bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reviewer Acknowledgements
Authors: Smith Robert
Published: January 2017

Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to thank the following reviewers for reviewing manuscripts from October 29, 2012, to April 1, 2013. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Redfame Publishing appreciates the following reviewers’ rigorous and conscientious efforts for this journal. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review during this period.   Sandra Kaplan Dalya Abdulla Sawsen Lakhal Marieke van der Schaaf Charlotte Alverson Mehmet Inan Clara Vasconcelos Francisca Serrano Amy MacDonald Liliya Korallo Veronica Rosa Steven V. Mancuso Robert Barner Michael Baron Leann M Stadtlander
Reviewer Acknowledgements
Authors: Smith Robert
Published: January 2017

Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue. Reviewers for Volume 4, Number 1   Ardi Marwan Betsy Diegel Cassandra Smith Charlotte Alverson Davy Seligin Ebrahim Mohammadpour Ebrahim Rahimi Enisa Mede Greg Rickwood Hassan Shaaban Hoi-yung Leung Jayaluxmi Naidoo Jeyavel Sundaramoorthy John Cowan Leann Stadtlander Leonor Thomson Lisa Marie Portugal Marcie Zaharee Michael Baron Min Gui Mu-hsuan Chou Mustafa Çakır Prof.Baraka M. Ngussa Richard Beresford Richard H. Martin Richard Penny Sahar Younes Othman Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi Rokni Seyyedeh Mina Hamedi Vasiliki Brinia Veronica Rosa Wang Kin Chiu       Robert Smith Editorial Assistant On behalf of, The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training Studies Redfame Publishing 9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416 Beaverton, OR 97008, USA URL: http://jets.redfame.com
Reviewer Acknowledgements
Authors: Smith Robert
Published: January 2017

Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue. Reviewers for Volume 4, Number 10 Ardi Marwan Cagla Atmaca Carmen Pérez-Sabater Cynthia M. Compton Damodar Khanal Donna Smith Ebrahim Mohammadpour Jeyavel Sundaramoorthy Jiao Ji John Cowan Lorna T. Enerva Marcie Zaharee Marieke van der Schaaf Min Gui Mu-hsuan Chou Niveen M. Zayed Puneet S. Gill Richard H. Martin Richard Penny Riyadh Tariq Kadhim Al-Ameedi Samad Mirza Suzani Suzan Kavanoz Veronica Rosa Yerlan Seisenbekov Yi Lu                   Robert Smith Editorial Assistant On behalf of, The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training Studies Redfame Publishing 9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416 Beaverton, OR 97008, USA URL: http://jets.redfame.com
Reviewer Acknowledgements
Authors: Smith Robert
Published: January 2017

Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue. Reviewers for Volume 4, Number 2 Ardi Marwan Arlene Kent-Wilkinson Betsy Diegel Cassandra Smith Charlotte Alverson Davy Seligin Ebrahim Mohammadpour Ebrahim Rahimi Enisa Mede Greg Rickwood Hassan Shaaban Hoi-yung Leung Jayaluxmi Naidoo Jeyavel Sundaramoorthy John Cowan Leann Stadtlander Leonor Thomson Lisa Marie Portugal Lorna Enerva Marcie Zaharee Marlo Jackson Michael Baron Min Gui Mu-hsuan Chou Mustafa Çakır Baraka M. Ngussa Richard Beresford Richard H. Martin Richard Penny Sahar Younes Othman Sandra Kaplan Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi Rokni Seyyedeh Mina Hamedi Vasiliki Brinia Veronica Rosa Wang Kin Chiu Zoi Nikiforidou   Robert Smith Editorial Assistant On behalf of, The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training Studies Redfame Publishing 9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416 Beaverton, OR 97008, USA URL: http://jets.redfame.com
Reviewer Acknowledgements
Authors: Smith Robert
Published: January 2017

Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue. Reviewers for Volume 4, Number 3 Baraka M. Ngussa Betsy Diegel Cassandra Smith Charlotte Alverson Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku Donna Smith Ebrahim Mohammadpour Enisa Mede Erickzon Astorga Fátima Pereira Hassan Shaaban Laima Kyburiene Lisa Marie Portugal Lorna Enerva Michael Baron Richard H. Martin Wang Kin Chiu   Robert Smith Editorial Assistant On behalf of, The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training Studies Redfame Publishing 9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416 Beaverton, OR 97008, USA URL: http://jets.redfame.com
Reviewer Acknowledgements
Authors: Walter Andrew
Published: January 2017

Studies in Engineering and Technology (SET) would like to thank the following reviewers for reviewing manuscripts from October 15, 2013, to December 31, 2013. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Many authors, regardless of whether SET publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Redfame Publishing appreciates the following reviewers’ rigorous and conscientious efforts for this journal. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review during this period.   Alexander Russell Halil Karahan Hossam Zaqoot Isaac Atuahene Roohollah Kalatehjari Sonia María Gómez Puente Martin Jaeger Quamrul H. Mazumder Shahab Bahrami
Reviewer Acknowledgements
Authors: Walter Andrew
Published: January 2017

Studies in Engineering and Technology (SET) would like to thank the following reviewers for reviewing manuscripts from August 1, 2014, to July 31, 2015. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Many authors, regardless of whether SET publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Redfame Publishing appreciates the following reviewers’ rigorous and conscientious efforts for this journal. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review during this period.
Reviewer Acknowledgements
Authors: Johnson Patricia
Published: January 2017

Studies in Media and Communication (SMC) would like to thank the following reviewers for reviewing manuscripts from May 1, 2013, to November 30, 2013. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Many authors, regardless of whether SMC publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Redfame Publishing appreciates the following reviewers’ rigorous and conscientious efforts for this journal. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review during this period.   Mark Stuhlfaut Camelia Cmeciu Javier Serrano Puche Antonio García Gómez Philemon Bantimaroudis John Mills Jenny-Ann Danell Ann Grand Dorina Ticu Joerg Tropp Katerina Diamantaki Bernard Naledzani Rasila Ahmed K. Al-Rawi O.T. Thakadu Millaray Salas Anastasia Stamou Androniki Kavoura Christos Giannoulis Miguel Aijon-Oliva Joaquín Linne Rotimi Olatunji
Reviewer Acknowledgements
Authors: Johnson Patricia
Published: January 2017

Studies in Media and Communication (SMC) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether SMC publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue. Reviewers for Volume 4, Number 2   Arash Riasi Aslı Sezgin Begoña Montero-Fleta Camelia Cmeciu Carmen Pérez-Sabater Diego Santos Vieira de Jesus Goran Basic Joerg Tropp Katerina Diamantaki María José Serrano Philemon Bantimaroudis Refat Aljumily Shannon L. Holland Sheila Pontis Simone Tosoni Young Joon Lim     Patricia Johnson Editorial Assistant On behalf of, The Editorial Board of Studies in Media and Communication Redfame Publishing 9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416 Beaverton, OR 97008, USA URL: http://smc.redfame.com
Teachers' voicing and silence periods during continuous speech in classrooms with different reverberation times
Authors: Bottalico Pasquale , Astolfi Arianna , Hunter Eric J.
Published: January 2017

The relationship between reverberation times and the voicing and silence accumulations of continuous speech was quantified in 22 primary-school teachers. Teachers were divided into a high and a low reverberation time groups based on their classroom reverberation time (higher and lower than 0.90 s). Reverberation times higher than 0.90 s implicate higher voicing accumulations and higher accumulations of the silences typical of turn taking in dialogue. These results suggest that vocal load, which can lead to vocal fatigue, is influenced by classroom reverberation time. Therefore, it may be considered a risk factor for occupational voice users.
Adaptive and compressive matched field processing
Authors: Gemba Kay L. , Hodgkiss William S. , Gerstoft Peter
Published: January 2017

Matched field processing is a generalized beamforming method that matches received array data to a dictionary of replica vectors in order to locate one or more sources. Its solution set is sparse since there are considerably fewer sources than replicas. Using compressive sensing (CS) implemented using basis pursuit, the matched field problem is reformulated as an underdetermined, convex optimization problem. CS estimates the unknown source amplitudes using the replica dictionary to best explain the data, subject to a row-sparsity constraint. This constraint selects the best matching replicas within the dictionary when using multiple observations and/or frequencies. For a single source, theory and simulations show that the performance of CS and the Bartlett processor are equivalent for any number of snapshots. Contrary to most adaptive processors, CS also can accommodate coherent sources. For a single and multiple incoherent sources, simulations indicate that CS offers modest localization performance improvement over the adaptive white noise constraint processor. SWellEx-96 experiment data results show comparable performance for both processors when localizing a weaker source in the presence of a stronger source. Moreover, CS often displays less ambiguity, demonstrating it is robust to data-replica mismatch.
A corrected effective density fluid model for gassy sediments
Authors: Zheng Guangying , Huang Yiwang , Hua Jian , Xu Xiuyu , Wang Fei
Published: January 2017

A corrected effective density fluid model is developed for predicting sound speed dispersion and attenuation coefficient in gassy sediments. An acoustic experiment was undertaken to measure the attenuation coefficient in a frequency band of 600 to 3000 Hz in gassy unsaturated sand. The measured frequency spectra of the attenuation coefficient show four peaks due to bubble resonance. Then a method of using several modified Gaussian functions to model bubble size distribution is proposed to fit measured attenuation data, which shows that the magnitudes of the fitted model attenuation coefficients are broadly in agreement with those measured attenuation data.
New connections: NHERF gates activity
Authors: Gough Nancy R.
Published: January 2017

The NHERF molecular adaptors serve as gates for TRPC4 and TRPC5 regulation by diacylglycerol and recognition of CFTR by the quality control checkpoint.
A Novel Phosphodiesterase of the GdpP Family Modulates Cyclic di-AMP Levels in Response to Cell Membrane Stress in Daptomycin-Resistant Enterococci
Authors: Wang Xu , Davlieva Milya , Reyes Jinnethe , Panesso Diana , Arias Cesar A. , Shamoo Yousif
Published: January 2017

Substitutions in the LiaFSR membrane stress pathway are frequently associated with the emergence of antimicrobial peptide resistance in both
Enterococcus faecalis
and
Enterococcus faecium
. Cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) is an important signal molecule that affects many aspects of bacterial physiology, including stress responses. We have previously identified a mutation in a gene (designated
yybT
) in
E. faecalis
that was associated with the development of daptomycin resistance, resulting in a change at position 440 (
yybT
I440S
) in the predicted protein. Here, we show that intracellular c-di-AMP signaling is present in enterococci, and on the basis of
in vitro
physicochemical characterization, we show that
E. faecalis
yybT
encodes a cyclic dinucleotide phosphodiesterase of the GdpP family that exhibits specific activity toward c-di-AMP by hydrolyzing it to 5′pApA. The
E. faecalis
GdpP
I440S
substitution reduces c-di-AMP phosphodiesterase activity more than 11-fold, leading to further increases in c-di-AMP levels. Additionally, deletions of
liaR
(encoding the response regulator of the LiaFSR system) that lead to daptomycin hypersusceptibility in both
E. faecalis
and
E. faecium
also resulted in increased c-di-AMP levels, suggesting that changes in the LiaFSR stress response pathway are linked to broader physiological changes. Taken together, our data show that modulation of c-di-AMP pools is strongly associated with antibiotic-induced cell membrane stress responses via changes in GdpP activity or signaling through the LiaFSR system.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antimicrobial Susceptibility Results from Four Years (2012 to 2015) of the International Network for Optimal Resistance Monitoring Program in the United States
Authors: Sader Helio S. , Huband Michael D. , Castanheira Mariana , Flamm Robert K.
Published: January 2017

Pseudomonas aeruginosa
represents a major cause of health care-associated infections, and inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The International Network for Optimal Resistance Monitoring (INFORM) program monitors the
in vitro
activity of ceftazidime-avibactam and many comparator agents. We evaluated the antimicrobial susceptibility of 7,452
P. aeruginosa
isolates collected from 79 U.S. medical centers in 2012 to 2015. The isolates were collected and tested consecutively for susceptibility by broth microdilution method. Infection types included mainly pneumonia (50.5%), skin and skin structure (24.0%), urinary tract (7.8%), and bloodstream (7.7%) infections. The only compounds with >90% susceptibility rates were colistin (MIC
50/90
, 1/2 mg/liter, respectively; 99.4% susceptible), ceftazidime-avibactam (MIC
50/90
, 2/4 mg/liter, respectively; 97.0% susceptible), and amikacin (MIC
50/90
, 2/8 mg/liter, respectively; 97.0/93.0% susceptible [CLSI/EUCAST, respectively]). The addition of avibactam to ceftazidime increased the percentage of susceptible
P. aeruginosa
isolates from 84.3% to 97.0%. Multidrug resistance (MDR) and extensive drug resistance (XDR) phenotypes were observed among 1,151 (15.4%) and 698 (9.4%) isolates, respectively, and ceftazidime-avibactam inhibited 82.1 and 75.8% of these isolates at ≤8 mg/liter, respectively. High rates of cross-resistance were observed with ceftazidime, meropenem, and piperacillin-tazobactam, whereas ceftazidime-avibactam retained activity against isolates nonsusceptible to ceftazidime (81.0% susceptible), meropenem (86.2% susceptible), and piperacillin-tazobactam (85.4% susceptible), as well as isolates nonsusceptible to these three β-lactams (71.2% susceptible). The only antimicrobial combinations that provided a better overall anti-
Pseudomonas
coverage than ceftazidime-avibactam (97.0% susceptibility rate) were those including amikacin (97.0 to 98.4% coverage). Susceptibility rates remained stable during the study period. The results of this investigation highlight the challenge of optimizing empirical antimicrobial therapy for
P. aeruginosa
infections.
Obesity and Heart Failure as Predictors of Failure in Outpatient Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Authors: Conway Erin L. , Sellick John A. , Kurtzhalts Kari , Mergenhagen Kari A.
Published: January 2017

The purpose of this study was to evaluate risk factors for failure of antibiotic treatment within 30 days for uncomplicated skin infections of outpatients treated in a Veterans Affairs hospital. A retrospective chart review of outpatients between January 2006 and July 2015 with an ICD-9 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) code of cellulitis or abscess was included in the analysis. The primary outcome was success versus failure of the antibiotic, with failure defined as another antibiotic prescribed or hospitalization within 30 days for the original indication. A total of 293 patients were included in the final analysis, 24% of whom failed within 30 days. Obesity/overweight (body mass index [BMI] of >25 kg/m
2
) was identified in 83% of the overall population, with 16% of that population having a BMI greater than 40 kg/m
2
. An elevated mean BMI of 34.2 kg/m
2
(
P
= 0.0098) was found in the subset of patients who failed oral antibiotics compared to a BMI of 31.32 kg/m
2
in patients who were treated successfully. Additionally, the patients who failed had an increased prevalence of heart failure at 16% (
P
= 0.027). Using multivariate logistic regression, BMI and heart failure were determined to be significant predictors of antibiotic prescription failure. Each 10-kg/m
2
unit increase in BMI was associated with a 1.62-fold-greater odds of failure. A diagnosis of heart failure increased the odds of failure by 2.6-fold (range, 1.1- to 5.8-fold). Outpatients with uncomplicated skin infections with an elevated BMI and heart failure were found to have increased odds of failure, defined as hospitalization or additional antibiotics within 30 days.
Temporal Role for MyD88 in a Model of Brucella-Induced Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Inflammation
Authors: Lacey Carolyn A. , Mitchell William J. , Brown Charles R. , Skyberg Jerod A.
Published: January 2017

Brucella
spp. are facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacteria that cause the zoonotic disease brucellosis, one of the most common global zoonoses. Osteomyelitis, arthritis, and musculoskeletal inflammation are common focal complications of brucellosis in humans; however, wild-type (WT) mice infected systemically with conventional doses of
Brucella
do not develop these complications. Here we report C57BL/6 WT mice infected via the footpad with 10
3
to 10
6
CFU of
Brucella
spp. display neutrophil and monocyte infiltration of the joint space and surrounding musculoskeletal tissue. Joint inflammation is detectable as early as 1 day postinfection and peaks 1 to 2 weeks later, after which WT mice are able to slowly resolve inflammation. B and T cells were dispensable for the onset of swelling but required for resolution of joint inflammation and infection. At early time points, MyD88
−/−
mice display decreased joint inflammation, swelling, and proinflammatory cytokine levels relative to WT mice. Subsequently, swelling of MyD88
−/−
joints surpassed WT joint swelling, and resolution of joint inflammation was prolonged. Joint bacterial loads in MyD88
−/−
mice were significantly greater than those in WT mice by day 3 postinfection and at all time points thereafter. In addition, MyD88
−/−
joint inflammatory cytokine levels on day 3 and beyond were similar to WT levels. Collectively these data demonstrate MyD88 signaling mediates early inflammatory responses in the joint but also contributes to subsequent clearance of
Brucella
and resolution of inflammation. This work also establishes a mouse model for studying
Brucella
-induced arthritis, musculoskeletal complications, and systemic responses, which will lead to a better understanding of focal complications of brucellosis.
Combining Nd isotopes in monazite and Hf isotopes in zircon to understand complex open-system processes in granitic magmas
Authors: Fisher Christopher M. , Hanchar John M. , Miller Calvin F. , Phillips Stacy , Vervoort Jeffrey D. , Whitehouse Martin J.
Published: January 2017

Mapping the age and trace element and Sm-Nd isotope compositions of monazite grains from a peraluminous Cretaceous granite using laser ablation–split stream analysis reveals a wide range in Nd isotope and rare earth element (REE) compositions within and between single grains. These data corroborate isotopic variability indicated by Hf isotope analysis of zircon in the same granite sample. The REE variations indicate that monazite grew during fractional crystallization. Hf and Nd isotopes indicate that the granitic magma was generated from at least two distinct Proterozoic sources of approximately the same age: one component that had highly radiogenic initial 176Hf/177Hf and 143Nd/144Nd and a second component that was notably less radiogenic. This study highlights the utility of in situ REE and Sm-Nd isotope data in monazite in magmatic systems. Further, it refines the zircon-based constraints on magmatic processes because of sensitivity of light REEs to fractional crystallization, lower probability of complications owing to inheritance, and smaller analytical volumes required.
Equable end Mesoproterozoic climate in the absence of high CO2
Authors: Fiorella Richard P. , Sheldon Nathan D.
Published: January 2017

The Proterozoic Eon (2500–542 Ma) appears to have been a warm period bookended by glaciations, despite a 5%–18% reduction in solar output compared to modern during this interval. Radiative-convective climate models suggest that glaciation could have been avoided if pCO2 were 30–300× preindustrial atmospheric levels (PIAL, 280 ppmv). Constraints from late Mesoproterozoic (ca. 1.2–1.0 Ga) microfossil calcification sheaths and paleosol mass balance, however, suggest that pCO2 may have been no higher than 10× PIAL. In the lower oxygen Mesoproterozoic atmosphere, an increased CH4 flux from methanogenic bacteria may have contributed additional greenhouse warming. We use a fully coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model (the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Earth System Model, CESM) to test whether these pCO2 constraints are consistent with the absence of widespread glaciation inferred from the geologic record. We vary pCO2 and pCH4 between 1400 and 2800 ppmv and 3.5 and 140 ppmv, respectively, using a reconstructed 1.0 Ga paleogeography and solar output reduced by 9%. Our simulations suggest that ice-free conditions can be maintained at 10× PIAL CO2 when CH4 is 140 ppmv. When CH4 is lowered to 28 ppmv at 10× PIAL CO2, or if pCO2 is lowered to 5× PIAL, permanent land snow cover at high and middle latitudes suggests that glaciation would be more extensive than preindustrial conditions, but with warm tropical regions. Global glaciation occurs if pCO2 is reduced below 5× PIAL. Overall, our simulations suggest that an ice-free climate for the Mesoproterozoic (1.6–1.0 Ga) is consistent with the relatively low pCO2 implied from proxies if CH4 or other greenhouse gas concentrations were sufficiently elevated.
A new Early Jurassic (ca. 183 Ma) fossil Lagerstätte from Ya Ha Tinda, Alberta, Canada
Authors: Martindale Rowan C. , Them Theodore R. , Gill Benjamin C. , Marroquín Selva M. , Knoll Andrew H.
Published: January 2017

Lagerstätten—deposits of exceptionally preserved fossils—offer vital insights into evolutionary history. To date, only three Konservat-Lagerstätten are known from Early Jurassic marine rocks (Osteno, Posidonia Shale, and Strawberry Bank), all located in Europe. We report a new assemblage of exceptionally preserved fossils from Alberta, Canada, the first marine Konservat-Lagerstätte described from the Jurassic of North America. The Ya Ha Tinda assemblage includes articulated vertebrates (fish, ichthyosaurs), crinoids, crustaceans, brachiopods, abundant mollusks (coleoids with soft tissues, ammonites, gastropods, bivalves), wood, and microfossils. Paired bio- and chemostratigraphies show that Lagerstätte deposition occurred during the late Pliensbachian through early Toarcian, capturing the carbon isotope excursion associated with the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. Therefore, the Panthalassan Ya Ha Tinda biota is coeval with Toarcian Lagerstätten from the Tethys Ocean (Posidonia Shale and Strawberry Bank). Comparisons among these deposits permit new insights into the diversity, ecology, and biogeography of Jurassic marine communities during a time of pronounced biological and environmental change (e.g., expanded subsurface anoxia, warming, and extinctions). They also highlight the possibility that Mesozoic Oceanic Anoxic Events are temporal foci of exceptional preservation.
Late Quaternary glacial dynamics and sedimentation variability in the Bering Trough, Gulf of Alaska
Authors: Montelli Aleksandr , Gulick Sean P.S. , Worthington Lindsay L. , Mix Alan , Davies-Walczak Maureen , Zellers Sarah D. , Jaeger John M.
Published: January 2017

Ice dynamics, tectonic setting, and sediment supply are the key parameters controlling the architecture of high-latitude margins and the formation of trough mouth fans (TMFs). Current understanding of these archives of paleo–ice streams is based on studies of ice sheets adjacent to stable, passive margins, while the behavior of active, convergent glacier-influenced margins remains relatively unconstrained. We integrate high-resolution seismic data and chronology from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 341 cores in southeast Alaska across the actively converging Yakutat terrane margin to examine the late Quaternary evolution of the Bering Glacier, the largest outlet glacier of the poorly understood Cordilleran Ice Sheet (CIS). We interpret at least eight glacial advances to the shelf break since the end of the mid-Pleistocene transition, showing a more dynamic CIS than hitherto realized. During the past ∼130 k.y., the temperate, meltwater-charged Bering Glacier delivered ∼925 km3 of sediment to the shelf and slope, providing one of the highest rates of sustained sediment accumulation (5–10 m/k.y.) ever reported globally. Rapid formation of a TMF, reaching ∼600 m thick in ∼130 k.y., emphasizes the extreme sediment flux that can be produced by wet-based glacial systems, and its critical role in the development of high-latitude margin stratigraphy. TMF formation despite initially steep, tectonically controlled slopes in this active setting reflects an autogenic shift in the evolution of the Bering Trough, suggesting that major transitions between sedimentary regimes need not reflect some externally driven change in climate variability.
Occupational exposure to solvents and risk of head and neck cancer in women: a population-based case–control study in France
Authors: Carton Matthieu , Barul Christine , Menvielle Gwenn , Cyr Diane , Sanchez Marie , Pilorget Corinne , Trétarre Brigitte , Stücker Isabelle , Luce Danièle
Published: January 2017

Objective

Our objective was to investigate the association between head and neck cancer and occupational exposure to chlorinated, oxygenated and petroleum solvents in women.

Methods

Investigation of occupational and environmental CAuses of REspiratory cancers (ICARE), a French population-based case–control study, included 296 squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (HNSCC) in women and 775 female controls. Lifelong occupational history was collected. Job-exposure matrices allowed to assess exposure to 5 chlorinated solvents (carbon tetrachloride; chloroform; methylene chloride; perchloroethylene; trichloroethylene), 5 petroleum solvents (benzene; special petroleum product; gasoline; white spirits and other light aromatic mixtures; diesel, fuels and kerosene) and 5 oxygenated solvents (alcohols; ketones and esters; ethylene glycol; diethyl ether; tetrahydrofuran). OR and 95% CIs, adjusted for smoking, alcohol drinking, age and geographical area, were estimated with logistic models.

Results

Elevated ORs were observed among women ever exposed to perchloroethylene (OR=2.97, 95% CI 1.05 to 8.45) and trichloroethylene (OR=2.15, 95% CI 1.21 to 3.81). These ORs increased with exposure duration (OR=3.75, 95% CI 0.64 to 21.9 and OR=4.44, 95% CI 1.56 to 12.6 for 10 years or more, respectively). No significantly increased risk of HNSCC was found for occupational exposure to the other chlorinated, petroleum or oxygenated solvents.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that exposure to perchloroethylene or trichloroethylene may increase the risk of HNSCC in women. In our study, there is no clear evidence that the other studied solvents are risk factors for HNSCC.
Mechanisms of nicotine-induced cutaneous vasodilation and sweating in young adults: roles for KCa, KATP, and KVchannels, nitric oxide, and prostanoids
Authors: Fujii Naoto , Louie Jeffrey C. , McNeely Brendan D. , Amano Tatsuro , Nishiyasu Takeshi , Kenny Glen P.
Published: January 2017

We evaluated the influence of K+channels (i.e., Ca2+-activated K+(KCa), ATP-sensitive K+(KATP), and voltage-gated K+(KV) channels) and key enzymes (nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX)) on nicotine-induced cutaneous vasodilation and sweating. Using intradermal microdialysis, we evaluated forearm cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) and sweat rate in 2 separate protocols. In protocol 1 (n = 10), 4 separate sites were infused with (i) lactated Ringer (Control), (ii) 50 mmol·L−1tetraethylammonium (KCachannel blocker), (iii) 5 mmol·L−1glybenclamide (KATPchannel blocker), and (iv) 10 mmol·L−14-aminopyridine (KVchannel blocker). In protocol 2 (n = 10), 4 sites were infused with (i) lactated Ringer (Control), (ii) 10 mmol·L−1Nω-nitro-l-arginine (NOS inhibitor), (iii) 10 mmol·L−1ketorolac (COX inhibitor), or (iv) a combination of NOS+COX inhibitors. At all sites, nicotine was infused in a dose-dependent manner (1.2, 3.6, 11, 33, and 100 mmol·L−1; each for 25 min). Nicotine-induced increase in CVC was attenuated by the KCa, KATP, and KVchannel blockers, whereas nicotine-induced increase in sweat rate was reduced by the KCaand KVchannel blockers (P ≤ 0.05). COX inhibitor augmented nicotine-induced increase in CVC (P ≤ 0.05), which was absent when NOS inhibitor was co-administered (P > 0.05). In addition, our secondrary experiment (n = 7) demonstrated that muscarinic receptor blockade with 58 μmol·L−1atropine sulfate salt monohydrate abolished nicotine-induced increases in CVC (1.2–11 mmol·L−1) and sweating (all doses). We show that under a normothermic resting state: (i) KCa, KATP, and KVchannels contribute to nicotinic cutaneous vasodilation, (ii) inhibition of COX augments nicotinic cutaneous vasodilation likely through NOS-dependent mechanism(s), and (iii) KCaand KVchannels contribute to nicotinic sweating.
Hydrodynamics of submerged vegetated alluvial channel with downward seepage
Authors: Devi Thokchom Bebina , Kumar Bimlesh
Published: January 2017

The flow conditions in a channel covered with fully submerged Oryza sativa has been investigated considering downward seepage. The flow measurements taken at the upstream free vegetation zone, centre of the vegetation zone, and downstream free vegetation zone will provide a better understanding regarding the flow hydrodynamics in a vegetated channel. The flow velocity, Reynolds stress, and turbulent intensities are reduced at the downstream vegetated section. Downward seepage increases the occurrence of streamwise flux along the length of the channel and vertical flux in the vertically downward direction. Integral length and time scales increase as the percentage of downward seepage increases.
Full-order and single-parameter searching analysis of coupled flutter instability for long-span bridges
Authors: Ding Quanshun , Xiang Haifan
Published: January 2017

A full-order and single-parameter searching method (F-S method) for analyzing coupled flutter instability of long-span bridges is proposed based on the full-discretized model of structure. Based on the proper approximation of the circular frequency of complex modes, the characteristic equation of the full-order system is expressed as a complex generalized eigenvalue equation that contains only two variables. The equation is used for flutter analysis by solving the complex generalized eigenvalue problem with an efficient simultaneous iteration method directly. Since its computation is reliable and efficient, the application of the proposed method on the flutter problems of long-span bridges is practical. Moreover, the flutter analysis is performed for Jiangyin Yangtze river suspension bridge with 1385 m main span in the completed stage to illustrate the reliability and effectiveness of the proposed method.
Power deposition of deuteron beam in fast ignition
Authors: Azadifar R. , Mahdavi M.
Published: January 2017

In ion fast ignition (FI) inertial confinement fusion (ICF), a laser accelerated ion beam called igniter provides energy required for ignition of a fuel pellet. The laser accelerated deuteron beam is considered as igniter. The deuteron beam with Maxwellian energy distribution produced at the distance d = 500 [Formula: see text]m, from fuel surface, travels during time t = 20 ps and arrives with power [Formula: see text] to the fuel surface. Then, the deuteron beam deposits its energy into fuel by Coulomb and nuclear interactions with background plasma particles during time t = 10 ps, with power [Formula: see text]. Since time and power of the two stages have same order, to calculate the total power deposited by igniter beam, both stages must be considered simultaneously. In this paper, the exact power of each stage has been calculated separately, and the total power [Formula: see text] has been obtained. The obtained results show that the total power deposition [Formula: see text] is significantly reduced due to reducing different temperature between projectile and target particles.
Reminiscences of Stanley Mandelstam
Authors: Schwarz John H.
Published: January 2017

I reminisce about my interactions with Stanley Mandelstam during my years as a graduate student at UC Berkeley (1962–66) and afterwards. His contributions to S-matrix theory, quantum field theory, and string theory are also discussed.
STING Algorithm Used English Sentiment Classification in a Parallel Environment
Authors: Dat Nguyen Duy , Phu Vo Ngoc , Tran Vo Thi Ngoc , Chau Vo Thi Ngoc , Nguyen Tuan A.
Published: January 2017

Sentiment classification is significant in everyday life of everyone, in political activities, activities of commodity production, commercial activities. In this research, we propose a new model for Big Data sentiment classification in the parallel network environment. Our new model uses STING Algorithm (SA) (in the data mining field) for English document-level sentiment classification with Hadoop Map (M)/Reduce (R) based on the 90,000 English sentences of the training data set in a Cloudera parallel network environment — a distributed system. In the world there is not any scientific study which is similar to this survey. Our new model can classify sentiment of millions of English documents with the shortest execution time in the parallel network environment. We test our new model on the 25,000 English documents of the testing data set and achieved on 61.2% accuracy. Our English training data set includes 45,000 positive English sentences and 45,000 negative English sentences.
Age-Variation Face Recognition Based on Bayes Inference
Authors: Su Ya , Wang Mengyao
Published: January 2017

Studies have discovered that face recognition will benefit from age information. However, since the age estimation is unstable in practice, it is still an open question how to improve face recognition with help of automatic age estimation techniques. This paper presents to improve the performance of face recognition by automatic age estimation. The main contribution is a new age-variational face recognition algorithm based on Bayesian framework (FRAB). By introducing the age estimation result as a prior, the recognition problem is divided into several age-specific sub-problems. As a result, the proposed algorithm leads to two algorithms according to how the age is given. The first one is FRAB-AE, which introduces age estimation result as the age prior. The second one is FRAB-GT, which considers that the ground truth of age information is given. Experimental results are conducted on FG-NET and Morph datasets to evaluate the performance of the proposed framework. It shows that the proposed algorithms is able to make use of age priors to improve the face recognition.
Disease Risk Rule Analysis of the New Rural Cooperative Medical System in Beijing, China
Authors: Hu Hongpu , Dai Tao , Wan Yanli , Chen Quan , Wang Yan
Published: January 2017

Objective: With data drawn from Beijing’s New Rural Cooperative Medical System (NRCMS), the rule characteristics of disease risks are mined in terms of risk factors and risk measurements aiming to discover valuable knowledge within the vast amounts of Beijing’s NRCMS data and provide administrators with a more scientific basis for decision making. Methodology:The association rule algorithm is utilized to recover both potentially valuable knowledge and decision-making information from Beijing’s NRCMS data. Results: The main objects of healthcare in Beijing from 2012 to 2014 include: circulatory diseases in patients 41 years of age or older, pediatric respiratory disease prevention, reproductive healthcare for women of childbearing age, and the prevention and treatment of diabetes in female patients; in county-level hospitals with a relatively low average level of consumption, injuries still resulted in high expenses; the primary post-NRCMS reimbursement level-3 and level-4 high-risk groups were patients of 41–65 years of age. Conclusion: According to the ranking of rule supports, the highest support rule in Beijing is the circulatory diseases of middle-aged patients, especially patients that are hospitalized in county-level medical institutions; the second highest support comes from the utilization of fertility services for women of childbearing age. Suggestions: It is recommended that the rule support rankings should be combined to actively and implement with emphasis major prevention and healthcare services, lower disease risk factors, control NRCMS reimbursement costs, promote the sustainable development of NRCMS, adopt a classified management of mined rules, and establish a decision-making knowledge base.
Chiral electroweak currents in nuclei
Authors: Riska D. O. , Schiavilla R.
Published: January 2017

The development of the chiral dynamics based description of nuclear electroweak currents is reviewed. Gerald E. (Gerry) Brown’s role in basing theoretical nuclear physics on chiral Lagrangians is emphasized. Illustrative examples of the successful description of electroweak observables of light nuclei obtained from chiral effective field theory are presented.
PREPARATION OF Bi2O3-DOPED NiO/YSZ ANODE MATERIALS FOR SOFCs
Authors: LI FEI , ZHANG JINGDE , LUAN JUNPENG , LIU YALEI , HAN JIANXUN
Published: January 2017

The NiO/YSZ anode materials of SOFCs with Bi2O3 as sintering aids were successfully prepared by dry-pressing process. The effects of Bi2O3 content on the sintering properties of NiO/YSZ anode materials were studied, including the effects on the density, open porosity, weight loss, phase composition, microstructure, mechanical strength and electrical conductivity. In particular, the weight loss, relative density and bending strength of the sintered NiO/YSZ ceramics increased with the increase of Bi2O3 content while the open porosity decreased gradually. The density of the NiO–YSZ ceramics with 6[Formula: see text]wt.% Bi2O3 sintered at 1250[Formula: see text]C could reach that of the ceramics without Bi2O3 sintered at 1400[Formula: see text]C. For Bi2O3 concentration higher than 6[Formula: see text]wt.%, phase transformation of zirconia from monoclinic to cubic structure occurs, causing volume change and microcracks in the anode materials. Therefore, the optimum adding amount of Bi2O3 is 6[Formula: see text]wt.%, which can reduce the sintering temperature to 1250[Formula: see text]C. The ceramics with 6[Formula: see text]wt.% Bi2O3 have relatively high bending strength and low sintering temperature. This is of great significance for improving the performance of the anode and cutting the cost.
Continuity of Lyapunov exponents is equivalent to continuity of Oseledets subspaces
Authors: Backes Lucas , Poletti Mauricio
Published: January 2017

We prove that, for semi-invertible continuous cocycles, continuity of Lyapunov exponents is equivalent to continuity, in measure, of Oseledets subspaces.
V-ELMpiRNAPred: Identification of human piRNAs by the voting-based extreme learning machine (V-ELM) with a new hybrid feature
Authors: Pian Cong , Chen Yuan-Yuan , Zhang Jin , Chen Zhi , Zhang Guang-Le , Li Qiang , Yang Tao , Zhang Liang-Yun
Published: January 2017

Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) were recently discovered as endogenous small noncoding RNAs. Some recent research suggests that piRNAs may play an important role in cancer. So the precise identification of human piRNAs is a significant work. In this paper, we introduce a series of new features with 80 dimension called short sequence motifs (SSM). A hybrid feature vector with 1444 dimension can be formed by combining 1364 features of [Formula: see text]-mer strings and 80 features of SSM features. We optimize the 1444 dimension features using the feature score criterion (FSC) and list them in descending order according to the scores. The first 462 are selected as the input feature vector in the classifier. Moreover, eight of 80 SSM features appear in the top 20. This indicates that these eight SSM features play an important part in the identification of piRNAs. Since five of the above eight SSM features are associated with nucleotide A and G (‘A*G’, ‘A**G’, ‘A***G’, ‘A****G’, ‘A*****G’). So, we guess there may exist some biological significance. We also use a neural network algorithm called voting-based extreme learning machine (V-ELM) to identify real piRNAs. The Specificity (Sp) and Sensitivity (Sn) of our method are 95.48% and 94.61%, respectively in human species. This result shows that our method is more effective compared with those of the piRPred, piRNApredictor, Asym-Pibomd, Piano and McRUMs. The web service of V-ELMpiRNAPred is available for free at http://mm20132014.wicp.net:38601/velmprepiRNA/Main.jsp .
Could the Lyra manifold be the hidden source of the dark energy?
Authors: Singh Kangujam Priyokumar , Mollah Mahbubur Rahman
Published: January 2017

In the course of investigation of our present universe by considering the five-dimensional locally rotationally symmetric (LRS) Bianchi type-I universe with time-dependent deceleration parameters in Lyra manifold, it is excitingly found that the geometry itself of Lyra manifold behaves and consistent with present observational findings for accelerating universe. The behavior of the universes and their contribution to the process of evolution are examined. While studying their physical, dynamical and kinematical properties for different cases, it is found that this model is a new and viable form of model universe containing dark energy. It will be very helpful in explaining the present accelerated expansion behavior of the universe.
On geometric interpretation of pseudo-angle in Minkowski plane
Authors: Nešović Emilija
Published: January 2017

In this paper, we introduce pseudo-perpendicular vectors in Minkowski plane and give geometric interpretations of the oriented pseudo-angles in terms of the hyperbolic arcs of finite hyperbolic lengths.
Accretive growth kinematics in Minkowski 3-space
Authors: Tuğ Gül , Özdemi̇r Zehra , Aydin Selçuk Han , Ekmekci̇ Fai̇k Nejat
Published: January 2017

In this study, a model of accretive growth for arbitrary surfaces in three-dimensional Minkowski space is formulated by evolving a curve. An analytical approach to surfaces is also given in terms of a few parameters which are effective in the accretive growth of surfaces. The proposed method is visualized on some test surfaces and displayed in terms of figures.
Hopf bifurcation analysis in a turbidostat model with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response and discrete delay
Authors: Yao Yong , Li Zuxiong , Xiang Huili , Wang Hailing , Liu Zhijun
Published: January 2017

In this paper, regarding the time delay as a bifurcation parameter, the stability and Hopf bifurcation of the model of competition between two species in a turbidostat with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response and discrete delay are studied. The Hopf bifurcations can be shown when the delay crosses the critical value. Furthermore, based on the normal form and the center manifold theorem, the type, stability and other properties of the bifurcating periodic solutions are determined. Finally, some numerical simulations are given to illustrate the results.
A short review on the interaction of precipitates and martensitic transitions in CuZnAl shape memory alloys
Authors: Bubani Franco de Castro , Lovey Francisco Carlos , Sade Marcos Leonel
Published: January 2017

The main effects of [Formula: see text] non-equilibrium nanoprecipitates in CuZnAl shape memory alloys are briefly reviewed. Aspects related to the nucleation and growth of precipitates are commented on and their effect on stress induced martensitic transitions is analyzed. Results concerning the relationship between the size of precipitates and the hysteresis of the stress induced [Formula: see text]-18R transition are studied. The improvement of the two-way shape-memory effect after the introduction of precipitates is shortly commented on. The 18R–6R transition is also analyzed and recent findings on the optimization of the mechanical reversibility associated to the 18R–6R transformation in a matrix with a high density of nano precipitates are reviewed.
Laser shape setting of superelastic nitinol wires: Functional properties and microstructure
Authors: Tuissi Ausonio , Coduri Mauro , Biffi Carlo Alberto
Published: January 2017

Shape setting is one of the most important steps in the production route of Nitinol Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs), as it can fix the functional properties, such as the shape memory effect and the superelasticity (SE). The conventional method for making the shape setting is performed at 400–500[Formula: see text]C in furnaces. In this work, a laser beam was adopted for performing straight shape setting on commercially available austenitic Nitinol thin wires. The laser beam, at different power levels, was moved along the wire length for inducing the functional performances. Calorimetric, pseudo-elastic and microstructural features of the laser annealed wires were studied through differential scanning calorimetry, tensile testing and high energy X-ray diffraction, respectively. It can be stated that the laser technology can induce SE in thin Nitinol wires: the wire performances can be modulated in function of the laser power and improved functional properties can be obtained.