bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A study of Aspects on Gender and Prognosis in Synchronous Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Derwinger Kristoffer , Gustavsson Bengt 
Published: August 2011

Aim To assess differences in demography, pathology and prognosis with tumor multiplicity in colorectal cancer. Method A retrospective single centre study of all patients surgically treated for a colorectal cancer during 1999–2008 (n = 2524). Patient characteristics, pathology and follow-up data were retrieved. Survival was assessed by overall and cancer specific survival. Results 60 (2.4%) patients had a synchronous cancer (SC), associated with right colon, higher age, more assessed lymph nodes but a lower frequency of stage III/IV disease (42% vs. 52%). There was no overall prognostic difference between single or multiple cancer patients but females with SC had better survival than corresponding males ( P < 0.046). Conclusion The incidence of synchronous cancers was 2.4% with the second cancer often located in right colon. The SC patients were older than single tumor patients, had a lower frequency of stage III/IV disease and the females with SC had a better survival prognosis than corresponding males.
Near Integrability in Low Dimensional Gross–Neveu Models
Authors: Christov Ognyan 
Published: August 2011

Abstract
The low-dimensional Gross-Neveu models are studied. For the systems, related to the Lie algebras so(4), so(5), sp(4), sl(3), we prove that they have Birkhoff-Gustavson normal forms which are integrable and non-degenerate in Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser (KAM) theory sense. Unfortunately, this is not the case for systems with three degrees of freedom, related to the Lie algebras so(6) ~ sl(4), so(7), sp(6); their Birkhoff-Gustavson normal forms are proven to be non-integrable in the Liouville sense. The last result can easily be extended to higher dimensions.
Transition Energies of Ytterbium (Z=70)
Authors: Karaçoban Betül , Özdemir Leyla 
Published: August 2011

Abstract
Transition energies of neutral ytterbium (Yb I, Z = 70, belonging to the lanthanide series), including ionization potential, excitation energies, and electron affinity are calculated by the multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock (MCHF) method within the framework of the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian and the relativistic Hartree-Fock (HFR) method. Ionization potential and excitation energies of Yb II and Yb III are also reported. The obtained results have been compared with other works.
Squeeze Film Problems of Long Partial Journal Bearings for Non-Newtonian Couple Stress Fluids with Pressure-Dependent Viscosity
Authors: Lin Jaw-Ren , Chu Li-Ming , Hung Chi-Ren , Lu Rong-Fang 
Published: August 2011

Abstract
According to the experimental work of C. Barus in Am. J. Sci. 45, 87 (1893) [1], the dependency of liquid viscosity on pressure is exponential. Therefore, we extend the study of squeeze film problems of long partial journal bearings for Stokes non-Newtonian couple stress fluids by considering the pressure-dependent viscosity in the present paper. Through a small perturbation technique, we derive a first-order closed-form solution for the film pressure, the load capacity, and the response time of partial-bearing squeeze films. It is also found that the non-Newtonian couple-stress partial bearings with pressure-dependent viscosity provide better squeeze-film characteristics than those of the bearing with constant-viscosity situation.
Exact Solutions of the Dirac Equation with Coulomb plus a Novel Angle-Dependent Potential
Authors: Hamzavi Majid , Rajabi A. A. 
Published: August 2011

Abstract
In this paper the Dirac equation is analytically solved for Coulomb plus a novel angle-dependent potential. The Nikiforov-Uvarov method is used to obtain energy eigenvalues and corresponding eigenfunctions. We also discussed the effect of the angle-dependent part on radial solutions.
Magnetohydrodynamic Stagnation Point Flow with a Convective Surface Boundary Condition
Authors: Jafar Khamisah , Ishak Anuar , Nazar Roslinda 
Published: August 2011

Abstract
This study analyzes the steady laminar two-dimensional stagnation point flow and heat transfer of an incompressible viscous fluid impinging normal to a horizontal plate, with the bottom surface of the plate heated by convection from a hot fluid. A uniform magnetic field is applied in a direction normal to the flat plate, with a free stream velocity varying linearly with the distance from the stagnation point. The governing partial differential equations are first transformed into ordinary differential equations, before being solved numerically. The analysis includes the effects of the magnetic parameter, the Prandtl number, and the convective parameter on the heat transfer rate at the surface. Results showed that the heat transfer rate at the surface increases with increasing values of these quantities.
Study of the Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Parameters for Copper Ions in Lead Titanate Crystal
Authors: Li Liu , Xie Lin-Hua 
Published: August 2011

Abstract
The electron paramagnetic resonance parameters (g factors g||, g⊥ and hyperfine structure constants A>||, A⊥) of PbTiO3: Cu2+ are calculated from the complete diagonalization method and the perturbation theory method. The calculated results obtained by the complete diagonalization method are close to that obtained by the perturbation theory method, and in good agreement with the experimental values. In the complete diagonalization method, the complete diagonalization procedure is established based on the 3d9 electron system in tetragonal field. From the calculation of the electron paramagnetic resonance parameters, the local defect structure of the [CuO6]-10 cluster can be determined as D4h with Rx = Ry = 0:1952 nm, Rz = 0:2076 nm.
Model of a relativistic oscillator in a generalized Schrödinger picture
Authors: Frick R.A. 
Published: August 2011

AbstractIn a generalized Schrödinger picture, we consider the motion of a relativistic particle in an external field (like in the case of a harmonic oscillator). In this picture the analogs of the Schrödinger operators of the particle are independent of both the time and the space coordinates. These operators induce operators which are related to Killing vectors of the Anti de Sitter (AdS) space. We also consider the nonrelativistic limit.
Ovarian disorders in immature rats after postnatal exposure to environmental polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Authors: Kummer Vladimír , Mašková Jarmila , Zralý Zdeněk , Faldyna Martin 
Published: August 2011

ABSTRACTThe study investigated the effects of postnatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the development of the rat ovary. Neonates were injected on each postnatal day 1–14 with benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), benz(a)anthracene (BaA) and benzo(k)fluoranthene (BkF) (0.1, 1.0, 5.0 or 10.0 mg kg−1), ethynylestradiol (EE; 1.0 µg kg−1) or a vehicle (control group). The rats were killed on day 23. Postnatal exposure to BaP increased the total number of antral follicles in ovaries (P < 0.05) and the number of nonatretic follicles (P < 0.01) as a result of a lower degree of apoptosis of granulosa cells, and the thickness of theca cell layers (P < 0.01). Similar histological findings were observed after BaA administration. Conversely, BkF exposure caused a decrease in the number of antral follicles, but did not alter the other investigated parameters. Degeneration of primordial oocytes after exposure to PAHs was observed only after exposure to BaP. Treatment with BaP at doses of 1.0 and 10.0 mg kg−1 impaired 28.1 and 60.3% of the primordial follicles, respectively. Substantial alterations in ovarian ERβ expression were detected in the rats; their intensity differed with the type of PAH. Response of the ovaries to EE (three injections of 1.0 µg kg−1 on postnatal days 20–22) in rats exposed to PAHs was suppressed in contrast to the controls. The study showed that postnatal exposure to BaP, BaA and BkF altered ovarian ERβ expression, disturbed morphological development of the ovaries and caused ovarian dysfunction in immature rats. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
DELIVERY MECHANISMS AND IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE TRAINING IN INDIAN SELF‐HELP GROUPS
Authors: Swain Ranjula Bali , Varghese Adel 
Published: August 2011

AbstractWe evaluate the effect of delivery mechanisms for training provided by facilitators of self‐help groups. Indian self‐help groups are unique in that they are mainly non‐government organisation–formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for both membership and training endogeneity. Training impacts assets but not income. Underlying conditions that benefit training include better infrastructure (as in paved roads), linkage model type and training organiser. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Validation of algorithms to ascertain clinical conditions and medical procedures used during pregnancy
Authors: Andrade Susan E. , Moore Simas Tiffany A. , Boudreau Denise , Raebel Marsha A. , Toh Sengwee , Syat Beth , Dashevsky Inna , Platt Richard 
Published: August 2011

ABSTRACTPurposeTo evaluate the validity of health plan administrative and claims data to identify pre‐gestational and gestational diabetes, obesity, and ultrasounds among pregnant women.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted using the administrative and claims data of three health plans participating in the HMO Research Network. Diagnoses, drug dispensings, and procedure codes were used to identify diabetes, obesity, and ultrasounds among women who were pregnant between January 2006 and December 2008. A random sample of medical charts (n = 222) were abstracted. Positive predictive values (PPVs) were calculated. Sensitivity also was calculated for obesity among women for whom body mass index data were available in electronic medical records at two sites.ResultsOverall, 190 of 222 cases of diabetes (86%) were confirmed (82% for gestational diabetes and 74% for pre‐gestational diabetes). The PPV for codes to identify ultrasounds was 80%. Whereas the PPV for obesity‐related diagnosis codes was high (93%), and the sensitivity was low (33%).ConclusionsHealth plan administrative and claims data can be used to accurately identify pre‐gestational and gestational diabetes and ultrasounds. Obesity is not consistently coded. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A Study of Structure Evolution in Pearlitic Steel Wire at Increasing Plastic Deformation
Authors: Gershteyn G. , Nürnberger F. , Cianciosi F. , Shevchenko N. , Schaper M. , Bach Fr.‐W. 
Published: August 2011

AbstractIn this work was studied the influence of the plastic deformation's intensity under deep drawing on microstructures of a pearlitic steel containing 0.8% C. Varying the levels of deformation causes diverse dislocation movements as well as modified structural states in the individual phases of the pearlitic eutectoid steel. It is shown that in the course of plastic deformation there is a reduction of interlamellar distance in a pearlite and increase in dislocation density. In some parts partial spheroidisation cementite plates is observed. The bands formed in dislocation structure are found out. The analysis of failure mechanisms of steel with pearlite structure after plastic deformation is carried out. During the deformation of pearlite, the increase in stress at the phase boundary, owing to the elastic strain incompatibility between the ferrite and cementite phases, resembles the stress concentration at grain boundaries. Pores form at the interface between the surface of the ferritic matrix and the spheroidised carbide particles. Such micro pores occur by means of plastic deformation of the ferrite's interstices around the stronger cementite owing to the reduction of the ferritic interstices and their subsequent cracking.
Global transcriptome analysis of the tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating bacterium Desulfitobacterium hafniense Y51 in the presence of various electron donors and terminal electron acceptors
Authors: Peng Xue , Yamamoto Shogo , Vertès Alain A , Keresztes Gabor , Inatomi Ken-ichi , Inui Masayuki , Yukawa Hideaki 
Published: August 2011

Abstract
Desulfitobacterium hafniense Y51 is a dechlorinating bacterium that encodes an unusually large set of O-demethylase paralogs and specialized respiratory systems including specialized electron donors and acceptors. To use this organism in bioremediation of tetrachloroethene (PCE) or trichloroethene (TCE) pollution, expression patterns of its 5,060 genes were determined under different conditions using 60-mer probes in DNA microarrays. PCE, TCE, fumarate, nitrate, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) respiration all sustain the growth of strain Y51. Global transcriptome analyses were thus performed using various electron donor and acceptor couples (respectively, pyruvate and either fumarate, TCE, nitrate, or DMSO, and vanillate/fumarate). When TCE is used as terminal electron acceptor, resulting in its detoxification, a series of electron carriers comprising a cytochrome bd-type quinol oxidase (DSY4055-4056), a ferredoxin (DSY1451), and four Fe–S proteins (DSY1626, DSY1629, DSY0733, DSY3309) are upregulated, suggesting that the products of these genes are involved in PCE oxidoreduction. Interestingly, the PCE dehalogenase cluster (pceABCT) is constitutively expressed in the media tested, with pceT being upregulated and pceC downregulated in pyruvate/TCE-containing medium. In addition, another dehalogenation enzyme (DSY1155 coding for a putative chlorophenol reductive dehalogenase), is induced 225-fold in that medium, despite not being involved in PCE respiration. Remarkably since the reducing equivalents formed during pyruvate conversion to acetyl-CoA are channeled to electron acceptors including halogenated compounds, pyruvate induces expression of a pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase. This study paves the way to understanding the physiology of D. hafniense, optimizing this microbe as a bioremediation agent, and designing bioarray sensors to monitor the presence of dechlorinating organisms in the environment.
3‐Hydroxyisobutyrate aciduria and mutations in the ALDH6A1 gene coding for methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase
Authors: Sass Jörn Oliver , Walter Melanie , Shield Julian P. H. , Atherton Andrea M. , Garg Uttam , Scott David , Woods C. Geoffrey , Smith Laurie D. 
Published: August 2011

Abstract3‐hydroxyisobutyric aciduria is an organic aciduria with a poorly understood biochemical basis. It has previously been assumed that deficiency of 3‐hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase (HIBADH) in the valine catabolic pathway is the underlying enzyme defect, but more recent evidence makes it likely that individuals with 3‐hydroxyisobutyryic aciduria represent a heterogeneous group with different underlying mechanisms, including respiratory chain defects or deficiency of methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase. However, to date methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency has only been demonstrated at the gene level for a single individual. We present two unrelated patients who presented with developmental delay and increased urinary concentrations of 3‐hydroxyisobutyric acid. Both children were products of consanguineous unions and were of European or Pakistani descent. One patient developed a febrile illness and subsequently died from a hepatoencephalopathy at 2 years of age. Further studies were initiated and included tests of the HIBADH enzyme in fibroblast homogenates, which yielded normal activities. Sequencing of the ALDH6A1 gene (encoding methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase) suggested homozygosity for the missense mutation c.785 C > A (S262Y) in exon 7 which was not found in 210 control alleles. Mutation analysis of the ALDH6A1 gene of the second patient confirmed the presence of a different missense mutation, c.184 C > T (P62S), which was also identified in 1/530 control chromosomes. Both mutations affect highly evolutionarily conserved amino acids of the methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase protein. Mutation analysis in the ALDH6A1 gene can reveal a cause of 3‐hydroxyisobutyric aciduria, which may present with only slightly increased urinary levels of 3‐hydroxyisobutyric acid, if a patient is metabolically stable.
Offshoring and outsourcing the ‘unauthorised’: The annual reports of an anxious state
Authors: Andrew Jane , Eden Dave 
Published: August 2011

Abstract
Since the inception of Australia's mandatory immigration detention policy for ‘unauthorised’ arrivals, border issues have generated significant public discussion. The policy is controversial and has been made more complicated by the outsourcing and offshoring of detention centre management and processing. Despite the diversity of actors involved in the government's mandatory detention policy (such as private security firms and intergovernmental organisations), we argue that the management of ‘unauthorised’ migration has been framed as a matter controlled by the state that is beholden to no other interests except its own. In order to explore the role of state and non-state actors in Australia's detention policy, this paper offers a reading of departmental annual reports over a 14-year period from 1996 to 2010. Using the theoretical work of Wendy Brown, we explore the representation of non-state actors in border management and the impact this has on the identity of the state as revealed in the annual reporting process. In line with Brown, we argue that the department's annual reports demonstrate the tension that exist between the apparent “opening and barricading”, the “fusion and partition” that underpins globalisation (2010, p. 7). In addition, we argue that emergent forms of border fortification provide an opportunity for the nation-state to reassert its sovereignty whilst at the same time these reflect deep anxieties over the role of the state in a globalised and privatised future. We contend that the annual reporting process provides a performative opportunity for the nation-state to demonstrate its strength and relevance. At the same time it is dependent on multinational security firms and inter-governmental authorities to execute the policy.
Dreams and Guilt
Authors: Weidhorn Manfred 
Published: August 2011

When, in the fifth book of Paradise Lost, Eve reveals her unsettling dream, in which she saw herself eating the forbidden fruit at the prompting of a mysterious stranger, Adam dismisses it as an experience of no importance. Since her will was not involved, he believes, she incurred no guilt. His argument that the dream is without significance persuades her but not us, who have beheld Satan, during the couple's sleep, causing the dream in Eve in order to taint her faculties and perhaps to probe her weaknesses:Squat like a Toad, close at the ear of Eve;Assaying by his Devilish art to reachThe Organs of her Fancy, and with them forgeIllusions as he list, Phantasms and Dreams.(IV, 800–03)
Tendentiousness in Patristic Collections
Authors: Casey R. P. 
Published: August 2011

The problem of judging the dogmatic tendency of mixed patristic corpora is often a delicate one. As I have pointed out elsewhere such collections appear often to have been made up for general theological or devotional reading and were probably valued more for the variety of their contents than for any consistent principle of selection. This point is strikingly confirmed by an anecdote in John Moschus's Pratum spirituale c. 46 (P. G. 87, 3, col. 2900):We once approached Father Kyriakos, a priest of the Laura of Kalamon on the holy Jordan. And he related to us,“Once I saw in my sleep a woman of honorable appearance and dressed in purple and with her two venerable and worthy men, standing outside my cell. And I assumed that the woman was Our Lady the Mother of God and that the two men with her were John the Divine and John the Baptist. Therefore, leaving my cell I invited them to enter and pray in my cell. But she did not consent. I stayed therefore a while beseeching her and saying, ‘Let not the humble man be turned away and put to confusion’ (Ps. 74:21) etc. And when she saw me pressing my request, she answered me severely saying, ‘You have my enemy in your cell and how do you expect me to enter?’ And saying this, she departed.
The Ambivalence of St. Thomas Aquinas' View of the Relationship of Divine Law to Human Law
Authors: Ruby Jane E. 
Published: August 2011

In the Article of the Summa theologica on the question “whether infidels can have dominion and rule over Christians” (II–ii, q. 10, a. 10), St. Thomas says:Dominion and rule are based on human law; the distinction between Christian and infidel springs from divine law. But divine law, which is founded in grace, does not destroy human law, which stems from natural reason. Therefore, the distinction between Christian and infidel does not, considered in itself, destroy the dominion and rule of infidels over Christians.
Chrysostom and Symeon (Acts XV, 14)
Authors: Smothers Edgar R. 
Published: August 2011

The circumstances and the proceedings of the Council of Jerusalem, as they are presented in the Acts of the Apostles, will come readily to every reader's mind. Gentile converts at Antioch had been disturbed by Judaeo-Christians who insisted on the rite of circumcision; so that a delegation was sent from the Syrian community to consult the apostles and presbyters of the mother church. Paul and Barnabas, veteran missionaries now, were chosen to lead the band. The session in the Holy City opened with a general discussion, which subsided when St. Peter rose to speak:Brethren, you know that in former days God made choice among you that the Gentiles should hear from my lips the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, the Knower of hearts, bore them witness, giving to them the Holy Spirit, just as to us; and He made no distinction between us and them, having purified their hearts with the faith.…
Some Notes on the Theology of Nominalism: With Attention to its Relation to the Renaissance
Authors: Oberman Heiko A. 
Published: August 2011

To understand the essence of an historical movement, be it primarily philosophical, theological or cultural, the inquirer should abstain from generalizations and obediently analyze the relevant sources.To understand its significance, however, he has, consciously or unconsciously, to take the dangerous step of comparing movement with movement in order to find a frame of reference which can bring out, by antithesis or analogy, the typical characteristics.