bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Recent glacier and lake changes in High Mountain Asia and their relation to precipitation changes
Authors: Treichler Désirée , Kääb Andreas , Salzmann Nadine , Xu Chong-Yu 
Published: November 2019

Abstract. We present an updated, spatially resolved estimate of 2003–2008 glacier surface elevation changes for the entire region of High Mountain Asia (HMA) from ICESat laser altimetry data. The results reveal a diverse pattern that is caused by spatially greatly varying glacier sensitivity, in particular to precipitation availability and changes. We introduce a spatially resolved zonation where ICESat samples are grouped into units of similar glacier behaviour, glacier type and topographic settings. In several regions, our new zonation reveals local differences and anomalies that have not been described previously. Glaciers in the Eastern Pamirs, Kunlun Shan and central TP were thickening by 0.1–0.7 m a−1, and the thickening anomaly has a crisp boundary in the Eastern Pamirs that continues just north of the central Karakoram. Glaciers in the south and east of the TP were thinning, with increasing rates towards southeast. We attribute the glacier thickening signal to a stepwise increase in precipitation around ∼1997–2000 on the Tibetan Plateau (TP). The precipitation change is reflected by growth of endorheic lakes in particular in the northern and eastern TP. We estimate lake volume changes through a combination of repeat lake extents from Landsat data and shoreline elevations from ICESat and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model (DEM) for over 1300 lakes. The rise in water volume contained in the lakes corresponds to 4–25 mm a−1, when distributed over entire catchments, for the areas where we see glacier thickening. The precipitation increase is also visible in sparse in situ measurements and MERRA-2 climate reanalysis data but less visible in ERA-Interim reanalysis data. Taking into account evaporation loss, the difference between average annual precipitation during the 1990s and 2000s suggested by these datasets is 34–100 mm a−1, depending on region, which can fully explain both lake growth and glacier thickening (Kunlun Shan) or glacier geometry changes such as thinning tongues while upper glacier areas were thickening or stable (eastern TP). The precipitation increase reflected in these glacier changes possibly extended to the northern slopes of the Tarim Basin, where glaciers were nearly in balance in 2003–2008. Along the entire Himalaya, glaciers on the first orographic ridge, which are exposed to abundant precipitation, were thinning less than glaciers in the dryer climate of the inner ranges. Thinning rates in the Tien Shan vary spatially but are rather stronger than in other parts of HMA.
El “Paréntesis mexicano” en Japón al inicio de los Treintas
Authors: Uscanga Prieto Alejandro Carlos 
Published: November 2019

A los 130 años del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y Japón, merece la pena analizar las pocas crónicas que mexicanos hicieron de ese país asiático en las primeras décadas del siglo XX. La información sobre Japón obtenida de primera mano por mexicanos era escasa, entre ellas sobresale la del ingeniero Jenaro Montiel Olvera y el del entonces estudiante universitario Antonio Lomelí Garduño. Cada uno, desde su perspectiva, relata con detalle sus experiencias en Japón, donde pudieron observar directamente su rápido proceso de modernización y su transformación como una potencia militar, a través de sus escritos pudieron ofrecer sus testimonios en México sobre el país del sol naciente.
Does Conscience Have to be Free? A Multiple Crossroads of Religious, Political, and Diplomatic Arguments: 1868-1874
Authors: Matsuda Kōichirō 
Published: November 2019

This article will focus on the conundrum of building the political legitimacy while institutionalizing religious freedom which the newly established goisshin 御一新 government confronted. Liberation of "evil sects", which not only meant Christianity but also other religious sects such as fujufuse-ha of Nichiren school, was an issue which the Meiji state wanted to dodge. Western states demanded the lifting of the ban on Christianity but Japanese political leaders were vigilant against the idea. Reluctantly the Meiji state lifted the ban on Christianity in 1873 but they had started the institutionalization of Shinto as the state religion in advance. The government officials viewed that Christian faith and churches in Western countries were devised to prevent public mind from dissolution. They strived to establish an alternative version of religious authority in Japan instead of introducing the principle of conscientious freedom. However, on the other hand, a new generation of intellectuals raised the protection of the individual right of religious freedom as an urgent issue.
I will analyze the diplomatic negotiations between the Western countries and the Meiji government officials, reports on the Western religious and educational systems in the Iwakura Mission records, voices of Buddhist and Shinto groups, and publications by leading intellectuals such as Nakamura Masao and Katō Hiroyuki so as to build a picture of how the concept of conscientious liberty was treated in such entangled contexts.
A Cointegration Analysis of Economic Growth and CO_2 Emissions: A Case Study of Malaysia.
Authors: Osiobe Ejiro U. 
Published: November 2019

The paper aims to establish a long-run and the Granger causal relationship between economic growth, emissions, international trade, energy consumption, and population density in Malaysia. The study will use annual data from 1970 to 2014. A unique cointegrating relationship between our variables was identified. The study employed the Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag model to examine the Environmental Kuznets Curve . Our empirical results analysis showed a long-run relationship between per capita emissions and our explanatory variables . To investigate the Granger causal relationship between , the Vector Error Correction Model was employed and our results, associated the absence of Granger causality between emissions and economic growth in the short-run while revealing a uni-directional Granger causality movement from economic growth to emissions in the long-run. Hence, an increase in will lead to a rise in emissions in Malaysia.
Extra beschermd of extra beschadigd?
Authors: Goeman M. , Schuitemaker S. 
Published: November 2019

Extra beschermd of extra beschadigd?
Aan de hand van drie zaken afkomstig van de Kinderrechtenhelpdesk van Defence for Children illustreren de auteurs verschillende problemen waar kinderen met een handicap in asielzoekerscentra tegenaan lopen. Het artikel bevat een samenvatting van het onderzoek van Defence for Children, ‘Extra beschermd of extra beschadigd? Onderzoek naar de leefomstandigheden van kinderen met een handicap in asielzoekerscentra in Nederland’. Besproken wordt daarbij een recent vernietigend rapport van de Kinderombudsman over medische zorg die aan een doof meisje werd geweigerd omdat zij geen verblijfsvergunning had. De auteurs betogen dat de wetgever, immigratieautoriteiten en opvanginstanties aan zet zijn om ervoor te zorgen dat de rechten van kinderen met een handicap gerespecteerd worden. Dat moet gelden zowel in de verblijfsprocedure als in de opvangprocedures en bij de toegang tot medische zorg.
Vereniging van Eigenaars moet plaatsing scootmobiel in gemeenschappelijke ruimte toestaan
Authors: Houtzager D.C. 
Published: November 2019

Vereniging van Eigenaars moet plaatsing scootmobiel in gemeenschappelijke ruimte toestaan
Een scootmobiel mag in een gemeenschappelijke ruimte worden geplaatst, bepaalt Hof Amsterdam (ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2019:767). Een VvE, die zich beriep op de splitsingsakte, gaf geen toestemming voor plaatsing in de containerruimte. De betrokkene vocht het verbod aan en kreeg in appel gelijk van het hof. De weigering was in strijd met de redelijkheid en de billijkheid, die bij de toepassing van een splitsingsakte toegepast moest worden. In het commentaar wordt ingegaan op de rechtsgrond die het hof toepast. In plaats van de toegepaste algemene civielrechtelijke regels zou in dit geval ook de Wet gelijke behandeling op grond van handicap of chronische ziekte (WGBH/CZ) kunnen worden gebruikt. In deze lex specialis wordt bij de plicht tot het verrichten van een doeltreffende aanpassing (art. 2 jo. art. 6 WGBH/CZ) een rijk toetsingskader geboden.
Optimal Management of Elective Joint Replacement Surgery in Patients with Hemophilia
Authors: Badulescu Oana-Viola , Bararu Bojan Iris , Vladeanu Maria , Badescu Codruta , Bojan Andrei , Dan Sirbu Paul , Ciocoiu Manuela 
Published: November 2019

Hemophilia is a genetic or acquired disease that leads to spontaneous and recurrent bleedings, which affect the joints and muscles, thus determining chronic damage to the cartilage which will lead to joint disease and hemophilic arthropathy. Even though hemophilic patients were initially thought to have a low incidence of atherothrombotic complications, it is now clear that atherothrombotic events occur. The administration of plasmatic factor VIII has better clinical results in type A hemophilic patients than the transfusion with plasma. We analyzed five patients with hemophilia type A, aged between 35 and 62 years. Two of them had a severe form of hemophilia with factor VIII less than 1%, while the other three had a moderate form with factor VIII ranging between 1 and 5%. The five patients underwent total knee repair interventions and received substitution treatment with clotting factors but also prophylactic anticoagulant treatment. The postsurgical evolution of these patients was favorable, with similar hemostatic profile as the non-hemophilic patients. Moroctocog alfa is an efficient substitutive treatment that manages to normalize the hemostatic profile of patients. Therefore, it is recommended to provide prophylactic antithrombotic therapy after the orthopedic interventions.
Understanding the Plugging Performance of HPAM-Cr(III) Polymer Gel For CO2 Conformance Control
Authors: Sun Xindi , Bai Baojun 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
With the demand for conformance control in CO2 flooding fields, the traditional HPAM-Cr(III) polymer gel has been applied to reduce excess CO2 production. However, the field application results are mixed. In order to understand the HPAM-Cr(III) polymer gel plugging performance in reservoirs, a numerical reservoir analysis is used to interpret the laboratory results and analyze how the laboratory results are connected to the field application results. The HPAM-Cr(III) polymer gel plugging performance was evaluated in the laboratory with sandstone core plugs. CO2 and water effective permeability was measured. Gelant was injected into the cores until the injection pressure stabilized. Breakthrough pressure was tested and followed by two WAG cycles injection. The injection pressure was monitored. Different permeability cores (100- 1200 md) were used to mimic different reservoir conditions. Residual resistance factor was calculated using the stabilized water/CO2 injection pressure before and after gel treatment. HPAM-Cr(III) polymer gel has higher breakthrough pressure in the low permeability cores. The polymer gel behavior is discussed using three scenarios: no breakthrough, partial breakthrough, and breakthrough. If no breakthrough, the numerical reservoir analysis reveals that the polymer gel can successfully divert the CO2 and water flow to the low permeability layers before breakthrough. The damage to polymer gel is caused by CO2 diffusion from the low permeability layers. The gel damage rate depends on the diffusion rate. This is the reason that polymer gel treatment can last for a longer time in some fields. In the breakthrough scenario, CO2 totally breaks through the gel-treated zone, polymer gel has a larger contact area with CO2 and the gel damage rate will be faster. Therefore, the polymer gel has almost no blocking to CO2 flow.
Kin work as a gendered family practice in the sibling relationships of lesbians
Authors: Karich Cordula 
Published: November 2019

How do lesbians and their siblings – as adults – maintain relationships with one another?
In a 2013 survey, a large majority of lesbians in Norway (89%) state that their siblings know about their sexual orientation; 80 percent evaluate their relationship with parents and siblings as very good or good (Anderssen and Malterud 2013). But what do they actually mean by that? What makes a lesbian’s relationship with her siblings good? And how do siblings experience their relationships with a lesbian sister?
Although sibling relationships can be the longest-lasting relationships in an individual’s life, they have long been outside the spotlight of family sociology and there is little research about sibling relationships during adulthood. However, siblings have been found to play an important role for lesbians and gay men in their processes of coming out to families of origin (see for example Haxhe et al. 2018).
With my PhD-project, I intend to study developments in sibling relationships throughout adulthood, concentrating on the time period after a sister has come out as lesbian. I am especially interested in looking into relationships between adult siblings from a “doing family” perspective and exploring “doing being siblings” through the concept of kin work/kinship practices (Di Leonardo 1987).
Therefore, one of my research questions is: How do kinship practices of and between lesbians and their siblings develop and how are these developments connected to events in their respective lives, such as entering into intimate relationships, having children, moving away from the home region, caring for a sick or dying parent?
In my presentation, I would like to discuss some of the implications of applying the concept of kin work/kinship practices to relationships between lesbians and their siblings, taking into account that Di Leonardo (1987) found kin work to be predominantly carried out by women.
Pith Necrosis of Tomato Caused by Pseudomonas viridiflava May Not Decrease Production
Authors: Monteiro F. P. , Ogoshi C. , Cardoso D. A. , Perazolli V. 
Published: November 2019

Aims: This study aimed to measure the losses in the production of tomato plants caused by the bacteria P. viridiflava.
Study Design: Experiments were performed in a completely randomized design with six replicates.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted on the Caçador experimental station of the Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Enterprise of Santa Catarina (EPAGRI) from October to April during 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 crop season.
Methodology: Bacteria were isolated from tomato plants with pith necrosis symptoms, using nutrient agar. The isolated strain was identified by a scheme of tests for bacteria that emit fluorescence, known as LOPAT, and by sequencing the 16S rDNA region. Tomato plants were cultivated for two seasons during 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. In the first year the cultivar Paronset was cultivated and in the next season the experiment was performed with the cultivars Compack, Nagai, Paronset and Pizzadoro. During the production season, tomato fruits were harvested and the weight was accounted for. At the beginning of the first bunch formation, the stems of the plant were inoculated with wood sticks containing bacterial colonies removed from a 48h-Petri dish culture medium. Tomato plants cultivated as control treatments were not inoculated. At the end of the cultivation seasons, the stems were cut to analyze the pith necrosis progress.
Results: In both cultivation seasons, there was no decrease in the production associated with the pith necrosis caused by P. viridiflava EPAGRI BacPvT1 because the total weight of fruits harvested from inoculated plants was not statistically different compared to the non-inoculated plants. The disease progressed in all inoculated plants and adventitious root formation as external symptoms was observed.
Conclusion: The bacteria Pseudomonas viridiflava EPAGRI BacPvT1, one of the etiological agents of pith necrosis of tomato, may not decrease the production. Even causing some injuries, it may be not cause any damage.
Prevalence of Sickle Cell Disease and Other Haemoglobin Variants in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
Authors: Kingsley Akaba , Enang Ofem , Essien Ofonime , Legogie Annette , Cletus Omini , Oshatuyi Olukayode 
Published: November 2019

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the commonest genetic disorder worldwide with a global prevalence of 20-25 million. About 12-15 million affected persons are in Sub-Sahara Africa with Nigeria bearing the highest burden of people living with sickle cell disease. SCD is a disease characterized as an autosomal, recessive, heterogeneous, and a monogenetic disorder caused by an A-to-T point mutation in the β-globin gene responsible for the production of abnormal hemoglobin S (HbS), which polymerizes in the deoxygenated state and results in the sickling of erythrocytes. Haemoglobin variants are mutant forms of haemoglobin in a population usually occurring as a result of genetic changes in specific genes, or globins that causes change on alterations in the amino acid. They could affect the structure, behavior, the production rate and the stability of the specific gene. Well-known haemoglobin variants such as sick-cell anaemia are responsible for diseases and are considered haemoglobinopathies. Other variants cause no detectable pathology and are thus considered as non-pathological variants.
Aim: The study is aimed at evaluating the burden of sickle cell disease and other haemoglobin variants in Calabar, South-South Nigeria.
Methods: This is a retrospective study done at the haematology laboratory of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar. Cellulose acetate electrophoresis at alkaline pH was used for the evaluation of haemoglobinopathies. The data were entered into Microsoft Excel 2016 spreadsheet and analysed with the IBM SPSS Version 22. Data were summarized into percentage of different phenotypes.
Results: Results of the total 3648 haemoglobin electrophoresis recorded, 1368 (37.50%) were male while the remaining 2280 (62.5%) females given a male to female ratio of 1:1.7. Five haemoglobin phenotypes were identified as HbAA, HbAS, HbAC, HbSC and HbSS. The overall average values of their prevalence were HbAA 64.78%, HbAS 32.62%, HbSS 2.14%, HbAC 0.33%, HbSC 0.14%. Thus, the prevalence of SCD (Prevalence of HbSS+HbSC) was 2.28%. The highest proportion of SCD was observed in 2011 with least in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
Conclusion: The prevalence of SCD and other haemoglobin variants in Calabar is similar to that of the national prevalence rate. There is need for continuous enlightenment and premarital counselling on the pattern of inheritance of SCD most especially with the increased burden of sickle traits in the environment has reported in this study.
Research and Capstone Project Electronic Repository
Authors: Lalisan Sarah Jean W. , Sobejana Noel P. 
Published: November 2019

Aims: Higher Education Institutions are challenged to manage research and capstone projects output available through open access is something that is increasingly mandated by funders and universities in many countries.
Study Design: This is to widen the dissemination of results to the community which information technology practices and theory can address.
Place and Duration of Study: This project tries to investigate the possible outcomes by developing an online repository for research and capstone project in Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology that can deposit students output, register various accounts, log transactions and an interactive website.
Methodology: Innovative research approach is being manifested in the development that uses modified waterfall, white-box testing and survey-type methodologies are being highlighted.
Results: The website is successfully developed with specific functionality on referencing, data storage, data security, data extraction and some special functionalities. The fifty evaluators gave very agreeable results to the reliability, functionality and usability of the website.
Conclusion: Although, the system is functional and evaluated very agreeable to the respondents the testing is very crucial that proper monitoring should be in place in the entire plan.
Cytochrome P450 Family 1 B1 Gene Mutations in Primary Congenital Glaucoma Affected Egyptian Patients
Authors: Esmael Amanne Feisal , Oraby Hanaa Abdel-Sadek , Nahas Soheir Mohamed El 
Published: November 2019

Aims: Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a leading cause of childhood blindness. The cytochrome P450 family 1, subfamily B, polypeptide 1 (CYP1B1) is the most mutated gene that is associated with PCG. Very few studies have examined the promoter region and exon1 of the CYP1B1 gene. This work was planned to contribute to the description of the possible causative mutations of CYP1B1 gene that are related to PCG affected Egyptian patients.
Patients and Methods: Patients diagnosed as glaucomatous based on their symptoms and detailed ophthalmological examinations at the time of presentation underwent an intraocular pressure lowering surgical procedure. Investigations were further proceeded on the molecular level. Sequencing-based mutation screen for the promoter region, exon1 and the coding region of exon3 of CYP1B1 gene have been performed in two related consanguineous PCG affected families and four other sporadic Egyptian patients using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay; where PCR products were sequenced, and further analyzed.
Results: Sequencing analysis revealed three novel mutations in PCG affected patients one in the promoter region (g.G2872A) and two in exon1 (g.C3268T and g.C3332T). Two additional mutations in exon3 (p.L432V and p.N453S) reported for the first time in PCG affected Egyptian patients. Clinical and genetic data of the two consanguineous families revealed that although the four parents have the same variations as their sons, they are ophthalmologically free.
Conclusion: Regular ophthalmic examinations of siblings and parents of these affected patients should take place for early detection of any form of glaucoma to allow prompt diagnosis and early treatment when needed.
Clinical examination and molecular genetic data could contribute to early diagnosis and prevention of the visual impairment caused by PCG. This study provides groundwork for expanded genetic investigations in Egypt paving the way for genetic counseling to help affected families make informed medical and personal decisions.
Modulation of Inverse Spinel Fe3O4 by Phosphorus Doping as an Industrially Promising Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution
Authors: Zhang Jiaqi , Shang Xiao , Ren Hao , Chi Jingqi , Fu Hui , Dong Bin , Liu Chenguang , Chai Yongming 
Published: November 2019

AbstractFe‐based oxides have been seldom reported as electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), limited by their weak intrinsic activity and conductivity. Herein, phosphorus doping modulation is used to construct inverse spinel P‐Fe3O4 with dual active sites supported on iron foam (P‐Fe3O4/IF) for alkaline HER with an extremely low overpotential of 138 mV at 100 mA cm−2. The obtained inverse spinel Fe–O–P derived from controllable phosphorization can provide an octahedral Fe site and O atom, which bring about the unusual dissociation mechanisms of two water molecules to greatly accelerate the proton supply in alkaline media. Meanwhile, the ΔGH of the P atom in Fe–O–P as an active site is theoretically calculated to be 0.01 eV. Notably, the NiFe LDH/IF(+)||P‐Fe3O4/IF(−) couple achieves an onset potential of 1.47 V (vs RHE) for overall water splitting, with excellent stability for more than 1000 h at a current density of 1000 mA cm−2, and even for 25 000 s at 10 000 mA cm−2 in 6.0 m KOH at 60 °C. The excellent catalyst stability and low‐cost merits of P‐Fe3O4/IF may hold promise for industrial hydrogen production. This work may reveal a new design strategy of earth‐abundant materials for large‐scale water splitting.