bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Comparison of the effect of single-site and multiple-site disk fenestration on the rate of recurrence of thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation in dogs
Authors: Brisson Brigitte A. , Holmberg David L. , Parent Joane , Sears William C. , Wick Sara E. 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
Objective—To prospectively assess whether multiple-site disk fenestration decreases the incidence of recurrent thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation (IVDH), compared with single-site disk fenestration, in small-breed dogs treated for IVDH.
Design—Randomized controlled clinical trial.
Animals—207 client-owned dogs.
Procedures—Dogs undergoing decompressive surgery of the spinal cord because of thoracolumbar IVDH between 2001 and 2004 were randomly assigned to receive single-site disk fenestration at the level of surgical decompression (n = 103) or multiple-site disk fenestration of all disks from T11 through L4 (104). Follow-up consisted of complete reevaluation of patients, telephone surveys, and further surgery if signs indicative of recurrence occurred.
Results—189 dogs were available for long-term follow-up: 95 dogs in the single-site disk fenestration group and 94 in the multiple-site disk fenestration group. Twenty-four dogs developed 28 confirmed episodes of recurrent thoracolumbar IVDH. The rate for first-time recurrence was 12.7% (24/189). First-time recurrence rates for single-and multiple-site disk fenestration groups were 17.89% (17/95) and 7.45% (7/94), respectively. Dogs undergoing single-site disk fenestration were significantly more likely to have recurrent thoracolumbar IVDH than were dogs undergoing multiple-site disk fenestration. Disk mineralization at the time of first surgery was associated with recurrence, and 87.5% (21/24) of recurrences occurred at a disk space adjacent to or 1 disk away from the initial lesion. Regardless of disk fenestration group, 22 of 24 (91.7%) recurrences occurred at a nonfenestrated disk space.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Multiple-site disk fenestration decreased the rate of recurrent IVDH in small-breed dogs, compared with the use of single-site disk fenestration.
Clinical factors associated with death before discharge and overall survival time in dogs with generalized megaesophagus
Authors: McBrearty Alix R. , Ramsey Ian K. , Courcier Emily A. , Mellor Dominic J. , Bell Rory 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
Objective—To investigate the association of 6 clinical features with outcome of dogs with generalized megaesophagus.
Design—Retrospective cohort study.
Animals—71 client-owned dogs with radiographic evidence of generalized esophageal dilation.
Procedures—Medical records were reviewed for data on signalment, age at onset of clinical signs, body weight, evidence of undernutrition, and the administration of drugs to treat or prevent esophagitis. Radiographs were reviewed for evidence of aspiration pneumonia (AP) and to calculate the relative esophageal diameter. Details of outcome were collected from the medical records and by contacting owners and referring veterinarians. The association of 6 factors with death before discharge and overall survival time was assessed.
Results—Overall median survival time was 90 days. Nineteen (26.7%) patients died before discharge from the hospital. Radiographic evidence of AP was both positively associated with death before discharge and negatively associated with overall survival time. An age at onset of clinical signs of >13 months was negatively associated with overall survival time. No evidence of an association of the degree of esophageal dilation or the use of drugs to prevent or treat esophagitis with death before discharge or overall survival time was found.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Radiographic evidence of AP and the age at onset of clinical signs were the only variables found to be significantly associated with survival time in this study, and this should be considered when advising on prognosis in dogs with megaesophagus.
A dynamical systems approach to online event segmentation in cognitive robotics*
Authors: Nery Bruno , Ventura Rodrigo 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
This paper addresses the problem of segmenting perception in physical robots into meaningful events along time. In structured environments this problem can be approached using domain-specific techniques, but in the general case, as when facing unknown environments, this becomes a non-trivial problem. We propose a dynamical systems approach to this problem, consisting of simultaneously learning a model of the robot's interaction with the environment (robot and world seen as a single, coupled dynamical system), and deriving predictions about its short-term evolution. Event boundaries are detected once synchronization is lost, according to a simple statistical test. An experimental proof of concept of the proposed framework is presented, simulating a simple active perception task of a robot following a ball. The results reported here corroborate the approach, in the sense that the event boundaries are correctly detected.
Learning Grasp Affordance Densities
Authors: Detry R. , Kraft D. , Kroemer O. , Bodenhagen L. , Peters J. , Krüger N. , Piater J. 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
We address the issue of learning and representing object grasp affordance models. We model grasp affordances with continuous probability density functions (grasp densities) which link object-relative grasp poses to their success probability. The underlying function representation is nonparametric and relies on kernel density estimation to provide a continuous model. Grasp densities are learned and refined from exploration, by letting a robot “play” with an object in a sequence of grasp-and-drop actions: the robot uses visual cues to generate a set of grasp hypotheses, which it then executes and records their outcomes. When a satisfactory amount of grasp data is available, an importance-sampling algorithm turns it into a grasp density. We evaluate our method in a largely autonomous learning experiment, run on three objects with distinct shapes. The experiment shows how learning increases success rates. It also measures the success rate of grasps chosen to maximize the probability of success, given reaching constraints.
Pattern Generation by Network composed of Oscillators and Capacitive Couplers
Authors: Moriyama Takuro , Kurabayashi Daisuke 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
This article proposes a network system composed of oscillators and capacitive couplers as an abstract neural circuit model for use in elucidating functional combinations of neural elements. The capacitive couplers produce changes in the interactions between the oscillators and enable various functions that the oscillators alone cannot realize. The functions added by these capacitive couplers include NOR-based logic operations, a falling edge detector, an astable multivibrator, and sequential pattern generation. The results of this study suggest that the incorporation of capacitive functions in an oscillatory network system is a beneficial means of extending the functionality of the system.
Culture, events, speech genres and stories
Authors: Michalovič Peter 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
The aim of this paper is to interpret systematically M. M. Bakhtin’s views on genre. Although Aristotle was the first philosopher—and one of the first thinkers in general who focused on the issues of artistic and rhetorical genres, philosophy as such did not treat these issues for a considerably long time. One of the first philosophers who approached the genre issue within the larger context of the philosophy of language was Mikhail M. Bakhtin, a Russian philosopher and a literary scholar. As early as the 1920s he founded philosophical thinking on the so-called small speech genres, which later served as the basis for a remarkable theory of primary and secondary genres. Bakhtin is a world renowned theoretician on the novel, but his genre theory is nevertheless very topical, too, since it relates to issues focused on by philosophers much later.
Human being transcending itself: Creative process in art as a model of our relation to the ultimate reality
Authors: Mistrík Erich 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
The paper reviews some of the links between the notion of “ultimate reality” and everyday life, mainly art, beauty, the creative processes in art, and citizenship. If, according to M. Heidegger, art reveals the truth of being (i.e., also of ultimate reality), then we may find some historical descriptions of creative processes that are very close to descriptions of ultimate reality. Three examples of these kinds of descriptions are discussed (Abhinavagupta, St. Augustine, F. Engels). The final aim is to show how the interpretation of ultimate reality can contribute to a better understanding of the creative process in art. These considerations can also throw light on one particular aspect of civil life—the relations between everyday life and its final goals. If we are to gain an understanding of the relations between ultimate reality, art and civil life, then the disciplines of aesthetics, philosophy, history and anthropology, and cultural history should all contribute together.
Subjectivity as a play of territorialization: Exploring affective attachments to place through collective biography
Authors: Zabrodska Katerina , Ellwood Constance 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
In this paper the authors seek to contribute to a new ontology of an embodied, desiring subject through an exploration of their own subjectivities and of the ways in which subjectivities are produced and transformed through affective attachments to place. Using the method of collective biography (Davies, Gannon 2006) and drawing on Deleuze and Guattari’s concepts of desire and territorialization they examine their affective responses and attachments to place: Australia and the Czech Republic. As a point of departure for their analysis, the authors ask: What does it mean to be homesick for a place which is not one’s home? What does it mean to desire a place? What of the other place is inscribed in the body? In asking this, the authors show the extent to which place is a zone of immanence in which a continual play of de- and re-territorialization occurs.
Fall-Bedding for Reduced Digging Losses and Improved Yield in Strip-Till Peanut
Authors: Jackson J. L. , Beasley J. P. , Tubbs R. S. , Lee R. D. , Grey T. L. 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
Most peanut (Arahcis hypogaea L.) production occurs under highly intensive conventional tillage systems. With recent volatility in input prices, reducing tillage trips is a viable way of reducing production costs. However, growers can experience yield loss when switching from conventional tillage to strip-tillage in peanut on certain soil types due to the lack of an elevated bed at harvest time. Studies were conducted to compare standard strip-till with strip-till on two-row raised beds as well as rip and beds prepared in the fall. Comparisons were made on a coarse textured soil at Tifton, GA and a fine textured soil at Plains, GA. The three bed types, with and without wheat cover, were evaluated over two years at both locations. No effects of cover or interactions with bed type were present. At Plains, the rip and bed and raised bed reduced digging losses by 62 and 47%, respectively. Soil compaction within the harvest depth was reduced by 3.3 and 4.7 times by the raised bed and rip and bed, respectively compared to flat strip-till. The rip and bed increased peanut yield by 465 kg ha−1 over flat bed. At Tifton, no significant differences in yield or digging losses occurred between tillage methods. Soil compaction in the harvest depth was reduced by 1.9 and 2.5 times by raised bed and rip and bed, respectively on this coarse soil type. Reduced compaction and digging losses along with increased yield suggest bedding is more important on finer textured soils.
Implications of fungicide application timing and post-spray irrigation on disease control and peanut yield
Authors: Augusto J. , Brenneman T. B. 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
Applying fungicides at night when the leaves are folded and using irrigation water after application have both been shown to increase deposition of fungicides in the lower plant canopy, improve control of stem rot (caused by Sclerotium rolfsii), and increase peanut (Arachis hypogaea) yield. To evaluate the interactive effects of these two practices, four applications of a protectant fungicide, chlorothalonil (1.26 kg a.i./ha), or a systemic, prothioconazole + tebuconazole (0.23 kg a.i./ha), tebuconazole (0.21 kg a.i./ha), flutolanil + propiconazole (0.45 kg a.i./ha), pyraclostrobin (0.21 kg a.i./ha), or two applications of a systemic, fluoxastrobin (0.17 kg a.i./ha) or azoxystrobin (0.31 kg a.i./ha) were sprayed either at night (3 a.m. to 5 a.m., when peanut leaves were folded) or during daylight (10 a.m. to 12 p.m., when peanut leaves were unfolded). Fungicides were applied as sub-subplots and night and day fungicide application timings as subplots in a split-split plot design with post-spray irrigation and nonpost-spray irrigation as whole plots to evaluate disease control and peanut yield in 2008 and 2009. In 2008, leaf spot intensity (early leaf spot caused by Cercospora arachidicola) was low and disease control was similar regardless of application timing or fungicide across post-spray irrigation treatments. In 2009, leaf spot was severe and disease control for night and day applications of a systemic fungicide was similar across post-spray irrigation, but pyraclostrobin and prothioconazole + tebuconazole had the lowest ratings. Interaction of fungicide, application timing and post-spray irrigation was significant for stem rot and yield. Night application of prothioconazole + tebuconazole, flutolanil + propiconazole or pyraclostrobin showed the most increase in stem rot control and yield compared with day application among the evaluated fungicides, but the positive effects on stem rot control and yield were minimal with post-spray irrigation. The effects of application timing and post-spray irrigation on fungicide efficacy were not the same for all fungicides.
Fertilization of Peanut with Selenium
Authors: Sorensen R. B. , Nuti R. C. 
Published: June 2011

Abstract
Selenium (Se) is identified as an antioxidant and anti-carcinogenic and increasing Se the peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) plant could benefit human and animal health. In 2006, Se was applied to soil at two locations and four concentrations to determine Se concentration in the peanut plant. Selenium (Sodium Selenite) was applied at rates of 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 and 10 mg Se/kg soil. Prior to harvest, plant samples were collected, washed, partitioned, dried, and ground to pass through a 2 mm sieve and analyzed for Se. Composite soil samples were taken prior to peanut digging, air dried, and analyzed for Se. In general, the higher the concentration of Se applied to the soil the higher the concentration of Se in peanut leaf, stem, root, peg, kernel, and hull. There was no difference in Se concentration between sites for leaf, stem, root, or pegs. There was a difference of Se with hulls and kernels between sites possibly attributed to soil series. Pooled data over both sites showed the untreated areas had an average 0.495 mg Se/kg kernel. The 0.5Se and 1Se treatment had an average Se concentration of 3.97 mg Se/kg kernel which could decrease the quantity of peanuts a person would need to consume from 760 to 14 g/day to get the needed requirement of Se. The treatments 5Se and 10Se averaged 16.1 mg Se/kg kernel. Adding Se to the soil can increase Se in the peanut kernel and plant which could be beneficial to human and/or animal health. However, application of high grade Se to peanut land at 0.5 mg Se/kg would cost about $526/ha which may not be economical for the grower.
Weed Management in Evenly-Spaced 38- vs. 76-cm Row Peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
Authors: Stephenson D. O. , Brecke B. J. 
Published: June 2011

AbstractResearch was conducted in Florida in 2005 through 2008 to evaluate weed management systems in narrow (38-cm)- and wide (76-cm)-row peanut. Benghal dayflower control increased when peanut row spacing was narrowed. Paraquat plus bentazon early-postemergence (EPOST) followed by (fb) imazapic or imazethapyr mid-postemergence (MPOST) or chlorimuron late-postmergence (LPOST) controlled Benghal dayflower at least 90%. Imazapic EPOST with or without 2,4-DB MPOST controlled Benghal dayflower 98 to 100%. Diclosulam or flumioxazin preemergence (PRE) fb paraquat plus bentazon EPOST fb 2,4-DB MPOST or either PRE herbicide fb 2,4-DB MPOST did not increase Benghal dayflower control compared with imazapic-containing treatments. Browntop millet control was 98 to 100% for treatments with imazapic or imazethapyr EPOST and control was greater in narrow-row compared to wide-row peanut. All herbicide treatments controlled pitted morningglory at least 90% and peanut row spacing did not influence control. Only treatments with imazapic EPOST as a component controlled sicklepod at least 90%. No difference between peanut row spacing was observed for sicklepod control. Peanut planted in narrow-rows yielded greater than wide-row peanut. Few differences in peanut yield were observed among herbicide treatments, but all herbicide treatments resulted in yields greater than the nontreated control. Data indicates that seeding peanut in narrow-rows will improve Benghal dayflower and browntop millet control and will increase peanut yield compared to wide-row peanut.
A proposito di alcune stele del tipo della Ghorfa al British Museum
Authors: Bisi Anna Maria 
Published: June 2011

RÉSUMÉ
L'auteur étudie vingt-deux stèles néo-puniques de la Ghorfa conservées au British Museum. Les stèles de la Ghorfa, découvertes entre 1860 et 1873 dans la zone du Haut Tell tunisien occupée par les Français, n'ont jamais fait l'objet d'une publication d'ensemble. Seuls les douze exemplaires conservés au Musée du Bardo avaient été publiés, mais ceux dispersés dans divers musées européens étaient restés inédits.
A.M. Bisi définit les caractéristiques du relief lapidaire d'époque romaine des centres de Dougga, La Ghorfa, Mactar, Ain Barchouch et Oudna : persistance marquante d'éléments religieux de tradition punique dans un contexte faisant une large place au substrat religieux indigène.
L'auteur procède à un examen approfondi des stèles du British Museum et en élargit l'étude par des comparaisons avec d'autres stèles néo-puniques conservées notamment aux Musées du Bardo et de Vienne. Le matériel de la collection londonienne se répartit en cinq groupes, représentatifs d'ateliers différents bien que la production soit homogène par son répertoire et son contenu idéologique. Cette production a des caractères originaux qui la distinguent des œuvres des écoles lapidaires contemporaines, bien qu'elle n'échappe pas totalement aux influences classiques que subit le relief nord-africain à partir de la seconde moitié du lor siècle ap. J.-C.
En comparant les stèles de la Ghorfa à d'autres groupes de stèles funéraires et votives, A.M. Bisi met en évidence l'intégration parfaite de cet ensemble au courant culturel existant entre le dernier quart du I(r siècle ap. J.-C. et la fin du IIe siècle, en Afrique romaine, et qui procède à la fois du répertoire indigène et de l'héritage punique. Mais si les différences et les particularismes sont évidents presque partout, les stèles de la Ghorfa se détachent de la masse du relief lapidaire nord-africain par une expression figurative plus précise et cohérente, visiblement inspirée par un sentiment religieux, qui, malgré ses origines composites, reste essentiellement punique (comme le montre l'emploi constant du signe de Tanit anthropomorphe).
C'est justement, conclut l'auteur, à cette homogénéité et à cette cohérence artistique plus qu'à une décoration surchargée que les stèles de la Ghorfa doivent leur caractère original.
Entreprise en essor ou en déclin : pourquoi ?
Authors: Artus Patrick , Legendre François , Morin Pierre 
Published: June 2011

Entreprises en essor ou en déclin : pourquoi ?
par Patrick Artus, François Legendre et Pierre Morin.

Sur données de panel, la dispersion des caractéristiques des entreprises est chaque année importante. La diversité de leurs évolutions dans le temps l'est également. Le but de cet article est d'abord de décrire la variété des trajectoires des entreprises, puis de rechercher des causes susceptibles de contribuer au développement — ou au déclin —des firmes. Une attention particulière est portée au comportement d'investissement avec le souci de repérer, si possible, un type de comportement vertueux susceptible d'aider au redressement des entreprises qui en accepteraient le risque.
Amortissement fiscal, amortissement économique, taxation des profits
Authors: Maillard Didier 
Published: June 2011

Amortización fiscal, amortización económica, tasación de los beneficios,
por Didier Maillard.

El artículo proporciona en primer lugar un modo de evaluación de los efectos económicos de los diversos regimenes de amortización fiscal. Se analizan las distorsiones mtroducidas por la inflación así como la manera en que disminución de la duración de vida fiscal, el régimen de amortización decreciente y la posibilidad de deducción de los intereses nominales compensan mâs o menos bien estas distorsiones. En segundo lugar, se pretende delimitar la noción de amortización económica y se élabora, a partir de hipótesis simples sobre los servicios prestados por las inversiones, esquemas de amortización económica. Por último, se pone en evidencia el hecho que la amortización fiscal, que coincide excepcionalmente con la amortización económica, desempeña un papel de importancia en la tasación efectiva de los beneficios. Este papel no puede ser considerado independientemente del modo de financiación de las inversiones, ya sea por fondos propios o por endeudamiento. Al término del análisis, el carácter ambiguo del impuesto a las ganancias, a la vez impuesto al rendimiento del capital e impuesto al beneficio micrceconómico, aparece claramente.
Une analyse économique de la fiscalité pétrolière
Authors: Bœuf Patrick , Formery Zoé 
Published: June 2011

Un analisis economico de la fiscalidad petrolera,
por Patrick Bœuf, Zoé Formery.

Este artículo tiene présenta dos usos posibles de la fiscalidad petrolera : por una parte, como instrumente para regular la demanda de productos importados ; por otra parte como medio para corregir externalidades relacionadas más o menos directamente al uso de dichos productos y que por esta razón están mal evaluadas. Se atribuye una atención particular, en este último punto, a los carburantes para camiones. El análisis permite en particular apreciar en qué medida se justifican los nivelés actuales de fiscalidad.
Effets redistributifs et gain d'efficacité d'une réforme de l'allocation de logement en France
Authors: Nichèle Véronique 
Published: June 2011

Umverteilungspolitische Auswirkungen und Erhöhung der Wirksamkeit
einer Reform der Wohnungsbeihilfe in Frankreich :
eine mikroökonomische Untersuchung,
von Véronique Nichèle.

Die Auswirkungen der Reform auf den Wohlstand der zur Miete wohnenden privaten Haushalte werden auf der Grunglage der INSEE-Erhebung « Budgets des ménages 1979 » analysiert, wobei nach der von M.A.King (1983) vorgeschlagenen Méthodologie vorgogangen wird. Ihre Anwendung beruht auf der Schätzung eines Ausgabensystems, das aus der auf den indirekten Nutzen bezogenen Translog-Funktion hervorgeht, und erfordert die Berechnung von personenbezogenen Mietpreisen. Um die Folgen der vorgoschlagenen Reform auszuwerten, werden Messzahlen für die Vanationen des sozialen und individuellen Wohlstands sowie Indizes zur Kennzeichnung der vertikalen und honzontalen Ungleichheit benutzt. Die Untersuchung hebt hervor, dass die Reform insbesondere die minderbemittelten oder kinderlosen Haushalte bevorteilt.