bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
THE ART OF (RE)POSSESSION: HERITAGE AND THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF CONGO'S DECOLONIZATION
Authors: VAN BEURDEN SARAH 
Published: January 2015

AbstractThis article argues for a thematic and periodization shift in the approach to the history of Congo's decolonization. It demonstrates how debates about cultural heritage and demands for cultural restitution became important aspects of Congolese interpretations of decolonization, and argues that they played an important role in the national and international politics that were central to the construction of the cultural sovereignty of the postcolonial Zairian state.
Clinical study of tympanostomy tube placement for patients with intractable Ménière's disease
Authors: Ogawa Y , Otsuka K , Hagiwara A , Inagaki A , Shimizu S , Nagai N , Itani S , Saito Y , Suzuki M 
Published: January 2015

AbstractObjective:To evaluate the effectiveness of tympanostomy tube placement in controlling symptoms of intractable Ménière's disease.Methods:Fifteen patients with intractable Ménière's disease underwent tympanostomy tube placement in the affected ear. Post-operative changes in vertigo attacks and hearing level were recorded, and were evaluated according to American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery criteria.Results:At 12 months after treatment, 3 patients (20 per cent) showed complete control of vertigo, 7 (47 per cent) showed substantial control and 2 (13 per cent) showed limited control; 3 patients (20 per cent) required other treatment. At 24 months after treatment, 7 patients (47 per cent) showed complete control of vertigo, 3 (20 per cent) showed substantial control and 1 (7 per cent) showed limited control; 1 patient required other treatment 15 months after tympanostomy tube placement.Conclusion:There is no definite pathophysiological explanation for the effect of tympanostomy tube placement in reducing vertigo attacks. This treatment is not effective for all patients with intractable Ménière's disease. However, tympanostomy tube placement might be an additional surgical therapeutic option to consider prior to contemplating other, more invasive treatments.
The composition of parents’ and grandparents’ child-care time: gender and generational patterns in activity, multi-tasking and co-presence
Authors: CRAIG LYN , JENKINS BRIDGET 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACTHow do grandparents spend their child-care time? We examine how the composition of grandparent child care differs from parent child care, and whether child-care composition is more gender-similar for grandparents than for parents. Using the most recent (2006) Australian Bureau of Statistics Time Use Survey, we investigate along three dimensions: (a) the activities child care consists of (routineversusnon-routine), (b) whether it is multi-tasked (and whether it is paired with productive activities or with leisure), and (c) whether it is done solo or with a partner present. We find fathers and grandmothers' active child care is similarly apportioned between routine and non-routine activities, while mothers spend much more, and grandfathers spend much less, of their child-care time in routine care activities. Fathers and grandfathers spend similar proportions of their child-care time multi-tasking with leisure (about 50%) and performing care without their spouse present (about 20%), differing significantly from women on both these measures. Gender differences in the proportion of child care multi-tasked with productive activities (paid work, domestic work or other child care) are the same in both generations, but gender differences in the proportion of child care that is spent in routine activities, and that is done without a partner present, are significantly less for grandparents than for parents. The narrower gender gaps result from grandmothers spending less of their child-care time on these measures than mothers, not from grandfathers spending more of their child-care time on these measures than fathers.
Nonconceptualist Readings of Kant and the Transcendental Deduction
Authors: Land Thomas 
Published: January 2015

AbstractI give an argument against nonconceptualist readings of Kant’sFirst Critique, according to which one can enjoy a Kantian intuition without possessing any concepts, and present an alternative reading. The argument is that nonconceptualist readings are forced to construe the Transcendental Deduction in one of three ways, none of which is acceptable: The Deduction is seen either (i) as inconsistent with the Transcendental Aesthetic; or (ii) as addressing a question of fact rather than a question of legitimacy; or (iii) as articulating a position that Kant himself criticizes as a form of scepticism. Consideration of the third alternative, in particular, shows that a more promising construal of the Deduction must be based on a different interpretation of Kant’s claim that intuitions and concepts constitute two distinct kinds of representation than is assumed by proponents of nonconceptualist readings. I present such an interpretation and outline the alternative reading of the Deduction that results.
Kant on the Independence of the Moral Law from Sensibility
Authors: Papish Laura 
Published: January 2015

AbstractThere are several senses in which Kant’s moral law is independent of sensibility. This paper is devoted mainly to Kant’s account of ‘physical conditions independence’, or the idea that the moral law can compel us to pursue ends that might be impossible to realize empirically. Since this idea has received little attention from commentators, this paper addresses both its textual basis in Kant’s writings and its overall philosophical viability.
On Becoming Anglican: Emerging Anglican Thought in the Works of Thomas Traherne
Authors: Inge Denise 
Published: January 2015

AbstractThe writings of Thomas Traherne (1637–74) are explored as a source of and model for the idea of Anglicanism. In his concern for a middle way between Roman Catholicism and reformed Protestantism (including interest in Calvin as well as the Fathers), his concern for a national Church, and in emphasizing the importance of a common liturgy, Traherne anticipates what has characterized the later global Anglican Communion and important aspects of what has been seen as characteristic Anglican theology.
Common Article 1 to the Geneva Conventions and the obligation to prevent international humanitarian law violations
Authors: Dörmann Knut , Serralvo Jose 
Published: January 2015

AbstractCommon Article 1 to the four Geneva Conventions lays down an obligation to respect and ensure respect for the Conventions in all circumstances. This paper focuses on the second part of this obligation, in particular on the responsibility of third States not involved in a given armed conflict to take action in order to safeguard compliance with the Geneva Conventions by the parties to the conflict. It concludes that third States have an international legal obligation not only to avoid encouraging international humanitarian law violations committed by others, but also to take measures to put an end to on-going violations and to actively prevent their occurrence.
Hydrophobic mismatch sorts SNARE proteins into distinct membrane domains
Authors: Milovanovic Dragomir , Honigmann Alf , Koike Seiichi , Göttfert Fabian , Pähler Gesa , Junius Meike , Müllar Stefan , Diederichsen Ulf , Janshoff Andreas , Grubmüller Helmut , Risselada Herre J. , Eggeling Christian , Hell Stefan W. , van den Bogaart Geert , Jahn Reinhard 
Published: January 2015

AbstractThe clustering of proteins and lipids in distinct microdomains is emerging as an important principle for the spatial patterning of biological membranes. Such domain formation can be the result of hydrophobic and ionic interactions with membrane lipids as well as of specific protein–protein interactions. Here using plasma membrane-resident SNARE proteins as model, we show that hydrophobic mismatch between the length of transmembrane domains (TMDs) and the thickness of the lipid membrane suffices to induce clustering of proteins. Even when the TMDs differ in length by only a single residue, hydrophobic mismatch can segregate structurally closely homologous membrane proteins in distinct membrane domains. Domain formation is further fine-tuned by interactions with polyanionic phosphoinositides and homo and heterotypic protein interactions. Our findings demonstrate that hydrophobic mismatch contributes to the structural organization of membranes.
Fractionation of human spermatogenic cells using STA-PUT gravity sedimentation and their miRNA profiling
Authors: Liu Yun , Niu Minghui , Yao Chencheng , Hai Yanan , Yuan Qingqing , Liu Yang , Guo Ying , Li Zheng , He Zuping 
Published: January 2015

AbstractHuman spermatogenic cells have not yet been isolated and notably, their global miRNA profiles remain unknown. Here we have effectively isolated human spermatogonia, pachytene spermatocytes and round spermatids using STA-PUT velocity sedimentation. RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry and meiosis spread assays revealed that the purities of isolated human spermatogonia, pachytene spermatocytes and round spermatids were 90% and the viability of these isolated cells was over 98%. MiRNA microarrays showed distinct global miRNA profiles among human spermatogonia, pachytene spermatocytes and round spermatids. Thirty-two miRNAs were significantly up-regulated whereas 78 miRNAs were down-regulated between human spermatogonia and pachytene spermatocytes, suggesting that these miRNAs are involved in the meiosis and mitosis, respectively. In total, 144 miRNAs were significantly up-regulated while 29 miRNAs were down-regulated between pachytene spermatocytes and round spermatids, reflecting potential roles of these miRNAs in mediating spermiogenesis. A number of novel binding targets of miRNAs were further identified using various softwares and verified by real-time PCR. Our ability of isolating human spermatogonia, pachytene spermatocytes and round spermatids and unveiling their distinct global miRNA signatures and novel targets could provide novel small RNA regulatory mechanisms mediating three phases of human spermatogenesis and offer new targets for the treatment of male infertility.
Anomalous White Matter Morphology in Adults Who Stutter
Authors: Cieslak Matthew , Ingham Roger J. , Ingham Janis C. , Grafton Scott T. 
Published: January 2015

AimsDevelopmental stuttering is now generally considered to arise from genetic determinants interacting with neurologic function. Changes within speech-motor white matter (WM) connections may also be implicated. These connections can now be studied in great detail by high-angular-resolution diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. Therefore, diffusion spectrum imaging was used to reconstruct streamlines to examine white matter connections in people who stutter (PWS) and in people who do not stutter (PWNS).MethodWM morphology of the entire brain was assayed in 8 right-handed male PWS and 8 similarly aged right-handed male PWNS. WM was exhaustively searched using a deterministic algorithm that identifies missing or largely misshapen tracts. To be abnormal, atract(defined as all streamlines connecting a pair of gray matter regions) was required to be at least one 3rd missing, in 7 out of 8 subjects in one group and not in the other group.ResultsLarge portions of bilateral arcuate fasciculi, a heavily researched speech pathway, were abnormal in PWS. Conversely, all PWS had a prominent connection in the left temporo-striatal tract connecting frontal and temporal cortex that was not observed in PWNS.ConclusionThese previously unseen structural differences of WM morphology in classical speech-language circuits may underlie developmental stuttering.
Aglossia: Case Report
Authors: Bommarito Silvana , Zanato Luciana , Vieira Marilena , Angelieri Fernanda 
Published: January 2015

Introduction Aglossia is a rare condition caused by failure of the tongue embryogenesis process (in the fourth to eighth weeks of gestation). The tongue is an organ used in different activities such as sucking, swallowing, chewing, and talking. It is also responsible for shaping palate dental arches (in its absence, they become atrophic). There are few similar cases reported in the literature.
Objective To describe a rare case of aglossia and the multidisciplinary professionals working together for 5 years to treat the patient.
Resumed Report An 8-year-old girl with aglossia had an assessment comprising: (1) clinical assessment of the stomatognathic system related to resting posture, tonus, and mobility; (2) orthodontic assessment; (3) surface electromyography of the chewing muscles; (4) swallowing videofluoroscopy.
Conclusion The authors confirmed the need of multidisciplinary cooperation to improve the patient's quality of life, because agenesia implicates many activities/functions that depend on the tongue to fully work. Multiprofessional cooperation helps the patient learn compensation mechanisms.
Genome-wide analysis reveals two novel mosaic regions containing an ACME with an identical DNA sequence in the MRSA ST398-t011 and MSSA ST8-t008 isolates
Authors: Sabat Artur J. , Ilczyszyn Weronika M. , van Rijen Miranda , Akkerboom Viktoria , Sinha Bhanu , Kluytmans Jan , Miedzobrodzki Jacek , Grundmann Hajo , Friedrich Alexander W. 
Published: January 2015

Abstract

Objectives
The presence of the arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) in Staphylococcus aureus has been reported to enhance the colonization of the human host. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic organization of composite islands harbouring ACME.

Methods
Two ACME-positive S. aureus isolates obtained during two different surveys conducted in the Netherlands and Poland were characterized in this study. The isolates were analysed by spa typing, DNA microarrays and whole-genome sequencing.

Results
The two isolates harboured a truncated yet fully functional ACME type II with an identical nucleotide sequence, but differed in their adjacent mobile genetic elements. The first strain was a livestock-associated ST398-t011 MRSA, which had a staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) composite island composed of SCCpls adjacent to orfX followed by ACME type II and SCCmec type IVa. The second ACME-positive isolate was an ST8-t008 MSSA. Its composite island showed an SCC-like element carrying the ccrC gene followed by ACME II.

Conclusions
This is the first report of an ACME in a livestock-associated MRSA ST398. It is also the first presentation of an ACME composite island structure in an MSSA isolate. Our findings indicate an extensive mosaicism of composite islands in S. aureus, which has implications for the transmissibility among humans and thus for public health.
Impact of Parenteral Fat Composition on Cholestasis in Preterm Infants
Authors: Teng Jonas , Arnell Henrik , Bohlin Kajsa , Nemeth Antal , Fischler Björn 
Published: January 2015

ABSTRACTObjectives:Parenteral nutrition–associated liver disease (PNALD) is frequently detected in neonatal intensive care units. Parenteral lipid emulsion (PLE) content has been implicated in its pathogenesis. We aimed to study the effect on incidence and outcome of PNALD by replacing soy‐based PLE with olive oil–based PLE in a population‐based group of preterm infants.Methods:All infants in Stockholm County with gestational age (GA) <30 weeks were included (n = 615). Infants who died before 28 days of age or were referred to or from other regions were excluded (n = 97). PNALD was defined as conjugated serum bilirubin ≥30 μmol/L and exceeding 20% of the total fraction on at least 2 occasions. Two different 2‐year time periods were compared: before (SOY period) and after (OLIVE period) switching PLE. For each PNALD case, 2 GA‐matched controls were randomly identified.Results:PNALD incidence was 14.8% (37/250) in the SOY period and 12.7% (34/268) in the OLIVE period (P = 0.52). The OLIVE infants with PNALD had more risk factors, such as lower GA and longer periods of parenteral nutrition, for developing PNALD than the SOY infants. Nevertheless, treatment during the SOY period was an independent risk factor for PNALD in logistic regression analysis.Conclusions:Population‐based incidence of PNALD is 1 of 7 in preterm infants with GA < 30 weeks. Changing from soy oil to olive oil–based PLE did not decrease the incidence of PNALD significantly. Olive oil–based PLE carries an equal or slightly decreased risk to develop PNALD compared with soy oil–based PLE.
Defective co-creation
Authors: Greer Dominique A. 
Published: January 2015

Purpose
– This study aims to explore the scope of consumers’ defective co-creation behaviour in professional service encounters. One of the founding premises of service-dominant logic (Vargo and Lusch, 2004, 2008) is that consumers co-create the value they derive from service encounters. In practice, however, dysfunctional consumer behaviour can obstruct value co-creation. Extant research has not yet investigated consumers’ defective co-creation behaviour in highly relational services, such as professional services, that are heavily reliant on co-creation.

Design/methodology/approach
– To investigate defective co-creation in professional services, 164 critical incidents were collected from 38 health-care and financial service providers using the critical incident technique within semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Thematic coding was used to identify emergent themes and patterns of consumer behaviour.

Findings
– Thematic coding resulted in a comprehensive typology of consumers’ defective co-creation behaviour that both confirms the prevalence of previously identified dysfunctional behaviours (e.g. verbal abuse and physical aggression) and identifies two new forms of consumer misbehaviour: underparticipation and overparticipation. Further, these behaviours can vary, escalate and co-occur during service encounters.

Originality/value
– Both underparticipation and overparticipation are newly identified forms of defective co-creation that need to be examined within the broader framework of service-dominant logic (SDL).
N-person grey game
Authors: Kose Erkan , Forrest Jeffrey Yi-Lin 
Published: January 2015

Purpose– One important assumption in the conventional cooperative game theory is that payoffs are assumed to be deterministic. In terms of the players’ cognitive ability of the realistic world, this is a very strict assumption. The classical game theory can find no way out when a particular game circumstance involves uncertainty, such as limited knowledge, small sample, and inadequate information, the payoff values of the game can only be described with interval grey numbers. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach– In this study the concept of N-person grey games is proposed in which payoffs are represented with interval grey numbers opposed to the classical game theory. A straight forward solution methodology is submitted compatible to grey numbers. Then, a currency war between anonymous countries is handled and modeled as an N-Person grey game. A generic currency war scenario is developed to follow the proposed solution procedure thoroughly.Findings– Based on the outcomes of this work, the authors can say that N-person grey game is an expansion of the classical N-person game under uncertain grey information and can be applied in more complex and uncertain environments, such as those seen in complicated currency warfare.Originality/value– This study combines the grey system theory with the classic N-person game theory and sets up the N-person grey game with grey payoff functions. Based on the grey number operating methods, the grey linear programming algorithm is established to calculate and distribute benefits to the players. In this respect this study has the feature of being the pioneer in the N-person grey game area.
Investigating the value of reducing errors in inventory information from a supply chain perspective
Authors: Sari Kazim 
Published: January 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the value of reducing errors in inventory information from a supply chain perspective. To this end, the benefits of reducing errors in inventory information are compared with those of lead time reduction and supply chain collaboration.

Design/methodology/approach
– A simulation model is constructed to perform the analysis.

Findings
– Results show that lead time reduction is the most important strategy for a supply chain in reducing total supply chain cost. In terms of customer service level, on the other hand, strategy of reducing errors in inventory information is observed as the most considerable strategy. However, the results for supply chain collaboration are somewhat unexpected. Namely, in spite of its popularity, supply chain collaboration provides very limited contribution to the supply chain.

Practical implications
– This research provides useful knowledge for the managers of a business enterprise in prioritizing various supply chain strategies.

Originality/value
– In supply chain management literature, greater emphasis is given to lead time reduction and supply chain collaboration than dealing with errors in inventory information. This research makes it clear that errors in inventory information should not be underestimated.
Case of acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau following psoriasis with atypical clinical presentation
Authors: Iijima Shigeruko , Okazaki Yukiko , Watanabe Shinya , Maruyama Yoko 
Published: January 2015

AbstractWe present a 63‐year‐old Japanese woman who had clinically unique symmetrical skin rashes on her lower face, inframammary area, back and extremities, with some pustules on the cheeks. Skin biopsy specimens showed typical findings of psoriasis, and Psoriasis Area and Severity Index score was 5.9. After the skin lesions were treated successfully with vitamin D3 ointment, pustules developed on the tips of the fingers and toes, with paronychial and subungual involvement. The pathology of the nail matrix was consistent with pustular psoriasis, and the patient was diagnosed with acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau (ACH) following psoriasis with an unusual clinical presentation. ACH was well controlled with a low dose of cyclosporin. Our patient is a rare case chronologically affected by two diseases in the same category. We confirmed that ACH is a variant of pustular psoriasis, and believe that the patient could provide another clue to determining the entity of ACH.
Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands and woodlands as alternative attractors in theCentralGreatPlains ofNorthAmerica
Authors: Ratajczak Zak , Nippert Jesse B. , Briggs John M. , Blair John M. 
Published: January 2015

SummaryThis review synthesizes evidence that altered fire frequency drives discontinuous ecosystem transitions from mesic grasslands to shrublands or woodlands in theCentralGreatPlains,USA.Long‐term fire manipulations reveal that grassland to shrubland transitions are triggered when fire‐free intervals increase from 1–3 years to ≥ 3–8 years, and longer fire returns (˜10 years or more) result in transitions to woodlands. Grazing and soil properties alter these fire thresholds.Grassland to shrubland transitions are abrupt and exhibit nonlinear relationships between driver and state variables. Transitions to shrublands and woodlands exhibit hysteresis, where reintroducing frequent fires does not reverse transitions in management‐relevant time‐scales (decades).Nonlinear transitions and hysteresis emerge because grasses generate positive feedbacks with fire that create strong demographic barriers for shrub and tree establishment. Fire‐free intervals allow shrubs and trees to reach a size sufficient to survive fire, reproduce and disrupt the fire feedback loop through competition.Synthesis. Mesic grasslands, shrublands and woodlands constitute self‐reinforcing states (alternative attractors) separated by critical fire frequency thresholds. Even without major shifts in climate, altered fire frequency can produce dramatic state changes, highlighting the importance of fire for predicting future ecosystem states. Local management should focus on prevention of unwanted transitions rather thanpost hocrestoration.