bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Fractal and twin SVM-based handgrip recognition for healthy subjects and trans-radial amputees using myoelectric signal
Authors: Arjunan Sridhar Poosapadi , Kumar Dinesh Kant , Jayadeva J.  
Published: July 2015

Abstract
Identifying functional handgrip patterns using surface electromygram (sEMG) signal recorded from amputee residual muscle is required for controlling the myoelectric prosthetic hand. In this study, we have computed the signal fractal dimension (FD) and maximum fractal length (MFL) during different grip patterns performed by healthy and transradial amputee subjects. The FD and MFL of the sEMG, referred to as the fractal features, were classified using twin support vector machines (TSVM) to recognize the handgrips. TSVM requires fewer support vectors, is suitable for data sets with unbalanced distributions, and can simultaneously be trained for improving both sensitivity and specificity. When compared with other methods, this technique resulted in improved grip recognition accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity, and this improvement was significant (κ=0.91).
Global gradient estimates for nonlinear obstacle problems with nonstandard growth
Authors: Byun Sun-Sig , Cho Yumi , Ok Jihoon 
Published: July 2015

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Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Barium–Samarium Titanate
Authors: Hessien M. M. , El-Bagoury Nader , Mahmoud M. H. H. , Hemeda Osama M. 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
Barium–samarium titanate nanopowder (Ba0.85 Sm0.1TiO3) was synthesized through tartrate precursor route. The effect of annealing temperature on the formation, crystalline size, morphology and magnetic properties was systematically studied. The annealing temperature was varied from 600°C to 1,100°C. Thermal analysis measurement (TG-DSC, thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimetry) was carried out on the precursor to characterize the thermal decomposition behavior. The results showed that the precursor of Ba–Sm–Ti mixture decomposed thermally in multistep weight loss up to about 480°C and perovskite Ba0.85Sm0.1TiO3 started to form at ~520°C. X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic measurements showed that the synthesized Ba0.85Sm0.1TiO3 has a tetragonal dominant structure with the presence of intermediate SmTi2O3 at lower annealing temperature. The ratio of SmTi2O3 was decreased and completely disappeared at higher annealing temperatures. The tetragonality, the theoretical density and the crystalline size were increased by increasing annealing temperature. The crystalline size is still in nano-range of 12.4–19.9 nm even after annealing at 1,100°C. The morphology of the produced sample transferred from nano-cubes to nano-whisker to nano-mace (nano-aggregates) with the increase of annealing temperature.
Maternal and perinatal outcomes after bariatric surgery: a case control study
Authors: de Alencar Costa Laura Arrais Sydrião , Araujo Júnior Edward , de Lucena Feitosa Francisco Edson , Dos Santos Andréa Cavalcante , Moura Júnior Luiz Gonzaga , Costa Carvalho Francisco Herlânio 
Published: July 2015

AbstractTo compare the results of maternal and perinatal pregnancies of obese women after bariatric surgery.A retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out on 63 women who had undergone bariatric surgery and 73 obese women (control). Demographic data, the characteristics of the bariatric surgery, and the maternal and perinatal results were evaluated. The Student’sThe average body mass index (BMI) at the 1Those women who had been submitted to bariatric surgery presented better maternal and perinatal results when compared to obese women.
Der Löbenicht’sche Kirchturm
Authors: Frühauf Manfred 
Published: July 2015

Abstract:Guo Moruo is one of the most controversial intellectuals of China in the first half of the 20th century and a famous translator of the works of Goethe, Shakespeare, Nietzsche etc. Having immersed himself in Western conceptions of aethetics, literature, social sciences, politics, and philosophy while living in Japan, he introduced this newly acquired knowledge to the Chinese reading public. After his self-pronounced conversion to Communism in 1924 he published a short story titled
Translation meets cognitive science: The imprint of translation on cognitive processing
Authors: Rojo Ana 
Published: July 2015

AbstractTranslation has long played a role in linguistic and literary studies research. More recently, the theoretical and methodological concerns of process research have given translation an additional role in cognitive science. The interest in the cognitive aspects of translation has led scholars to turn to disciplines such as cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics or even neurology in search of innovative approaches and research methods. This paper reviews current issues in translation studies, and a variety of empirical studies that may contribute to enlarging our knowledge of translation. The intention is to show that the combined work of disciplines from cognitive science may be influential, not only in defining the factors that underpin the translation process and the translator’s work, but also in describing the potential impact that translation research has on communication and language processing.
Heraclitus on Law (Fr.114 DK)
Authors: Schofield Malcolm 
Published: July 2015

AbstractNo Heraclitean fragment that bears on the political sphere compares with Fr.114 in length or theoretical ambition. Its basic preoccupation as often is with human intelligence and the need for better understanding. But its claim about the resources available to understanding is developed by means of an analogy with the city’s reliance on law and thereby on the ‘one divine’. And this is the dimension of the fragment that has most engaged scholars. It is generally supposed that a main lesson taught by the analogy is that, important resource though its law is for a city, ‘what is common’ provides understanding with a much stronger resource. This paper argues that that interpretation is misconceived: there could be no more powerful source of support than the ‘one divine’. Heraclitus’ point is rather that humans need to muster more strength to get the support available to understanding than citizens have to exercise in accessing that available in the law.
Heraclitus on Soul and Super-Soul with an afterthought on the afterlife
Authors: Mansfeld Jaap 
Published: July 2015

AbstractThis paper is about the reception of Heraclitus’ views on the human soul in its cosmic context. Those views were updated by later thinkers, and their extensive evidence on the matter is scrutinized in detail. A World Soul and various forms of immortality came to be attributed, while soul stuff was said to be inhaled from the environment. An appendix considers the quite general opinion that Heraclitus posited some sort of afterlife for human souls. It is argued that fragments held to support this interpretation are better otherwise construed.
Environmental communications: The reader’s perspective
Authors: Haigh Matthew 
Published: July 2015

AbstractConnecting reception theory and social semiotics, this article offers a framework for the analysis of hortatory texts. An illustrative case uses the pronouncements of environmental regulators, with the reader group represented by a sample of executives in financial institutions. Although the participants thought the texts important, none had found any use for them. It is unlikely that financial institutions en masse will address environmental issues before and until communicators frame their material in terms of customary financial discourse and investors’ dominant cognitive rationalities. The depth of insights gained suggests wider application of the framework to a range of hortatory texts and authoritative reader groups.
Icarus ignored: Riffaterre and Eagleton on Auden’s Musée des Beaux Arts
Authors: Hopkins John A. F. 
Published: July 2015

AbstractIn his 2007 book dealing with poetry in English, Terry Eagleton sacrifices integrity on the altar of the popularizing impulse. His partial analysis of an Auden poem also treated by Michael Riffaterre reveals the advantages of a semiotic approach, which can show how images on the textual surface signify indirectly by pointing to an underlying matricial structure. The author’s expanded version of Riffaterrian theory accounts for the added complexity conferred by two matrices, each founded on a proposition. In sum, Eagleton’s employment of a traditional “lit-crit” approach – with its prose-based preoccupation with surface details – fails to identify the semiotic structure of the poem as a signifying totality.
Towards a semiotics of multilingualism
Authors: Ivković Dejan 
Published: July 2015

AbstractDescribing the semiotic activity of multifaceted configurations of language presence in plurilingual contexts (spaces and objects) as multilingual semiosis, this article adopts a classical semiotic perspective on linguistic diversity and attendant artefacts. Accordingly, the juxtaposition of languages through associated linguistic and non-linguistic representations – embedded in a specific sociocultural and linguistic matrix – appropriates a second-order, supralinguistic layer of signification. The article develops a set of concepts and analytical tools to interpret a range of phenomena underlying the complexity and dynamism of language contact. To account for the hierarchy and semiotic flow of linguistic items and features, the article revisits the memetic concept of lingueme (cf.
Die Josefs- und die Exodus-Geschichte: Ihre vorpriesterliche weisheitstheologische Verbindung
Authors: Schmitt Hans-Christoph 
Published: July 2015

Im vorpriesterlichen Text von Gen 37–50* liegt eine selbständige Josefsnovelle aus der späteren Königszeit vor, in die durch die »Midianiter-Bearbeitung« zur Entlastung der Brüder Josefs die weisheitstheologische Vorstellung einer verborgenen Lenkung der Geschichte durch Gott (vgl. Prov 16,9) eingefügt wurde (vgl. besonders 37,28aα; 40,15; 45,5b–8; 50,15–21). In dieser »weisheitstheologischen Schicht« zielt die Ankündigung Josefs in 50,20, dass der die Pläne der Brüder durchkreuzende Plan Gottes dem »Ins-Leben-Bringen eines zahlreichen Volkes (In the pre-Priestly text of Gen 37–50* an independent Joseph Novelle from the late monarchy period is present. Into this the ›Midianite revision‹ introduced (cf. especially 37,28aα; 40,15; 45,5b–8; 50,15–21) the wisdom concept of a hidden direction of history by God (cf. Prov 16,9). In this »wisdom theology layer« the declaration by Joseph in 50,20, that the plan of God, which cuts across the plans of his brothers, serves »to bring a numerous people (Le texte présacerdotal de Gn 37–50* préserve une nouvelle sur Joseph, qui date de la fin de l’époque monarchique. La »révision madianite« a déchargé les frères de Joseph en introduisant dans le récit une conception théologique et sapientielle de l’histoire orientée et dirigée par Dieu (voir en particulier 37,28aα; 40,15; 45,5b–8; 50,15–21; cf. Pv 16,9). Dans cette couche »théologico-sapientielle «, l’affirmation de Joseph en 50,20, selon laquelle le plan de Dieu annulle les projets des frères et sert le dessein divin d’»amener à la vie un peuple nombreux (
Three Oppressors and Four Saviors – The Three-Four Pattern and the List of Saviors in I Sam 12,9–11
Authors: Golani Shira J. 
Published: July 2015

This paper deals with the theory of the existence of a »Book of Saviors«, a composition of savior tales pertaining to the pre-Monarchy era. Noth and others have suggested that this composition was used by the deuteronomistic redactor of the canonical book of Judges. Supporting evidence will be brought forth through a detailed new examination of I Sam 12,9–11 and its presentation of the period of the Savior-Judges. These verses, attributed to Samuel, the last Judge, contain a structure of two lists, of oppressors and of saviors, along with the wellknown literary patterns of three-four, to present a roster of the pre-monarchic period of saviors.Der Beitrag behandelt die Frage nach der Existenz eines ›Buches der Retter‹, einer hypothetischen Sammlung von ›Rettergeschichten‹, deren Ursprünge in der prämonarchischen Zeit verortet werden. Noth und andere haben erwogen, dass diese Sammlung vom deuteronomistischen Redaktor des kanonischen Richterbuches gebraucht worden sein könnte. Diese These wird hier durch die Ergebnisse einer neuen und detaillierten Untersuchung von 1 Sam 12,9–11 und der dortigen Darstellung der Zeit der als Retter auftretenden Richter untermauert. Diese Verse, die Samuel, dem letzten Richter, zugeschrieben werden, beinhalten im Rahmen der bekannten ›Drei-gegenüber-Vier‹-Schemata zwei Listen: Eine von Unterdrückern und eine von Rettern. So präsentiert sich der Text als Listenwerk der prämonarchischen Zeit der Retter.Cet article traite de la théorie de l’existence d’un »livre des sauveurs«, une composition de contes sur des sauveurs, composition relative à l’ère pré-monarchique. Noth et d’autres ont suggéré que cette composition a été utilisée par le rédacteur deutéronomiste du livre canonique des juges. Une nouvelle étude détaillée de I Sam 12,9–11 et de sa présentation de la période des juges-sauveurs amènera des preuves supplémentaires à cette théorie. Ces versets, attribués à Samuel, le dernier juge, contiennent une structure faite de deux listes, celle des oppresseurs et celle des sauveurs, avec le schéma littéraire bien connu du troisquatre, ceci afin de présenter un tableau de la période pré-monarchique de sauveurs.
The Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Spectra and Phosphorescence Decay Time of Harmine, Harmaline, Harmalol, Harmane, and Norharman in Aqueous Solutions and EPA at 77 K
Authors: Hadley SG , Muraki AS , Spitzer K 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
The plant Paganum Harmala is found in India, Mongolia, northern China, and in the dry range lands of the American Southwest. The seeds of the plant contain the hallucinogenic alkaloids harmine, harmaline, harmol, harmalol, and harmane [1–4]. These alkaloids are also found in the South American plant species Banisteriopis. The hallucinogenic properties of the juice from Banisteriopis plants are employed by several Amazonian Indian tribes to produce visions for ceremonial purposes [1–4]. In addition a similar alkaloid is found in the pineal body [5]. As hallucinogens these alkaloids are reportedly more active than mescaline or LSD [4].
Transgenerational Effects of Early Life Starvation on Growth, Reproduction, and Stress Resistance inCaenorhabditis elegans
Authors: Jobson Meghan A , Jordan James M , Sandrof Moses A , Hibshman Jonathan D , Lennox Ashley L , Baugh L Ryan 
Published: July 2015

AbstractStarvation during early development can have lasting effects that influence organismal fitness and disease risk. We characterized the long-term phenotypic consequences of starvation during early larval development in Caenorhabditis elegans to determine potential fitness effects and develop it as a model for mechanistic studies. We varied the amount of time that larvae were developmentally arrested by starvation after hatching (“L1 arrest”). Worms recovering from extended starvation grew slowly, taking longer to become reproductive, and were smaller as adults. Fecundity was also reduced, with the smallest individuals most severely affected. Feeding behavior was impaired, possibly contributing to deficits in growth and reproduction. Previously starved larvae were more sensitive to subsequent starvation, suggesting decreased fitness even in poor conditions. We discovered that smaller larvae are more resistant to heat, but this correlation does not require passage through L1 arrest. The progeny of starved animals were also adversely affected: Embryo quality was diminished, incidence of males was increased, progeny were smaller, and their brood size was reduced. However, the progeny and grandprogeny of starved larvae were more resistant to starvation. In addition, the progeny, grandprogeny, and great-grandprogeny were more resistant to heat, suggesting epigenetic inheritance of acquired resistance to starvation and heat. Notably, such resistance was inherited exclusively from individuals most severely affected by starvation in the first generation, suggesting an evolutionary bet-hedging strategy. In summary, our results demonstrate that starvation affects a variety of life-history traits in the exposed animals and their descendants, some presumably reflecting fitness costs but others potentially adaptive.
Salud sexual y reproductiva en estudiantes universitarios de una institución de educación superior en Colombia
Authors: Gómez Camargo Doris Esther , Ochoa Diaz Margarita Maria , Canchila Barrios Carlos Alberto , Ramos Clason Enrique Carlos , Salguedo Madrid Germán Israel , Malambo García Dacia Isabel 
Published: July 2015

<!--StartFragment--><p><strong>Objetivo</strong> Investigar en una universidad estatal delCaribe colombianoel estado de la salud sexual y reproductiva especialmente conocimientos sobre Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual (ETS), fertilidad, sexualidad, embarazo y violencia.</p><p><strong>Métodos </strong>Estudio transversal tipo encuesta. Se seleccionaron estudiantes matriculados en el segundo período de 2010 que llenaron voluntariamente la encuesta. Los datos cualitativos fueron tabulados y graficados usando medidas de tendencia central para variables cuantitativas.</p><p><strong>Resultados </strong>La población tenía alrededor de 20 años de edad, provenía de la zona urbana (57,9 %; IC95 %=54,7-61,1), predominantemente heterosexual (89,7 %) con edad de inicio de vida sexual antes de los 18 años, con 11,8 % de promiscuidad que usaba principalmente el preservativo como Método de Planificación Familiar (MPF) (55 %). Aunque poseían información previa sobre salud sexual, MPF y ETS, no se comportaban acorde con ello, por la desinformación sobre formas de transmisión del VIH, bajo nivel de realización de pruebas serológicas para ETS, así como conductas de riesgo (sexo/alcohol/drogas). El 12,3% tuvo antecedente de embarazo, violencia física (21,6%) y sexual (4,6 %) con un predominante silencio de las víctimas de abuso sexual (61,8 %). <strong></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><strong>Conclusiones</strong> La muestra refleja la población universitaria de esta región del país.Se planea organizar un programa con apoyo médico y psicológico que permita disminuir los índices de ETS, embarazos no planificados, preparando al adolescente en esta importante etapa de su vida,sirviendo de modelo para otras universidades latinoamericanas. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"> </p><!--EndFragment-->
Enteroparasitismo en indígenas Terena en el estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
Authors: Norberg Antonio Neres , Guerra-Sanches Fabiano , Blanco Moreira-Norberg Paulo R. , Madeira-Oliveira José Tadeu , Santa-Helena Aluízio Antonio , Serra-Freire Nicolau Maués 
Published: July 2015

<p><strong>Objetivo </strong>Considerando que más de la mitad de la población mundial está infectada por protozoarios y helmintos intestinales, con alta prevalencia en las zonas más pobres, esta investigación tuvo como objetivo identificar la prevalencia de los parasitismos entre indígenas de la etnia Terena, establecidos en el Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul.</p><p><strong>Metodología </strong>Se examinaron 134 muestras de heces de individuos de la comunidad indígena. Estas se conservaron en solución de Merthiolate-iodo-formol (MIF). Los exámenes de laboratorio fueron realizados por las técnicas de Hoffman, Pons y Janer; Willis y Kinyoun.</p><p><strong>Resultados </strong>Se identificaron infecciones por helmintos nematodos de las especies <em>Ascaris lumbricoides,</em> Ancylostomidae,<em> Enterobius vermicularis, Strongyloides stercoralis, </em>y<em> Trichuris trichiura</em>; cestodos de la especie <em>Hymenolepis nana, </em>y <em>Taenia</em>spp<em>.</em> También por protozoarios de las especies <em>Cryptosporidium </em>spp.<em>, Giardia lamblia, Endolimax nana, Entamoeba coli, </em>y<em> Entamoeba histolytica</em>. De las muestras investigadas, 23,1% fueron negativas; de los 76,9 % parasitados hubo diferencia estadísticamente no significativa para el parasitismo en hombres y mujeres examinados, de unoa 33 años de edad, y sobre parasitismo mono específico, o con simultaneidad de especies. Como diversidad parasitaria fueron encontradas siete especies de helmintos nematodos y cestodos, y cinco de protozoarios Archamoebae, flagelados y enterozoários. </p><p><strong>Conclusiones</strong> Los resultados fueron la base para la orientación e intervención adecuada, revelando la necesidad de la implantación de medidas gubernamentales y socioeducativas para mejorar las condiciones de vida de esta comunidad.</p>
Determinantes estructurales de países con decrecimiento en la prevalencia por la infección VIH/SIDA en el periodo 2001-2011
Authors: Escobar Leguízamo Daira Nayive , Estrada Montoya John Harold , Prieto Suárez Edgar 
Published: July 2015

<p><strong>Objetivo </strong>Analizar y comparar los elementos y características estructurales que permiten establecer un modelo sobre la disminución (superior o igual al 25 %) de la infección por VIH/SIDA, en 22 países durante el periodo 2001 - 2011.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Método </strong>Cohorte retrospectiva enfocada desde la perspectiva de los determinantes sociales de la salud. La metodología fue desarrollada en 2 etapas: revisión documental (comportamiento de la epidemia) y cuantitativa (modelo de regresión lineal simple para variables económicas y de salud).<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Resultados </strong>Los indicadores que podrían influir sobre el comportamiento del decrecimiento de la prevalencia del VIH son: el PIB Per cápita, el gasto de salud Per cápita y el índice de Gini.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Conclusiones </strong>Los Determinantes estructurales, así como la inequidades pueden condicionar o no el decrecimiento de la prevalencia del VIH, hipótesis que podría aplicarse a otros problemas de salud pública. </p><p> </p>