bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The association of social support and gender with life satisfaction, emotional symptoms and mental adjustment in patients following a first cardiac coronary event
Authors: Pérez‐García Ana M. , Ruiz M. Ángeles , Sanjuán Pilar , Rueda Beatriz 
Published: August 2011

AbstractThis study, carried out on 95 patients hospitalized because of their first cardiac coronary event, analysed the association of gender and perceived social support with life satisfaction and negative life events. More specific variables related to disease including adjustment to illness and anxiety and depression symptoms were also considered. Gender was expected to moderate the relationships between social support and the psychological variables studied. Main results showed several significant interactions between gender and social support. Men with high support reported less negative events compared with men with low support and with women with either low or high support. Women with high support used more positive adjustment compared with women with low support, whereas men did not change with social support, using always more adaptive strategies. In addition, regression analyses showed that life satisfaction was significantly predicted by social support in men. In women, this relationship was mediated by the adjustment strategies to disease. It is suggested that interventions that account for the relevance of gender and perceived support on life satisfaction, emotional distress and coping strategies following a recently diagnosed cardiac disease may facilitate adjustment and well‐being. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Longitudinal relationships between self‐efficacy, post‐traumatic distress and salivary cortisol among motor vehicle accident survivors
Authors: Cieslak Roman , Benight Charles C. , Luszczynska Aleksandra , Laudenslager Mark L. 
Published: August 2011

AbstractThe present study tested if post‐traumatic distress following a motor vehicle accident (MVA) and MVA‐related self‐efficacy beliefs were associated with diurnal salivary cortisol in the early post‐traumatic period. Cortisol was collected upon awakening and at 1, 4 and 12 h after waking. Collection days were 1 week, 1 month and 3 months after MVA. A total of 30 participants provided their cortisol samples across all measurement points. Two methods for computing the area under the cortisol curve were used. Higher post‐traumatic distress at 1 month predicted lower cortisol area under the curve (AUC) with respect to increase (AUCI, reflecting changes in cortisol secretions during daytime) at 3 months. AUC with respect to ground (AUCG, reflecting total cortisol release during daytime), measured at 1 month after trauma, predicted higher post‐traumatic distress at 3 months. The results showed that self‐efficacy at 1 week indirectly predicted 3‐month AUCI through 1‐month post‐traumatic distress. These findings highlight the importance of self‐efficacy and post‐traumatic distress in explaining longitudinal diurnal patterns of cortisol secretion after trauma. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The theory of preventive stress management: a 33‐year review and evaluation
Authors: Hargrove M. Blake , Quick James Campbell , Nelson Debra L. , Quick Jonathan D. 
Published: August 2011

AbstractThe theory of preventive stress management (TPSM) has contributed to theoretical understanding, empirical exploration and organizational practices since its introduction in 1979. This paper describes the theoretical concepts contained in the theory, reviews the empirical findings based on the theory and outlines the organizational practices associated with the application of the theory. Special attention is given to the contribution of the three principal authors associated with the theory as well as the work of their key collaborators. The impact of the theory is evaluated and discussed. Opportunities for future research based on the TPSM are offered. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Performance implications of outsourcing for technological innovations: managing the efficiency and adaptability trade‐off
Authors: Weigelt Carmen , Sarkar MB 
Published: August 2011

AbstractWe explore how increasing efficiency compromises adaptability when a firm outsources during the emergent stages of a technological innovation. Since efficiency ‐related problems differ in complexity and structure from those associated with adaptability, their optimal governance differs. While the former benefits from outsourcing, the latter is better off managed within organizational boundaries. In addition, a firm's ability to engage in complex problem solving buffers the efficiency‐adaptability trade‐off that occurs with increasing levels of outsourcing. In this study, we find support for our theses. Although outsourcing yields efficiency gains up to a certain point, it hurts adaptability. However, a firm's absorptive capacity mitigates this trade‐off. Our data on outsourcing for Internet banking is both archival and based on two surveys conducted with 100 U.S. banks. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Untangling Dynamic and Operational Capabilities: Strategy for the (N)ever‐Changing World
Authors: Helfat Constance E. , Winter Sidney G. 
Published: August 2011

AbstractWe explain why the line between dynamic and operational (or ordinary) capabilities is unavoidably blurry, draw implications for capabilities that promote economically important but seemingly gradual change, and provide recommendations for future research that takes these issues into account. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Action at a Distance: Systemically Administered Adult Stem/Progenitor Cells (MSCs) Reduce Inflammatory Damage to the Cornea Without Engraftment and Primarily by Secretion of TNF-α Stimulated Gene/Protein 6
Authors: Roddy Gavin W. , Oh Joo Youn , Lee Ryang Hwa , Bartosh Thomas J. , Ylostalo Joni , Coble Katie , Rosa Robert H. , Prockop Darwin J. 
Published: August 2011

AbstractPrevious reports demonstrated that the deleterious effects of chemical injury to the cornea were ameliorated by local or systemic administration of adult stem/progenitor cells from bone marrow referred to as mesenchymal stem or stromal cells (MSCs). However, the mechanisms for the beneficial effects of MSCs on the injured cornea were not clarified. Herein, we demonstrated that human MSCs (hMSCs) were effective in reducing corneal opacity and inflammation without engraftment after either intraperitoneal (i.p.) or intravenous (i.v.) administration following chemical injury to the rat cornea. A quantitative assay for human mRNA for glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) demonstrated that less than 10 hMSCs were present in the corneas of rats 1-day and 3 days after i.v. or i.p. administration of 1 × 107 hMSCs. In vitro experiments using a transwell coculture system demonstrated that chemical injury to corneal epithelial cells activated hMSCs to secrete the multipotent anti-inflammatory protein TNF-α stimulated gene/protein 6 (TSG-6). In vivo, the effects of i.v. injection of hMSCs were largely abrogated by knockdown of TSG-6. Also, the effects of hMSCs were essentially duplicated by either i.v. or topical administration of TSG-6. Therefore, the results demonstrated that systemically administered hMSCs reduce inflammatory damage to the cornea without engraftment and primarily by secretion of the anti-inflammatory protein TSG-6 in response to injury signals from the cornea.
Nanotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Authors: Pham Christine T. N. 
Published: August 2011

AbstractRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common inflammatory disease characterized by progressive bone and cartilage destruction, resulting in severe functional limitations, shortened lifespan, and increased mortality rates. Recent advances and new treatment approaches have significantly delayed disease progression and improved the quality of life for many patients. Yet few patients attain or can be maintained in disease remission without continuous immunosuppressive therapy. In addition, a sizable portion of patients also fails to respond or eventually develops tolerance to current therapies. Thus there is a continued need for the development of new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of RA. Unlike conventional drugs, nanosystems are designed to deliver therapeutic agents specifically to the site of inflammation, therefore avoiding potential systemic and off‐target unwanted effects. They allow investigators to consider or reconsider therapeutic agents that were previously deemed too toxic to deliver through a systemic route. This article reviews recent nanotechnology‐based strategies that are being developed for the treatment of inflammatory arthritis. WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol 2011 3 607–619 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.157This article is categorized under:

Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Emerging Technologies
The Coordination Behaviour of Ferrocene‐based Pyridylphosphine Ligands towards AgI and AuI
Authors: Siemeling Ulrich , Klemann Thorsten , Bruhn Clemens , Schulz Jiří , Štěpnička Petr 
Published: August 2011

AbstractAbstract. The reaction of the P,N‐ligands [Fe(C5H4‐PPh2)(C5H4‐2‐py)] (1) (2‐py = pyrid‐2‐yl), [Fe(C5H4‐PPh2)(C5H4‐CH2‐2‐py)] (2) and [Fe(C5H4‐PPh2)(C5H4‐3‐py)] (3) (3‐py = pyrid‐3‐yl) with Ag[BF4] in a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio afforded complexes of the type [Ag(L)][BF4] (L = 1–3), which were structurally characterised by X‐ray diffraction. Two structure types were observed in the solid state, viz. coordination polymer (L = 1, 2) and cyclic dimer (L = 2, 3). The reaction of1–3 with one equivalent of [AuCl(tht)] (tht = tetrahydrothiophene) afforded complexes of the type [AuCl(L‐κP)] (L = 1–3), whose crystal structures were determined by X‐ray diffraction. Their reactions with one equivalent of Ag[BF4] gave products of the general composition [Au(L)][BF4]; of these the cyclic dimer {[Au(μ‐1)][BF4]}2 wasstructurally characterised by X‐ray diffraction. The P,N,P‐ligandC5H3N‐2,6‐(fcPPh2)2 (4, fc = 1,1′‐ferrocenediyl) was synthesised by Negishi cross‐coupling of Ph2PfcZnCl with 2,6‐dibromopyridine. Its crystal structure was determined by X‐ray diffraction. The reaction of 4 with two equivalents of [AuCl(tht)] afforded the dinuclear gold(I) complex [(AuCl)2(μ‐4‐κ2P,P)]. The mononuclear gold(I) complex [Au(4‐κ2P,P)][SbF6] was obtained in a one‐pot reaction of 4 with one equivalent of [AuCl(tht)] and subsequently with one equivalent of Ag[SbF6]; it contains 4 in a trans‐chelating binding mode, as revealed by a crystal structure determination.
Alkaline Earth Metal Salts of 5,5′‐Bistetrazole – from Academical Interest to Practical Application
Authors: Fischer Niko , Klapötke Thomas M. , Peters Kristina , Rusan Magdalena , Stierstorfer Jörg 
Published: August 2011

AbstractThe alkaline earth metal salts of 5,5′‐BT, [Be(H2O)4](5,5′‐BT)·H2O (1), [Mg(H2O)6(5,5′‐BT)·3H2O (2), [Ca(H2O)4(5,5′‐BT)]·H2O (3), [Sr(H2O)4(5,5′‐BT)]·2DMF (4), and [Ba(H2O)4(5,5′‐BT)] (5) were fully characterized by low temperature X‐ray diffraction, vibrational (IR, Raman) and NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). A detailed description of the crystal structures is given. In addition, the potential use of 4 and 5 in coloring pyrotechnical compositions was investigated.
Coordination Polymers of the Heterotopic 1,4‐Phenylene­bis(oxy)diacetic Acid Ligand: Cadmium(II) Complexes
Authors: Georgeta Grosu Ioana , Lönnecke Peter , Silaghi‐Dumitrescu Luminita , Hey‐Hawkins Evamarie 
Published: August 2011

AbstractThree different coordination polymers were obtained from the reaction of 1,4‐phenylenebis(oxy)diacetic acid withCd(OAc)2·3H2O depending on the reaction conditions and the coligand. With pyridine as coligand, one‐dimensional coordination polymers [Cd{1,4‐(OOCCH2O)2C6H4}(C5H5N)2(H2O)]n (1) (at 60 °C) and [Cd{1,4‐(OOCCH2O)2C6H4}(C5H5N)3]n·2nH2O (2) (solvothermal conditions) were obtained, whereas 4,4′‐bipyridine as coligand resulted in the two‐dimensional polymer [Cd2{1,4‐(OOCCH2O)2C6H4}2(C10H8N2)(H2O)2]n (3), as shown by X‐ray structure analysis. On heating (TG coupled with MS), 3 loses the two coordinated water molecules at ca. 230 °C and decomposes above 300 °C.
The Cultural Influences on Help‐seeking Among a National Sample of Victimized Latino Women
Authors: Sabina Chiara , Cuevas Carlos A. , Schally Jennifer L. 
Published: August 2011

AbstractThe current study examined the influence of legal status and cultural variables (i.e., acculturation, gender role ideology and religious coping) on the formal and informal help‐seeking efforts of Latino women who experienced interpersonal victimization. The sample was drawn from the Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) Study that surveyed 2,000 self‐identified adult Latino women. The random digit dial methodology employed in high‐density Latino neighborhoods resulted in a cooperation rate of 53.7%. Women who experienced lifetime victimization (n= 714) reported help‐seeking efforts in response to their most distressful victimization event that occurred in the US. Approximately one‐third of the women reported formal help‐seeking and about 70% of women reported informal help‐seeking. Help‐seeking responses were generally not predicted by the cultural factors measured, with some exceptions. Anglo orientation and negative religious coping increased the likelihood of formal help‐seeking. Positive religious coping, masculine gender role and Anglo acculturation increased the likelihood of specific forms of informal help‐seeking. Latino orientation decreased the likelihood of talking to a sibling. Overall, these findings reinforce the importance of bilingual culturally competent services as cultural factors shape the ways in which women respond to victimization either formally or within their social networks.
Supporting the Need for an Integrated System of Care for Youth with Co‐occurring Traumatic Stress and Substance Abuse Problems
Authors: Suarez Liza M. , Belcher Harolyn M. E. , Briggs Ernestine C. , Titus Janet C. 
Published: August 2011

AbstractAdolescents are at high risk for violence exposure and initiation of drug use. Co‐occurring substance use and trauma exposure are associated with increased risk of mental health disorders, school underachievement, and involvement with multiple systems of care. Coordination and integration of systems of care are of utmost importance for these vulnerable youth. This study delineates the negative sequelae and increased service utilization patterns of adolescents with a history of trauma, substance abuse, and co‐occurring trauma and substance abuse to support the need for integrated mental health and substance abuse services for youth. Data from two national sources, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment demonstrate the increased clinical severity (measured by reports of emotional and behavioral problems), dysfunction, and service utilization patterns for youth with co‐occurring trauma exposure and substance abuse. We conclude with recommendations for an integrated system of care that includes trauma‐informed mental health treatment and substance abuse services aimed at reducing the morbidity and relapse probability of this high‐risk group.
Heat stress on reproductive function and fertility in mammals
Authors: Takahashi Masashi 
Published: August 2011

AbstractIn most mammalian species including cattle, heat stress has deleterious effects on nutritional, physiological and reproductive functions. Exposure of animals to a hot environment causes an increase in body temperature in mammals, including domestic animals. High ambient temperature also causes a decrease in the length and intensity of estrus by disturbing ovarian function as well as decreasing pregnancy rate after artificial insemination. Therefore, it is important to understand the effects of heat stress on reproductive function in order to improve the production of domestic animals. Heat stress decreases appetite, weight gain, and milk yield in dairy cattle. It also adversely affects the reproductive performance of both sexes. In males, it reduces spermatogenic activity, while in females it adversely impacts oogenesis, oocyte maturation, fertilization development and implantation rate. Detection and evaluation of the deteriorating effects of heat stress on reproductive organs and cells can help to design measures to prevent them and improve reproductive functions. In this review, we discuss the impacts of heat stress on reproductive functions.
Pregnancy augments hepatic glucose storage in response to a mixed meal
Authors: Courtney Moore Mary , Smith Marta S. , Connolly Cynthia C. 
Published: August 2011

Studies were carried out on conscious female non-pregnant (NP) and pregnant (P; third-trimester) dogs (n 16; eight animals per group) to define the role of the liver in mixed meal disposition with arteriovenous difference and tracer techniques. Hepatic and hindlimb substrate disposal was assessed for 390 min during and after an intragastric mixed meal infusion labelled with [14C]glucose. The P dogs exhibited postprandial hyperglycaemia compared with NP dogs (area under the curve (AUC; change from basal over 390 min) of arterial plasma glucose: 86 680 (sem 12 140) and 187 990 (sem 33 990) mg/l in NP and P dogs, respectively; P < 0·05). Plasma insulin concentrations did not differ significantly between the groups (AUC: 88 230 (sem 16 314) and 69 750 (sem 19 512) pmol/l in NP and P dogs, respectively). Net hepatic glucose uptake totalled 3691 (sem 508) v. 5081 (sem 1145) mg/100 g liver in NP and P dogs, respectively (P = 0·38). The AUC of glucose oxidation by the gut and hindlimb were not different in NP and P dogs, but hepatic glucose oxidation (84 (sem 13) v. 206 (sem 30) mg/100 g liver) and glycogen synthesis (0·4 (sem 0·5) v. 26 (sem 0·7) g/100 g liver) were greater in P dogs (P < 0·05). The proportion of hepatic glycogen deposited via the direct pathway did not differ between the groups. Hindlimb glucose uptake and skeletal muscle glycogen synthesis was similar between the groups, although final glycogen concentrations were higher in NP dogs (9·6 (sem 0·6) v. 70 (sem 0·6) mg/g muscle; P < 0·05). Thus, hepatic glucose oxidation and glycogen storage were augmented in late pregnancy. Enhanced hepatic glycogen storage following a meal probably facilitates the maintenance of an adequate glucose supply to maternal and fetal tissues during the post-absorptive period.
CARTEL MEMBERS ONLY—REVISITING PRIVATE ANTITRUST POLICY IN EUROPE
Authors: Peyer Sebastian 
Published: August 2011

AbstractThis paper examines the current European private antitrust enforcement policy. The European Commission's White Paper of 2008, the unofficial Draft Directive of 2009 and the collective redress consultation of 2011 consider a facilitated access to private actions for all types of antitrust violations under articles 101 and 102 TFEU in order to effectively compensate the victims of anticompetitive conduct. Assuming that changes are necessary, the paper argues that it might be worthwhile to limit this policy to damages claims against hardcore violations such as cartels. This suggestion is based on two main arguments. Firstly, the current European private antitrust policy probably underestimates the risks of more damages actions against all types of infringements neglecting insights from the economic analysis of law. Secondly, a revised approach is not only in line with the thinking that underpins the reform but also addresses an actual need as revealed by a comparison of litigation data from different jurisdictions. Refining the European private antitrust policy, it is argued that a focus on hard-core anticompetitive constraints such as price fixing would mitigate the potential for a strategic use of antitrust litigation and reduce the likelihood that the reform of European antitrust damages actions will lead to negative outcomes.
STATUTES OF LIMITATION BETWEEN CLASSIFICATION AND RENVOI—AUSTRALIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN APPROACHES COMPARED
Authors: Harder Sirko 
Published: August 2011

AbstractThis article compares the ways in which Australian and South African courts have approached issues of classification and renvoi where a defendant argues that the action is time-barred. There are two differences in approach. First, Australian courts classify all statutes of limitation as substantive, whereas South African courts distinguish between right-extinguishing statutes (substantive) and merely remedy-barring statutes (procedural). Second, the High Court of Australia has used renvoi in the context of the limitation of actions whereas South African courts have yet to decide on whether to use renvoi. This article assesses the impact of those differences in various situations.
I. DE-RECOGNITION OF COLONEL QADDAFI AS HEAD OF STATE OF LIBYA?
Authors: Talmon Stefan 
Published: August 2011

On 27 February 2011, it was reported in the media that the United Kingdom had revoked the diplomatic immunity of Libyan leader Mu'ammar Qaddafi and his family.1 Earlier that day, the British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show:[…] the people of Libya have risen up against Colonel Gaddafi. We have here a country descending in to [sic] civil war with atrocious scenes of killing of protestors and a Government actually making war on its own people so, of course, it is time for Colonel Gaddafi to go. That is the best hope for Libya and last night I signed a directive revoking his diplomatic immunity in the United Kingdom but also the diplomatic immunity of his sons, his family, his household so it's very clear where we stand on, on his status as a Head of State.2Although Colonel Qaddafi claimed not to have any ‘official position’ in the Libyan State apparatus,3 he has been widely regarded as the Head of State of Libya. The French Court of Cassation held in March 2001 that, as the serving Head of State of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, he was completely immune in respect of alleged complicity in acts of terrorism.4 William Hague's statement seemed to give the impression that the United Kingdom no longer recognized Colonel Qaddafi as ‘Head of State’ and thus denied him diplomatic immunity, despite the fact that he was still being listed as such on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's website ‘Country Profile: Libya’.5 This impression was reinforced by his statement that a British special forces operation the night before which rescued some 150 oil workers from remote desert camps in Libya had been carried out without the ‘official permission’ of the Qaddafi Government.6
II. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, CASE CONCERNING AHMADOU SADIO DIALLO (REPUBLIC OF GUINEA V DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO) JUDGEMENT OF 30 NOVEMBER 2010
Authors: Andenas Mads 
Published: August 2011

This is the first time in its history, to the best of my knowledge, that the International Court of Justice has established violations of the two human rights treaties at issue, together, namely, at universal level, the 1966 UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and, at regional level, the 1981 African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, both in the framework of the universality of human rights.This is the opening paragraph of Judge Cançado Trindade's Separate Opinion in the Diallo case. The ICJ's judgment is a remarkable decision contributing to the widening and deepening of international law and has consequences for several fundamental questions, including the role of the ICJ and international law in making human rights effective, erga omnes and jus cogens rules, customary law, evidence, and several substantive rules. In bringing the transformation of international law one step further, the Diallo judgment develops the ICJ as ‘the principal judicial organ of the United Nations’1 at the top of an open international law system. To achieve this, the Court had to overcome a series of jurisdictional and procedural hurdles.2 All the permanent judges of the ICJ agreed that Congo had violated the prohibition on arbitrary detention and expulsion and that the violations gave rise to a right of compensation. The ICJ's use of sources from other international and regional bodies as sources of authority, indicates solutions to fragmentation problems.