bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Naturalism and the representation of animals in the southern French Pyrenees
Authors: Zuppi Andrea 
Published: June 2024

Models of “Western ontology” often depict the Euro-American world in a stereotypical way that does not seem to have much to do with empirical reality. The aim of this article is to assess the ethnographic soundness of one of these models: naturalism (Descola 2013). In Beyond nature and culture, Philippe Descola makes the hypothesis that Westerners are “naturalists”, namely, that they trace an unbridgeable gap between the domain of culture, to which they belong, and the “mute and impersonal” domain of nature. Thus, for alleged naturalists, animals are nothing but machines, devoid of all the inner qualities typical of the human being. In this paper, I will analyze the relation between naturalism and ethnographic data collected in Semot, a small village in the southern French Pyrenees. Through a focus on human-animal relations in the contexts of hunting and herding, it will be shown how naturalism proves to be a rather inadequate model to account for the ways animals are represented in Semot.
Cartografare paesaggi sonori: Un itinerario etnografico nella rete degli Uditori di Voci
Authors: Minelli Massimiliano 
Published: June 2024

L’esperienza di “sentire le voci” è al centro dell’azione e del discorso politico del Movimento degli uditori di voci. Recentemente il Movimento ha contribuito a un dibattito pubblico relativo al riconoscimento di questa esperienza extra-ordinaria, lottando contro i processi di stigmatizzazione dei pazienti psichiatrici e promuovendo nuove relazioni di potere nel campo psichiatrico. Condividendo l’esperienza uditiva delle voci, infatti, le persone sperimentano pratiche dialogiche ed esplorazioni innovative della vita quotidiana. Il percorso sperimentale intrapreso può contribuire a una riflessione sull’intimo rapporto fra la corporeità, multisensorialità e place-making. In questo articolo propongo una esplorazione di alcuni aspetti di questa pratica, attraverso un’etnografia realizzata insieme a un gruppo di uditori di voci, in Italia. In particolare, concentrandomi sulla conoscenza situata dei paesaggi sonori, cerco di cartografare i concatenamenti tra voce, movimento e immaginazione, come forme di deterritorializzazione e come possibile contributo al confronto politico-culturale in corso.
Temporal Variations in Density and Distribution of Neutrophils with Associated Morphological Changes in Uterus at All Stages of Estrus Cycle in Mice
Authors: Selvan P. Senthamil , Rajalakshmi K. , Uma S. , Lakkawar Avinash W , Ushakumary S 
Published: June 2024

Uterus is an important reproductive organ that undergoes proliferative, degenerative, repair and regenerative changes in its histological tunics during different stages of estrous cycle. These changes are temporal and are tightly regulated by the ovarian hormones. Derangements in remodeling is the reason for pathological conditions such as endometritis, endometriosis etc., The objective of the present study is to report on the % relative endometrial surface area, neutrophil density and their distribution in uterus at all stages of estrus cycle in normal mice to help understand the pathologies in unterine remodeling by abnormal neutrophil recruitment. All these temporo-spatial events are detected using Histomorphological, micro-morphometrical and immunohistochemical techniques. Our studies revealed that histomorphological variations were more pronounced in endometrium than other tunics. Histomorphometric studies found that the % relative endometrial surface area was maximum during late proestrus and early estrus. It reduced to its minimum levels in the middle of metestrus and was immediately restored within 6hrs. Histological and immunohistochemical studies confirmed that neutrophils were present during all stages of the estrus cycle. Their influx and density was maximum at early metestrus and was minimum at late metestrus. Their density were moderate and static thereafter until early proestrus. These findings suggested that the rate of infiltration of neutrophils in to uterus is a controlled and stage specific process. Their complex role of inflammation, phagocytosis and endometrial repair in remodeling the uterus may be dependent on the uterine microenvironment at a given time point.
Problembereiche der Dotation ausländischer Familienstiftungen – illustriert anhand von Fallstudien
Authors: Kraft Gerhard 
Published: June 2024

Zusammenfassung
In der Besteuerungswirklichkeit nehmen Familienstiftungen, insbesondere ausländische Familienstiftungen, zunehmend eine derart prominente Rolle ein, dass im Schrifttum wiederholt der Terminus des „Stiftungs-Boom“ bemüht wird. Untersuchungen zur steuerlichen Behandlung von ausländischen Familienstiftungen fokussieren sich häufig auf Aspekte der laufenden Besteuerung. Die steuerliche Behandlung des Errichtungsvorgangs bzw. der Gründung der ausländischen Familienstiftung, also die eigentliche Dotation, nimmt demgegenüber im Hinblick auf die literarische Durchdringung eher untergeordnete Bedeutung ein. Da die Finanzverwaltung kürzlich ihre Perspektiven zum Regelungsbereich ausländischer Familienstiftungen im aktualisierten Schreiben betreffend Grundsätze zur Anwendung des Außensteuergesetzes mit Datum v. 22.12.2023 (BStBl. I 2023 Sondernummer 1/2023, 2 - nachfolgend als AEAStG 2023 in Bezug genommen) publiziert hat, dabei aber Gesichtspunkte der Stiftungsgründung ausgespart hat, versteht sich die nachfolgenden Analyse als Beitrag zur Thematik der steuerlichen Behandlung des eigentlichen Stiftungsgeschäfts.
Keine Probezeit bei Entgeltumwandlung? – In Erwartung der Revisionsentscheidung des BFH in der Sache I R 50/22
Authors: Linden Ralf 
Published: June 2024

Zusammenfassung
Der Verfasser arbeitet die wesentlichen Argumente für eine Revisionsentscheidung des I. Senats des BFH in den vom FG Düsseldorf v. 16.11.2021 - 6 K 2196/17 K,G,F, EFG 2022, 127 Nr. 2 entschiedenen Fragen heraus. Dort geht es im Wesentlichen um die Frage, ob die für ein gesellschaftsrechtliche Veranlassung mitentscheidende Indizwirkung einer fehlenden Erprobung der Qualifikation des Gesellschafter-Geschäftsführers und der Leistungsfähigkeit der GmbH unmittelbar nach Gründung der Kapitalgesellschaft entfällt, wenn eine Pensionszusage durch Entgeltumwandlung finanziert wird. Der Verf. meint, dass es weder auf die Erdienbarkeit noch auf eine Probezeit ankommt.
Noncovalent Bifunctional Organocatalysts: Powerful Tools for Contiguous Quaternary‐Tertiary Stereogenic Carbon Formation, Scope, and Origin of Enantioselectivity
Authors: Nugent Thomas C. , Sadiq Abdul , Bibi Ahtaram , Heine Thomas , Zeonjuk Lei Liu , Vankova Nina , Bassil Bassem S. 
Published: February 2012

AbstractRelying on the assembly of commercially available catalyst building blocks, highly stereocontrolled quaternary carbon (all carbon substituted) formation has been achieved with unmatched substrate diversity. For example, the in situ assembly of a tricomponent catalyst system allows α‐branched aldehyde addition to nitroalkene or maleimide electrophiles (Michael products), while addition to an α‐iminoester affords Mannich reaction products. Very good yields are observed and for fifteen of the eighteen examples 96–99 % ee is observed. Using racemic α‐branched aldehydes, two contiguous (quaternary–tertiary) stereogenic centers can be formed in high diastereo‐ and enantiomeric excess (eight examples) via an efficient in situ dynamic kinetic resolution, solving a known shortcoming for maleimide electrophiles in particular. The method is of practical value, requiring only 1.2 equiv of the aldehyde, a 5.0 mol % loading of each catalyst component, for example, O‐tBu‐L‐threonine (O‐tBu‐L‐Thr), sulfamide, DMAP or O‐tBu‐L‐Thr, KOH, and room temperature reactions. As a highlight, the first demonstration of ethylisovaleraldehyde (7) addition is disclosed, providing the most congested quaternary stereogenic carbon containing succinimide product (8) known to date. Finally, mechanistic insight, via DFT calculations, support a noncovalent assembly of the catalyst components into a bifunctional catalyst, correctly predict two levels of product stereoselectivity, and suggest the origin of the tricomponent catalyst system’s exceptionality: an alternative hydrogen bond motif for the donor‐acceptor pair than currently suggested for non‐assembled catalysts.
Micromechanical Properties of Wheat Grains
Authors: Omarov Azamat , Aman Sergej , Müller Peter , Tomas Jürgen 
Published: February 2012

AbstractEs werden Ergebnisse der experimentellen Untersuchungen des Deformations‐ und Bruchverhaltens von Weizenkörnern bei Druckbeanspruchung vorgestellt. Die Kraft‐Weg‐Kurven wurden bei einer Beanspruchungsgeschwindigkeit von 0,02 mm s–1 ermittelt. Die elliptisch geformten Weizenkörner zeigen quasielastisches und elastisch‐plastisches Deformationsverhalten, das von den äußeren Kräften abhängig ist. Das Kontaktmodell für sphärische Partikel wurde für elliptische Weizenkörner angepasst. Die Verteilungen der Bruchkraft, Bruchfestigkeit, Bruchenergie und des Bruchwegs wurden mit der Normalverteilung beschrieben.
Proportioning of Sulfur Trioxide and Generation of a Test Aerosol with a Microstructured Reactor
Authors: Brachert Leonie , Riede Robert , Pfeifer Peter , Schaber Karlheinz 
Published: February 2012

AbstractDie Verwendung eines Mikrostrukturreaktors zur Oxidation von Schwefeldioxid zu Schwefeltrioxid als Dosiereinheit für SO3 bzw. Schwefelsäure zur Erzeugung eines Modellschadgases wird beschrieben. Bei der Absorption des Schadgases in Wasser kommt es zur Aerosolbildung. Die Anzahldichte des Aerosols lässt sich gut reproduzierbar durch Variation des SO2‐Massenstroms einstellen. Diese wird mithilfe eines Kondensationskernzählers gemessen. Somit bietet die vorgestellte Methode die Möglichkeit H2SO4‐Testaerosole zu erzeugen, wie sie beispielsweise zur Prüfung von Aerosolabscheidesystemen benötigt werden.
Hepatic resection versus transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus
Authors: Peng Zhen‐Wei , Guo Rong‐Ping , Zhang Yao‐Jun , Lin Xiao‐Jun , Chen Min‐Shan , Lau Wan Y. 
Published: February 2012

AbstractBACKGROUND:The long‐term survival outcomes of hepatic resection (HR) compared with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) are unclear.MATERIALS AND METHODS:Between December 2002 and December 2007, 201 consecutive patients diagnosed with resectable HCC with PVTT received HR as an initial treatment in our center. These patients were compared with 402 case‐matched controls selected from a pool of 1798 patients (with a 1:2 ratio) who received TACE as an initial treatment during the study period. PVTT was classified to 4 types: PVTT involving the segmental branches of the portal vein or above (type I), PVTT extending to involve the right/left portal vein (type II), the main portal vein (type III), or the superior mesenteric vein (type IV).RESULTS:The 1‐, 3‐, and 5‐year overall survivals for the HR and TACE groups were 42.0%, 14.1%, and 11.1% and 37.8%, 7.3%, and 0.5%, respectively (P < .001). On subgroup analyses, the overall survivals for the HR group were better than the TACE group for type I PVTT, type II PVTT, single tumor, and tumor size >5 cm (P < .001, P = .002, P < .001, P < .001, respectively), but not for type III PVTT, type IV PVTT, multiple tumors, and tumor size <5 cm (P = .541, P = .371, P = .264, P = .338, P = .125, respectively). Multivariate analysis showed the type of PVTT and initial treatment allocation were significant prognostic factors for overall survival.CONCLUSIONS:Compared with TACE, HR provided survival benefits for patients with resectable HCC with PVTT, especially for those with a type I PVTT or a type II PVTT. Cancer 2012. © 2012 American Cancer Society.
Optimizing resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care among Hong Kong Chinese women
Authors: Wong Irene O. L. , Tsang Janice W. H. , Cowling Benjamin J. , Leung Gabriel M. 
Published: February 2012

AbstractBACKGROUND:Recommendations about funding of interventions through the full spectrum of the disease often have been made in isolation. The authors of this report optimized budgetary allocations by comparing cost‐effectiveness data for different preventive and management strategies throughout the disease course for breast cancer in Hong Kong (HK) Chinese women.METHODS:Nesting a state‐transition Markov model within a generalized cost‐effectiveness analytic framework, costs and quality‐adjusted life‐years (QALYs) were compared to estimate average cost‐effectiveness ratios for the following interventions at the population level: biennial mass mammography (ages 40‐69 years or ages 40–79 years), reduced waiting time for postoperative radiotherapy (by 15% or by 25%), adjuvant endocrine therapy (either upfront aromatase inhibitor [AI] therapy or sequentially with tamoxifen followed by AI) in postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor‐positive disease, targeted immunotherapy in those with tumors that over express human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, and enhanced palliative services (either at home or as an inpatient). Usual care for eligible patients in the public sector was the comparator.RESULTS:In descending order, the optimal allocation of additional resources for breast cancer would be the following: a 25% reduction in waiting time for postoperative radiotherapy (in US dollars: $5000 per QALY); enhanced, home‐based palliative care ($7105 per QALY); adjuvant, sequential endocrine therapy ($17,963 per QALY); targeted immunotherapy ($62,092 per QALY); and mass mammography screening of women ages 40 to 69 years ($72,576 per QALY).CONCLUSIONS:Given the lower disease risk and different age profiles of patients in HK Chinese, among other newly emergent and emerging economies with similar transitioning epidemiologic profiles, the current findings provided direct evidence to support policy decisions that may be dissimilar to current Western practice. Cancer 2012. © 2012 American Cancer Society.
Silencing of a novel tumor metastasis suppressor gene LASS2/TMSG1 promotes invasion of prostate cancer cell in vitro through increase of vacuolar ATPase activity
Authors: Xu Xiaoyan , You Jiangfeng , Pei Fei 
Published: February 2012

AbstractHomo sapiens longevity assurance homologue 2 of yeast LAG1 (LASS2), also known as tumor metastasis suppressor gene 1 (TMSG1), is a newly found tumor metastasis suppressor gene in 1999. Preliminary studies showed that it not only suppressed tumor growth but also closely related to tumor metastasis, however, its molecular mechanisms is still unclear. There have been reported that protein encoded by LASS2/TMSG‐1 could directly interact with the C subunit of Vacuolar ATPase (V‐ATPase), which suggested that LASS2/TMSG1 might inhibit the invasion and metastasis through regulating the function of V‐ATPase. Thus, in this study, we explored the effect of small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting LASS2/TMSG1 on the invasion of human prostate carcinoma cell line PC‐3M‐2B4 and its molecular mechanisms associated with the V‐ATPase. Real‐time fluorogentic quantitative PCR (RFQ‐PCR) and Western blot revealed dramatic reduction of 84.5% and 60% in the levels of LASS2/TMSG1 mRNA and protein after transfection of siRNA in PC‐3M‐2B4 cells. The V‐ATPase activity and extracellular hydrogen ion concentration were significantly increased in 2B4 cells transfected with the LASS2/TMSG1‐siRNA compared with the controls. The activity of secreted MMP‐2 was up‐regulated in LASS2/TMSG1‐siRNA treated cells compared with the controls; and the capacity for migration and invasion in LASS2/TMSG1‐siRNA treated cells was significantly higher than the controls. Thus, we concluded that silencing of LASS2/TMSG1 may promote invasion of prostate cancer cell in vitro through increase of V‐ATPase activity and extracellular hydrogen ion concentration and in turn the activation of secreted MMP‐2. J. Cell. Biochem. 113: 2356–2363, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Gaining momentum in the long, uphill battle to “get to zero”
Authors: Hilliard Mary Anne 
Published: February 2012

AbstractI am truly privileged to be addressing you for the first time in the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. I'm looking forward to getting to know you and working with you. I want to learn more about all the great ways that each of you has been making a difference in keeping our patients safe and building trust in our healthcare systems. As you know, the ASHRM Board is completely committed to finding solutions through the empowerment of our members. We believe in you. In that spirit, we are coming up with new ways to fund research and make critical connections that will fuel ideas.
Ternary Diagrams of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) and Poly[(vinylidene fluoride)‐co‐hexafluoropropene] in Propylene Carbonate and Dimethyl Sulfoxide
Authors: Akkoyun Meral , Carrot Christian , Blottière Benoît 
Published: February 2012

AbstractExperiments on the thermoreversible gelation of a ternary system composed of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and poly[(vinylidene fluoride)‐co‐hexafluoropropene] (P(VDF‐co‐HFP)) in propylene carbonate (PC) or DMSO solutions are carried out and the resulting ternary diagrams are plotted for various systems. The results show that the gelation occurs at relatively low concentrations. The miscibility area of the ternary diagram is larger with DMSO than with PC. In addition, the concentration at the gelation point increases with increasing temperature. The gelation line is almost independent of the molecular structure of PVDF in PC but varies in DMSO. This variation of the miscibility is essentially connected to the carboxylic functions on the PVDF chain.
Crystal structure of agkisacucetin, a Gpib‐binding snake C‐type lectin that inhibits platelet adhesion and aggregation
Authors: Gao Yongxiang , Ge Honghua , Chen Hongkai , Li Heng , Liu Yiwei , Chen Lan , Li Xiaoyi , Liu Jing , Niu Liwen , Teng Maikun 
Published: February 2012

AbstractAgkisacucetin is a snake C‐type lectin isolated from the venom of Agkistrodon acutus (A. acutus). It binds specifically to the platelet glycoprotein (GP) Ib and prevents the von Willebrand factor (VWF) accessing it. We determined the crystal structure of agkisacucetin to 1.9Å resolution. The structure of agkisacucetin has an (αβ) fold similar to another GPIb‐binding protein, flavocetin‐A, but lacks the C‐terminal cysteine in the β‐subunit, does not form (βα)4 tetramers, and does not cluster GPIbs, like flavocetin‐A. Proteins 2012;. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Two Silver(I) Coordination Polymers Based on Mixed Ligands: Synthesis and Structures
Authors: Li Fei , Zhang Xin , Yao Yuan‐Gen 
Published: February 2012

AbstractTwo new AgI compounds, [Ag(MA)(FA)0.5]n (1) and [Ag(MA)(PES)]n·n(MA)·n(H2O) (2), were prepared by slow solvent evaporation methods from mixtures of MA and AgNO3 in the presence of FA or PES co‐ligand [MA = melamine, FA = fumaric acetate and PES = 2‐(4‐pyridyl)ethanesulfonate]. Single crystal X‐ray analysis reveals that 1 features a two‐dimensional undulated layer framework that is further assembled into a three‐dimensional interdigitated framework directed by hydrogen bonds. Compound 2 features a zero‐dimensional dinuclear structure linked by weak Ag···O interactions, which is further extended into a complicated three‐dimensional supramolecular framework constructed by hydrogen bonds.
Killed Brownian motion and the Brunn–Minkowski inequalities
Authors: LE HUILING 
Published: February 2012

AbstractWe construct triplets of killed Brownian motions to obtain the Brunn–Minkowski inequalities concerning the solutions of the equation (1/2)Δψ − h ψ = g on three interrelated compact sets in Euclidean space. These, in particular, include inequalities relating to the solutions of the Schrödinger equation and the Poisson equation on the three compact convex sets and an inequality relating to harmonic functions.
Suppression of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced ornithine decarboxylase activity by resveratrol derivatives
Authors: Luqman Suaib , Kondratyuk Tamara , Hosino Juma , Cushman Mark , Pezzuto John 
Published: February 2012

AbstractAs demonstrated previously, resveratrol (3,4',5-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) inhibits 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the key rate limiting enzyme in mammalian polyamine synthesis. Using human bladder epithelial carcinoma HTB-24 cells in culture where resveratrol inhibits induction with an IC50 of 8.8 µM, we now report potential metabolites demonstrate greater activity [tetrabutylammonium (E)-4-(3,5-dihydroxystyryl)phenyl sulfate (IC50 1.2 µM), resveratrol tripotassium 3,5,4'-trisulfate (IC50 1.8 µM), resveratrol tripotassium 3,4'-disulfate (IC50 1.8 µM), and resveratrol tripotassium 3,5-disulfate (IC50 2.3 µM)]. Based on RT-PCR studies, ODC inhibition occurs at the transcriptional level, but this was not due to direct inhibition of protein kinase C (e.g., resveratrol IC50, 79 µM; resveratrol tripotassium 3,5-disulfate IC50, 49 µM). Additional work is underway to more fully investigate this potentially important observation. [This work was supported by program project P01 CA48112 awarded by the National Cancer Institute. SL acknowledges Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), New Delhi for a Research Fellowship].
What's in the Literature?
Authors: Simmons Zachary 
Published: February 2012

Abstract
The neuromuscular literature over the past 3 months has been diverse, including useful information on the epidemiology of several disorders. Our understanding of the genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis continues to grow, and in the process, it makes the distinction between familial and sporadic forms of the disorder increasingly murky. Some interesting articles about peripheral neuropathy provide insight into relationships with diabetes and with Parkinson disease and summarize the state of knowledge of the increasingly complex topic of hereditary neuropathies in children. Epidemiology and electrodiagnosis of lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy is nicely discussed in 2 articles. Several muscle diseases, including Pompe disease, sporadic inclusion body myositis, and the congenital myopathies, receive attention in articles that provide very useful information for the clinician, and there is a treatment-oriented article on dystrophinopathies, which makes for excellent reading. There are also discussions of several uncommon disorders, including a mitochondrial myopathy, periodic paralysis, and congenital myasthenic syndromes, which are helpful in providing information to clinicians who may see such disorders only infrequently.