bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
6 Residential Burial, Gender Roles, and Political Development in Late Prehistoric and Early Cherokee Cultures of the Southern Appalachians
Authors: Sullivan Lynne P. , Rodning Christopher B. 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTNative people in the southern Appalachians began placing graves in and around residences in the 13thcentury C.E. Burials previously were placed in specialized burial mounds that likely belonged to individual kin groups. For several centuries, the practice of residential burial was contemporaneous with burial in or near public buildings that sometimes were built on platform mounds. During this time, residential versus ‘public’ burial became related to spatial symbolism of gender and leadership roles. These changes suggest a developmental trajectory that distinguishes southern Appalachian societies from their contemporaries elsewhere in the southeastern U.S.
7 Inside and Outside: Residential Burial at Formative Period Chalcatzingo, Mexico
Authors: Gillespie Susan D. 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTAt Chalcatzingo, Mexico, an early regional center, the common location for burials was under house floors, but some high‐status burials occurred in more open spaces. These latter were also residential burials, interred within the landed domain of social units. Although both “inside” and “outside” burials drew on claims of ancestral continuity, it is important to explore the differences they entailed. Investigating how repeated mortuary practices at Chalcatzingo evoked referential networks—endowing those practices with intelligibility and enabling identity formation over time—can broaden understandings of residential burial practices and bridge various classificatory separations imposed by archaeologists, including those between public and private mortuary spaces.
8 A Family Affair: The Use of Intramural Funerary Chambers in Mesopotamia during the Late Third and Early Second Millennia B.C.E.
Authors: Laneri Nicola 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTAmong ancient and modern societies, the transformation in funerary customs can represent a clear indicator of changes in the social fabric of a given society. It is within this perspective that archaeologists should thus correlate the information available from the “world of the living” with those recognizable in funerary contexts. For the purpose of reaching this target, the focus of this paper is on the residential graves found in Mesopotamian contexts of the late third and early second millennia BCE, and on the relationship between changes in funerary customs, socioeconomic transformations and the emergence of new social groups among Mesopotamian communities during this specific period.
9 Practices of Place‐Making, Ancestralizing, and Re‐animation within Memory Communities
Authors: McAnany Patricia A. 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTPlace‐making, ancestralizing, and re‐animation within memory communities are key features of residential burial. The history and ethical responsibilities of this archaeological study are considered within the discipline, particularly when control of the past has been alienated from descendant peoples. Residential burial practices create or modify a built environment, speak to the vitality of the house and community, but often minimize the message of social difference that is redolent in monumental mortuary shrines. Consideration is given to the notion that ancestralizing practices signal inalienable wealth (including the relicts of ancestors) and that such actions likely also signal a commitment to an ethos of hereditary wealth transmission.
Marathon of eponyms: 19 Sjögren syndrome
Authors: Scully C , Langdon J , Evans J 
Published: June 2011

Oral Diseases (2011) 17, 538–540The use of eponyms has long been contentious, but many remain in common use, as discussed elsewhere (Editorial: Oral Diseases. 2009: 15; 185). The use of eponyms in diseases of the head and neck is found mainly in specialties dealing with medically compromised individuals (paediatric dentistry, special care dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology and oral and maxillofacial surgery) and particularly by hospital‐centred practitioners. This series has selected some of the more recognized relevant eponymous conditions and presents them alphabetically. The information is based largely on data available from MEDLINE and a number of internet websites as noted below: the authors would welcome any corrections. This document summarizes data about Sjögren syndrome.
Vitamin D deficiency and prevention: Turkish experience
Authors: Hatun Şükrü , Ozkan Behzat , Bereket Abdullah 
Published: June 2011

AbstractA nationwide ‘vitamin D prophylaxis augmentation programme’ initiated in 2005 in Turkey reduced the prevalence of rickets from 6% in 1998 to 0.1% in 2008 in children under 3 years of age. The programme included free distribution of vitamin D drops to all newborns and infants (0–12 months) visiting primary health stations throughout the country. Free disposal of vitamin D to infants is an effective strategy for preventing vitamin D‐deficient rickets.
Respiratory disease and early serum S100A12 changes in very premature infants
Authors: Loughran‐Fowlds Alison , Leach Steven , Lin Jianwei , Oei Julee , Henry Richard , Day Andrew S , Lui Kei 
Published: June 2011

AbstractAim:  The role of granulocyte‐specific S100A12, a marker for inflammatory disorders, in newborn lung disease is unknown. We compared postnatal blood S100A12 concentrations against respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).Methods:  Blood samples from 92 newborns were collected on admission, 12 h, day 1, day 3–4 and day 7, and analysed for S100A12. IL‐8 and IL‐6 were assayed in 52 infants.Results:  Infants with RDS were significantly more premature (median 27 vs. 34 weeks), more likely to receive antenatal corticosteroids (84% vs. 26%) and have lower neutrophil counts (median 2.4 vs. 3.8 × 109/L) at admission. S100A12 levels peaked during the first day and were significantly lower in preterm infants with RDS compared to those without (median 250 vs. 616 ng/mL at 12 h, 281 vs. 828 ng/mL day 1, respectively). S100A12 levels were low among the 35 very preterm infants (24–29 week gestation) regardless of the presence of BPD (285 vs. 288 ng/mL on day 1). In comparison, IL‐8 and IL‐6 levels were not different between groups.Conclusion:  Plasma S100A12 is low in infants with RDS, possibly because of gestationally related differences in neutrophil response or to the effects of antenatal corticosteroids. It is therefore not a useful marker of BPD development.
Enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis II from 3 months of age: a 3‐year follow‐up
Authors: Tylki‐ Szymanska A , Jurecka A , Zuber Z , Rozdzynska A , Marucha J , Czartoryska B 
Published: June 2011

AbstractAim:  We present a 3‐year follow‐up of a boy with mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) who had idursulfase therapy initiated at the age of 3 months and compare his clinical course to his healthy twin brother.Methods:  Detailed anthropometric features, ultrasound studies of liver and spleen volumes, echocardiography and audiological examinations, psychological tests, joint range of motion (ROM) and skeletal radiographs were monitored.Results:  After 3 years of treatment, the patient has not developed any clinical manifestations of MPS II. He did not develop coarse facial features, joint disease, or organomegaly, and his cardiac function remained normal. There were no pronounced signs of dysostosis multiplex on radiographs. The only difference when compared with his healthy twin brother was lower IQ (Termann‐Merrill 98 vs. 118) and mild deformity of one vertebrae.Conclusion:  Our study suggests that early initiation of enzyme replacement therapy may significantly slow or prevent the development of irreversible disease manifestations and therefore modify the natural history of MPS II.
Analysis of methanogenic archaeal communities of rumen fluid and rumen particles from Korean black goats
Authors: GU Min‐Jung , ALAM Md. Jahangir , KIM Seon‐Ho , JEON Che‐Ok , CHANG Moon‐Baek , OH Young‐Kyoon , LEE Sang‐Cheol , LEE Sang‐Suk 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTMolecular diversity of methanogens in the rumen of Korean black goats was investigated with 16S rRNA gene clone libraries using methanogen‐specific primers. The libraries were composed of rumen fluid‐associated methanogens (FAM) and rumen particle‐associated methanogens (PAM) from rumen‐fistulated Korean black goats. Among the 141 clones of the FAM library, the sequences were mostly related to two phyla, the Methanobacteriaceae family (77.3%) and the Thermoplasmatales family (22.7%); and among the 68 clones of the PAM library, sequences were also mainly clustered in the two phyla, the Thermoplasmatales family (63.24%) and the Methanobacteriaceae family (35.29%). Most of the sequenced clones in the two libraries were closely related to uncultured methanogenic archaeon. Quantitative real‐time PCR revealed that PAM (8.97 log 10) had significantly higher (P < 0.01) density of methanogens by the methanogenic 16S rRNA gene copies than FAM (7.57 log 10). The two clone libraries also showed difference in Shannon index (FAM library 1.70 and PAM library 1.59) and Chao 1 estimator (FAM library 18 and PAM library 17 operational taxonomic units). Apparent differences found in the microbial community from the two 16S rRNA gene libraries could be a result of such factors as the chemical and physical nature of the target material surface, types or component of diets, the interaction between the methanogens and other microbes, and age of the experimental goats.
Mediators of Sexual Functions in Women with Diabetes
Authors: Nowosielski Krzysztof , Skrzypulec-Plinta Violetta 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACT

Introduction
Sexual disorders in women with diabetes mellitus (DM) may not necessarily have only the biological etiology.

Aims
To establish the mediators of sexual functions in the population of women with DM.

Methods
Five hundred seventeen females, aged 18–55 years old, were included in a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study. This is the second part of the study on sexual functions in females with DM where only females with DM (n = 242) were analyzed. Sexual functions were compared between women with type 1 (n = 109) and type 2 DM (N = 133).

Main Outcome Measures
To assess reported female sexual functions by using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) in women with type 1 and type 2 DM. To establish the risk factors of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in women with DM by using multivariate logistic regression model.

Results
Sexual dysfunction was diagnosed in 32.65% (n = 64) of women with DM. Women with type 2 DM had a significantly lower number of points scored in all FSFI domains except pain compared to type 1 respondents. The only variables associated with DM significantly influencing sexual functioning were: type 2 diabetes in desire, arousal, as well as in global FSD (odds ratio [OR] = 1.40; 2.70 and 3.31, respectively), the presence of retinopathy in lubrication (OR = 7.8), and treatment with insulin in satisfaction domain (OR = 0.29). Neither the presence of comorbidities, the duration of diabetes, the presence of diabetes complications nor the glycemic control was a moderator of FSD. The strongest significant predictors of FSD were: the presence of depressive symptoms, the importance of sex to the respondent, and satisfaction with the partner as a lover.

Conclusions
Women with DM, especially type 2, are at risk of sexual dysfunctions. Diabetes-related factors have little impact on sexual functions in women with DM. Depressive symptoms, partner-related factors, and individual perception of sexuality should be evaluated when counseling females with DM.
Predictors of Contraceptive Methods Among Adolescents and Young Women Residing in Spain
Authors: Carrasco-Garrido Pilar , López de Andrés Ana , Hernández Barrera Valentin , Jiménez-Trujillo Isabel , Santos-Sancho Juana , Jiménez-García Rodrigo 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACT

Introduction
Preventing unwanted pregnancy is considered one of the main preventive measures of a developed health system.

Aims
The aim of the study were to determine the prevalence of contraceptive methods and identify factors associated with the use of contraception by adolescents and young women residents in Spain.

Methods
Descriptive cross-sectional epidemiologic study on the factors determining use of a contraceptive method among sexually active adolescents and young women aged 16–29 years, living in Spain. As the dependent variable, we took the answer to the questions “During the last 12 months, what contraceptive method have you generally used in your sexual relations?” Independent variables were socio-demographic factors, sexual habits, and variables associated with perception of sexual health. Using logistic multivariate regression models, we have estimated the independent effect of each of these variables on the contraceptive methods use.

Main Outcome Measures
We used secondary individualized data drawn from the first National Sexual Health Survey conducted in Spain.

Results
The male condom seems to be the most widely used (56.7%). The likelihood of using a condom is greater to those who have more than two sexual partners (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.11; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.72–5.60). Predictors of use of oral contraceptives as the only method are age and having a positive view of one's sexual health (AOR = 2.65; 95% CI, 1.28–5.45). Young women with two or more sexual partners were three times likelier to use the double method (AOR = 3.83; 95% CI, 1.52–9.65).

Conclusions
The number of sexual partners, information on and importance of sexuality in one's life predicted the use of the condom as the only method. The factors associated with use of oral contraceptives were having a stable sexual partner and good perception of sexual health. The variable most strongly associated with use of the double method was number of sexual partners.
Association of Pretransplant Renal Replacement Therapy Duration With Outcome in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Prevalent Cohort Study in Slovenia
Authors: Arnol Miha , Buturović‐Ponikvar Jadranka , Kandus Aljoša 
Published: June 2011

AbstractThe effect of renal replacement therapy (RRT) duration on kidney transplant outcome is controversial. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between pretransplant RRT duration versus patient and graft survival. The study cohort included 445 recipients of a deceased‐donor kidney transplant between January 2000 and December 2009. Pretransplant RRT duration as a continuous variable and divided into time categories was the risk factor of interest. Patient and death‐censored graft survival were the outcomes. Survival since the onset of RRT was calculated to avoid lead‐time bias. Median pretransplant RRT duration was 4.7 years. The duration of RRT was longer in 33 patients who died (median 6.8 vs. 4.6 years; P = 0.022) and 56 patients who lost their graft (5.7 vs. 4.6 years; P = 0.035). Pretransplant RRT duration, as a continuous variable, was associated with a non‐significant increase in the risk of recipient death (hazard ratio [HR] 1.01 per year of RRT; P = 0.09) and death‐censored graft loss (HR 1.02; P = 0.12). When RRT was studied as a categorical variable, the mortality risk reached statistical significance when the patient had been on RRT for more than 4.7 years (HR 2.12; P = 0.042). Pretransplant RRT duration was not associated with an increased risk for recipient death if patient survival was calculated since the onset of RRT (HR 0.98 per year; P = 0.21). This study suggests that a longer RRT duration negatively impacts on post‐transplant patient and graft survival; however, when pretransplant patient survival is accounted for, RRT duration has no significant effect on patient outcome.
Partial Remission of Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome After Oral Galactose Therapy
Authors: Kopač Matjaž , Meglič Anamarija , Rus Rina R 
Published: June 2011

AbstractFocal segmental glomerulosclerosis is sometimes associated with a circulating permeability factor. It was proposed that this factor interacts with the sugars of the glycocalyx, and its high affinity for galactose was shown on the basis of chromatographic studies. Galactose inactivates it and seems to lead to its clearance from plasma. A toddler with a nephrotic syndrome resistant to corticosteroids was admitted. A renal biopsy revealed minimal change disease with deposition of immunoglobulin M. Immunosuppressive therapy with pulses of cyclophosphamide, low‐dose combination immunosuppressive therapy, and later with mycophenolate mofetil failed to induce remission. A renal biopsy six years later showed transformation to FSGS. After unsuccessful treatment with monthly pulses of cyclophosphamide, we began therapy with tacrolimus, which showed no effect. After two months, we added oral galactose to tacrolimus for one month, after which proteinuria decreased by 50%. Seven months later, galactose was again added for six months, after which proteinuria remained below 2 g/24 h and the plasma albumin and cholesterol concentrations normalized. An adolescent girl with a nephrotic syndrome resistant to corticosteroids was admitted. A renal biopsy revealed mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis with C1q nephropathy. Therapy with tacrolimus failed to induce remission. After six months, we added galactose for three months, which reduced proteinuria to 0.76 g/24 h. After the discontinuation of galactose therapy, proteinuria increased to 2.48 g/24 h, despite further treatment with tacrolimus. It seems that oral galactose at a dose of 0.2 g/kg twice a day could be a promising new and nontoxic therapy for the treatment of resistant nephrotic syndrome.
Vascular Access in Children on Chronic Hemodialysis: A Slovenian Experience
Authors: Rus Rina R , Novljan Gregor , Buturović‐Ponikvar Jadranka , Kovač Janko , Premru Vladimir , Ponikvar Rafael 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTThe aim of our study was to report our experience with arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) and non‐cuffed central venous catheters (CVCs) in children and adolescents with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis (HD). The children with ESRD (18 years or younger) who were hemodialyzed at the Center of Dialysis and Transplantation, Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, in the period between December 1998 and December 2010 were included in our retrospective study. We recorded the data considering the CVCs and AVFs used for HD. Thirty‐one children (13 females, 18 males) with ESRD received HD treatment. The mean patient age when HD was started was 13.3 ± 3.4 years. Altogether, 35 AVFs were created, and the primary failure rate was 25.7% (9/35). The time to maturation was 4.0 ± 2.5 months. The mean patency of the AVF was 42.5 ± 51.9 months. Seventy‐seven CVCs (non‐cuffed) were inserted in the observation period; 89.6% of the CVCs were inserted in the jugular vein, and citrate locking was used in the interdialysis period. The CVCs were removed after 0.1–17.4 months (3.6 ± 3.7 months). The incidence of bacteremia was 0.9 episodes per 1000 catheter days. The preferred vascular accesses for pediatric hemodialysis are native AVFs; however, a single lumen, non‐cuffed, citrate‐locked CVC placed in a jugular vein can be acceptable as a long‐term vascular access when AVF cannot be constructed or used.
Low-resolution sodium D absorption is a bad proxy for extinction
Authors: Poznanski Dovi , Ganeshalingam Mohan , Silverman Jeffrey M. , Filippenko Alexei V. 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
Dust extinction is generally the least tractable systematic uncertainty in astronomy, and particularly in supernova science. Often in the past, studies have used the equivalent width of Na i D absorption measured from low-resolution spectra as proxies for extinction, based on tentative correlations that were drawn from limited data sets. We show here, based on 443 low-resolution spectra of 172 Type Ia supernovae for which we have measured the dust extinction as well as the equivalent width of Na i D, that the two barely correlate. We briefly examine the causes for this large scatter that effectively prevents one from inferring extinction using this method.
Vitamin B12 status, dietary protein intake and proton pump inhibitor use in geriatric rehabilitation subjects
Authors: O'LEARY Fiona , WAI Joseph , WORMALD Lucy , ELLIS Jodie , PETOCZ Peter , FLOOD Victoria , SAMMAN Samir 
Published: June 2011

AbstractAim:  To compare the dietary intake and nutritional status of users and non‐users of proton pump inhibitor medications.Methods:  Cross‐sectional study of subacute rehabilitation inpatients. Forty‐nine patients (nine men and 40 women) without dementia fulfilled the study criteria. Information was collected on admission and included medical history, duration of proton pump inhibitor medication use, nutritional status and cognitive scores. Dietary data were collected by food frequency questionnaire and blood samples were analysed for vitamin B12, homocysteine and methylmalonic acid concentrations.Results:  Age was 80.4 ± 7.7 (mean ± SD) years and body mass index was 26 ± 6.7 kg/m2. Twenty‐one (of 49) subjects had subclinical vitamin B12 deficiency, which was defined as serum vitamin B12 <148 pmol/L or 148–258 pmol/L and methylmalonic acid >0.30 µmol/L or tHcy >13 µmol/L (women) and >15 µmol/L (men). Subjects were stratified according to proton pump inhibitor use and vitamin B12 status. The presence of subclinical deficiency was similar between the groups (χ2‐test P= 0.17). Proton pump inhibitor users had higher dietary protein and calcium intakes (but not supplement calcium intakes) compared with non‐users (93 vs 81 g/day, P= 0.002 and 968 vs 742 mg/day, P= 0.038, respectively).Conclusions:  Subjects using proton pump inhibitor medications did not have lower vitamin B12 status, but had higher dietary protein intakes suggesting higher intakes of meats, eggs and dairy foods may reduce the risk of developing vitamin B12 deficiency whilst taking proton pump inhibitor medications.
Is an online healthy lifestyles program acceptable for parents of preschool children?
Authors: JONES Rachel , WELLS Michelle , OKELY Anthony , LOCKYER Lori , WALTON Karen 
Published: June 2011

AbstractAims:  To assess the acceptability and potential efficacy of an online healthy lifestyles program for parents of overweight, or at risk of overweight, preschool‐aged children.Methods:  A pilot trial was conducted within a regional area of New South Wales, Australia. Two cohorts totalling 47 dyads were recruited. Primary outcomes were parental self‐reported perceived knowledge and parental proxy‐reported behaviour of their child. Data analysis was completed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (v 16).Results:  At follow up (10 weeks) parents reported high acceptability of the program. Changes in the hypothesised direction were reported for all parental perceived knowledge and parental and child behavioural outcomes.Conclusion:  This is the first study to describe the acceptability and potential efficacy of an online healthy lifestyles program for parents of preschool children. The Time2bHealthy Program offers a viable option for parental involvement in obesity prevention programs targeting young children. Given the online nature of the program it has the capacity to be utilised within metropolitan, regional and rural areas of Australia.