bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Morphometric analysis of mice's ventricular myocardium submitted to androgenic anabolizing steroids use
Authors: Alves D. , Silva M. , Zavan B. , Nogueira D. , Fernandes G. , Rossi Junior W. , Esteves A. 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Introduction: Androgenic anabolizing steroids (AAS) are a group of natural and synthetic compounds deriving from testosterone or one of its sub-products which are more and more used by young people for improving physical performance or for aesthetic reason. Complications, such as arteriosclerosis and acute myocardium infarction (AMI), have been reported in AAS' users, but the records about the ventricular anatomical structure of those users are few. Because of that, this study aimed to verify morphologic and quantitative morphometric possible alterations on mice's left ventricular myocardium submitted to their use. Materials and Methods: Thirty mice were divided into three 10-animals groups (group 1: received Deca-Durabolin®; group 2: received Potenay®; and group 3: received saline solution), each one of them composed by five males and five females, treated once a week and put to swimming thrice a week during one month. Results: Results revealed that there were no significant alterations in the quantity of muscle fibers in the animals treated with AAS but there were significant differences when comparing male-to-female mice and left ventricular area (μm2). It was observed that mice in group 1 (Deca-Durabolin®) presented a lesser left ventricular area when compared to those in group 3 (control) but, when analyzing cardiac muscle ibers morphologically, it was veriied that the myocardium was looser and softer in drug-submitted animals, especially those in group 1 (Deca-Durabolin®). Conclusion: There are effective signiicant differences when a morphologic and quantitative morphometric analysis is done concerning mice's left ventricular myocardium submitted to AAS.
Egalitarian Moments
Authors: Shaw Devin Zane 
Published: September 2015

Jacques Rancière’s work has challenged many of the assumptions of contemporary continental philosophy by placing equality at the forefront of emancipatory political thought and aesthetics. Drawing on the claim that egalitarian politics persistently appropriates elements from political philosophy to engage new forms of dissensus, Devin Zane Shaw argues that Rancière’s work also provides an opportunity to reconsider modern philosophy and aesthetics in light of the question of equality. In Part I, Shaw examines Rancière’s philosophical debts to the ‘good sense’ of Cartesian egalitarianism and the existentialist critique of identity. In Part II, he outlines Rancière’s critical analyses of Walter Benjamin and Clement Greenberg and offers a reinterpretation of Rancière’s debate with Alain Badiou in light of the philosophical differences between Schiller and Schelling.
From engaging debates about political subjectivity from Descartes to Sartre, to delineating the egalitarian stakes in aesthetics and the philosophy of art from Schiller to Badiou, this book presents a concise tour through a series of egalitarian moments found within the histories of modern philosophy and aesthetics.
Preferencias de los y las estudiantes universitarias sobre el empleo desde una perspectiva de género
Authors: Pérez-Carbonell Amparo , Ramos Santana Genoveva 
Published: September 2015

Se presenta un estudio de encuesta sobre las preferencias que tiene el alumnado universitario al decidirse por un trabajo, lo que creen que les debe aportar y cómo debe ser la empresa en la que desearían trabajar en función de la variable género. Diferentes investigaciones, señalan que las personas desarrollan valores, expectativas y habilidades profesionales diferentes asociadas a la carrera y a la profesión en función del género. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los factores que llevan a los y las jóvenes a percibir el trabajo o profesión y determinar si dicha percepción es diferente por ser hombre o mujer. A través de un cuestionario ad hoc compuesto por 52 ítems de escala Likert se recoge la información a 1295 estudiantes universitarios seleccionados a través de un muestreo no probabilístico por accesibilidad y que realizan sus estudios en 28 universidades y 53 facultades españolas públicas y privadas durante el curso académico 2010-11. Las respuestas aportadas en dicho cuestionario son analizadas con la prueba U de Mann-Whitney y el Análisis factorial de componentes principales exploratorio con rotación varimax diferenciado por sexo. Los resultados obtenidos constatan que el alumnado universitario, desarrolla sus preferencias laborales sesgadas por estereotipos de género, aunque también se observan pequeños cambios de tendencias en dichas preferencias como, la valoración de la conciliación familiar ante la decisión de un empleo por parte de los universitarios o la búsqueda de trabajos que les lleven a retos constantes en el caso de las universitarias.
LabVIEW based ‘nonlintool’ for analysis and design of nonlinear control system
Authors: Patel Hiral A. , Patel Jignesh 
Published: September 2015

ABSTRACTThis paper presents LabVIEW based Graphical User Interface (GUI) tool called as ‘nonlintool’. The tool provides much needed user friendly computational platform for nonlinear control system as there are very few endeavours found on computer aided tool for analysis and design of nonlinear control system. The tool is useful for analysis and design of nonlinear control system. The tool offers user friendly computational platform for the study of nonlinear control system. It has capability to carry the analysis and design for almost all type of discrete (or discontinuous) and continues nonlinearities. It aims to provide quick and effective means for the understanding of behaviour of nonlinear systems. The different modules integrated in the tool to analyse the discrete type nonlinearity with phase plane trajectory and continuous type nonlinearity with linearization. The tool enables the user to investigate the stability of the system and help to proceed for the design of nonlinear control system. The tool is converted in to executable file to make it open source package. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 24:195–201, 2016; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI 10.1002/cae.21697
Coordination Chemistry of Homoleptic Actinide(IV)–Thiocyanate Complexes
Authors: Carter Tyler J. , Wilson Richard E. 
Published: September 2015

AbstractThe synthesis, X‐ray crystal structure, vibrational and optical spectroscopy for the eight‐coordinate thiocyanate compounds, [Et4N]4[PuIV(NCS)8], [Et4N]4[ThIV(NCS)8], and [Et4N]4[CeIII(NCS)7(H2O)] are reported. Thiocyanate was found to rapidly reduce plutonium to PuIII in acidic solutions (pH<1) in the presence of NCS−. The optical spectrum of [Et4N][SCN] containing PuIII solution was indistinguishable from that of aquated PuIII suggesting that inner‐sphere complexation with [Et4N][SCN] does not occur in water. However, upon concentration, the homoleptic thiocyanate complex [Et4N]4[PuIV(NCS)8] was crystallized when a large excess of [Et4N][NCS] was present. This compound, along with its UIV analogue, maintains inner‐sphere thiocyanate coordination in acetonitrile based on the observation of intense ligand‐to‐metal charge‐transfer bands. Spectroscopic and crystallographic data do not support the interaction of the metal orbitals with the ligand π system, but support an enhanced AnIV–NCS interaction, as the Lewis acidity of the metal ion increases from Th to Pu.
Polypharmazie im Alter – klug entscheiden mit dem
FORTA-Prinzip
Authors: Throm Christina , Wehling Martin 
Published: September 2015

ZusammenfassungMultimorbidität und Polypharmazie sind Gefahren für ältere Patienten; die
Verbesserung der Arzneimitteltherapiequalität ist wichtig und eine neue
Herangehensweise – die FORTA [Fit fOR The Aged]-Liste – soll dieses Vorhaben in
der klinischen Praxis unterstützen. In dieser Übersicht sollen
anwendungsbezogene Details für einen erfolgreichen Gebrauch von FORTA
beschrieben werden. Die Liste kategorisiert Medikamente abhängig von der Evidenz
für Sicherheit, Wirksamkeit und allgemeiner Alterstauglichkeit in vier Gruppen:
A (unentbehrlich), B (nützlich), C (bedenklich) und D (zu vermeiden). Als
implizite Methode ist sie nur anwendbar, wenn medizinische Details zum Patienten
bekannt sind. Der Prozess beginnt mit Anamnese und diagnostischem Assessment,
inklusive Schweregradeinteilung der Erkrankungen. Das ist die Basis für die
FORTA-unterstützte Auswahl von Medikamenten um Übertherapie (Medikament nicht
nötig), Untertherapie (Zustand nicht, oder nicht ausreichend mit positiv
bewerteten Medikamenten behandelt) oder Fehltherapie (Medikament indiziert, aber
negatives, anstatt positiv bewertetem Medikament ausgewählt) zu vermeiden. Der
Auswahl folgen sekundäre Analysen, beispielsweise bezüglich der Dosierung oder
Kontraindikationen. Das Medikationsschema wird dann aufgrund der beobachteten
erwünschten klinischen Effekte und Nebenwirkungen angepasst.
Antebellum Puzzle
Authors: Craig Lee A. 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Since the late 18th century the long-run trend in economic growth—conventionally measured by real gross domestic product, income, and wages—has been positive in the United States and throughout Europe. However, in the 19th century, many Western countries, including the United States, experienced stagnation and even cyclical downturns in the biological standard of living—as measured by, for example, the expectation of life and adult stature—thus creating the “antebellum puzzle,” so named because the downturn began in the decades before the US Civil War. This puzzle suggests that industrialization and modern economic growth were accompanied by an increase in inequality and a decrease in the consumption of net nutrients.
Health, Body Weight, and Obesity
Authors: Lakdawalla Darius N. , Reif Julian 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
The rise in obesity has generated enormous concern among policy makers and the general public. Economists have focused on explaining the causes of this rise, along with the attendant implications for public policy. This chapter summarizes the economic literature on the theory of weight determination, including the optimal determination of food intake and exercise, and the influence of prices and peer effects. In addition, the chapter reviews the empirical literature that tests a range of explanations for the rise in obesity, such as declining food prices, increasing price of exercise, rising income, peer effects, and the decline in cigarette consumption.
Adult Weight and Height of Native Populations
Authors: Rosinger Asher , Godoy Ricardo 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Weight and height are critical indicators of short- and long-term human nutrition and health. This chapter reviews secular trends of weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) from studies that relied on primary data of living adults in small-scale, native populations in rural areas of developing nations. Most studies reviewed found trends of increases in weight and BMI over an average study period of 20 years. Women gained an average of 8.8 kg and 3.1 kg/m2, and men gained an average of 5.1 kg and 2.1 kg/m2 over this time span. Additionally, 10 of 13 native populations reviewed had a recent overweight and obesity prevalence of at least 10 percentage points lower than the national averages for men and women combined. In contrast to weight, 12 out of 21 studies found no change (n = 8) or a decline (n = 4) in secular trends of height.
East Asia on the Rise
Authors: Schwekendiek Daniel Jong 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Body mass index, weight, and stature are reliable indicators of biological living standards. Although most studies in anthropometric history focus on Western nations, East Asian countries are of great interest as well because one-fifth of the world’s population lives in this region. This chapter reviews studies that focus on the anthropometric history of China, Japan, and Korea. Although the anthropometric measurements of contemporary urban Chinese equal those of Japan and South Korea, its rural population lags far behind. However, their anthropometric status is superior to that of North Korea, which has the worst economic performance in East Asia. Differences between the two Koreas cannot be explained by genetic predispositions alone. Japan’s anthropometrics have not matched its increasing economic power, but the quantity and quality of food intake in Japan differs from that of the rest of East Asia, suggesting that differences in food culture may account for these variations.
Rural and Agricultural Crime
Authors: Barclay Elaine , Weisheit Ralph A. , Donnermeyer Joseph F. 
Published: September 2015

Abstract
Much of the theory, research, and policy analysis in criminology has been devoted to urban locations. Yet crime is not exclusively an urban phenomenon. Rural crime involves theft from farms, illegal dumping, and illegal hunting and fishing, as well as familiar issues, such as drug use and production. Crime in rural areas raises important questions concerning the seasonality of activity, characteristics of offenders and victims, and the meaning of rural poverty. It requires thinking through responses from law enforcement and courts and the appropriateness of crime prevention initiatives. As well, rural criminology compels rethinking about criminological theories and their generalizability to a world whose population until recently was majority rural. This chapter reviews five key areas of rural criminology: criminology theory and rural criminology; rural community and crime; rural police; agricultural, environmental, and wildlife crime; and drug use and trafficking.
“Trying to Get a Grip”: Language Competence and Self-Reported Satisfaction With Social Relationships Three Decades Post-Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury
Authors: Atay Christina , Ryan Sarah J. , Lewis Fiona M. 
Published: September 2015

Objective:
(1) To investigate outcomes in language competence and self-reported satisfaction with social relationships in long-term survivors of childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI); and (2) to establish whether language competence contributes to self-reported satisfaction with social relationships decades after sustaining childhood TBI.

Participants:
Twelve females and 8 males aged 30 to 55 (mean = 39.80, standard deviation = 7.54) years who sustained a TBI during childhood and were on average 31 years postinjury (standard deviation = 9.69). An additional 20 participants matched for age, sex, handedness, years of education, and socioeconomic status constituted a control group.

Main Measures:

Test of Language Competence—Expanded Edition and the Quality of Life in Brain Injury questionnaire.

Results:
Individuals with a history of childhood TBI performed significantly poorer than their non-injured peers on 2 (Ambiguous Sentences and Oral Expression: Recreating Sentences) out of the 4 Test of Language Competence—Expanded Edition subtests used and on the Quality of Life in Brain Injury subscale assessing satisfaction with social relationships. In the TBI group, scores obtained on the Ambiguous Sentences subtest were found to be a significant predictor of satisfaction with social relationships, explaining 25% of the variance observed.

Conclusions:
The implication of high-level language skills to self-reported satisfaction with social relationships many decades post-childhood TBI suggests that ongoing monitoring of emerging language skills and support throughout the school years and into adulthood may be warranted if adult survivors of childhood TBI are to experience satisfying social relationships.
Eyelid Contour Following Conjunctival Müllerectomy With or Without Tarsectomy Blepharoptosis Repair
Authors: Choudhary Maria M. , Chundury Rao , McNutt Stephen A. , Perry Julian D. 
Published: September 2015

Purpose:
To quantitatively determine how accurately conjunctival Müllerectomy with or without tarsectomy (CM ± T) blepharoptosis repair restores eyelid contour.

Methods:
The charts of all patients undergoing unilateral CM ± T blepharoptosis repair at the Cole Eye Institute between June 2012 and September 2014 were reviewed. Preoperative and postoperative digital images were used for eyelid contour analysis. Eyelid contour was measured according to a previously described technique measuring 13 radial mid-pupil eyelid distances (MPLDs) in pixels at 15° intervals from 0° to 180°. Eyelid contour was computed taking the ratio of the corresponding radial MPLD on either side of margin reflex distance (105/75, 120/60, 135/45, 150/30, 165/15, and 180/0) using ImageJ software (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD). Ratios were compared between the preoperative and postoperative images using paired t test with statistical significance set at p < 0.05.

Results:
One hundred and six cases of unilateral CM ± T were performed during the study period and 20 cases met inclusion criteria. In the ptotic eyelid, the postoperative eyelid and the unoperated eyelid groups, the average temporal-to-nasal MPLD ratios at corresponding angles from the midline were closer to 1 from 45° to 135°. Then, further from the midline, at more obtuse angles, the temporal MPLD was greater than the nasal MPLD (i.e., the ratio was greater than 1) in all 3 groups.

Conclusions:
There was no significant difference in any corresponding MPLD or temporal/nasal MPLD ratio between the postoperative eyelid and the postoperative control eyelid. This technique for CM ± T blepharoptosis repair adequately restores eyelid contour.
The Locking Y Lateral Canthopexy With Osseous Integration: Clinical Experience and Surgical Technique
Authors: Kossler Andrea L. , Erickson Benjamin P. , Shriver Erin M. , Tse David T. 
Published: September 2015

Purpose:
To describe a surgical technique to correct lateral canthal tendon disinsertion with a strabismus surgery-inspired locking capture of the tendon complex and osseous integration via drill holes.

Methods:
Retrospective interventional case series including all patients with lateral canthal tendon disinsertion who underwent locking Y lateral canthopexy with drill hole reinforcement by 1 surgeon (D.T.T.) between 2006 and 2011. Outcome measures included resolution of presenting ocular symptoms, improved blink dynamics and lid closure, correction of lagophthalmos and exposure keratopathy, and need for further surgery.

Results:
A total of 53 lateral canthopexies with osseous integration were performed in 42 patients who fulfilled clinical criteria for lateral canthal tendon disinsertion. The population was biased toward treatment failures; 81% of eyes (43/53) had a history of prior lateral canthal tightening, and of these 30.2% (16/53) had undergone 3 or more procedures. Postoperatively, all eyes demonstrated improved eyelid position and blink mechanics, and 83% (44/53) had subjective resolution of epiphora and ocular irritation. Lagophthalmos was fully corrected in 95% (19/20) of cases, and corneal staining resolved in 88% (14/16). With a mean follow-up period of 24 months, 3.7% of eyes (2/53) required additional lateral canthal tightening.

Conclusions:
The locking Y lateral canthopexy is an effective and durable method for repositioning the lateral canthal tendon complex to improve blink dynamics, eyelid closure, and cosmesis. Even in a population heavily biased toward treatment failure, clinical results are excellent and the reoperation rate is low.
Role of self-efficacy and family supportive organizational perceptions in teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviour
Authors: Mangadu Paramasivam Ganesh 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of self-efficacy and family supportive organizational perceptions (FSOP) on organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) among engineering college teachers.Design/methodology/approach– Teachers (n=183) from public and private engineering colleges in the southern part of India were selected using purposive sampling technique. Survey method was used to collect data using the following scales: new general self-efficacy scale, teacher OCB scale and FSOP scale. Hierarchical regression analyses was used to test the hypotheses.Findings– Regression analyses showed general self-efficacy having a significant positive effect on all the sub-dimensions of teacher OCB and as well as on the overall OCB score. On the other hand, FSOP had a significant positive impact only on teachers’ OCB towards the institution. In terms of moderation effect, FSOP moderated the relationship between self-efficacy and teachers’ OCB towards the institution.Research limitations/implications– One of the major limitations of this study is its relatively small and region-specific sample. The sample is also limited to engineering college teachers only.Practical implications– The findings from the study reiterate the need to nurture a positive organizational culture towards work-life balance issues in academic institutions. The study also shows that FSOP can be a powerful motivating factor to encourage teachers to participate in institute-level activities.Originality/value– Most of the earlier studies on teacher OCB are in the context of schools but the present study focuses on the role of internal attributes and organizational-level factors in teacher OCB.
On three modernisation narratives in Poland after 1989
Authors: Anioł Wlodzimierz 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to look at the process of socio-economic modernization experienced by Poland in the period following the fall of communism in 1989 through the lens of three major narratives in domestic public discourse: the neoliberal, the conservative and the social democratic. Each of them distributes differently the accents, not only as regards preferred values and directions of change but also the modality, methods and pace of their introduction.Design/methodology/approach– The reflections are inspired by a constructivist approach, stressing the large impact of ideas, narrative and discourse on social change. Moreover the author proposes in the analysis his own identification of three types of modernization: from below, from above and from beyond.Findings– At least two conclusions follow from the paper. The first asserts that across the entire 25-year period from 1989 to 2014, the most powerful presence in the discourse has been marked by the neoliberal modernization narrative, although the popularity of conservative narrative has been important too. The other conclusion can be expressed in a nutshell as a thesis that impacts “from beyond” have had greatly shaped not only particular narratives but also the very systemic transformation of Poland. Those impacts have assumed forms of various transfers (ideological, institutional, financial and policy), with important roles being played by western governments, epistemic communities and integration structures of the western world.Originality/value– The following analysis of the public discourse about the modernization of Poland in the recent 25 years is an attempt to develop an original approach to the said issue from the perspective of the three narratives identified by the author. The emphasis on international factors in explaining the nature of Polish transformations after 1989 appears to be another asset of the paper.