bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mycelial growth inhibition of Rhizoctonia by indigenous medicinal plant extract
Authors: Sifat MSA , Monjil MS 
Published: November 2017

Pure cultures of four different isolates were established from the infected rice sheath collected different areas of Mymensingh District on the basis of different morphological characteristics including shape, colour (upper side and reverse side), sclerotial shape, sclerotial colour and compactness. The efficacy of six plant extracts viz. Garlic (Allium sativum), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Shetodron (Leucas aspera), Mahogoni leaf (Swietenia mahagoni), Mahogoni seed(Swietenia mahagoni) and Bishkatali (Polygonum hydropiper) was investigated against different the four isolates of Rhizoctonia sp. The radial mycelial growth of the fungus from 2-7 days was significantly differed among the different treatments. At 4 day after culture colony diameter was reached maximum (4.00 cm) in PDA plates of non-treated control treatment. Average colony diameter of Rhizoctonia sp. from 2-7 days after culture ranged from 0 cm to 4.00 cm. The highest colony diameter (4.00 cm) was recorded in control at 4 days after culture. At 4 days after culture, highest percent inhibition of radial mycelial growth over contril was found for Isolate 1 by Garlic (97.50%), Neem (96.75%), and Biskatali (94.25%); for Isolate 2 by Bishkatali (93.25%); for Isolate 3 by Bishkatali (95.75%), Mahogoni seed (85.75%) and Garlic (85.00%), and for Isolate 4 by Bishkatali (95.25%) and Shetodron (89.25%). Among the plant extracts, Bishkatali was highly effective to suppress mycelial growth of all isolates of Rhizoctonia sp.Progressive Agriculture 28 (3): 190-197, 2017
Testing invariance between web and paper students satisfaction surveys: A case study
Authors: Martinez-Gomez Monica , Marin-Garcia Juan A. , Giraldo O'Meara Martha 
Published: November 2017

Purpose: This paper studied the measurement invariance (MI) across web-based and paper-based surveys to evidece if both techniques of data collection can be regarded as equivalent.Design/methodology/approach: We develop a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) with Maximum Likelihood Estimation to asses meassurement invariance of the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) adapted to teaching, with data collected from paper and web surveys. Sample from paper surveys was constituted by 294 student of a Spanish public university in the academic years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10. Internet surveys were administered through an open source survey application called LimeSurvey. We received 241 completed questionnaires.Findings: Results show that metric invariance, covariance invariance, variance of latent factors invariance and measurement errors invariance can be established between two groups. We can conclude that both methods of collecting data can be considered equivalent.Research limitations/implications: This study was done with a particular sample and strict focus questionnaire and we might not generalize the findings. It should be extended in the future to include other universities and graduate students.Originality/value: Results showed that the factor structures remained invariant across the internet-based and paper-based groups, that is to say, both methods of collecting data can be considered equivalent, with the same factor structure, factor loadings, measurement errors of factors and the same reliability. These findings are useful for researchers since they add a new sample in which web and paper questionnaires are equivalent and for teachers to desire to change the teaching methodology at university, encourage students’ participation and teamwork through active methodologies.
Les emplois du tour kāna… sa-/sawfa yafʿalu en arabe écrit contemporain
Authors: Sartori Manuel 
Published: November 2017

Le tour kāna… sa-/sawfa yafʿalu se rencontre fréquemment dans la presse arabe contemporaine et les romans. Les grammaires récentes de cet état de langue semblent osciller entre trois valeurs distinctes : conditionnel présent (« il ferait/he would do »), imparfait périphrastique (« il allait faire/he was going to do ») et conditionnel passé (« il aurait fait/he would have done »). C’est pourtant ces deux dernières interprétations qui semblent le plus souvent retenues avec une lecture contrefactuelle. Cet article se propose de montrer, à partir d’un large corpus de presse arabe contemporaine, mais aussi à partir de réflexions tirées de la linguistique du français, comment le tour arabe kāna… sa-/sawfa yafʿalu, compris en linguistique de l’arabe comme un ultérieur du passé, n’est pas, à l’instar de son homologue français, uniquement passible d’une lecture contrefactuelle. Plus précisément, il s’agira de montrer et de comprendre comment ce tour arabe est en mesure de « dire ce qui ne s’est pas produit », de « dire ce qui s’est irrévocablement produit » et de « dire ce qu’il était possible qu’il se produise, que cela se soit produit, ou non », en insistant notamment sur l’aspect concordantiel d’un tel tour, prouvant que nombre de ses emplois sont en fait des calques depuis les langues européennes.
Affairisme dynastique et dandysme au Caire vers 1900
Authors: Mestyan Adam , Volait Mercedes 
Published: November 2017

Cette contribution explore, à partir d’un bâtiment construit par l’architecte Antonio Lasciac en 1897-1898 et des domaines fonciers auxquels il est directement connecté, une forme particulière d’urbanisation spéculative menée dans ce qui allait devenir le centre-ville du Caire, par le biais d’une vaste opération de remembrement de terrains constitués en waqf. L’initiative implique deux grandes familles ottomanes vivant entre Le Caire et Istanbul, le khédive Abbas Hilmi II lui-même, et des actionnaires européens. Engagée dans une double perspective d’histoire sociale de l’architecture et d’histoire urbaine, l’étude montre comment l’affairisme dynastique égyptien et le capitalisme européen ont œuvré conjointement à la transformation du Caire aux premiers temps de l’occupation britannique, en s’accommodant du système du waqf, institution centrale du droit musulman, fondée sur le principe de l’inaliénabilité et de la pérennité de biens immobilisés en tout ou partie au profit d’œuvres pies. Les nouveaux styles de vie et formes de dandysme qui ont accompagné la mutation urbaine sont au cœur de l’une des toutes premières fictions de la littérature arabe due à la plume de Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī. L’opération foncière et immobilière se solde, fortuitement et de fil en aiguille, par l’émergence d’un « Broadway cairote » rue ʿImād al-Dīn.
Psychological factors in oral mucosal and orofacial pain conditions
Authors: Alrashdan Mohammad S. , Alkhader Mustafa 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACTThe psychological aspects of chronic pain conditions represent a key component of the pain experience, and orofacial pain conditions are not an exception. In this review, we highlight how psychological factors affect some common oral mucosal and orofacial pain conditions (namely, oral lichen planus, recurrent aphthous stomatitis, burning mouth syndrome, and temporomandibular disorders) with emphasis on the significance of supplementing classical biomedical treatment modalities with appropriate psychological counseling to improve treatment outcomes in targeted patients. A literature search restricted to reports with highest relevance to the selected mucosal and orofacial pain conditions was carried out to retrieve data.
Abutment misfit in implant-supported prostheses manufactured by casting technique: An integrative review
Authors: Pereira Lorena M. S. , Sordi Mariane B. , Magini Ricardo S. , Calazans Duarte Antônio R. , Souza Júlio C. M. 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to perform an integrative review of the literature on the clinically usual prosthesis-abutment misfit over implant-supported structures manufactured by conventional casting technique. The present integrative review used the PRISMA methodology. A bibliographical search was conducted on the following electronic databases: MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine), Scopus (Elsevier), ScienceDirect (Elsevier), Web of Science (Thomson Reuters Scientific), Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), and Virtual Health Library (BVS). A total of 11 relevant studies were selected for qualitative analysis. The prosthetic-abutment vertical misfit considered clinically usual ranged from 50 to 160 μm. The vertical misfit depends on several steps during technical manufacturing techniques, which includes the materials and technical procedures. Lower values in misfit are recorded when precious metal or titanium alloys are utilized. Although a vertical misfit mean value of 100 μm has been considered clinically usual, most of the previous studies included in this revision showed lower mean values.
Smartphone application as an aid in determination of caries risk and prevention: A pilot study
Authors: Panchal Veerale , Gurunathan Deepa , Shanmugaavel A. k. 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACT
Objective: To assess the dietary and oral hygiene pattern before and after the usage of cariometer app. Materials and Methods: Dietary score recorded by cariometer was assessed for 7 days for preschool children in the age group of 2–6 years. The frequency of brushing and mouth rinsing was assessed before and after the usage of app. Paired t-test was conducted to compare the dietary score, brushing frequency, and rinsing frequency pre and post the use of the app. Results: There was a significant improvement in the dietary pattern followed by the patients at the day 7 as compared to day 1. About 90% of children brushed twice at day 7 of the use of cariometer. There was a significant increase in the frequency of rinsing after meals at day 7 as compared to day 1 of the use of cariometer. Conclusion: There was a significant improvement in the dietary pattern and the oral hygiene habit after the use of app.
Prosthodontic maintenance and peri-implant tissue conditions for telescopic attachment-retained mandibular implant overdenture: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
Authors: Keshk Ahmed Mohamed , Alqutaibi Ahmed Yaseen , Algabri Radhwan S. , Swedan Mostafa S. , Kaddah Amal 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACTThe mandibular implant-retained overdentures (MIRO) are a highly successful prosthetic treatment option. However, an argument still present regarding its design and type of attachment system. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to perform a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the scientific literature regarding the telescopic attachments versus other attachment systems retaining mandibular implant overdentures. Manual and electronic database (PubMed and Cochrane) searches were performed to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing telescopic versus other attachment systems. Independently, two investigators extracted the trials' data. The Cochrane tool was used for assessing the quality of included studies. Meta-analyses were performed for the included RCTs and reported the same outcome measures. Nine RCTs were identified. Three RCTs (corresponding to four publications) were included in the study. The other five trials were excluded from the study. The meta-analysis revealed no difference between telescopic crowns and ball attachment retaining mandibular implant overdenture as regards prosthodontic maintenance. Regarding peri-implant conditions, ball-retained mandibular overdenture showed statistically significant more probing depth around implants records in ball-retained overdenture when compared to the telescopic group. However, there are no statistically significant differences between two interventions in regard to marginal bone loss, bleeding index, gingival index, and plaque index. In conclusions, no significant differences in prosthodontic maintenance and peri-implant condition between telescopic attachments and ball attachments retaining MIRO. However, this should be considered with caution because of a limited number of included studies.
Effectiveness of platelet-rich fibrin in the management of pain and delayed wound healing associated with established alveolar osteitis (dry socket)
Authors: Sharma Ashish , Aggarwal Nimish , Rastogi Sanjay , Choudhury Rupshikha , Tripathi Siddhi 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACT
Objective: To assess the efficacy of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) on the pain and healing of the extraction socket related with established alveolar osteitis (dry socket, AO) after the removal of maxillary and mandibular molars. Materials and Methods: One hundred consecutive adult patients with age group ranging from 18 to 40 years along with established dry socket after maxillary and mandibular molar extractions who have not received any treatment for the same were included in this single-arm clinical trial. PRF was placed in the maxillary and mandibular molar extraction sockets after adequate irrigation of the socket. All the patients evaluated for the various study variables which include pain, degree of inflammation, and healthy granulation tissue formation (wound healing) at the 1st, 3rd, 7th, and 14th post-PRF placement day in the alveolar socket. Data were analyzed using Shapiro-Wilk's test, Chi-square test and/or Student's t-test, Friedman's test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and Bonferroni test, with the significance level set at P < 0.05. Results: There was significant reduction in pain associated with AO at the 3rd and 7th post-PRF placement day in the extraction socket along with mark decrease in the degree of inflammation at the 3rd post-PRF placement day, and there was better wound healing by the end of the 2nd week. Conclusion: The use of PRF in this clinical trial illustrates the promising results in terms of reduced pain and better healing in the patients with sustained AO.
The clinical evaluation of platelet-rich plasma on free gingival graft's donor site wound healing
Authors: Samani Mahmoud Khosravi , Saberi Bardia Vadiati , Ali Tabatabaei S. M. , Moghadam Mahdjoube Goldani 
Published: November 2017

ABSTRACT
Objective: It has been proved that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) can promote wound healing. In this way, PRP can be advantageous in periodontal plastic surgeries, free gingival graft (FGG) being one such surgery. Materials and Methods: In this randomized split-mouth controlled trial, 10 patients who needed bilateral FGG were selected, and two donor sites were randomly assigned to experience either natural healing or healing-assisted with PRP. The outcome was assessed based on the comparison of the extent of wound closure, Manchester scale, Landry healing scale, visual analog scale, and tissue thickness between the study groups at different time intervals. Statistical Analysis Used: Repeated measurements of analysis of variance and paired t-test were used. Statistical significance was P ≤ 0.05. Results: Significant differences between the study groups and also across different time intervals were seen in all parameters except for the changes in tissue thickness. Conclusion: PRP accelerates the healing process of wounds and reduces the healing time.
Fashion on Television
Authors: Warner Helen 
Published: November 2017

Fashion on Television provides a comprehensive critical examination of the intersection between fashion, television and celebrity culture. The book brings together theoretical approaches to the symbolic force of television and fashion-forward programming on a global scale.
Examining case studies such as Sex and the City, Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty and Mad Men, the book examines how TV has made style icons out of leading actresses and fashion-conscious consumers out of audiences. Using a varied methodology, including textual and contextual analysis, this study explores the cultural uses of onscreen fashion at the level of industry, text and intertext.
Fashion on Television is essential reading for those seeking to understand the cultural function of costume in a television context. Written accessibly with a multi-disciplinary approach, it will appeal to students and scholars from film and media, fashion and cultural studies, to sociology and women's studies.
Cool Shades
Authors: Brown Vanessa 
Published: November 2017

Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today.
Ubiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in mass culture; a powerful attribute pervading much fashion and pop cultural imagery which has received little scholarly attention until now.
Accessible and highly engaging, this book offers an original history of how sunglasses became a fashion accessory in the early twentieth century, and addresses the complex variety of meanings they have the power to articulate, through associations with vision, light, glamour, darkness, fashion, speed and technology in the context of modernity.
Cool Shades will be of great interest to students of fashion, design, visual and material culture, cultural studies and sociology, as well as general readers fascinated by this iconic fashion staple.
Critical porosity of gas enclosure in polar firn independent of climate
Authors: Schaller Christoph Florian , Freitag Johannes , Eisen Olaf 
Published: November 2017

Abstract. In order to interpret the paleoclimatic record stored in the air enclosed in polar ice cores, it is crucial to understand the fundamental lock-in process. Within the porous firn, bubbles are sealed continuously until the respective horizontal layer reaches a critical porosity. Present-day firn air models use a postulated temperature dependence of this value as the only parameter to adjust to the surrounding conditions of individual sites. However, no direct measurements of the firn microstructure could confirm these assumptions. Here we show that the critical porosity is a climate-independent constant by providing an extensive data set of micrometer-resolution 3-D X-ray computer tomographic measurements for ice cores representing different extremes of the temperature and accumulation ranges. We demonstrate why indirect measurements suggest a climatic dependence and substantiate our observations by applying percolation theory as a theoretical framework for bubble trapping. The incorporation of our results significantly influences the dating of trace gas records, changing gas-age–ice-age differences by up to more than 1000 years. This may further help resolve inconsistencies, such as differences between East Antarctic δ15N records (as a proxy for firn height) and model results. We expect our findings to be the basis for improved firn air and densification models, leading to lower dating uncertainties. The reduced coupling of proxies and surrounding conditions may allow for more sophisticated reinterpretations of trace gas records in terms of paleoclimatic changes and will benefit the development of new proxies, such as the air content as a marker of local insolation.
Source apportionment and sensitivity analysis: two methodologies with two different purposes
Authors: Clappier Alain , Belis Claudio A. , Pernigotti Denise , Thunis Philippe 
Published: November 2017

Abstract. This work reviews the existing methodologies for source apportionment and sensitivity analysis to identify key differences and stress their implicit limitations. The emphasis is laid on the differences between source impacts (sensitivity analysis) and contributions (source apportionment) obtained by using four different methodologies: brute-force top-down, brute-force bottom-up, tagged species and decoupled direct method (DDM). A simple theoretical example to compare these approaches is used highlighting differences and potential implications for policy. When the relationships between concentration and emissions are linear, impacts and contributions are equivalent concepts. In this case, source apportionment and sensitivity analysis may be used indifferently for both air quality planning purposes and quantifying source contributions. However, this study demonstrates that when the relationship between emissions and concentrations is nonlinear, sensitivity approaches are not suitable to retrieve source contributions and source apportionment methods are not appropriate to evaluate the impact of abatement strategies. A quantification of the potential nonlinearities should therefore be the first step prior to source apportionment or planning applications, to prevent any limitations in their use. When nonlinearity is mild, these limitations may, however, be acceptable in the context of the other uncertainties inherent to complex models. Moreover, when using sensitivity analysis for planning, it is important to note that, under nonlinear circumstances, the calculated impacts will only provide information for the exact conditions (e.g. emission reduction share) that are simulated.
Simple scaling of extreme precipitation in North America
Authors: Innocenti Silvia , Mailhot Alain , Frigon Anne 
Published: November 2017

Abstract. Extreme precipitation is highly variable in space and time. It is therefore important to characterize precipitation intensity distributions on several temporal and spatial scales. This is a key issue in infrastructure design and risk analysis, for which intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curves are the standard tools used for describing the relationships among extreme rainfall intensities, their frequencies, and their durations. Simple scaling (SS) models, characterizing the relationships among extreme probability distributions at several durations, represent a powerful means for improving IDF estimates. This study tested SS models for approximately 2700 stations in North America. Annual maximum series (AMS) over various duration intervals from 15 min to 7 days were considered. The range of validity, magnitude, and spatial variability of the estimated scaling exponents were investigated. Results provide additional guidance for the influence of both local geographical characteristics, such as topography, and regional climatic features on precipitation scaling. Generalized extreme-value (GEV) distributions based on SS models were also examined. Results demonstrate an improvement of GEV parameter estimates, especially for the shape parameter, when data from different durations were pooled under the SS hypothesis.
Las metamorfosis del don: ofrenda, sacrificio, gracia, substituto técnico de Dios y vida regalada
Authors: Berian Razquin Josetxo 
Published: November 2017

El presente trabajo aborda críticamente el análisis del concepto de sacrificio frente a los enfoques puramente taxonómico-clasificatorios obsesionados con clasificar sin determinar previamente lo que es el sacrificio o frente a los enfoques puramente éticos que reducen el sacrificio a una expresión inmolatoria de la barbarie primitiva frente a la civilización. El trabajo analiza el sistema de intercambio de regalos no sacrificial como algo característico de los grupos de cazadores y recolectores. Entre los grupos agropastorales, sin embargo, el surgimiento del altar y la separación entre “el otro mundo” y “este mundo”, crearán una diferencia clara diferencia entre los dioses y los hombres y una manera de comunicación nueva entre ellos a través del sacrificio, como lo han puesto de manifiesto, Henry Hubert y Marcel Mauss a comienzos del XX y Marcel Hénaff recientemente. El final de la fascinación procedente de las ceremonias centradas en la inmolación propias del sacrificio da lugar a metamorfosis religiosas del sacrificio como oración (Guy Stroumsa) y como gracia (Marcel Hénaff), a dos importantes registros narrativos de interpretación del cristianismo, por una parte, el que analiza la variante ética de un movimiento de sacralización antisacrificial centrado en la figura de la víctima, representado por René Girad, y, por otra parte, el que subraya la novedad mito-simbólica que procede de considerar la “vida como regalo”, representado por Talcott Parsons, que redefine y actualiza la propuesta de Mauss de 1924, y, finalmente, a metamorfosis seculares presentes en el propio intercambio económico (Niklas Luhmann y Georg Simmel) y last but not least en los intercambios ceremoniales del mundo de la vida (Jacques T. Godbout).