bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Family-Level Executive Functioning and At-Risk Pediatric Hearing Loss Outcomes
Authors: Blank Andrew , Holt Rachael Frush , Pisoni David B. , Kronenberger William G. 
Published: December 2020

PurposeUsing a new measure of family-level executive functioning (EF; the Family Characteristics Scale [FCS]), we investigated associations between family-level EF, spoken language, and neurocognitive skills in children with hearing loss (HL), compared to children with normal hearing.MethodParents of children with HL (n= 61) or children with normal hearing (n= 65) completed the FCS-Parent, and clinicians evaluated families using the FCS-Examiner. Children completed an age-appropriate version of the Concepts and Following Directions subtest of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test–Fourth Edition. Child EF was assessed via the parent report Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function.ResultsTwo higher order components were derived from FCS subscales: Family Inhibition and Family Organization. For both samples, Family Inhibition was positively associated with child inhibition, child shifting, and child language comprehension skills. Family Organization was differentially associated with child inhibition, working memory, and planning/organization skills across the samples. Additionally, Family Inhibition was associated with child planning and organization skills for children with HL.ConclusionsResults support the FCS as a measure of family-level EF. Family-level inhibition related to better child inhibition, flexibility/shifting, and language comprehension across both samples and to better planning and organization skills in children with HL. As children with HL experienced greater difficulties in EF, families demonstrated greater organization, possibly as a compensatory measure. Results suggest that inhibition and organization at a family level may be important targets for the development of novel interventions to promote EF and language outcomes for children with HL.
Exploring Best–Worst Scaling for Communication Sciences and Disorders
Authors: Squires Scot A. , Squires Katie E. 
Published: December 2020

Purpose
The primary purpose of this study is to introduce the method of best–worst scaling (BWS) and explore how it can be applied to the field of communication sciences and disorders.

Method
Two hundred thirty-six participants (156 students and 80 instructors) responded to a survey using BWS to identify the most and least preferred features of a speech-language pathology graduate program. Results were analyzed with Sawtooth Software and best–worst values were transformed into a standardized ratio scale.

Results
The number one attribute that students were most concerned with when choosing a graduate program was clinical placements followed by financial aid/scholarships/graduate assistant positions, highly ranked/reputation of program, updated resources available in clinic, reputation of professors, elective coursework available in an interest area, proximity to home, research opportunities, completion of an undergraduate degree at the same institution, and, finally, the availability of online courses. Five of the 10 factors were statistically different from the adjacent factor as evidenced by nonoverlapping confidence intervals. The faculty accurately predicted the top three and bottom two attributes but distinguished less between the factors as evidenced by overlapping confidence intervals in eight of the adjacent pairs.

Conclusions
BWS is able to provide nuanced information relative to the strength of the preference over other types of importance measures. It has many applications in the field of communication sciences and disorders, and this pilot study revealed one way it can be utilized. Knowing what students most desire in a graduate program allows universities to tailor their marketing to highlight the attributes of highest importance to future applicants.
Design and development of a new three‐phase AC‐DC single‐stage wind energy conversion system
Authors: Singh Kumar Abhishek , Chaudhary Kalpana 
Published: December 2020

AbstractThe prevalent use of the diode bridge rectifier in three phase wind energy conversion systems decreases the efficiency of the power generation. In standalone wind energy generation, bridgeless converters can address this problem by eliminating the front‐end diode bridge rectifier. This work presents a novel single‐stage three‐phase bridgeless AC to DC c̀uk converter for wind energy conversion systems. The proposed converter is designed to work in discontinuous inductor current mode because of its inherent power factor correction and less harmonic distortion. Using body‐diodes of the MOSFETs per phase component reduction is also done in this converter. A unique maximum power point tracking technique is developed for this converter using three‐phase voltages and currents, instead of the DC link states. A wind energy emulation system using a DC motor and self excited induction generator is used to test the laboratory prototype of the proposed converter.
Augmentation of Chicken Thigh Model with Fluorescence Imaging Allows for Real-Time, High Fidelity Assessment in Supermicrosurgery Training
Authors: Albano Nicholas J. , Zeng Weifeng , Lin Christie , Uselmann Adam J. , Eliceiri Kevin W. , Poore Samuel O. 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Background The skills required for supermicrosurgery are hard-earned and difficult to master. The University of Wisconsin “blue-blood” chicken thigh model incorporates perfusion of the thigh vessels with a blue liquid solution, allowing users to visualize flow across their anastomoses. This model has proven to be an excellent source of small vessels (down to 0.3 mm) but assessing the quality of anastomoses at this spatial scale has proven difficult. We evaluated whether fluorescent imaging with indocyanine green (ICG) in this realistic training model would enhance the assessment of supermicrosurgical anastomoses, and therefore improve real-time feedback to trainees.
Methods Anastomoses of vessels ranging from 0.35 to 0.55mm in diameter were performed followed by the capture of white light with and without fluorescence imaging overlay during infusion of “blue-blood” and ICG. Videos were randomized and shown to seven fellowship-trained microsurgeons at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who rated each anastomosis as “patent,” “not patent,” or “unsure.” Surgeon accuracy, uncertainty, and inter-rater agreement were measured for each imaging modality.
Results Use of fluorescence significantly increased surgeon accuracy to 91% compared with 47% with white light alone (p = 0.015), decreased surgeon uncertainty to 4% compared with 41% with white light alone (p = 0.011), and improved inter-rater agreement from 53.1% with white light alone to 91.8% (p = 0.016).
Conclusion Augmentation of the University of Wisconsin “blue-blood” chicken thigh model with ICG fluorescence improves accuracy, decreases uncertainty, and improves inter-rater agreement when assessing supermicrosurgical anastomoses in a training setting. This improved, real-time feedback enhances this model's value as a supermicrosurgical training tool.
True scale-free networks hidden by finite size effects
Authors: Serafino Matteo , Cimini Giulio , Maritan Amos , Rinaldo Andrea , Suweis Samir , Banavar Jayanth R. , Caldarelli Guido 
Published: December 2020

SignificanceThe generalized scale invariance of complex networks, whose trademark feature is the power law distributions of key structural properties like node degree, has recently been questioned on the basis of statistical testing of samples from model and real data. This has important implications on the dynamic origins of network self-organization and consequently, on the general interpretation of their function and resilience. However, a well-known mechanism of departure from scale invariance is the presence of finite size effects. Developed for critical phenomena, finite size scaling analysis assesses whether an underlying scale invariance is clouded by a sample limited in size. Our approach sorts out when we may reject the hypothesis that the inherent structure of networks is scale invariant.
Magnetoelastic coupling and spin contributions to entropy and thermal transport in biferroic yttrium orthochromite
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Authors: Bajaj Naini , Roy Aditya Prasad , Khandelwal Ashish , Chattopadhyay M K , Sathe Vasant , Mishra Sanjay K , Mittal Ranjan , Babu Peram Delli , Le Manh Duc , Niedziela Jennifer L , Bansal Dipanshu 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Direct engineering of material properties through exploitation of spin, phonon, and charge-coupled degrees of freedom is an active area of development in materials science. However, the relative contribution of the competing orders to controlling the desired behavior is challenging to decipher. In particular, the independent role of phonons, magnons, and electrons, quasiparticle coupling, and relative contributions to the phase transition free energy largely remain unexplored, especially for magnetic phase transitions. Here, we study the lattice and magnetic dynamics of biferroic yttrium orthochromite using Raman, infrared, and inelastic neutron spectroscopy techniques, supporting our experimental results with first-principles lattice dynamics and spin-wave simulations across the antiferromagnetic transition at T
N ∼ 138 K. Spectroscopy data and simulations together with the heat capacity (C

p
) measurements, allow us to quantify individual entropic contributions from phonons (0.01 ± 0.01k
B atom−1), dilational (0.03 ± 0.01k
B atom−1), and magnons (0.11 ± 0.01k
B atom−1) across T
N. High-resolution phonon measurements conducted in a magnetic field show that anomalous T-dependence of phonon energies across T
N originates from magnetoelastic coupling. Phonon scattering is primarily governed by the phonon–phonon coupling, with little contribution from magnon–phonon coupling, short-range spin correlations, or magnetostriction effects; a conclusion further supported by our thermal conductivity measurements conducted up to 14 T, and phenomenological modeling.
Fiber-end antireflection method for ultra-weak fiber Bragg grating sensing systems
Authors: Luo Zhihui , Zhang Yu , Cheng Wensheng , Yang Xiongbo , Zeng Shuguang 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
A novel fiber-end antireflection method for reducing the reflection noise in ultra-weak fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing systems is proposed in this study. The principle of fiber-end antireflection is analyzed and simulated theoretically, and then an antireflection structure is designed and fabricated. In this method, the fiber end is cut into an inclined surface and covered directly with an ellipsoid photosensitive ultraviolet (UV) glue drop, whose refractive index is similar to that of the fiber core. Under the online monitoring of the fiber-end reflection with the ultra-weak FBG interrogator, the refractive index of the glue drop is adjusted by controlling the UV curing time to achieve optimal reflection suppression. Results show that this method can reduce fiber-end reflection to less than −60 dB and effectively eliminate the influence of fiber-end reflection noise on the last sensor. The proposed method thus provides an excellent solution for the fiber-end processing of ultra-weak FBG sensing systems.
Traceability of network time service to UTC(NIM): online calibration
Authors: Zhang Yu , Wang Yuzhuo , Liu Nianfeng , Long Bo , Yang Zhiqiang , Han Feng , Zhang Aimin 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Network time service provided by Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers is widely used to synchronize the clocks of computers and other networked equipment. With the rapid development of smart devices and their applications, more NTP servers as time sources need to be calibrated to a legal time reference. This work proposes using a low-cost and convenient calibration method to investigate the time service capability of ten NTP servers located at different cities in China. The uncertainties (k = 2) of the time offsets between Coordinated Universal Time (National Institute of Metrology) and network time from NTP servers for a single measurement are generally less than 150 ms, and the uncertainties (k = 2) of the mean time offsets for 24 h are less than 85 ms. Calibration results were found at the same level when applying the two time references, which were maintained a time offset less than 10 ns and located more than 1000 km apart.
Suppression of non-radiative recombination to improve performance of colloidal quantum-dot LEDs with a Cs2CO3 solution treatment
Authors: Nguyen Huu Tuan , Ryu Shinyoung , Duong Anh Tuan , Lee Soonil 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
We report a five-fold luminance increase of green-light-emitting CdSe@ZnS quantum-dot LEDs (QLEDs) in response to treatment with a 2-ethoxyethanol solution of cesium carbonate (Cs2CO3). The maximum luminous yield of Cs2CO3-treated QLED is as high as 3.41 cd A−1 at 6.4 V. To elucidate device-performance improvement, we model measured currents as the sum of radiative and non-radiative recombination components, which are respectively represented by modified Shockley equations. Variations in model parameters show that a shift in Fermi level, reduction of barrier heights, and passivation of mid-gap defect states are the main results of Cs2CO3 treatment. In spite of a large luminance difference, light-extraction efficiency remains the same at 9% regardless of Cs2CO3 treatment because of the similarity in optical structures.
Large-area, high-responsivity, fast and broadband graphene/n-Si photodetector
Authors: Scagliotti Mattia , Salvato Matteo , De Crescenzi Maurizio , Mishra Neeraj , Fabbri Filippo , Miseikis Vaidotas , Coletti Camilla , Catone Daniele , Di Mario Lorenzo , Boscardin Maurizio , Castrucci Paola 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
A graphene/Si heterojunction device has been realized to overcome many different requests necessary to make it a versatile, widely used and competitive detector. The obtained photodetectors, which operate at room temperature, are sensitive in the spectral region from ultraviolet (240 nm) to infrared (2000 nm) and they can be used in different configurations that allow a high responsivity up to 107 A W−1, a rise time of a few nanoseconds, an external quantum efficiency greater than 300%, and a linear response for different light sources. This is allowed by the high quality of the graphene deposited on a large area of 8 mm2, and by the interdigitated design of the contacts, both preserving the excellent properties of graphene when switching from nanoscale to macroscopic dimensions of commonly used devices.
HiPIMS optimization by using mixed high-power and low-power pulsing
Authors: Brenning Nils , Hajihoseini Hamidreza , Rudolph Martin , Raadu Michael A , Gudmundsson Jon Tomas , Minea Tiberiu M , Lundin Daniel 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
The possibility to optimize a high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) discharge through mixing two different power levels in the pulse pattern is investigated. Standard HiPIMS pulses are used to create the ions of the film-forming material. After each HiPIMS pulse an off-time follows, during which no voltage (or, optionally, a reversed voltage) is applied, letting the remaining ions in the magnetic trap escape towards the substrate. After these off-times, a long second pulse with lower amplitude, in the dc magnetron sputtering range, is applied. During this pulse, which is continued up to the following HiPIMS pulse, mainly neutrals of the film-forming material are produced. This pulse pattern makes it possible to achieve separate optimization of the ion production, and of the neutral atom production, that constitute the film-forming flux to the substrate. The optimization process is thereby separated into two sub-problems. The first sub-problem concerns minimizing the energy cost for ion production, and the second sub-problem deals with how to best split a given allowed discharge power between ion production and neutral production. The optimum power split is decided by the lowest ionized flux fraction that gives the desired film properties for a specific application. For the first sub-problem we describe a method where optimization is achieved by the selection of five process parameters: the HiPIMS pulse amplitude, the HiPIMS pulse length, the off-time, the working gas pressure, and the magnetic field strength. For the second sub-problem, the splitting of power between ion and neutral production, optimization is achieved by the selection of the values of two remaining process parameters, the HiPIMS pulse repetition frequency and the discharge voltage of the low-power pulse.
The methodologies, geographies, and technologies of energy justice: a systematic and comprehensive review
Authors: Jenkins Kirsten E H , Sovacool Benjamin K , Mouter Niek , Hacking Nick , Burns Mary-Kate , McCauley Darren 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
The energy justice literature has seen a rapid surge in both academic and practical popularity. However, there has been less systematic reflection on the research conducted so far, its scope or contribution, nor what it might mean for the future of the concept. To provide insights, this paper presents the results of a systematic and comprehensive review of 155 peer-reviewed articles published across eight databases between January 2008 and December 2019. The aim is firstly to review the current state of the art in the energy justice literature and, secondly, to present findings that support novel recommendations with the potential to enhance the impact of energy justice research, including applications in the economic and planning policy sectors. Critically, our study demonstrates that the literature lacks diversity in its author basis and research design. By contrast, conceptual frameworks and the geographies and technologies of global energy injustice are proliferating. These results illustrate that energy justice has power and agency as a tool. It can act as a protagonist in energy research, provoking researchers to remain reflexively normative and active in identifying injustices and vulnerabilities, and it can act as a promising progenitor, creating new research methods and themes.
Confined random motion with Laplace and Linnik statistics
Authors: Stanislavsky Aleksander , Weron Aleksander 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
In this paper we reveal that the conjugate property of Bernstein functions connects the tempered subdiffusion with the confinement. The interpretation of anomalous diffusion tending to the confinement is that diffusive motion, accompanied by multiple-trapping events with infinite mean sojourn time, is transformed into pure jumps, restricted in confined environment. This model, just like the tempered one, is generally valid in a wide class of problems of transport in random media that include live cells, relaxation in heterogeneous substances, and jump-diffusion. A relation of our approach to the popular diffusive diffusivity is explained.
Indoor-Outdoor Air Quality Assessment in Nurseries
Authors: Abu Mansor Amalina , Natasha Badrul Hisham Ain , Abdullah Samsuri , Nazmi Liyana Mohd Napi Nur , Najah Ahmed Ali , Ismail Marzuki 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Poor Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) can adversely affect children’s health, comfort and school performance. This study mainly aimed to assess indoor and outdoor air quality status in terms of physical and chemical aspects at nurseries of two higher public institutions. The monitored parameters are temperature (T), relative humidity (RH), air movement (AM), particulate matter (PM), carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) by using Climomaster (RH, T, AM), Dust Trax™ (RSP )and Kanomax IAQ (CO, CO2). The measurement was taken continuously in a period of three days at two nurseries of public institutions. Results show all chemicals contaminants at two nurseries did not exceed the standard except CO2 for indoor concentration. Indoor-Outdoor (I/O) ratio stated that PM10 concentrations were influenced by the outdoor contaminant for both study areas. In conclusion, this study provides useful information for engineers, policy makers and planners to make decision on managing and improving the environment in terms of air quality.
Identification of Paracoccus Solventivorans sp. as Sulphate Oxidizing Bacteria Isolated from Palm Oil Sludge
Authors: Azan Tajarudin Husnul , Santiagoo Ragunathan , Gomesh Nair , Daud Zawawi , Qamaruz Zaman Nastaein , Syazwi Adzami Nuraiffa , Farhana Kamarzaman Fatin 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
The emission of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from industrial processes causesodour nuisance to the surrounding community. Thus, the ability of sulphur oxidizing bacteria could eliminate H2S by changing it into non-odorous elemental sulphur or sulphate. In this study, the isolate bacteria of Paracoccus solventivorans ATCC 700252 demonstrated pH reduction from pH 8 to about pH 5.27 with sulphate content production of454.0 g/ml. The growth of Paracoccus sp. was increased using sulphur as elemental carbon and oxygen as electron acceptor. The optimum temperature and pH of Paracoccus sp. were in the range of 30°C to 40°C and pH 7.00 to pH 8.00, respectively. The utilization of Paracoccus sp. will create a potential application for H2S removal and preserve the environment from further odour pollution.
Age and growth determination of Lower Danube sturgeon species Huso huso and Acipenser stellatus
Authors: Raischi Marius , Deák György , Oprea Lucian , Raischi Natalia , Danalache Tiberius 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
In the Lower Danube, sturgeon populations have declined dramatically in recent decades. Although efforts have been made at the legislative level since 2006, by forbidden commercial fishing, an assessment of stocks and conservation status of sturgeon species has not yet been made [1]. In this context, it is necessary to estimate the age and growth rate of sturgeon species in order to establish their current conservation status, with a high level of confidence. This article presents the long-term results obtained by INCDPM during 6 years of research in which were captured and released 108 specimens of beluga (Huso huso) and 193 specimens of stellat sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus). Thus, before the ultrasonically tagging of the sturgeon specimens, informational volumes regarding the biometric parameters were collected simultaneously with the gender determination [1]. Based on the collected data and the calculus hypotheses, it was possible to determine the ages of the sturgeon specimens and to perfect the method of improving the confidence level of the data obtained from the in-situ investigations. In order to foster sustainable management of Danube sturgeon populations, it is essential to carry out assessments with a high degree of confidence of the age of anadromous sturgeon species. The quantification of the population depends on species spawning cycles taking into account that they are characterized by high longevity.