bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An Autoencoder and Artificial Neural Network-based Method to Estimate Parity Status of Wild Mosquitoes from Near-infrared Spectra
Authors: Milali Masabho P. , Kiware Samson S. , Govella Nicodem J. , Okumu Fredros , Bansal Naveen , Bozdag Serdar , Charlwood Jacques D. , Maia Marta , Ogoma Sheila B. , Dowell Floyd E. , Corliss George F. , Sikulu-Lord Maggy T. , Povinelli Richard J. 
Published: January 2020

AbstractBackgroundAfter mating, female mosquitoes need animal blood to develop their eggs. In the process of acquiring blood, they may acquire pathogens, which may cause different diseases to humans such as malaria, zika, dengue, and chikungunya. Therefore, knowing the parity status of mosquitoes is useful in control and evaluation of infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, where parous mosquitoes are assumed to be potentially infectious. Ovary dissections, which currently are used to determine the parity status of mosquitoes, are very tedious and limited to very few experts. An alternative to ovary dissections is near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), which can estimate the age in days and the infectious state of laboratory and semi-field reared mosquitoes with accuracies between 80 and 99%. No study has tested the accuracy of NIRS for estimating the parity status of wild mosquitoes.Methods and resultsIn this study, we train artificial neural network (ANN) models on NIR spectra to estimate the parity status of wild mosquitoes. We use four different datasets:An. arabiensiscollected from Minepa, Tanzania (Minepa-ARA);An. gambiaecollected from Muleba, Tanzania (Muleba-GA);An. gambiaecollected from Burkina Faso (Burkina-GA); andAn.gambiaefrom Muleba and Burkina Faso combined (Muleba-Burkina-GA). We train ANN models on datasets with spectra preprocessed according to previous protocols. We then use autoencoders to reduce the spectra feature dimensions from 1851 to 10 and re-train ANN models. Before the autoencoder was applied, ANN models estimated parity status of mosquitoes in Minepa-ARA, Muleba-GA, Burkina-GA and Muleba-Burkina-GA with out-of-sample accuracies of 81.9 ± 2.8% (N=927), 68.7 ± 4.8% (N=140), 80.3 ± 2.0% (N=158), and 75.7 ± 2.5% (N=298), respectively. With the autoencoder, ANN models tested on out-of-sample data achieved 97.1 ± 2.2%, (N=927), 89.8 ± 1.7% (N=140), 93.3 ± 1.2% (N=158), and 92.7 ± 1.8% (N=298) accuracies for Minepa-ARA, Muleba-GA, Burkina-GA, and Muleba-Burkina-GA, respectively.ConclusionThese results show that a combination of an autoencoder and an ANN trained on NIR spectra to estimate parity status of wild mosquitoes yields models that can be used as an alternative tool to estimate parity status of wild mosquitoes, especially since NIRS is a high-throughput, reagent-free, and simple-to-use technique compared to ovary dissections.
C. elegans“reads” bacterial non-coding RNAs to learn pathogenic avoidance
Authors: Kaletsky Rachel , Moore Rebecca S. , Vrla Geoffrey D. , Parsons Lance L. , Gitai Zemer , Murphy Coleen T. 
Published: January 2020

AbstractC. elegans is exposed to many different bacteria in its environment, and must distinguish pathogenic from nutritious bacterial food sources. Here, we show that a single exposure to purified small RNAs isolated from pathogenicPseudomonas aeruginosa(PA14) is sufficient to induce pathogen avoidance, both in the treated animals and in four subsequent generations of progeny. The RNA interference and piRNA pathways, the germline, and the ASI neuron are required for bacterial small RNA-induced avoidance behavior and transgenerational inheritance. A single non-coding RNA, P11, is both necessary and sufficient to convey learned avoidance of PA14, and itsC. eleganstarget,maco-1, is required for avoidance. A natural microbiomePseudomonasisolate, GRb0427, can induce avoidance via its small RNAs, and the wildC. elegansstrain JU1580 responds similarly to bacterial sRNA. Our results suggest that this ncRNA-dependent mechanism evolved to survey the worm’s microbial environment, use this information to make appropriate behavioral decisions, and pass this information on to its progeny.
PARP1 and MGMT interaction-based sensitivity to DNA damage in Ewing sarcoma
Authors: Alimbetov Dauren , Cropper Jodie , Likhotvorik Rostislav , Carlson Ruth , Kwon Youngho , Kurmasheva Raushan 
Published: January 2020

ABSTRACTThe Ewing family of sarcomas comprises the fourth most common highly aggressive bone tumor. Four of five Ewing sarcoma chemotherapeutics induce DNA damage, as does radiation therapy. At relapse, two additional DNA-damaging agents are routinely used to re-induce remission, indicating that Ewing sarcoma is intrinsically sensitive to DNA damage. However, current treatment regimens are relatively ineffective, specifically for relapsed or metastatic disease. Several preclinical studies, including our study in the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program (PPTP), provide evidence for the synthetic lethal combination of PARP1 inhibitor talazoparib with a DNA-methylating agent, temozolomide, for Ewing sarcoma. Nevertheless, in both preclinical studies and clinical trials, doses of temozolomide were significantly reduced because of toxicity of the drug combination. Temozolomide-induced DNA lesions are repairedviapoly(ADP) ribose polymerase I (PARP1)-dependent base excision repair and by O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) in a single-step adduct removal. Here, we provide evidence that the two DNA repair pathways act in an epistatic manner in lesion removal. Further, we demonstrate that PARP1 and MGMT physically interact, and that this association is stimulated upon DNA damage. Protein co-immunoprecipitation and microscale thermophoresis analyses revealed that PARP1/MGMT complex formation is DNA and PARylation-independent. Collectively, our results show that: 1) DNA damage response pathways mediated by PARP1 and MGMT work epistatically to eliminate temozolomide-induced DNA adducts; 2) PARP1 and MGMT physically interact; and 3) PARP1/MGMT interaction is increased in response to DNA damage. We discuss how our findings may affect therapeutic advancement for Ewing sarcoma and potentially other cancer types.
Visual response characteristics in lateral and medial subdivisions of the rat pulvinar
Authors: Foik Andrzej T. , Scholl Leo R. , Lean Georgina A. , Lyon David C. 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThe pulvinar is a higher-order thalamic relay and a central component of the extrageniculate visual pathway, with input from the superior colliculus and visual cortex and output to all of visual cortex. Rodent pulvinar, more commonly called the lateral posterior nucleus (LP), consists of three highly-conserved subdivisions, and offers the advantage of simplicity in its study compared to more subdivided primate pulvinar. Little is known about receptive field properties of LP, let alone whether functional differences exist between different LP subdivisions, making it difficult to understand what visual information is relayed and what kinds of computations the pulvinar might support. Here, we characterized single-cell response properties in two V1 recipient subdivisions of rat pulvinar, the rostromedial (LPrm) and lateral (LPl), and found that a fourth of the cells were selective for orientation, compared to half in V1, and that LP tuning widths were significantly broader. Response latencies were also significantly longer and preferred size more than three times larger on average than in V1; the latter suggesting pulvinar as a source of spatial context to V1. Between subdivisons, LPl cells preferred higher temporal frequencies, whereas LPrm showed a greater degree of direction selectivity and pattern motion detection. Taken together with known differences in connectivity patterns, these results suggest two separate visual feature processing channels in the pulvinar, one in LPl related to higher speed processing which likely derives from superior colliculus input, and the other in LPrm for motion processing derived through input from visual cortex.Significance StatementThe pulvinar has a perplexing role in visual cognition as no clear link has been found between the functional properties of its neurons and behavioral deficits that arise when it is damaged. The pulvinar, called the lateral posterior nucleus (LP) in rats, is a higher order thalamic relay with input from the superior colliculus and visual cortex and output to all of visual cortex. By characterizing single-cell response properties in anatomically distinct subdivisions we found two separate visual feature processing channels in the pulvinar, one in lateral LP related to higher speed processing which likely derives from superior colliculus input, and the other in rostromedial LP for motion processing derived through input from visual cortex.
Financial inclusion, land title and credit: evidence from China
Authors: Jiang Meishan , Paudel Krishna P. , Peng Donghui , Mi Yunsheng 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study land title’s credit effect from a financial inclusion perspective in China. The focus is both small land holding and poor farmers. Formal and informal finances are considered to test their differences in land title’s credit effect.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors use augmented inverse-probability weights of the doubly robust method to test the effect of land titling on the rural credit market by addressing self-selection, endogeneity and heterogeneity concerns.

Findings
Results show that the poor, non-poor and small land holders with land titles are willing to borrow more from formal financial institutions. Land titling increases loan accessibility for non-poor and small land holding farmers. As for informal financing, large land holding and non-poor farmers show a decrease in informal lending. Land titling has a financial inclusion effect for some farmers, but poor farmers’ credit restrictions are not entirely solved by land titling.

Originality/value
This is the first study that focuses on the financial inclusion effect of farm land titling in China.
Dilemas de propietario fundador en un mercado emergente: Desde industrial Andina S.A. hasta estaciones de servicios NSG
Authors: Salcedo Nestor U. , Garcia-Cestona Miguel , Kuschel Katherina 
Published: January 2020

Learning outcomes
Un estudiante podrá evaluar las variables relacionadas con la decisión de gobierno corporativo para el futuro de las empresas mientras, simultáneamente se enfrenta a otros factores internos, como comprender el estilo de dirección del propietario. Además, el estudiante podrá equilibrar y ponderar los recursos actuales, entendiendo que los marcos conceptuales de teoría de agencia, teoría de dependencia de recursos, costos de agencia y transacción, así como los tipos de liderazgo y poder son útiles para comprender este tipo de compañías comunes en mercados emergentes.

Case overview/synopsis
El caso describe las acciones de Nestor Salcedo Guevara, socio fundador de Industrial Andina S.A. y propietario de Estaciones de Servicios NSG, empresas enfocadas en la fabricación industrial y la comercialización minorista de combustibles, respectivamente. El caso cubre un período de 40 años, desde la fundación de la corporación Industrial Andina S.A. en 1978, su reestructuración de propiedad a empresa familiar en 1982, las decisiones estratégicas ante situaciones políticas y económicas desde la década de los ochenta hasta el nuevo milenio, la creación de Estaciones de Servicios NSG en el año 2000, hasta agosto de 2018, cuando Nestor enfrenta la decisión de expandir Estaciones de Servicios NSG y reactivar Industrial Andina S.A. con nuevos proyectos y buscando su continuidad. Por lo tanto, Nestor debe decidir los siguientes pasos del futuro de ambas compañías. Este caso práctico destaca varios desafíos de economía de empresa y estrategia administrativa que enfrentan emprendedores o empresarios experimentados, y permite discutir en clase los conceptos de gobierno corporativo como estructura de propiedad, contratos incompletos, estilos de dirección y estrategias defensivas asociadas al poder del CEO - Propietario.

Complexity academic level
Estudiantes de últimos años de pregrado y postgrado en administración, economía o MBA. Cursos de Economía de Empresa, Emprendimiento, Dirección Estratégica, Gobierno Corporativo.

Supplementary materials
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Subject code
CSS 11: Strategy.
A thermal EHL investigation for size effect of finite line contact on bush-pin hinge pairs in industrial chains
Authors: Zhang Mingyu , Wang Jing , Yang Peiran , Shang Zhaohua , Liu Yi , Dai Longjie 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to study the influence of the dimension change of bush-pin on the pressure, oil film thickness, temperature rise and traction coefficient in contact zone by using a thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) model for finite line contact. Concretely, the effects of the equivalent curvature radius of the bush and the pin, and the length of the bush are investigated.

Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, the contact between the bush and pin is simplified as finite line contact. The lubrication state is studied by numerical simulation using steady-state line contact thermal EHL. A constitutive equation Ree–Eyring fluid is used in the calculations.

Findings
It is found that by selecting an optimal equivalent radius of curvature and prolonging the bush length can improve the lubrication state effectively.

Originality/value
Under specific working conditions, there exists an optimal equivalent radius to maximize the minimum oil film thickness in the contact zone. The increase of generatrix length will weaken the stress concentration effect in the rounded corner area at both ends of the bush, which can improve the wear resistance of chain.

Peer review
The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-10-2019-0448.
Fluid wetting infiltration mechanism at the micro-contact zone boundary of rubber–glass interfaces
Authors: Pang Minghua , Ma Lijie , Meng Fanjing , Wang Zhankui , Su Jianxiu 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to clarify the fluid infiltration mechanism at the micro-contact zone boundary of rubber-glass interfaces.

Design/methodology/approach
An in situ observation instrument was putted up; then the fluid infiltration process was recorded. Experimental results indicated that the fluid infiltration was more likely to occur in a high-contact-area-ratio zone, and the path order of fluid infiltration was first inner normal to the boundary of micro-contact area, and then along the boundary, at last external normal to the direction of boundary.

Findings
By analysis, capillary pressure is the driven force of fluid at interfaces. The micro-channel size at higher-contact-area-ratio zone is smaller, and the capillary pressure is bigger. Moreover, along different section directions of wedge-shaped region, the horizontal driving force of fluid is different due to difference of conical angle.

Originality/value
The main contribution of this study is proposing a new wedge-shaped model for better understanding the phenomena of fluid infiltration at rubber contact interfaces.

Peer review
The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-10-2019-0453
Investigating the effect of perceived quality of self-service banking on customer satisfaction
Authors: Pooya Alireza , Abed Khorasani Mehran , Gholamian Ghouzhdi Simin 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
This study aims to measure the effect of customers’ technology readiness and the quality of electronic services on customer satisfaction.

Design/methodology/approach
The statistical sample included 410 respondents from 24 branches of a private bank. The sampling method was questionnaire. Because of the structural and organizational similarity of private banks and the elimination of nuisance variables, a bank with the most branches and customers has been selected. To test the model, equation modeling was performed to test the hypotheses. Data were collected through a self-developed structured questionnaire, which served as the measurement tool as well.

Findings
The results of the study showed that technology readiness has a significant and positive effect on customer satisfaction through the quality of self-service. Moreover, the intermediate role of perceived value in this regard was confirmed; however, the role of trust was not confirmed.

Originality/value
Previous studies have considered technology readiness as an effective factor in the quality of self-service and customer satisfaction. In this study, apart from quality of service in self-service banking and customer satisfaction, two variables of trust and perceived value have been investigated. An attempt has also been made to address some questions, including “what the effect of customer technology readiness on perceived value of self-services as well as customer satisfaction is?” and “how it is possible to improve self-service quality in modern banking based on customer expectations?” or “what effects variables such as trust and perceived value have on customer satisfaction?” Having a glance at the studies done before, it can be understood that so far, there has been no study done using a mixture of these variables, yet societies’ demands for self-service operations grow day by day. It is, therefore, mandatory to study the prerequisites associated with any actions before one is taken. The paper contributes in the following way: trust and perceived value are added to the the study because of their role in customer satisfaction. In addition, for the first time, variables have been studied, which had never been under focus in any studies in developing countries before.
Suicide prevention in community mental health: changing systems
Authors: Ponce Allison N. , Miller Rebecca , Al-Jammaly Milania D. , Renaud Edwin F. , Bailey Margaret A. , Devine Susan , Oberleitner Lindsay 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to describe a performance improvement process related to suicide assessment in a community mental health center. As suicide rates rise in the USA, it is crucial that community mental health providers are capable and comfortable to assess for suicide risk among individuals with mental illness. Support for healthcare providers is emphasized in the quadruple aim model of enhancing healthcare delivery and patient experience. The quadruple aim model is applied in the present performance improvement project in a community mental health center.

Design/methodology/approach
An interprofessional team used provider survey responses, critical incident data and other stakeholder input to implement a new assessment mechanism and education plan to support direct care staff to address suicide risk.

Findings
Although the rate of patient death by suicide at the community mental health center is low, managing risk is a frequent provider concern. Providers’ comfort assessing and managing suicide risk varied widely based on survey responses. A structured suicide assessment process was implemented to offer clarity and direction for providers. Education to address assessment and management was designed and implemented.

Research limitations/implications
Suicide data were retrospective and limited to known deaths, thus there may have been higher numbers of deaths by suicide historically. Providers’ comfort with suicide risk management was based on self-report and future work should also integrate skills-based assessment.

Originality/value
Improving the provider experience in mental health care must be explored. Focusing on provider input and voice in suicide-related efforts in community settings is a step toward integrating the quadruple aim ideals into mental health care.
Food label reading habits of health sciences students
Authors: Odaman Tayyibe Ayşe , Bahar Rabia , Şam Sedanur , Ilyasoğlu Huri 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine the food label reading habits of health sciences students.

Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected through a face-to-face survey with voluntary students (n: 520). The survey questionnaire consisted of three parts to gather information about their demographic and anthropometric characteristics and food label reading habits. Chi-squared test and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data.

Findings
The health sciences students mostly read the food name, expiration date and ingredients on the food labels. However, they paid less attention to the nutrient contents, such as the fat type and carbohydrate, cholesterol, sugar, fiber and salt amounts. The female students paid more attention to the nutrient contents than the male students. Moreover, the Nutrition and Dietetics students paid more attention to the nutrient contents than the other students. Significant negative correlations were found between the carbohydrate, protein and fat amount reading habits and both the body mass index (p = 0.005, p = 0.001 and p < 0.001) and waist to height ratio (p = 0.040, p = 0.005 and p = 0.022).

Research limitations/implications
This study does not allow one to draw conclusions for all university students.

Originality/value
This study is first such study performed among health sciences students in Turkey.
Application of ANN and ANFIS in prediction of color strength of plasma-treated wool yarns dyed with a natural colorant
Authors: Haji Aminoddin , Payvandy Pedram 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
Despite the increasing popularity of natural dyeing of textiles, the low substantivity between the fibers and the natural dyes is a problem. Several methods have been used to overcome this problem. In this study, wool fibers were pretreated with oxygen plasma under different conditions and dyed with the extract of grape leaves. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of plasma treatment parameters on the color strength of the dyed samples using artificial neural network (ANN) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and evaluate the ability of these methods for predicting the color strength.

Design/methodology/approach
Woolen yarns were modified under different conditions of oxygen plasma treatment. Oxygen flow rate, power and time were considered as the treatment variable factors. Plasma-treated samples were dyed under constant conditions with the extract of grape leaves as a natural dye. ANN and ANFIS were applied to model and analyze the effect of plasma treatment parameters on the color strength of the dyed samples.

Findings
The results showed that increasing all the plasma treatment process variables, including oxygen flow rate, power and time increased the color strength of the dyed samples. The results showed that the developed ANN and ANFIS could accurately predict the experimental data with correlation coefficients of 0.986 and 0.997, respectively. According to the obtained correlation coefficients, ANFIS had a higher accuracy in prediction of the results of this study compared with the ANN and RSM models (correlation coefficient = 0.902, from our previous study).

Originality/value
This study uses ANN and ANFIS for predicting color strength of naturally dyed textiles for the first time. The use of computational intelligence for the optimization and prediction of the effects plasma treatment for the improvement of natural dyeing of wool is another novelty of this study.