bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Relationship among Schneiderian Membrane, Underwood's Septa, and the Maxillary Sinus Inferior Border
Authors: Çakur Binali , Sümbüllü Muhammed Akif , Durna Doğan 
Published: April 2011

ABSTRACTBackground: Osseo‐integrated implants are increasingly being used to restore functional dentition; however, in the posterior region, implant placement can be problematic because of inadequate bone height. In this condition, maxillary sinus floor elevation surgery has become the treatment of choice. The presence of anatomic variations within the maxillary sinus such as Underwood's septa and thin schneiderian membrane decreases the success of the sinus floor elevation.Purpose: In this study, we tried to determine the relationship between the anatomic variations of the maxillary sinus: Underwood's septa, schneiderian membrane thickness, and the cortical thickness of the inferior border of the maxillary sinus.Material and Methods: The left and right maxillary sinus images of 74 patients were obtained by using dental computed tomography (CT). The schneiderian membrane and the cortical thickness of the inferior border of the maxillary sinus were measured on the coronal images of dental CT scans at the deepest portion of the sinus cavity. The presence of Underwood's septa was identified on the axial images. The correlations between these variables were assessed.Results: We found that there was only a negative correlation between the schneiderian membrane thickness and the presence of Underwood's septa (r = –0.168 p = .042).Conclusion: It is suggested that Underwood's septa may be the reason for the thinness of the schneiderian membrane. However, future studies among larger groups are necessary for confirming the finding by using well‐designed clinical studies.
Selecting the desirable method for predicting 305‐day lactation yields in Mongolia
Authors: NARANCHULUUM Gelegjamts , OHMIYA Hiroko , MASUDA Yutaka , HAGIYA Kouichi , SUZUKI Mitsuyoshi 
Published: April 2011

ABSTRACTIn Mongolia, milk production must be improved both quantitatively and qualitatively, and we must find the most desirable method for predicting 305‐day milk yields for cows in Mongolia. Therefore, the predicted 305‐day milk yield from the test interval method (TIM), multiple‐trait prediction (MTP) and the random regression model (RRM) were compared. The daily milk production records during 305 days for cows calving from 1986 to 2007 from the National Livestock Breeding Center in Japan, and the test day records every month for cows calving from 1985 to 2005 from the Hokkaido Dairy Milk Recording and Testing Association were used. Wilmink's model for the average of lactation curve in MTP was adopted. A cubic Legendre polynomials and the parameters of Wilmink's function were used for RRM. The results suggested that RRM was the most desirable method for predicting 305‐day milk yields in Mongolia because estimates by RRM were the most accurate when using over four records. Further analyses will be required to examine the properties of RRM when predicting 305‐day milk yields using test day records in Mongolia.
Effect of dietary inclusion of sorghum milling waste on growth response, nutrient utilisation, gut characteristics and cecal microflora of weaner rabbits
Authors: OSO Oladele A. , SOBAYO Richard , JEGEDE Vincent , FAFIOLU Adeboye , IYASERE Oluwaseun Serah , DELE Peter , BAMGBOSE Adeyemi , CECILIA Adesida 
Published: April 2011

ABSTRACTGrowth response, nutrient digestibility and cecal microflora of 80 male, mixed breed weaner rabbits fed with varying dietary inclusions of sorghum milling waste (SMW) was investigated. Four experimental diets were formulated such that SMW was included at 0 (control), 100, 200 and 300 g/kg, respectively. Each dietary treatment was performed on 20 rabbits. Feed intake increased (P < 0.05) while final live weight and feed conversion ratio of rabbits decreased (P < 0.05) following increased dietary inclusion of SMW. Rabbits fed with 100 and 200 g/kg SMW had similar feed conversion ratios, weight gain, crude fiber, dry matter and crude protein digestibility values. Rabbits fed with 300 g/kg SMW recorded the lowest (P < 0.05) hot carcass weight, dressing percentage and rack weight. Similar dressing percentage and rack weight were recorded for rabbits fed with control diet, 100 and 200 g/kg SMW. The weight of cecal content increased (P < 0.05) with increased dietary inclusion levels of SMW. Rabbits fed with 300 g/kg SMW recorded the lowest (P < 0.05) coliform and lactobaccillus counts. Dietary inclusion of up to 200 g/kg SMW supported improved growth response and carcass yield without imposing any detrimental effect on cecal microflora.
The effects of wilting and storage temperatures on the fermentation quality and aerobic stability of stylo silage
Authors: LIU Qinghua , ZHANG Jianguo , SHI Shangli , SUN Qizhong 
Published: April 2011

ABSTRACTIn order to clarify the ensiling characteristics of stylo (Stylosanthes guianensisSwartz), the effects of wilting (no wilting, light wilting and heavy wilting) and storage temperatures (10°C, 20°C, 30°C and 40°C) on the fermentation quality and aerobic stability of stylo silage were investigated. Wilting had no significant influence on the contents of crude protein, ether extract and acid detergent fiber, and numbers of lactic acid bacteria, aerobic bacteria, yeasts and mold (P > 0.05). Heavy wilted material, wilted for 12 h, had higher neutral detergent fiber content and lower water‐soluble carbohydrate content than unwilted and light wilted materials (P < 0.05). Wilting and storage temperatures had significant effects on pH value, acetic acid, butyric acid and NH3‐N contents of stylo silage (P < 0.01 orP < 0.05). Wilting tended to reduce acetic acid and NH3‐N contents and improve the fermentation quality of stylo silage. In all the silages, no wilting silage ensiled at 30°C had the highest butyric acid content (P < 0.05). High temperature of 40°C markedly restricted the growth of lactic acid bacteria and aerobic bacteria in silage, irrespective of wilting. The wilted silage or silage stored at low temperature had poor aerobic stability.
The effects of chronic intermittent noise exposure on broiler chicken performance
Authors: VOSLAROVA Eva , CHLOUPEK Petr , CHLOUPEK Jan , BEDANOVA Iveta , PISTEKOVA Vladimira , VECEREK Vladimir 
Published: April 2011

ABSTRACTEffects of different noise levels (70 or 80 dB) that broilers were exposed to during the entire fattening period and also the effect of the timing of the first exposure to intermittent noise in the course of fattening (day 1 vs. day 7) were monitored. After 7 days of exposure to intermittent noise, experimental chickens already showed a significant decrease in live body weight in comparison with the control group. The difference between the group exposed to intermittent noise at 70 dB and the group exposed to 80 dB levels was not statistically significant, although the mean live body weight of broilers in the latter was lower during the entire fattening period. The chickens exposed to intermittent noise from day 1 of age showed lower mean live weight throughout the fattening period compared to chickens exposed to the same level of intermittent noise only from day 7 of age, although at the end of fattening the difference was statistically significant only in chickens exposed to the higher level of intermittent noise (80 dB).
The effect of beta and kappa casein genes on milk yield and milk composition in different percentages of Holstein in crossbred dairy cattle
Authors: MOLEE Amonrat , BOONEK Lerchat , RUNGSAKINNIN Noppanan 
Published: April 2011

ABSTRACTThe objective of this study was to compare the genotype, and composite genotype frequency, and the association between beta and kappa casein genes and milk yield (MY), percentage of fat (%Fat), protein (%Prot), and solids non‐fat (%SNF) between two groups of crossbred Holstein: G1 ≤ 87.5% Holstein = 89 cows and G2 > 87.5% Holstein = 142 cows. Five genotypes of beta casein gene were observed. A1A2 and A1B were the most and rarest frequency, respectively, in both groups. Five genotypes of kappa casein gene were found. The highest and the lowest frequency were AA, and BB and BE, respectively, in both groups. Composite genotype A1A2AA was the most frequent in both groups. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) between two genes was detected. Significant differences of frequencies between both groups of both genes were not found. The association of the genes and the traits was different between G1 and G2. Negative effects on the traits were found in both groups. In addition, the stronger effect of the beta casein gene was observed in most of the traits. The conclusions were that different %Holstein caused different significant effects of these genes. A study of the association of these genes within each percentage of Holstein is strongly recommended.
The effects of concentrations of lysine in media on differentiation of 3T3‐L1 preadipocytes
Authors: KYOYA Takahito , ISHIDA Aiko , NAKASHIMA Kazuki , NAKAJIMA Ikuyo , TOYODA Atsushi , NAKAMURA Yutaka , KATSUMATA Masaya 
Published: April 2011

ABSTRACTIntramuscular fat content is increased by feeding of low lysine diets in pigs. Reduction in dietary lysine intake results in low plasma lysine concentration and low cytosolic lysine concentration in skeletal muscles. From these observations, we hypothesized that low plasma lysine concentration in pigs fed on low lysine diets reduced supply of lysine from blood circulation to preadipocytes, and this limited supply of lysine might promote adipocyte differentiation in porcine muscles. In order to verify the hypothesis, we investigated the effects of low concentrations of lysine in culture medium on differentiation of 3T3‐L1 preadipocytes. Low concentration of lysine suppressed lipid accumulation and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and enzyme activity of fatty acid synthase. mRNA expressions of peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein α (C/EBPα) were lower in cells cultured in low lysine medium. On the other hand, mRNA and protein expressions of C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ were not inhibited by low concentrations of lysine in culture medium. These results indicate that low lysine concentrations in culture medium inhibit differentiation of 3T3‐L1 preadipocytes through inhibiting the mRNA expressions of PPARγ and C/EBPα.
Minnesota Nurses' Perceptions of Nursing Diagnoses
Authors: Halverson Erika L. , Beetcher Erika L. , Scherb Cindy A. , Olsen Gayle , Frost Marlene , Orth Kathy 
Published: April 2011

PURPOSE.  The study aims to identify Minnesota nurses' perceptions regarding nursing diagnoses and to examine how these perceptions have changed over time.METHODS.  Five hundred sixty‐four out of 2,000 randomly selected registered nurses in Minnesota responded to the Perceptions of Nursing Diagnosis Survey.FINDINGS.  Nurses have neutral to slightly negative perceptions of nursing diagnoses. These results differ slightly from the results of the original study which demonstrated neutral to slightly positive perceptions.IMPLICATIONS.  After 30 years of use, it is concerning that more than half of nurses surveyed have a negative perception of nursing diagnosis. Consideration should be given to methods that facilitate the use of nursing diagnoses in practice, improvement of diagnostic language, or a more accepted method of planning patient care.
The causal connection between disc and power-law variability in hard state black hole X-ray binaries
Authors: Uttley P. , Wilkinson T. , Cassatella P. , Wilms J. , Pottschmidt K. , Hanke M. , Böck M. 
Published: April 2011

Abstract
We use the XMM-Newton EPIC-pn instrument in timing mode to extend spectral time-lag studies of hard state black hole X-ray binaries into the soft X-ray band. We show that variations of the disc blackbody emission substantially lead variations in the power-law emission, by tenths of a second on variability time-scales of seconds or longer. The large lags cannot be explained by Compton scattering but are consistent with time delays due to viscous propagation of mass accretion fluctuations in the disc. However, on time-scales less than a second the disc lags the power-law variations by a few milliseconds, consistent with the disc variations being dominated by X-ray heating by the power law, with the short lag corresponding to the light traveltime between the power-law emitting region and the disc. Our results indicate that instabilities in the accretion disc are responsible for continuum variability on time-scales of seconds or longer and probably also on shorter time-scales.
LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS DECREASES SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM INVASION IN VIVO
Authors: NAKAZATO G. , PAGANELLI F.L. , LAGO J.C. , AOKI F.H. , MOBILON C. , BROCCHI M. , STEHLING E.G. , SILVEIRA W.D. 
Published: April 2011

ABSTRACTThe use of probiotics has been suggested to strengthen the non‐immunological anti‐infective defenses of the gastrointestinal tract. Enteropathogenic bacterial species are common infectious agents in underdeveloped countries. Among these bacteria, Salmonella enterica, the etiological agent of salmonellosis, is considered to be an important agent of diarrheal and systemic disease. In this work, attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was tested with BALB/c mice treated with Lactobacillus acidophilus strain ATCC 314. A capability of Lactobacillus adhesion to in vitro cultured cells and a significant decrease in the colony‐forming units of Salmonella in the Peyer's patches and spleen of lactobacilli‐treated mice demonstrated that Lactobacillus interferes with the adhesion, invasion and dissemination processes caused by Salmonella in this murine model, suggesting that the Lactobacillus strain could act as a probiotic agent attenuating the severity of salmonellosis. This work may contribute to studies involving probiotics on the prevention of Salmonella infections.PRACTICAL APPLICATIONSThe data indicate that lactobacilli strains may be an alternative prevention against Salmonella infections by contaminated foods. The competitive adhesion and exclusion of a probiotic strain with a pathogen are involved processes in the action of the probiotics in the combat of the intestinal infections. Our results showed that lactobacilli decreased the number of invaders salmonella bacteria in vivo. The action of probiotics using lactobacilli showed beneficial effect on infection of mice by Salmonella. These results contribute for the studies involving probiotics' activities and pathogenicity of enteric diseases.
Cognitive Appraisals of Specialty Mental Health Services and Their Relation to Mental Health Service Utilization in the Rural Population
Authors: Deen Tisha L. , Bridges Ana J. , McGahan Tara C. , Andrews III Arthur R. 
Published: April 2011

Abstract  Purpose: Rural individuals utilize specialty mental health services (eg, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and social workers) at lower rates than their urban counterparts. This study explores whether cognitive appraisals (ie, individual perceptions of need for services, outcome expectancies, and value of a positive therapeutic outcome) of help‐seeking for depression symptoms are related to the utilization of specialty mental health services in a rural sample.Methods: Demographic and environmental characteristics, cultural barriers, cognitive appraisals, and depression symptoms were assessed in one model predicting specialty mental health service utilization (MHSU) in a rural sample. Three hypotheses were proposed: (1) a higher number of environmental barriers (eg, lack of insurance or transportation) would predict lower specialty mental health service utilization; (2) an increase in cultural barriers (stigma, stoicism, and lack of anonymity) would predict lower specialty mental health utilization; and (3) higher cognitive appraisals of mental health services would predict specialty mental health care utilization beyond the predictive capacities of psychiatric symptoms, demographic variables, environmental barriers, and cultural barriers.Findings: Current depression symptoms significantly predicted lifetime specialty mental health service utilization. Hypotheses 1 and 2 were not supported: more environmental barriers predicted higher levels of specialty MHSU while cultural barriers did not predict specialty mental health service utilization. Hypothesis 3 was supported: cognitive appraisals significantly predicted specialty mental health service utilization.Conclusions: It will be important to target perceptions and attitudes about mental health services to reduce disparities in specialty MHSU for the rural population.
Integration of transient receptor potential canonical channels with lipids
Authors: Beech D. J. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractTransient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels are the canonical (C) subset of the TRP proteins, which are widely expressed in mammalian cells. They are thought to be primarily involved in determining calcium and sodium entry and have wide‐ranging functions that include regulation of cell proliferation, motility and contraction. The channels are modulated by a multiplicity of factors, putatively existing as integrators in the plasma membrane. This review considers the sensitivities of TRPC channels to lipids that include diacylglycerols, phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate, lysophospholipids, oxidized phospholipids, arachidonic acid and its metabolites, sphingosine‐1‐phosphate, cholesterol and some steroidal derivatives and other lipid factors such as gangliosides. Promiscuous and selective lipid sensing have been detected. There appear to be close working relationships with lipids of the phospholipase C and A2 enzyme systems, which may enable integration with receptor signalling and membrane stretch. There are differences in the properties of each TRPC channel that are further complicated by TRPC heteromultimerization. The lipids modulate activity of the channels or insertion in the plasma membrane. Lipid microenvironments and intermediate sensing proteins have been described that include caveolae, G protein signalling, SEC14‐like and spectrin‐type domains 1 (SESTD1) and podocin. The data suggest that lipid sensing is an important aspect of TRPC channel biology enabling integration with other signalling systems.
The Relationship of Intimate Partner Aggression to Head Injury, Executive Functioning, and Intelligence
Authors: Walling Sherry M. , Meehan Jeffrey C. , Marshall Amy D. , Holtzworth‐Munroe Amy , Taft Casey T. 
Published: April 2011

Measures of head injury, executive functioning, and intelligence were given to a community sample composed of 102 male perpetrators of intimate partner aggression (IPA) and 62 nonaggressive men. A history of head injury and lower mean score on a measure of verbal intelligence were associated with the frequency of male‐perpetrated physical IPA as reported by male perpetrators and their female partners. Lower mean scores on a measure of verbal intelligence also predicted frequency of psychological IPA perpetration. Using the perpetrator subtypes outlined by Holtzworth‐Munroe et al. (2000), analyses revealed that compared with other groups, the most severely aggressive subtypes (i.e., borderline‐dysphoric and generally violent‐antisocial) were the most likely to report a history of head injury and to have significantly lower mean scores on a neuropsychological test of verbal intelligence. The possible role of neuropsychological factors in IPA perpetration and implications for prevention and intervention programs are discussed.
Korean Christian Zionism: A Sociological Study of Mission
Authors: Kim Sung‐Gun 
Published: April 2011

AbstractFrom the perspective of the sociology of missions, this study explores the Korean Christian Zionists' mission work after 9/11. The current Pentecostal success in South Korea has spurred the nation to send more missionaries abroad than any other country except the United States. As America has been losing the trust of the world since 9/11, some evangelical fundamentalists argue that Korea should take over the initiative of world mission from the United States. The Jerusalem Jesus March in 2004 and the South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan in 2007 have served to admonish Korean churches to hastily reconsider coercing their missionaries to proselytize in dangerous areas such as Islamic lands. This study unfolds issues such as “spiritual subjectivism” and “Korea‐centrism”, illustrated by the Jesus March incident and the Afghan controversy, and suggests that the expansionism of Korean Pentecostal/evangelical missionaries taken up with the idea of “global spiritual conquest” is a manifestation of “Korean Christian Zionism”.
Voices and Visions from the Margins on Mission and Unity: A disability‐informed reading of the Pauline metaphor of the church as the body of Christ
Authors: George Samuel 
Published: April 2011

AbstractDisability studies from a missional perspective in the Indian context are rare. Mission and unity cannot be “talked” about without the active inclusion of those in the margins; rather, they are the subject of mission and unity of the church which, in Pauline language, is the body of Christ. With the help of a disability‐informed reading of the Pauline metaphor of church as the body of Christ, an attempt is made to understand the integral constituent of this “body” and its mission and unity. Our deliberations on the metaphor of body make it amply clear that “weaker” members are indispensable for the mission and unity of the church. They are the paradigm for the manifestation of God. Mission and unity of the church depend on the inclusion and equal participation of the margins—the disabled.
Exact and Approximate Compression of Transfer Matrices for Graph Homomorphisms
Authors: Lundow Per Håkan , Markström Klas 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to extend the previous work on transfer matrix compression in the case of graph homomorphisms. For H-homomorphisms of lattice-like graphs we demonstrate how the automorphisms of H, as well as those of the underlying lattice, can be used to reduce the size of the relevant transfer matrices. As applications of this method we give currently best known bounds for the number of 4- and 5-colourings of the square grid, and the number of 3- and 4-colourings of the three-dimensional cubic lattice. Finally, we also discuss approximate compression of transfer matrices.
On the Action of the Sporadic Simple Baby Monster Group on its Conjugacy Class 2B
Authors: Müller Jürgen 
Published: April 2011

AbstractWe determine the character table of the endomorphism ring of the permutation module associated with the multiplicity-free action of the sporadic simple Baby Monster groupBon its conjugacy class 2B, where the centraliser of a 2B-element is a maximal subgroup of shape 21+22.Co2. This is one of the first applications of a new general computational technique to enumerate big orbits.
Torsion Units in Integral Group Ring of the Mathieu Simple GroupM22
Authors: Bovdi V. A. , Konovalov A. B. , Linton S. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractWe investigate the possible character values of torsion units of the normalized unit group of the integral group ring of the Mathieu sporadic groupM22. We confirm the Kimmerle conjecture on prime graphs for this group and specify the partial augmentations for possible counterexamples to the stronger Zassenhaus conjecture.
Weak Convergence of the Euler Scheme for Stochastic Differential Delay Equations
Authors: Buckwar Evelyn , Kuske Rachel , Mohammed Salah-Eldin , Shardlow Tony 
Published: April 2011

AbstractWe study weak convergence of an Euler scheme for nonlinear stochastic delay differential equations (SDDEs) driven by multidimensional Brownian motion. The Euler scheme has weak order of convergence 1, as in the case of stochastic ordinary differential equations (SODEs) (i.e., without delay). The result holds for SDDEs with multiple finite fixed delays in the drift and diffusion terms. Although the set-up is non-anticipating, our approach uses the Malliavin calculus and the anticipating stochastic analysis techniques of Nualart and Pardoux.