bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mothers’ Perspectives on Their Child's Mental Illness as Compared to Other Complex Disorders in Their Family: Insights to Inform Genetic Counseling Practice
Authors: Lautenbach Denise M. , Hiraki Susan , Campion MaryAnn W. , Austin Jehannine C. 
Published: November 2011

AbstractTo facilitate the development of a therapeutic alliance in genetic counseling, it is important that the counselor understands how families might perceive the condition that constitutes the reason for the referral. Through training and professional practice, genetic counselors develop a thorough understanding of families’ perceptions of the conditions that are common indications for genetic counseling. But, for referral indications that are less frequent, like serious mental illnesses, genetic counselors may feel less confident in their understanding of the family's experience, or in their ability to provide psychosocial support when serious mental illness is reported in a family history. This may impede the establishment of a therapeutic alliance. As research shows that most referrals for genetic counseling related to serious mental illness are for female first‐degree family members of affected individuals, we sought to explore how this group perceives serious mental illness. To provide a frame of reference with which genetic counselors may be more familiar, we explored how women perceived serious mental illness compared to other common complex disorders in their family. We conducted semi‐structured interviews with women who had a child with a serious mental illness (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder) and a first‐degree relative with another common complex disorder (diabetes, heart disease, cancer). Interviews were transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis. Saturation was reached when nine women had participated. Serious mental illness was perceived as being more severe and as having a greater impact on the family than diabetes, heart disease, or cancer. Themes identified included guilt, stigma, and loss. Some of the most important issues that contribute to mothers’ perceptions that serious mental illness is more severe than other common complex disorders could be effectively addressed in genetic counseling. Developing a heightened awareness of how family members experience a relative's mental illness may help genetic counselors to be better able to provide psychosocial support to this group, whether serious mental illness constitutes the primary reason for referral or appears in the family history during counseling for a different referral reason.
The CLASSI-N Method for the Study of Sequential Processes
Authors: Vande Gaer Eva , Ceulemans Eva , Van Mechelen Iven , Kuppens Peter 
Published: November 2011

In many psychological research domains stimulus-response profiles are explained by conjecturing a sequential process in which some variables mediate between stimuli and responses. Charting sequential processes is often a complex task because (1) many possible mediating variables may exist, and (2) interindividual differences may occur in the relationship between these mediating variables and the response. Recently, Ceulemans and Van Mechelen (Psychometrika 73(1):107–124, 2008) addressed these challenges by developing the CLASSI model. A major drawback of CLASSI is that it requires information about the same set of stimuli for all participants (i.e., crossed data), whereas recently a number of data gathering techniques have been proposed in which the set of stimuli differs across participants, yielding nested data. Therefore we present the CLASSI-N model, which extends the CLASSI model to nested data. A simulated annealing algorithm is proposed. The results of a simulation study are discussed as well as an application to data concerning depression.
Water, societies and sustainability: A few anthropological examples of non-market water values
Authors: Wateau Fabienne 
Published: November 2011

Abstract
In a sustainable development research context, how can the anthropological literature on social management of water be reread? This article proposes to recall—in the context of a certain number of studied societies, in cases where water management is entrusted to local users—why and how the economic argument is not primary. It will then examine the nature of a possible link between anthropology and economics, specifically identifying differences in rationales, and inviting us to take a closer look at the most enduring technical systems, in their relationship to the land and to the people who use them.
Flow instabilities between two parallel planes semi-obstructed by an easily penetrable porous medium
Authors: Silin N. , Converti J. , Dalponte D. , Clausse A. 
Published: November 2011

AbstractA study of instabilities in planar flows produced by the presence of a parallel penetrable porous obstruction is presented. The case considered is a flow between parallel plates partially obstructed by a porous medium. The most unstable perturbation modes are obtained solving numerically the eigenvalue problem derived from the linear stability analysis of the two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations applied to the geometry of interest. The analysis leads to an extended Orr–Sommerfeld equation including a porous term. It was found that the ratios of the permeability and depth of the obstruction with respect to the free flow layer depth are the relevant parameters influencing the stability margin and the structure of the most unstable modes. To validate the conclusions of the theoretical analysis, an experiment with air flowing through a channel semi-obstructed by a regular array of cylindrical wires was performed. The critical Reynolds number, which was determined by measuring the amplitude of velocity fluctuations at the interface of the porous medium, agrees with the theoretical predictions. The dominant instability mode was characterized by the cross-section profile of the root mean square of the velocity perturbations, which matches reasonable well with the eigenfunction of the most unstable eigenvalue. Also, the wavenumber was determined by correlating the velocity measurements in two sequential locations along the channel, which compares well with the theoretical value.
New analytic solutions for wave propagation in flexible, tapered vessels with reference to mammalian arteries
Authors: Papadakis George 
Published: November 2011

AbstractNovel, closed-form, analytic solutions for the pressure and velocity fields are derived for the linear problem of wave propagation inside a tapered flexible vessel of conical shape. It is shown that pressure and velocity can be written in terms of Bessel functions of orders $1/ 3$ and $4/ 3$ respectively. An expression is also derived that quantifies the effect of the cone angle on the wave propagation velocity. The analytic solutions are general and valid for tube variations at any length scale in relation to the wavelength of the wave. In other words, the requirement that the changes in vessel properties with distance should take place over a length scale large compared to the wavelength of the wave, is not employed or needed. This is the basic condition for the application of WKB theory to tapered vessels. However, this condition is not satisfied in pressure pulses propagating in mammalian arteries. The general expressions derived in this paper are directly applicable to the cardiovascular system of mammals. It is further shown that the presented solution naturally tends to the asymptotic WKB solution when the assumptions of the theory are applied to the general expressions. An explicit formula is provided for the time-averaged energy flux of the wave that shows clearly the effect of the continuous reflection of the wave from the vessel wall. Viscous effects are incorporated by coupling the derived analytic solution with the radial velocity profile of Womersley. The results are compared with full nonlinear fluid–structure interaction simulations and very good agreement is found (maximum differences are ${\ensuremath{\sim} }1\hspace{0.167em} \% $ and 1.6 % for area-averaged pressure and velocity respectively, and 4–6 % for local velocity values).
Effect of bis(maltolato)oxovanadium (IV) (BMOV) on selenium nutritional status in diabetic streptozotocin rats
Authors: Sanchez-Gonzalez Cristina , Bermudez-Peña Carmen , Guerrero-Romero Fernando , Trenzado Cristina E. , Montes-Bayon María , Sanz-Medel Alfredo , Llopis Juan 
Published: November 2011

The role of V as a micronutrient, and its hypoglycaemic and toxicological activity, have yet to be completely established. The present study focuses on changes in the bioavailability and tissue distribution of Se in diabetic streptozotocin rats following treatment with V. The following four study groups were examined: control; diabetic (DM); diabetic treated with 1 mg V/d (DMV); diabetic treated with 3 mg V/d (DMVH). V was supplied in the drinking water as bis(maltolato)oxovanadium (IV). The experiment had a duration of 5 weeks. Se was measured in food, faeces, urine, serum, muscle, kidney, liver and spleen. Glucose and insulin serum were studied, together with glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione transferase (GST) activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in the liver. In the DM group, we recorded higher levels of food intake, Se absorbed, Se retained, Se content in the kidney, liver and spleen, GSH-Px and GST activity, in comparison with the control rats. In the DMV group, there was a significant decrease in food intake, Se absorbed, Se retained and Se content in the liver and spleen, and in GSH-Px and GST activity, while fasting glycaemia and MDA remained unchanged, in comparison with the DM group. In the DMVH group, there was a significant decrease in food intake, glycaemia, Se absorbed, Se retained, Se content in the kidney, liver and spleen, and in GSH-Px and GST activity, and increased MDA, in comparison with the DM and DMV groups. We conclude that under the experimental conditions described, the treatment with 3 mg V/d caused a tissue depletion of Se that compromised Se nutritional status and antioxidant defences in the tissues.
Questions about ‘Internal and external questions about God’
Authors: DENG NATALJA 
Published: November 2011

AbstractThis article is an evaluation of Le Poidevin's use of Carnap's stance on ontology within the philosophy of religion. Le Poidevin claims that (1) theists need to take God to be a putative entitywithin space-timein order for their claim that God exists to be meaningful, and that (2) instrumentalism about theology is viable. I argue that although Le Poidevin's response to Carnap's argument is no less problematic than that argument itself, his position is in fact thoroughly un-Carnapian. The upshot is that his discussion provides some support to atheism, but none to either of his two official conclusions.
A monograph of Dolerotheca Halle, and related complex permineralised medullosan pollen organs
Authors: Rothwell Gar W. , Eggert Donald A. 
Published: November 2011

ABSTRACTNumerous permineralised, complex medullosan pollen organs are described from Middle and Upper Pennsylvanian sediments of North America. Together with a reinvestigation of type specimens for the previously described species, these provide the basis for fully characterising internal structure and external morphology, and for recognising structural homologies among all medullosan synangia. All medullosan pollen organs, simple and complex, can be interpreted as consisting of sporangial tubes that are embedded in parenchymatous and sclerenchymatous ground tissue, and that have vascular bundles within the parenchymatous tissue. The sporangial tubes are arranged in a single series, usually a ring, with parenchymatous ground tissues and vascular bundles to the outside of the ring and sclerenchymatous ground tissue to the inside of the ring. In the larger, complex forms the ring is plicately folded and there may be a centrally-placed hollow in the distal surface. Differences in morphology, in the folding pattern of the rings, in the structure (or absence) of a distal hollow, and in architecture of the major vascular system are employed to delimit genera. Size and shape of the organ, histological features, numbers of sporangia, and presence or absence of lacunae are used to delineate species. Currently recognised genera are Dolerotheca Halle, Sullitheca Stidd et al., Stewartiotheca Eggert and Rothwell, and Bernaultia gen. nov.
Factors driving lexical variation in L2 French: A variationist study of automobile, auto, voiture, char and machine
Authors: NADASDI TERRY , MOUGEON RAYMOND , REHNER KATHERINE 
Published: November 2011

ABSTRACTOur paper examines lexical variation in the spoken French of second language learners and focuses on words referring to the notion of ‘automobile’ (i.e.,automobile,auto,voiture,charandmachine). Results reveal that while students do follow the native speaker pattern of using the neutral variantautoin most instances, they diverge from native speakers by making no use of the vernacular formcharand relatively high use of the prestige variantvoiture. The principal external factors that influence variant choice are students' home language and the representation of variants in the input to which students are exposed.
Validity of Affect Measurements in Evaluating Symptom Reporting in Athletes
Authors: Ramanathan Deepa M. , Rabinowitz Amanda R. , Barwick Fiona H. , Arnett Peter A. 
Published: November 2011

AbstractIdentifying factors that improve the assessment of athletes’ psychological functioning is imperative to make proper return-to-play decisions following concussion. Prior research indicates that an individual's affect is related to symptom reporting. The present study examines two novel methods of affect assessment in college athletes at baseline participating in a sports-concussion management program. A total of 256 athletes completed a neuropsychological baseline battery with measurements of psychological symptoms (BDI-Fast Screen, Post-Concussion Symptom Scale, and ImPact Total Symptom Score) and a measure of affective memory bias (the Affective Verbal Learning Test; AVLT). Examiners completed an observation-based rating of affect. Multivariate analysis of variance and χ2 analyses were conducted to examine the effect of affect on symptom reports. Examiners’ Affect Ratings were predictive of broad symptom reporting, while the performance based index of affect (Affective Verbal Learning Test, AVLT) was more predictive of depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that performance on the AVLT may be a useful indicator of self-reported depression in a collegiate athlete sample. Additionally, these results demonstrate that examiners’ behavioral assessments of affect are important in the assessment of psychological functioning in athletes. Continued work should focus on developing objective measures that are sensitive and valid for the evaluation of outcomes from concussion. (JINS, 2012, 18, 101–107)
The activity level of a microbial community function can be predicted from its metatranscriptome
Authors: Helbling Damian E , Ackermann Martin , Fenner Kathrin , Kohler Hans-Peter E , Johnson David R 
Published: November 2011

Abstract
The objective of this work was to improve our understanding of the quantitative predictive capabilities of metatranscriptomics. To meet this objective, we investigated whether we can predict the activity level of a specific biochemical function based on the abundance of the corresponding gene transcript within measured community metatranscriptomes. In addition, we investigated the lower limit of a microorganism's abundance that still allows detection of its transcripts within a metatranscriptome and prediction of the activity levels of the enzyme encoded by the transcript. To do this, we amended an undefined microbial community with varying fractions of an Escherichia coli strain that can catalyze a specific transformation reaction for the herbicide atrazine. We observed a linear and proportional relationship between the activity level of the transformation reaction and the abundance of its associated encoding transcript down to an E. coli cell density of 0.05% of the population.
Reliability and criterion validity of the Self‐Administered Physical Activity Checklist in Greek children
Authors: Gioxari Aristea , Kavouras Stavros A. , Tambalis Konstantinos D. , Maraki Maria , Kollia Maria , Sidossis Labros S. 
Published: November 2011

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to assess the test–retest reliability and criterion validity the Self‐Administered Physical Activity Checklist (SAPAC) translated into the Greek language. To evaluate reliability, 72 students (35 girls and 37 boys) of the fifth and sixth grade completed SAPAC on two separate occasions, two weeks apart. Internal consistency was determined with Cronbach alpha coefficient and test–retest reliability with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). To evaluate criterion validity, the RT3 Research Tracker accelerometer was used as standard measure, in 90 randomly selected Greek children (51 girls and 39 boys), aged between 10 and 13. Each subject participated for two consecutive days. On day one, an accelerometer was fitted when school started. On day two, the accelerometers were returned and each subject completed the questionnaire. The internal consistency and the test–retest reliability of SAPAC on total metabolic equivalent (MET) score, MET score of low physical activities (LPA) and MET score of moderate to vigorous physical activities (MVPA) were very satisfactory (all Cronbach's alpha > 0.87, and all ICC > 0.85, P <0.001). The Kendall's tau‐b test revealed that the degree of agreement between SAPAC and RT3 accelerometer on total MET score and MET score of MVPA were 0.31 and 0.37, respectively (P <0.01). It was concluded that the Greek translated version of SAPAC is a reliable questionnaire that provides valid estimates of total, as well as moderate to vigorous activities MET scores.
Provision of Farm Animal Welfare: Integrating Productivity and Non‐Use Values
Authors: Johan Lagerkvist Carl , Hansson Helena , Hess Sebastian , Hoffman Ruben 
Published: November 2011

AbstractDecisions made by livestock producers inevitably determine the extent of actual farm animal welfare (FAW) provision in livestock production. This article identify key issues in the identification and empirical measurement of farmer's preferences for FAW‐related, non‐use values to encourage theoretically‐sound future research to address relevant potential producer trade‐off such as those between use and non‐use values with consequences for the total amount of FAW provisions to be delivered to society. Producer preferences for specific non‐use values, as well as their overall strength of preferences for non‐use values relative to use values will determine their provision of FAW. Investment and/or adjustment costs, however, may prevent producers from changing their production system to their preferred choice and economic welfare measures will be biased whenever such costs are neglected.
Association of galectin‐3 and fibrosis markers with long‐term cardiovascular outcomes in patients with heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, and dyssynchrony: insights from the CARE‐HF (Cardiac Resynchronization in Heart Failure) trial
Authors: Lopez‐Andrès Natalia , Rossignol Patrick , Iraqi Wafae , Fay Renaud , Nuée Josette , Ghio Stefano , Cleland John G.F. , Zannad Faiez , Lacolley Patrick 
Published: November 2011

AimsCirculating biomarkers of collagen turnover reflect extracellular cardiac matrix (ECCM) remodelling. The extent to which the success of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is influenced by the degree of cardiac fibrosis and whether CRT can influence matrix remodelling has yet to be studied. Our aim was to determine, in patients with heart failure (HF) and cardiac dyssynchrony, whether ECCM biomarkers are influenced by CRT and can predict cardiovascular outcomes and response to CRT.Methods and resultsSerum levels of ECCM biomarkers [galectin‐3 (Gal‐3), N‐terminal propeptides of type I and III procollagens (PINP and PIIINP), type I collagen telopeptide (ICTP), and matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP‐1)] were measured in 260 patients, in a substudy of CARE‐HF, a randomized controlled trial which evaluated the effects of CRT in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and cardiac dyssynchrony. ECCM biomarkers did not change throughout the 18‐month follow‐up period. In age‐ and gender‐adjusted analyses, Gal‐3 and PIIINP were associated with death or HF hospitalization. In a further multivariate model, Gal‐3 >30 ng/mL was associated [OR (95% CI):2.98 (1.43–6.22), P = 0.004] with death or HF hospitalization, along with left ventricular end‐systolic volume >200 mL [3.42 (OR: 1.65–7.10), P = 0.001]. The outcome death or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35% was associated with MMP‐1 [≤3 ng/mL: 3.04 (1.37–6.71), P = 0.006]. No significant interaction was observed between the tested biomarkers and the treatment group.ConclusionsIncreased Gal‐3 and PIIINP, and low MMP‐1 are associated with adverse long‐term cardiovascular outcomes but did not predict response to CRT. CRT did not favourably affect serum concentrations of ECCM markers.
First Report of Apricot pseudo-chlorotic leaf spot virus Infecting Plum (Prunus domestica) in the Czech Republic
Authors: Šafářová D. , Navrátil M. , Faure C. , Candresse T. , Marais A. 
Published: November 2011

Apricot pseudo-chlorotic leaf spot virus (APCLSV) is a novel, still poorly known Trichovirus in the family Betaflexiviridae. It is most closely related to Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) (2,4) and infects stone fruit trees of the Prunus genus. Its presence has so far been detected in apricot, plum, Japanese plum, and peach trees in Italy, Spain, France, Hungary, Turkey, Jordan, and Australia (1,2,4). During the summers of 2008 and 2010, leaf samples of old Czech local plum cultivars were obtained from the Holovousy collection and assessed for the presence of viruses belonging to the Capillovirus, Trichovirus, and Foveavirus genera using the polyvalent degenerate oligonucleotides (PDO) nested reverse transcription (RT)-PCR test (3). Following amplification from total RNAs extracts, the amplicons were cloned and several clones were sequenced for each plant sample. In plum (Prunus domestica) cv. Babce, a mixture of amplicons was observed and BlastN and BlastX analyses of the obtained sequences revealed the presence of ACLSV and APCLSV. The 310-bp APCLSV amplicon (GenBank Accession No. JN790294) showed highest identity (82.9% in nucleotide sequence and 97.1% in amino acid sequence) with the Sus2 isolate of APCLSV (4) and clustered with APCLSV isolates in a phylogenetic analysis. APCLSV infection was further confirmed with an APCLSV-specific RT-PCR assay (4), which yielded a product of the expected 205-bp size (GenBank Accession No. JN653070) with closest homology again to the Sus2 APCLSV isolate (83.4 and 94.3% nucleotide and amino acid identity, respectively). To our knowledge, this finding represents the first detection of APCLSV in domestic plums in the Czech Republic, extending our vision of APCLSV diversity and its geographic distribution. For unknown reasons, APCLSV has almost always been reported in mixed infection with ACLSV (1,2,4) and the situation in cv. Babce does not deviate from this trend. This has greatly hindered the analysis of the pathogenicity of APCLSV, a situation further complicated in the current case because the Babce cultivar was also infected by Plum pox virus. References: (1) M. Barone et al. Acta Hortic. 781:53, 2008. (2) T. Candresse et al. Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Pome and Stone Fruit Trees. A. Hadidi et al., eds. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, 2011. (3) X. Foissac et al. Phytopathology 95:617, 2005. (4) D. Liberti et al. Phytopathology 95:420, 2005.