bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Using mHealth App to Support Treatment Decision-Making for Knee Arthritis: Patient
Perspective
Authors: Zheng Hua , Tulu Bengisu , Choi Wonchan , Franklin Patricia 
Published: April 2017

Introduction: Mobile health (mHealth) technology can be used to integrate into
medical decision-making for patients with advanced knee arthritis. We explored patient
preferences on content and design of a mobile health app to facilitate daily symptom
capture and summary feedback reporting, in order to inform treatment decisions,
including use of total knee replacement surgery (TKR).Methods: Patient focus groups were
conducted to gather requirements for mHealth app development and to refine the design
and content of the app. Clinician (physical therapist, surgeon) interviews were
conducted to understand clinician expectations from the summary trend report generated
by the app.Results: Sixteen patients attended focus groups with an average age of 67 and
63% female, and three clinicians participated in clinician interviews. The preliminary
findings revealed that the patients preferred easy tap user interfaces to multitap or
slider methods, and vertical question layout to horizontal orientation. Patients liked
to be engaged by progress feedback reports and educational tips. Both patients and
clinicians found a trended outcome summary report helpful which provides more precise
details on whether and how the symptoms are changing over time.Discussion: User input
can inform the design and implementation of mHealth technology to meet patient needs for
their treatment decisions. Patient priorities must be considered through
patient-centered app design.
Rabindranath Tagore and the Bauls: Representation and performance of Bauls as sociopolitical actors
Authors: Chakrabarti Sukanya 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
This article reveals the relationship between Rabindranath Tagore and the Bauls against the backdrop of the politics of nationalism between the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century in Bengal. Tagore’s works – including novels (Gora and Ghare Baire), plays (Phalguni), and songs composed between 1900 and 1920 – are thoroughly influenced by the ideologies of Bauls, whose liminal identities (of being in the world and yet outside of it) play a significant part in the formation of his political, philosophical and spiritual identity. Tagore’s subsequent popularity amongst the middle-class bourgeois Bengalis, in turn, shapes the representation of Bauls more as political rather than merely spiritual, musical or cultural performers of Bengal. From a marginal and ‘shameful’ social positionality, Tagore’s portrayal of Bauls transforms them into political figures and agents of self-reflection, reform and covert resistance to hegemonic powers of control and domination through their world view, performance and lifestyle.
Local Elliptic Regularity for the Dirichlet Fractional Laplacian
Authors: Biccari Umberto , Warma Mahamadi , Zuazua Enrique 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
We prove the

W
loc

2
⁢
s

,
p

${W_{{\mathrm{loc}}}^{2s,p}}$

local elliptic regularity of weak solutions to the Dirichlet problem associated with the fractional Laplacian on an arbitrary bounded open set of

ℝ
N

${\mathbb{R}^{N}}$

. The key tool consists in analyzing carefully the elliptic equation satisfied by the solution locally, after cut-off, to later employ sharp regularity results in the whole space. We do it by two different methods. First working directly in the variational formulation of the elliptic problem and then employing the heat kernel representation of solutions.
Relationship between anthropometrics and handgrip strength among Nigerian school children
Authors: Hammed Adebisi I. , Agbonlahor Elvis I. 
Published: April 2017

Summary
Study aim: Was to investigate the relationship of anthropometrics with handgrip strength (HGS) among Nigerian school children.
Material and methods: A total of 200 school children participated in this study. An electronic handgrip dynamometer was used to measure handgrip strength (HGS) in kg. Body height and body weight were measured with a wall-mounted stadiometer in meters and a bathroom weighing scale in kg, respectively. Body mass index (BMI) was then calculated using the formula weight (kg)/height (m2). Also, hand span of both hands was measured from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the small finger with the hand opened as wide as possible. The distance from the distal wrist crease up to the base of the middle finger was taken for palm length and the distal wrist crease to the tip of the middle finger was considered for the measurement of hand length. However, the relationship between HGS and anthropometric parameters was analyzed using Pearson’s product moment coefficient of correlation.
Results: The outcome of this study showed that hand and palm length correlated disproportionately and insignificantly (p > 0.05) with both dominant and non-dominant HGS. Also, hand span was found to be a disproportionate correlate of HGS, though such a correlation was only significant (p < 0.05) with dominant HGS. However, BMI and handedness were observed to associate proportionately and significantly (p < 0.05) with HGS.
Conclusion: This study therefore concluded that the most important determinants of HGS among Nigerian school children are BMI, handedness and hand span, and thus could be considered as markers of nutritional and health status, as well as physical fitness of these individuals.
Coclosed G2-structures inducing nilsolitons
Authors: Bagaglini Leonardo , Fernández Marisa , Fino Anna 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
We show obstructions to the existence of a coclosed

G
2

{\mathrm{G}_{2}}

-structure
on a Lie algebra

𝔤

{\mathfrak{g}}

of dimension seven with non-trivial center.
In particular, we prove that if there exists a Lie algebra epimorphism
from

𝔤

{\mathfrak{g}}

to a six-dimensional Lie algebra

𝔥

{\mathfrak{h}}

, with the kernel contained in the center of

𝔤

{\mathfrak{g}}

, then any coclosed

G
2

{\mathrm{G}_{2}}

-structure on

𝔤

{\mathfrak{g}}

induces a closed and stable three form on

𝔥

{\mathfrak{h}}

that defines an almost complex structure on

𝔥

{\mathfrak{h}}

.
As a consequence, we obtain a classification of the
2-step nilpotent Lie algebras which carry coclosed

G
2

{\mathrm{G}_{2}}

-structures.
We also prove that each one of these Lie algebras has a coclosed

G
2

{\mathrm{G}_{2}}

-structure inducing a nilsoliton metric,
but this is not true
for 3-step nilpotent Lie algebras with coclosed

G
2

{\mathrm{G}_{2}}

-structures. The existence of contact metric structures is also studied.
Optimization of Enzyme-Assisted Extraction of Carotenoids Antioxidants from Cordyceps militaris Using Response Surface Methodology
Authors: Wang Bai-Juan , Yang Qing-Song , Chen Ting , Qin Xiang-Dong , Ma Jun-Rong , Zhao Yan 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
Response surface methodology (RSM) with a Box–Behnken design (BBD) was used to optimize the extraction conditions of carotenoid antioxidants from Cordyceps militaris. An enzyme-assisted extraction (EAE) method was developed and optimized to enhance 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazil (DPPH) radical-scavenging activity of carotenoid antioxidants from C. militaris. The optimum conditions were as follows: a pH of 4.1, an extraction time of 40.4 min, an extraction temperature of 48.7 °C and 0.43 % enzyme (cellulose: pectinase, 1:1, w/w) concentration. Under these conditions, the DDPH radical-scavenging activity of C. militaris extracts was 81.62±2.26 %, indicating that the BBD is an efficient approach to develop mathematical models for predictingcarotenoids antioxidant extraction from C. militaris. The successful extraction of carotenoid antioxidants from C. militaris provides a basis for the development and utilization of C. militaris resources.
A Picture is Worth More Words Over Time: Multimodality and Narrative Structure Across Eight Decades of American Superhero Comics
Authors: Cohn Neil , Taylor Ryan , Pederson Kaitlin 
Published: April 2017

AbstractThe visual narratives of comics involve complex multimodal interactions between written language and the visual language of images, where one or the other may guide the meaning and/or narrative structure. We investigated this interaction in a corpus analysis across eight decades of American superhero comics (1940–2010s). No change across publication date was found for multimodal interactions that weighted meaning towards text or across both text and images, where narrative structures were present across images. However, we found an increase over time of narrative sequences with meaning weighted to the visuals, and an increase of sequences without text at all. These changes coincided with an overall reduction in the number of words per panel, a shift towards panel framing with single characters and close-ups rather than whole scenes, and an increase in shifts between temporal states between panels. These findings suggest that storytelling has shifted towards investing more information in the images, along with an increasing complexity and maturity of the visual narrative structures. This has shifted American comics from being textual stories with illustrations to being visual narratives that use text.
Ignition of Combustible Dust Clouds by Strong Capacitive Electric Sparks of Short Discharge Times
Authors: Eckhoff Rolf K. 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
It has been known for more than half a century that the discharge times of capacitive electric sparks can influence the minimum ignition energies of dust clouds substantially. Experiments by various workers have shown that net electric-spark energies for igniting explosive dust clouds in air were reduced by a factor of the order of 100 when spark discharge times were increased from a few μs to 0.1–1 ms. Experiments have also shown that the disturbance of the dust cloud by the shock/blast wave emitted by “short” spark discharges is a likely reason for this. The disturbance increases with increasing spark energy. In this paper a hitherto unpublished comprehensive study of this problem is presented. The work was performed about 50 years ago, using sparks of comparatively high energies (strong sparks). Lycopodium was used as test dust. The experiments were conducted in a brass vessel of 1 L volume. A transient dust cloud was generated in the vessel by a blast of compressed air. Synchronization of appearance of dust cloud and spark discharge was obtained by breaking the spark gap down by the dust cloud itself. This may in fact also be one possible synchronization mechanism in accidental industrial dust explosions initiated by electrostatic sparks. The experimental results for various spark energies were expressed as the probability of ignition, based on 100 replicate experiments, as a function of the nominal dust concentration. All probabilities obtained were 0%<p<100%. A tentative mathematical model could be fitted to all the data, assuming that the life time of the spark channel as an effective ignition source increased with the spark energy, that the minimum time of contact between the spark and the dust cloud for ignition to occur was a function of spark energy and nominal dust concentration, and that the stochastic element was the statistical distribution of the time interval between spark appearance and re-establishment of contact between spark channel and dust cloud, following detachment of the dust cloud from the spark by the shock/blast wave emitted by the spark discharge.
Smurf Downregulates Echinoid in the Amnioserosa To Regulate Drosophila Dorsal Closure
Authors: Lin Chiao-Ming , Xu Jiajun , Yang Wen-Ting , Wang Chao , Li Yu-Chiao , Cheng Lien-Chieh , Zhang Lei , Hsu Jui-Chou 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
Drosophila dorsal closure is a morphogenetic movement that involves flanking epidermal cells, assembling actomyosin cables, and migrating dorsally over the underlying amnioserosa to seal at the dorsal midline. Echinoid (Ed)—a cell adhesion molecule of adherens junctions (AJs)—participates in several developmental processes. The disappearance of Ed from the amnioserosa is required to define the epidermal leading edge for actomyosin cable assembly and coordinated cell migration. However, the mechanism by which Ed is cleared from amnioserosa is unknown. Here, we show that Ed is cleared in amnioserosa by both transcriptional and post-translational mechanisms. First, Ed mRNA transcription was repressed in amnioserosa prior to the onset of dorsal closure. Second, the ubiquitin ligase Smurf downregulated pretranslated Ed by binding to the PPXY motif of Ed. During dorsal closure, Smurf colocalized with Ed at AJs, and Smurf overexpression prematurely degraded Ed in the amnioserosa. Conversely, Ed persisted in the amnioserosa of Smurf mutant embryos, which, in turn, affected actomyosin cable formation. Together, our results demonstrate that transcriptional repression of Ed followed by Smurf-mediated downregulation of pretranslated Ed in amnioserosa regulates the establishment of a taut leading edge during dorsal closure.
Clinical profile of patients with atrophic rhinitis: descriptive study
Authors: Kedarnath Ratkal , Mushtaq Syed 
Published: April 2017

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Atrophic rhinitis is a chronic nasal disease, characterized by a triad of symptoms, namely foul odour, atrophy of nasal mucosa and crusts formation. The understanding of the pathophysiology and the management of atrophic rhinitis has long been a vexing problem for the treating clinician<span lang="EN-IN">. Hence some authors have recommended adopting a capsular dissection technique in order to avoid these complications. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This present study was conducted in the Department of E.N.T, in which all the cases diagnosed as primary atrophic rhinitis and who were willing to undergo this surgery during the study period were taken for the study. Totally 20 patients were included for the study. Patients with secondary atrophic rhinitis were excluded<span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> In our study foul smelling nasal discharge and falling of crusts were the most commonest presenting symptoms which were present in all 20 patients (100%). The other presenting complaints were loss of sense of smell in 19 patients (95%), nasal obstruction in 16 patients (80%), bleeding from nose in 9 patients (45%), headache in 9 patients (45%) and maggots in 2 patients (10%)<span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The incidence of atrophic rhinitis is more in low, less in middle and nil in high socio economic status group of patients and smelling nasal discharge and falling of crusts were the most commonest presenting symptoms<span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p>
Assessment of proximal femur anthropometry in South Indian population through cadaveric bones and radiologically correlating difference if any between other ethnic groups
Authors: Kumar Arvind , Kumar N. Venkatesh , S. Udayamoorthy , Noel Chandan 
Published: April 2017

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The morphology of the proximal femur is a topic of extensive research. The hip joint is one of the most commonly replaced joint. The era of replacement has given rise to various implants that can be used to replace the proximal femur. This present study addresses these issues involving ethnic differences in the geometry of the proximal femur in Indians and its differences between people of various ethnicity.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> The total population that was radiographed was 178 (n=178). There were 78 males and 100 females. The age of the participants were spaced from 25-75 years age groups. The parameters were measured.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The canal flare index in South-Indians was an average of 3.23 with 70% of the study population having normal CFI (3-4.5), 30% of the population having a stove pipe configuration CFI (&lt;3). Majority of the Indian population favour a un-cemented fixation (70%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> In summary all current implants have to be revised on population basis to fit the changing anthropometry of our proximal femur. </p>
Relación entre calidad de vida y provisión de cuidado paliativo en mujeres con cáncer en Colombia: un estudio transversal
Authors: Sánchez-Pedraza Ricardo , Sierra-Matamoros Fabio , Morales-Mesa Olga Lucía 
Published: April 2017

Objetivo: comparar los niveles de calidad de vida (CV) entre pacientes que recibieron o no cuidado paliativo (CP), y que tenían diagnóstico de cáncer de mama u otros tipos de cáncer ginecológico.Materiales y métodos: estudio de corte transversal efectuado en una institución de referencia en el país para diagnóstico y tratamiento del cáncer (Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Bogotá, Colombia). En una muestra no probabilística de 114 pacientes de sexo femenino, con diagnóstico histopatológico de cáncer de mama o algún tipo de cáncer ginecológico, que aceptaran participar en el estudio, se efectuaron análisis bivariados para medir asociación entre cuidado paliativo y variables demográficas y clínicas. Se compararon puntajes de las dimensiones de calidad de vida entre grupos usando pruebas de rango con signo. Para evaluar asociación entre recibir cuidado paliativo y dominios de calidad de vida se utilizaron modelos de regresión logística.Resultados: hubo 49 casos de cáncer de cérvix (42,98 %), 30 de cáncer de mama (26,32 %), 24 de ovario (21,05 %), 10 de endometrio (8,77 %) y uno de vulva (0,88 %). El 13 % de las pacientes (N = 15) recibió CP (IC 95 %: 8-20). Hubo mayor proporción de pacientes con estadios avanzados entre quienes recibieron CP. Hubo menor CV en pacientes remitidas a CP, específicamente en los dominios bienestar físico y funcional. Los estimadores de asociación CV-CP fueron: físico (OR = 0,97; IC 95 %: 0,83-1,12); social/familiar (OR = 1,02; IC 95 %: 0,82-1,27); emocional (OR = 1,10; IC 95 %: 0,91-1,33); funcional (OR = 0,72; IC 95 %: 0,60-0,87).Conclusión: la frecuencia de provisión de cuidado paliativo en esta muestra es baja. Su indicación parece relacionarse más con el compromiso en la calidad de vida (específicamente en el dominio de funcionalidad) que con el estadio clínico. El cuidado paliativo es más frecuente en pacientes con mayor nivel educativo, lo cual puede relacionarse con un mayor nivel de participación en la toma de decisiones de estos pacientes.
Caracterización y perfil de susceptibilidad de uropatógenos asociados a la presencia de bacteriuria asintomática en gestantes del departamento del Atlántico, Colombia, 2014-2015. Estudio de corte transversal
Authors: Campo-Urbina Mirna Luz , Ortega-Ariza Norella , Parody-Muñoz Alexander , Gómez-Rodríguez Lucila Del Carmen 
Published: April 2017

Objetivo: la bacteriuria asintomática con manejo inadecuado en el embarazo se asocia con pielonefritis que puede llevar a complicaciones maternas y fetales. El objetivo de este estudio fue caracterizar los uropatógenos y su perfil de susceptibilidad, asociados a la presencia de bacteriuria asintomática en una muestra de mujeres gestantes.Materiales y métodos: estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, en gestantes atendidas en el programa de control prenatal en una institución de primer nivel en el departamento del Atlántico, Colombia. Se realizó un muestreo por conveniencia a partir del universo de pacientes atendidas en el programa. Se hizo el diagnóstico de bacteriuria asintomática por la presencia de recuentos ≥ 105 colonias / mL de un solo germen. Para la identificación y determinación del perfil de susceptibilidad de las bacterias aisladas se utilizó el sistema automatizado Phoenix® BD. Se describe la prevalencia de bacteriuria asintomática, y la frecuencia y susceptibilidad por tipo de germen.Resultados: ingresaron 226 gestantes.La frecuencia de bacteriuria asintomática fue del 10,6 %. El uropatógeno más frecuentemente aislado fue la Escherichia coli en un 25 % de los casos, seguida por Enterococcus faecalis en un 20,8 %. La resistencia a la ampicilina fue del 33,3 y 20 % respectivamente; el resto de enterobacterias identificadas presenta una resistencia natural a dicho antibiótico. La resistencia de la E. coli y el E. faecalis a la nitrofurantoína fue del 16,6 y 20 % respectivamente.Conclusiones: se encuentra resistencia importante en el nivel de atención de los gérmenes más frecuentemente aislados en gestantes con bacteriuria asintomática a la ampicilina: en trimetoprim sulfametoxazol fue del 66 %. La nitrofurantoína sigue siendo una buena opción para el tratamiento en la primera mitad del embarazo.
Searching Big Data via cyclic groups
Authors: Karacay Timur 
Published: April 2017

We look up for a certain information in big data. To achieve this task we first endow the big data with a group structure and partition it to itâ€™s cyclic subgroups. We devise a method to search the whole big data starting from the smallest subroup through the largest one. Our method eventually exhausts the whole big data.
Keywords: BigData, topological groups, dual groups, linear search.
NITSCH, Mathias (2013). Grundlagen für die Restitution von Swadesh's "basic vocabulary" im "Wörterbuch der Botokudensprache". Munique: GRIN Verlag. Pp. 252. ISBN 978-3-656-49579-6.
Authors: Rothe-Neves Rui 
Published: April 2017

Resenha da tese de conclusão de curso (Diplomarbeit) de Matthias Nitsch intitulada Grundlagen fuer die Restitution von Swadesh's "basic vocabulary" im "Woerterbuch der Botokudensprache" [Fundamentos para a restituição do "basic vocabulary" de Swadesh no "Woerterbuch der Botokudensprache"] publicado em 2013. O livro traz as primeiras informações biográficas oriundas de pesquisa em documentos primários (certidões de nascimento, casamento e óbito, histórico escolar etc.) sobre Bruno Rudolph, o autor do "Woerterbuch der Botokudensprache" [Dicionário da língua dos botocudos] publicado em 1909 e sobre o qual só se conhecia a profissão de farmacêutico.
La importancia de la estructuración de patrones de software y buenas prácticas para la consecución exitosa de proyectos de desarrollo de soluciones informáticas integrales
Authors: Gutiérrez Mejía Jaime Alberto 
Published: April 2017

ONTARE. REVISTA DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LA FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA
El presente artículo desarrolla un tema de interés fundamental en el proce- so de comprensión de las particularidades del proceso de construcción de aplicaciones, bajo el paradigma de los actuales Frameworks de desarrollo moderno de soluciones, principalmente en el ámbito de las aplicaciones Web y las aplicaciones para entornos de servidor empresarial corporativo.
Igualmente, postula algunas de las principales recomendaciones que deben ser tenidas en cuenta para estos procesos, haciendo un énfasis particular en la importancia de la separación modular por capas, el comprensión de los requisitos fundamentales de arquitectura de Software y la gestión integral de los recursos informáticos, en el ámbito de los procesos inherentes que las organizaciones del área tecnológica deben considerar para la certera cons- trucción de aplicaciones, que cumplan con requisitos funcionales de calidad, y ofrezcan la mayor eficiencia en el momento de utilizar la infraestructura y el basamento necesario para su despliegue y ejecución