bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Impact of Positive Positron Emission Tomography on Prediction of Freedom From Progression After Stanford V Chemotherapy in Hodgkin's Disease
Authors: Advani Ranjana , Maeda Lauren , Lavori Philip , Quon Andrew , Hoppe Richard , Breslin Sheila , Rosenberg Saul A. , Horning Sandra J. 
Published: July 2007

Purpose To correlate [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ([18F]FDG-PET) status after chemotherapy, but before radiation, with outcome in patients treated with the Stanford V regimen. Patients and Methods We analyzed retrospectively 81 patients with Hodgkin's disease who had serial [18F]FDG-PET scans performed at baseline and again at the completion of Stanford V chemotherapy, before planned radiotherapy. Patients with favorable stage I/II (nonbulky mediastinal disease) and those with bulky mediastinal disease or stage III/IV were scanned after 8 and 12 weeks of chemotherapy, respectively. Radiotherapy fields were determined before starting chemotherapy based on baseline computed tomography scans. Results After chemotherapy, six of 81 patients had residual [18F]FDG-PET–positive sites, all in sites for which radiotherapy was planned. Four of the six patients with positive [18F]FDG-PET scans after chemotherapy experienced relapse compared with just three of 75 patients with negative [18F]FDG-PET scans. At a median follow-up of 4 years, the freedom from progression (FFP) was 96% in postchemotherapy [18F]FDG-PET–negative patients versus 33% in [18F]FDG-PET–positive patients (P < .0003). In a bivariate Cox model, [18F]FDG-PET positivity after chemotherapy remained a highly significant predictor of progression-free survival even after controlling for bulky disease and International Prognostic Score more than 2. Conclusion These data indicate that PET status after chemotherapy is strongly predictive of FFP with the Stanford V regimen despite the use of consolidative radiotherapy. These results have implications for the design of clinical trials adapted to functional imaging.
Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Adjuvant Breast Cancer Therapy in Older Women: Understanding Risk
Authors: Patt Debra A. , Duan Zhigang , Fang Shenying , Hortobagyi Gabriel N. , Giordano Sharon H. 
Published: July 2007

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in older women. Patients and Methods Data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare linked database were used for women diagnosed with nonmetastatic breast cancer from 1992 to 2002. The primary end point was a claim with an inpatient or outpatient diagnosis of AML (International Classification of Diseases ninth revision, codes 205 to 208), comparing patients treated with and without adjuvant chemotherapy, and by differing chemotherapy regimens. The cumulative hazard of AML was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine factors independently associated with the development of AML. Results In this observational study, there were 64,715 patients: 10,130 received adjuvant chemotherapy and 54,585 did not. The median patient age was 75.6 years (range, 66 to 104 years). The mean follow-up was 54.8 months (range, 13 to 144 months). The absolute risk of developing AML at 10 years after any adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer was 1.8% versus 1.2% for women who had not received chemotherapy. The adjusted hazard ratio for AML with adjuvant chemotherapy versus none was 1.53 (95% CI, 1.14 to 2.06). Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) within the first year of diagnosis did not convey a significantly increased risk of AML (hazard ratio, 1.14; 95% CI, 0.67 to 1.92). Conclusion There is a small but real increase in AML after adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in older women. This study may underestimate the true incidence because myelodysplastic syndrome cannot be identified through claims. G-CSF use within the first year of diagnosis does not convey an increased risk of AML in older women.
Recovery of the Dye Intermediate DNDS from Aqueous Solution by Adsorption onto Resins
Authors: Yang Wei-Ben , Fan Jun , Li Aimin , Zhang Quanxing 
Published: July 2007

Four kinds of resins were investigated for the recovery of 4,4‘-dinitrostilbene-2,2’-disulphonic acid (DNDS), which is present as a pollutant in wastewater, and their adsorption behaviour and mechanisms assessed. One of the resins, YWB-38, exhibited much better adsorption properties towards DNDS than the other two commercial acrylic ester resins XAD-7 and HP2MG. The Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models were fitted to the experimental equilibrium data when the Langmuir model was found to provide a better fit for all resins over the temperature range studied. The investigation indicates that hydrophobic interaction provides the main mechanism in the adsorption of DNDS onto XAD-4 resin and that such interaction decreases significantly when additional methanol (10%) is added to the DNDS solutions. While the main interaction between the acrylic ester resin and adsorbate is hydrogen bonding, this can be enhanced to some extent by increasing acid concentration. Adsorption dynamics, column adsorption and desorption processes were also investigated to explore the differences in adsorption behaviour and mechanism on the polystyrene resin XAD-4 and acrylic ester resins.
A Proposed Technique for Large Deflection Analysis of Cantilever Beams Composed of Two Nonlinear Elastic Materials Subjected to an Inclined Tip Concentrated Force
Authors: Al-Sadder Samir , Shatarat Nasim 
Published: July 2007

A new technique was proposed for the large deflection problem of a prismatic composite cantilever beam made of two different nonlinear elastic materials and subjected to an inclined tip concentrated force. Two types of composite cantilever beams were considered in this study: A solid rectangular and a hollow circular cross-section beam. The proposed technique assumes that the behavior of a composite cantilever beam is equivalent to the behavior of two homogeneous cantilever beams. A semi-analytical solution describing the complete behavior of each homogeneous beam was derived and the complete deflection curve of the composite cantilever beam was obtained by considering the weighted average deflection curves of the two homogeneous cantilevers with respect to the tip forces. Several numerical examples were presented at the end of the study. Results obtained using the proposed technique were compared with results obtained using the software ADINA and found to be in good agreement.
Das „Buch der Gesetze der Länder“ des Bardesanes von Edessa
Authors: Krannich Torsten , Stein Peter 
Published: July 2007

Abstract
The Book of the Laws of the Countries is one of the most important sources for our knowledge of Syriac Christianity in the late second century. In 1979 Albrecht Dihle has depicted Bardesanes as an ingenious christian philosopher. The sources of his theory of free will are the middle-platonic and peripatetic philosophy, mainly Alexander of Aphrodisias and his dialog De fato.
This new german translation of the Book of the Laws of the Countries gives an introduction into the Bardesanes research.
Dritter Bericht zur griechischen Patristik: Über Editionen und Textkritik, Handschriften, Instrumente und Verwandtes (1998-2001) (1. Teil)
Authors: Uthemann Karl-Heinz 
Published: July 2007

Abstract
Dieser Bericht will primär kritische Editionen und Untersuchungen zur Überlieferungsgeschichte patristischer Texte in griechischer Sprache erfassen, fügt dem aber Informationen über Editionen paganer Texte der Antike und Spätantike (3.), des Oriens Christianus (4.), gnostischer und manichäischer Quellen (Anhang IV) sowie über andere Themen wie z.B. Hilfsmittel der Forschung (6.; teils in Anhang IV; V) oder Handschriften-Kataloge (Anhang VIII) hinzu, sofern ein Bezug zur griechischen Patristik gegeben ist, die hier zeitlich so wie in der CPG definiert wird. Doch soll damit nicht ausgeschlossen werden, daß gelegentlich ein Werk des neunten Jahrhunderts genannt wird. Übersichtlicher gegliedert, erfaßt dieser Research Report inhaltlich dasselbe wie die vorherigen Berichte.
Der Hirte des Hermas: Plausibilisierungs- und Legitimierungsstrategien im Übergang von Antike und Christentum
Authors: Rüpke Jörg 
Published: July 2007

Abstract
Concentrating on the opening “book of visions” of the Pastor Hermae the article analyzes the interplay of the genre of apocalyptic and a strategy of visionary legitimization. A close reading shows a carefully structured text that tries to combine the generic expectations of the apocalypsis of John with a visionary biography that is part of the hearers' (rather than readers') neighbourhood. This approach is able to interpret several hitherto awkward elements as part of a world view shared by recent as well as longstanding Christians. Thus, the Pastor Hermae is a document no less of Roman than of Christian religion.
The Date of the Martyrdom of Lucian of Antioch
Authors: Barnes Timothy D 
Published: July 2007

Abstract
The influential priest and teacher Lucian of Antioch suffered martyrdom during the great ‘Persecution’ set in train by the emperor Diocletian in late February 303, which was finally ended in Asia Minor, the Syrian region and Egypt in the late spring and summer of 313. Lucian was executed in Nicomedia on 7 January: both the place and the day are attested by unimpeachable evidence, including the ancient editor's note on a homily in praise of Lucian delivered by John Chrysostom (PG 50, 519-526 [CPG 4346]), the early martyrology preserved in a Syriac manuscript written in Edessa in 411 (PO 10/1, 12,1 Nau), and the Martyrologium Hieronymianum (ActaSS Nov. II/2, Brussels 1931, 29). The year of Lucian's martyrdom, however, is not explicitly attested and must be inferred from the fact that he was tried and condemned to death by a Roman emperor who was in Nicomedia at the time. Since Lucian can hardly have suffered martyrdom as early as January 305, when Diocletian was certainly in Nicomedia, the only possible years between 303 and 313 when Lucian can have been tried by an emperor in that city immediately before execution on a 7 January are 311 and 312. The majority of modern scholars have plumped for the later of these two years, dating the death of Lucian to 7 January 312. But the earlier date of 7 January 311 argued by Baronius has occasionally been adopted, as by Friedrich Loofs and Karl Baus, while Michael Slusser has recently set out a detailed argument in its favour. Lest Slusser's case be accepted by default, the case for 7 January 312 will here be set out. It is totally compelling.
Patristische Arbeitshilfen im Internet (V). Fremdsprachige Zeichensätze
Authors: Wallraff Martin 
Published: July 2007

Abstract
Es ist üblich geworden, darüber zu klagen, daß im Computerzeitalter auch solche Arbeiten den Autoren aufgebürdet werden, die klassischerweise den Typographen zukamen, also eigens dafür ausgebildeten und darin erfahrenen Spezialisten – und dies, ohne daß die Autoren dafür bezahlt oder die Bücher billiger würden. Die Klage ist berechtigt, und zusätzlich ist zu bedenken, daß die Zeche nicht nur der Autor zahlt, sondern auch der Leser, denn obwohl Autoren, Herausgeber oder die jeweils zuständigen Hilfskräfte mitunter ein hohes Maß an Zeit und Mühe investieren, um reproduktionsfähige Druckvorlagen zu liefern, sind die Resultate im Hinblick auf Lesbarkeit und Ästhetik oft nicht sehr befriedigend. Daß man mit dem Computer alles machen kann, heißt noch nicht, daß der (dafür nicht ausgebildete) Benutzer auch weiß, wie er es machen kann oder könnte oder sollte. Mit anderen Worten: pouvoir und savoir faire sind nicht das Gleiche.
Monitoring Field Soil Suction Using a Miniature Tensiometer
Authors: Cui Yu-Jun , Tang Anh-Minh , Mantho Altin Theodore , De Laure Emmanuel 
Published: July 2007

Abstract
An experimental device was developed to monitor the field soil suction using a miniature tensiometer. This device consists of a double tube system that ensures a good contact between the tensiometer and the soil surface at the bottom of the testing borehole. This system also ensures the periodical retrieving of the tensiometer without disturbing the surrounding soil. This device was used to monitor the soil suction at the site of Boissy-le-Châtel, France. The measurement was performed at two depths (25 and 45 cm) during two months (May and June 2004). The recorded suction data are analyzed by comparing with the volumetric water content data recorded using TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer) probes as well as the meteorological data. A good agreement between these results was observed, showing a satisfactory performance of the developed device.
Using Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer and Overlay Tester to Determine the Reflective Cracking Potential
Authors: Chen Dar-Hao 
Published: July 2007

Abstract
A forensic study was performed using a rolling dynamic deflectometer (RDD) and overlay tester (OT) to investigate the reflective cracks on SH87. Comparative tests were performed on the BU90 that has no cracks. The test results show that BU90 has lower density and lower asphalt content than SH87. This means the hot-mix asphalt (HMA) on BU90 has less resistance to reflective cracking than SH87. The OT confirmed that the cycles to failure are less for BU90 than for SH87. Thus, in terms of individual layer properties, the wearing surface and crack-retarding layer on SH87 has a greater crack resistance than that on BU90 and the asphalt mixes were not the principal reason for the cracking. The three main contributing factors for the reflective cracking on SH87 are: (1) thinner HMA, (2) higher joint movements, and (3) poor bonding between layers. Based on the reliability concept, at 90 % confidence level, the threshold W1–W3 deflection values were found to be 4.4 mils and it is much less than 6.5 mils developed from the IH20 project that has 100 mm of HMA as opposed to 64 mm for the SH87 project. It reaffirms that thicker HMA takes longer to have reflective cracking and it also needs a higher threshold W1–W3 deflection value. Thus, the thicker HMA overlay on BU90 (183 mm) would delay the reflective cracks. The methodology presented demonstrates RDD and OT’s abilities to characterize the reflective cracking potential and the proposed threshold value provides a good foundation for further refinement when additional data are available.
Simplified Presentation of the Stress-Energy Method for General Commercial Use
Authors: Daum Matthew 
Published: July 2007

Abstract
To help the dynamic stress versus energy method for constructing cushion curves gain more commercial acceptance, this paper presents two improvements to previous work. First is the reporting of stress-energy equations (A and B values) for several more commercially available cushion materials. Second is a simplified method for manipulating and displaying the stress-energy equation using a common spreadsheet program. This simplified method makes cushion curves dynamic and accessible without the need for a programming language, and presents the results in industry-standard format. Combining these two components help make the stress-energy method more accessible for packaging engineers working in industry.
„Das allergefährlichste ist die Wut der Bauern.” Die Versorgung der Partisanen und ihr Verhältnis zur Zivilbevölkerung. Eine Fallstudie zum Gebiet Baranowicze 1941–1944
Authors: Brakel Alexander 
Published: July 2007

Vorspann
Ein Ereignis von der Größe und Bedeutung des sowjetischen Partisanenkrieges der Jahre 1941–1944 konnte nicht unbeachtet bleiben. Die Zahl der einschlägigen Darstellungen ist groß. Doch ist es ihr durchgehendes Problem, dass sie die Ereignisse entweder aus sowjetischer oder aus deutscher Sicht rekonstruieren. Als einer der ersten hat Alexander Brakel alle sowjetischen, deutschen und polnischen Quellen systematisch miteinander verzahnt. Das ermöglicht einen völlig neuen Blick auf diesen Krieg.
Wege in den Schuldenstaat. Die strukturellen Probleme der deutschen Finanzpolitik als Resultat historischer Entwicklungen
Authors: Hansmann Marc 
Published: July 2007

VorspannWenn nicht nur Kassandra den Staatsbankrott voraussagt, sondern auch leidenschaftslose Analytiker vor den ruinösen Gefahren einer zu hohen Verschuldung der öffentlichen Hand warnen, dann sind die Historiker aufgerufen, nach den Ursachen dieses Problems, genauer: nach den strukturellen Defiziten der deutschen Finanzpolitik im 20. Jahrhundert zu fragen. Marc Hansmann, ein ausgewiesener Experte, der jetzt als Kämmerer der Stadt Hannover arbeitet, tut dies und lenkt dabei den Blick weit zurück: auf Fehlsteuerungen im Kaiserreich, auf die traditionelle Kompliziertheit des Steuersystems und der Finanzverfassung sowie auf politischen Opportunismus, der sich vor allem aus dem Parteiproporz speiste. Finanzpolitische Zwangslagen, die eine alternative Politik a priori ausgeschlossen hätten, habe es dagegen nie gegeben. Es gibt sie auch heute nicht, wie Hansmann nachdrücklich betont.
Die Einheit der europäischen Zeitgeschichte
Authors: Boyer Christoph 
Published: July 2007

Vorspann
Aus der Vogelschau stellt sich die europäische Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts dem in Salzburg lehrenden Historiker Christoph Boyer als Ensemble dreier Hauptpfade sozialökonomischer Entwicklung dar, von dem am Ende einer übrig blieb: der demokratisch-keynesianisch-sozialstaatliche Industriekapitalismus, der allerdings unverzüglich in eine neuerliche existentielle Krise steuerte. Boyer rekonstruiert und vergleicht diese Pfade und ordnet sie schließlich in globale Zusammenhänge ein.
Bericht zur deutschen Wirtschaftslage 1943/44. Eine Bilanz des Reichsministeriums für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion über die Entwicklung der deutschen Kriegswirtschaft bis Sommer 1944
Authors: Scherner Jonas 
Published: July 2007

VorspannIm ersten Halbjahr 1944 erstellte das Planungsamt des Reichsministeriums für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion unter der Federführung von Hans Kehrl den „Bericht zur deutschen Wirtschaftslage 1943/44”. Dieses Dokument, ursprünglich nur als Grundlage für die zukünftige Planung gedacht, wurde auf Veranlassung Albert Speers nach einigen Änderungen im August 1944 an alle Minister, Reichs- und Gauleiter weitergeleitet. Der Bericht bietet einen knappen und dennoch umfassenden Überblick über die Entwicklung der deutschen Wirtschaft von Kriegsbeginn bis Mitte 1944 aus der Sicht der verantwortlichen Zeitgenossen. Der Bericht ist als eine Art kriegswirtschaftliches Programm des Speerministeriums zu verstehen und wirft angesichts mancher unbekannter Informationen neue Fragen auf.
Measuring Primary Care of Children in Pediatric Resident Continuity Practices: A Continuity Research Network Study
Authors: Krugman Scott D. , Racine Andrew , Dabrow Sharon , Sanguino Sandra , Meyer Walter , Seid Michael , Serwint Janet R. 
Published: July 2007

OBJECTIVES. Pediatric resident continuity practices provide care to more than one fifth of the socioeconomically disadvantaged population of the United States. With the structural challenges of resident training, there may be concerns about a lower quality of care received by patients. The objectives of this study were to measure parental perception of resident primary care, to determine the characteristics associated with better care, and to compare perception with a previously published community standard.
METHODS. A cross-sectional survey using the Parents’ Perception of Primary Care was conducted of patients enrolled at 19 national academically affiliated resident continuity practices from the Continuity Research Network. Outcome measures included mean total scale score for the Parents' Perception of Primary Care and mean scores for each primary care domain. Comparisons were made between the subset of resident patients who were older than 5 years and a previously published community survey of parents of school-age children.
RESULTS. A total of 2572 patients were enrolled with a final sample size of 2211 analyzable surveys. The sample was 37% black and 40% Hispanic; 81% of the children had Medicaid insurance; and 20% of the parents had less than a high school education. Parents rated the care that they received in resident continuity with high total scores and subscale scores, with an overall mean total scale score of 74.0. Higher scores were associated with number of visits to the provider and being able to name the resident as the primary care provider, whereas minority status was associated with lower access and communication scores. The resident sample over age 5 had higher mean scores for the total scale and every domain as compared with the community sample.
CONCLUSIONS. Parents of patients at resident continuity sites rated residents as providers of high-quality care to a socioeconomically disadvantaged population as compared with a previously published community sample. Efforts to improve resident continuity and identification may help improve care delivered in resident practices.
Shadow water: quantification and significance for water strained countries
Authors: Haddadin Munther J. 
Published: July 2007

Shadow water, a term introduced to the water literature in this paper, is shown to be a crucial component of the supply side of the population–water resources equation in water-strained countries and helps keep this equation in a state of equilibrium.
A virtual environment is imagined in order to compute the water demand for the country under consideration, enabling the subject country to produce all the commodities it needs. The water demand is thus calculated in a virtual plane and is transformed to the real plane in the calculation process. The demand for each of the three purposes considered (municipal, industrial and agricultural) is determined. The blue water equivalent of green water, responsible for the support of rain-fed agriculture and range land, is calculated and added to the other agricultural water resources of blue and grey water.
The demand generated by the uses as determined in the virtual model is compared with the available supply. The gap between the supply of and the demand for production water (agricultural and industrial) is bridged by shadow water through commodity imports.
High Electron Mobility and Ambipolar Charge Transport in Binary Blends of Donor and Acceptor Conjugated Polymers
Authors: Babel A. , Zhu Y. , Cheng K.‐F. , Chen W.‐C. , Jenekhe S. A. 
Published: August 2007

AbstractHigh electron mobility and ambipolar charge transport are observed in phase‐separated binary blends of n‐type poly(benzobisimidazobenzophenanthroline) (BBL) with p‐type polymer semiconductors, poly[(thiophene‐2,5‐diyl)‐alt‐(2,3‐diheptylquinoxaline‐5,8‐diyl)] (PTHQx) and poly(10‐hexylphenoxazine‐3,7‐diyl‐alt‐3‐hexyl‐2,5‐thiophene) (POT). Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) show phase‐separated domains of 50–300 nm in the binary blend thin films. The TEM images and electron diffraction of BBL/PTHQx blends show the growth of single‐crystalline phases of PTHQx within the BBL matrix. A relatively high electron mobility (1.0 × 10–3 cm2 V–1 s–1) that is constant over a wide blend‐composition range is observed in the PTHQx blend field‐effect transistors (FETs). Ambipolar charge transport is observed in both blend systems at a very high concentration of the p‐type semiconductor (≥90 wt % PTHQx or ≥80 wt % POT). Ambipolar charge transport is exemplified by an electron mobility of 1.4 × 10–5 cm2 V–1 s–1 and a hole mobility of 1.0 × 10–4 cm2 V–1 s–1 observed in the 98 wt % PTHQx blend FETs. These results show that ambipolar charge transport and the associated carrier mobilities in blends of conjugated polymer semiconductors have a complex dependence on the blend composition and the phase‐separated morphology.