bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Nasal Obstruction and Unilateral Chronic Otitis Media: Evaluation by Acoustic Rhinometry
Authors: Toros Sema Zer , Karaca Cigdem Tepe , Onder Serap , Caypinar Basak , Sahin-Yilmaz Asli , Oysu Cagatay 
Published: October 2014

Objectives: In a prospective study at Umraniye Research and Education Hospital, we aimed to evaluate the differences in acoustic rhinometric findings between the affected and nonaffected sides in patients with unilateral chronic otitis media (COM) and to investigate whether unilateral COM correlates with the side of nasal obstruction. Methods: Fifty-five consecutive patients with unilateral COM were involved in this study. All patients were evaluated with acoustic rhinometry, the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale, and measurement of their nasal mucociliary transport time. Results: The mean cross-sectional area 1, mean cross-sectional area 2, volume 1, and volume 2 values were not different between the affected and nonaffected sides (p > 0.05). The NOSE score had a reverse correlation with the mean cross-sectional area 2 (p < 0.05) and volume 2 (p < 0.01) of the affected side. Saccharin time was not correlated with the acoustic rhinometric values of the affected side (p > 0.05). Conclusions: These findings do not support the hypothesis that unilateral COM is correlated with the side of nasal obstruction.
Modified anterograde pedicle advancement flap in fingertip injury
Authors: Lee S. H. , Jang J. H. , Kim J. I. , Cheon S. J. 
Published: October 2014

Soft tissue reconstruction is needed to maintain the maximum length of the fingers in fingertip injury. The purpose of this study was to present an anterograde pedicle advancement flap technique, for the treatment of fingertip injuries, which involved a modification to the anterograde advancement flap by the dissection of the digital nerve and artery with a pedicle to advance the flap. This technique was used in 12 fingers in patients who had undergone soft tissue reconstruction of fingertip injuries between January 2012 and October 2013. The sizes of the flaps ranged from 8 × 7 mm to 14 × 10 mm. The mean length of advancement was 9.7 mm (range 7–13). The mean value of the static two-point discrimination test of the healed flaps was 5.1 mm (range 4–6) and the flaps survived in all the 12 cases. The modified anterograde pedicle advancement flap provides a reliable coverage of sensate soft tissue without bone shortening in fingertip injuries. Level II
Sepsis lethality via exacerbated tissue infiltration and TLR-induced cytokine production by neutrophils is integrin α3β1-dependent
Authors: Lerman Yelena V. , Lim Kihong , Hyun Young-Min , Falkner Kathleen L. , Yang Hongmei , Pietropaoli Anthony P. , Sonnenberg Arnoud , Sarangi Pranita P. , Kim Minsoo 
Published: October 2014

Key PointsIntegrin α3β1 (VLA-3; CD49c/CD29) is significantly upregulated on neutrophils from human septic patients and mouse models of sepsis. α3β1high granulocytes displayed hyperinflammatory phenotypes and inhibition of α3β1 improved survival in septic mice.
Leptin Therapy Alters Appetite and Neural Responses to Food Stimuli in Brain Areas of Leptin-Sensitive Subjects Without Altering Brain Structure
Authors: Farr Olivia M. , Fiorenza Christina , Papageorgiou Panagiotis , Brinkoetter Mary , Ziemke Florencia , Koo Bang-Bon , Rojas Rafael , Mantzoros Christos S. 
Published: October 2014

Context:
Leptin is a key regulator of energy intake and expenditure. Individuals with congenital leptin deficiency demonstrate structural and functional brain changes when given leptin. However, whether acquired leptin deficiency may operate similarly is unclear.

Objective:
We set out to determine whether the brains of individuals with acquired leptin deficiency may react to leptin in a similar manner.

Design:
We used functional magnetic resonance imaging before and after short- and long-term metreleptin treatment in three leptin-sensitive patients with acquired hypoleptinemia. Nine healthy women were scanned as normoleptinemic controls.

Setting:
The setting was an academic medical center.

Patients or Other Participants:
The participants were 3 hypoleptinemic women and nine normoleptinemic, matched women.

Interventions:
We used metreleptin, recombinant leptin, therapy for 24 weeks in hypoleptinemic women only.

Main Outcome Measure:
We measured neural changes in response to viewing food as compared to nonfood images. We hypothesized that metreleptin treatment would increase brain activity in areas related to cognitive control and inhibition and would decrease brain activity in areas related to reward processing, as compared to the normoleptinemic counterparts.

Results:
Unlike patients with congenital leptin deficiency, hypoleptinemic patients demonstrated no structural brain differences from healthy controls and/or structural changes in response to treatment. Short-term metreleptin treatment in leptin-sensitive hypoleptinemic subjects enhances areas involved in detecting the salience and rewarding value of food during fasting, whereas long-term treatment decreases attention to food and the rewarding value of food after feeding. Furthermore, hypothalamic activity is modulated by metreleptin treatment, and leptin decreases functional connectivity of the hypothalamus to key feeding-related areas in these hypoleptinemic subjects.

Conclusions:
Leptin replacement in acutely hypoleptinemic women did not alter brain structure but did alter functional cortical activity to food cues in key feeding and reward-related areas.
Shaving increases daily energy expenditures in free living root voles
Authors: Szafrańska Paulina A. , Zub Karol , Wieczorek Monika , Książek Aneta , Speakman John R. , Konarzewski Marek 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
Experimental manipulation of energy expenditure has long been recognized as an effective means for identifying causative effects and avoiding confounded interpretations arising from spurious correlations. This approach has been successfully applied mainly in studies on birds, particularly on reproducing adults, while manipulations in mammals have proved more problematic. Here we tested the hypothesis that shaving off 50% of the dorsal pelage should effectively increase energy expenditure in the wild root voles (Microtus oeconomus) in their natural environment. We measured daily energy expenditures (DEE), using doubly labelled water (DLW), in shaved and unshaved voles at the beginning of winter. The difference in DEE (corrected for body mass and year effects) between experimental and control group fluctuated from 11.5% to 17.3%. Probability of recapture over the 3-days DEE assay was strongly dependent on body mass but did not differ between shaved and unshaved animals, however the prevalence of larger (heavier) shaved individuals was observed. Shaved animals lost more weight between the release and recapture. Shaving therefore appears an effective method of increasing costs of total daily energy expenditures in wild endotherms in their natural environment.
Musculoskeletal modelling deconstructs the paradoxical effects of elastic ankle exoskeletons on plantar-flexor mechanics & energetics during hopping
Authors: Farris Dominic James , Hicks Jennifer Lee , Delp Scott L. , Sawicki Gregory S. 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
Experiments have shown that elastic ankle exoskeletons can be used to reduce ankle joint and plantar-flexor muscle loading when hopping in place and, in turn, reduce metabolic energy consumption. However, recent experimental work has shown that such exoskeletons cause less favourable soleus (SO) muscle-tendon mechanics than is observed during normal hopping which might limit the capacity of the exoskeleton to reduce energy consumption. To directly link plantar-flexor mechanics and energy consumption when hopping in exoskeletons, we used a musculoskeletal model of the human leg and a model of muscle energetics in simulations of muscle-tendon dynamics during hopping with and without elastic ankle exoskeletons. Simulations were driven by experimental electromyograms, joint kinematics and exoskeleton torque taken from previously published data. The data were from seven males who hopped at 2.5 Hz with and without elastic ankle exoskeletons. The energetics model showed that total rate of metabolic energy consumption by ankle muscles was not significantly reduced by an ankle exoskeleton. This was despite large reductions in plantar-flexor force production (40-50%). The lack of larger metabolic reductions with exoskeletons was attributed to increases in plantar-flexor muscle fiber velocities and a shift to less favourable muscle fiber lengths during active force production. This limited the capacity for plantar-flexors to reduce activation and energy consumption when hopping with exoskeleton assistance.
Nitrogen fixation in the mucus of Red Sea corals
Authors: Grover Renaud , Ferrier-Pagès Christine , Maguer Jean-François , Ezzat Leïla , Fine Maoz 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
Scleractinian corals are essential constituents of the tropical reefs ecological diversity. They live in close association with diazotrophs (dinitrogen (N2)-fixing microbes), which can fix high rates of N2. Whether corals benefit from this extrinsic nitrogen source is still under debate. Up to now, N2 fixation rates were indirectly estimated using the acetylene reduction assay, which does not permit assessing the amount of nitrogen incorporated into the different compartments of the coral holobiont. In the present study, the 15N2 technique was applied for the first time on three Red Sea coral species. Significant 15N enrichment was measured in particles released by corals to the surrounding seawater. N2 fixation rates were species specific and as high as 1.6 - 22 ng N d-1 L-1. However, no significant enrichment was measured in the symbiotic dinoflagellates or the coral host tissues, suggesting that corals do not benefit from diazotrophic N2 fixation.
Tribo-, Thermo-, and Vapochromic Behavior of Hydrazone–Pt(II) Complexes Induced by Protonation–Deprotonation in the Solid State, and Their Luminescence Properties in Solution
Authors: Yamashita Yurika , Tateishi Tomoya , Sawaguchi Kana , Kobayashi Atsushi , Kato Masako , Nakajima Kiyohiko 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
Pt(II) complexes containing tridentate hydrazone ligands were prepared. Reversible protonation and deprotonation of the hydrazone complexes occurred in solution and in the solid state. On grinding and heating the yellow-colored crystals of the protonated complex [PtCl(HL)]Cl, the deprotonated red-colored product, [PtCl(L)], was produced, and HCl vapor was released. The deprotonated complex reverted to the yellow-colored protonated complex on exposure of the red-colored crystals to HCl vapor. Both [PtCl(HL)]Cl and [PtCl(L)] exhibited different luminescence colors in acetonitrile solution.
Action Mechanisms of Various Lasers and the Differentiated Indications to their Application (Review)
Authors: Шептий  , Sheptiy O. , Круглова  , Kruglova L. , Котенко  , Kotenko K. , Корчажкина  , Korchazhkina N. , Яменсков  , Yamenskov V. 
Published: October 2014

To date, the methods of laser irradiation applied to the skin is much more frequent than in any other tissues, due to an exceptional variety and prevalence of skin diseases and a variety of cosmetic defects, as well as the relative simplicity of the procedures, which is associated with a surface location of objects requiring lecheniya.Lazernoe rejuvenation can be attributed to the most efficient and versatile methods of struggle with involutional changes in the skin. Target chromophores for laser radiation are almost all the chemical structures of the skin - the water, hemoglobin, melanin, collagen. The selectivity of the laser action allows you to choose individual scheme correction of involutional disorders of the skin in any type of aging skin. Wide demand for laser treatments, their high efficiency dictate the need to synthesize the available current data on the benefits and features of the application, as well as to the tactics of patients that can benefit greatly assist the individual laser medicine in the choice of the most efficient technology with the correct ratio of efficacy and safety.
In this review article provides current data on the method of laser skin resurfacing using a CO2 laser with a description of the phase of patient management. Describes in detail the predicted side effects, adverse events, and methods for their prevention and correction.
Asset Pricing in a Monetary Economy with Heterogeneous Beliefs
Authors: Croitoru Benjamin , Lu Lei 
Published: October 2014

In this paper, we shed new light on the role of monetary policy in asset pricing by examining the case in which investors have heterogeneous expectations about future monetary policy. This case is realistic because central banks are typically less than perfectly open about their intentions. Accordingly, surveys of economists reveal that they frequently disagree in their expectations. Under heterogeneity in beliefs, investors place speculative bets against each other on the evolution of the money supply, and as a result the sharing of wealth in the economy evolves stochastically. Employing a continuous-time equilibrium model, we show that these fluctuations majorly affect the prices of all assets, as well as inflation. Our model could help explain some empirical puzzles. In particular, we find that the volatility of bond yields and stock market volatility could be significantly increased by the heterogeneity in beliefs, a conclusion supported by our empirical analyses. This paper was accepted by Wei Xiong, finance.
Fair Wages and Effort Provision: Combining Evidence from a Choice Experiment and a Field Experiment
Authors: Cohn Alain , Fehr Ernst , Goette Lorenz 
Published: October 2014

The presence of workers who reciprocate higher wages with greater effort can have important consequences for firms and labor markets. Knowledge about the extent and determinants of reciprocal effort choices is, however, incomplete. We investigate the role of fairness perceptions and social preferences in a field experiment in which workers were hired for a one-time job. We show that workers who perceive being underpaid at the base wage increase their performance if the hourly wage increases, whereas those who feel adequately paid or overpaid at the base wage do not change their performance. Moreover, we find that only the workers who display reciprocity in a choice experiment show reciprocal effort responses in the field. The workers who lack reciprocity in the choice experiment do not respond to the wage increase, even if they feel underpaid at the base wage. Our findings suggest that fairness perceptions and social preferences are key in workers' performance response to wage increases. In our study, the wage increase affects effort mainly through the removal of perceived unfairness, i.e., the elimination of negative reciprocity toward the firm, rather than positive reciprocity. These results are the first direct evidence of the fair-wage effort hypothesis in the field and also help interpret previous contradictory findings in the literature. Data, as supplemental material, are available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1970 . This paper was accepted by Uri Gneezy, behavioral economics.
A Nazi hero in Greek cinema: History and parapraxis in Kostas Manousakis’s Prodosia
Authors: Thanouli Eleftheria 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
Kostas Manousakis’s Prodosia / Betrayal (1964) is one of the few films dedicated to the period of German occupation in Greece, offering a rare portrayal of the German soldier and touching upon the persecution of Jews in Europe. This essay relates this historical representation to the extensive and long-standing debates about the representation of the Holocaust in cinema and deploys Thomas Elsaesser’s concept of ‘parapraxis’ to identify a series of key thematic and stylistic motifs. The film, read through the prism of parapraxis, presents a portrait of history with complex temporalities, inviting us to rethink the course of history through the current perspective and work on our historical imaginary in new meaningful ways.
Brother Anna (1963): A Jewish woman is a very queer woman
Authors: Kroustallis Vassilis 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
O Adelfos Anna / Brother Anna (Grigoriou, 1963) is a Greek film about Anna, a Jewish girl who cross-dresses as a monk in a Christian monastery in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The film’s negotiation of gender and religious identities is peculiarly subdued: unlike other cross-dressing films (such as Sylvia Scarlett or Yentl), both Anna’s disguise and her subsequent identity disclosure do not lead to paradoxical situations that can invite queer interpretations, and her Jewishness recedes into the background. Yet, the fact that Anna resides in an oppressive environment, which stipulates female sexuality as profane and punishes its manifestations, marks her own, queer trajectory of identity disclosure: being initially saddled with a non-gendered identity that helps her avoid female oppression, Anna experiments with religious, Christian pathos to sanctify her own sexuality. At the same time, she unknowingly but actively explores the negative stereotype of a Jewish temptress to seduce her male object of desire to Christian morality. Even though Anna will finally embrace a conventional heterosexual bonding, both her non-normative, religious expression of sexuality and her overturning of the negative connotations that female Jewishness entails leads to her acknowledgement of female sexuality as something inherently positive, which does not require validation from a conventional, Greek Orthodox marriage scheme.
Dark epistemology: An assessment of philosophical trends in the black metal music of Mayhem
Authors: McWilliams Jesse 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
This article attempts to characterize a negative form of postmodernism as expressed in examples of black metal. Black metal is discussed in reference to a collection of examples from the music and comments of individuals of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. Through an integration of ideas advanced in postmodern philosophy and theory, this article attempts to describe a realization of epistemological darkness that is demonstrated within black metal, and this discussion concludes by considering the limitations of essentialism in relation to the art and its themes.
Different telecentre models in ICT for development and their impact on organizational sustainability
Authors: Windsor Sampath S. , Royal Carol 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
Within seven years, e-Sri Lanka programme funded by the World Bank as a South Asian first has established a network of 765 Nenasala telecentres as grass-root non-profit or for-profit enterprises. As e-Sri Lanka’s main interface, Nenasalas aim to deliver Information Communication Technology (ICT) services to the community through ICT for Development (ICT4D) endeavours. However, these diverse telecentre models point to dissimilar sustainability records. Yet, no external/academic evaluation has been undertaken to examine the impact on Nenasala sustainability stemming from variations in models. The authors conducted a comprehensive analysis of archival material of Sri Lankan Nenasala telecentre initiative and uncovered number of telecentre models that accentuate profitable knowledge work through home-grown Social Responsibility (SR) collaborations to develop underprivileged communities.
Genetic and non-genetic determinants of aggression in combat sports
Authors: Gronek Piotr , Wieliński Dariusz , Gronek Joanna 
Published: October 2014

Abstract
Human aggression/impulsivity-related traits are
influenced by complex genetic and non-genetic factors.
The aggression/anxiety relationship is controlled by
highly conserved brain regions including the amygdala,
hypothalamus and periaqueductal gray of the midbrain,
which is responsible for neural circuits triggering defensive,
aggressive, or avoidant behavioral models. The social
behavior network consists of the medial amygdala, medial
hypothalamus and periaqueductal gray, and it positively
modulates reactive aggression. An important role in the
incidence of aggressive behavior is played by secreted
factors such as testosterone, glucocorticoids, pheromones,
as well as by expression of genes such as neuroligin-2,
monoamine oxidase A, serotonin transporters, etc.
The authors deliberate whether aggression in sport is
advantageous (or even indispensable), or to what extent
it can hamper attainment of sport success. Methods
of reducing and inhibiting expression of aggression in
athletes are indicated.
Role of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers to predict conversion to dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a clinical cohort study
Authors: Tondelli Manuela , Bedin Roberta , Chiari Annalisa , Molinari Maria Angela , Bonifacio Guendalina , Lelli Nicoletta , Trenti Tommaso , Nichelli Paolo 
Published: October 2014

AbstractCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels assessment of AβA group of 71 MCI patients underwent neurological assessment, extended neuropsychological evaluation, routine blood tests, ApoE determination, and lumbar puncture to dose t-tau, p-tauBaseline AβOur results confirm the key role of CSF biomarkers in predicting patient conversion from MCI to dementia. The study suggests that CSF biomarkers may also be reliable in a real world clinical setting.
The tumor necrosis factor-α –238G/A and IL-6 –572G/C gene polymorphisms and the risk of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of 25 studies including 9493 cases and 13,971 controls
Authors: Liaquat Afrose , Shauket Uzma , Ahmad Wasim , Javed Qamar 
Published: October 2014

AbstractInflammation plays an imperative role in the etiology of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The role of cytokines in the development and progression of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM) is still uncertain. The current study was conducted to evaluate the association of tumor necrosis factor-α (IDCM cases (n=250) and healthy controls (n=300) were genotyped using PCR-RFLP.The variant genotypes of both the loci showed significant differences between patients and controls (p<0.05). However, –238G/A polymorphism did not show association with the disease in the presence of covariates. We also conducted a meta-analysis of both the loci with regards to CVD in accordance with the Prisma checklist. No significant relation of theOur findings support an association between the