bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
More than Meets the Eye: A Primer for “Timing of Locomotor Recovery from Anoxia Modulated by the white Gene in Drosophila melanogaster”
Authors: Hersh Bradley M 
Published: December 2016

Summary
A single gene might have several functions within an organism, and so mutational loss of that gene has multiple effects across different physiological systems in the organism. Though the white gene in Drosophila melanogaster was identified originally for its effect on fly eye color, an article by Xiao and Robertson in the June 2016 issue of GENETICS describes a function for the white gene in the response of Drosophila to oxygen deprivation. This Primer article provides background information on the white gene, the phenomenon of pleiotropy, and the molecular and genetic approaches used in the study to demonstrate a new behavioral function for the white gene.
Comparison of diagnostics of bacterial vaginosis according to clinical signs with results of laboratory investigations
Authors: Shipitsina Elena V. , Khusnutdinova Tatyana A. , Ryzhkova Olga S. , Krysanova Anna A. , Budilovskaya Olga V. , Rybina Elena V. , Vorobyova Nadezhda E. , Savicheva Alevtina M. , Gushchin Alexander E. 
Published: December 2016

Introduction. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is associated with a number of reproductive health disorders, therefore timely and accurate diagnosis of this condition is exceedingly important. Objective.Comparison of effectiveness of clinical and laboratory diagnostics of BV in women with vaginal discharge. Material and methods. In total, 318 patients addressing gynecological clinics with complaints about vaginal discharge participated in the study. Clinical diagnostics of BV was performed in the clinics participating in patient enrollment in accordance with their clinical practice. For laboratory diagnostics, microscopy of Gram stained smears according to the Nugent method and quantitative real-time PCR were used. Sensitivity and specificity of clinical diagnostics of BV and the molecular method were evaluated using the Nugent method as reference standard. Results. With the Nugent method, BV was diagnosed in 27% of women, with real-time PCR — in 37% of women. Using clinical signs of BV, the condition was diagnosed in 91% women. Sensitivity and specificity of the real-time PCR were 97% and 87%, respectively. Sensitivity of clinical diagnostics was 100%, but specificity was only 17%. Conclusions. Diagnostics of BV based only on the presence of vaginal discharge leads to false positive results and requires laboratory confirmation. The molecular method has a high sensitivity and satisfactory specificity for BV diagnosis and can be used as an alternative to the Nugent method.
Medición de la eficiencia relativa de fincas ganaderas con servicio de asistencia técnica
Authors: Contreras León Adriana Lucía , Rodriguez Lozano Gloria Isabel 
Published: December 2016

<p>El objetivo de esta investigación fue medir la eficiencia relativa de fincas ganaderas a las cuales se les presta el servicio de asistencia técnica, ubicadas en los municipios de Duitama, Belén, Cerinza y Paipa en el departamento de Boyacá, en Colombia. Para el desarrollo de esta investigación se usó la metodología Data Envelopment Analysis – DEA, ya que permite comparar el desempeño relativo de un grupo de unidades que realizan procesos de transformación para producir bienes, utilizando el mismo tipo de recursos para producir el mismo tipo de productos; permitiendo hallar indicador único de eficiencia para cada una de las unidades estudiadas. La asistencia se realizó a 121fincas, las cuales se convirtieron en la población objeto de esta investigación. A nivel de los resultados se evidenció que en más del treinta y cinco por ciento de las fincas el índice de eficiencia es superior al 60 % y para el 25 % de estas fincas su eficiencia es superior al 90 %. Con lo anterior se infiere que las variables de entrada evaluadas inciden de manera positiva en el comportamiento productivo de las fincas analizadas. Adicionalmente se pudo establecer que por la alta heterogeneidad de las fincas ganaderas que reciben asistencia técnica, es necesario hacer un proceso inicial de tipificación de dichas fincas de acuerdo a su tamaño y que adicionalmente se debe conformar los grupos de mejoramiento ganadero teniendo en cuenta las fincas identificadas como referenciales en esta investigación. </p>
Hábitos da população no manejo de resíduos sólidos domiciliares:
Authors: Feitosa Anny Kariny , Barden Júlia Elisabete , Hasan Camila , Konrad Odorico 
Published: December 2016

O objetivo deste estudo é analisar os hábitos da população no manuseio e destinação final dos resíduos sólidos domiciliares na cidade de Juazeiro do Norte, estado do Ceará. Para tanto, realizou-se entrevista em 53 domicílios, distribuídos em seis bairros classificados nos estratos socioeconômicos A, B1, B2, C1, C2 e D. Como resultados, destacam-se: 62,26% dos entrevistados destinam resíduos orgânicos para a coleta convencional do município; 81,13% destinam os materiais plásticos para a coleta convencional, 15,09% doam para catadores de rua; sobre o óleo de cozinha, 24,53% destinam Ã coleta convencional, 30,19% derramam no ralo da pia e 20,76% destinam para a produção de sabão; sobre pilhas e baterias, 84,91% descartam na coleta convencional, 1,89% queima ou enterra e 5,66% entregam em estabelecimentos cadastrados para a logística reversa. É necessário investir em campanhas educativas sobre o descarte adequado de resíduos sólidos no município, contribuindo para o desenvolvimento sustentável da região.
Expletivos nulos e construções de tópico/sujeito no português brasileiro
Authors: Kato Mary Aizawa 
Published: December 2016

Apesar de o Português Brasileiro (PB) estar perdendo o sujeito nulo referencial desde o século passado, o expletivo nulo vem sendo mantido ( Æ chove muito nessas florestas) , apesar de línguas como o francês e o espanhol dominicano terem desenvolvido expletivos lexicais ao lado de sujeitos pronominais referenciais. O que vem sendo notado, entretanto, é que o PB vem desenvolvendo construções pessoais com o sujeito lexical movido por alçamento (Essas florestas chovem muito), aos quais vimos chamando de tópico-sujeito. O presente trabalho descarta duas hipóteses anteriores sobre a sobrevivência das construções com expletivo nulo e defende que as duas construções devem co-existir por não constituirem formas em competição (“doublets”no sentido de Kroch ( 1994)) , sendo a primeira uma construção tética e a segunda uma construção categórica. Estas substituem outras construções categóricas mais antigas, de redobro clítico.
A responsabilidade dos educadores
Authors: Fedre Júlio Penna 
Published: December 2016

Resenha de leitura do livro: Para além da aprendizagem: educação democrática para um futuro humano, publicado pelo filósofo norte americano Gert Biesta originalmente com o título Beyond Learning: Democratic education for a human future. O livro foi publicado no Brasil no ano de 2013 pela editora Autêntica. O manuscrito é fruto de leitura realizada durante as reuniões do Grupo de Pesquisa Políticas e Fundamentos da Educação do qual faço parte pertencente ao Programa de Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Educação da Puc Campinas.
Vibrations attenuation of a system excited by unbalance and the ground movement by an impact element
Authors: Lampart Marek , Zapoměl Jaroslav 
Published: December 2016

Abstract
This paper concentrates on the vibrations attenuation of a rotor driven by a DC motor and its frame flexibly coupled with a baseplate by linear cylindrical helical springs and damped by an element that can work either in inertia or impact regime. The system oscillation is governed by three mutually coupled second-order ordinary differential equations. The nonlinear behaviour occurs if the impact regime is adjusted. The damping element operating in inertia mode reduces efficiently the oscillations amplitude only in a narrow frequency interval. In contrast, the damping device working in impact regime attenuates vibrations of the rotor frame in a wider range of the excitation frequencies and it can be easily extended if the clearances between the rotor casing and the damping element are controlled. The development of a computational procedure for investigation of vibration of a flexibly supported rotor and for its attenuation by the inertia and impact dampers; learning more on efficiency of the individual damping regimes; finding possibilities of extension of the frequency intervals of applicability of the damping device; and obtaining more information on the character of the vibration induced by impacts are the main contributions of this research work.
DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARY SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (DELSMA): PROGRAM BENCHMARKING UNTUK PENINGKATAN MUTU PERPUSTAKAAN PERGURUAN TINGGI KEAGAMAAN ISLAM (PTKI)
Authors: Kardi Kardi 
Published: December 2016

<p><em>The development of library in College of Islamic Studies (PTKI) has rapidly increased, and currently it is not left behind upon the Public Higher Education, as demonstrated by the variety of services provided by PTKI library that bringsits unique and distinctive contribution to the development of library services. This advancement is apart from coaching and escort activities continuously held by Director General of Islamic Education, Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs in improving the quality of librarians and libraries, such as by conducting a benchmarking program in the form of study visits, internships and further study for educators and education staff in PTKI in the field of library and information science, for instance, by holding upcoming Delsma 2015 and 2016.DELSMA is a quality improvement programof PTKI’s library and librarian organized by Diktis MORA RI by sending the selected librarians to various countries where their universities have world-class reputation of libraries. In 2015,some countries or universities were visited, such as Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.Delsma is a very beneficial activity that inspires and motivates librarians to constantly increase knowledge and expertise in a variety of ways, ranging from information technology, system service, work culture, crossculture understanding, and other related benefits of library services.</em></p><p><em>Perkembangan perpustakaan Perguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam (PTKI) semakin menggeliat tidak mau ketinggalan dengan Perguruan Tinggi Umum, terbukti dengan banyaknya layanan-layanan perpustakaan PTKI yang ikut memberikan warna tersendiri dalam kancah pengembangan layanan perpustakaan yang semakin menunjukkan distingsi masing-masing dengan segala upayanya. Hal ini tidak terlepas dari pembinaan dan pengawalan kegiatan-kegiatan terus menerus diselenggarakan Dirjen Pendis Kemenag RI dalam meningkatkan mutu pustakawan dan perpustakaan PTKI, yang diantaranya dengan cara melakukan program benchmarking berupa studi visit, internship dan studi lanjut bagi Tenaga Pendidikan dan Kependidikan di lingkungan PTKI dalam bidang ilmu perpustakaan dan informasi diantaranya dengan diadakannya Delsma 2015 dan 2016 yang akan datang ini.DELSMA adalah program peningkatan mutu perpustakaan dam pustakawan PTKI yang diselenggarakan oleh Diktis Kemenag RI dengan mengirimkan pustakawan terpilih ke negara-negara yang memiliki Perguruan Tinggi yang memiliki reputasi perpustakaan Perguruan Tinggi yang maju. Diantaranya pada tahun 2015 sebagai Negara/Perguruan Tinggi yang dituju adalah Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.Delsma menjadi kegiatan yang memberi inspirasi dan motivasi bagi pustakawan untuk selalu menambah pengetahuan dan keahlian dalam berbagai hal. Mulai dari teknologi informasi, sistem layanan, budaya kerja, crossculture, dan lain-lain.<strong></strong></em></p>
Broncho‐gastric fistula complicating mechanical ventilation
Authors: Atladottir Hjördis Osk , Kim Schønemann Niels 
Published: December 2016

SummaryA broncho‐gastric fistula is a communication between a bronchus and the stomach and is an extremely rare complication following an oesophagectomy. A patient was admitted to the intensive care unit with acute respiratory distress. He had previously undergone a gastric pull‐up and received radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer. Because of a previously undiagnosed broncho‐gastric fistula, there was considerable air leakage during mechanical ventilation that resulted in repeated tracheal intubations during an acute phase, in an unstable patient.To the best of our knowledge, there are no previous reports of a fistula appearing so many years after the original surgery. We emphasize the need to consider the possibility of late complications in patients that have received surgery and/or radiation therapy to the thoracic area.
The role of mechanical circulatory support as destination therapy for ambulatory heart failure
Authors: Kirklin James K 
Published: December 2016

Continuous flow technology has dramatically improved patient survival during ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy in recent years. Health-related quality of life is improved by at least two years. Despite remarkable progress in this field, major adverse events during VAD support limit the effectiveness of this therapy and present major barriers to its extension to ambulatory advanced heart failure patients. The pace of progress will depend on improvements in both the adverse event profile and development of semi-quantitative methodology to calculate and display a composite of survival and health-related quality of life.
Evaluating the impact of grid cell properties in spatial discretization of groundwater model for a tropical karst catchment in Rote Island, Indonesia
Authors: Klaas Dua K. S. Y. , Imteaz Monzur Alam , Arulrajah Arul 
Published: December 2016

AbstractTo assess the effect of three grid cell properties (size, mean slope of the surface and distance between centre of grid and observation well) on groundwater models' performances, a tropical karst catchment characterized by monsoonal season in Rote Island, Indonesia was selected. Here, MODFLOW was used to develop models with five different spatial discretization schemes: 10 × 10 m, 20 × 20 m, 30 × 30 m, 40 × 40 m and 50 × 50 m. Using parameter estimation method, hydraulic conductivity and specific yield values over a selection of pilot points were estimated. The trends of the performances were calculated at each observation well in order to recommend the most appropriate location for observation well placement in terms of topographical characteristic. It is confirmed that the deterioration of model performance is mainly controlled by the increase of distance between well and centre of the cell, and the mean slope of the surface. Results reveal that model performance increases substantially for areas of low slope (&lt;3%) and medium slope (3–10%) for a smaller grid cell size. Therefore, to improve model performance, it is recommended that the observations wells are placed in areas of low and medium slopes.
Inference of basin flood potential using nonlinear hysteresis effect of basin water storage: case study of the Koshi basin
Authors: Chinnasamy Pennan 
Published: December 2016

AbstractCurrent flood forecasting tools for river basins subject to extreme seasonal monsoon rainfall are of limited value because they do not consider nonlinearity between basin hydrological properties. The goal of this study is to develop models that account for nonlinearity relationships in flood forecasting, which can aid future flood warning and evacuation system models. Water storage estimates from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, along with observed discharge and rainfall data were used to develop two multivariate autoregressive monthly discharge models. Model-I was based on rainfall only, while Model-II was based on rainfall and water storage estimates for the Koshi subbasin within the Ganges River basin. Results indicate that the saturation of water storage units in the basin play a vital role in the prediction of peak floods with lead times of 1 to 12 months. Model-II predicted monthly discharge with Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) ranging from 0.66 to 0.87, while NSE was 0.4 to 0.85 for Model-I. Model-II was then tested with a 3-month lead to predict the 2008 Koshi floods – with NSE of 0.75. This is the first study to use ‘fixed effects’ multivariate regression in flood prediction, accounting for the nonlinear hysteresis effect of basin storage on floods.
Predicted Values for Spirometry may Underestimate Long-Standing Asthma Severity
Authors: Sposato Bruno 
Published: December 2016

Background:
Asthma may show an accelerated lung function decline. Asthmatics, although having FEV1 and FEV1/VC (and z-scores) higher than the lower limit of normality, may show a significant FEV1 decline when compared to previous measurements. We assessed how many asymptomatic long-standing asthmatics (LSA) with normal lung function showed a significant FEV1 decline when an older FEV1 was taken as reference point.

Methods:
46 well-controlled LSA (age: 48.8±12.1; 23 females) with normal FEV1 and FEV1/VC according to GLI2012 references (FEV1: 94.8±10.1%, z-score:-0.38±0.79; FEV1/VC: 79.3±5.2, z-score:-0.15±0.77) were selected. We considered FEV1 decline, calculated by comparing the latest value to one at least five years older or to the highest predicted value measured at 21 years for females and 23 for males. A FEV1 decline >15% or 30 ml/years was regarded as pathological.

Results:
When comparing the latest FEV1 to an at least 5-year-older one (mean 8.1±1.4 years between 2 measurements), 14 subjects (30.4%) showed a FEV1 decline <5% (mean: -2.2±2.6%), 19 (41.3%) had a FEV1 5-15% change (mean: -9.2±2.5%) and 13 (28.3%) a FEV1 decrease>15% (mean: -18.3±2.4). Subjects with a FEV1 decline>30 ml/year were 28 (60.8%). When using the highest predicted FEV1 as reference point and declines were corrected by subtracting the physiological decrease, 6 (13%) patients showed a FEV1 decline higher than 15%, whereas asthmatics with a FEV1 loss>30 ml/year were 17 (37%).

Conclusion:
FEV1 decline calculation may show how severe asthma actually is, avoiding a bronchial obstruction underestimation and a possible under-treatment in lots of apparent “well-controlled” LSA with GLI2012-normal-range lung function values.
Surfing Injuries in Norwegian Arctic Waters
Authors: Ulkestad Gunn-Elisabeth , Drogset Jon Olav 
Published: December 2016

Objectives:To investigate the frequency, types, mechanisms and treatments of acute surfing injuries in cold and arctic waters, and to compare the findings with studies of surfing injuries from warmer waters.Materials and Methods:Retrospective web-based survey relating to acute surfing injuries in Norway. An acute injury was defined as sudden onset, with a clearly defined cause or onset, and leading to an inability to surf for at least one day.Results:From the 974 respondents, 245 (25%) reported a total of 511 acute injuries. The injury rate was 2.2 injuries per 1000 surfing days (0.74 per 1000 surfing hours). Head/neck was the most commonly injured body part. Lacerations were the most frequently reported injury type. Trauma from contact with the surfboard was the most commonly reported injury mechanism. Wetsuit equipment was used by 99% of the respondents.Conclusion:Surfing in cold and arctic waters leads to different injuries compared with surfing in warmer waters. These differences may be attributed to the use of wetsuit equipment. Surfing in Norway is relatively safe, however, some severe head injuries were reported which may have been prevented by the use of a helmet.
SKEMA INOVATIF PEMENUHAN KESEJAHTERAAN ATAS PAPAN
Authors: Prayitno Budi , Kusumawanto, Arif , Kristiadi, Didik 
Published: December 2016

This study uses cross-case analysis, this study aims to provide an innovation on housing policy which is frequently fail. Housing becomes a part of the basic needs for all citizen, especialy for those who have low incomes and poor citizens as mandated on the State constitution. The decentralization era is threathenedby a massive intervention of the Central Government which only creates the Local Government to be a charity chain and burden its potential innovation of both institutions and partnerships. Besides that, housing is a part of city. Therefore, it is necessary to build a strong relationship between fulfilling theneed of housing and the concept of urban planning
METERWAVELENGTH SINGLE-PULSE POLARIMETRIC EMISSION SURVEY
Authors: Mitra Dipanjan , Basu Rahul , Maciesiak Krzysztof , Skrzypczak Anna , Melikidze George I. , Szary Andrzej , Krzeszowski Krzysztof 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACT
We have conducted the Meterwavelength Single-pulse Polarimetric Emission Survey to study the radio emission properties of normal pulsars. A total of 123 pulsars with periods between 0.1 and 8.5 s were observed in the survey at two different frequencies: 105 profiles at 333 MHz, 118 profiles at 618 MHz, and 100 pulsars at both. In this work we concentrate primarily on the time-averaged properties of the pulsar emission. The measured widths of the pulsar profiles in our sample usually exhibit the radius-to-frequency mapping. We validate the existence of lower bounds for the distribution of profile widths with pulsar period (P), which is seen for multiple definitions of the width, namely, a lower boundary line (LBL) at 2.°7P
−0.5 with width measured at 50% level of profile peak, an LBL at 5.°7 P
−0.5 for 10% level of peak, and an LBL at 6.°3P
−0.5 for width defined as 5σ above the baseline level. In addition, we have measured the degree of linear polarization in the average profile of pulsars and confirmed their dependence on pulsar spin-down energy loss (

E

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). The single-pulse polarization data show interesting trends, with the polarization position angle (PPA) distribution exhibiting the simple rotating vector model for high-

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pulsars, while the PPA becomes more complex for medium- and low-

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pulsars. The single-pulse total intensity data are useful for studying a number of emission properties from pulsars like subpulse drifting, nulling, and mode changing, which are being explored in separate works.
POLARIZED LINE FORMATION IN NON-MONOTONIC VELOCITY FIELDS
Authors: Sampoorna M. , Nagendra K. N. 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACT
For a correct interpretation of the observed spectro-polarimetric data from astrophysical objects such as the Sun, it is necessary to solve the polarized line transfer problems taking into account a realistic temperature structure, the dynamical state of the atmosphere, a realistic scattering mechanism (namely, the partial frequency redistribution—PRD), and the magnetic fields. In a recent paper, we studied the effects of monotonic vertical velocity fields on linearly polarized line profiles formed in isothermal atmospheres with and without magnetic fields. However, in general the velocity fields that prevail in dynamical atmospheres of astrophysical objects are non-monotonic. Stellar atmospheres with shocks, multi-component supernova atmospheres, and various kinds of wave motions in solar and stellar atmospheres are examples of non-monotonic velocity fields. Here we present studies on the effect of non-relativistic non-monotonic vertical velocity fields on the linearly polarized line profiles formed in semi-empirical atmospheres. We consider a two-level atom model and PRD scattering mechanism. We solve the polarized transfer equation in the comoving frame (CMF) of the fluid using a polarized accelerated lambda iteration method that has been appropriately modified for the problem at hand. We present numerical tests to validate the CMF method and also discuss the accuracy and numerical instabilities associated with it.