum level of SOD, CAT, and GPx in the groups at the first stage of blood sampling (p > 0.05). At the third stage, a significant difference was observed among all groups (p < 0.05). At the second stage, precooling and control groups show a significant increase compared with the supplementation and supplementation with precooling groups (p < 0.05). As an antioxidant essential for adenosine triphosphate synthesis, CoQ10 supplementation prevented adverse changes of antioxidant enzymes during heavy trainings and swimming recording and decreased the serum level, while precooling individually increased serum level of antioxidant enzymes by itself.
Short-Term Heat Acclimation and Precooling, Independently and Combined, Improve 5-km Time Trial Performance in the Heat
Authors: James Carl A. , Richardson Alan J. , Watt Peter W. , Willmott Ashley G.B. , Gibson Oliver R. , Maxwell Neil S. 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
James, CA, Richardson, AJ, Watt, PW, Willmott, AGB, Gibson, OR, and Maxwell, NS. Short-term heat acclimation and precooling, independently and combined, improve 5-km time trial performance in the heat. J Strength Cond Res 32(5): 1366–1375, 2018—Following heat acclimation (HA), endurance running performance remains impaired in hot vs. temperate conditions. Combining HA with precooling (PC) demonstrates no additive benefit in intermittent sprint, or continuous cycling exercise protocols, during which heat strain may be less severe compared to endurance running. This study investigated the effect of short-term HA (STHA) combined with mixed methods PC, on endurance running performance and directly compared PC and HA. Nine amateur trained runners completed 5-km treadmill time trials (TTs) in the heat (32° C, 60% relative humidity) under 4 conditions; no intervention (CON), PC, short-term HA (5 days—HA) and STHA with PC (HA + PC). Mean (±SD) performance times were; CON 1,476 (173) seconds, PC 1,421 (146) seconds, HA 1,378 (116) seconds and HA + PC 1,373 (121) seconds. This equated to the following improvements versus CON; PC −3.7%, HA −6.6% and HA + PC −7.0%. Statistical differences were only observed between HA and CON (p = 0.004, d = 0.68, 95% CI [−0.27 to 1.63]) however, similar effect sizes were observed for HA + PC vs. CON (d = 0.70, 95% CI [−0.25 to 1.65]), with smaller effects between PC vs. CON (d = 0.34, 95% CI [−0.59 to 1.27]), HA vs. PC (d = 0.33, 95% CI [−0.60 to 1.26]) and HA + PC vs. PC (d = 0.36, 95% CI [−0.57 to 1.29]). Pilot testing revealed a TT typical error of 16 seconds (1.2%). Precooling offered no further benefit to performance in the acclimated individual, despite modest alleviation of physiological strain. Maintenance of running speed in HA + PC, despite reduced physiological strain, may indicate an inappropriate pacing strategy therefore, further familiarization is recommended to optimize a combined strategy. Finally, these data indicate HA, achieved through cycle training, yields a larger ergogenic effect than PC on 5-km running performance in the heat, although PC remains beneficial when HA is not possible.