bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Labelling System Improves Parental Comfort and Willingness to Use Topical Corticosteroids for Paediatric Atopic Dermatitis
Authors: Wilson F. , Harnik E. , Gore C. 
Published: December 2020

Abstract

Objectives
In the United Kingdom, atopic dermatitis (AD) affects 20% of children and topical corticosteroids (TCS) are a mainstay of AD treatment regimes. Many TCS have similar packaging despite significant differences in potency frequently leading to confusion, and along with misinformation and steroid phobia, potentially reducing treatment adherence. We aimed to evaluate parents' knowledge/concerns regarding TCS and explore benefits of/preference for a TCS-labelling system.

Method
Hundred parents of children with AD attending paediatric dermatology and/or allergy appointments completed mixed-methodology Survey 1 (knowledge-quiz, TCS-labelling options, feedback on what supports AD-care). Thirty parents, adolescents, and healthcare professionals completed Survey 2. Qualitative/quantitative data was thematically/statistically analysed (SPSS v25) respectively.

Results
Parents preferred the traffic light system (green = mild, yellow = moderate, red = potent; n = 71/100) and reported significantly increased willingness and comfort in using TCS if a labelling system was used p ≤ 0.001). Knowledge regarding TCS potency was lacking: 62% (n = 46/74) of mild TCS-users overestimated potency; 51% (n = 67/131) of potent TCS-users underestimated potency. Common concerns were TCS-related skin thinning, long-term side effects and themes for improved AD-care/support included: better information, written plans, access to advice, involvement of certain staff. Parents wanted accessible information in various formats: verbally, electronic resources, leaflets, and education sessions.

Conclusions
Parents of children with AD confirmed significant concerns and demonstrated poor knowledge regarding TCS use. Our findings suggest that a simple labelling system may improve TCS adherence. Future work to test refined label prototypes and evaluating their impact on adherence and correct use is needed.
Two cobalt(II) and copper(II) complexes with 2,4,5‐tri(4‐pyridyl)‐imidazole and 5‐hydroxyisophthalic acid as turn‐on luminescence sensors for Mg2+, Ca2+ and SCN− ions
Authors: Cao Meng‐Ge , Wang Jun‐Jie , Wang Yu , Wang Xin‐Fang , Li Ji‐Xiang , Chen Jing‐Xia , Hu Bing‐Qing , Hu Dou‐Dou 
Published: December 2020

AbstractTwo Co(II) and Cu(II) complexes, {[Co(Htpim)2(H2O)2](IPA−OH)}n (1) and {[Cu(Htpim)2(H2O)2](IPA−OH)}n (2) (Htpim=2,4,5‐tri(4‐pyridyl)‐imidazole, and H2IPA−OH=5‐hydroxyisophthalic acid), have been solvothermally synthesized by mixed‐ligand strategy and structurally characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectra and X‐ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. Single crystal XRD analyses indicate that 1 and 2 are almost isostructural and show 1D chain structures. Moreover, 1 can sensitively detect Mg2+ ions through turn‐on luminescence. Meanwhile, 2 can highly sensitively detect Ca2+ and SCN− ions as a luminescence sensor.
Introduction: Relationships and Connections Between Literature and Mathematics
Authors: Engelhardt Nina , Tubbs Robert 
Published: December 2020

AbstractThis chapter introduces the five parts of the Handbook and charts the development of the field of Literature and Mathematics Studies. It sets out the rationale of dividing the chapters into five parts and provides context and scholarship on the topics: Mathematics in Literature; Mathematics and Literary Form; Mathematics, Modernism, and Literature; Relations between Literature and Mathematics; and Mathematics as Literature. The second part of this introductory chapter charts the development of the study of literature and mathematics, with reference to the broader field of literature and science studies. It highlights the specificity of mathematics as a discipline and field of knowledge and emphasizes the particular position of mathematics in research on the historical, social, and cultural dimensions of science.
The State Role in Excellent University Policies in the Era of Globalization: The Case of China
Authors: Meng Fan-Hua , Tian Xiao-Ming , Chiang Tien-Hui , Cai Yi 
Published: December 2020

AbstractIn order to obtain considerable amounts of capitalist profit available in a globalized market, individual countries need to enhance their own international competitiveness – a goal that can be achieved through the channel of schools by cultivating human capital. The linear linkage among globalization, international competitiveness, human capital and higher education has convinced many countries to engage in the expansion of higher education institutes. The notion of international competition further generates the idea of university ranking and, in turn, many countries have viewed the world class university as the top priority on the political agenda. As neo-liberalism has become a prevailing new world value, constructed by America, the private sector that addresses efficiency is defined as the best mode of running the higher education market. Therefore, this mode functions as the gateway of achieving this political mission. However, this approach may jeopardize state sovereignty because if the state is unable to balance the relation between capital accumulation and social justice, it cannot win people’s trust. The interactive principle between social cultures and education policies also rejects the universal practicality of free market logic. In order to overcome these challenges, individual countries may adopt transformative strategies, allowing them to improve the international reputation of their own top universities. This essay sets out to shed some light on this issue through examining the case of the Double-First-Class-Universities initiative in China.
Superconformal mechanics of AdS2 D-brane boundstates
Authors: Mirfendereski Delaram , Raeymaekers Joris , Van den Bleeken Dieter 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
We explicitly construct a family of $$ \mathcal{N} $$
N
= 4 superconformal mechanics of dyonic particles, generalizing the work of Anninos et al. [1] to an arbitrary number of particles. These mechanics are obtained from a scaling limit of the effective Coulomb branch description of $$ \mathcal{N} $$
N
= 4 quiver quantum mechanics describing D-branes in type II Calabi-Yau compactifications. In the supergravity description of these D-branes this limit changes the asymptotics to AdS2×S2×CY3. We exhibit the D(1, 2; 0) superconformal symmetry and conserved charges of the mechanics in detail. In addition we present an alternative formulation as a sigma model on a hyperkähler manifold with torsion.
SMEFT atlas of ∆F = 2 transitions
Authors: Aebischer Jason , Bobeth Christoph , Buras Andrzej J. , Kumar Jacky 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
We present a model-independent anatomy of the ∆F = 2 transitions K0−$$ {\overline{K}}^0 $$

K
¯

0

, Bs,d−$$ {\overline{B}}_{s,d} $$

B
¯

s
,
d

and D0−$$ {\overline{D}}^0 $$

D
¯

0

in the context of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). We present two master formulae for the mixing amplitude [M12]BSM. One in terms of the Wilson coefficients (WCs) of the Low-Energy Effective Theory (LEFT) operators evaluated at the electroweak scale μew and one in terms of the WCs of the SMEFT operators evaluated at the BSM scale Λ. The coefficients $$ {P}_a^{ij} $$

P
a
ij

entering these formulae contain all the information below the scales μew and Λ, respectively. Renormalization group effects from the top-quark Yukawa coupling play the most important role. The collection of the individual contributions of the SMEFT operators to [M12]BSM can be considered as the SMEFT atlas of ∆F = 2 transitions and constitutes a travel guide to such transitions far beyond the scales explored by the LHC. We emphasize that this atlas depends on whether the down-basis or the up-basis for SMEFT operators is considered. We illustrate this technology with tree-level exchanges of heavy gauge bosons (Z′, G′) and corresponding heavy scalars.
Schwarzian quantum mechanics as a Drinfeld-Sokolov reduction of BF theory
Authors: Valach Fridrich , Youmans Donald R. 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
We give an interpretation of the holographic correspondence between two-dimensional BF theory on the punctured disk with gauge group PSL(2, ℝ) and Schwarzian quantum mechanics in terms of a Drinfeld-Sokolov reduction. The latter, in turn, is equivalent to the presence of certain edge states imposing a first class constraint on the model. The constrained path integral localizes over exceptional Virasoro coadjoint orbits. The reduced theory is governed by the Schwarzian action functional generating a Hamiltonian S1-action on the orbits. The partition function is given by a sum over topological sectors (corresponding to the exceptional orbits), each of which is computed by a formal Duistermaat-Heckman integral.
Endocarditis due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis—a retrospective national registry–based study
Authors: Aldman Malin Hagstrand , Rasmussen Magnus , Olaison Lars , Påhlman Lisa I. 
Published: December 2020

AbstractWe present characteristics of infective endocarditis (IE) caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis and compare with IE caused by Staphylococcus aureus and other CoNS, in the National Swedish Registry of IE (2008–2018). Thirty episodes of S. lugdunensis IE were registered, of which 21 cases affected native valves, and 7 patients were subjected to surgery. The mortality rate at 30 days was significantly higher for S. lugdunensis IE (20%, n = 6), than for IE caused by other CoNS (7%) or S. aureus (9%) p = 0.016. Septic embolisation was only reported in two cases (7%). The most common treatment was isoxazolyl penicillin (n = 18).
Factors influencing the occurrence of fall armyworm parasitoids in Zambia
Authors: Durocher-Granger Léna , Mfune Tibonge , Musesha Monde , Lowry Alyssa , Reynolds Kathryn , Buddie Alan , Cafà Giovanni , Offord Lisa , Chipabika Gilson , Dicke Marcel , Kenis Marc 
Published: December 2020

AbstractInvasive alien species have environmental, economic and social impacts, disproportionally threatening livelihood and food security of smallholder farmers in low- and medium-income countries. Fall armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda), an invasive insect pest from the Americas, causes considerable losses on maize to smallholder farmers in Africa since 2016. The increased use of pesticides to control FAW in Africa raises concerns for health and environmental risks resulting in a growing interest in research on biological control options for smallholder farmers. In order to evaluate the occurrence of local natural enemies attacking FAW, we collected on a weekly basis FAW eggs and larvae during a maize crop cycle in the rainy season of 2018–2019 at four locations in the Lusaka and Central provinces in Zambia. A total of 4373 larvae and 162 egg masses were collected. For each location and date of collection, crop stage, the number of plants checked and amount of damage were recorded to analyse which factors best explain the occurrence of the natural enemy species on maize. Overall parasitism rates from local natural enemies at each location varied between 8.45% and 33.11%. We identified 12 different egg-larval, larval and larval-pupal parasitoid species. Location, maize growth stage, pest density and larval stage significantly affected parasitoid species occurrence. Our findings indicate that there is potential for increasing local populations of natural enemies of FAW through conservation biological control programmes and develop safe and practical control methods for smallholder farmers.
To team up or not: single versus team driving in European road freight transport
Authors: Goel Asvin , Vidal Thibaut , Kok Adrianus Leendert 
Published: December 2020

AbstractThe last decades have seen a tremendous amount of research being devoted to effectively managing vehicle fleets and minimizing empty mileage. However, in contrast to, e.g., the air transport sector, the question of how to best assign crews to vehicles, has received very little attention in the road transport sector. The vast majority of road freight transport in Europe is conducted by single drivers and team driving is often only conducted if there are special circumstances, e.g., security concerns. While it is clear that transport companies want to avoid the costs related to additional drivers, vehicles manned by a single driver sit unused whenever the driver takes a mandatory break or rest. Team drivers, on the other hand, can travel a much greater distance in the same amount of time, because mandatory breaks and rests are required less frequently. This paper investigates under which conditions trucking companies should use single or team driving to maximize their profitability. We present a novel optimization approach for simultaneously optimizing routes and crewing decisions and provide experimental evidence that, for a wide range of cost factors, operating a fleet with a mix of team and single drivers can significantly reduce operational costs when compared to typical profit margins in the sector.
Derivative NMR Spectroscopy for J-Coupled Multiplet Resonances using Short Time Signals (0.5KB) Encoded at Low Magnetic Field Strengths (1.5T). Part II: Water Unsuppressed
Authors: Belkić Dževad , Belkić Karen 
Published: December 2020

AbstractThe topic of this work is on reliable resolving of J-coupled resonances in spectral envelopes from proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. These resonances appear as multiplets that none of the conventional nonderivative shape estimators can disentangle. However, the recently formulated nonconventional shape estimator, the derivative fast Padé transform (dFPT), has a chance to meet this challenge. In the preceding article with a polyethylene phantom, using the time signals encoded with water suppressed, the nonparametric dFPT was shown to be able to split apart the compound resonances that contain the known J-coupled multiplets. In the present work, we address the same proton NMR theme, but with sharply different initial conditions from encodings. The goal within the nonparametric dFPT is again to accurately resolve the J-coupled resonances with the same polyethylene phantom, but using raw time signals encoded without water suppression. The parallel work on the same problem employing two startlingly unequal time signals, encoded with and without water suppression in the preceding and the current articles, respectively, can offer an answer to a question of utmost practical significance. How much does water suppression during encoding time signals actually perturb the resonances near and farther away from the dominant water peak? This is why it is important to apply the same dFPT estimator to the time signals encoded without water suppression to complement the findings with water suppression. A notable practical side of this inquiry is in challenging the common wisdom, which invariably takes for granted that it is absolutely necessary to subtract water from the encoded time signals in order to extract meaningful information by way of NMR spectroscopy.
Pole, die nicht schmelzen
Authors: Lochner Barbara , Klundt Michael 
Published: December 2020

ZusammenfassungNicht erst durch Covid-19 sind Kinder und Jugendliche in Armutslagen Benachteiligungen in allen zentralen Lebensbereichen ausgesetzt, die sich u. a. mit sozialer Polarisierung begründen lassen. Der Beitrag leitet in den Schwerpunkt ein, in dem Grundzüge und Zusammenhänge gesellschaftlicher Polarisierungsprozesse beleuchtet und sozialpolitische Ansätze, diesen zu begegnen, diskutiert werden.
Interactions of molten salts with cathode products in the FFC Cambridge Process
Authors: Chen George Z. 
Published: December 2020

AbstractMolten salts play multiple important roles in the electrolysis of solid metal compounds, particularly oxides and sulfides, for the extraction of metals or alloys. Some of these roles are positive in assisting the extraction of metals, such as dissolving the oxide or sulfide anions, and transporting them to the anode for discharging, and offering the high temperature to lower the kinetic barrier to break the metal-oxygen or metal-sulfur bond. However, molten salts also have unfavorable effects, including electronic conductivity and significant capability of dissolving oxygen and carbon dioxide gases. In addition, although molten salts are relatively simple in terms of composition, physical properties, and decomposition reactions at inert electrodes, in comparison with aqueous electrolytes, the high temperatures of molten salts may promote unwanted electrode-electrolyte interactions. This article reviews briefly and selectively the research and development of the Fray-Farthing-Chen (FFC) Cambridge Process in the past two decades, focusing on observations, understanding, and solutions of various interactions between molten salts and cathodes at different reduction states, including perovskitization, non-wetting of molten salts on pure metals, carbon contamination of products, formation of oxychlorides and calcium intermetallic compounds, and oxygen transfer from the air to the cathode product mediated by oxide anions in the molten salt.
A framework for monitoring multiple databases in industries using OPC UA
Authors: Mathias Selvine G. , Schmied Sebastian , Grossmann Daniel 
Published: December 2020

AbstractDatabase management and monitoring is an inseparable part of any industry. A uniform scheme of monitoring relational databases without explicit user access to database servers is not much explored outside the database environment. In this paper, we present an information distribution scheme related to databases using Open Platform Communication Unified Architecture (OPC UA) servers to clients when multiple databases are involved in a factory. The aim is for external, but relevant clients, to be able to monitor this information mesh independent of explicit access to user schemas. A methodology to dispense data from, as well as check changes in databases using SQL queries and events is outlined and implemented using OPC UA servers. The structure can be used as a remote viewing application for multiple databases in one address space of an OPC UA server.
A Role for Conscious Accessibility in Skilled Action
Authors: Brozzo Chiara 
Published: December 2020

AbstractSkilled sportsmen or musicians—more generally, skilled agents—often fill us with awe with the way they perform their actions. One question we may ask ourselves is whether theyintendedto perform some awe-inspiring aspects of their actions. This question becomes all the more pressing as it often turns out that these agents were not conscious of some of those aspects at the time of performance. As I shall argue, there are reasons for suspecting lack of conscious access to an aspect of one’s action to be incompatible with intending to perform that aspect of one’s action. Subsequently, though, I will also argue that, in some cases, the incompatibility is onlyprima facie, and can be dispelled by drawing the following distinction: that between aspects of one’s action that are merelytemporarily not consciously accessed, versus aspects of one’s action that arepermanently inaccessible to consciousness. I will thus remove an obstacle towards saying that skilled agents intended to perform certain aspects of their actions, despite lack of conscious access to those aspects at the time of performance.
Large-Scale Proteomic and Phosphoproteomic Analyses of Maize Seedling Leaves During De-Etiolation
Authors: Gao Zhi-Fang , Shen Zhuo , Chao Qing , Yan Zhen , Ge Xuan-Liang , Lu Tiancong , Zheng Haiyan , Qian Chun-Rong , Wang Bai-Chen 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
De-etiolation consists of a series of developmental and physiological changes that a plant undergoes in response to light. During this process light, an important environmental signal, triggers the inhibition of mesocotyl elongation and the production of photosynthetically active chloroplasts, and etiolated leaves transition from the “sink” stage to the “source” stage. De-etiolation has been extensively studied in maize (Zea mays L.). However, little is known about how this transition is regulated. In this study, we described a quantitative proteomic and phosphoproteomic atlas of the de-etiolation process in maize. We identified 16,420 proteins in proteome, among which 14,168 proteins were quantified. In addition, 8746 phosphorylation sites within 3110 proteins were identified. From the combined proteomic and phosphoproteomic data, we identified a total of 17,436 proteins. Only 7.0% (998/14,168) of proteins significantly changed in abundance during de-etiolation. In contrast, 26.6% of phosphorylated proteins exhibited significant changes in phosphorylation level; these included proteins involved in gene expression and homeostatic pathways and rate-limiting enzymes involved in photosynthetic light and carbon reactions. Based on phosphoproteomic analysis, 34.0% (1057/3110) of phosphorylated proteins identified in this study contained more than 2 phosphorylation sites, and 37 proteins contained more than 16 phosphorylation sites, indicating that multi-phosphorylation is ubiquitous during the de-etiolation process. Our results suggest that plants might preferentially regulate the level of posttranslational modifications (PTMs) rather than protein abundance for adapting to changing environments. The study of PTMs could thus better reveal the regulation of de-etiolation.
Pillars of Heaven: The Symbolic Function of Column and Bracket Sets in the Han Dynasty
Authors: Xie Jing 
Published: December 2020

ABSTRACTWooden columns surmounted by bracket sets are a key element of the great buildings of Imperial China and have received a tremendous amount of attention from scholars and architectural professionals. This article revisits the question of their symbolic function during the Han dynasty (206 bce–ce 220). In addition to their structural role, column and bracket sets fulfilled important social and cultural needs related to the representation of celestial and spiritual qualities. Understood variously as pillars of heaven, gates of heaven, the constellations, Kunlun Mountain and celestial plants, column and bracket sets engendered a rich iconography that served to bond architecture closely to the heavens.
Art Nouveau and Bank Architecture in Nancy: Negotiating the Re-Emergence of a French Regional Identity
Authors: Clericuzio Peter 
Published: December 2020

AbstractArt nouveau design is one of the principal markers of the identity of the French city of Nancy, which became internationally renowned as one of the most important centres for the development of this artistic style around 1900. Like other strands of the style, especially in Spain, Germany and parts of the Austro-Hungarian empire, art nouveau in eastern France has been linked to long-standing regionalist sentiments that resisted centralised Parisian control over local affairs typical in nineteenth-century France. This article examines the evolving bank architecture in central Nancy, a major facet of the introduction of art nouveau in its urban environment, to show that the construction of the city's modern character was a negotiated process that involved careful planning among financial institutions, architects and decorative artists. The design and erection of modern banks in Nancy in the first decade of the twentieth century balanced generalised architectural principles emanating from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with the employment of highly symbolic regional naturalist motifs and architectural elements. This strategy fulfilled a variety of communicative functions to appeal to a civic populace whose identity was multivalent and shifting with the era's political climate, particularly with regard to the nearby ‘lost provinces’ of Alsace-Lorraine in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war.