bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Achieving Financial Performance in Uncertain Times: Leveraging Supply Chain Agility
Authors: Gligor David , Holcomb Mary , Maloni Michael J. , Davis‐Sramek Elizabeth 
Published: November 2019

AbstractTo extend previous research, this study focuses on how a firm’s supply chain agility affects performance through the lens of resource orchestration theory. We offer an additional extension to theory by examining the impact of environmental uncertainty in the resource orchestration process. Research indicates that a firm’s capabilities must be considered within the context of larger uncontrollable and environmental factors. While the Fisher model focuses explicitly on a product’s demand volatility, the contemporary environment for many firms can be portrayed as rapidly changing with turbulent markets, rapid product life cycles, and a changing competitive landscape. Focusing on three underlying dimensions of environmental uncertainty, namely dynamism, munificence, and complexity, we theorize that this uncertainty facilitates market orientation and moderates the mediating relationship between the firm’s market orientation and supply chain orientation and a firm’s supply chain agility. In short, orchestrating resources for a firm’s supply chain agility may or may not be as significant to achieving financial performance, depending on environmental uncertainty. Therefore, our overall contribution rests in the understanding that firms must determine the appropriate level of supply chain agility.
Airline Code‐Sharing and Capacity Utilization: Evidence from the US Airline Industry
Authors: Yimga Jules , Gorjidooz Javad 
Published: November 2019

AbstractFollowing the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, the degree of competition among air carriers, increased significantly. Airlines resorted to many ways—including code‐sharing—in response to competitive pressures. This article is a retrospective study on the load factor effects of the largest domestic codeshare partnership established in 2003—between Delta, Northwest, and Continental airlines. After controlling for aircraft configuration, carrier, and market characteristics, we find evidence that code‐sharing improves the partners’ load factors relative to other carriers in all markets combined. However, we find statistically significant negative (positive) codeshare effects on load factor in markets where the codeshare partners competed (did not compete) prior to code‐sharing.
The Politics of Afro-Asian Intimacies in Jim Crow Tokyo
Authors: Gomez Sonia 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
This article examines the intimate encounters between Japanese women and African American servicemen in post–World War II Japan and the ways in which these intimacies challenged American racial politics that were reproduced in Occupied Japan, while at the same time reaffirmed American heterosexual masculine power and the subordination of Japanese women. It interrogates the gendered politics of the historical conception of Afro-Asian solidarity, and contributes to studies of the Black Pacific by considering these interracial intimacies as sites of potent marriage rights discursive production in the postwar years.
“Now is the proper time for a foreigner to say a word”: The Rhetorical Agency of Hilda Satt Polacheck
Authors: O’Rourke Bridget K. , Bishop Zachary R. 
Published: November 2019

AbstractThis paper explores the rhetorical agency of Hilda Satt Polacheck, author of I Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl, the only known memoir of life at Hull-House written by an immigrant woman. Polacheck wrote the memoir during the 1950s and 1960s, and her daughter, Dena Epstein, edited the manuscript for posthumous publication in 1989. I Came a Stranger focused on the influence of Jane Addams on Polacheck’s early twentieth century experiences as a “Hull-House girl” and how she became an American at the social settlement. Although the memoir ends in 1935 with the death of Jane Addams, Polacheck’s writings and political activities after 1935 shed new light on the author’s reconstruction of her experiences at Hull-House. When Polacheck began writing the memoir in the 1950s, the FBI was investigating her and her adult children for alleged un-American activities. This article considers how Polacheck reconstructed her rhetorical agency and authority after Jane Addams’ death to promote a more expansive and tolerant Americanism during the politically repressive Cold War era.
Physico-chemical Properties Comparison between Released Varieties and Local Germplasm of Sapota (Manilkara zapota)
Authors: Dola Shekh Tanjina Islam , Islam Md. Shahidul , Robbani Mahbub , Rahman Md. Sharifur 
Published: November 2019

Aim: Comparison of physico-chemical properties between released varieties and local germplasm of Sapota with a view to selecting the superior germplasm/variety in respect of nutritional quality.
Study Design: A laboratory experiment was done by the following Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 4 replications.
Sample Collection: Local germplasms were collected from different homestead of Dumki upazila and six released varieties were collected from Germplasm Center, Department of Horticulture, PSTU and Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted during March, 2018 to February, 2019 at the Plant Biotechnology Lab and Postharvest Lab, Department of Horticulture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.
Results: The highest fruit length (4.85 cm), width (4.93 cm), weight (115.33 g), edible portion (92.33%), phenolic content (2.537 mg/100 g) and anthocyanin content (1.807 μg/100 g) were exhibited in local germplasm (G3). The highest carotenoid content (5.320 μg/100 g) was found in local germplasm G3 followed by G1 (5.173 μg/100 g). On the other hand the highest vitamin-C content (11.42 mg/100 g) and carbohydrate percentage (22.99%) were observed in local germplasm G1 and G2 respectively. BARI-3 (V10) exhibited the highest percentage of TSS (21.28%) along with highest peel weight (6.80 g) and the highest percentage of antioxidant (95.80 mg/100 g) was traced in BARI-2 (V9).
Conclusion: Based on the selected physico-chemical properties it was revealed that local germplasm (G3) was superior than the other germplasm/varieties. G1, G2, V9 and V10 germplasm/variety were identified as good source of phytochemicals. Based on Physico-chemical properties local germplasm (G3) was better for eating fresh fruit as well as processing than the other germplasms/varieties considered in this research.
Estimation of Total Phenolic Contents and In vitro Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of the Most Common Coffee Brews Available in the Local Markets of the Northern Region of Saudi Arabia
Authors: M. Nassar Olfat , H. El-Sayed Mohamed , A. Kobisi Abd El-Nasser 
Published: November 2019

Background: Coffee is the most preferred morning beverage throughout the world due to its pleasant flavor and stimulating properties. It contains a multipart combination of chemicals constituents, which associated with health benefits. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia there are many types of coffee in the local markets with different characteristics.
Aims: The present study was designed to identify the total phenolic contents, antioxidant properties and antimicrobial activities for three of the most commonly consumed coffee brews; Intenso (Arabica), Reebass (Turkish) and Lavazza (Brazilian) purchased from some local markets at the Northern region in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Study Design: It was an in-vitro study.
Methodology: The purchased coffee types were extracted using the boiling water method. Determination of total phenolic content of the obtained extracts was carried out using the Folin-Ciocalteu method. Antioxidant activity was measured using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay. Measurement of antimicrobial activity was determined by disk diffusion method against number of microbial test strains. The obtained data were statistically analyzed and results with p < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Results: The obtained results showed that, the estimated phenolic contents were arranged as 745.50 ± 10.5, 668.86 ± 11.2 & 651.25 ± 13.0 mg/g of gallic acid/1 g of coffee for Lavazza (Brazilian), Reebass (Turkish) & Intenso (Arabica) respectively. DPPH radical scavenging activity was higher 78.83% for Turkish coffee than Arabica 71.59% and Brazilian 65.90% types. Regarding antimicrobial activity; Arabica coffee extract was the highest antimicrobial activity compared to the other two extracts of both Turkish and Brazilian types where the mean diameter of inhibition zone for three coffee types were ranged from 11.0 ± 0.15 to 16.0 ± 0.40; 9.0 ± 0.25 to 11.0 ± 0.10 and 9.5 ± 0.10 to 13.0 ± 0.50 mm for Arabica, Turkish and Brazilian coffee extracts respectively.
Conclusion: The present study concludes that coffee types under investigation showed high phenolic content and strong antioxidant activity as well as promising antimicrobial activity.
MEMÓRIA, IDENTIDADE E CULTURA NO VOCABULÁRIO DO ESCRITOR JOÃO BRASIL | MEMORY, IDENTITY AND CULTURE IN THE VOCABULARY OF WRITER JOÃO BRASIL
Authors: Soares Eliane Pereira Machado 
Published: November 2019

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Resumo</span><span>: Este trabalho resulta de uma pesquisa sobre o vocabulário da obra literária do autor memorialista João Brasil Monteiro, da cidade de Marabá, Estado do Pará, com o objetivo de estabelecer relações entre língua e identidade e a memória coletiva local. O referencial teórico e metodológico remete à análise léxico-semântica de lexias, organizadas em campos lexicais Coseriu (1979). A organização do vocabulário em si apresentará os verbetes em ordem alfabética, em campos semânticos, com as respectivas informações gramaticais, definições e remissivas, para tanto utilizaremos a ferramenta computacional Lexique Pro. Até o momento já foram identificados cerca de 600 itens lexicais. </span></p><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Abstract: </span><span>This work results from a research on the vocabulary of the literary work of the memorialist author João Brasil Monteiro, from the city of Marabá, State of Pará, in order to establish relations between language and identity and local collective memory. The theoretical and methodological referential refers to the lexical-semantic analysis of lexias, organized in lexical fields Coseriu (1979). The organization of the vocabulary itself will present the entries in alphabetical order, in semantic fields, with the respective grammatical information, definitions and references, for which we will use the Lexique Pro computational tool. To date, about 600 lexical items have been identified. </span></p><p><span>Keywords: </span><span>Lexicon; Regional Language; Vocabulary. </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
De novo NSF mutations cause early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
Authors: Suzuki Hisato , Yoshida Takeshi , Morisada Naoya , Uehara Tomoko , Kosaki Kenjiro , Sato Katsunori , Matsubara Kohei , Takano‐Shimizu Toshiyuki , Takenouchi Toshiki 
Published: November 2019

AbstractN‐ethylmaleimide‐sensitive factor (NSF) plays a critical role in intracellular vesicle transport, which is essential for neurotransmitter release. Herein, we, for the first time, document human monogenic disease phenotype of de novo pathogenic variants in NSF, that is, epileptic encephalopathy of early infantile onset. When expressed in the developing eye of Drosophila, the mutant NSF severely affected eye development, while the wild‐type allele had no detectable effect under the same conditions. Our findings suggest that the two pathogenic variants exert a dominant negative effect. De novo heterozygous mutations in the NSF gene cause early infantile epileptic encephalopathy.
Genotype‐specific effects of ericoid mycorrhizae on floral traits and reproduction in Vaccinium corymbosum
Authors: Brody Alison K. , Waterman Benjamin , Ricketts Taylor H. , Degrassi Allyson L. , González Jonathan B. , Harris Jeanne M. , Richardson Leif L. 
Published: November 2019

PremiseMost plants interact with mycorrhizal fungi and animal pollinators simultaneously. Yet, whether mycorrhizae affect traits important to pollination remains poorly understood and may depend on the match between host and fungal genotypes. Here, we examined how ericoid mycorrhizal fungi affected flowering phenology, floral traits, and reproductive success, among eight genotypes of highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae). We asked three overarching questions: (1) Do genotypes differ in response to inoculation? (2) How does inoculation affect floral and flowering traits? (3) Are inoculated plants more attractive to pollinators and less pollen limited than non‐inoculated plants of the same genotype?MethodsTo examine these questions, we experimentally inoculated plants with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, grew the plants in the field, and measured flowering and floral traits over 2 years. In year 2, we conducted a hand‐pollination experiment to test whether plants differed in pollen limitation.ResultsInoculated plants had significantly higher levels of colonization for some genotypes, and there were significant floral trait changes in inoculated plants for some genotypes as well. On average, inoculated plants produced significantly larger floral displays, more fruits per inflorescence, and heavier fruits with lower sugar content, than non‐inoculated, control plants. Hand pollination enhanced the production of fruits, and fruit mass, for non‐inoculated plants but not for those that were inoculated.ConclusionsOur results demonstrate that inoculation with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi enhanced flowering and altered investment in reproduction in genotype‐specific ways. These findings underscore the importance of examining belowground symbionts and genotype‐specific responses in their hosts to fully understand the drivers of aboveground interactions.
An examination of climate‐driven flowering‐time shifts at large spatial scales over 153 years in a common weedy annual
Authors: Berg Colette S. , Brown Jason L. , Weber Jennifer J. 
Published: November 2019

PremiseUnderstanding species’ responses to climate change is a critical challenge facing biologists today. Though many species are widespread, few studies of climate‐driven shifts in flowering time have examined large continuous spatial scales for individual species. And even fewer studies have examined these shifts at time scales greater than a few decades.MethodsWe used digitized herbarium specimens and PRISM climate data to produce the spatially and temporally broadest‐scale study of flowering time in a single species to date, spanning the contiguous United States and 153 years (1863–2016) for a widespread weedy annual, Triodanis perfoliata (Campanulaceae). We examined factors driving phenological shifts as well as the roles of geographic and temporal scale in understanding these trends.ResultsYear was a significant factor in both geospatial and climatic analyses, revealing that flowering time has advanced by ~9 days over the past ~150 years. We found that temperature as well as vapor pressure deficit, an understudied climatic parameter associated with evapotranspiration and water stress, were strongly associated with peak flowering. We also examined how sampling at different spatiotemporal scales influences the power to detect flowering‐time shifts, finding that relatively large spatial and temporal scales are ideal for detecting flowering‐time shifts in this widespread species.ConclusionsOur results emphasize the importance of understanding the interplay of geospatial factors at different scales to examine how species respond to climate change.
No sex differences in the economy of load‐carriage
Authors: Prado‐Nóvoa Olalla , Rodríguez Jesús , Vidal‐Cordasco Marco , Zorrilla‐Revilla Guillermo , Mateos Ana 
Published: November 2019

AbstractObjectivesLoad transport activities are of vital importance to current foragers for daily subsistence tasks; thus, it has been suggested that these practices have transformed physical and behavioral characteristics through human evolution. Together with the procurement targets and strategies, the transportation of resources acquired while foraging is strongly influenced by the sex of the foragers. In hunter‐gatherer societies, women, despite their smaller body size, usually carry heavier burdens than males. In this study, whether those behavioral differences can be explained by a different economy of load‐carriage by sex, irrespective of the body mass of the individuals, is investigated.Material and methodsThe energy expenditure of a sample of 48 volunteers (21 females, 27 males) during a set of locomotion and burden transport trials was monitored. Two indexes were computed to compare the increment in the cost of locomotion relative to the load carried by sex.ResultsThe results demonstrate that both males and females, carrying the same relative loads, experience the same increment over the cost of their unloaded locomotion. Therefore, apart from obvious differences in body mass, there is no evidence of a dissimilar economy favoring one sex over the other that would explain the differences in load‐carriage activities observed among current foraging populations.ConclusionsThese outcomes provide new conclusions about the constraints of the behavioral ecology of burden transport activities, and highlight the necessity to reevaluate, from an evolutionary perspective, the ideas about the sexual division of subsistence labor in hunter‐gatherer and agriculturalist populations.
Genetic variability of serotonin pathway associated with schizophrenia onset, progression, and treatment
Authors: Hrovatin Karin , Kunej Tanja , Dolžan Vita 
Published: November 2019

AbstractSchizophrenia (SZ) onset and treatment outcome have important genetic components, however individual genes do not have strong effects on SZ phenotype. Therefore, it is important to use the pathway‐based approach and study metabolic and signaling pathways, such as dopaminergic and serotonergic. Serotonin pathway has an important role in brain signaling, nevertheless, its role in SZ is not as thoroughly examined as that of dopamine pathway. In this study, we reviewed serotonin pathway genes and genetic variations associated with SZ, including variations at DNA, RNA, and epigenetic level. We obtained 30 serotonin pathway genes from Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes and used these genes for the literature review. We extracted 20 protein coding serotonin pathway genes with genetic variations associated with SZ onset, development, and treatment from 31 research papers. Genes associated with SZ are present on all levels of serotonin pathway: serotonin synthesis, transport, receptor binding, intracellular signaling, and reuptake; however, regulatory genes are poorly researched. We summarized common challenges of genetic association studies and presented some solutions. The analysis of reported serotonin pathway‐SZ associations revealed lack of information about certain serotonin pathway genes potentially associated with SZ. Furthermore, it is becoming clear that interactions among serotonin pathway genes and their regulators may bring further knowledge about their involvement in SZ.
Enhancement of poly(vinyl alcohol) using delaminated layered double hydroxide for the formulation of mechanically strong nanocomposite hydrogel
Authors: Sebri Nor Jannah Mohd , Abdul Latip Ahmad Faiz , Adnan Rohana , Hussin Mohd Hazwan , Kobayashi Takaomi 
Published: November 2019

ABSTRACTIn this work, a new type of nanocomposite hydrogel (NCH) has been prepared by crosslinking poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with delaminated layered double hydroxides (LDHs). The LDH was first intercalated with sodium dodecyl sulfate to facilitate delamination. The intercalated LDH was synthesized via coprecipitation followed by subsequent hydrothermal treatment and delamination in dimethyl sulfoxide. The mechanical properties of PVA–NCH with 0.1 wt % LDH were significantly enhanced. The tensile strength of PVA–NCH containing 0.1 wt % LDH was remarkably increased by threefold, while the value of Young's modulus was recorded to be the highest compared to other ratios. The morphologies and microstructures of the PVA–NCH were further investigated by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared, and X‐ray diffraction. TEM image showed the LDH was delaminated into single nanosheets. It was demonstrated that the delaminated LDH played an important role in increasing physical crosslinking with PVA macromolecules to form strong hydrogel through hydrogen bonding network.RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTSA fast and simple intercalation process of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with dimethyl sulfoxide to delaminate the organically modified LDH at room temperature.Delaminated Mg2Al–LDH was used as a nanocrosslinker to produce mechanically strong poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite hydrogel.Enhanced mechanical properties in terms of tensile strength and modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) were observed with the addition of 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate–LDH. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci.2020,137, 48637.
Preparation of melamine–formaldehyde resin grafted by (3‐aminopropyl) triethoxysilane for high‐performance hydrophobic materials
Authors: Gao Yuyang , Liu Shaoying , Wang Qingyin , Wang Gongying 
Published: November 2019

ABSTRACTAiming at meeting the specific market demands and expanding the downstream application of melamine–formaldehyde (MF) resins, a series of (3‐aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES) grafted MF (MF‐Si) resins were synthesized via an effective method that minimized the hydrolysis of APTES and overcame the polarity discrepancy of APTES with MF resin matrix. The structure of MF‐Si resins was characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and solid state 13C NMR. It was found that APTES moieties in MF‐Si materials afforded increased hydrophobicity, water resistance, and the thermal stability was not affected. With the increasing amount of APTES, the water contact angle of MF‐Si films increased from 70.56 to 105.92°and the surface free energy decreased from 46.8 to 23.5 mN/m. The temperature of maximum weight loss rate (Tdmax) of MF‐Si materials decreased slightly from 371.15 to 353.70 °C and the ultimate residual weight of MF‐Si materials increased from 12.51 to 30.04% at 800 °C under N2. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019, 137, 48664.
RETRACTED: MiR‐93 blocks cell cycle progression and promotes apoptosis in uterine leiomyoma cells by targeting CCND1
Authors: Zhang Donghong , Liu Enling , Tian Wei , Zhang Zhiyong , Wang Liqun , Li Jun 
Published: November 2019

AbstractUterine leiomyoma (UL) is the most common type of benign tumor in the women's reproductive system. A number of genes has been found to play an important role in the initiation and progression of UL, including miRNAs. In this study, our results exhibited that miR‐93, a member of mir‐106b‐25 cluster, significantly reduced the cell viability, promoted cell cycle arrest, caused apoptosis, and inhibited migration in UL cells (p < .01). Moreover, our results have provided experimental evidence that miR‐93 regulated the biological functions of UL cells by targeting CCND1.