bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Resiliency, stress appraisal, positive affect and cardiovascular activity
Authors: Kaczmarek Łukasz 
Published: January 2010

Resiliency, stress appraisal, positive affect and cardiovascular activity
In accordance with the undoing hypothesis (Fredrickson, Levenson, 1998), evoked positive affect speeds up the cardiovascular system recovery in a stressful situation. An attempt was made to replicate this finding in an experimental study. Individuals characterized by high resiliency levels are capable of more efficient utilization of positive emotions in a stressful situation. Since in earlier research no relationship had been found between resiliency and a tendency to appraise stress as a challenge, this study investigated a possible mediating function of a more specific dimension of cognitive appraisal, i.e. that in terms of activity-oriented challenge appraisal (Włodarczyk, Wrześniewski, 2005). The study shows that evoked positive affect does not lead to a faster recovery. However, highly resilient individuals turned out to achieve higher levels of positive affect in a stressful situation; this effect was mediated by challenge-activity appraisals.
Migratory state: body mass and fat level of some passerine long-distance migrants during autumn migration in north-eastern Bulgaria
Authors: Ilieva Mihaela , Zehtindjiev Pavel 
Published: January 2010

Migratory state: body mass and fat level of some passerine long-distance migrants during autumn migration in north-eastern Bulgaria
Body condition of 3224 migrating birds of Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), Sedge Warbler (A. schoenobaenus), Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) and Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) was studied at Kalimok Station, NE Bulgaria (41°00'N 26°26'E) in the autumns of 1997-2003. The mean values of the fat level and the body mass were calculated for each species and year and were compared with similar data of various parts of the Palaearctic-African Migration System. Distinct variations in the mean values of studied parameters in different years were recorded. The dynamics of the accumulated subcutaneous fat and the body mass during the autumn varied in different species and either increase or decrease of the values during a certain season were registered. Age-determined differences in the studied characteristics were found. The timing of the passage of the first-year and adult birds can influence the dynamics of the mean fat level and the mean body mass. The lack of selective environment in NE Balkan Peninsula allows the passage of conspecific birds in various migratory states. The realisation of their migration adaptations highly depends on environmental conditions during the period of passage.
Cernek - a new bird ringing station in Turkey
Authors: Bariş Sancar , Erciyas Kiraz , Gürsoy Arzu , Özsemir Cemal , Nowakowski Jarosław 
Published: January 2010

Cernek - a new bird ringing station in Turkey
A new Turkish bird ringing station - Cernek, was launched on 22 March 2002 under the auspices of the SE European Bird Migration Network (SEEN). This paper provides information about the location and biotopes of the station, methodology used in its work, species composition of captured birds and presents plans and perspectives for future research.
Biometry of young White Wagtails (Motacilla alba) and Yellow Wagtails (Motacilla flava) caught in the Gulf of Gdańsk region during autumn migration
Authors: Polak Marcin 
Published: January 2010

Biometry of young White Wagtails (Motacilla alba) and Yellow Wagtails (Motacilla flava) caught in the Gulf of Gdańsk region during autumn migration
Biometrics of juvenile 760 White Wagtails and 714 Yellow Wagtails migrating through the Gulf of Gdańsk region in autumn were studied between 1990 and 2000. In both species distributions of wing length, body mass and indices of wing shape were unimodal, with only one exception - in the White Wagtail the wing length distribution showed two peaks caused by sexual dimorphism. The mean body mass and reserves of fat in both species were low in comparison to other stopover sites. There were significant differences in mean weight between birds caught in the morning and in the evening. The majority of birds behave as energy minimising migrants and migrate with low fat reserves in small steps.
What do data from birdwatchers notepads tell us? The case of the Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) occurrence in western Poland
Authors: Surmacki Adrian 
Published: January 2010

What do data from birdwatchers notepads tell us? The case of the Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) occurrence in western Poland
Birdwatchers gather significant amount of casual observations which are often used in scientific research. However, accuracy of this data is seldom controlled. The aim of this study was to detect if casual observations reflect real situation in the case of Bearded Tit occurrence. Two sources of data were compared: different birdwatchers casual observations (CO) and results of regular studies (RS) carried out in the same region by the author. In the case of RS, study areas were selected randomly and playback method was used to maximise efficiency of species searching. It has been revealed that birdwatchers explore mainly large lakes and big river valleys. Small marsh patches and streams, where significant part of Bearded Tit sites is located, are usually omitted. According to CO data, the peak of non-breeding birds, which normally occurs in the first half of October, took place a month later. This shift resulted from higher birdwatchers activity connected with holidays in the beginning of November and dynamics of rare waterbirds in the region. Flocks of wintering Bearded Tits found during RS were significantly smaller than in CO. Possible causes of observer biases are presented and discussed.
Fat reserves and body mass in some passerines migrating in autumn through the southern Baltic coast
Authors: Ścisłowska Marta , Busse Przemysław 
Published: January 2010

Fat reserves and body mass in some passerines migrating in autumn through the southern Baltic coast
The aim of the present paper is to serve with a huge data set on the fat and body mass of birds that have been caught during the field work of the Operation Baltic since 1983 (earlier data are still not available in a digitalised form). There are given fat score valuations of 38 species and correction factors for the body mass standardisation. Some comments on observed fat scores in species of different migratory habits are added. They should encourage students to continue the research process on a wider scale.
Fifteen years of the Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) study at the Jeziorsko reservoir with some notes about weight and moult
Authors: Włodarczyk Radosław , Kaczmarek Krzysztof , Bargiel Rafał 
Published: January 2010

Fifteen years of the Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) study at the Jeziorsko reservoir with some notes about weight and moult
The Students's Section from University of Łódź organises ringing camp at the dam reservoir every year. The aim of the camp is wader and duck ringing. One of the most numerous species of bird ringed is the Common Snipe. During 15 years (1989-2003) of studies 4142 individuals of this species were ringed. Age ratio differed among years, but every year young birds represented more that 80% of all ringed individuals. Snipes caught in September caused problems with age identification and that impeded to obtain correct age ratio each year. Analysis of weight of caught birds revealed between-years variation in juvenile birds, adults were excluded from analysis due to small sample size. Throughout the autumn months the increase in mean body mass in young birds was observed. Data about moult suggest that adult birds show two main strategies of primary moult: traditional moult and suspended moult. Both of them are of the same frequency. Tail feathers are moulted by juveniles as well as by adults simultaneously.
The Exit from Capitalism Has Already Begun
Authors: Gorz André 
Published: January 2010

Introduction to Gorz
Chris Turner
Though hailed at his death by Nicolas Sarkozy (of all people) as “a major intellectual figure of the French and European Left,” André Gorz was often treated rather less kindly during his lifetime by those who might easily have been his friends and allies. To review the reception of his work over the last forty years would generally be to chart degrees of dogmatism and infexibility within the Left political cultures of the various nations of Europe and the Americas.
However, despite many accusations of heresy, gorz remained remarkably true in his social and economic criticism to the Marx of the Grundrisse, a book to which Jean-Marie Vincent introduced him in 1959.1 In the words of Finn Bowring, his works of the 1980s and 1990s present “an understanding of capitalism as a system of hetero-regulation which aggressively de-civilized human beings, undermining their ability to look after themselves and meaningfully navigate through the social, economic and technological environments in a life-enhancing, self-determining way” (Bowring 2008: 53). It is this understanding that he was still developing in his last major work of socio-economic theory, L'Immatériel. Connaissance, valeur et capital (2003), which will be published next year in English translation by Seagull Press. That work constitutes a long meditation on the implications of a postmodern capitalism presenting itself as a “knowledge economy” or “knowledge society” (Wissensgesellschaft, société de la connaissance, etc.) with its attendant economic contradictions and a series of accompanying “postmodern” ideological effects that are, in Gorz's view, catastrophic in their “post-human” implications.
The essay which follows is concerned most closely with the implications of the new capitalism's reliance on immaterial contents for its increasingly problematical reproduction and, most particularly, with the emancipatory potential inherent in such a situation. It first appeared in the journal EcoRev in Autumn 2007 and is reprinted in Gorz's Ecologica (2008), a collection of articles ranging from 1975 to 2007, shortly also to be published in English by Seagull. It is the second of two articles Gorz published in 2007, both of which bear the imprint of theoretical currents that he felt in later years to be convergent with his own: namely, the work of Moishe Postone (particularly in his magnum opus Time, Labor and Social Domination) and the value criticism of Robert Kurz, whose writings – particularly Das Weltkapital (2005) – Gorz was eager to see translated into French.
Present Past: Culture and Memory in Berlin and Germany
Authors: Schirmer Dietmar 
Published: January 2010

Andrew J. Webber, Berlin in the Twentieth Century: A Cultural Topography (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008)Maja Zehfuss, Wounds of Memory: The Politics of War in Germany (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)Dirk Verheyen, United City, Divided Memories? Cold War Legacies in Contemporary Berlin (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008)
Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in Type 2 trigeminal neuralgia
Authors: Zacest Andrew C. , Magill Stephen T. , Miller Jonathan , Burchiel Kim J. 
Published: January 2010

Object
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a neuropathic pain syndrome that is often associated with neurovascular compression of the trigeminal nerve and may be effectively treated with microvascular decompression (MVD). The authors used high-resolution MR imaging with 3D reconstruction in patients with constant facial pain (Type 2 TN) to determine the presence/absence of neurovascular compression and thus a potential MVD benefit. They retrospectively contacted patients to evaluate outcome.

Methods
All patients who reported spontaneous onset of constant facial pain (Type 2 TN), which occurred at least 50% of the time, who had undergone high-resolution 3-T MR imaging with 3D reconstruction were retrospectively selected for this study. Clinical history, facial pain questionnaire data, physical examination findings, and results from 3-T 3D MR imaging reconstruction were recorded for all patients. Intraoperative findings and clinical pain outcome were recorded for all patients who underwent MVD.

Results
Data obtained in 27 patients were assessed. On the basis of history and 3D MR imaging reconstruction findings, 13 patients were selected for MVD (Group A) and 14 underwent conservative treatment (Group B). Typical or suspected artery- or vein-induced neurovascular compression was predicted preoperatively in 100% of Group A patients and in 0% of Group B patients. At the time of MVD, definitive neurovascular compression was confirmed in 11 (84.6%) of 13 Group A patients. Following MVD, facial pain was completely relieved in 3 (23%), improved in 7 (53.8%), and no better in 3 (23%) of 13 Group A patients. A history of episodic (Type 1 TN) pain at any time was reported in 100 and 50% of Group A and Group B patients, respectively. A Type 1 TN pain component was reportedly improved/relieved in all Group A patients, but the Type 2 TN pain component was improved in only 7 (53.8%) of 13 patients. The mean postoperative follow-up duration was 13 months.

Conclusions
High-resolution 3D MR imaging reconstruction in patients with constant facial pain (Type 2 TN) can help determine the presence/absence of neurovascular compression. Surgical selection based on both clinical and radiological criteria has the potential to improve surgical outcome in patients with Type 2 TN who may potentially benefit from MVD. However, even in such selected patients, pain relief is likely to be incomplete.
Diagnostic Dilemma in Abdominal Pregnancy - A Case Report
Authors: Afroz Laila , Chowdhury Shiuly , Mazhar Syed Iqbal 
Published: January 2010

Advanced abdominal pregnancy is a very rare and complex condition demanding challenging management. High index of suspicion may reduce the diagnostic error. Maternal mortality and morbidity is high and fetal outcome is poor. The key to favorable maternal outcome is early diagnosis and management. A case of 37 weeks abdominal pregnancy with fetal death has been reported here. The patient was repeatedly admitted in the Gynae and Obstetric department in different units for unusual abdominal discomfort beginning from 20th weeks of pregnancy. But the diagnosis had been missed everytime. Finally, she reported with 37th week's pregnancy with intra-uterine fetal death. With high index of suspicion ultrasonography was done by an Obstetrician in the department which gave the diagnosis and was confirmed by laparotomy. DOI:10.3329/jbcps.v27i3.4298 J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2009; 27: 177-180
Pharmacokinetics of generic and trade formulations of lamivudine, stavudine and nevirapine in HIV-infected Malawian children
Authors: Corbett Amanda H , Hosseinipour Mina C , Nyirenda Jean , Kanyama Cecelia , Rezk Naser L , Mkupani Pax , Sichali Dorothy , Tien Hsiao , Kashuba Angela DM , Mwansambo Charles , Weigel Ralf , Kazembe Peter 
Published: January 2010

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of lamivudine (3TC), stavudine (d4T) and nevirapine (NVP) in HIV-infected Malawian children receiving quartered tablet multiples of Triomune 40™ (generic tablet [GT]) compared with individual generic liquid (GL) and trade liquid (TL). Methods This was a prospective randomized three-way crossover study. Patients (8–<12 kg, 18–<22 kg or 28–<32 kg body weight) taking Triomune 40™ were recruited and randomized to receive GT twice daily (one-quarter, one-half or three-quarter tablets using Malawi treatment guidelines), GL twice daily (in the equivalent dose of GT) or TL twice daily (dosed using weight and age from US Department of Health and Human Services paediatric treatment guidelines). After 10 days of one formulation, 6-h pharmacokinetic sampling was performed, and patients were crossed over to subsequent formulations. Baseline concentration (C0 h), area under the curve (AUC)0-6 h, maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) and time to Cmax were generated for each antiretroviral treatment. Results A total of 7 males and 11 females (6 in each GT dosing group) with a median (range) age of 7.2 years (1.3– 13.6), weight of 19 kg (9.0–30.5) and height of 109 cm (75–132) were recruited. Combining all patients, no difference in pharmacokinetics was noted among the formulations for all drugs. However, patients in the one-quarter GT dosing group (8–<12 kg) had lower 3TC exposures than with the GL or TL (3TC AUC0-6 h 1,102, 1,720 and 2,060 h•ng/ml, respectively; P<0.005) and had more subtherapeutic NVP C0 h (10 of 13 occasions versus the one-half and three-quarter tablet groups). Compared with Western paediatric cohorts, Malawians had concentrations 30–40% lower for 3TC and d4T and 50% higher for NVP. Conclusions Quartered multiples of Triomune 40™ are appropriate for children 18–<22 kg and 28–<32 kg in weight; however, alternative formulations are suggested in children weighing 8–<12 kg.
Disease Severity in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Variation by Region and Local Area Deprivation
Authors: HEALEY EMMA L. , HAYWOOD KIRSTIE L. , JORDAN KELVIN P. , GARRATT ANDREW M. , PACKHAM JONATHAN C. 
Published: January 2010

Objective.To investigate whether patient disease severity in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) varies among regions or by local area social deprivation.Methods.Eight hundred patients with AS from 8 specialist rheumatology centers across England were invited to participate in a cross-sectional survey. Sociodemographic and disease-related variables were collected [pain (numerical rating scale), disease activity (Bath AS Disease Activity Index), and physical function (Bath AS Functional Index)]. Deprivation was measured using the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004.Results.Of the 800 patients invited, 468 responded (adjusted response rate 62.8%). Most were male (72.9%), with a mean age of 50.2 years (SD 12.1), and a mean diagnosed disease duration of 17 years (SD 11.4). Across all centers, those living in more deprived areas demonstrated significantly greater disease severity and poorer psychological health. After controlling for age, gender, disease duration, and region, greater deprivation was significantly associated with greater disease activity (OR 3.39; 95% CI 1.65, 6.98) and poorer function (OR 4.46; 95% CI 2.11, 9.44). There was a nonsignificant trend toward more pain (OR 1.98; 95% CI 0.97, 4.07). There was also a significant independent association between region and disease severity.Conclusion.The need for healthcare is greatest for patients with AS who are living in more socially deprived areas. With the growing use of interventional therapies, these findings have important implications if health service resources are to be allocated equitably; particularly as deprived patients are known to access healthcare less frequently.
Intracellular MHC Class II Controls Regulatory Tolerance to Allogeneic Transplants
Authors: LeGuern Christian , Akiyama Yoshinobu , Germana Sharon , Tanaka Katsunori , Fernandez Luis , Iwamoto Yoshiko , Houser Stuart , Benichou Gilles 
Published: January 2010

AbstractMHC class II (MHCII) genes have been implicated in the regulation of T lymphocyte responses. However, the mechanism of MHCII-driven regulation remains unknown. Matching for MHCII between donors and recipients of allografts favors regulatory T cell tolerance to transplants and provides a unique opportunity to study this regulation. In this study, we investigated MHCII regulation using transfer of donor MHCII genes in recipients of cardiac allografts. Transfer of MHCII IAb genes in the bone marrow of CBA mice (H-2k) prior to the grafting of IAb+ fully allogeneic C57BL/6 (B6, H-2b) heart transplants resulted in donor-specific tolerance associated with long-term survival of B6, but not third-party, allografts without sustained immunosuppression. Strikingly, the majority of accepted heart transplants (&gt;170 d) were devoid of allograft vasculopathy. Further studies indicated that intracellular IAb initiated the tolerogenic process, which was mediated by regulatory T cells (Tregs) that polarized antigraft responses to Th2 cytokine producers. This mechanism seems to be unique to MHCII genes, because previous MHC class I gene-based therapies failed to produce Tregs. These results demonstrate the key role of MHCII in the induction of Tregs. They also underscore a potential mechanism of specific inactivation of T cells in this model; when activated by IAb+ grafts, IAb-specific Tregs repress the entire alloresponse to C57BL/6 transplants (including MHC I and minor Ags), thus mediating T cell tolerance.
NFAT1 Mediates Placental Growth Factor-Induced Myelomonocytic Cell Recruitment via the Induction of TNF-α
Authors: Ding Yanping , Huang Yujie , Song Nan , Gao Xiaobin , Yuan Shaopeng , Wang Xiaofeng , Cai Hongchen , Fu Yan , Luo Yongzhang 
Published: January 2010

AbstractRecruitment of bone marrow-derived myelomonocytic cells plays a fundamental role in tumor angiogenesis and metastasis. Placental growth factor (PlGF) is a potent cytokine that can attract myelomonocytic cells to the tumor. However, the underlying mechanism remains obscure. In this study, we demonstrate that tumor-derived PlGF activates NFAT1 via vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 in both murine and human myelomonocytic cells. Activation of NFAT1 is crucial for PlGF-induced myelomonocytic cell recruitment as shown by the in vitro transwell migration assay, transendothelial migration assay, and PlGF-overexpressing tumor models in mice, respectively. TNF-α is upregulated by PlGF in myelomonocytic cells in an NFAT1-dependent manner, which in turn contributes to PlGF-induced myelomonocytic cell recruitment. Blockade of TNF-α expression by RNA interference or neutralization of secreted TNF-α with its Ab attenuates PlGF-induced myelomonocytic cell migration and transendothelial migration. Furthermore, the inhibitory effect of NFAT1 RNA interference on PlGF function is rescued by exogenously added TNF-α. Taken together, we demonstrate that NFAT1 mediates PlGF-induced myelomonocytic cell recruitment via the induction of TNF-α. Our present studies discover a novel role of the NFAT1–TNF-α pathway in tumor inflammation, which may provide potential targets to diversify current cancer therapy.