bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
De l’art d’argumenter et de convaincre : Alejo Venegas ou la dialectique de la persuasion
Authors: Zuili Marc 
Published: December 2019

Ce travail se propose d’aborder les techniques d’argumentation utilisées dans ses écrits par Alejo Venegas de Busto, moraliste tolédan du xvie siècle. L’analyse d’un corpus constitué de divers textes de cet auteur, des plus diffusés aux plus méconnus, permet de voir comment, en se servant des ressources fournies par la dialectique, Venegas tente de lutter contre trois fléaux de la société espagnole de son temps : l’ignorance d’une grande partie des Espagnols, l’émergence du luthéranisme dans le pays et les préjugés religieux de beaucoup de ses contemporains, comme la question de la pureté de sang et celle du rejet des nouveaux-chrétiens. Argumenter pour convaincre : un art dans lequel Alejo Venegas excelle, comme le démontre cette étude.
Conventional Two-Dimensional Echocardiography Versus Contrast Echocardiography in the Assessment of Left Ventricular Volumes and Function in Patients with Poor Acoustic Window
Authors: Parekh Maulik , Ponde Chandrashekhar , Ansari Mohsin 
Published: December 2019

Aim:
To compare the number of left ventricular (LV) segments visualized, detection of regional wall motion, and LV volumes and function with conventional two-dimensional echocardiography versus that with contrast echocardiography in patients with poor acoustic windows.

Materials and Methods:
This was a prospective study done over a duration of 1 year, on 50 consenting patients with poor echocardiographic image quality. Basic information and baseline echocardiograms were recorded. SonoVue contrast was administered intravenously as per a preset protocol through a peripheral line, and LV endocardial border delineation was recorded in various comparable views.

Results:
There was a significant change in the quality of the echocardiographic images postcontrast enhancement, with no study images remaining uninterpretable and only 16% remaining technically difficult. The remaining studies became adequate in terms of endocardial border delineation. Myocardial segment visualization changed significantly after contrast, with the number of well-visualized segments per patient improving from 10.66 before contrast to 16.26 after contrast, on average. There was a significant change in the estimation of LV volumes after contrast administration. The biplane ejection fraction was also significantly different after contrast. The study detected new regional wall motion abnormalities in 10 (20%) patients out of the total 50. There was only one case of an adverse event in terms of three isolated ventricular premature complexes in one of the patients after contrast administration.

Conclusion:
Contrast echo appears to be an easy, safe, and reliable investigation in patients with poor echo windows. Our study shows that endocardial border delineation is best with contrast enhancement, which improves physician's confidence and hence can impact the overall diagnosis, management, and prognosis of patients based on the better and reliable echo findings.
Export activity, innovation and institutions in Southern European nascent entrepreneurship
Authors: Marques Helena 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
This paper studies the role of personal characteristics, perceptual variables and country- level conditioning (financial environment, government quality and support, education quality and entrepreneurship know-how, innovation environment and support, business infrastructure, entrepreneurial culture and society, and gender roles) in explaining the export propensity and intensity of nascent entrepreneurs in four Southern European countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece), using Total Early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) dataset in 2003–2010. Due to the nascent nature of the business, export activity is starting or about to start at the time of the survey and, for that reason, it cannot be studied using theoretical frameworks based on productivity heterogeneity, which has not yet been measured. In this sample of nascent businesses, there is no evidence of a selection effect into exporting and the individual-level factors influencing export propensity and intensity are identical. The most relevant individual-level variables facilitating export activity are new products, new technology, graduate education, and entrepreneurship networks. The most relevant country-level factors facilitating export activity are the availability of funding, the national government’s macroeconomic support, and the support for new technology.
Analogia técnica e seleção natural. Darwin e Hume
Authors: Pimenta Pedro Paulo 
Published: December 2019

Pretende-se oferecer uma reconstituição do argumento de Darwin no capítulo 6 da Origem das espécies contra a ideia de finalidade como princípio de explicação das partes funcionais dos seres vivos, de modo a elucidar sua dívida, deliberada ou não, em relação à crítica do finalismo exposta na parte 3 dos Diálogos sobre religião natural. A ideia é situar o ponto preciso em que a teoria de Darwin se vincula à filosofia de Hume, desfazendo, ao mesmo tempo o mal-entendido que encontra no filósofo escocês uma espécie de profeta da teoria da evolução, em pleno século XVIII – um contrassenso que ignora a situação epistemológica da fisiologia e da anatomia no período, ciências para as quais uma teoria como essa teria parecido pura e simples especulação sem base experimental ou teórica. A contribuição de Hume para a biologia do século XIX é outra, e situa-se num nível talvez mais profundo que o da teoria dos seres vivos: consiste em ter solapado em definitivo a noção de que as formas dos seres vivos se deixariam explicar pela funcionalidade que os naturalistas encontram em sua organização específica, vendo aí o sinal de um desígnio. Para Hume, bem como para Darwin, tudo o que há nessa ideia é uma analogia com a forma dos produtos da técnica humana.
O ponto nodal “Rousseau” na visão política de Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Authors: Bazzan Marco Rampazzo 
Published: December 2019

Resumo: Este artigo pretende pontuar a relevância da presencia de Rousseau no pensamento de Fichte contra a imagem estereotipada da relação entre os dois pensadores. Trata-se, então, de desconstruir a crítica que Fichte dirige a Rousseau na última conferência do ciclo sobre a Vocação do sábio de 1794 a partir dos efeitos que Fichte pretende produzir na audiência. Pois, cabe ressaltar como o objeto dessa critica é um Rousseau caricatural, difundida na audiência alemã pelos trabalhos de Reimarius e Wieland sobre os primeiros dois Discursos e os escritos autobiográficos do autor genebrino. O objetivo principal do trabalho é o de mostrar como por meio dessa diferenciação permite a Fichte integrar subterraneamente motivos rousseauanos destinados a marcar de maneira relevante sua filosofia prática. This article aims at highlighting the relevance of the presence of Rousseau in Fichte’s though against the stereotyped image of their relationship. We deconstruct Fichte’s critics against Rousseau during his last lecture of his Vocation of scholar in 1794. That deconstruction is lead by the effects Fichte aimed to produce on his audience. His goal was to defend himself by the accusation of being a Jacobinist. Then, it has to be showed how the object of his critic is a caricatural image of Rousseau, created and diffused by Wieland and Reimarius by their receptions of Rousseau’s first two Discourses and autobiographic works. The main goal of this work is then to show how Fichte’s differentiation from that caricatural image of Rousseau permits him to integrate Rousseau’s themes aimed to deeply mark his own philosophy.
Metallic Nanowire Percolating Network: From Main Properties to Applications
Authors: Bellet Daniel , T. Papanastasiou Dorina , Resende Joao , Huong Nguyen Viet , Jiménez Carmen , Duy Nguyen Ngoc , Muñoz-Rojas David 
Published: December 2019

There has been lately a growing interest into flexible, efficient and low-cost transparent electrodes which can be integrated for many applications. This includes several applications related to energy technologies (photovoltaics, lighting, supercapacitor, electrochromism, etc.) or displays (touch screens, transparent heaters, etc.) as well as Internet of Things (IoT) linked with renewable energy and autonomous devices. This associated industrial demand for low-cost and flexible industrial devices is rapidly increasing, creating a need for a new generation of transparent electrodes (TEs). Indium tin oxide has so far dominated the field of TE, but indium’s scarcity and brittleness have prompted a search into alternatives. Metallic nanowire (MNW) networks appear to be one of the most promising emerging TEs. Randomly deposited MNW networks, for instance, can present sheet resistance values below 10 Ω/sq., optical transparency of 90% and high mechanical stability under bending tests. AgNW or CuNW networks are destined to address a large variety of emerging applications. The main properties of MNW networks, their stability and their integration in energy devices are discussed in this contribution.
Business Intelligence in the Service of Libraries
Authors: Tešendić Danijela , Boberić Krstićev Danijela 
Published: December 2019

This paper describes implementation of business intelligence tools in the libraries. A complete procedure for building a data warehouse is described on the case study of the BISIS library management system. During development of a data warehouse model, user requirements about reporting are detected and structure of already existing transactional databases in the BISIS system is analysed. Based on this analysis, three data warehouse models have been proposed that would satisfy the requirements for analytical processing of data. The paper presents the usage of one OLAP tool, but the proposed data warehouse model is independent of the choice of OLAP tools and any other tool can be integrated with the proposed data warehouse.
Distributed monitoring of the absorption column of a post‐combustion CO2 capture plant
Authors: Yin Xunyuan , Decardi‐Nelson Benjamin , Liu Jinfeng 
Published: December 2019

SummaryIn this work, we consider the monitoring of the absorption column of a typical post‐combustion capture plant within a distributed framework. The column is decomposed into a few subsystems, and a distributed moving horizon state estimator network is designed to estimate the state of the entire column. A state predictor is also designed for each subsystem to approximate the future evolution of the subsystem. These subsystem predictors form a distributed predictor network. Based on the distributed estimator and predictor networks, a fault diagnosis mechanism is proposed specifically for potential additive sensor faults. Extensive simulation results are provided to demonstrate the performance of the proposed approach.
Small Molecules in Light‐Emitting Electrochemical Cells: Promising Light‐Emitting Materials
Authors: Kanagaraj Shanmugasundaram , Puthanveedu Archana , Choe Youngson 
Published: December 2019

AbstractLight‐emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) are solid‐state lighting devices that convert electric current to light within electroluminescent organic semiconductors, and these devices have recently attracted significant attention. Introduced in 1995, LECs are considered a great breakthrough in the field of light‐emitting devices for their applications in scalable and adaptable fabrication processes aimed at producing cost‐efficient devices. Since then, LECs have evolved through the discovery of new suitable emitters, understanding the working mechanism of devices, and the development of various fabrication methods. LECs are best known for their simple architecture and easy, low‐cost fabrication techniques. The key feature of their fabrication is the use of air stable electrodes and a single active layer consisting of mobile ions that enable efficient charge injection and transport processes within LEC devices. More importantly, LEC devices can be operated at low voltages with high efficiencies, contributing to their widespread interest. This review provides a general overview of the development of LECs and discusses how small molecules can be utilized in LEC applications by overcoming the use of traditional lighting materials like polymers and ionic transition metal complexes. The achievements of each study concerning small molecule LECs are discussed.
3D‐Printed Cactus‐Inspired Spine Structures for Highly Efficient Water Collection
Authors: Li Xiangjia , Yang Yang , Liu Luyang , Chen Yiyu , Chu Ming , Sun Haofan , Shan Weitong , Chen Yong 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThe inherent fog collection mechanism used by the cactus gives inspirations for constructing energy‐efficient and environmentally friendly water collection devices. However, the related studies meet the bottleneck on improving the collection efficiency because it is hard to replicate real natural clusters of branched spines by traditional manufacturing methods. The immersed surface accumulation based 3D printing provides a tool to reproduce branched cactus spines, enabling the study of water collection of artificial spines with various designs. Here, a cactus‐inspired surface decorated with multiple directional artificial spines for highly efficient water collection and transportation is presented. The nanoscale hydrophobic coating is sputtered on the surface of the 3D‐printed spines to accelerate the water growth rate. The results show that the hexagonally arranged clusters enhance the moisture airflow around 3D‐printed spines, and the printed spines with 10° tip angle and hydrophobic coating achieve the highest weight gain of 2 mg min−1 mm−3. This study opens intriguing perspectives for designing next‐generation structural materials with the special spatial distribution of biomimetic features to achieve energy free and highly efficient water collection. The results reported here are believed to be helpful for the development of environmental friendly water collection, water transportation, and water separation devices.
Solvent‐Dependent Enantiodivergent Friedel‐Crafts Reaction of Arylsulfonyl Indoles with 1‐Naphthols
Authors: Chang Chia‐Hao , Sathishkumar Nadaraj , Liao Yu‐Ting , Chen Hsin‐Tsung , Han Jeng‐Liang 
Published: December 2019

AbstractWe reported a solvent‐controlled enantiodivergent Friedel‐Crafts reaction of 1‐naphthols with vinylogous imine intermediates, which were generated from arylsulfonyl indoles. This reaction was catalyzed by a single cinchona alkaloid bifunctional organocatalyst and could produce both enantiomers by using toluene or 1,2‐DCE as the solvents. Eyring plot analysis revealed that enthalpy‐entropy compensation dominates this enantiodivergent reaction. DFT calculation was used to probe and compare the R‐ and S‐selective pathways.magnified image
Surfactant‐Stripped Cabazitaxel Micelles Stabilized by Clotrimazole or Mifepristone
Authors: Sun Boyang , Chitgupi Upendra , Li Changning , Federizon Jasmin , Zhang Changjie , Ruszaj Donna M. , Razi Aida , Ortega Joaquin , Neelamegham Sriram , Zhang Yumiao , Lovell Jonathan F 
Published: December 2019

AbstractTaxane chemotherapy formulations are used to treat advanced cancers, but limited solubility and propensity for aggregation in water complicates their development. Many involve drug dissolution in organic solvents and liquid surfactants, or use of lyophilization and reconstitution approaches. “Surfactant‐stripping,” has been previously reported, in which hydrophobic drugs were first dispersed in Pluronic (Poloxamer) surfactant, then subjected to membrane processing below the critical micelle temperature, to remove free and loose surfactant while retaining the active cargo. In the present work, stabilized, surfactant‐stripped (sss) cabazitaxel (CTX) micelles with potential for long‐term aqueous storage are developed. Some 50 hydrophobic co‐loaders cargos are screened for capacity to prevent aggregation of CTX, of which approximately 10 are effective. Further screening identifies the antifungal clotrimazole and the abortificant mifepristone as the most effective stabilizers for sss‐CTX micelles, via interference with the CTX aggregation process. Micelles remain stable for hundreds of days in aqueous storage and suppress the growth of orthotopic 4T1 murine mammary tumors. Pharmacokinetics, tubulin stabilization, and neutropenia induction of sss‐CTX are generally comparable to a TWEEN‐80 CTX formulation. These data reveal sss‐CTX as a taxane delivery vehicle with a high drug‐to‐surfactant ratio and capacity for extended aqueous storage.
Li+ Pre‐Insertion Leads to Formation of Solid Electrolyte Interface on TiO2 Nanotubes That Enables High‐Performance Anodes for Sodium Ion Batteries
Authors: Cha Gihoon , Mohajernia Shiva , Nguyen Nhat Truong , Mazare Anca , Denisov Nikita , Hwang Imgon , Schmuki Patrik 
Published: December 2019

AbstractRecently, sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have been widely investigated as one of the most promising candidates for replacing lithium ion batteries (LIBs). For SIBs or LIBs, designing a stable and uniform solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) at the electrode–electrolyte interface is the key factor to provide high capacity, long‐term cycling, and high‐rate performance. In this paper, it is described how a remarkably enhanced SEI layer can be obtained on TiO2 nanotube (TiO2 NTs) arrays that allows for a strongly improved performance of sodium battery systems. Key is that a Li+ pre‐insertion in TiO2 NTs can condition the SEI for Na+ replacement. SIBs constructed with Li‐pre‐inserted NTs deliver an exceptional Na+ cycling stability (e.g., 99.9 ± 0.1% capacity retention during 250 cycles at a current rate of 50 mA g−1) and an excellent rate capability (e.g., 132 mA h g−1 at a current rate of 1 A g−1). The key factor in this outstanding performance is that Li‐pre‐insertion into TiO2 NTs leads not only to an enhanced electronic conductivity in the tubes, but also expands the anatase lattice for facilitated subsequent Na+ cycling.
Quality and Composition of Virgin Olive Oils from Indigenous and European Cultivars Grown in China
Authors: Yu Le , Wang Yongjin , Wu Gangcheng , Jin Jun , Jin Qingzhe , Wang Xingguo 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThe characteristics of eight varieties of virgin olive oil (Arbosana, Arbequina, Coratina, Cornicabra, Frantoio, Koroneiki, Picual, and Ezhi 8) obtained in two successive crops in the southwest of China (Xichang, Sichuan Province) were investigated. Significant differences (P < 0.05) were observed in physicochemical properties, fatty acid profile, minor component contents, and oxidative stability between different varieties of olive oils. The physicochemical properties of all samples met IOC standards for extra virgin olive oil, while in Koroneiki, olive oils were present the optimum oxidation stability among studied varieties. The results of hierarchical cluster analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) showed a good classification between varieties based on their qualitative characteristics. Koroneiki and Ezhi 8 olive oils were significantly different from other varieties mainly due to color, fatty acid profile, and minor components. PCA result also showed that harvest crop influences the characteristics of samples mainly due to the variance of temperature and rainfall.
Cation‐bioimprinted mesoporous polysaccharide/sol–gel composites prepared in media containing choline chloride‐based deep eutectic solvents
Authors: Ferreira V. R. A. , Azenha M. A. , Pereira C. M. , Silva A. F. 
Published: December 2019

ABSTRACTA study on the Pb(II) imprinting performed within mesoporous sulphated biopolymer/siloxane composites, prepared in media containing deep eutectic solvent (DES), is described. In general, the process of imprinting resulted in greatly increased surface areas relatively to the corresponding nonimprinted composites [up to fivefold (from 76 m2 g−1 to 360 m2 g−1) for fucoidan (Fuc) and up to twofold (from 208 m2 g−1 to 351 m2 g−1) for chondroitin sulfate (CS) composites], the diminishing of mean pore size (from 3.3–4.6 nm to 2.9–3.4), and higher biopolymer contents (from mass fractions of 0.42–0.52 to 0.46–0.68). The sorption features depended a great deal on the biopolymer/DES combination. The best CS composite, allowed for 12% capacity and 20% binding strength, as well as Pb(II)/Cd(II) selectivity enhancements. The largest of the capacities was obtained with the imprinted Fuc/DES‐E composite, 86 mg g−1, a 10% increase. Concerning the selectivity [Pb(II) versus Cd(II)], there was a significant increase for the CS composites (from 1.0–1.1 (αqmax)/1.1–1.2 (αK) to 1.3–1.4 (αqmax)/1.3–1.6 (αK)]. In particular, the DES‐E CIC presented high selectivity factors (αqmax 3.0/αK 3.2) in line with those of the microporous version (αqmax 2.0/αK 3.3) but showing a significant increase in terms of the αqmax selectivity. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 137, 48842.
Event‐based neural network predictive controller application for a distillation column
Authors: Hadian Mohsen , Mehrshadian Milad , Karami Mahboobeh , Biglary Makvand Amin 
Published: December 2019

AbstractIn this work, the case study is a distillation column, which is a multi‐input multi‐output (MIMO) nonlinear process. An event‐based neural network predictive controller is utilized for the case study, considering control and energy policies. Computation and communication reduction are the main purposes of the event‐based strategy. The event‐based model predictive controller also copes successfully with the multi‐input multi‐output (MIMO) time‐delayed nonlinear processes. In order to achieve a suitable nonlinear data‐based model of the process, an event‐based neural network predictive controller is proposed. Moreover, new Cuckoo Optimization Algorithm (COA) is employed to improve the efficiency of the neural network. Evaluation of the proposed controller has illustrated a satisfactory performance in both setpoint tracking and disturbance rejection while computational load has been significantly decreased.
Two‐step Screening for Identification of Drug‐metabolizing Bacterial Cytochromes P450 with Diversified Selectivity
Authors: Hilberath Thomas , Windeln Leonie M. , Decembrino Davide , Le‐Huu Priska , Bilsing Florestan L. , Urlacher Vlada B. 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThe evaluation of drug metabolites is compulsory during drug development. Since recently, bacterial cytochromes P450 and their mutated variants have attracted considerable interest as an alternative to hepatic P450s for the synthesis of human drug metabolites. Thus, straightforward screening approaches are required that enable rapid identification and evaluation of drug‐metabolizing bacterial P450s with different product selectivities. Herein, we report a two‐step screening method for discovery and characterization of new P450s from actinomycetes that enable oxidation of various drugs. In the first step, substrate profiling with three structurally different model drugs, ritonavir, testosterone, amitriptyline, allowed us to select CYP105D and CYP107Z from Streptomyces platensis DSM 40041 that accepted all model substrates and produced human‐like drug metabolites. In the second step, activity tests with an array of 25 structurally‐related molecules and derivatives of the three model compounds revealed a correlation between structural variations in the target drugs and the enzyme chemo‐ and regioselectivity.