bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mortality and Operative Management for Patients Undergoing Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta
Authors: St. Louis James D. , Harvey Brian A. , Menk Jeremiah S. , O’Brien James E. , Kochilas Lazaros K. 
Published: July 2015

Background: The surgical mortality associated with repair of coarctation of the aorta (CoA) over a 25-year period was examined. Risk factors for discharge mortality were evaluated as well as the surgical techniques and its evolution over the period studied. Methods: Utilizing the pediatric cardiac care consortium, we conducted a retrospective review of patients less than 18 years of age submitted between 1982 and 2007. Variables reviewed included weight at birth, age and weight at the operation, type of coarctation repair, associated cardiac anomalies, year of repair, center-specific volume, postoperative length of stay, and in-hospital mortality. Results: There were 7,860 patients submitted with the procedural code for repair of CoA. Forty-five percent underwent repair within 30 days of life (n = 3,549), including 1,444 patients who were operated upon within the first 7 days of life (18% of all patients). Seventy percent (n = 5,528) of patients had an isolated CoA (iCoA). The overall mortality for the entire group was 4.2% (n = 331), decreasing to 2.0% (n = 114) for iCoA ( P < .0001). A hypoplastic aortic arch occurred in 4.6%, with a mortality of 10.6%. Coarctectomy with an end-to-end reconstruction was the most common procedure performed. Multivariable modeling for discharge mortality was significant for diagnosis of ventricular septal defect, operative weight, operative year, and diagnosis of aortic arch hypoplasia. Conclusions: Operative repair of CoA is accomplished with a low mortality, although certain subgroups have persistently inferior outcomes. The techniques utilized for aortic reconstruction have evolved, with coarctectomy and an end-to-end anastomosis becoming the dominant surgical procedures.
Distribution of Raphespinal Fibers in the Mouse Spinal Cord
Authors: Liang Huazheng , Wang Shaoshi , Francis Richard , Whan Renee , Watson Charles , Paxinos George 
Published: July 2015

Background Serotonergic raphespinal neurons and their fibers have been mapped in large mammals, but the non-serotonergic ones have not been studied, especially in the mouse. The present study aimed to investigate the termination pattern of fibers arising from the hindbrain raphe and reticular nuclei which also have serotonergic neurons by injecting the anterograde tracer BDA into them. Results We found that raphespinal fibers terminate in both the dorsal and ventral horns in addition to lamina 10. There is a shift of the fibers in the ventral horn towards the dorsal and lateral part of the gray matter. Considerable variation in the termination pattern also exists between raphe nuclei with raphe magnus having more fibers terminating in the dorsal horn. Fibers from the adjacent gigantocellular reticular nucleus show similar termination pattern as those from the raphe nuclei with slight difference. Immunofluorescence staining showed that raphespinal fibers were heterogeneous and serotoninergic fibers were present in all laminae but mainly in laminae 1, 2, medial lamina 8, laminae 9 and 10. Surprisingly, immunofluorescence staining on clarified spinal cord tissue revealed that serotoninergic fibers formed bundles regularly in a short distance along the rostrocaudal axis in the medial part of the ventral horn and they extended towards the lateral motor neuron column area. Conclusion Serotonergic and non-serotonergic fibers arising from the hindbrain raphe and reticular nuclei had similar termination pattern in the mouse spinal cord with subtle difference. The present study provides anatomical foundation for the multiple roles raphe and adjacent reticular nuclei play.
Clinical value of measurement of pulmonary radioaerosol mucociliary clearance in the work up of primary ciliary dyskinesia
Authors: Munkholm Mathias , Nielsen Kim Gjerum , Mortensen Jann 
Published: July 2015

Abstract

Background
We aimed to evaluate and define the general clinical applicability and impact of pulmonary radioaerosol mucociliary clearance (PRMC) on the work up of patients suspected of having primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). In addition, we wanted to evaluate the accuracy of the reference values used in the PRMC test.

Methods
Measurement of PRMC after inhalation of 99mTc-albumin colloid aerosol was carried out on 239 patients (4–75 years of age) during a 9-year period. All were referred to the nuclear medicine department because of clinical suspicion of PCD. The results were compared primarily to results from nasal ciliary function testing, to electron microscopic (EM) examination of the ultrastructure of the cilia, and to the final clinical diagnosis.

Results
Of the 239 patients, 27 ended up with a final clinical diagnosis of definitive PCD. No patients with a PRMC test that was normal or otherwise not consistent with PCD ended up with PCD as final clinical diagnosis (though a minority of patients in this group ended up unresolved in regard to PCD). Forty percent of patients with an abnormal PRMC test ended up with PCD as final clinical diagnosis. Furthermore, the PRMC test had a high rate of conclusive results (90 %). Children <14 years of age with normal PRMC measurements showed significantly faster lung clearance than adults with similarly normal PRMC measurements.

Conclusions
To this date, PRMC is the only test providing evaluation of the mucociliary clearance of the entire lung. Its greatest strength is its ability to reject a suspected PCD diagnosis with great certainty. In our material, this accounted for 2/3 of referred patients. In addition, the test has a high rate of conclusive results. According to our analyses, reference equations on children would benefit from updated data.
Strong convergence theorem for a common fixed point of a finite family of strictly pseudo-contractive mappings and a strictly pseudononspreading mapping
Authors: Ke Yifen , Ma Changfeng 
Published: July 2015

AbstractIn this paper, we introduce a new mapping in a real Hilbert space to prove a strong convergence theorem for finding a common fixed point of a finite family of strictly pseudo-contractive mappings and a strictly pseudononspreading mapping. Moreover, we also obtain a strong convergence theorem for a finite family of inverse-strongly monotone mappings and a strictly pseudononspreading mapping.
Determine the relationship between perceived social support and depression level of patients with diabetic foot
Authors: Yildiz Ebru , Aşti Türkinaz 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
Background
As a lifelong disease, diabetes impairs the quality of life by limiting the eating and drinking habits and by bringing out the risk of kidney, eye, cardiovascular and diabetic neurological diseases in the long run. Loss of health might result in mourning, grief, rebellion, denial, anxiety, rage and sometimes these feelings might overcome the patient’s coping skills leading to depression [Clinical Psychiatry 11 (Suppl 3) 3-18, 2008]. How individuals suffering from depression perceive and interpret the incidents around them is also important [Rel. Scie. Acad. J. III, 2: 129-152, 2003]. Accordingly, the determination of the correlation of the depression with the perceived social support level by the patients with diabetic foot was programmed and performed in order to take essential precautions, to generate proper solutions and treatment process and to make supportive plans for patients with developing diabetic foot and depression.

Methods
The data was obtained from 128 patients who applied to hospital within the scope of research between July 1st 2011 and January 31st 2012 that were diagnosed with diabetes and had diabetic foot. Pearson chi-square, Fisher Exact and Likelihood ratio, chi-square, Student t test and one way analysis of variance, Levene’ s test, One way ANOVA, Welch and Games Howell tests were used in the analysis and evaluation. The data was collected by meeting face to face the individuals and by making use of the patient files and using the “Personal Information Form” which includes introductory information about individuals with diabetic foot, “Beck Depression Scale” which is applied to determine emotion status of individuals and “Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support” which is applied to determine the level of social support individuals perceive.

Results
In the performed statistical evaluation, mean scores of Beck Depression scale and MSPSS family support, friend support, special person support sub-dimension and scale total scores were found to be in negative statistical correlation (p < 0.01).

Conclusions
In the treatment and care of the patients with diabetic foot; anxiety and depression status of the patients, as well as physical status, should also be evaluated routinely. The individuals provided to take professional care.
Expert opinion on extinction risk and climate change adaptation for biodiversity
Authors: Javeline Debra , Hellmann Jessica J. , McLachlan Jason S. , Sax Dov F. , Schwartz Mark W. , Castro Cornejo Rodrigo 
Published: July 2015

AbstractDespite projections of biodiversity loss and proposed adaptations to climate change, few data exist on the feasibility and effectiveness of adaptation strategies in minimizing biodiversity loss. Given the urgent need for action, scientific experts can fill critical information gaps by providing rapid and discerning risk assessment. A survey of 2,329 biodiversity experts projects, on average, that 9.5% of species will become extinct due to climate change within the next 100 years. This average projection is low relative to previously published values but substantial in absolute terms, because it amounts to a loss of hundreds of thousands of species over the next century. The average projection increases to 21% when experts are asked to estimate the percentage of species that will become extinct within the next 100 years due to climate change in combination with other causes. More than three-quarters of respondents reported being uncertain about their extinction estimates. A majority of experts preferred protected areas or corridors to reduce extinction risk but identified ex situ conservation and no intervention as the most feasible strategies. Experts also suggest that managed relocation of species, a particular adaptation strategy, is justifiable and effective in some situations but not others. Justifiable circumstances include the prevention of species extinction and overcoming human-made barriers to dispersal, and while experts are divided on the potential effectiveness of managed relocation for most taxonomic groups, higher percentages predict it effective for woody plants, terrestrial insects, and mammals. Most experts are open to the potential benefits of managed relocation but are concerned about unintended harmful consequences, particularly putting non-target species at risk of extinction. On balance, published biodiversity scientists feel that managed relocation, despite controversy about it, can be part of the conservation adaptation portfolio.
Zwischen den Kulturen? Überlegungen zu von Juden und Christen geteilten literarischen Horizonten in der Vormoderne
Authors: Przybilski Martin 
Published: July 2015

AbstractThe essay argues against a concept of dissociated Jewish and Christian cultures in premodern Europe that can still be perceived as dominating mainstream scholarship in the field of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish-Christian relations. By contrast it argues for a closer look at some of the links that bridge the gap between Jewish and Christian learned cultures, mainly to be found in vernacular German texts from the 13
The Wallich List from Worms
Authors: Schellekens Jona 
Published: July 2015

AbstractIn einer Handschrift der Kommentare von Raschi und Raschbam über den Pentateuch, die dem Arzt Beifuβ Josephus aus Worms gehörte, gibt es eine Liste von 16 Männern mit demselben Familiennamen: Walch oder Wallich – einer Familie, die der jüdischen Elite angehörte. Wahrscheinlich ist die Nummer 9 auf der Liste Isaak Wallich aus Worms, der bekannte Sammler von Volksliedern. Die Liste zeigt nicht die genaue Beziehung zwischen den 16 Männern. Um die Beziehungen zwischen ihnen zu rekonstruieren, wird im Aufsatz ein einfaches Modell verwendet. Nach dessen Ergebnissen stammt die Liste aus den Jahren 1618–1624, und die Männer sind die Nachkommen von fünf Brüdern. Wahrscheinlich enthält die Liste nicht ausschließlich Namen von Besitzern des Manuskripts. Im zweiten Teil wird die Genealogie der Familie rekonstruiert.
The Widow of Ephesus. Yiddish Rewritings and a Hypothesis on Jewish Clandestine Forms of Reading
Authors: Rosenzweig Claudia 
Published: July 2015

AbstractEinen bedeutenden Aspekt jüdischen literarischen Schaffens bildet von jeher die Auseinandersetzung mit und die Neubearbeitung von Quellen, die außerhalb der jüdischen Tradition entstanden sind. Der Aufsatz beschäftigt sich mit mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen jiddischen Adaptationen nichtjüdischer Stoffe, insbesondere mit der
Der Briefbericht des Frater Simon über den Fall von Konstantinopel 1453
Authors: Giese Martina , Döring Karoline D. 
Published: July 2015

AbstractAlthough claiming the authority of an eye-witness account, frater Simon’s letter is almost certainly a ficticious description of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. This presumed lack of authenticity has obviously prompted modern scholarship for a long time to be oblivious to this contemporary and exclusive source on the events, preferring well-known and reliable sources such as Leonard of Chios and Isidore of Kiev. However, since frater Simon’s letter has survived in two different versions and ten manuscripts from the 15th century, it is clearly more than a marginal note. Rather is it a remarkable contribution to the literary treatment of the Turkish threat and timeless moral instruction.With his portrayal of the pagan Mehmed II as a just ruler, the recurring moral instructions and the lack of a call to arms. Simon’s text stands out against themyriad of more or less contemporary depictions. In preparation for a critical edition the paper gives an analysis of the text and an overview of the extant manuscripts.
Fragmente aus dem „Pandektes“ des Antiochos Monachos in der Palimpsesthandschrift Collegio Greco 2
Authors: Isépy Peter 
Published: July 2015

AbstractCodex 2 of the Greek manuscript collection of the Pontificio Collegio Greco in Rome, copied around the end of the first quarter of the 12th c., contains the commentary of Gregory of Corinth (~1070 -1156) on the Canons of Kosmas the Hymnographer and John of Damascus on the main festivals of the Byzantine ecclesiastical year. At the end of the manuscript we find ten palimpsest leaves originally written in the 9th/10th c. in a „maiuscola ogivale inclinata“. Up to now, only a general identification of the scriptio inferior with the Pandectes Scripturae Sacrae of Antiochos Monachos (7th c.) has been established. The present article aims to determine the exact extension of the „Pandectes“ transmitted in fragmentary form in the Coll. gr. 2 and offers a reconstruction of the original leaf order in the codex antiquior.
The cultural dynamics of the term Hellanodikes in Palaiologan Byzantium
Authors: Xenophontos Sophia 
Published: July 2015

AbstractIn ancient Greek literature, Hellanodikai (Ἑλλανοδίκαι) were figures of public authority and high esteem, renown for their fair judgment, overseeing control, and morally transparent life. The characteristics we gather regarding their public role come from a number of historical and other sources, such as Cassius Dio, Lucian, and Pausanias. In the Byzantine era, the term was revived either as a historical gloss contextualizing the position of Hellanodikes (Ἑλλανο- δίκης) in ancient times or as a lexical and grammatical entry. As a contrast to the conventional treatments of this term, Palaiologan scholars proceeded to its unique redeployment. In this article, I argue that Hellanodikes became an epithet of social and cultural significance in Palaiologan Byzantium, a notion embedded within the intellectual peculiarities of this age, especially in contexts of imperial patronage and scholarly apprenticeship.
Tetanops myopina Fallén, 1820, a psammophilous species of Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae) found in a sandpit in the northeastern part of the Czech Republic/ Tetanops myopina Fallén, 1820, psamofilní druh čelnice z podčeledi Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae) nalezený v pískovně v severovýchodní části České republiky
Authors: Roháček Jindřich 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
Tetanops myopina Fallén, 1820 (Diptera: Ulidiidae) is recorded from the Czech Republic for the first time, based on specimens found in the sandpit Závada near Hlučín (grid mapping code 6074). Because T. myopina is generally a maritime species, living on costal sand dunes of the Irish, North and Baltic Seas and partly the Atlantic Ocean (Ireland and Wales only), this surprising record is treated in detail with a description of the microhabitat and a discussion of the biology and biogeography of the species and the historical origin of this inland population
Ecology and distribution of the rare copper moss Streptocolea atrata (Bryopsida, Grimmiaceae) in the Czech Republic
Authors: Novotný Ivan , Mudrová Radka 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
The current distribution of the moss Streptocolea atrata (Hornsch.) Ochyra & Żarnowiec (Bryopsida, Grimmiaceae) in the Czech Republic is reviewed. This species is known to occur only in the Giant Mountains and Bohemian Forest in this country. The history of its discovery is presented and all the available specimens are listed and their distribution is indicated in a map. The global distribution of S. atrata is briefly commented.
Breeding avifauna of the Special Protection Area Natura 2000 ‘Grądy Odrzańskie’ in Czernica and Siechnice counties, Wrocław district (Poland)
Authors: Kopij Grzegorz 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
In 2009, in the Special Protection Area Natura 2000 ‘Grądy Odrzańskie’ in Czernica and Siechnice counties, Wrocław district, 95 breeding bird species were recorded. For 33 of them, maps of distribution of their breeding pairs are presented and for the remaining a relative abundance was estimated based on line transect method. In 2009, the following species were recorded in the study area for the first time: Cygnus olor, Crex crex, Upupa epops, and Picus canus. On the other hand, 11 species recorded in 1978-87 as breeding in the study area (Ciconia nigra, Pernis apivorus, Milvus migrans, Milvus milvus, Falco tinnunculus, Gallinago gallinago, Limosa limosa, Tringa totanus, Riparia riparia, Anthus campestris, Phoenicurus phoenicurus) were not recorded again in 2009. It has been shown that Saxicola torquata, Ficedula albicollis, Corvus corax and Remiz pendulinus have increased in numbers. The following species recorded in 2009 as breeding in the the study area: Cygnus olr, Ciconia ciconia, Circus aeruginosus, Crex crex, Alcedo atthis, Dryocopus martius, Picus canus, Dendrocopos medius, Lulula arborea, Sylvia nisoria, Ficedula albicollis, Lanius collurio and Emberiza hortulana are included in Annex 1 of the Bird Directive.
New localities of Viola stagnina in Poland
Authors: Kleszcz Iwona , Nobis Agnieszka , Nobis Marcin 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
Viola stagnina Kit. is a species regarded as a river corridor plant because of its confinement to river valleys in Central Europe. It is a component of alluvial meadows with natural flooding regime (Cnidion dubii alliance). V. stagnina is rare and red-listed in some European countries. Seven new localities of V. stagnina, its distribution map in Poland and information about possible methods of protecting the species are presented.
Bryofloristic survey of rich fens of the National Nature Monument Jestřebské slatiny (Doksy region, North Bohemia)
Authors: Bradáčová Jitka , Štechová Táňa , Kučera Jan 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
We present results of the bryofloristic survey of fens and degraded fens of the National Nature Monument ‘Jestřebské slatiny’ - ‘Shnilé louky’, ‘Baronský rybník’ and meadow ‘Pod Konvalinkovým vrchem’. Seventeen species of liverworts and 70 mosses were recorded in course of several visits by the authors, of which four liverworts and three mosses are classified as threatened in the Czech Republic. The most significant record was the re-discovery of a putatively vanished moss of rich fens, Campyliadelphus elodes, at the locality ‘Pod Konvalinkovým vrchem’. Given the regional importance of the record, we performed the revision of herbarium specimens from our country and present the typification of Chrysohypnum elodes var. salinum Podp., described from South Moravia.
Health Risks of Nanotechnology
Authors: Roblegga Eva , Sinner Frank , Zimmer Andreas 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
Nanotechnology is one of the key technologies of the 21st century and is associated with high expectations. Products with completely new properties for application in medicine, science, industry and various techniques are designed. However, the larger surface area of nanoparticles makes them highly reactive compared to larger sized particles of the same chemistry resulting in both, desirable and undesirable effects. The need for toxicological data has become increasingly important, thus several international projects are ongoing throughout the European Union. The question concerning the risks for the health and environment should not be disregarded.
Human epithelial cells in vitro – Are they an advantageous tool to help understand the nanomaterial-biological barrier interaction?
Authors: Rothen-Rutishauser Barbara , Clift Martin J.D. , Jud Corinne , Fink Alke , Wick Peter 
Published: July 2015

AbstratThe human body can be exposed to nanomaterials through a variety of different routes. As nanomaterials get in contact with the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, and the respiratory tract, these biological compartments are acting as barriers to the passage of nano-sized materials into the organism. These structural and functional barriers are provided by the epithelia serving as an interface between biological compartments. In order to initiate the reduction, refinement and replacement of time consuming, expensive and stressful (to the animals) in vivo experimental approaches, many in vitro epithelial cell culture models have been developed during the last decades. This review therefore, focuses on the functional as well as structural aspects of epithelial cells as well as the most commonly used in vitro epithelial models of the primary biological barriers with which nanomaterials might come in contact with either occupationally, or during their manufacturing and application. The advantages and disadvantages of the different in vitro models are discussed in order to provide a clear overview as to whether or not epithelial cell cultures are an advantageous model to be used for basic mechanism and nanotoxicology research.