bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Characterizations of Words with Many Periods
Authors: Tijdeman Robert , Zamboni Luca Q. 
Published: August 2009

Abstract
In 2001, Droubay, Justin, and Pirillo studied the so-called standard episturmian words. In 2006 and 2007, Fischler defined another type of words in the framework of simultaneous diophantine approximation. Both classes of words were described in terms of palindromic prefixes of infinite words. In 2003, the authors introduced words which they called extremal FW words after they had met so-called FW words later. Words from both classes appeared as unique words (up to word isomorphism) satisfying certain properties related to periods. In the present paper the connections between all these words are displayed in the form of four comparable characterizations of the four mentioned word classes.
Buchbesprechung
Authors: Zajaczkowski Ryszard 
Published: August 2009

Zusammenfassung
BRAUN, KAZIMIERZ, Listy na Babilon: Pisma przypomniane i odszukane: Księga jubileuszowa. Poznań:Wydawnictwo Kontekst; Tarnów: Tarnowska Fundacja Kultury, 2007. 504 S. ISBN 978-83-8857-238-8
Suppression of Mitochondrial DNA Instability of Autosomal Dominant Forms of Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia-AssociatedANT1Mutations inPodospora anserina
Authors: El-Khoury Riyad , Sainsard-Chanet Annie 
Published: August 2009

AbstractMaintenance and expression of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are essential for the cell and the organism. In humans, several mutations in the adenine nucleotide translocase gene ANT1 are associated with multiple mtDNA deletions and autosomal dominant forms of progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO). The mechanisms underlying the mtDNA instability are still obscure. A current hypothesis proposes that these pathogenic mutations primarily uncouple the mitochondrial inner membrane, which secondarily causes mtDNA instability. Here we show that the three adPEO-associated mutations equivalent to A114P, L98P, and V289M introduced into the Podospora anserina ANT1 ortholog dominantly cause severe growth defects, decreased reactive oxygen species production (ROS), decreased mitochondrial inner membrane potential (Δψ), and accumulation of large-scale mtDNA deletions leading to premature death. Interestingly, we show that, at least for the adPEO-type M106P and A121P mutant alleles, the associated mtDNA instability cannot be attributed only to a reduced membrane potential or to an increased ROS level since it can be suppressed without restoration of the Δψ or modification of the ROS production. Suppression of mtDNA instability due to the M106P and A121P mutations was obtained by an allele of the rmp1 gene involved in nucleo-mitochondrial cross- talk and also by an allele of the AS1 gene encoding a cytosolic ribosomal protein. In contrast, the mtDNA instability caused by the S296M mutation was not suppressed by these alleles.
Removal of the Bloom Syndrome DNA Helicase Extends the Utility of Imprecise Transposon Excision for Making Null Mutations in Drosophila
Authors: Witsell Alice , Kane Daniel P , Rubin Sarah , McVey Mitch 
Published: August 2009

Abstract
Transposable elements are frequently used in Drosophila melanogaster for imprecise excision screens to delete genes of interest. However, these screens are highly variable in the number and size of deletions that are recovered. Here, we show that conducting excision screens in mus309 mutant flies that lack DmBlm, the Drosophila ortholog of the Bloom syndrome protein, increases the percentage and overall size of flanking deletions recovered after excision of either P or Minos elements.
Short Stature in a Population-Based Cohort: Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Functioning
Authors: Lee Joyce M. , Appugliese Danielle , Coleman Sharon M. , Kaciroti Niko , Corwyn Robert F. , Bradley Robert H. , Sandberg David E. , Lumeng Julie C. 
Published: August 2009

OBJECTIVE: The goal was to determine whether there were significant differences between children of normative versus short stature in behavioral functioning and peer relationships, according to teacher and child reports.METHODS: The study included 712 boys and girls in the sixth grade, from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. Main outcome measures included Achenbach Teacher's Report Form internalizing, externalizing, and total scores; Children's Depression Inventory scores (child report); Life Orientation Test-Revised scores (child report); Child Behavior with Peers questionnaire asocial with peers, excluded by peers, and peer victimization subscale scores (teacher report); peer social support and victimization scores (child report); and relationships with peers score (teacher report). In bivariate comparisons, these outcomes were compared for children of relatively short (height of &lt;10th percentile) versus nonshort (height of ≥10th percentile) stature, and effect sizes were calculated. Multivariate linear regression models adjusted for maternal education, income/needs ratio, race, and gender.RESULTS: Effect sizes ranged from 0.00 to 0.35. Short children reported marginally higher levels of self-perceived peer victimization, compared with their nonshort peers. There were no significant differences in the rest of the outcomes for children of short versus nonshort stature, in either unadjusted or adjusted models.CONCLUSION: Although short children from a population-based sample reported marginally higher levels of self-perceived peer victimization, they did not differ from their nonshort peers in a range of social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes.
Infant Sleep Environments Depicted in Magazines Targeted to Women of Childbearing Age
Authors: Joyner Brandi L. , Gill-Bailey Carmen , Moon Rachel Y. 
Published: August 2009

OBJECTIVE: The goal was to evaluate pictures in magazines widely read by women of childbearing age, for adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines for safe infant sleep practices.METHODS: Magazines were included in this study if they had an average female readership of &gt;5 million, circulation of &gt;900000, and median age of female readers of 20 to 40 years. Twenty magazines met these criteria. An additional 8 magazines targeted toward expectant parents and parents of young children were included, for a total of 28 magazines. Pictures of infant sleep environments and sleeping infants in articles and advertisements in issues of these 28 magazines were analyzed for adherence to AAP guidelines for decreasing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.RESULTS: A total of 391 unique pictures from 34 magazine issues were included in the analysis. Only 57 pictures (64%) portraying sleeping infants not being held by an adult portrayed the infants in the supine position, and 14.8% of sleeping infants were portrayed as sleeping with another person. Only 36 pictures (36.4%) of infant sleep environments portrayed a safe sleep environment, as recommended by the AAP.CONCLUSIONS: More than one third of pictures of sleeping infants in magazines geared toward childbearing women demonstrated infants in an inappropriate sleep position, and two thirds of pictures of infant sleep environments were not consistent with AAP recommendations. Messages in the media that are inconsistent with health care messages create confusion and misinformation about infant sleep safety and may lead inadvertently to unsafe practices.
Varicella-Specific Immunoglobulin G Titers in Commercial Intravenous Immunoglobulin Preparations
Authors: Maranich Ashley M. , Rajnik Michael 
Published: August 2009

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Since the introduction of an effective vaccine in 1995, the incidence of primary varicella zoster virus (VZV) has greatly decreased. However, newborns and immunocompromised patients remain at risk for serious disease. Currently, varicella-specific immunoglobulin is recommended for treatment of nonimmune, exposed, high-risk patients with varicella-specific immunoglobulin. However, product inavailability has led to substitution of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) for such prophylaxis on the basis of studies from the preimmunization era. No studies in the post–vaccine era have shown that IVIg contains adequate varicella-specific antibodies to protect patients at high risk. The overall effect of vaccination on varicella-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels in donor-pooled IVIg products is unknown. We compared the varicella-specific IgG levels in prevaccine and current IVIg products.METHODS: We used stored historic IVIg samples and current samples from our inpatient pharmacy. All samples were tested for varicella-specific IgG levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.RESULTS: Ten historic lots and 24 current lots were tested. The overall mean value of varicella-specific IgG in the historic lots was 3.07 (SD: 0.70); the current lots had a mean of 3.83 (SD: 0.58). The postvaccine IVIg contained higher levels of antibody than the prevaccine lots.CONCLUSIONS: We found that current IVIg preparations continue to have high levels of varicella-specific IgG despite the changing epidemiology of how immunity has been obtained. Given the results of this study, it is reasonable for physicians to comfortably substitute IVIg for varicella-specific immunoglobulin preparations when treating high-risk patients exposed to VZV.
Probabilistic risk-assessment model for birds exposed to granular pesticides
Authors: Moore Dwayne RJ , Fischer David L , Teed R Scott , Rodney Sara I 
Published: August 2009

Abstract
For granular formulations of pesticides, direct consumption by birds is generally the most important route of exposure. A probabilistic exposure model was developed that estimates how many pesticide granules a bird ingests and, from that, the quantity of pesticide ingested. This model, referred to as the “granular pesticide avian risk assessment model” (GranPARAM), has input variables not included in current screening-level assessments for granular pesticides, such as proportion of time for which birds forage in the field, grit ingestion rates, attractiveness of pesticide granules compared with natural grit, and proportions of soil particles and pesticide granules in the size range consumed by birds. For input variables that are uncertain, variable, or both, distributions are used rather than point estimates. Monte Carlo analysis is then performed to propagate input variable uncertainties through the exposure model for granular pesticides. The outputs from the exposure portion of GranPARAM are estimated pesticide doses for each of 20 birds of a selected species on each of 1000 fields. The dose for each bird is compared with a randomly chosen dose from the dose–response curve for that species or an appropriate surrogate. If the exposure dose for a bird exceeds the randomly chosen effects dose, the bird is considered dead; otherwise, the bird is assumed to be alive. Thus, the risk output from GranPARAM is a bar chart showing the percentages of fields with 0/20 dead birds, 1/20 dead birds, 2/20 dead birds, and so forth. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2010;6:260–272. © 2009 SETAC
Development of a preliminary relative risk model for evaluating regional ecological conditions in the Delaware River Estuary, USA
Authors: Iannuzzi Timothy J , Durda Judi L , Preziosi Damian V , Ludwig David F , Stahl Ralph G , DeSantis Amanda A , Hoke Robert A 
Published: August 2009

Abstract
Effective environmental management and restoration of urbanized systems such as the Delaware River Estuary requires a holistic understanding of the relative importance of various stressor-related impacts throughout the watershed, both historical and ongoing. To that end, it is important to involve as many stakeholders as possible in the management process and to develop a system for sharing of scientific data and information, as well as effective technical tools for evaluating and disseminating the data needed to make management decisions. In this study, we describe a preliminary assessment that was undertaken to evaluate the relative risks for the variety of stressors currently operating within the Delaware Estuary using a relative risk model (RRM) framework. This model was constructed using existing data and information on the ecological conditions and stressors in the main-stem Delaware River below the head of tide at Trenton, New Jersey, USA. A large database was developed with pertinent data from a variety of library, scientific, and regulatory sources. Data were compiled, reviewed, and characterized before development of the Estuary-specific RRM. Our primary goals and objectives in developing this preliminary RRM for the Estuary were to 1) determine if the RRM framework can be adapted to a large complex estuarine system such as the Delaware River, 2) identify the issues associated with adapting the model framework to the various management issues and regional areas/habitats of the River, 3) help identify data needs and potential refinements that might be needed to more specifically quantify relative stressor risks in various areas and habitats of the Estuary to better inform future management goals/actions by Stakeholders. The key conclusions of our preliminary assessment are 1) a diverse suite of stressors is likely affecting the ecological conditions of the Delaware Estuary, 2) chemical (toxicants/contaminants) and physical (sedimentation, habitat loss) stressors were found to be on par with regards to their ranking, and 3) the RRM, in its current form, made it difficult to effectively balance the inequality in the sizes of the study subareas considered in the assessment. Management objectives and related research activities should focus on collecting the necessary data and information to further refine the RRM and assess the relative impacts of these stressors at various scales in the Estuary. By having such a framework and tool available, we believe that stakeholders within the Delaware River watershed will be able to make more informed and risk-based management decisions regarding restoration options for the Estuary. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2010; 6:164–179. © 2009 SETAC
General recommendations for soil ecotoxicological tests suitable for the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants
Authors: Römbke Jörg , Jänsch Stephan , Meier Matthias , Hilbeck Angelika , Teichmann Hanka , Tappeser Beatrix 
Published: August 2009

Abstract
Before a genetically modified plant (GMP) can be placed on the market in the European Union (EU), an environmental risk assessment has to be conducted according to EU-Directive 2001/18/EC or Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council. However, no harmonized concept for ecotoxicological testing is available today that considers the characteristics of GMPs as a whole. In fact, to date, mainly ecotoxicological tests originally developed and standardized for pesticides are used for this purpose. Frequently in these tests, not the whole GMP is tested but only specific transgene products (mainly toxins). In this contribution, ecotoxicological methods developed for the testing of pesticides are evaluated for whether they are suitable for risk assessment of GMPs as well. In total, 105 test methods covering a wide range of terrestrial invertebrates, microbes, and plants (laboratory, semifield, and field levels) were assessed. Only 7 of them had already been used with GMPs, and in about 20 studies the existing tests methods were modified, mostly in a way such that nonstandard species were used. In the laboratory, few earthworm and nontarget arthropod (NTA) species as well as collembolans and isopods were tested, and, in the field, only the litter-bag test was used. Clearly, more species than these few standard organisms currently in use have to be selected for testing purposes. A more detailed analysis of GMP tests with soil invertebrates published in the literature revealed that some of the relevant GMP exposure routes, such as via bulk soil, soil porewater, and litter from GMPs, are well covered. However, studies addressing either consumption of GMPs themselves or secondary exposure after GMPs have been taken up by invertebrates that feed on living or dead GMPs are underrepresented. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2010;6:287–300. © 2009 SETAC
Darcy-Stokes Streamline Simulation for the Tahe-Fractured Reservoir With Cavities
Authors: Peng Xiaolong , Du Zhimin , Liang Baosheng , Qi Zhilin 
Published: August 2009

Summary
The Tahe-fractured reservoir has very special cavities and fractures. There is no flow in the rock matrix; and cavities provide the main storage space and even have the scale of meters. Consequently, the reservoir cannot be considered as a traditional continuous porous medium. Instead of a dual-porosity flow model, a Darcy-Stokes compound single-porosity model is developed with the whole flow area divided into a Darcy-flow region, which obeys Darcy's Law, and a free-flow region, which satisfies a Navier-Stokes flow.
Through a Tahe real reservoir case, it is found that a cavity-fracture dual-porosity model is unable to reflect the rapid bottom-water breakthrough, and that finite difference method has a hard time getting convergence in the strong heterogeneous reservoir. On the other hand, streamline simulation with a Darcy-Stokes model developed in this paper successfully demonstrates flow behavior of bottom- and edge-water flowing into the wellbore through the cavity: water advances fast, water breakthrough happens in a short time, and water cut rises rapidly.
In application, a streamline numerical model for Darcy-Stokes flow is built by combining two-phase Navier-Stokes streamline modeling and streamline-based simulation of Darcy flow. Examples show that both a Darcy-Stokes model and conventional Darcy model give the similar simulation results of saturation and pressure distributions in the Darcy-flow region. However, fluid flow behaviors from these two models differ in the free-flow region. Such a difference lies in the different treatment of velocities: Our Darcy-Stokes model considers the fluid velocity difference caused by a shear stress effect; and the Darcy model only uses the average velocity of the fluid in the cavity, which means the fluid almost moves at the same speed in the free-flow zone and does not agree with the reality.
Une éthique pour les êtres hybrides
Authors: Larrère Raphaël 
Published: August 2009

Résumé Dans cet article, Raphaël Larrère compare l’ Agrostis , un OGM végétal, et Lucifer , un clone de taureau. À partir de ces deux exemples, il réfléchit sur les conséquences sociologiques et philosophiques de l’introduction d’artifices dans notre environnement. Il existe des similitudes entre ces deux exemples : la croyance dans le pouvoir prométhéen du génie génétique. La frontière entre nature et artifice s’estompe mais il reste une différence radicale : la création d’un végétal pose la question du risque de prolifération et d’interaction inopportune avec les écosystèmes et celle, liée, du principe de précaution alors que la création d’un animal, être sensible, relève de l’éthique et de la morale, décider de la mort ou de la vie d’un être vivant. Nier ces questions d’éthique laisserait libres les projets de monopole de la production agroalimentaire mondiale ou les rhétoriques prométhéennes du Pentagone de la « fabrication » du soldat.
Tracer là ce qui nous échappe
Authors: Petrescu Doina 
Published: August 2009

Résumé La contribution de Deligny à la pensée contemporaine du commun est de cartographier le topos (impossible) d’une communauté qui peut difficilement être décrite par des mots (comme beaucoup de penseurs contemporains en ont eu l’intuition) mais doit être tracée par des lignes. L’usage des lignes par Deligny diffère de toute autre forme de cartographie précisément parce qu’elles ne représentent rien que notre propre ignorance de ce qui est cartographié. Plus que de pensée négative, il s’agit d’une forme de cartographie négative de ce qui est commun entre les membres d’une « communauté impossible ».
Banlieues, sexes et le boomerang colonial
Authors: Iveković Rada 
Published: August 2009

Résumé La décolonisation de la France n’est pas terminée. N’ayant rien vu (re)venir, elle se prend aujourd’hui le boomerang de plein fouet. Isolement linguistique, postcolonial studies en jachère, surdité envers les garçons comme les filles de banlieue (émeutes, voile) : les mots font défaut aux institutions. Prises de court, elles surenchérissent en matière de distorsions médiatiques et de répression / sélection aux frontières.
Insectes et inceste
Authors: Kerslake Christian 
Published: August 2009

Résumé Christian Kerslake présente une enquête en tout point inaugurale concernant les premiers rapports de Deleuze au concept d’inconscient et à la psychanalyse tels que ceux-ci se nouent, depuis Instincts et institutions (1953), sur la voie conduisant de Bergson à Jung, que le philosophe « pervertit » en faisant du masochiste l’agent de la réconciliation entre instinct et intelligence.
Les Yes Men
Authors: Lecœur Erwan , Pessar Alexandre 
Published: August 2009

Résumé Les actions des Yes Men mêlent stratégie d’usurpation et happening. À partir de sites Web, ils poursuivent le hoax jusqu’à son débouché dans le réel : plateau télé ou salle de conférence filmée. Une entreprise comme Dow Chemicals y a laissé quelques plumes...
Les implications des altérités épistémiques dans la redefinition du capitalisme global
Authors: Grosfoguel Ramón 
Published: August 2009

Résumé Malgré la décolonisation formelle, une colonialité globale perdure sous des formes multiples et imbriquées : les dominations fondées sur le genre, la race, les pratiques sexuelles, la langue, la spiritualité, etc. La décolonisation du monde appelle une politique nouvelle, qui, au-delà des affirmations identitaires ( cultural studies ) et des relations de travail (marxisme), donne toute leur place aux savoirs situés, ouvre une géopolitique de la connaissance. Il s’agit moins alors de prendre le pouvoir que d’inventer des institutions collectives, locales et globales.
Race, classe, genre et sexualité : entre puissance d'agir et ambivalence coloniale
Authors: McClintock Anne 
Published: August 2009

Résumé Sans rejeter tout à fait la perspective de Bhabha (qui voit dans l’imitation des colonisés et l’ambivalence du discours colonial le lieu d’une faille structurelle du colonialisme, lequel travaillerait ainsi à sa propre subversion), l’auteure refuse de considérer que le repérage de telles failles structurelles suffise à déterminer les sources de la puissance d’agir politique des dominés ; en conséquence, elle en appelle à une analyse historique serrée des situations politiques et historiques, qui notamment mette en relief l’articulation concrète et les dynamiques indissociables du genre, des sexualités, de la race et des appartenances de classe. Elle montre 1) que la colonisation n’était pas, du point de vue des métropoles coloniales, une affaire extérieure ou un accident historique, étranger à leur essence historique, et 2) que la colonisation et les processus de transformation socio-politique en métropole étaient fondamentalement imbriqués (et qu’en eux se trouvaient aussi imbriqués les transformations des rapports de classe, de genre, de race, etc.).
La démocratie sexuelle et le conflit des civilisations
Authors: Fassin Éric 
Published: August 2009

Résumé Dans le monde postcolonial, et plus particulièrement depuis le 11 septembre 2001, une norme libérale occidentale renouvelée ajoute aux droits de l’homme la « démocratie sexuelle » (une conception lisse de la féminité à laquelle tend à s’adjoindre une conception lisse de l’homosexualité). Imbriquée à la norme antiraciste, cette « démocratie sexuelle » tend un piège redoutable aux sujets postcoloniaux qui auraient le malheur d’y déroger : accusés de faire le jeu du racisme, ils se trouvent renvoyés à la barbarie et sortis du jeu. Zacarias Moussaoui le sait et il le surjoue ; les jeunes filles françaises issues de l’immigration maghrébine le savent et elles négocient au jour le jour (voile, choix des partenaires sexuels).