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Breaking the Teeth of Time: Mythical Time and the «Terror of History» in the Rhetoric of the Legionary Movement in Interwar Romania
Authors: Carstocea Raul 
Published: January 2015

Breaking the Teeth of Time: Mythical Time and the «Terror of History» in the Rhetoric of the Legionary Movement in Interwar Romania This article analyses the alternative temporality visible in the rhetoric of the «Legion of the Archangel Michael», Romania's interwar fascist movement. It argues that, in line with its palingenetic ideology, the legionary movement adopted a temporal vision in which a timeless Romanian nation spanning both an immemorial past and an infinite future was made salient in an urgent present, interpreted as a «threshold» between the old and the new world. Thus oscillating between the seemingly opposing poles of revolution and eternity, this alternative temporality was responsible both for the attraction of a significant number of intellectuals to the movement, and for the Legion's typically fascist radicalism that justified and valorised violence as a form of «creative destruction» that would bring about the eschatological abolition of history and the establishment of a new order. These aspects are illustrated by focusing on the case of Mircea Eliade, one of the most prominent interwar Romanian intellectuals who became a legionary sympathiser. Making use of Eliade's notions of «sacred time» and its opposition to the «terror of history» as a conceptual framework, the paper analyses the correspondences between the legionary temporal vision and Eliade's visible preference for a transcendental, religious understanding of history, endowing it with meaning and allowing modern man to escape the meaninglessness of clock time.
The Fascist Stylisation of Time
Authors: Fogu Claudio 
Published: January 2015

The Fascist Stylisation of Time Stimulated by the publication of Roger Griffith's Modernism and Fascism (2007), this piece revisits my 2003 study of fascist politics of history in Italy to identify the ideal-typical traits of what I call the fascist «historic imaginary», and explore its relations with its relation to the discursive and mental phenomena we call postmodernism/postmodernity. I argue that the fascist mental orientation towards time does not reside in what Griffin calls «a mental attitude towards the transcendence of time,» but in a de-temporalisation of historical time and an immanent conception of the relationship between res gestae and historia rerum gestarum. I further contend that this de-temporalisation has very specific connections with the postwar stylization and serialization of historical time into the «temporality of the fashion decade» as well as with the perception of «historic event» (i.e. Holocaust, Fall of the Berlin Wall) as recoding the image of the «end of history».
Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence at High-Latitude Regions of the Milky Way
Authors: Pingel Nickolas , StanimirovicÌ SnezÌŒana , Young-Lee Min 
Published: January 2015

We performed statistical analysis on the high-latitude molecular cloud MBM16 with data collected from the Galactic Arecibo L-Band Feed Array HI (GALFA-HI) Survey. We developed a code toÂ convolve a circular kernel across a spatial column density image to create maps of the 3rd and 4th statistical moments. With these higher-order moment maps, we utilized a relationship derived purely from the theoretical MHD simulations of Burkhart et al. (2010) to directly estimate the sonic Mach number (Ms). We then looked at an estimate for the slope of the spatial power of our region to check our range of calculated Mach numbers and verify the reliability of our results. We found that the translucent, non-star forming molecular cloud, MBM16, can be considered largely subsonic to transonic, which is consistent with the conception of stars being dominant drivers of interstellar turbulence.Â
Effects of Enamel Matrix Derivative and Transforming Growth Factor‐β1 on Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Human Periodontal Ligament Fibroblasts
Authors: Heng Nora H.M. , Zahlten Janine , Cordes Valerie , Ong Marianne M‐A , Goh Bee Tin , N'Guessan Philippe D. , Pischon Nicole 
Published: January 2015

Background: Enamel matrix derivative (EMD) is suggested to stimulate transforming growth factor‐β (TGF‐β) production. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a downstream mediator of TGF‐β. This study explores the effects of EMD and TGF‐β1 on CTGF in periodontal ligament (PDL) fibroblasts and their interactions in PDL proliferation and development.Methods: Human PDL cells were stimulated with EMD. To explore the effects of EMD and TGF‐β1 on CTGF expression, cells were treated with and without TGF‐β inhibitor, and CTGF protein levels were assayed by Western blot analysis. To study the role of CTGF in PDL development, cells were treated with CTGF inhibitor. DNA synthesis was analyzed by bromodeoxyuridine enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. Reverse‐transcription polymerase chain reaction was performed to examine messenger RNA expression of PDL osteoblastic differentiation markers: type I collagen, alkaline phosphatase, and osteocalcin.Results: EMD induced a concentration‐dependent increase of CTGF protein expression in PDL cells. EMD‐ and TGF‐β1‐stimulated CTGF expression was significantly reduced in the presence of TGF‐β inhibitor. CTGF inhibition downregulated both EMD‐ and TGF‐β1‐induced DNA synthesis. The effect of CTGF and EMD on osteoblastic mRNA expression in PDL cells is not obvious.Conclusions: EMD stimulates CTGF expression in human PDL cells, a process modulated by the TGF‐β pathway. CTGF can affect EMD‐ and TGF‐β1‐induced PDL cell proliferation, but its effects on PDL with regard to osteoblastic differentiation remain inconclusive. The results provide novel insights into EMD–CTGF interaction in PDL cells.
Effect of Living Cellular Sheets on the Angiogenic Potential of Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Authors: Villar Cristina C. , Zhao Xiang R. , Livi Carolina B. , Cochran David L. 
Published: January 2015

Background: A fundamental issue limiting the efficacy of surgical approaches designed to correct periodontal mucogingival defects is that new tissues rely on limited sources of blood supply from the adjacent recipient bed. Accordingly, therapies based on tissue engineering that leverage local self‐healing potential may represent promising alternatives for the treatment of mucogingival defects by inducing local vascularization. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of commercially available living cellular sheets (LCS) on the angiogenic potential of neonatal dermal human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC‐dNeo).Methods: The effect of LCS on HMVEC‐dNeo proliferation, migration, capillary tube formation, gene expression, and production of angiogenic factors was evaluated over time.Results: LCS positively influenced HMVEC‐dNeo proliferation and migration. Moreover, HMVEC‐dNeo incubated with LCS showed transcriptional profiles different from those of untreated cells. Whereas increased expression of angiogenic genes predominated early on in response to LCS, late‐phase responses were characterized by up‐ and downregulation of angiostatic and angiogenic genes. However, this trend was not confirmed at the protein level, as LCS induced increased production of most of the angiogenic factors tested (i.e., epidermal growth factor [EGF], heparin‐binding EGF‐like growth factor, interleukin 6, angiopoietin, platelet‐derived growth factor‐BB, placental growth factor, and vascular endothelial growth factor) throughout the investigational period. Finally, although LCS induced HMVEC‐dNeo proliferation, migration, and expression of angiogenic factors, additional factors and environmental pressures are likely to be required to promote the development of complex, mesh‐like vascular structures.Conclusion: LCS favor initial mechanisms that govern angiogenesis but failed to enhance or accelerate HMVEC‐dNeo morphologic transition to complex vascular structures.
Association of Serum 17β‐Estradiol Concentration, Hormone Therapy, and Alveolar Crest Height in Postmenopausal Women
Authors: Wang Youjin , LaMonte Michael J. , Hovey Kathleen M. , Mai Xiaodan , Tezal Mine , Millen Amy E. , Ochs‐Balcom Heather M. , Genco Robert J. , Barnabei Vanessa M. , Wactawski‐Wende Jean 
Published: January 2015

Background: Declines in endogenous estrogen levels after menopause can lead to systemic bone loss, including loss of oral bone and alveolar crest height (ACH). However, few studies have assessed both serum 17β‐estradiol (E2) and exogenous hormone therapy (HT) use in relation to oral bone loss.Methods: This study examines the associations among serum E2, HT use, and ACH in 613 postmenopausal women from the Buffalo OsteoPerio study. Baseline ACH levels and 5‐year ACH were assessed for groups according to E2 level (undetectable, >5.00 to ≤18.00, >18.00 to ≤46.07, and >46.07 pg/mL) and among HT use (never, ever) using analysis of variance and analysis of covariance. Logistic regression was used to analyze the association of ACH loss with serum E2 and HT use.Results: In cross‐sectional analyses, no association was found of serum E2 with whole‐mouth mean or worst‐site ACH. However, history of HT use was associated with ACH. Women who had never used HT had more ACH loss assessed as a whole‐mouth mean ACH (P = 0.01) and as worst‐site ACH loss (P = 0.03). In logistic regression analyses of baseline ACH loss severity, HT never‐users had two‐fold higher odds of being in the severe ACH loss category compared to ever‐users (odds ratio, 2.00; 95% confidence interval, 1.11 to 3.62). No association was observed of 5‐year change in ACH with baseline serum E2 or HT use.Conclusion: Although this study did not detect an association with current serum E2 level and ACH, HT use was found to be associated with less ACH loss in postmenopausal women.
Sensitivity and Specificity of Radiographic Methods for Predicting Insertion Torque of Dental Implants
Authors: Cortes Arthur Rodriguez Gonzalez , Eimar Hazem , Barbosa Jorge de Sá , Costa Claudio , Arita Emiko Saito , Tamimi Faleh 
Published: January 2015

Background: Subjective radiographic classifications of alveolar bone have been proposed and correlated with implant insertion torque (IT). The present diagnostic study aims to identify quantitative bone features influencing IT and to use these findings to develop an objective radiographic classification for predicting IT.Methods: Demographics, panoramic radiographs (taken at the beginning of dental treatment), and cone‐beam computed tomographic scans (taken for implant surgical planning) of 25 patients receiving 31 implants were analyzed. Bone samples retrieved from implant sites were assessed with dual x‐ray absorptiometry, microcomputed tomography, and histology. Odds ratio, sensitivity, and specificity of all variables to predict high peak IT were assessed.Results: A ridge cortical thickness >0.75 mm and a normal appearance of the inferior mandibular cortex were the most sensitive variables for predicting high peak IT (87.5% and 75%, respectively). A classification based on the combination of both variables presented high sensitivity (90.9%) and specificity (100%) for predicting IT.Conclusions: Within the limitations of this study, the results suggest that it is possible to predict IT accurately based on radiographic findings of the patient. This could be useful in the treatment plan of immediate loading cases.
Change in Medical Spending Attributable to Diabetes: National Data From 1987 to 2011
Authors: Zhuo Xiaohui , Zhang Ping , Kahn Henry S. , Bardenheier Barbara H. , Li Rui , Gregg Edward W. 
Published: January 2015

OBJECTIVE
Diabetes care has changed substantially in the past 2 decades. We examined the change in medical spending and use related to diabetes between 1987 and 2011.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Using the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey and the Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys in 2000–2001 and 2010–2011, we compared per person medical expenditures and uses among adults ≥18 years of age with or without diabetes at the three time points. Types of medical services included inpatient care, emergency room (ER) visits, outpatient visits, prescription drugs, and others. We also examined the changes in unit cost, defined by the expenditure per encounter for medical services.

RESULTS
The excess medical spending attributed to diabetes was $2,588 (95% CI, $2,265 to $3,104), $4,205 ($3,746 to $4,920), and $5,378 ($5,129 to $5,688) per person, respectively, in 1987, 2000–2001, and 2010–2011. Of the $2,790 increase, prescription medication accounted for 55%; inpatient visits accounted for 24%; outpatient visits accounted for 15%; and ER visits and other medical spending accounted for 6%. The growth in prescription medication spending was due to the increase in both the volume of use and unit cost, whereas the increase in outpatient expenditure was almost entirely driven by more visits. In contrast, the increase in inpatient and ER expenditures was caused by the rise of unit costs.

CONCLUSIONS
In the past 2 decades, managing diabetes has become more expensive, mostly due to the higher spending on drugs. Further studies are needed to assess the cost-effectiveness of increased spending on drugs.
Half-century archives of occupational medical data on French nuclear workers: a dusty warehouse or gold mine for epidemiological research?
Authors: Garsi Jerome-Philippe , Samson Eric , Chablais Laetitia , Zhivin Sergey , Niogret Christine , Laurier Dominique 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
This article discusses the availability and completeness of medical data on workers from the AREVA NC Pierrelatte nuclear plant and their possible use in epidemiological research on cardiovascular and metabolic disorders related to internal exposure to uranium. We created a computer database from files on 394 eligible workers included in an ongoing nested case-control study from a larger cohort of 2897 French nuclear workers. For each worker, we collected records of previous employment, job positions, job descriptions, medical visits, and blood test results from medical history. The dataset counts 9,471 medical examinations and 12,735 blood test results. For almost all of the parameters relevant for research on cardiovascular risk, data completeness and availability is over 90 %, but it varies with time and improves in the latest time period. In the absence of biobanks, collecting and computerising available good-quality occupational medicine archive data constitutes a valuable alternative for epidemiological and aetiological research in occupational health. Biobanks rarely contain biological samples over an entire worker’s carrier and medical data from nuclear industry archives might make up for unavailable biomarkers that could provide information on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
Antihaemolytic activity of thirty herbal extracts in mouse red blood cells
Authors: Khalili Masoumeh , Ebrahimzadeh Mohammad Ali , Safdari Yaghoub 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can lead to haemolysis and eventually to diseases such as thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia. Their action can be counteracted by the antihaemolytic activity of therapeutic agents. The aim of our study was to identify plants that most efficiently counteract ROS-caused haemolysis. From ten plants known for their antioxidant activity (Orobanche orientalis G. Beck, Cucumis melo L., Albizzia julibrissin Durazz, Galium verum L., Scutellaria tournefortii Benth, Crocus caspius Fischer & Meyer, Sambucus ebulus L., Danae racemosa L., Rubus fruticsos L., and Artemisia absinthium L.) we prepared 30 extracts using three extraction methods (percolation, Soxhlet, and ultrasound-assisted extraction) to see whether the extraction method affects antihaemolytic efficiency, and one extraction method (polyphenol extraction) to see how much of this action is phenol-related. Extract antihaemolytic activity was determined in mice red blood cells and compared to that of vitamin C as a known antioxidant. Nine of our extracts were more potent than vitamin C, of which G. verum (aerial parts/percolation) and S. tournefortii (aerial parts/polyphenol) extracts were the most potent, with an IC50 of 1.32 and 2.08 μg mL-1, respectively. Haemolysis inhibition depended on extract concentration and the method of extraction. These plants could provide accessible sources of natural antioxidants to the pharmaceutical industry
In vivo changes in carbonic anhydrase activity and histopathology of gill and liver tissues after acute exposure to chlorpyrifos in rainbow trout
Authors: Topal Ahmet , Atamanalp Muhammed , Oruç Ertan , Demir Yeliz , Beydemir Şükrü , Işık Alparslan 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide widely used in agriculture and aquaculture. This study investigated its effects on carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzyme activity and histopathology of rainbow trout gill and liver. The fish were exposed to 2.25 (25 % of 96 h LC50), 4.5 (50 % of 96 h LC50), and 6.75 μg L-1 (75 % of 96 h LC50) of chlorpyrifos for 24, 48, 72, and 96 h. CA activity was measured in liver and gills and histopathological changes were examined by light microscopy. The most common liver changes at most of the chlorpyrifos concentrations were hyperaemia and degenerative changes. Gill tissues were characterised by lamellar hyperaemia, lamellar oedemas, clumping, cellular degeneration, hyperplasia, and lamellar atrophy. CA enzyme activity in the gills decreased at all concentrations at 48, 72, and 96 h after exposure to chlorpyrifos (p<0.05). Similarly, there was a time-dependent decrease in CA activity at all of the concentrations in liver tissues (p<0.05). The present study indicated that chlorpyrifos inhibits CA enzyme activity and causes histopathological damage in gill and liver tissues
Antioxidant Properties of Resveratrol and its Protective Effects in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Authors: Gerszon Joanna , Rodacka Aleksandra , Puchała Mieczysław 
Published: January 2015

Summary
Resveratrol is a natural organic compound, polyphenol, produced naturally by some plants in response to several harmful factors such as attack by pathogens, UV radiation, or increased oxidative stress. Many experiments suggest that it triggers mechanisms that counteract aging-related effects and plays a role in insulin resistance as well. It also possesses beneficial properties such as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, blood-sugar-lowering and cardiovascular effects. It is supposed to exhibit an interesting activity in neuroprotection - mainly through activation of sirtuins and counteraction in forming peptide aggregates. Still research is needed to evaluate exactly how resveratrol protects neurons, and to develop new, potential, therapeutic drugs
Voltammetric characterization of Hg2+ ion behaviour in acid media on different electrodes
Authors: Nemtoi Gh. , Cretescu Ig. , Breaban Iuliana , Verestiuc P.C. , Tucaliuc Oana-Maria 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
This article presents some aspects related to the cathodic discharge of the mercuric ion provided from HgCl2 into an aqueous solution of 0.1 M H2SO4 on different types of electrodes: gold disc electrode (GDE), carbon paste electrode (CPE) and platinum-disk electrode (PDE). Using the rotating disk electrode technique applied on PDE it was established that the cathodic discharge mechanism for the mercuric ion is based on both process types: mass transport, achieved by diffusion and charge transfer, achieved by electron transfer from cathode to mercury ion
Influence of the B-site cation nature on crystal structure and magnetic properties of Ca2BMoO6 (B = Cr, La, Sm) double perovskite
Authors: Gorodea Ioana A. 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Double perovskite-type oxide Ca2BMoO6 materials, where B = Cr, La and Sm, were prepared by the sol-gel auto-combustion method for the first time. The role of different B-site cations on their synthesis, structures, and magnetic properties was investigated. The synthesis progress was followed by the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and the samples’ structure was investigated by X-ray diffraction. The increase of the ionic radii B leads to the decrease of the t-value which reflects the structural distortion from the ideal cubic perovskite. Magnetization measurements were made with a SQUID magnetometer. All compounds are ferimagnetic and magnetic properties are indirectly influenced by the distortion degree of the lattice and disorder on the B/B’ positions
Studies of different types of aspirin by spectrophotometric methods
Authors: Motan Gabriela , Puia Aurel 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is an important anti-inflammatory and analgesic-pyretic drug. FTIR and UV-VIS spectroscopy were used in the present study. Using the FTIR spectroscopy and statistical data analysis the correlation between different types of aspirin was determined. The content of acetylsalicylic acid from the analysed samples was determined by the use of UV-VIS spectroscopy
Evaluation of Zackel Lamb Meat Quality with the Aim of Increasing the Conservation Value of the Breed
Authors: Mila Savić , Milan Baltić , Zsolt Becskei , Blagoje Dimitrijević , Vladimir Dimitrijević , Đorde Savić , Mensur Vegara 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The objective of the study was to perform and evaluate the advanced phenotypic characterization of endangered Zackel sheep types, especially their productive potential and meat quality traits. Meat quality characteristics (m. longissimus dorsi) were evaluated in lambs of three types of autochthonous Zackel sheep: Sjenica sheep, Lipe sheep and Vlashko Vitoroga sheep, reared in traditional habitats in a sustainable management system. For the evaluation of sensory characteristics of lamb meat, quantitative descriptive analysis was performed according to ISO 6564:1985, i.e. structural intensity scale of seven points. All Zackel meat samples had an overall acceptability, the most favorable being in Sjenica sheep, with detected differences between Sjenica and Vlashko Vitoroga sheep (p<0.01), as well as between Lipe and Vlashko Vitoroga sheep (p<0.05). For the determination of fatty acids profile the prepared samples were analyzed using gas chromatography. The results showed that all tested lamb meat samples contain favorable amounts of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). The average content of conjugated linoleic acid was higher in Sjenica lamb meat compared with Lipe lamb meat, and the difference was significant (p<0.01). It is also shown that examined samples of Sjenica, Lipe and Vlashko Vitoroga lambs, compared to many other exotic and local breeds, were characterized by preferable values of n-6:n-3 fatty acid ratio. Polyunsaturated fatty acid n-6:n−3 ratio difference between tested Zackel types was not significant. The favorable fatty acid profile, important for human health and especially for infant and children nutrition, raises the interest for sustainable production and conservation of Zackel sheep
Canine and Feline Thelaziosis Caused by Thelazia Callipaeda in Serbia
Authors: Bojan Gajić , Danica Bogunović , Jevrosima Stevanović , Zoran Kulišić , Predrag Simeunović , Zoran Stanimirović 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Thelazia callipaeda is a parasitic nematode causing ocular infections in different mammalian species and humans, clinically manifested as lacrimation, conjunctivitis, keratitis, corneal opacity or corneal ulcer. In this paper, we reported six cases of autochthonous canine and feline thelaziosis on different localities in Serbia. Total of 285 parasites (85 males and 200 females) were collected from the eyes of infected animals (n=6) suffering from uni- or bilateral conjunctivitis, with the number of parasites ranging from 7 to 150 per animal. All parasites were morphologically identified as T. callipaeda, while molecular analyses of cytochrome oxidase 1 (cox1) gene revealed the presence of h1 haplotype, as the unique previously reported in other studies in Europe. Since T. callipaeda is a newly detected parasite in Serbia with the infective potential for humans, there is a necessity for animal owners education and cooperation among professional services in order to control this zoonosis.