bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Two decades after Korpi and Palme’s “paradox of redistribution”: What have we learned so far and where do we take it from here?
Authors: Gugushvili Dimitri , Laenen Tijs
Published: January 2021

Over two decades ago, Korpi and Palme (1998) published one of the most influential papers in the history of social policy discipline, in which they put forward a “paradox of redistribution”: the more countries target welfare resources exclusively at the poor, the less redistribution is actually achieved and the less income inequality and poverty are reduced. The current paper provides a state-of-the-art review of empirical research into that paradox. More specifically, we break down the paradox into seven core assumptions, which together form a causal chain running from institutional design to redistributive outcomes. For each causal assumption, we offer a comprehensive and critical review of the relevant empirical literature, also including a broader range of studies that do not aim to address Korpi and Palme’s paradox per se, but are nevertheless informative about it.
“Death or Liberty”: Henry Box Brown “Personificating” Himself in Edward Gascoigne Burton's The Fugitive Free and The Nubian Captive
Authors: MURRAY HANNAH-ROSE
Published: January 2021

In 1857, Henry Box Brown starred in Edward Gascoigne Burton's The Fugitive Free and The Nubian Captive, two “slave dramas” based on his life. His performance inevitably infused both with an antislavery message: in a radical departure from conventional black abolitionist strategies of resistance in the British Isles, the plays change our understanding of British anti-slavery, of Brown, and of black British performance in general. Despite his short acting career, Brown should be placed alongside fellow African American actors like Ira Aldridge for his integral role in challenging the white racial schema on the Victorian stage.
Fragments and structural identity on a direct interpretation approach
Authors: NYKIEL JOANNA , KIM JONG-BOK
Published: January 2021

This paper examines the relationship between merger and sprouting fragments, which are typically taken to involve clausal ellipsis. We argue that structural identity constraints on fragments and their correlates should, where appropriate, make reference to the argument structure of lexical heads in the antecedent clauses. Our proposal is spelled out as part of a direct interpretation approach to clausal ellipsis, but, in addition, it incorporates processing-based preferences as a means to motivate the contrast between merger and sprouting fragments. We propose specifically that phrases which are available to serve as correlates for fragments are maximal categories derived from the argument structure of lexical heads in the antecedents. This proposal successfully predicts form-matching effects that surface under clausal ellipsis, as well as well-known limits on clausal ellipsis regarding the morphosyntactic form of fragments. We take advantage of the fact that fragments are not embedded in unpronounced structures, which allows us to articulate a proposal that avoids the difficulty of having to simultaneously relate a fragment to the structure of the antecedent and to its own unpronounced structure, a difficulty that current PF-deletion accounts face.
The effect of a fresh produce incentive paired with cooking and nutrition education on healthy eating in low-income households: a pilot study
Authors: Fertig Angela R , Tang Xuyang , Dahlen Heather M
Published: January 2021

Objective:

This study pilot-tested combining financial incentives to purchase fruits and vegetables with nutrition education focused on cooking to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables and improve attitudes around healthy eating on a budget among low-income adults. The goal of the pilot study was to examine implementation feasibility and fidelity, acceptability of the intervention components by participants and effectiveness.

Design:

The study design was a pre-post individual-level comparison without a control group. The pilot intervention included two components, a scan card providing free produce up to a weekly maximum dollar amount for use over a 2-month period, and two sessions of tailored nutrition and cooking education. Outcomes included self-reported attitudes about healthy eating and daily fruit and vegetable consumption from one 24-h dietary recall collected before and after the intervention.

Setting:

Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area in Minnesota.

Participants:

Adults (n 120) were recruited from five community food pantries.

Results:

Findings indicated that the financial incentive component of the intervention was highly feasible and acceptable to participants, but attendance at the nutrition education sessions was moderate. Participants had a statistically significant increase in the consumption of fruit, from an average of 1·00 cup/d to 1·78 cups/d (P < 0·001), but no significant change in vegetable consumption or attitudes with respect to their ability to put together a healthy meal.

Conclusions:

While combining financial incentives with nutrition education appears to be acceptable to low-income adult participants, barriers to attend nutrition education sessions need to be addressed in future research.
Delirium is associated with an increased morbidity and in-hospital mortality in cancer patients: Results from a prospective cohort study
Authors: Seiler Annina , Blum David , Deuel Jeremy Werner , Hertler Caroline , Schettle Markus , Zipser Carl Moritz , Ernst Jutta , Schubert Maria , von Känel Roland , Boettger Soenke
Published: January 2021

Objective

Delirium is a frequent complication in advanced cancer patients, among whom it is frequently underdiagnosed and inadequately treated. To date, evidence on risk factors and the prognostic impact of delirium on outcomes remains sparse in this patient population.

Method

In this prospective observational cohort study at a single tertiary-care center, 1,350 cancer patients were enrolled. Simple and multiple logistic regression models were utilized to identify associations between predisposing and precipitating factors and delirium. Cox proportional-hazards models were used to estimate the effect of delirium on death rate.

Results

In our patient cohort, the prevalence of delirium was 34.3%. Delirium was associated inter alia with prolonged hospitalization, a doubling of care requirements, increased healthcare costs, increased need for institutionalization (OR 3.22), and increased mortality (OR 8.78). Predisposing factors for delirium were impaired activity (OR 10.82), frailty (OR 4.75); hearing (OR 2.23) and visual impairment (OR 1.89), chronic pneumonitis (OR 2.62), hypertension (OR 1.46), and renal insufficiency (OR 1.82). Precipitating factors were acute renal failure (OR 7.50), pressure sores (OR 3.78), pain (OR 2.86), and cystitis (OR 1.32). On multivariate Cox regression, delirium increased the mortality risk sixfold (HR 5.66). Age ≥ 65 years and comorbidities further doubled the mortality risk of delirious patients (HR 1.77; HR 2.05).

Significance of results

Delirium is common in cancer patients and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Systematically categorizing predisposing and precipitating factors might yield new strategies for preventing and managing delirium in cancer patients.
Toward a differentiation-based framework for middle power behavior
Authors: Teo Sarah
Published: January 2021

Differentiation is a foundational premise in the study of middle powers, as evident in the way that the relevant literature distinguishes these states from the great powers and smaller states. Despite the underlying assumption of differentiation, the middle power literature has rarely engaged theoretically with the concept. This paper seeks to make more explicit this basis of differentiation in the study of middle powers, by advancing a new framework for middle power behavior that draws on differentiation theory. The framework makes the case that it is the differentiated structure in international politics – a departure from the dominant neorealist understanding of structure – that enables the behavior of middle powers. The effects of this differentiated structure are activated by the relative, relational, and social power politics that middle powers engage in, in a particular time and place. Through this process, middle powers are able to leverage their ‘middlepowerness’ in international politics by weakening stratification particularly where the great powers are concerned, and strengthening functional differentiation through taking on key and distinctive roles. By putting differentiation at the core of a framework for middle power behavior, the paper strives to make a constructive contribution to the theorizing of middle powers.
A model of optimal timing for a predictive adaptive response
Authors: Spencer Hamish G. , Pleasants Anthony B. , Gluckman Peter D. , Wake Graeme C.
Published: January 2021

Predictive adaptive responses (PARs) are a form of developmental plasticity in which the developmental response to an environmental cue experienced early in life is delayed and yet, at the same time, the induced phenotype anticipates (i.e., is completely developed before) exposure to the eventual environmental state predicted by the cue, in which the phenotype is adaptive. We model this sequence of events to discover, under various assumptions concerning the cost of development, what lengths of delay, developmental time, and anticipation are optimal. We find that in many scenarios modeled, development of the induced phenotype should be completed at the exact same time that the environmental exposure relevant to the induced phenotype begins: that is, in contrast to our observed cases of PARs, there should be no anticipation. Moreover, unless slow development is costly, development should commence immediately after the cue: there should be no delay. Thus, PARs, which normally have non-zero delays and/or anticipation, are highly unusual. Importantly, the exceptions to these predictions of zero delays and anticipation occurred when developmental time was fixed and delaying development was increasingly costly. We suggest, therefore, that PARs will only evolve under three kinds of circumstances: (i) there are strong timing constraints on the cue and the environmental status, (ii) delaying development is costly, and development time is either fixed or slow development is costly, or (iii) when the period between the cue and the eventual environmental change is variable and the cost of not completing development before the change is high. These predictions are empirically testable.
The Role of Stratigraphy and Loading History in Generating Complex Compaction Bands in Idealized Field‐Scale Settings
Authors: Shahin Ghassan , Torabi Anita , Rudnicki John , Buscarnera Giuseppe
Published: January 2021

The Buckskin Gulch locality in Utah is a landmark example of compaction localization. The outcrop of this locality involves distinct stratigraphic heterogeneity and was exposed to complex loading history. It features multiple sets of deformation bands with different kinematics and orientation. Similar formations were seen in the Valley of Fire, Nevada, and the Orange quarry, France, among other localities. The formation of such complex structures, their propagation mechanisms, and frequency is affected by numerous local and ambient factors whose impacts are not yet fully understood. The simulation of the above‐mentioned localities is not feasible because of the limited amount of available information. This work, instead, investigates from a geomechanics standpoint how the interplay among material nonlinearity, outcrop stratigraphy, and loading history interconnects with specific spatiotemporal patterns of compaction band propagation. Our study shows that the system stratigraphy can be responsible for the emergence of coexisting compaction bands with different inclination and kinematics. Specifically, we show that stiffness contrasts induce nonlocal stress changes which may favor the initiation of secondary structures with different compaction localization characteristics. Furthermore, systems of inclined compaction bands induced by burial increase display secondary, noncontemporaneous sets of vertical compaction bands under the effects of postburial shortening. Our results indicate that stages of intermediate burial decrease prior to tectonic shortening can promote the formation of such complex systems. Despite the simplifications involved in our analyses, these findings show how geomechanics computations complement field observations and could provide a mechanics‐based validation of site‐specific reconstruction hypothesis.
Establishing a clinical service to prevent psychosis: What, how and when? Systematic review
Authors: Salazar de Pablo Gonzalo , Estradé Andrés , Cutroni Marcello , Andlauer Olivier , Fusar-Poli Paolo
Published: January 2021

The first rate-limiting step to successfully translate prevention of psychosis in to clinical practice is to establish specialised Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) services. This study systematises the knowledge regarding CHR-P services and provides guidelines for translational implementation. We conducted a PRISMA/MOOSE-compliant (PROSPERO-CRD42020163640) systematic review of Web of Science to identify studies until 4/05/2020 reporting on CHR-P service configuration, outreach strategy and referrals, service user characteristics, interventions, and outcomes. Fifty-six studies (1998–2020) were included, encompassing 51 distinct CHR-P services across 15 countries and a catchment area of 17,252,666 people. Most services (80.4%) consisted of integrated multidisciplinary teams taking care of CHR-P and other patients. Outreach encompassed active (up to 97.6%) or passive (up to 63.4%) approaches: referrals came mostly (90%) from healthcare agencies. CHR-P individuals were more frequently males (57.2%). Most (70.6%) services accepted individuals aged 12–35 years, typically assessed with the CAARMS/SIPS (83.7%). Baseline comorbid mental conditions were reported in two-third (69.5%) of cases, and unemployment in one third (36.6%). Most services provided up to 2-years (72.4%), of clinical monitoring (100%), psychoeducation (81.1%), psychosocial support (73%), family interventions (73%), individual (67.6%) and group (18.9%) psychotherapy, physical health interventions (37.8%), antipsychotics (87.1%), antidepressants (74.2%), anxiolytics (51.6%), and mood stabilisers (38.7%). Outcomes were more frequently ascertained clinically (93.0%) and included: persistence of symptoms/comorbidities (67.4%), transition to psychosis (53.5%), and functional status (48.8%). We provide ten practical recommendations for implementation of CHR-P services. Health service knowledge summarised by the current study will facilitate translational efforts for implementation of CHR-P services worldwide.
Emerging behavioral and neuroimaging biomarkers for early and accurate characterization of autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review
Authors: Hiremath Chandrakanta S. , Sagar Kommu John Vijay , Yamini B. K. , Girimaji Akhila S. , Kumar Raghavendra , Sravanti Sanivarapu Lakshmi , Padmanabha Hansashree , Vykunta Raju K. N. , Kishore M. Thomas , Jacob Preeti , Saini Jitender , Bharath Rose D. , Seshadri Shekhar P. , Kumar Manoj
Published: January 2021

The possibility of early treatment and a better outcome is the direct product of early identification and characterization of any pathological condition. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairment in social communication, restricted, and repetitive patterns of behavior. In recent times, various tools and methods have been developed for the early identification and characterization of ASD features as early as 6 months of age. Thorough and exhaustive research has been done to identify biomarkers in ASD using noninvasive neuroimaging and various molecular methods. By employing advanced assessment tools such as MRI and behavioral assessment methods for accurate characterization of the ASD features and may facilitate pre-emptive interventional and targeted therapy programs. However, the application of advanced quantitative MRI methods is still confined to investigational/laboratory settings, and the clinical implication of these imaging methods in personalized medicine is still in infancy. Longitudinal research studies in neurodevelopmental disorders are the need of the hour for accurate characterization of brain–behavioral changes that could be monitored over a period of time. These findings would be more reliable and consistent with translating into the clinics. This review article aims to focus on the recent advancement of early biomarkers for the characterization of ASD features at a younger age using behavioral and quantitative MRI methods.
Overcoming hypoxia-induced resistance of pancreatic and lung tumor cells by disrupting the PERK-NRF2-HIF-axis
Authors: Küper Alina , Baumann Jennifer , Göpelt Kirsten , Baumann Melanie , Sänger Christopher , Metzen Eric , Kranz Philip , Brockmeier Ulf
Published: January 2021

Hypoxia-induced resistance of tumor cells to therapeutic treatment is an unresolved limitation due to poor vascular accessibility and protective cell adaptations provided by a network, including PERK, NRF2, and HIF signaling. All three pathways have been shown to influence each other, but a detailed picture remains elusive. To explore this crosstalk in the context of tumor therapy, we generated human cancer cell lines of pancreatic and lung origin carrying an inducible shRNA against NRF2 and PERK. We report that PERK-related phosphorylation of NRF2 is only critical in Keap1 wildtype cells to escape its degradation, but shows no direct effect on nuclear import or transcriptional activity of NRF2. We could further show that NRF2 is paramount for proliferation, ROS elimination, and radioprotection under constant hypoxia (1% O2), but is dispensable under normoxic conditions or after reoxygenation. Depletion of NRF2 does not affect apoptosis, cell cycle progression and proliferation factors AKT and c-Myc, but eliminates cellular HIF-1α signaling. Co-IP experiments revealed a protein interaction between NRF2 and HIF-1α and strongly suggest NRF2 as one of the cellular key factor for the HIF pathway. Together these data provide new insights on the complex role of the PERK-NRF2-HIF-axis for cancer growth.
Very low mutation burden is a feature of inflamed recurrent glioblastomas responsive to cancer immunotherapy
Authors: Gromeier Matthias , Brown Michael C. , Zhang Gao , Lin Xiang , Chen Yeqing , Wei Zhi , Beaubier Nike , Yan Hai , He Yiping , Desjardins Annick , Herndon James E. , Varn Frederick S. , Verhaak Roel G. , Zhao Junfei , Bolognesi Dani P. , Friedman Allan H. , Friedman Henry S. , McSherry Frances , Muscat Andrea M. , Lipp Eric S. , Nair Smita K. , Khasraw Mustafa , Peters Katherine B. , Randazzo Dina , Sampson John H. , McLendon Roger E. , Bigner Darell D. , Ashley David M.
Published: January 2021

Several immunotherapy clinical trials in recurrent glioblastoma have reported long-term survival benefits in 10–20% of patients. Here we perform genomic analysis of tumor tissue from recurrent WHO grade IV glioblastoma patients acquired prior to immunotherapy intervention. We report that very low tumor mutation burden is associated with longer survival after recombinant polio virotherapy or after immune checkpoint blockade in recurrent glioblastoma patients. A relationship between tumor mutation burden and survival is not observed in cohorts of immunotherapy naïve newly diagnosed or recurrent glioblastoma patients. Transcriptomic analyses reveal an inverse relationship between tumor mutation burden and enrichment of inflammatory gene signatures in cohorts of recurrent, but not newly diagnosed glioblastoma tumors, implying that a relationship between tumor mutation burden and tumor-intrinsic inflammation evolves upon recurrence.
Genome-wide macroevolutionary signatures of key innovations in butterflies colonizing new host plants
Authors: Allio Rémi , Nabholz Benoit , Wanke Stefan , Chomicki Guillaume , Pérez-Escobar Oscar A. , Cotton Adam M. , Clamens Anne-Laure , Kergoat Gaël J. , Sperling Felix A. H. , Condamine Fabien L.
Published: January 2021

The mega-diversity of herbivorous insects is attributed to their co-evolutionary associations with plants. Despite abundant studies on insect-plant interactions, we do not know whether host-plant shifts have impacted both genomic adaptation and species diversification over geological times. We show that the antagonistic insect-plant interaction between swallowtail butterflies and the highly toxic birthworts began 55 million years ago in Beringia, followed by several major ancient host-plant shifts. This evolutionary framework provides a valuable opportunity for repeated tests of genomic signatures of macroevolutionary changes and estimation of diversification rates across their phylogeny. We find that host-plant shifts in butterflies are associated with both genome-wide adaptive molecular evolution (more genes under positive selection) and repeated bursts of speciation rates, contributing to an increase in global diversification through time. Our study links ecological changes, genome-wide adaptations and macroevolutionary consequences, lending support to the importance of ecological interactions as evolutionary drivers over long time periods.
Ontological modeling and analysis of experimentally or clinically verified drugs against coronavirus infection
Authors: Liu Yingtong , Hur Junguk , Chan Wallace K. B. , Wang Zhigang , Xie Jiangan , Sun Duxin , Handelman Samuel , Sexton Jonathan , Yu Hong , He Yongqun
Published: January 2021

Our systematic literature collection and annotation identified 106 chemical drugs and 31 antibodies effective against the infection of at least one human coronavirus (including SARS-CoV, SAR-CoV-2, and MERS-CoV) in vitro or in vivo in an experimental or clinical setting. A total of 163 drug protein targets were identified, and 125 biological processes involving the drug targets were significantly enriched based on a Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis. The Coronavirus Infectious Disease Ontology (CIDO) was used as an ontological platform to represent the anti-coronaviral drugs, chemical compounds, drug targets, biological processes, viruses, and the relations among these entities. In addition to new term generation, CIDO also adopted various terms from existing ontologies and developed new relations and axioms to semantically represent our annotated knowledge. The CIDO knowledgebase was systematically analyzed for scientific insights. To support rational drug design, a “Host-coronavirus interaction (HCI) checkpoint cocktail” strategy was proposed to interrupt the important checkpoints in the dynamic HCI network, and ontologies would greatly support the design process with interoperable knowledge representation and reasoning.
Quality of Pinus sp. pellets with kraft lignin and starch addition
Authors: Surdi de Castro Paula Gabriella , de Siqueira Humberto Fauller , de Castro Vinícius Resende , Zanuncio Antônio José Vinha , Zanuncio José Cola , Berger Matheus da Silva , Martins Francisco Damião Rodrigues , Carneiro Angélica de Cássia Oliveira , Gominho Jorge , de Oliveira Araújo Solange
Published: January 2021

Pellets are widely used for power generation because they use renewable raw material with easy storage, transport and high energy density. However, the structural fragility, disintegrating during handling, transport and storage, is one of the main problems of pellets, but the addition of binders/additives can minimize this fragility. The objective of this study was to evaluate the properties of wood pellets with the addition of starch (corn and wheat) and kraft lignin in different proportions. Pellets were produced with the addition of starch (wheat and corn) and kraft lignin in the proportions of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5% in relation to the mass of wood particles of Pinus sp., with 12% moisture (dry basis), classified in 3 and 1 mm sieves and compacted in a pelleting press in the laboratory, according to European standard EN 14961-2. Physical and mechanical properties of the pellets were evaluated and their densitometric profiles obtained from the Faxitron LX-60 X-ray equipment. Corn starch and kraft lignin additives at 4% improved pellet properties (density, fines and hardness), reducing their losses during handling, storage and transport.
Fixational eye movements abnormalities and rate of visual acuity and stereoacuity improvement with part time patching
Authors: Scaramuzzi Matteo , Murray Jordan , Nucci Paolo , Shaikh Aasef G. , Ghasia Fatema F.
Published: January 2021

Residual amblyopia is seen in 40% of amblyopic patients treated with part-time patching. Amblyopic patients with infantile onset strabismus or anisometropia can develop fusion maldevelopment nystagmus syndrome (FMNS). The purpose of this study was to understand the effects of presence of FMNS and clinical subtype of amblyopia on visual acuity and stereo-acuity improvement in children treated with part-time patching. Forty amblyopic children who had fixation eye movement recordings and at least 12 months of follow-up after initiating part-time patching were included. We classified amblyopic subjects per the fixational eye movements characteristics into those without any nystagmus, those with FMNS and patients with nystagmus without any structural anomalies that do not meet the criteria of FMNS or idiopathic infantile nystagmus. We also classified the patients per the clinical type of amblyopia. Patching was continued until amblyopia was resolved or no visual acuity improvement was noted at two consecutive visits. Children with anisometropic amblyopia and without FMNS have a faster improvement and plateaued sooner. Regression was only seen in patients with strabismic/mixed amblyopia particularly those with FMNS. Patients with FMNS had improvement in visual acuity but poor stereopsis with part-time patching and required longer duration of treatment.
Uncovering dynamic evolution in the plastid genome of seven Ligusticum species provides insights into species discrimination and phylogenetic implications
Authors: Yuan Can , Sha Xiufen , Xiong Miao , Zhong Wenjuan , Wei Yu , Li Mingqian , Tao Shan , Mou Fangsheng , Peng Fang , Zhang Chao
Published: January 2021

Ligusticum L., one of the largest members in Apiaceae, encompasses medicinally important plants, the taxonomic statuses of which have been proved to be difficult to resolve. In the current study, the complete chloroplast genomes of seven crucial plants of the best-known herbs in Ligusticum were presented. The seven genomes ranged from 148,275 to 148,564 bp in length with a highly conserved gene content, gene order and genomic arrangement. A shared dramatic decrease in genome size resulted from a lineage-specific inverted repeat (IR) contraction, which could potentially be a promising diagnostic character for taxonomic investigation of Ligusticum, was discovered, without affecting the synonymous rate. Although a higher variability was uncovered in hotspot divergence regions that were unevenly distributed across the chloroplast genome, a concatenated strategy for rapid species identification was proposed because separate fragments inadequately provided variation for fine resolution. Phylogenetic inference using plastid genome-scale data produced a concordant topology receiving a robust support value, which revealed that L. chuanxiong had a closer relationship with L. jeholense than L. sinense, and L. sinense cv. Fuxiong had a closer relationship to L. sinense than L. chuanxiong, for the first time. Our results not only furnish concrete evidence for clarifying Ligusticum taxonomy but also provide a solid foundation for further pharmaphylogenetic investigation.
Hydrogen peroxide modification affects the structure and physicochemical properties of dietary fibers from white turnip (Brassica Rapa L.)
Authors: Gao Qi , Zhou Xue-jie , Ma Rui , Lin Han , Wu Jia-le , Peng Xue , Tanokura Masaru , Xue You-lin
Published: January 2021

Turnip (Brassica rapa L.) is widely consumed as a vegetable and traditional Chinese medicine with high dietary fiber content. Soluble dietary fiber (SDF) and insoluble dietary fiber (IDF) were obtained from white turnips, and the IDF was modified with alkaline hydrogen peroxide to obtain modified IDF (MIDF) and modified SDF (MSDF). The compositional, structural, and functional properties of the four samples were investigated. After modification, the modified dietary fibers (MDFs) showed smaller particle sizes and lower contents of pectin and polyphenol than those of unmodified dietary fibers (DFs) The results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transformed infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that compared to the DFs, the MDFs were smaller and had more exposed hydroxyl groups. Analysis of the microrheological behaviors showed that the MDFs had higher viscosity than that of the DFs, with a looser structure for the MSDF and a stable structure for the MIDF. Therefore, due to structural changes, the physical and functional properties of the MDFs were improved compared to those of the unmodified DFs. Pearson correlation analysis showed that the particle size was positively correlated with the pectin content. The water holding capacity (WHC), oil adsorption capacity (OAC) and water swelling capacity (WSC) showed positive correlations with each other. This work indicated that white turnip could be a potential new source of DFs, which presented desirable functional properties after modification.
Ligand-coordinated Ir single-atom catalysts stabilized on oxide supports for ethylene hydrogenation and their evolution under a reductive atmosphere
Authors: Chen Linxiao , Ali Iyad S. , Sterbinsky George E. , Zhou Xuemei , Wasim Eman , Tait Steven L.
Published: January 2021

Effective, stable, durable, and tunable Ir-ligand single-atom catalysts for ethylene hydrogenation, studied in situ for structural evolution of Ir single-atoms under a reducing atmosphere.
A “point-of-entry” bioaccumulation study of nanoscale pigment copper phthalocyanine in aquatic organisms
Authors: Pang Chengfang , Skjolding Lars M. , Selck Henriette , Baun Anders
Published: January 2021

Nanoscale pigments (e.g., nanoscale copper phthalocyanine; nano-CuPc) are used in very large quantities on a global scale. Due to their widespread use, they may reach the aquatic environment and potentially cause environmental harm.
Uridine attenuates obesity, ameliorates hepatic lipid accumulation and modifies the gut microbiota composition in mice fed with a high-fat diet
Authors: Liu Yilin , Xie Chunyan , Zhai Zhenya , Deng Ze-yuan , De Jonge Hugo R. , Wu Xin , Ruan Zheng
Published: January 2021

This study aimed to investigate the effect of uridine on obesity, fat accumulation in liver, and gut microbiota composition in high-fat diet-fed mice.
In vivo protein corona on nanoparticles: does the control of all material parameters orient the biological behavior?
Authors: Singh Nimisha , Marets Célia , Boudon Julien , Millot Nadine , Saviot Lucien , Maurizi Lionel
Published: January 2021

Recent advances in understanding and controlling the in vivo protein corona on nanoparticles to optimize the biological response.
Expanding the thiol–X toolbox: photoinitiation and materials application of the acid-catalyzed thiol–ene (ACT) reaction
Authors: Sutherland Bryan P. , Kabra Mukund , Kloxin Christopher J.
Published: January 2021

Kinetics of the acid-catalyzed thiol–ene (ACT) reaction were explored over a range of thiol and vinyl functional groups. Its applicability in material synthesis was demonstrated in the design of photopolymerized polymer networks.
Temperature-responsive molecular liquids based on dihydrophenazines for dynamic multicolor-fluorescent anti-counterfeiting and encryption
Authors: Liu Hao , Song Wenxuan , Chen Xuanying , Mei Ju , Zhang Zhiyun , Su Jianhua
Published: January 2021

Multicolor printing, dynamic anti-counterfeiting, and advanced information encryption are conveniently realized by harnessing the temperature-sensitive and dual-emissive molecular liquids based on vibration-induced emission fluorogens.
Chemical vapor deposition and temperature-dependent Raman characterization of two-dimensional vanadium ditelluride
Authors: Hossain Mongur , Iqbal Muhammad Ahsan , Wu Juanxia , Xie Liming
Published: January 2021

Two-dimensional vanadium ditelluride has been synthesized on mica, sapphire, and h-BN substrates by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition.
Journey of ZnO quantum dots from undoped to rare-earth and transition metal-doped and their applications
Authors: Singh Pushpendra , Singh Rajan Kumar , Kumar Ranveer
Published: January 2021

Currently, developments in the field of quantum dots (QDs) have attracted researchers worldwide.
The F19W mutation reduces the binding affinity of the transmembrane Aβ11–40 trimer to the membrane bilayer
Authors: Tran Thanh Thuy , Pan Feng , Tran Linh , Roland Christopher , Sagui Celeste
Published: January 2021

Dominant conformations of F19W 3Aβ11–40 immersed in transmembrane DPPC lipid bilayer submerged in aqueous solution.
Bactericidal efficiency of micro- and nanostructured surfaces: a critical perspective
Authors: Senevirathne S. W. M. A. I. , Hasan J. , Mathew A. , Woodruff M. , Yarlagadda P. K. D. V.
Published: January 2021

Micro/nanostructured surfaces (MNSS) have shown the ability to inactivate bacterial cells by physical means.
The role of gas flow distributions on CO2 mineralization within monolithic cemented composites: coupled CFD-factorial design approach
Authors: Mehdipour Iman , Falzone Gabriel , Prentice Dale , Neithalath Narayanan , Simonetti Dante , Sant Gaurav
Published: January 2021

Optimizing the spatial distribution of contacting gas and the gas processing conditions enhances CO2 mineralization reactions and material properties of carbonate-cementitious monoliths.
Fluorine-induced aggregate-interlocking for color-tunable organic afterglow with a simultaneously improved efficiency and lifetime
Authors: Li Hui , Li Huanhuan , Gu Jie , He Fei , Peng Hao , Tao Ye , Tian Dan , Yang Qingqing , Li Ping , Zheng Chao , Huang Wei , Chen Runfeng
Published: January 2021

Through the fluorine-induced aggregate-interlocking (FIAI) strategy, the designed afterglow materials showed both improved quantum yields and prolonged lifetimes by breaking through the intrinsic bottlenecks of organic afterglow.
Isomeric anthracene diimide polymers
Authors: Tu Dandan , Yang Qing , Yu Shuwen , Guo Xin , Li Can
Published: January 2021

Two anthracene diimide (ADI) polymers with the backbone conformational isomerism, new members of aromatic diimide polymers family, have been synthesized as a class of highly promising n-type semiconductors for organic electronics.
Screening adsorbent–water adsorption heat pumps based on an experimental water adsorption isotherm database
Authors: Liu Zhilu , Li Wei , Moghadam Peyman Z. , Li Song
Published: January 2021

Computational screening of adsorbent-water working pairs for adsorption heat pumps is carried out based on the experimental water adsorption isotherm database containing 231 adsorbents, from which the coefficient of performance can be evaluated.
Time to fiddle with your unpublished data
Authors: Ryan Michael J. , Touyz Rhian M.
Published: January 2021

Most scientific investigators conduct well-designed and controlled preclinical experiments generating data that are difficult to explain, contrast with existing scientific dogma, or represent a perceived negative result. It is common for these findings to remain hidden away in a drawer from the greater scientific community. However, these unseen results can lead to publication bias, have the potential to significantly advance scientific disciplines if they are published, and can help investigators avoid repeating experiments that have already been done, thus saving money and time. Moreover, these unexpected data may actually have significance if re-interpreted leading to new hypotheses. This editorial commentary highlights a novel user-friendly tool developed by Bernard and colleagues (Clin Sci (Lond) (2020) 134 (20): 2729–2739) to help investigators determine appropriate options for disseminating unpublished data in order to make them available to the broader scientific community. In addition, this commentary serves as an announcement for an upcoming special call for papers on meta-research to be published in Clinical Science. Meta-research is the evaluation and study of existing scientific literature and data. It is an evolving field dedicated to improving rigor and reproducibility in science, an endeavor to which Clinical Science and Portland Press are committed.
Novel system model‐based fault location approach using dynamic search technique
Authors: Ananthan Sundaravaradan Navalpakkam , Bastos Alvaro Furlani , Santoso Surya
Published: January 2021

Impedance‐based fault location (IBFL) approaches are the most commonly used fault location methods in digital relays. However, each IBFL approach is designed specific to a line or network configuration and thus is not universal. For example, complex line configurations such as lines with mutual coupling between them and three‐terminal lines have to employ individual IBFL algorithms derived specifically for them. Furthermore, they suffer from several sources of errors such as non‐homogeneous system, and CT saturation. Hence, this paper presents a novel fault location approach that utilises a system model to overcome these limitations. The proposed model‐based fault location (MBFL) approach estimates the fault location by identifying the closest match among various anticipated fault scenarios obtained using the system model and the actual fault scenario. It uses a dynamic search technique to implement the MBFL efficiently. A key highlight of the proposed approach is identifying the location of a fault on a neighbouring line using limited measurements, as few as only the through fault current flowing in a neighbouring line. The advantages of the approach and its practical applicability have been demonstrated by implementing it in complex network configurations as well as field data.
Construction of College Teachers’ emotional labor strategy model based on emotional intelligence theory
Authors: Hang Lanlv , Chen Ming-Tsung
Published: January 2021

In China, colleges and universities bear the important responsibility of cultivating high-quality talents. The quality, ability and work performance of university teachers are more and more concerned by the whole society, including colleges and universities. Emotional labor of college teachers refers to the process in which teachers control and express their emotions according to the requirements of the school. Emotional intelligence is related to emotional labor, and emotional labor strategy is the means to optimize the emotional labor process. College Teachers’ emotional labor strategies include five basic strategies: self-awareness, selfregulation, self motivation, empathy, and social skills. It can stimulate college teachers’ real emotions and deep acting behaviors, help to avoid job burnout and enhance their sense of professional identity and happiness. From the perspective of emotional labor, it is of great significance to study the working state of young teachers and put forward the strategies to improve their working enthusiasm, whether it is of great significance to the career development of young teachers, the improvement of teaching and scientific research quality and the cultivation of talents.
Assessment and Prediction for China’s Regional Agricultural Sustainability
Authors: Zhao Yu , Xie Qiyang , Zhang Yu
Published: January 2021

This paper proposes a sustainable agricultural development index (SADI) and a hybrid grey model for measuring the changes in agricultural sustainability over time. Firstly, a comprehensive indicator system for co-evaluating the level of agricultural economy, resource, environment, ecology, technology and rural society is presented based on a holistic understanding of agricultural sustainability. Then, the entropy-based TOPSIS model, grey prediction theory and genetic algorithm are combined to build a synthesis method for evaluating and predicting agricultural sustainability and detecting its regional heterogeneity. Furthermore, an empirical study at a provincial scale is conducted by collecting panel data from 2003 to 2017. The result shows that regional agricultural sustainability in China will continue to improve, with different rates in the different provinces from 2020 to 2030. And the regional heterogeneity of agricultural sustainability will increase significantly.
The Impact of the Global 2020 Health and Economic Crisis on the Consumption of Students Studying Macroeconomics
Authors: Dimitrova Boryana
Published: January 2021

Research background: 2020 is the first year in recent human history with unprecedented closure of educational institutions and businesses for an extended period of time during the school year. The closure was not the result of military action, but of regulations aimed at stopping the spread of a disease, which at first glance seemed unusually dangerous. This required the learning and work processes to take place in people’s homes and not in the buildings of educational institutions and companies. It also affected the usual individuals’ consumption of goods. For the optimal recovery of the national and world economic and educational systems, it is necessary to have a variety of information about the impact of the crisis on different groups of the population.

Purpose of the article: This article aims to present the results of a study of changes in consumption, financial and employment status of students studying macroeconomics at a small Faculty of Economics in Southeast Europe.

Methods: The method of the self-administered survey, conducted through Google Forms, disseminated through closed Facebook groups, used for educational purposes, as well as direct sharing of links via Messenger, Viber and e-mail was used.

Findings & Value added: The changes in the expenses related to the consumption of key goods by the respondents, their financial and employment status have been identified and discussed. The accumulation of knowledge about living in times of crisis is discussed and the readiness of the respondents to purposefully study crisis management is established in view to the optimal formation of the human capital of the nation and the world.
Global Pandemic as an Innovative Impulse for the Labour Market
Authors: Linkeschova Dana , Ticha Alena , Novy Martin , Tichy Jan
Published: January 2021

Research background: The global history of mankind in an international context is permeated by the painful events include epidemics, wars, natural disasters and crises, including economic ones.

Purpose of the article: According to research, it will be the generation of hatcheries from digital talents. In the work environment, however, centennials behave differently than all previous generations. Millenials is a fully technological generation with great self-confidence, but at the same
time an autonomous willingness to work hard, assertive and much more
demanding operating with completely different and international communication tools.

Methods: The article will analyses the surveys of international research about the international crisis caused by the pandemic by methods of mathematical statistics. It has paradoxically accelerated digitization in fields where it has been difficult to assert itself so far.

Findings & Value added:.Along with the changing behavior of the next generation and the advancing digitization and automation of work, many professions are at risk. The article deals with the possible development of the labor market in connection with the complete disappearance of some professions, but also the emergence of new professions, which now cannot even be imagined. Several weeks of quarantine, caused by a pandemic of a new type of coronavirus, has changed the lives of many companies and employees. For some companies, it meant their definitive end. For others, however, it foreshadowed the acceleration of innovation in the company itself.
Features of the New Type Global Recession
Authors: Lyakin Alexander
Published: January 2021

Research background: The increasing global economic decrease that got the name of Great Lockdown had world pandemic as its trigger. It is already obvious that by its depth, breadth and the number of economics included this recession can be compared to the Great Depression. Shocks nature influences a lot on the structural changes during the recession. The tertiary sector industries, which development is determined by globalization and that are typical for post-industrial economies have the heaviest losses. Now it is impossible to predict are the de-globalization processes permanent or just temporary and which changes in sectoral structure will stay with us after the COVID-19 pandemic. The period of sharp drop is finishing now and it’s obvious that the specific nature of current recession will reveal itself during the market adjustment to the new conditions.

Purpose of the article: is to highlight the specific features of recession caused by COVID-19 pandemic, distinguishing it from the previous global recessions.

Methods: this article research is based on comparative analysis of main macroeconomic variables trends during the global recessions.

Findings & Value added: Current global recession specific features highlited in this article are:
industries with a high share of employment are subject to the greatest compression;
the economic recession took its origin as a result of the supply shock, and it has a clearly defined industry specifics. The growing uncertainty is limiting the recovery growth potential.;
Keynesian measures of countercyclical regulation appeared to be ineffective during the release restrictions phase.
Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic on The Most Globalized Sectors of Creative Industries in Slovakia
Authors: Majdúchová Helena
Published: January 2021

Research background:The COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a health crisis. The mentioned pandemic is changing communities and economies at their core. While the impact of the pandemic will differ from country to country, it will most likely rise poverty and inequalities at a global scale. Estimating the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on societies, economies and vulnerable groups is necessary to inform and tailor the responses of governments and partners to recover from the crisis and ensure that no one is left behind in this effort. Without urgent socio-economic responses, global suffering will escalate, jeopardizing lives and livelihoods for years to come.

Purpose of the article:The aim of this contribution is to measure the influence of Coronavirus on the Creative industries entities in Slovakia, which are the most globalized (they have the international partners, cooperation or owners), to provide the various scenarios of the economic development in this field and to propose the recommendations about the development of international cooperation.

Methods:The influence of COVID-19 pandemic on media companies, broadcasting channels, software companies, was determined by filings for bankruptcy or restructuring and on the basis of the number of laid off employees.

Findings & Value added: Based on the reached results, we conclude that the Creative Industries entities such as media companies, broadcasting channels, software companies, which produce the digital content, were not so negatively affected. Many of the changes due to digitization have been positive, however, again in unexpected ways.