bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
I Love You but I’ve Never Met You: Autobiographical Intimacy and Voice
Authors: Smith Thomas R. 
Published: December 2011

AbstractThe conditions creating autobiographical intimacy are sharply individualized and, contra Paul de Man, not specular. That is, the intimacy we feel with autobiographers is not a kind of mirroring of writers and readers, nor are readers confusing themselves with the autobiographer in a process of identification. My responses to the writings of St. Augustine, Margery Kempe, Rousseau, Mill, Conrad, Woolf, Menchú, and Elizabeth Gilbert reveal relationships between autobiographical narrators/protagonists/writers and one reader that preserve distinctions between the two. Although the conditions provoking autobiographical intimacy vary widely among readers, a common factor is a positive, empathetic, or sympathetic response on the part of readers to the voice of an autobiographical narrator. I adduce Anne Karpf’s discussion of the importance of voice in human relationships and review the uses of voice in commentary on autobiographical writing since the late 1970s, citing the work of Linda S. Coleman, Patsy S. Daniels, Elizabeth C. Goldsmith, Ivan Kreilkamp, Susan Sniader Lanser, Philippe Lejeune, Robert Lyons, Jo Malin, and Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson.
Preface
Authors: Cusk Rachel 
Published: December 2011

AbstractCreative writers often express misgivings about entering ‘the academy’. A teaching job is both lure and menace: if they could choose, many writers would doubtlessly prefer a more abstract version of academe, with their own work figuring on university reading lists rather than their actual presence required in university seminar rooms. Sometimes it seems as if it is for their experience of writing books, rather than for the books themselves, that writers are encouraged to become teachers. The book is evidence, but of the wrong kind: proof that the writer can grasp practicalities as well as transcend them, proof of her conscious workmanship rather than her unconscious creativity. This conscious control of writing is what can be shared, analysed, taught, but it is not what actually motivates a written work. If the writer writes books in part to be liberated from herself – to create an external version of herself from which she can disappear – then as a teacher she may find that self concretised and made visible instead.
Life Writing as Critical Creative Practice
Authors: Jolly Margaretta 
Published: December 2011

AbstractThis essay offers an overview of the development of life writing criticism from its status as an outsider of English studies to a flourishing interdisciplinary field. I argue that one of the characteristics of this history has been a schism between critics of life writing and life writers themselves, a schism that echoes the well known ambivalence literary critics and writers generally feel towards each other even as, ironically, there has always been crossover between groups. However, over the last two decades, critics and life writers have become far more curious about each other and indeed increasingly borrow each others’ tools. Contemporary critical practice has become self‐reflective, and a sizeable minority of academics have even penned their own memoirs. Conversely, life writing practitioners are more engaged with the theoretical debates that surround creative practice. I situate this picture of mutual influence in relationship to institutional as well as intellectual and creative developments in the UK, though with some references to the US. And I consider the dark side to the discovery of the academic ‘I’ and the creative’s inner intellectual. However, I conclude that we are in an exciting moment for life writing, a mutable genre that can be at once critical practice, practice‐based research and creative experiment.
Polymorphisms of the promoter and exon 3 of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) in Euro‐ and Afro‐Brazilians
Authors: Torres M. C. , Beltrame M. H. , Santos I. C. R. , Picheth G. , Petzl‐Erler M. L. , Pedrosa F. O. , Steffens M. B. R. , de Souza E. M. 
Published: December 2011

SummaryThe receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE or AGER), a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is involved in pathologies such as atherosclerosis and diabetes. Over 50 SNPs were reported for RAGE, among which were the promoter region polymorphisms −429T>C (rs1800625), −374T>A (rs1800624) and a 63‐bp deletion (−407 to −345 bp), all related to increased RAGE expression. Additionally, in the exon 3, a putative site of binding ligands, the missense variation G82S (rs2070600) was associated with skin disorders in patients with diabetes. We have determined allele, genotype and haplotype frequencies of RAGE polymorphisms −429T>C, −374T>A, 63‐bp deletion and G82S in Euro‐Brazilians (n = 108) and Afro‐Brazilians (n = 91), characterized according to the predominant ancestry of the individuals. The allele frequencies for Euro‐ and Afro‐Brazilians were as follows: −429C, 12.5% vs. 12.1% (P = 0.90); −374A, 31.5% vs. 26.2% (P = 0.25); 63del, 0.0% vs. 3.8% (P = 0.004); and 82S, 1.9% vs. 0.6% (P = 0.24). Absolute linkage disequilibrium was found between the promoter polymorphisms −429T>C and −374T>A plus the 63‐bp deletion (D′=1.000; P < 0.0001). The haplotype frequencies differed (P = 0.003) between Euro‐ and Afro‐Brazilians. Our results showed that the frequencies of the 63‐bp deletion were higher in Afro‐Brazilians, while the other analysed polymorphisms were similarly distributed in the studied populations. The −374T>A plus 63‐bp deletion polymorphism captures more than 80% of the haplotypic variation in the studied population.
The importance of side difference in nasal obstruction and rhinomanometry: a retrospective correlation of symptoms and rhinomanometry in 1000 patients
Authors: Thulesius H.L. , Cervin A. , Jessen M. 
Published: December 2011

Clin. Otolaryngol. 2012, 37, 17–22Objectives:  The correlation between subjective and objective outcomes of nasal obstruction is still a matter of controversy. The aim of this study was to determine the minimal level of side difference in nasal airway resistance (NAR measured by Broms’v2) between the two nasal cavities, which could be discerned subjectively by the patient on a visual analogue scale (VAS). Nasal airway resistance was calculated from rhinomanometric measurements of nasal airflow and transnasal pressure after decongestion of the nasal mucosa.Design:  A retrospective study.Setting:  ENT department, Vaxjo Central Hospital, Sweden.Participants:  We studied 1000 active anterior rhinomanometries from patients with nasal obstructions.Main outcome measures:  We compared the side difference of nasal airway resistance with the side difference of VAS estimated immediately prior to the rhinomanometry. Each measurement was performed after nasal decongestion.Results:  When the difference in nasal airway resistance between the two nasal cavities was larger than 20° (Broms’v2) or R2 > 0.36 Pa/cm3/s, we found a significant correlation between side differences of the objective measurement and the subjective assessment (VAS). With a nasal airway resistance side difference over 20°, an additional 20° difference corresponded to a 0.9 centimetre average VAS change. The more obstructed side of the nose could be determined by VAS in 823 (82.3%) of 1000 patients. Yet, 177 (17.7%) patients had a paradoxical sensation of nasal obstruction with the low resistance side of the nose experienced as the most congested side.Conclusion:  A significant correlation between the side differences of nasal airway resistance and VAS can serve as a supplement to rhinoscopy in decisions about nasal surgery. This study also showed that in 17.7% of patients, there was a negative correlation between subjective and objective evaluations of nasal airway resistance. But in this group, the nasal airway resistance side difference was mostly under 20°.
Thinking Sex and American Religions
Authors: Goodwin Megan 
Published: December 2011

AbstractCritical theories of sexuality provide key insights into American religious beliefs and practices. This article proposes six axioms by which scholars might approach thinking sex and American religions: that thinking sex is of broad academic significance; that critical sex theory differs in key ways from gender theory; that sexuality is historically constructed; that certain kinds of sex provide access to religious approbation and social privilege; that consideration of sex includes religious conservatives; and that America religious studies scholars must also confront the oversignification of sex. Each axiom is paired with examples of American religious scholarship that instantiate the proposed premise. Americans often assume that religion should dictate how to think (and do) sex – and that only certain kinds of sex are (or should be) permissible in “good old American” religions. Thus, scholars of American religions should be thinking sex.
Reutilization of Mango Byproducts: Study of the Effect of Extraction Solvent and Temperature on Their Antioxidant Properties
Authors: Dorta Eva , Lobo M. Gloria , Gonzalez Monica 
Published: December 2011

Abstract:  Mango biowastes, obtained after processing, contain large amounts of compounds with antioxidant activity that can be reused to reduce their environmental impact. The present study evaluates the effect of solvent (methanol, ethanol, acetone, water, methanol:water [1:1], ethanol:water [1:1], and acetone:water [1:1]), and temperature (25, 50, and 75 °C) on the efficiency of the extraction of antioxidants from mango peel and seed. Among the factors optimized, extraction solvent was the most important. The solvents that best obtained extracts with high antioxidant capacity were methanol, methanol:water, ethanol:water, and acetone:water (β‐carotene test, antioxidant activity coefficient 173 to 926; thiobarbituric acid reactive substances test, inhibition ratio 15% to 89%; 2,2′‐azino‐bis‐(3‐ethylbenzothiazoline)‐6‐sulfonic acid ; and 2,2‐diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl scavenging, 7 to 22 and 8 to 28 g trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity [TE] per 100 g mango biowaste on a dry matter basis [DW]). Similarly, the flavonoid (0.21 to 1.4 g (+)‐catechin equivalents per 100 g DW), tannin (3.8 to 14 g tannic acid equivalents per 100 g DW), and proanthocyanidin (0.23 to 7.8 g leucoanthocyanidin equivalents per 100 g DW) content was highest in the peel extracts obtained with methanol, ethanol:water, or acetone:water and in the seed extracts obtained with methanol or acetone:water. From the perspective of food security, it is advisable to choose ethanol (which also has a notable antioxidant content), ethanol:water, or acetone:water, as they are all solvents that can be used in compliance with good manufacturing practice. In general, increasing temperature improves the capacity of the extracts obtained from mango peel and seed to inhibit lipid peroxidation; however, its effect on the extraction of phytochemical compounds or on the capacity of the extracts to scavenge free radicals was negligible in comparison to that of the solvent.Practical Application:  There are many antioxidant compounds in mango peel and seed, and they could be used as a natural and very inexpensive alternative to synthetic food additives. However, the conditions in which the antioxidants are extracted must be optimized. This work proves that conditions such as extraction solvent or temperature have a crucial impact on obtaining extracts rich in antioxidants from mango biowastes.
Effect of Packaging and Storage Time on Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on Kippered Beef Steak and Turkey Tenders
Authors: Uppal Kamaldeep K. , Getty Kelly J.K. , Boyle Elizabeth A.E. , Harper Nigel M. , Lobaton‐Sulabo April Shayne S. , Barry Bruce 
Published: December 2011

Abstract:  The objective of our study was to determine effect of packaging method and storage time on reducing Listeria monocytogenes in shelf‐stable meat snacks. Commercially available kippered beef steak strips and turkey tenders were dipped into a 5‐strain L. monocytogenes cocktail, and dried at 23 °C until a water activity of 0.80 was achieved. Inoculated samples were packaged with 4 treatments: (1) vacuum, (2) nitrogen flushed with oxygen scavenger, (3) heat sealed with oxygen scavenger, and (4) heat sealed without oxygen scavenger. Samples were stored at 23 °C and evaluated for L. monocytogenes levels at 0, 24, 48, and 72 h. Initial levels (time 0) of L. monocytogenes were approximately 5.7 log CFU/cm2 for steak and tenders. After 24 h of storage time, a 1 log CFU/cm2 reduction of L. monocytogenes was observed for turkey tenders for all packaging treatments. After 48 h, turkey tenders showed >1 log CFU/cm2 reduction of L. monocytogenes for all packaging treatments except for vacuum, where only 0.9 log CFU/cm2 reduction was observed. After 72 h, reductions for all packaging treatments for turkey tenders ranged from 1.5 to 2.4 log CFU/cm2. For kippered beef steak, there was no interaction between the packaging treatments and all storage times (P > 0.05) whereas, time was different (P <0.05). For kippered beef steak, there was 1 log reduction of L. monocytogenes at 24 and 48 h of storage times at 23 °C for all packaging treatments and a 2.1 log CFU/ cm2 L. monocytogenes reduction at 72 h of storage time.Practical Applications:  Processors of kippered beef steak and turkey tenders could use a combination of vacuum or nitrogen‐flushing or heat sealed with an oxygen scavenger packaging methods and a holding time of 24 h prior to shipping to reduce potential L. monocytogenes numbers by ≥1 log. However, processors should be encouraged to hold packaged product a minimum of 72 h to enhance the margin of safety for L. monocytogenes control.
Quality Parameters and Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties of Some Mexican Honeys
Authors: Rodríguez Beatriz A. , Mendoza Sandra , Iturriga Montserrat H. , Castaño‐Tostado Eduardo 
Published: December 2011

Abstract:  A total of 14 Mexican honeys were screened for quality parameters including color, moisture, proline, and acidity. Antioxidant properties of complete honey and its methanolic extracts were evaluated by the DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP assays. In addition, the antimicrobial activity of complete honeys against Bacillus cereus ATCC 10876, Listeria monocytogenes Scott A, Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 14028, and Sthapylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 was determined. Most of honeys analyzed showed values within quality parameters established by the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 2001. Eucalyptus flower honey and orange blossom honey showed the highest phenolic contents and antioxidant capacity. Bell flower, orange blossom, and eucalyptus flower honeys inhibited the growth of the 4 evaluated microorganisms. The remaining honeys affected at least 1 of the estimated growth parameters (increased lag phase, decreased growth rate, and/or maximum population density). Microorganism sensitivity to the antimicrobial activity of honeys followed the order B. cereus > L. monocytogenes > Salmonella Typhimurium > S. aureus. The monofloral honey samples from orange blossoms, and eucalyptus flowers demonstrated to be good sources of antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds. All the Mexican honey samples examined proved to be good sources of antioxidants and antimicrobial agents that might serve to maintain health and protect against several diseases.Practical Application:  The results of the study showed that Mexican honeys display good quality parameters and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. Mexican honey can be used as an additive in the food industry to increase the nutraceutical value of products.
The True Self and Psychological Health: Emerging Evidence and Future Directions
Authors: Schlegel Rebecca J. , Hicks Joshua A. 
Published: December 2011

AbstractA variety of philosophical and psychological perspectives converge to suggest that a happy and meaningful life is the product of living in accord with one’s true self. This idea similarly appears throughout literature, film, and folk wisdom. The current paper examines both theoretical and lay conceptions of the true self and reviews the empirical evidence that supports its role in psychological health, with a particular emphasis on current research that demonstrates that both the accessibility and ease of thinking about one’s true self‐concept is associated with the experiences of meaning and satisfaction. The merits of different approaches to defining the true self, measurement issues, and directions for future research are discussed.
Breast‐Feeding Advocacy, Risk Society and Health Moralism: A Decade’s Scholarship
Authors: Lee Ellie 
Published: December 2011

AbstractThis article reviews research published this century that engages critically with the mantra ‘Breast is Best’ and the associated expansion of official breast‐feeding promotion programmes. In recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of such studies published. They mostly explore experience in English speaking, industrialised countries (the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain) which are in some social and cultural respects dissimilar, yet where very similar developments and problems are detected in regards to breast‐feeding promotion. We highlight how this exploration of breast‐feeding promotion internationally has developed understanding of wider sociological themes. This scholarship, we suggest, has provided a powerful illustration of the relation between risk society (more particularly a heightened consciousness of risk) and the evolution of a code of conduct that regulates behaviour, that has been termed ‘health moralizm’. The article covers three themes: ‘Science, risk society, authority and choice’; ‘Public health policy and infant feeding’; and ‘Moralization and women’s identity work’. We conclude that the research discussed shows how the sociological imagination continues to shed light on the relation between private troubles and public issues. We also suggest one conclusion that can be drawn from this research is that official discourse and everyday maternal experience appear increasingly distant from each other.
Error Autocorrelation and Linear Regression for Temperature‐Based Evapotranspiration Estimates Improvement1
Authors: Medeiros Patrick Valverde , Marcuzzo Francisco Fernando Noronha , Youlton Cristián , Wendland Edson 
Published: December 2011

Medeiros, Patrick Valverde, Francisco Fernando Noronha Marcuzzo, Cristián Youlton, and Edson Wendland, 2012. Error Autocorrelation and Linear Regression for Temperature‐Based Evapotranspiration Estimates Improvement. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 48(2): 297‐305. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752‐1688.2011.00614.xAbstract:  Estimates of evapotranspiration on a local scale is important information for agricultural and hydrological practices. However, equations to estimate potential evapotranspiration based only on temperature data, which are simple to use, are usually less trustworthy than the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)‐Penman‐Monteith standard method. The present work describes two correction procedures for potential evapotranspiration estimates by temperature, making the results more reliable. Initially, the standard FAO‐Penman‐Monteith method was evaluated with a complete climatologic data set for the period between 2002 and 2006. Then temperature‐based estimates by Camargo and Jensen‐Haise methods have been adjusted by error autocorrelation evaluated in biweekly and monthly periods. In a second adjustment, simple linear regression was applied. The adjusted equations have been validated with climatic data available for the Year 2001. Both proposed methodologies showed good agreement with the standard method indicating that the methodology can be used for local potential evapotranspiration estimates.
Stakeholder Analysis of a Collaborative Watershed Management Process: A Florida Case Study1
Authors: Borisova Tatiana , Racevskis Laila , Kipp Jennison 
Published: December 2011

Borisova, Tatiana, Laila Racevskis, and Jennison Kipp, 2012. Stakeholder Analysis of a Collaborative Watershed Management Process: A Florida Case Study.Journal of the American Water Resources Association(JAWRA) 48(2): 277‐296. DOI:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00615.xAbstract: This study focuses on a Florida watershed where development of a total maximum daily load (TMDL) and its implementation plan resulted in conflicts among stakeholders. The overall goal is to build a better understanding of stakeholder perceptions of water quality problems, water policy processes and decisions, and water management plan development in a region where these issues have become contentious. Findings are based on a stakeholder analysis using qualitative data collected through focus groups with agricultural producers, local governments, and environmental groups, and supplemented with additional qualitative data on the watershed management process. Stakeholder conflicts in this case study are associated with perceived flaws in the structural and procedural characteristics of the stakeholder involvement process: (1) suboptimal watershed stakeholder representation on the TMDL executive committee, (2) an inappropriate voting procedure for making TMDL decisions, (3) limitations in information sharing between regulatory agencies and watershed stakeholders, and (4) stakeholders’ doubts about whether tradeoffs associated with achieving the water quality targets were assessed adequately throughout the TMDL planning and implementation process. This study contributes to the literature on collaborative watershed management by analyzing stakeholder involvement given Florida’s unique institutional settings, where implementation of TMDL pollution abatement is mandatory.
Adaptive potential of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) populations against the novel emerging pathogenHymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus
Authors: Kjær Erik Dahl , McKinney Lea Vig , Nielsen Lene Rostgaard , Hansen Lars Nørgaard , Hansen Jon Kehlet 
Published: December 2011

AbstractAn emerging infectious pathogenHymenoscyphus pseudoalbidushas spread across much of Europe within recent years causing devastating damage on European common ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) and associated plant communities. The present study demonstrates the presence of additive genetic variation in susceptibility of naturalF. excelsiorpopulations to the new invasive disease. We observe high levels of additive variation in the degree of susceptibility with relatively low influence of environmental factors (narrow‐sense heritability = 0.37–0.52). Most native trees are found to be highly susceptible, and we estimate that only around 1% has the potential of producing offspring with expected crown damage of <10% under the present disease pressure. The results suggest that the presence of additive genetic diversity in naturalF. excelsiorpopulations can confer the species with important ability to recover, but that low resistance within natural European populations is to be expected because of a low frequency of the hypo‐sensitive trees. Large effective population sizes will be required to avoid genetic bottlenecks. The role of artificial selection and breeding for protection of the species is discussed based on the findings.