bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Revisiting the Right of Self-Defence against Non-State Armed Entities
Authors: DE SOUZA I.M. LOBO
Published: August 2016

This article explores and appraises international legal developments regarding the right to self-defence against vicarious aggression — that is, armed attacks by non-state entities that are sponsored or hosted by a foreign state. Despite efforts to develop a normative framework and mechanisms of accountability to curb states’ use of non-state entities as proxies for armed activity, some states continue to view these entities as valuable tools for the realization of their foreign policy goals. Consequently, international practice shows general recognition of a right of self-defence against non-state armed entities. There is also an emerging body of authoritative opinion, backed by an evolving state practice, that supports the extension of the application of this right against a non-state entity’s host or sponsoring state, provided some conditions are met.
To Do a Work that Would Be Very Far Reaching: Minnie Geddings Cox, the Mississippi Life Insurance Company, and the Challenges of Black Women’s Business Leadership in the Early Twentieth-Century United States
Authors: GARRETT-SCOTT SHENNETTE
Published: August 2016

In early December 1923 in Memphis, Tennessee, Minnie Geddings Cox sat in a hastily arranged board meeting across from Heman Perry, clear now that the man she had believed her advocate was most assuredly her adversary. Cox and Perry, a manForbesmagazine would describe in 1924 as the richest Negro in the world, spent nearly a year maneuvering a merger to join her company, Mississippi Life Insurance Company, the third largest black-owned life insurance company in the United States, with his Standard Life of Atlanta, which ranked second.1They shared a vision to create the largest black-owned life insurance company in the United States—or so Cox thought.
Design, analysis and modelling of a hybrid controller for serial robotic manipulators
Authors: Zhang Dan , Wei Bin
Published: August 2016

When the end-effector of a robotic arm grasps different payload masses, the output of joint motion will vary. By using a model reference adaptive control approach, the payload variation effect can be solved. This paper describes the design for a hybrid controller for serial robotic manipulators by combining a PID controller and a model reference adaptive controller (MRAC) in order to further improve the accuracy and joint convergence speed performance. The convergence performance of the PID controller, the MRAC and the PID+MRAC hybrid controller for 1-DOF, 2-DOF and subsequently 3-DOF manipulators is compared. The comparison results show that the convergence speed and its performance for the MRAC and the PID+ MRAC controllers is better than that of the PID controller, and the convergence performance for the hybrid control is better than that of the MRAC control.
KEYNES, MILL, AND SAY’S LAW: THE LEGITIMATE CASE KEYNES DIDN’T MAKE AGAINST J. S. MILL
Authors: Grieve Roy H.
Published: August 2016

Having in the General Theory quoted a passage from John Stuart Mill’s Principles as representative of ancient confusion, John Maynard Keynes has been accused of misinterpreting that passage and thus mistakenly identifying Mill as an upholder of the “classical” proposition that “supply creates its own demand.” Certain critics, seizing on Keynes’s misunderstanding, draw the conclusion that little was actually wrong with Mill’s analysis and that Keynes’s attack on Mill was therefore without justification.

Our contention, however, is that, despite his error with respect, so to say, to the “letter” of Mill’s exposition, Keynes was right about the essential “substance” of Mill’s thesis. Mill’s thinking, we suggest, was deeply in thrall to the ideas of his father and Jean-Baptiste Say. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that Mill did indeed stand for a “classical” position, albeit qualified, but nevertheless vulnerable to Keynes’s critique as developed in the General Theory.
Fit-risk in development projects: role of demonstration in technology adoption
Authors: Parks Moon , Bansal Sangeeta , Zilberman David
Published: August 2016

The introduction and adoption of new technologies is an important component of development projects. Many technologies that could spur considerable increase in welfare, however, are often adopted at low rates even when donors and NGOs have invested their effort in them heavily. This paper develops a framework to analyze inefficiencies caused by fit-risk (potential users are not certain whether the technology will fit their needs, lifestyles, social feedback or capabilities), and the role of marketing tools, such as demonstration, in reducing fit-risk and enhancing the efficiency of development projects. We find that, in the presence of fit-risk, there is always unrealized demand and resource waste. Donors who ignore fit-risk always overestimate the project value and over-subsidize the products they are promoting. We identify conditions under which introducing demonstration may help alleviate fit-risk and improve the overall project values. The impact of eliminating fit-risk on the project uptake depends on the probability of fit.
THE RACIAL ECOLOGY OF LEAD POISONING
Authors: Sampson Robert J. , Winter Alix S.
Published: August 2016

This paper examines the racial ecology of lead exposure as a form of environmental inequity, one with both historical and contemporary significance. Drawing on comprehensive data from over one million blood tests administered to Chicago children from 1995-2013 and matched to over 2300 geographic block groups, we address two major questions: (1) What is the nature of the relationship between neighborhood-level racial composition and variability in children’s elevated lead prevalence levels? And (2) what is the nature of the relationship between neighborhood-level racial composition and rates of change in children’s prevalence levels over time within neighborhoods? We further assess an array of structural explanations for observed racial disparities, including socioeconomic status, type and age of housing, proximity to freeways and smelting plants, and systematic observations of housing decay and neighborhood disorder. Overall, our theoretical framework posits lead toxicity as a major environmental pathway through which racial segregation has contributed to the legacy of Black disadvantage in the United States. Our findings support this hypothesis and show alarming racial disparities in toxic exposure, even after accounting for possible structural explanations. At the same time, however, our longitudinal results show the power of public health policies to reduce racial inequities.
Narkolepsie
Authors: Neumann Poryazova Rositsa , Büchele Fabian
Published: August 2016

Zusammenfassung. Narkolepsie ist eine lebenslange Schlaf-Wach-Störung, charakterisiert durch exzessive Tagesschläfrigkeit und Episoden mit plötzlichem Muskeltonusverlust bei starken Emotionen (Kataplexie). Weitere Symptome sind Schlafparalyse, Halluzinationen und fragmentierter Nachtschlaf. Die Diagnose der Narkolepsie wird primär klinisch gestellt und durch zwei biologische Marker unterstützt: erstens durch Dokumentation von verfrühtem REM-Schlaf in der Schlaflaboruntersuchung, und zweitens durch Verlust des hypothalamischen Peptids Hypocretin in der Liquoruntersuchung. Ferner besteht eine genetische Prädisposition bei Positivität für das HLA DQB1*0602-Allel. Die Symptome der Narkolepsie können mit anderen psychiatrischen, neurologischen oder Schlaf-Wach-Störungen verwechselt werden. Die richtige Diagnosestellung ist entscheidend für die Einleitung einer wirksamen Therapie; gleichzeitig kann bei Patienten ohne Narkolepsie eine unnötige Behandlung mit psychoaktiven Substanzen, manche davon mit einem hohen Missbrauchsrisiko, vermieden werden.
Evaluating Engagement Online
Authors: Parks-Stamm Elizabeth J. , Grey Chanda
Published: August 2016

Abstract. Past experimental research has shown that women are penalized with harsh evaluations when they violate gender prescriptions to be nurturing and helpful. Instructor participation in an asynchronous online discussion forum and end-of-class evaluation data from 360 courses was used to test the hypothesis that students would penalize female, but not male, online instructors based on their classroom engagement. Results showed a penalties effect in student ratings for low-participating female, but not male, instructors in gender-balanced courses. The results demonstrate the differential impact of instructor engagement on male and female evaluations, shedding light on when and why gender bias is found in student evaluations. Implications for the use of student evaluations of faculty are discussed.
Effects in the Affect Misattribution Procedure Are Modulated by	Feature-Specific Attention Allocation
Authors: Everaert Tom , Spruyt Adriaan , De Houwer Jan
Published: August 2016

Abstract. We examined whether automatic stimulus evaluation as measured by the Affect Misattribution Procedure (AMP) is moderated by the degree to which attention is assigned to the evaluative stimulus dimension (i.e., feature-specific attention allocation, FSAA). In two experiments, one group of participants completed a standard AMP while attending to evaluative stimulus information. A second group of participants completed the AMP while attending to non-evaluative stimulus information. In line with earlier work, larger AMP effects were observed when participants were encouraged to attend to evaluative stimulus information than when they were not. These observations support the idea that the impact of FSAA on measures of automatic stimulus evaluation results from a genuine change in the degree of automatic stimulus evaluation rather than a change in the degree to which automatic stimulus evaluation is picked up by these measures.
Majority Members’ Feelings About Political Representation of Muslim Immigrants
Authors: Verkuyten Maykel , Hindriks Paul , Coenders Marcel
Published: August 2016

Abstract. In three survey experimental studies among national samples of the native Dutch, we examined feelings towards Muslim immigrants’ political party representation. The strategy of disengagement (reject political representation) was evaluated most positively, followed by the descriptive representation strategy (participate as Muslims in existing political party). The group representation strategy (participate in the existing political system with a Muslim party) was evaluated most negatively. Furthermore, participants who perceived higher group-based power threat had more negative feelings towards political representation of Muslim immigrants, but less so towards disengaged immigrants. In addition, negative feelings were stronger towards Muslim versus Christian immigrants and this difference was somewhat more pronounced for the group representation and descriptive representation strategy compared to political disengagement.
A 6-month follow-up study of the randomized controlled Ma-Pi macrobiotic dietary intervention (MADIAB trial) in type 2 diabetes
Authors: Soare A , Del Toro R , Khazrai Y M , Di Mauro A , Fallucca S , Angeletti S , Skrami E , Gesuita R , Tuccinardi D , Manfrini S , Fallucca F , Pianesi M , Pozzilli P
Published: August 2016

Background:

In the MADIAB trial (a 21-day randomized, controlled trial in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D)), intervention with the Ma-Pi 2 macrobiotic diet resulted in significantly greater improvements in metabolic control compared with a standard recommended diet for patients with T2D. We report on a 6-month follow-up study, which investigated, whether these benefits extended beyond the 21-day intensive dietary intervention, in real-world conditions.

Subjects:

At the end of the MADIAB trial (baseline of this follow-up study), all participants continued their assigned diet (Ma-Pi or control) for 6 months. The Ma-Pi 2 group followed the Ma-Pi 4 diet during this follow-up study. Forty of the original 51 subjects (78.4%) participated in the follow-up (body mass index, 27–45 kg m−2; age, 40–75 years). Primary outcome was percentage change from baseline in HbA1c; secondary outcomes were anthropometric data and lipid panel.

Results:

A significantly greater median percentage reduction was observed for HbA1c in the Ma-Pi group (−11.27% (95% confidence interval (CI): −10.17; −12.36)) compared with the control group (−5.88% (95% CI: −3.79; −7.98)) (P < 0.001). Total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol increased in both groups with no differences between groups (P=0.331 and P=0.082, respectively). After correcting for age and gender, the Ma-Pi diet was associated with a higher percentage reduction in HbA1c (95% CI: 2.56; 7.61) and body weight (95% CI: 0.40; 3.99), and a higher percentage increase in LDL cholesterol (95% CI: −1.52; −33.16). However, all participants’ total and LDL cholesterol levels remained within recommended ranges (<200 mg dl−1 and <100 mg dl−1, respectively). The Ma-Pi diet group achieved the target median HbA1c value (<5.7% (39 mmol mol−1)) at 6 months.

Conclusions:

Both the Ma-Pi and control diets maintained their benefits beyond the 21-day intensive monitored intervention over a 6-month follow-up in real-world conditions. The Ma-Pi diet resulted in greater improvement in glycemic control.
FLASH protects ZEB1 from degradation and supports cancer cells' epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
Authors: Abshire C F , Carroll J L , Dragoi A-M
Published: August 2016

Cancer metastasis remains a significant challenge and the leading cause of cancer-associated deaths. It is postulated that during metastasis cells undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process characterized by loss of cell–cell contacts and increased migratory and invasive potential. ZEB1 is one the most prominent transcriptional repressors of genes associated with EMT. We identified caspase-8-associated protein 2 (CASP8AP2 or FLASH) as a novel posttranscriptional regulator of ZEB1. Here we demonstrate that FLASH protects ZEB1 from proteasomal degradation brought by the action of the ubiquitin ligases SIAH1 and F-box protein FBXO45. As a result, loss of FLASH rapidly destabilized ZEB1 and reversed EMT cellular characteristics. Importantly, loss of FLASH blocked transforming growth factor-β-induced EMT and enhanced sensitivity to chemotherapy. Thus, we propose that FLASH–ZEB1 interplay may be a protective mechanism against ZEB1 degradation in cells undergoing EMT and may be an efficacious target for therapies aimed to block EMT progression.
DNA binding of Pd(TC3), a conformable cationic porphyrin with a long-lived triplet state
Authors: Ghimire Srijana , Bork Matthew A. , Zhang Hanyu , Fanwick Phillip E. , Zeller Matthias , Choi Jong Hyun , McMillin David R.
Published: August 2016

Pd(TC3), a metalloporphyrin with conformable substituents, is a photosensitizer that appears to bind to B-form DNA by intercalation as well as groove binding in one and the same motif.
Synthesis, characterization, biological activity, DNA and BSA binding study: novel copper(ii) complexes with 2-hydroxy-4-aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoate
Authors: Joksimović Nenad , Baskić Dejan , Popović Suzana , Zarić Milan , Kosanić Marijana , Ranković Branislav , Stanojković Tatjana , Novaković Sladjana B. , Davidović Goran , Bugarčić Zorica , Janković Nenad
Published: August 2016

We presented five novel copper(ii) complexes with β-diketo scaffolds that showed higher cytotoxic activity on LS174 and A549 cell lines than cisplatin.
Deterministic modeling of the exposure of individual participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to polychlorinated biphenyls
Authors: Wood Stephen A. , Armitage James M. , Binnington Matthew J. , Wania Frank
Published: August 2016

An environmental fate and human bioaccumulation model was used to calculate PCB exposure in 6128 participants of a national biomonitoring campaign.
AthMethPre: a web server for the prediction and query of mRNA m6A sites in Arabidopsis thaliana
Authors: Xiang Shunian , Yan Zhangming , Liu Ke , Zhang Yaou , Sun Zhirong
Published: August 2016

The first web server that provides a user-friendly tool for the prediction and query of A. thaliana mRNA m6A sites.
Surfactant free synthesis of high surface area Pt@PdM3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) core/shell electrocatalysts with enhanced electrocatalytic activity and durability for PEM fuel cell applications
Authors: Mohanraju Karuppannan , Kousik Govindarajan , Cindrella Louis
Published: August 2016

High surface area core/shell nanostructures of Pt covered Pd alloys were synthesized and they exhibited enhanced electrocatalytic activity in oxygen reduction reactions.
The chemistry of high valent tungsten chlorides with N-substituted ureas, including urea self-protonation reactions triggered by WCl6
Authors: Bortoluzzi Marco , Marchetti Fabio , Pampaloni Guido , Zacchini Stefano
Published: August 2016

N-Substituted ureas are oxidized by WCl6in dichloromethane, resulting in protonated urea saltsviaactivation of C–H and/or N–H bonds.
C–H activation enables a rapid structure–activity relationship study of arylcyclopropyl amines for potent and selective LSD1 inhibitors
Authors: Miyamura Shin , Araki Misaho , Ota Yosuke , Itoh Yukihiro , Yasuda Shusuke , Masuda Mitsuharu , Taniguchi Tomoyuki , Sowa Yoshihiro , Sakai Toshiyuki , Suzuki Takayoshi , Itami Kenichiro , Yamaguchi Junichiro
Published: August 2016

Potent and selective LSD1 inhibitors were synthesized rapidly by a C–H borylation and cross-coupling sequence.
Supramolecular hybrids of carbon dots with doxorubicin: synthesis, stability and cellular trafficking
Authors: Sun Tingting , Zheng Min , Xie Zhigang , Jing Xiabin
Published: August 2016

Functional nanoparticles were successfully prepared from carbon dots (CDs) and doxorubicin (Dox) via supramolecular interactions.
Thermo-sensitive poly(VCL-4VP-NVP) ionic microgels: synthesis, cytotoxicity, hemocompatibility, and sustained release of anti-inflammatory drugs
Authors: Zhou Xianjing , Yang Qing , Li Jianyuan , Nie Jingjing , Tang Guping , Du Binyang
Published: August 2016

Thermosensitive poly(VCL-4VP-NVP) ionic microgels showed good biocompatibility, excellent hemocompatibility and were suitable for the loading and sustained release of diclofenac sodium.
Rhodium-doped titania photocatalysts with two-step bandgap excitation by visible light—influence of the dopant concentration on photosensitization efficiency
Authors: Kuncewicz J. , Ohtani B.
Published: August 2016

Visible light-induced redox reactions of low-concentration rhodium-introduced titania proceeded through two photoexcitation of rhodium(iii) to the conduction band of titania and an electron in the valence band to thus-generated rhodium(iv).
Synthesis, structure, and optical properties of K2.4Ga2.4M1.6Q8(M = Si, Ge; Q = S, Se) crystals and glasses
Authors: He Jianqiao , Zhang Xian , Guo Pan , Cheng Ye , Zheng Chong , Huang Fuqiang
Published: August 2016

Four isostructural new inorganic polymers, K2.4Ga2.4M1.6Q8(M = Si, Ge; Q = S, Se), have been successfully synthesized.
Toward anticancer gold-based compounds targeting PARP-1: a new case study
Authors: Citta A. , Scalcon V. , Göbel P. , Bertrand B. , Wenzel M. , Folda A. , Rigobello M. P. , Meggers E. , Casini A.
Published: August 2016

A new gold(iii) complex bearing a 2-((2,2′-bipyridin)-5-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-4-carboxamide ligand has been synthesized and characterized for its biological properties in vitro.
Identifying the preferred interaction mode of naringin with gold nanoparticles through experimental, DFT and TDDFT techniques: insights into their sensing and biological applications
Authors: Singh Baljinder , Rani Monika , Singh Janpreet , Moudgil Lovika , Sharma Prateek , Kumar Sanjeev , Saini G. S. S. , Tripathi S. K. , Singh Gurinder , Kaura Aman
Published: August 2016

In this work, the binding behaviour of naringin – a flavonoid with AuNPs is explained by combining experimental and theoretical approaches.
Facile fabrication of stable and high-rate Si/NiSix/CNTs Li-ion anodes with a buffering interface
Authors: Fan Xu , Ji Jingjing , Jiang Xiangping , Wang Wei , Liu Zhaoping
Published: August 2016

Silicon (Si)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) composites are ideal anode materials for lithium ion batteries.
Gold nanorods vs. gold nanoparticles: application in electrochemical sensing of cytosine β-d-arabinoside using metal ion mediated molecularly imprinted polymer
Authors: Prasad Bhim Bali , Singh Ragini , Kumar Anil
Published: August 2016

The determination of an anticancer drug (cytosine arabinoside, Ara-C) in body fluids is very important due to its pharmaceutical and clinical significance.
An ultra-low bandgap diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based polymer with balanced ambipolar charge transport for organic field-effect transistors
Authors: Jiang Tao , Xue Zhongyuan , Ford Michael , Shaw Jessica , Cao Xudong , Tao Youtian , Hu Yuanyuan , Huang Wei
Published: August 2016

Molecular design on new A1–A2 type polymer pDTDPP–TTF exhibiting ultra-low bandgap and balanced ambipolar charge transport was conducted for solution-processed OFETs.
Efficient planar perovskite solar cells prepared via a low-pressure vapor-assisted solution process with fullerene/TiO2 as an electron collection bilayer
Authors: Zhou Zheng , Xu Jia , Xiao Li , Chen Jing , Tan Zhan'ao , Yao Jianxi , Dai Songyuan
Published: August 2016

Cross-sectional SEM image and schematic J–V curves of the PSCs prepared with device architecture of the solar cells different C60 solution concentrations.
SiO2 aerogels modified by perfluoro acid amides: a precisely controlled hydrophobicity
Authors: Lermontov S. A. , Sipyagina N. A. , Malkova A. N. , Yarkov A. V. , Vasil'ev S. G. , Simonenko N. P. , Baranchikov A. E. , Ivanov V. K.
Published: August 2016

Five series of novel fluorinated aerogels based on acylated (3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane (APTMS) (MeO)3Si(CH2)3NHC(O)RF were prepared by a sol–gel method followed by supercritical drying in four different solvents.
A palladium–bisoxazoline supported catalyst for selective synthesis of aryl esters and aryl amides via carbonylative coupling reactions
Authors: Ibrahim Mansur B. , Suleiman Rami , Fettouhi Mohammed , El Ali Bassam
Published: August 2016

The catalytic synthesis of aryl esters and amides has been successfully achieved in the presence of the efficient palladium–bisoxazoline supported on Merrifield's resin (Pd–BOX-M).
Design, synthesis and in vitro evaluation of coumarin–imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives against cancer induced osteoporosis
Authors: Sashidhara Koneni V. , Singh L. Ravithej , Choudhary Dharmendra , Arun Ashutosh , Gupta Sampa , Adhikary Sulekha , Palnati Gopala Reddy , Konwar Rituraj , Trivedi Ritu
Published: August 2016

The potential of coumarin–imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine hybrids to prevent bone loss in patients with bone metastases is discussed.
Versatile interactions of boron fullerene B80with gas molecules
Authors: Colherinhas Guilherme , Fileti Eudes Eterno , Chaban Vitaly V.
Published: August 2016

Stable all-boron fullerene B80supplements a family of elemental cage molecules.
Facile access to 2,5-diaryl fulleropyrrolidines: magnesium perchlorate-mediated reaction of [60]fullerene with arylmethylamines and aryl aldehydes
Authors: Zhang Hong-Yu , Wang Hui-Juan , Li Fa-Bao , Liu Chun-Xiang , Zhang Xiao-Feng , Liu Li , Liu Chao-Yang
Published: August 2016

Reaction of [60]fullerene with arylmethanamines and aryl aldehydes in the presence of magnesium perchlorate generated a series of scarce 2,5-diaryl fulleropyrrolidines as cis isomers.
BCN–Co3O4 hybrid – a highly efficient catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction and dye degradation
Authors: Balakrishnan Thiruparasakthi , Anis Mohamed , Arun S. , Kumar Mithin , Arun kumar Sakthivel , Mayavan Sundar
Published: August 2016

The as-prepared Co3O4–BCN shows excellent activity towards the OER and dye degradation as compared to pristine Co3O4.
Pd-catalyzed direct oxidative mono-aroyloxylation of O-aralkyl substituted acetoxime ethers
Authors: Shao Ling-Yan , Li Chao , Guo Ying , Yu Kun-Kun , Zhao Fei-Yi , Qiao Wen-Li , Liu Hong-Wei , Liao Dao-Hua , Ji Ya-Fei
Published: August 2016

A highly site-selective palladium-catalyzed ortho-mono-aroyloxylation of O-aralkyl substituted acetoxime ethers via direct Csp2–H bond activation has been developed with simple exo-acetoxime as a directing group.
A highly stretchable strain sensor based on electrospun carbon nanofibers for human motion monitoring
Authors: Ding Yichun , Yang Jack , Tolle Charles R. , Zhu Zhengtao
Published: August 2016

A highly stretchable and sensitive strain sensor assembled by embedding a free-standing electrospun carbon nanofibers (CNFs) mat in a polyurethane (PU) matrix shows a fast, stable, and reproducible response to strain up to 300%.
Synthesis and solid-state fluorescence of aryl substituted 2-halogenocinchomeronic dinitriles
Authors: Ershov O. V. , Ievlev M. Yu. , Belikov M. Yu. , Lipin K. V. , Naydenova A. I. , Tafeenko V. A.
Published: August 2016

Several novel aryl substituted 2-halogencinchomeronic dinitriles, possessing an intensive solid state fluorescence, were synthesized. The relationship between the chemical structures and photophysical properties of these compounds was investigated.
Palladium–copper catalyzed C(sp3)–C(sp2) bond C–H activation cross-coupling reaction: selective arylation to synthesize 9-aryl-9H-xanthene and 9,9-diaryl-xanthene derivatives
Authors: Shen Guodong , Zhao Lingyu , Wang Yichen , Xia Wenfang , Yang Mingsen , Zhang Tongxin
Published: August 2016

A novel palladium–copper catalyzed C(sp3)–C(sp2) bond C–H activation cross-coupling reaction has been developed. A series of 9-aryl-9H-xanthenes and 9,9-diaryl-xanthenes were selectively synthesized in moderate to good yields by controlling the reaction time and temperature.
Oxidation state selective sorption behavior of plutonium using N,N-dialkylamide functionalized carbon nanotubes: experimental study and DFT calculation
Authors: Gupta Nishesh Kumar , Sengupta Arijit , Boda Anil , Adya V. C. , Ali Sk. Musharaf
Published: August 2016

Selective phase separation of Pu4+and PuO22+was performed usingN,N-dialkylamide functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (AFMWCNTs).
Soft approach hydrothermal synthesis of a 3D sulfur/graphene/ multiwalled carbon nanotube cathode for lithium–sulfur batteries
Authors: Walle Maru Dessie , Zhang Zhifeng , You Xiaolong , Zhang Mengyuan , Chabu Johnny Muya , Li Yajuan , Liu You-Nian
Published: August 2016

3D sulfur/graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotubes prepared by a hydrothermal method are used as a cathode for lithium–sulfur batteries.
Comparison of tetrel bonds and halogen bonds in complexes of DMSO with ZF3X (Z = C and Si; X = halogen)
Authors: Wei Quanchao , Li Qingzhong , Cheng Jianbo , Li Wenzuo , Li Hai-Bei
Published: August 2016

A theoretical study of the complexes formed by dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) with ZF3X (Z = C and Si; X = halogen) has been performed at the MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ level.
Probing and visualizing the heterogeneity of fiber cell wall deconstruction in sugar maple (Acer saccharum) during liquid hot water pretreatment
Authors: Chen Sheng , Zhang Xun , Ling Zhe , Ji Zhe , Ramarao Bandaru V. , Ramaswamy Shri , Xu Feng
Published: August 2016

The S2 layer was differentiated into heavy-damaged region with more polysaccharides removed and relatively intact light-damaged region after LHW pretreatment.
Robust thermoelectric performance and high spin polarisation in CoMnTiAl and FeMnTiAl compounds
Authors: Bhat Tahir Mohiuddin , Gupta Dinesh C.
Published: August 2016

New quaternary Heusler materials, CoMnTiAl and FeMnTiAl, have been investigated.
A one-pot multicomponent facile synthesis of dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-thione derivatives using triphenylgermane as a catalyst and its binding pattern validation
Authors: Andleeb Sohaila , Imtiaz-ud-Din Imtiaz-ud-Din , Rauf Muhammad Khawar , Azam Syed Sikander , Badshah Amin , Sadaf Haseeba , Raheel Ahmed , Tahir Muhammad Nawaz , Raza Saad
Published: August 2016

A series of substituted dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-thione derivatives (1–8) have been synthesized and docked against enzymes human topoisomerase II alpha (4FM9) and Helicobacter pylori urease (1E9Y) for binding mode validation.
An unconventional route to fabricate highly pure α-Al2O3 nanocrystals with tunable surface chemistry based on a semi-aromatic polyamide with pyridine rings as a functional matrix
Authors: Li Zhaopeng , Zhang Junle , Fu Peng , Cui Zhe , Pang Xinchang , Liu Minying , Zhao Qingxiang
Published: August 2016

Highly pure α-Al2O3 colloidal nanocrystals with tunable surface chemistry and dimensions were fabricated using semi-aromatic polyamide (PA6Py) with pyridine rings as a functional matrix.
Reactive surface organometallic complexes observed using dynamic nuclear polarization surface enhanced NMR spectroscopy
Authors: Pump Eva , Viger-Gravel Jasmine , Abou-Hamad Edy , Samantaray Manoja K. , Hamzaoui Bilel , Gurinov Andrei , Anjum Dalaver H. , Gajan David , Lesage Anne , Bendjeriou-Sedjerari Anissa , Emsley Lyndon , Basset Jean-Marie
Published: August 2016

Reactive surface species immobilized inside porous materials with suitably small windows can be studied by DNP SENS.
Luminescent ion pairs with tunable emission colors for light-emitting devices and electrochromic switches
Authors: Guo Song , Huang Tianci , Liu Shujuan , Zhang Kenneth Yin , Yang Huiran , Han Jianmei , Zhao Qiang , Huang Wei
Published: August 2016

A class of luminescent ion pairs with tunable emission colors was designed and synthesized for light-emitting devices and electrochromic switches.
Synthesis of modified fullerenes for oxygen reduction reactions
Authors: María Girón Rosa , Marco-Martínez Juan , Bellani Sebastiano , Insuasty Alberto , Comas Rojas Hansel , Tullii Gabriele , Antognazza Maria Rosa , Filippone Salvatore , Martín Nazario
Published: August 2016

Suitably functionalized fullerenes bearing an active metal atom or just an active hydrogen atom behave simultaneously as electron acceptors in bulk heterojunction devices and as catalysts for ORRs. Remarkably, metal-free fullerene derivatives proved to be as active as the related hybrids.
Carbon nanoparticles for ferric ion detection and novel HFCNs–Fe3+composite for NH3and F−estimation based on a “TURN ON” mechanism
Authors: Singh Rana Prem Jyoti , Singh Pallavi , Kar Prasenjit
Published: August 2016

Hollow fluorescent carbon nanoparticle and solid fluorescent carbon nanoparticle were synthesised separately fromSyzygium cuminiextractviaa self-catalysis method in large scale for commercialization without providing any external heat. The nanoparticles were charaterized and their applications studied.
Viscosity-controlled printing of supramolecular-polymeric hydrogels via dual-enzyme catalysis
Authors: Wei Qingcong , Xu Wei , Liu Mingyu , Wu Qing , Cheng Liming , Wang Qigang
Published: August 2016

Hybrid hydrogels based on a guanidinium-containing oligopeptide are preparedviadual-enzyme-triggered reactions. An extended time window is available forin situviscosity-controlled 3D printing.
A photo-controllable third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) switch based on a rhodamine B salicylaldehyde hydrazone metal complex
Authors: Feng Qi , Li Yuanyuan , Shi Guang , Wang Lili , Zhang Wenjing , Li Kai , Hou Hongwei , Song Yinglin
Published: August 2016

In this work, a novel photo-controllable third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) switch based on a rhodamine B salicylaldehyde hydrazone metal complex was developed.
Quinoxaline-based cross-conjugated luminophores: charge transfer, piezofluorochromic, and sensing properties
Authors: Chen Yijing , Ling Yuan , Ding Lu , Xiang Chunlan , Zhou Gang
Published: August 2016

Quinoxaline-based cross-conjugated luminophores have been constructed and their charge transfer, piezofluorochromic, and sensing properties have been systematically investigated.
Extending two-dimensional π-conjugation length by introducing the alkoxybiphenyl unit for efficient benzodithiophene based photovoltaic polymer
Authors: Ding Dakang , Chen Weiye , Wang Jiuxing , Qiu Meng , Zheng Huilin , Ren Junzhen , Fan Meijie , Sun Mingliang , Yang Renqiang
Published: August 2016

Just by replacing alkoxyphenyl with the alkoxybiphenyl group, the PCE of PBDTBP–DTffBT based PSCs is higher than that of PBDTP–DTffBT based devices due to its extended π-conjugation length.
How do mechanosensitive channels sense membrane tension?
Authors: Rasmussen Tim
Published: August 2016

Mechanosensitive (MS) channels provide protection against hypo-osmotic shock in bacteria whereas eukaryotic MS channels fulfil a multitude of important functions beside osmoregulation. Interactions with the membrane lipids are responsible for the sensing of mechanical force for most known MS channels. It emerged recently that not only prokaryotic, but also eukaryotic, MS channels are able to directly sense the tension in the membrane bilayer without any additional cofactor. If the membrane is solely viewed as a continuous medium with specific anisotropic physical properties, the sensitivity towards tension changes can be explained as result of the hydrophobic coupling between membrane and transmembrane (TM) regions of the channel. The increased cross-sectional area of the MS channel in the active conformation and elastic deformations of the membrane close to the channel have been described as important factors. However, recent studies suggest that molecular interactions of lipids with the channels could play an important role in mechanosensation. Pockets in between TM helices were identified in the MS channel of small conductance (MscS) and YnaI that are filled with lipids. Less lipids are present in the open state of MscS than the closed according to MD simulations. Thus it was suggested that exclusion of lipid fatty acyl chains from these pockets, as a consequence of increased tension, would trigger gating. Similarly, in the eukaryotic MS channel TRAAK it was found that a lipid chain blocks the conducting path in the closed state. The role of these specific lipid interactions in mechanosensation are highlighted in this review.
Structure determination of transient transcription complexes
Authors: Cramer Patrick
Published: August 2016

The determination of detailed 3D structures of large and transient multicomponent complexes remains challenging. Here I describe the approaches that were used and developed by our laboratory to achieve structure solution of eukaryotic transcription complexes. I hope this collection serves as a resource for structural biologists seeking solutions for difficult structure determination projects.
Targeting tumour vasculature by inhibiting activin receptor-like kinase (ALK)1 function
Authors: de Vinuesa Amaya García , Bocci Matteo , Pietras Kristian , ten Dijke Peter
Published: August 2016

Angiogenesis is a hallmark of cancer and is now a validated therapeutic target in the clinical setting. Despite the initial success, anti-angiogenic compounds impinging on the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway display limited survival benefits in patients and resistance often develops due to activation of alternative pathways. Thus, finding and validating new targets is highly warranted. Activin receptor-like kinase (ALK)1 is a transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) type I receptor predominantly expressed in actively proliferating endothelial cells (ECs). ALK1 has been shown to play a pivotal role in regulating angiogenesis by binding to bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)9 and 10. Two main pharmacological inhibitors, an ALK1-Fc fusion protein (Dalantercept/ACE-041) and a fully human antibody against the extracellular domain of ALK1 (PF-03446962) are currently under clinical development. Herein, we briefly recapitulate the role of ALK1 in blood vessel formation and the current status of the preclinical and clinical studies on inhibition of ALK1 signalling as an anti-angiogenic strategy. Future directions in terms of new combination regimens will also be presented.
Back‐gate current neutralisation feedback loop for high‐input impedance neural FEAs
Authors: Zhou Z. , Warr P.A.
Published: August 2016

The front‐end amplifier (FEA) for neural signal applications forms the critical element for signal detection and pre‐processing, which determines not only the fidelity of the biosignal, but also impacts power consumption and detector size. A back‐gate current neutralisation feedback technique is proposed to compensate for input leakage currents generated by low‐noise amplifiers alongside signal leakage into the input bias network when in integrated circuit (IC) form. Significantly, this topology ensures the FEA maintains a high‐input impedance across the wide range of manufacturing and operational variations seen in ICs.
Issue of reliability–exploitation evaluation of electronic transport systems used in the railway environment with consideration of electromagnetic interference
Authors: Siergiejczyk Mirosław , Pas Jacek , Rosinski Adam
Published: August 2016

This study presents notions related to the reliability–exploitation analysis of electronic transport systems, which are used in the railway environment. Intentional or unintentional (stationary or mobile) electromagnetic interference existing in a vast railway area may be the cause of disturbance in its operation. Thus, it is important to ensure correct operation of electronic transport systems in an electromagnetic environment existing in a railway area. The reliability–exploitation analysis of electronic transport systems was conducted with the consideration of electromagnetic interference. This enabled the specification of the values of probability of the system staying in specific states.
Available parking slot recognition based on slot context analysis
Authors: Lee Soomok , Seo Seung‐Woo
Published: August 2016

Vacant parking‐slot recognition is one of the core elements for achieving a fully automated parking assistant system. The recognition of a vacant parking‐slot is typically executed in two stages: parking‐slot recognition and slot‐occupancy classification. In most previous works, considering the recognised slot results as a grid cell, the existence of objects is evaluated through the slot examination in slot‐occupancy classification. Despite moderate performance, however, these methods cannot distinguish the parking‐slot availability of moving or small objects and permit marks, since all previous methods only focus on the occupancy of typically parked vehicles. In this study, the authors present a camera‐based available parking‐slot recognition algorithm based on slot‐context analysis. By utilising abundant visual features, they propose a new algorithm handling diverse available parking‐slot conditions. For parking‐slot recognition, they propose a new methodology of extracting and associating line‐markings. The proposed algorithm includes a slot‐validation step that identifies multiple slot contexts in a probabilistic integration and has more flexibility on irregular patterns. In the slot‐occupancy classification stage, reliable parking‐availability detection is achieved through visual‐slot features including the histogram of gradient and frequency–magnitude features, via a support vector machine. Simulations and vehicle‐level experiments demonstrate the robustness of the proposed algorithm in diverse conditions.
Mode excitation in the microstrip slot‐coupled three‐layer hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna
Authors: Ghosh Bratin , Kakade Anandrao B.
Published: August 2016

In this study, a microstrip slot‐coupled multilayer dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) structure is rigorously analysed from the modal perspective, taking into account all layers. The choice of layer permittivities of the multilayer structure to reduce the Q‐factor and obtain optimum bandwidth performance of the antenna is outlined. Next, the mechanism of bandwidth enhancement for the centred and offset slots is examined taking into account the excited modes in the structure. It is found that while the centred slot couples to one DRA mode, an offset slot can couple to multiple DRA modes together with the slot mode. Thereafter, the excitation efficiency of modes in the multilayer DRA structure is highlighted to thoroughly characterise the modal contribution in the coupling behaviour for the centred and offset‐slots.
Analysis of MR‐WPT using planar textile resonators for wearable applications
Authors: Kang Seok Hyon , Nguyen Van Thuan , Jung Chang Won
Published: August 2016

This study presents the design and analysis of a magnetic resonant coupling wireless power transfer (MR‐WPT) system that employs planar textile resonators. To reduce the size of the system for wearable applications, the transmitter and receiver are designed and fabricated on a flat plane of fabric. A proposed symmetric four‐resonator MR‐WPT system is used for verifying the electromagnetic property of the textile substrates. Two textile substrates: polyester and cotton fibre are investigated to determine their impact on the transfer efficiency. Experiments show that the transfer efficiency is considerably higher with the polyester substrate than with the cotton substrate. In addition, copper tape and silver paste are employed for the resonator fabrication because of their flexibility. The measured results show that the copper tape has a significantly higher transfer efficiency than the silver paste because of its high conductivity. At a transfer distance of 5 cm, the maximum transfer efficiency is 50% with the polyester substrate and the copper tape resonator. Furthermore, the width of the coil‐pattern is varied to determine its impact on the resonant frequency and the transfer efficiency of the MR‐WPT system. This research confirms the feasibility of using flexible MR‐WPT for wearable applications.
Non-self-adjoint Hamiltonians defined by generalized Riesz bases
Authors: Inoue H. , Takakura M.
Published: August 2016

Bagarello, Inoue, and Trapani [J. Math. Phys. 55, 033501 (2014)] investigated some operators defined by the Riesz bases. These operators connect with quasi-Hermitian quantum mechanics, and its relatives. In this paper, we introduce a notion of generalized Riesz bases which is a generalization of Riesz bases and investigate some operators defined by the generalized Riesz bases by changing the frameworks of the operators defined in the work of Bagarello, Inoue, and Trapani.
Forms of address in historical and geographical context
Authors: Benavides Carlos
Published: August 2016

The four articles in this section represent an important contribution to the linguistic and extralinguistic analysis of the forms of address employed in Hispanic America and Spanish-speaking areas of the United States. After offering a summary of the key points discussed in each paper, the present response outlines the contributions each paper makes to the research field, and closes with general remarks.
Finiteness and Pseudofiniteness
Authors: Cowper Elizabeth
Published: August 2016

I argue that finiteness is a purely syntactic property, licensing case on the subject and agreement on the verb. Semantic properties associated with finiteness follow from the position of Finite in the geometry of clausal interpretable features. Considering possible counterexamples from Romance languages as well as West Flemish, modern Greek, and Turkish, I show that Romance personal and inflected infinitives are characterized by a pseudofinite Infl, available only in null-subject languages, which lacks Finite, but bears an unvalued case feature. Pseudofinite clauses, including the Southern Calabrian modo construction, must be assigned case externally. West Flemish personal infinitives are finite, headed by a hybrid Comp/Infl head. Turkish agreeing gerunds have nominal syntax, and Greek subjunctive clauses are either finite or nonfinite, depending on their case-assigning properties.
Finiteness, inflection, and the syntax your morphology can afford
Authors: Eide Kristin Melum
Published: August 2016

In this paper English and Norwegian are compared with respect to a range of syntactic constructions (negated clauses, negative inversion, polarity questions, declaratives, subjunctives, why-not- constructions and infinitives). The paper also discusses preterit-participle mix-ups in English and relates these to the behaviour of main verbs in the investigated constructions. It is argued that in both languages these constructions require either an explicitly encoded finiteness feature, or, for the second set of constructions, the explicitly encoded absence of such a feature. English auxiliaries and main verbs differ in their respective feature specifications as regards finiteness, hence main verbs are banned from many of the positions where auxiliaries appear, and vice versa. English main verbs are bereft of a productive morphologically expressed finiteness distinction (except for in a few, but frequent irregular main verbs distinguishing preterits from participles), whereas auxiliaries have and be exhibit full paradigms of finite and non-finite forms. The modals and auxiliary do, on the other hand, exist only as finite forms and are hence banned from positions where non-finiteness is explicitly required by a given syntactic operation or construction. Hence, the finiteness feature is unevenly distributed across verbs and auxiliaries in English, but evenly distributed in all verbal categories in Norwegian, where all main verbs, modals and auxiliaries have full paradigms of finite and non-finite forms. This state of events, it is claimed, gives rise to the observed parametric variation between the Norwegian and English verbal systems.
Requests in American and British English
Authors: Flöck Ilka
Published: August 2016

This volume encompasses a thorough examination of the use of request strategies on two contrastive dimensions. On the cross-cultural dimension, it compares the use of British and American English request strategies in naturally occurring informal conversations. The conversational data are retrieved from the International Corpus of English (ICE) and the Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English. On the methodological dimension, it systematically compares request strategies and their frequency distributions in the conversational data to questionnaire-based requests. Highlighting various instrument-induced effects, the volume challenges the validity of one of the most widely used and accepted data collection tools in pragmatics research, the DCT.
The extensive data analysis contained in the volume includes a wide range of linguistic variables including mitigating and aggravating modification strategies and their interaction with head act directness levels. While it focuses on the first-pair part, the book also offers an analysis of request responses from a cross-cultural perspective.
The findings of the study contribute new insights to research on requests, politeness, variational pragmatics, and general research methodology.
What do we talk about, when we talk about the history of linguistics?
Authors: Thomas Margaret
Published: August 2016

This paper examines the representation of the history of the language sciences as transmitted through introductory textbooks on linguistics published in the United States in the past sixty years. I analyze the role that textbooks assign to the history of the discipline, the value they invest in it, and the orientations toward earlier language scholarship that these texts implicitly model for students. The goal is to discover, in the context of U.S. higher education, what it is that we have talked about when we talk about the history of linguistics, and what modern students take away from that discussion.
On the typology of ancient grammars
Authors: Luhtala Anneli
Published: August 2016

In my study I explore three approaches to noun declensions in ancient grammar. The most popular ancient grammar, Donatus’ Ars minor, adheres to a purely descriptive method, which consists in quoting a chosen headword and giving its full morphological paradigm. The second approach presents the case forms as being based on the genitive singular endings of the five declensions. I will argue that these two approaches were the outcome of the third approach, the regulae-method, which originated in the study of analogy in the early stages of Latin grammar. This heuristic method was originally designed as a discovery procedure for native speakers to account for the facts of their mother tongue.