bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nutritional and sensorial analysis of a lentil flour-based sweet pancake premix
Authors: Santos Carla S. , Vasconcelos Marta W.
Published: January 2023

Background: Legume flours have been a target for ingredient innovation in the last decade. Legume grains have high protein and fibre content and are gluten-free, making them suitable for different consumer types, including celiac. Additionally, legume grain cultivation reduces synthetic fertiliser application, providing environmental benefits and improving ecosystem functions.

Methods: In this study, a commercial pancake flour mix where part of cereal flour was replaced with lentil flour was developed. The nutritional value was analysed and a quantitative blind affective test was performed to understand the consumer acceptability of the lentil-based pancakes. A questionnaire was developed to survey consumers preferences towards pancake consumption and purchase factors.

Results: When compared to the commercial counterpart, the lentil-based pancakes had higher protein and lower carbohydrate and salt contents. Of the 90 non-trained panellists (72 women, 18 men; aged between 18 and 56), only 6% were consumers of pre-made pancake dry mixes. The panel attributed superior ratings in texture, flavour and global appreciation scales to the lentil-based pancakes and 63% of the participants responded they probably/certainly would buy the lentil flour pancakes if commercially available. Conclusion: It is possible to partially replace cereal flour with lentil flour in sweet pancake preparation, delivering a gluten-free product with an improved overall nutritional profile, and appealing to a broad range of consumer needs.
An overview of innovations in the external peer review of journal manuscripts.
Authors: Woods Helen Buckley , Brumberg Johanna , Kaltenbrunner Wolfgang , Pinfield Stephen , Waltman Ludo
Published: January 2023

Background: There are currently numerous innovations in peer review and quality assurance in scholarly publishing. The Research on Research Institute conducted a programme of co-produced projects investigating these innovations. This literature review was part of one such project ‘Experiments in peer review’ which created an inventory and framework of peer review innovations. The aim of this literature review was to aid the development of the inventory by identifying innovations in the external peer review of journal manuscripts reported in the scholarly literature and by providing a summary of the different approaches. This did not include interventions in editorial processes.

Methods: This review of reviews is based on data identified from Web of Science and Scopus limited from 2010 to 2021. A total of 291 records were screened, with six review articles chosen for the focus of the literature review. Items were selected that described approaches to innovating peer review or illustrated examples.  

Results: The overview of innovations are drawn from six review articles. The innovations are divided into three high-level categories: approaches to peer review, reviewer focussed initiatives and technology to support peer review with sub-categories of results presented in tabular form and summarised. A summary of all innovations found is also presented.

Conclusions: From a simple synthesis of the review authors’ conclusions, three key messages are presented: observations on current practice; authors’ views on the implications of innovations in peer review; and calls for action in peer review research and practice.
The genome sequence of thale cress, Arabidopsis thaliana (Heynh., 1842)
Authors: Christenhusz Maarten J.M. , Twyford Alex D. , Hudson Andrew ,   Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab,   Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Genome Acquisition Lab,   Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective,   Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme,   Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective,   Tree of Life Core Informatics collective,   Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
Published: January 2023

We present a genome assembly of an Arabidopsis thaliana specimen (thale cress; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Brassicales; Brassicaceae). The genome sequence spans 138 megabases. Most of the assembly (98.76%) is scaffolded into five chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial and plastid genomes were also assembled and are 368.8 and 154.5 kilobases in length respectively.
The genome sequence of the Grey Dagger, Acronicta psi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Authors: Broad Gavin R. ,   Natural History Museum Genome Acquisition Lab,   Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective,   Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme,   Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective,   Tree of Life Core Informatics collective,   Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
Published: January 2023

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Acronicta psi (the Grey Dagger; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae). The genome sequence is 405 megabases in span. The whole assembly is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the assembled Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.4 kilobases long.
Streptococcus pyogenes carriage acquisition, persistence and transmission dynamics within households in The Gambia (SpyCATS): protocol for a longitudinal household cohort study
Authors: Armitage Edwin P. , Keeley Alex J. , de Crombrugghe Gabrielle , Senghore Elina , Camara Fatoumatta E. , Jammeh Musukoi , Bittaye Amat , Ceesay Haddy , Ceesay Isatou , Samateh Bunja , Manneh Muhammed , Sesay Abdul Karim , Kampmann Beate , Kucharski Adam , de Silva Thushan I. , Marks Michael ,   MRCG StrepA Study Group
Published: January 2023

Background

Streptococcus pyogenes (StrepA) causes a significant burden of disease globally from superficial infections to invasive disease. It is responsible for over 500,000 deaths each year, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Superficial StrepA infections of the skin and pharynx can lead to rheumatic heart disease, the largest cause of StrepA-related deaths in LMIC. StrepA can also asymptomatically colonise normal skin and the pharynx (carriage), potentially increasing infection risk. Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) carriage is also common in LMIC and may interact with StrepA. This study aims to investigate StrepA and SDSE carriage and infection epidemiology, transmission dynamics and naturally acquired immunity within households in The Gambia.

Methods

A longitudinal household observational cohort study will be conducted over one year. 45 households will be recruited from the urban area of Sukuta, The Gambia, resulting in approximately 450 participants. Households will be visited monthly, and available participants will undergo oropharyngeal and normal skin swabbing. Incident cases of pharyngitis and pyoderma will be captured via active case reporting, with swabs taken from disease sites. Swabs will be cultured for the presence of group A, C and G beta-haemolytic streptococci. Isolates will undergo whole genome sequencing. At each visit, clinical, socio-demographic and social mixing data will be collected. Blood serum will be collected at baseline and final visit. Oral fluid and dried blood spot samples will be collected at each visit. Mucosal and serum anti-StrepA antibody responses will be measured.

Outcome

This study will report StrepA and SDSE clinical epidemiology, risk factors, transmission dynamics, and serological responses to carriage and infection. Detailed social mixing behaviour will be combined with phylogenetic relatedness to model the extent of transmission occurring withing and between households. The study will provide data to help meet global strategic StrepA research goals.
The genome sequence of the plain dark bee, Stelis phaeoptera (Kirby, 1802)
Authors: Boyes Clare ,   University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab,   Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective,   Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme,   Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective,   Tree of Life Core Informatics collective,   Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
Published: January 2023

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Stelis phaeoptera (the plain dark bee; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Megachilidae). The genome sequence is 301 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 17 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 18.6 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 9,850 protein coding genes.
Is the prosody of Slavic *pergyńi really not reconstructible?
Authors: Babik Zbigniew
Published: January 2023

The paper offers an updated overview of lexical and toponymic reflexes of the Proto-Slavic topolexeme *pergyńi (an alternative segmental reconstruction *pergyńa is dismissed on the basis of the oldest attestations of some related place names), drawing on the latter to obtain clues enabling us to reconstruct the original prosodic features of the word. In spite of the skepticism recently expressed by S. Pronk-Tiethoff, it turns out that combining the short quantity of the first syllable of some related Polish and Czech place names with the stress placement on the second syllable of the pleophonic sequence observed in two related Ukrainian and Russian place names permits us to reconstruct unequivocally its prosodic shape as *prgyńi (a.p. a). This recognition is a serious piece of counterevidence against the native Slavic etymology, which assumes here a derivative from a prefixed root attested as per-gb-. None of the etymologies proposed so far for *pergyńi is free of factual or formal problems, although a borrowing from Old Germanic *fergunjāstill appears to be the best solution. If this was the case, *pergyńi becomes a clear counterexample to the prosodic adaptation rules established by Dutch accentologists for Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic.
Wedgwood’s Contested Etymologies
Authors: Considine John
Published: January 2023

Within months of the publication of the final part of the first edition of Skeat’s Etymological dictionary of the English language, the compiler of the leading English etymological dictionary of the 1860s and 1870s, Hensleigh Wedgwood, published a volume of animadversions: Contested etymologies in the dictionary of the Rev. W.W. Skeat (1882). In this paper, I examine Wedgwood’s Contested etymologies, with particular attention to its treatment of non-linguistic historical information; its common-sense arguments about semantic development; its attitude to reconstructed forms; its use of lexical material from non-standard language varieties; its comparativistic breadth; and its relationship to the great tradition of nineteenth-century comparative philology. Skeat’s dictionary superseded Wedgwood’s, and to that extent, the Contested etymologies were the last protest of an old school of etymological scholarship against the work of a new age. But I argue that the gulf between Wedgwood and Skeat should not be exaggerated. Skeat emended fifty of the two hundred entries on which Wedgwood commented to take some account of the older scholar’s criticisms, and even today, Wedgwood’s Contested etymologies, like his dictionary, still has stimulating material to offer its readers.
Etymological and lexical problems in trilingual middle England
Authors: Diensberg Bernhard
Published: January 2023

Im ersten Teil meines Beitrags (Etymological Excursus) geht es um die beiden Lexeme me. rode ‘Kreuz’ (< ae. rōd) und me. cros(s), von denen das letztere als rood inzwischen veraltet ist (Käsmann 1961). Die gängigen Nachschlagewerke verzeichnen für letzteres ae. cros als Etymon, das im 10. Jh. allerdings lediglich in der englischen Onomastik belegt ist. Es steht für Wegekreuze, Marktkreuze und Personen, z. B.: Robertus Cros, Normannes Cros, etc.; vgl. Rood ‘ein Kruzifix, d. h. ein Kreuz mit der Figur des gekreuzigten Christus’, obwohl auch gelegentlich angewandt auf ein großes Kreuz ohne eine solche Figur (Robertson, Shepherd 2006: 632). Im Epilogue. The Trilingual Linguistic Situation during the Middle English Period wird auf die Rolle der drei Sprachen – Latein, Anglo-Französisch und Englisch – Bezug genommen.
Issues of comparative Uralic and Altaic Studies (2). Medial *p in Pre-Proto-Mongolic
Authors: Janhunen Juha
Published: January 2023

This contribution forms a part in a series of papers devoted to specific issues of comparative Uralic and Altaic Studies. In this particular paper the author takes up the question concerning the representations of the Pre-Proto-Mongolic medial strong labial stop *p in Proto-Mongolic, Written Mongol, and the modern Mongolic languages. It is shown that this segment underwent variously weakening to *b, nasalization to *m or spirantization to *x depending on contextual factors. These conclusions have relevance to external lexical comparisons with neighbouring language families, especially Turkic and Tungusic.
Some etymological remarks on words squirrel and sable in Khakas
Authors: Khabtagaeva Bayarma
Published: January 2023

The paper presents some new etymological notes on the Khakas names of the squirrel and the sable. Because of a taboo character, Khakas has four different designations for ‘squirrel’. One of them tīn has a stable Turkic etymology, while the other three forms are of unknown origin. The second Khakas word, saxïl ‘squirrel’ is probably a metathetical form of Turkic salïq ‘tax’. The third form tabïrġan ‘flying squirrel’ was possibly borrowed from Mongolic tarbaγan ‘marmot’. The last word sarbax may be connected with the Mongolic verb sirba- ‘to wag the tail’. There is only one form, albïġa, with the meaning ‘sable’ in Khakas, which is also possibly borrowed from the Mongolic alban ‘tax, impost, tribute’. The etymological analysis confirms the peculiarity and diversity of the Khakas language.
Jenissejisch-sino-tibetische Anmerkungen bei Robert P. Austerlitz
Authors: Knüppel Michael
Published: January 2023

While the works of the famous Finnougrist/Uralist and specialist of Siberian languages and cultures Robert P. Austerlitz (1923–1994) on so-called “Palaeosiberian” languages as well as on distant relationships of languages and language families are well known, his notes on the Yeniseian-Sino-Tibetan macro- family are nearly forgotten. In this miscellanea the author turns the attention to these notes and points to the position of Austerlitz regarding such endeavours.
On the etymology of Anglicisms in Polish dictionaries
Authors: Mańczak-Wohlfeld Elżbieta
Published: January 2023

In 2013 an article entitled English loanwords in Polish lexicons was published by the present author. It discussed the research involved in the compilation of the lexicon entitled Słownik zapożyczeń angielskich w polszczyźnie (A Dictionary of English Borrowings in the Polish Language) and at the same time highlighted a number of problematic areas in Polish dictionaries describing Anglicisms. The lexicon mentioned above was written at the request of Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Therefore the corpus was provided by the publishing house. In the event, the corpus (one Polish and two foreign dictionaries from 2003 and from 1995, 2003, respectively) contained many mistakes (etymological, semantic, graphic, etc.) which were corrected by the present author. The purpose of this paper, however, is to compare more recent dictionaries with the findings presented in the 2013 article. On the basis of a similar analysis of the 2014 lexicon we can observe a certain improvement in the description of the etymology of Anglicisms although we have to be aware of the fact that the corpus analyzed was smaller. The conclusion, therefore, is that while writing new Polish dictionaries, Polish lexicographers should consult philologists specializing in different languages.
Is Hung. ócsárol ‘to slander, to defame’ not a Turkic loanword? A Slavonic counterproposition
Authors: Németh Michał
Published: January 2023

The article revisits the existing etymologies of Hung. ócsárol ‘to slander, to defame’ and offers a new solution, namely that the verb derives from Slav. očariti ‘to enchant; to cast a spell on somebody’.
One more Mongolian word from the Turkish dictionary. Urgan ‘a stout rope’
Authors: Ölmez Mehmet
Published: January 2023

Turkic-Mongolian relations and the borrowings between these two language families have always been an interesting field of study for lexicographers. Even more interesting is the case of re-borrowings in these languages, e.g. the case of those Mongolian borrowings in Turkish that eventually originate from Turkic. As an example we can mention Turkish ulus ‘nation, people’, Chaghatai kuduk, etc. (cf. Old Turkic uluş ‘country, land’ and kudug). Another example, being the subject of this paper, is Turkish urgan ‘rope’ which goes back to classical Mongolian urġa(n), cf. also Old Uighur uruk.
Non-verbal predication in Baltic. Lithuanian yrà
Authors: Ostrowski Norbert
Published: January 2023

This paper aims to describe the origin of Baltic *īr ‘there is/are; is/are’ that appears to be due to the conflation of the demonstrative pronoun *ī (< instr. sg. *h1i-h1) and two postpositions: -r- (cf. OIcel. þa-r ‘there’) and -ā. The latter comes from the abl. sg. of the IE demonstrative pronoun *h1e/o-. The presented analysis sheds some light on the etymology of the Lithuanian conjunction ir ‘and’ and Slavonic i ‘and’ (< *ī < instr. sg. *h1i-h1).
Im Schatten des Zwittergottes. Interkulturelle Onomastik aus Kleinasien (Phrygien/Galatien)
Authors: Sowa Wojciech
Published: January 2023

The regions of Central Anatolia have always been the meeting place of different languages and cultures. The coexistence of the Hatti and the Hittites in the second millennium BC is the best example. After the fall of the Hittite empire and the migration wave from the Balkans, different nations came into close contact, competing with each other, but also sharing elements of culture. The Phrygians who occupied the former Hittite territories are a notable example. Complicated history of invasions and fallen empires (Lydians, Medes, Persians, Greeks, Galatians) can also be traced in the language material that we inherited. The following observations concern the problem of linguistic-cultural interchanges in the area of onomastics. The study focuses on the ancient provinces of Phrygia and Galatia in the period after the Celtic migration into Anatolia and the famous “Battle of the Elephants” in the middle of 3 cent. BC. The paper scrutinizes three examples taken from different onomastic systems. Investigated lexemes can play an important role in the discussion of possible language contacts and cultural transfer in the mentioned regions. At the same time, these examples, next to historical and archaeological data, may be considered as an additional source of our knowledge about the sociolinguistic and cultural situation in Anatolia in the (late) Hellenistic period.
A contribution to the history of Turkish vocabulary
Authors: Stachowski Stanisław
Published: January 2023

The paper is a selection of Turkish historical vocabulary, compiled in an effort to advocate the idea of a historical dictionary of Turkish borrowings in the languages of the Balkans and in Hungarian.
Eine Handvoll altuigurischer Handwörter
Authors: Zieme Peter
Published: January 2023

In this paper a number of Old Uigur words pertaining to the semantic field of hand are discussed according to their use and forms: aya, adut, avut, avuč, *aduč. Special attention is laid on the difference between avurt and avuč.
Zur Etymologie von ungarisch denevér ‘Fledermaus’
Authors: Zoltán András
Published: January 2023

According to the modern etymological dictionaries of the Hungarian language, Hungarian denevér ‘bat’ is a word of unknown origin. The author discusses the popular etymological versions of the Hungarian word, and proposes to revive in modernized form an etymology by A. Edelspacher (1876). After making some required corrections to this old etymology, the author argues for the Slavic origin of the Hungarian word. As an etymon of Hungarian denevér ‘bat’, he proposes the Common Slavic word *netopyrь ~ *nedopyrь ‘bat’ reflected in all Slavic languages in the surroundings of the Hungarian language area. This etymology meets with no semantic difficulties, and the phonetic differences can be overcome relatively easily by supposing a metathesis and a usual accommodation to the vowel harmony in Hungarian (*nedopyrь > *denopir > *denepir); the ending of the word could be influenced by Hungarian vér ‘blood’.
Conflicto armado, desplazamiento forzado y transformaciones socioespaciales en Barrancabermeja, 1980-2005
Authors: Serrano Besil Javier Eduardo
Published: January 2023

La urbanización de las ciudades colombianas está marcada por la violencia y la pobreza (Ruíz Salguero et al., 2007). El conflicto armado colombiano desplazó millones de personas del campo que buscaron refugio en los centros urbanos. Como resultado de este proceso, crecieron cinturones de miseria que acentuaron la fragmentación socioespacial en diferentes ciudades del país. El objetivo de este trabajo es indagar el proceso de transformación socioespacial de Barrancabermeja en relación con la acelerada llegada de personas desplazadas por la violencia. Buscamos analizar el proceso de fragmentación y segregación socioespacial de los migrantes forzados en una ciudad marcada históricamente por la espacialización de la actividad petrolera. Proponemos un enfoque metodológico basado fundamentalmente en datos cuantitativos, pero recurrimos a fuentes cualitativas para complementar las observaciones y el análisis.
Special Issues, Guest Editors’ Reflections
Authors: Karpak Birsen , Mu Enrique , Aktas Emel , Topcu Ilker
Published: January 2023

ISAHP 2022 was an excellent meeting! We secured quite a few special issues for conference participants. Yet, these reflections are confined to the Journal of Enterprise Information Management (JEIM) and the Journal of Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (JMCDA). JEIM will be guest edited by Birsen Karpak, Emel Aktas and Ilker Topcu; we are pleased with this international cooperation among the USA, the UK, and Turkey. The guest editors for JMCDA will be Birsen Karpak and Enrique Mu. Even though we are reflecting upon submissions for the two journals (JEIM and JMCDA), quite a few of the following suggestions are useful for any special issue of IJAHP.
FATORES ASSOCIADOS À FUNÇÃO SEXUAL DE GESTANTES: Estudo Transversal
Authors: Vieira Pereira Emanuelly , Moreira Belém Jameson , Henrique Alves Maria Juscinaide , Alves Silva Torquato Jaqueline , Alves Firmino Paulo Renato , De Melo Fialho Ana Virgínia , Da Silva Quirino Glauberto
Published: January 2023

Objetivo: Identificar fatores associados aos domínios da função sexual e correlatos psicofísicos de gestantes de risco habitual. Materiais e métodos: Estudo transversal, quantitativo realizado com 354 gestantes  de risco habitual do interior do Ceará, Brasil. Utilizou-se para coleta de dados um formulário e o Questionário de Sexualidade na Gestação. Resultados: Houve redução em todos os domínios da função sexual e dos correlatos psicofísicos lubrificação e satisfação sexual, quando comparados ao período pré-gravídico. Apenas o correlato psicofísico dor/desconforto sexual aumentou na gravidez e apresentou significância por trimestre gestacional. Variáveis relacionadas ao comportamento sexual e aspectos simbólicos influenciaram nas alterações evidenciadas. A escolaridade influenciou positivamente no desejo sexual e intensidade do orgasmo. Não foram identificadas variáveis associadas à redução da dor/desconforto sexual. Conclusões: Fatores relacionados ao comportamento sexual, aspectos simbólicos (percepção) e escolaridade associaram-se às alterações nos domínios da função sexual e correlatos psicofísicos de gestantes de risco habitual.
CONSUMO ALIMENTAR E ESTADO NUTRICIONAL DE CRIANÇAS COM DOENÇAS FALCIFORME: uma revisão sistemática
Authors: Araujo Jamile da Silva , Santos Luama Araújo dos , Lima Caroline Raíza Dourado , Souza Marcio Costa de
Published: January 2023

OBJETIVO: Descrever sobre o consumo alimentar e o estado nutricional de crianças com Doença Falciforme (DF). MÉTODOS: O estudo foi realizado por meio da revisão sistemática utilizando a estratégia PICO. Os artigos foram coletados nas bases de dados eletrônicas: Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS), PubMed e SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), a partir de publicações nos últimos 10 anos, nos idiomas português e inglês, com população de crianças diagnosticadas com DF e idade até 12 anos incompletos. Para identificação e seleção dos artigos utilizou-se o diagrama de fluxo PRISMA. RESULTADOS: Após seleção, 07 artigos foram incluídos na revisão, todos eram do tipo transversal, com distribuição geográfica abrangendo Brasil, Nigéria e Gana. O qual se constitui com 12.120 crianças do sexo feminino e masculino que participaram das pesquisas, com exceção do grupo controle. Os estudos utilizaram alguns critérios de avaliação do estado nutricional, consumo alimentar e perfil socioeconômico.  CONSIDERAÇÕES FINAIS: O baixo nível socioeconômico somado a ingestão pouco balanceada de alimentos, ainda provocam modificações importantes no processo de crescimento e desenvolvimento de crianças que herdam a Doença Falciforme. Intervenções gerais e alimentares, adequadas à realidade desses indivíduos possibilitam um impacto positivo na qualidade de vida deste público.
Political dynamics of Pakistan’s quest for pan-Islamic solidarity: the Indian dimension
Authors: Ahmad Baba Noor
Published: January 2023

Pakistan was sought as a separate state in the name of securing the interests and identity of Muslims within the Indian subcontinent. Its ideological identification with Islam and Muslims was reinforced by the disadvantages that it found itself having on its emergence in August 1947 in relation to its twin-born country, that is, India, in terms of name, size, resources and a history to draw upon. However, initially, its calling out for a degree of solidarity in the name of Islam had relatively limited success in the context of secular nationalist forces dominating the Muslim West Asia throughout the 1950s and first half of the 1960s. It was in the context of significant geopolitical and economic developments from the late 1960s and 1970s in the region that Pakistan was prompted to re-emphasise the Islamic dimension of its foreign policy, particularly within the framework of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation after its emergence in the late 1960s. It began to use its membership of this forum to undermine Indian positions and interests on a number of issues. It was particularly successful in getting its own position on Kashmir endorsed through various resolutions on the issue that were critical of the Indian position and policies in dealing with the political-cum-militant uprising in the state. However, a number of developments from the latter part of the 20th century, particularly after 11 September 2001 (9/11), introduced a number of fissures and irritants into the Arab-Islamic world that undermined the spirit of solidarity that had characterised the work of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in its initial years of establishment. The changing context has considerably constrained Pakistani options in foreign, regional and domestic policies. Comparatively, in recent years, India has gained greater proximity with some of the oil-rich conservative Gulf Muslim monarchies that exercise a high degree of control in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation because of their financial support for it.
Direct Support Professionals and COVID-19 Vaccination: A Comparison of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Direct Support Professionals
Authors: Pettingell Sandra L. , Bershadsky Julie , Hewitt Amy , Anderson Lynda Lahti , Zhang Alicia
Published: January 2023

Direct support professionals (DSPs) may be at increased risk of contracting COVID-19 due to the proximal nature of their work. In response to the pandemic a three-wave study was launched to understand experiences of DSPs. An on-line national survey found that 70% of DSPs were vaccinated. Vaccinated DSPs were older and had higher education levels. Among the unvaccinated, 56% reported concerns about COVID-19 vaccination safety. Unvaccinated DSPs were more likely to report that the people they supported were also unvaccinated. Encouraging DSPs to get vaccinated to protect the people they support is essential. Paid time off, arranging for vaccinations, and setting an expectation for vaccination may encourage vaccination uptake among DSPs.
Amorphous dielectric optical coatings deposited by plasma ion-assisted electron beam evaporation for gravitational wave detectors
Authors: Nuñez Carlos Garcia , Wallace Gavin , Fleming Lewis , Craig Kieran , Song Shigeng , Ahmadzadeh Sam , Clark Caspar , Tait Simon , Martin Iain , Reid Stuart , Rowan Sheila , Gibson Des
Published: January 2023

Coating thermal noise (CTN) in amorphous coatings is a drawback hindering their application in precision experiments such as gravitational wave detectors (GWDs). Mirrors for GWDs are Bragg’s reflectors consisting of a bilayer-based stack of high- and low-refractive-index materials showing high reflectivity and low CTN. In this paper, we report the characterization of morphological, structural, optical, and mechanical properties of high-index materials such as scandium sesquioxide and hafnium dioxide and a low-index material such as magnesium fluoride deposited by plasma ion-assisted electron beam evaporation. We also evaluate their properties under different annealing treatments and discuss their potential for GWDs.
Efficient 3D scanning measurement system based on asymmetric trinocular vision and a multi-line laser
Authors: Wan Maosen , Zheng Renhao , Wang Shuaidong , Huang He , Zhao Huining , Yu Liandong
Published: January 2023

The laser scanning measurement system has a pivotal role in precision measurement
thanks to the non-contacting and low-cost advantages, but traditional
methods and systems are inadequate in terms of accuracy, efficiency,
and adaptability. In this study, an efficient 3D scanning measurement
system based on asymmetric trinocular vision and a multi-line laser is
developed to improve the measurement performance. The system design,
working principle, and 3D reconstruction method are explored, as well
as the innovation of the developed system. Furthermore, an efficient
multi-line laser fringes indexing method is presented based on K-means ++ clustering and hierarchical
processing to improve processing speed with guaranteed accuracy, which
is the key point of the 3D reconstruction method. Various experiments
are conducted to verify the capability of the developed system, and
the results show that the developed system fulfills measurement needs
in adaptability, accuracy, effectiveness, and robustness. The
developed system achieves better results than commercial probes for
complex measurement conditions, and measurement precision can be
achieved to within 18 µm.
Large-mode-area soliton fiber oscillator mode-locked using NPE in an all-PM self-stabilized interferometer
Authors: Edelmann Marvin , Sedigheh Malek M. , Hua Yi , Vargas Erwin C. , Pergament Mikhail , Kärtner Franz X.
Published: January 2023

In this work, we investigate an approach to scale up the output pulse
energy in an all-polarization-maintaining 17.3 MHz Yb-doped fiber
oscillator via implementation of a 25 µm core-diameter large-mode-area
fiber. The artificial saturable absorber is based on a Kerr-type
linear self-stabilized fiber interferometer, enabling non-linear
polarization rotation in polarization-maintaining fibers. Highly
stable mode-locked steady states in the soliton-like operation regime
are demonstrated with 170 mW average output power and a total output
pulse energy of ∼10nJ distributed between two output ports.
An experimental parameter comparison with a reference oscillator
constructed with 5.5 µm core-sized standard fiber components reveals
an increase of pulse energy by a factor of 36 with simultaneously
reduced intensity noise in the high-frequency range >100kHz.
Deep hologram converter from low-precision to middle-precision holograms
Authors: Shiomi Harutaka , Blinder David , Birnbaum Tobias , Inoue Yota , Wang Fan , Ito Tomoyoshi , Kakue Takashi , Schelkens Peter , Shimobaba Tomoyoshi
Published: January 2023

We propose a deep hologram converter based on deep learning to convert low-precision holograms into middle-precision holograms. The low-precision holograms were calculated using a shorter bit width. It can increase the amount of data packing for single instruction/multiple data in the software approach and the number of calculation circuits in the hardware approach. One small and one large deep neural network (DNN) are investigated. The large DNN exhibited better image quality, whereas the smaller DNN exhibited a faster inference time. Although the study demonstrated the effectiveness of point-cloud hologram calculations, this scheme could be extended to various other hologram calculation algorithms.
MicroLED biosensor with colloidal quantum dots and smartphone detection
Authors: Bruce Natalie , Farrell Francesca , Xie Enyuan , Scullion Mark G. , Haughey Anne-Marie , Gu Erdan , Dawson Martin D. , Laurand Nicolas
Published: January 2023

A fluorescence sensor with the capability for spatially multiplexed measurements utilizing smartphone detection is presented. Bioconjugated quantum dots are used as the fluorescent tag and are excited using a blue-emitting microLED (µLED). The 1-dimensional GaN µLED array is butt-coupled to one edge of the glass slide to take advantage of total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) principles. The bioassays on the top surface of the glass waveguide are excited and the resultant fluorescence is detected with the smartphone. The red, green, and blue channels of the digital image are utilized to spectrally separate the excitation light from the fluorescence for analysis. Using a biotin-functionalized glass slide as proof of principle, we have shown that streptavidin conjugated quantum dots can be detected down to a concentration of 8 nM.
Raman enhancement properties of TiO2/Ag carbon fiber cloth using the ultraviolet-induced method: high sensitivity, flexible and reusable
Authors: Sun Ning , Lv Zhenyin , Zhu Yong , Zhang Jie
Published: January 2023

We report a low-cost fabrication strategy to prepare a large-area carbon fiber cloth (CFC) coated by Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) as a flexible surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate. AgNPs were deposited on a hydrophilized CFC by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation of AgNO3 solution, named UV-AgNPs@CFC. The UV irradiation duration and AgNO3 solution concentration can affect the AgNPs structure. SERS property is investigated using rhodamine 6 G (R6G) and crystal violet (CV) as standard analytes and the detection concentration level is down to 10−10 mol/L. The analytical enhancement factor can reach 1.22 × 109. Also, the substrate has remarkable stability and uniformity; the relative standard deviation (RSD) of the characteristic peak calculated at 611cm−1 is 14.4%. Additionally, the UV-AgNPs@CFC substrate can detect two different molecules simultaneously. Our flexible SERS substrate enables efficient molecular extraction and Raman measurements on the curved surface of apples. The detection concentration level for CV is down to 10−5 mol/L. Moreover, the electric field distribution of the hybrid structure is simulated by the finite difference time domain and COMSOL Multiphysics software, and the maximal electric field intensity is 25.7 V/m. Meanwhile, we deposited AgNPs on the TiO2 nanorods-modified CFC (TiO2-CFC) by UV irradiation. A reusable self-cleaning UV-AgNPs@TiO2-CFC substrate was fabricated.
Toll-like receptor 2 mediates Acanthamoeba-induced allergic airway inflammatory response in mice
Authors: Park Mi-Kyung , Park Hye-Kyung , Yu Hak Sun
Published: January 2023

Background

Repeated intranasal exposure to Acanthamoeba has been revealed to induce allergic airway inflammatory responses in mice. Based on the role of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma, TLRs form a link between innate and adaptive immune responses, and play an important role in the activation of various cells in the innate immune system.

Methodology/principal findings

To determine the TLRs that are related to these immune responses, we assessed the expression levels of inflammation-related genes in mouse lung epithelial (MLE)-12 cells treated with excretory-secretory proteins (ES-P) of the Acanthamoeba strain (KA/E2) with or without the TLR antagonists. The expression levels of inflammation-related genes, such as eotaxin, TARC, macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC), and TSLP, in the TLR2 and TLR9 antagonist treatment groups were decreased, compared to those in the ES-P alone or other TLR antagonist treatment groups. In particular, a greater decrease in the relevant gene expression levels was found in the TLR2 antagonist treatment group than in the TLR9 antagonist treatment group. Allergic airway inflammation was evaluated in the wild-type (WT) and TLR2 knockout (KO) groups following KA/E2 exposure. Based on the results, allergic airway inflammatory responses (airway resistance value, inflammatory cell infiltration, Th2-related cytokine expression, mucin production, and metaplasia of lung epithelial cells and goblet cells) by KA/E2 were reduced in the TLR2 KO groups. In addition, TLR2 knockout BMDCs displayed lower activation of surface markers owing to ES-P stimulation than normal BMDCs, and KA/E2 ES-P–treated TLR2-depleted BMDCs produced fewer Th2 cytokine-expressing cells from naïve T cells than WT BMDCs. When ES-P was administered after primary lung cells were obtained from WT and TLR2 KO mice, the expression levels of inflammation-related genes were found to be significantly decreased in TLR2 KO cells compared to those in WT cells.

Conclusions

These results suggest that TLR2 is involved in lung inflammatory response activation in KA/E2 intranasal infection, especially in airway tissue.
Genetic analysis reveals conspecificity of two nominal species of Anaphes fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), egg parasitoids of Oulema leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) pests of cereal crops in Europe and of rice in East Asia
Authors: Triapitsyn S. V. , Rugman-Jones P. F. , Kusuhara H. , Nakano R. , Janšta P. , Arikawa S. , Adachi-Hagimori T.
Published: January 2023

Anaphes (Anaphes) flavipes (Foerster), a fairyfly (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) native of Europe, is an economically important egg parasitoid for the natural control of Oulema spp. leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) pests of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rye, and wheat in Europe, and for the classical biological control of the invasive Oulema melanopus (L.) in North America. A morphologically very similar Anaphes (Anaphes) nipponicus Kuwayama, known from mainland China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Far East of Russia and Taiwan, is an egg parasitoid of Oulema oryzae (Kuwayama), a pest of rice mainly in temperate parts of East Asia. The nuclear 28S-D2 and ITS2 and the mitochondrial COI genes were used as markers to compare specimens of A. (Anaphes) flavipes reared from eggs of an Oulema sp. on barley in Germany with those of A. (Anaphes) nipponicus reared from eggs of O. oryzae on rice in Honshu Island, Japan. Because the resulting sequences are practically identical, within an expected intraspecific genetic variability, conspecificity of these two nominal species has been confirmed, and consequently A. (Anaphes) nipponicus Kuwayama, 1932, syn. n. is synonymized with A. (Anaphes) flavipes (Foerster, 1841). Taxonomic notes and illustrations are provided for the specimens of both sexes of A. (Anaphes) flavipes from Japan to facilitate their recognition.
Brain structure variability study in pilots based on VBM
Authors: Xu Kaijun , Liu Rui , Chen Xi , Yang Yong , Wang Quanchuan
Published: January 2023

The impact of occupations on brain structures has attracted considerable research interests in the last decade. The aim of this research is to find the effect of flight training on brain gray matter volume of pilots. The whole-brain structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) data collected from 26 pilots and 24 controls was analyzed using Voxel-based morphological analysis method (VBM) combined with T1 data to quantitatively detect the local gray matter of brain tissue and calculate the gray matter volume. The result shows that the pilot group has larger gray matter volume in the lingual gyrus and fusiform gyrus compared to the control group (P<0.05). Furthermore, there is a positive correlation between the gray matter volume and the number of flight hours (r = 0.426, P = 0.048) after studying the average gray matter volume value of the agglomerate of participants whose flight hours are between 0 and 1000 hours. The lingual gyrus and fusiform gyrus are involved in high-level visual processing, memory, multisensory integration and perception. The study has indicated the flight training could enlarge gray matter volume in the lingual gyrus and fusiform gyrus. During flying, pilots need to observe the instrumentation in the cockpit and fully interpret the readings, which may lead to the results.
Distribution of self-reported health in India: The role of income and geography
Authors: Patnaik Ila , Sane Renuka , Shah Ajay , Subramanian S. V.
Published: January 2023

An important new large-scale survey database is brought to bear on measuring and analysing self-reported health in India. The most important correlates are age, income and location. There is substantial variation of health across the 102 ‘homogeneous regions’ within the country, after controlling for household and individual characteristics. Higher income is correlated with better health in only 40% of India. We create novel maps showing regions with poor health, that is attributable to the location, that diverge from the conventional wisdom. These results suggest the need for epidemiological studies in the hotspots of ill-health and in regions where higher income does not correlate with improved health.
The role of dispositional mindfulness in the fear-avoidance model of pain
Authors: Wilson Jenna M. , Haliwa Ilana , Lee Jerin , Shook Natalie J.
Published: January 2023

Objective

The fear-avoidance model of pain posits that a painful stimulus is interpreted through pain catastrophizing, which leads to negative downstream cognitions, emotions, and behaviors that shape the experience of pain. As dispositional mindfulness is associated with less catastrophizing and pain, some researchers have suggested incorporating mindfulness into the fear-avoidance model. Across two studies, we empirically tested dispositional mindfulness as a stand-alone component within the fear-avoidance model of pain.

Methods

Two independent, online cross-sectional surveys (Ns = 362 and 580 U.S. adults) were conducted. Participants completed validated assessments of mindfulness, pain catastrophizing, fear of pain, pain vigilance, depression, pain intensity, and pain sensitivity. Using structural equation modeling, we tested the inclusion of dispositional mindfulness in the fear-avoidance model of pain. We proposed that greater mindfulness would be associated with less pain catastrophizing, which in turn would be associated with less fear of pain, leading to less depression, and then ultimately less pain intensity and pain sensitivity.

Results

Across both studies, the fear-avoidance model of pain did not fit the data well, with or without mindfulness included. We found that a simplified model fit the data best (Study 1: χ2/df = 1.83; CFI = .981; RMSEA = .049, 90% CI [0.019, 0.076]; SRMR = 0.031; Study 2: χ2/df = 2.23; CFI = .976; RMSEA = .046, 90% CI [0.026, 0.067]; SRMR = .031), such that greater mindfulness was significantly associated with less pain catastrophizing and, in turn, lower levels of pain intensity and pain sensitivity.

Conclusion

Our findings suggest that a simplified model, compared to the traditional fear-avoidance model, may partly explain the experience of pain among individuals without chronic pain. Future work should examine the temporal associations among these variables to inform the employment of future empirically supported interventions for pain management.
Structural behavior of single bay two-story basalt fiber reinforced concrete frame
Authors: Lakusic Stjepan
Published: January 2023

This study focuses on structural design, which is a primary aspect of civil engineering. Investigating the behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) frame systems subjected to lateral loading and estimating the damage state of a structure still remain challenging tasks in civil engineering. Reinforced concrete is currently used in a majority of constructions and Conventional buildings remain vulnerable to seismic earthquakes. The aim of this research is to identify how well RC frames with basalt and steel fibers perform under cyclic loading. Steel and basalt fibers are chopped to a size of 2.5 cm. The reinforcements details are made according to IS 13920-2016. The concrete specimen used for this work is in the form of a single-bay, two-story frame, which is composed of reinforced concrete along with chopped steel and basalt fibers of two different proportions. Three frames are cast. One is a RC concrete frame with no fiber materials (conventional concrete) and the other two frames are cast with different proportions of fiber content. The basalt fiber is added to the specimens in proportions of 0.25 % and 0.50 %. The experimental outcome attained from the specimens of 0.25 % of basalt fiber has superior load-carrying capacity as well as minimum story drift than the other two frames. The ductile behavior of BFRC is increased compared to that in conventional ones. It is observed that the crack width of the BFRC is less when compared to that in the conventional concrete.
GreenBIM : Environmental impact of Bioinformatics
Authors: Bachr Asmae , Bardon Alizée , Bencheikh Sara , Bottin Fiona , Flipo Justine , Gardou Coline , Halluin Sidonie , Leterrier Bryce , Mathé Meije , Ollivier Louis , Pety Solène , Gspann Marie , Dauchel Hélène
Published: January 2023

Climate change involves world wide challenges for nearly all aspects of life, including health, economy and science. The University of Rouen Normandy has been awarded the "Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility" label for its commitment to the ecological transition. In this context, the students of the Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics have questioned the environmental impact of their field of study. Actually, the impact of bioinformatic computations on global warming has generally been underappreciated despite the current climate crisis.

Here we present the Bioinformatics Master students’ carbon consumption during their apprenticeship. Consumption data encompass the activities led in their bioinformatics domainsand their range of analysis.

To address our question, we gathered all jobs carried out by the students for a month and determined their environmental impact using the Green Algorithms, as described in the top right poster frame. This is a reliable proxy, as it takes into account the main computational parameters - RAM, nodes, type of computing machine - and provides the estimated carbon footprintfor each computational task. We studied how these results break down through the bioinformatics domains under scrutiny.