bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Seaweed Reproduction and Harvest Rebound in Southcentral Alaska: Implications for Wild Stock Management
Authors: Ulaski Brian P. , Konar Brenda , Otis Edward O. 
Published: May 2020

AbstractIn Alaska, interest in harvesting seaweeds for personal use is growing and information on potential impacts of this activity on sustainability of wild populations is lacking. This study provides information on reproductive timing and size, standing crop, and harvest rebound of three commonly harvested seaweeds in Southcentral Alaska: the rockweed,Fucus distichus; the sugar kelp,Saccharina latissima; and the bull kelp,Nereocystis luetkeana. From March through October 2018, seaweeds were surveyed for reproductive status and harvested to determine how much biomass was available. From the harvests, individuals were measured to determine the size when they first become reproductive. Harvested plots were re-harvested to determine biomass regrowth after 2, 4, and 6 months.FucusandNereocystiswere broadly reproductive over the summer, whileSaccharinawas not. The presence of reproductiveFucusandNereocystisthroughout the summer could buffer the impacts of late season harvesting. Depending on the species (e.g.,Fucus), individuals that became reproductive at a larger size were associated with lower density and lower biomass areas with slower recovery. The amount of biomass available for harvest and the amount that regrew following a harvest were temporally variable but had spatial differences that were consistent throughout the summer. Regrowth following harvesting for all three species was generally low after only 2 months, but the amount of biomass after 6 months post-harvesting was sometimes comparable to non-harvested areas. This study demonstrated that to varying extents, seaweed harvesting may be sustainable if timing of reproduction, available biomass, and regrowth are all considered.
Ein Vorteilhaftigkeitsvergleich zwischen fondsgebundenen Altersvorsorgeprodukten nach dem Investmentsteuerreformgesetz
Authors: Gurr Paul 
Published: May 2020

ZusammenfassungDer demografische Wandel und die damit einhergehende Entwicklung der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung in Deutschland erfordern die Investition in privatwirtschaftliche Altersvorsorgeprodukte. Ein dabei in Betracht kommendes Altersvorsorgeprodukt ist die fondsgebundene Rentenversicherung. Mit Inkrafttreten des Investmentsteuerreformgesetzes zum 1. Januar 2018 ergeben sich weitgreifende Änderungen hinsichtlich der Besteuerung von Fonds sowie fondsgebundenen Rentenversicherungen. In diesem Beitrag wird die Vorteilhaftigkeit zwischen einem Fondssparplan und einer fondsgebundenen Rentenversicherung nach dem Investmentsteuerreformgesetz analysiert. Es zeigt sich, dass bei isolierter Betrachtung der Steuerbelastung die fondsgebundene Rentenversicherung regelmäßig vorteilhafter ist als ein Fondssparplan. Die Vorteilhaftigkeit kehrt sich jedoch grundsätzlich um, sobald Kosten berücksichtigt werden. Insgesamt lässt sich feststellen, dass mit der optimalen Produktwahl die Nachsteuer-Rendite wesentlich erhöht werden kann.
Late Palaeozoic Volcanism in Central Europe—Geoheritage Significance and Use in Geotourism
Authors: Migoń Piotr , Pijet-Migoń Edyta 
Published: May 2020

AbstractFive areas in Central Europe, each hosting abundant geological evidence of Carboniferous to Permian volcanic activity, are analysed in terms of their volcanism-related geoheritage and opportunities to develop geotourist product. One area is located in the eastern part of Germany (Geopark Porphyrland), two in northern Czechia (Bohemian Paradise, Broumovsko) and two in south-west Poland (Wałbrzych region, Land of Extinct Volcanoes). Four main geoheritage themes are identified: geology and palaeovolcanology, mineralogy, geomorphology, and heritage stone resources. Each of the regions considered in the paper may be characterized by its core geoheritage theme and secondary themes, less evidently exposed. These themes are optimal foundations to develop geo-interpretation and geotourism. Challenges include difficulties in relating rock record to long eroded volcanic landforms, provision of adequate solutions for mineral collectors and proper conservation of quarries which offer best insights into the history of volcanic processes from c 300 Ma ago.
Implementation of triple bottom line to a business model canvas in reverse logistics
Authors: Wit Bogdan , Pylak Korneliusz 
Published: May 2020

AbstractWaste generation, especially hazardous waste, can strongly affect the environment and human lives. There is an urgent need to implement sustainable hazardous waste management tools to reduce their harmful impact on the environment stemming from incorrect waste management. However, there is still a lack of business model concepts combining sustainable development and risk management in reverse logistic value chains for hazardous waste. Therefore, the authors develop a novel sustainable business model canvas for both an entity and the logistics system using the Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas integrated with the concept of sustainable development in economic, social and environmental areas (Triple Bottom Line, TBL) and risk-related elements. Then, using the developed sustainable business model canvas, the model for the logistics system for the treatment of hazardous waste containing asbestos was successfully created. The model was implemented in the prototype of computer software in the form of electronic network services.
Play distribution and the hydrocarbon potential of the Mannar Basin, Sri Lanka
Authors: Kularathna E. K. C. W. , Pitawala H. M. T. G. A. , Senaratne A. , Ratnayake A. S. 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThe Mannar Basin is a frontier failed rift basin between India and Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan part has an area exceeding 42,000 km2. Although the recent two gas discoveries have confirmed the existence of an active petroleum system in the Mannar Basin, a major portion of the basin is still poorly explored. This article summarized the progress of current exploration activities and the hydrocarbon potential of the Mannar Basin. This basin began to evolve since the Upper Jurassic and experienced two rifting events; an early Late Jurassic syn-rift phase associated with East–West Gondwana break up; and a later, earliest Cretaceous syn-rift phase associated with Antarctica separation from greater India around 142 Ma. Rifting was followed by a post-rift phase comprising a thermal sag period and an inversion period. Three potential source rocks intervals have been interpreted at Maastrichtian–Campanian, Albian–Aptian, and Late Jurassic stratigraphic levels. The basin modelling work has confirmed that (1) mature potential source rocks (mainly Type II) exist below the Maastrichtian–Campanian strata and (2) the best potential source rocks (mainly Type II) exist at Albian–Aptian stratigraphic levels. The Late Jurassic source rocks have more potential for gas, while other sources have potential for both oil and gas. According to basin modelling results, Maastrichtian–Campanian and Albian–Aptian source rocks reach the oil window in the present-day depocentre around 45 Ma and 80 Ma, respectively. The Late Jurassic source rocks (mainly Type III) reach the gas window around 112 Ma in the present-day depocentre. Five play levels were defined for the whole stratigraphic section of the Mannar Basin. Tertiary play level is dominated by submarine fans, mounds and rollover anticline like structures. The Upper Cretaceous play is dominated by forced-fold structures, intra-basalt turbidite sands, and sub-volcanic sand-rich systems. The Lower Cretaceous play is dominated by reefs and abrupt margin pinch outs. The Upper Jurassic play is dominated by abrupt margin pinch outs. The Basement play consists of weathered basement rocks. The main challenge of the Mannar Basin is imaging below the flood volcanic layer, which inhibits the penetration of seismic energy and results in low-quality seismic data. Therefore, hydrocarbon potential assessments have become a major challenge below the Upper Cretaceous. The interpretation shows that the basin has a low risk for the source and reservoir, and high risk for seal and traps. New exploration activity would unlock more potential areas for hydrocarbon accumulations. Finally, the findings of this study can help for better understanding of hydrocarbon potential areas and current progress of exploration activities in the Mannar Basin, Sri Lanka.
Reallocation of foliicolous species of the genus Strigula into six genera (lichenized Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes, Strigulaceae)
Authors: Jiang Shu-Hua , Lücking Robert , Xavier-Leite Amanda Barreto , Cáceres Marcela E. S. , Aptroot André , Portilla Carlos Viñas , Wei Jiang-Chun 
Published: May 2020

AbstractStrigulasensu lato has been previously defined based on phenotype characters as a rather broad genus including tropical to temperate species growing on a wide array of substrata. In this study, based on a multilocus phylogenetic approach, we show that foliicolous species form six well-delimited clades that correlate with diagnostic phenotype features, including thallus morphology, carbonization of the involucrellum and excipulum, ascospore dimensions, and type of macroconidia. Given the topology, with five of the six clades emerging on long stem branches, and the strong phenotypical differentiation between the clades, we recognize these at the genus level, making mostly use of previously established genus names. Four genera, namelyPhylloporis,Puiggariella,Raciborskiella, andRacoplaca, are resurrected for theS. phyllogena,S. nemathora,S. janeirensis, andS. subtilissimagroups, respectively, whereas one new genus,Serusiauxiellagen. nov., is introduced for a novel lineage with peculiar macroconidia. The only sequenced non-foliicolous species,S. jamesii, is not closely related to these six foliicolous lineages but clusters withFlavobatheliumandPhyllobathelium, revealing it as an additional undescribed genus-level lineage being treated elsewhere. Within the new genusSerusiauxiella, three new species are described:Serusiauxiella filiferasp. nov.,S. flagellatasp. nov., andS. sinensissp. nov. In addition, ten new combinations are proposed:Phylloporis austropunctatacomb. nov.,P. radiatacomb. nov.,P. vulgariscomb. nov.,Puiggariella confluenscomb. et stat. nov.,P. nemathoracomb. nov.,P. nigrocinctacomb. nov.,Racoplaca maculatacomb. nov.,R. melanobaphacomb. nov.,R. transversoundulata, andR. tremenscomb. nov. We also report on a peculiar, previously unrecognized growth behaviour of the macroconidial appendages inStrigulas.lat.
A schematic sampling protocol for contaminant monitoring in raptors
Authors: Espín Silvia , Andevski Jovan , Duke Guy , Eulaers Igor , Gómez-Ramírez Pilar , Hallgrimsson Gunnar Thor , Helander Björn , Herzke Dorte , Jaspers Veerle L. B. , Krone Oliver , Lourenço Rui , María-Mojica Pedro , Martínez-López Emma , Mateo Rafael , Movalli Paola , Sánchez-Virosta Pablo , Shore Richard F. , Sonne Christian , van den Brink Nico W. , van Hattum Bert , Vrezec Al , Wernham Chris , García-Fernández Antonio J. 
Published: May 2020

AbstractBirds of prey, owls and falcons are widely used as sentinel species in raptor biomonitoring programmes. A major current challenge is to facilitate large-scale biomonitoring by coordinating contaminant monitoring activities and by building capacity across countries. This requires sharing, dissemination and adoption of best practices addressed by the Networking Programme Research and Monitoring for and with Raptors in Europe (EURAPMON) and now being advanced by the ongoing international COST Action European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility. The present perspective introduces a schematic sampling protocol for contaminant monitoring in raptors. We provide guidance on sample collection with a view to increasing sampling capacity across countries, ensuring appropriate quality of samples and facilitating harmonization of procedures to maximize the reliability, comparability and interoperability of data. The here presented protocol can be used by professionals and volunteers as a standard guide to ensure harmonised sampling methods for contaminant monitoring in raptors.
Comparison of effect of shot-peening with HFMI treatment or use of LTT consumables on fatigue strength of 1300 MPa yield strength steel weldments
Authors: Harati Ebrahim , Svensson Lars-Erik , Karlsson Leif 
Published: May 2020

AbstractIn this paper, T-joint samples in a 1300 MPa yield strength steel were produced using conventional or low transformation temperature (LTT) type consumables. The welded samples were either subjected to high-frequency mechanical impact (HFMI) treatment or to shot-peening. Fatigue testing was performed under fully reversed, constant amplitude bending load. Shot-peening gave a significant increase in fatigue strength for more than around 50,000 cycles. Shot-peened LTT welds had the highest fatigue strength, with conventional welds being shot-peened having slightly lower fatigue strength. HFMI treatment of conventional and LTT welds improved the fatigue strength also, but to a lesser extent, keeping the slope in the SN diagram close to three, while shot-peened samples had a slope of 5–7. Significant differences in compressive residual stress were seen between the different welds, with the most compressive stress found in the shot-peened samples. This was probably one of the main reasons for the improved fatigue life of shot-peened samples.
Compressive properties of Min-mod-type limiters in modelling shockwave-containing flows
Authors: Li Guangning , Bhatia Dinesh , Wang Jian 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThe long-ignored compressive properties of Min-mod-type limiter is investigated in this manuscript by demonstrating its potential in numerically modelling shockwave-containing flows, especially in shock wave/boundary layer interaction (SWBLI) problems. Theoretical studies were firstly performed based on Sweby’s total variation diminishing (TVD) limiter region and Spekreijse’s monotonicity-preserving limiter region to indicate Min-mod-type limiters’ compressive properties. The influence of limiters on the solution accuracy was evaluated using a hybrid-order analysis method based on the grid-independent study in three typical shockwave-containing flows. The conclusions are that, Min-mod-type limiter can be utilized as a dissipative and/or compressive limiter, but depending on the reasonable value of the compression parameter. The compressive Min-mod limiter tends to be more attractive in modelling shockwave-containing flows as compared to other commonly preferred limiters because of its stable computational process and its high-resolution predictions. However, the compressive Min-mod limiter may suffer from its slightly poor convergence, as that observed in other commonly accepted smooth limiters in modelling SWBLI problems.
Analysis of Four Polymorphisms Located at the Promoter of the Estrogen Receptor Alpha ESR1 Gene in a Population With Gender Incongruence
Authors: Fernández Rosa , Delgado-Zayas Enrique , Ramírez Karla , Cortés-Cortés Joselyn , Gómez-Gil Esther , Esteva Isabel , Almaraz Mari Cruz , Guillamon Antonio , Pásaro Eduardo 
Published: May 2020

Abstract

Introduction
Gender incongruence defines a state in which individuals feel discrepancy between the sex assigned at birth and their gender. Some of these people make a social transition from male to female (trans women) or from female to male (trans men). By contrast, the word cisgender describes a person whose gender identity is consistent with their sex assigned at birth.

Aim
To analyze the implication of the estrogen receptor α gene (ESR1) in the genetic basis of gender incongruence.

Main Outcome Measures
Polymorphisms rs9478245, rs3138774, rs2234693, rs9340799.

Method
We carried out the analysis of 4 polymorphisms located at the promoter of the ESR1 gene (C1 = rs9478245, C2 = rs3138774, C3 = rs2234693, and C4 = rs9340799) in a population of 273 trans women, 226 trans men, and 537 cis gender controls. For SNP polymorphisms, the allele and genotype frequencies were analyzed by χ2 test. The strength of the SNP associations with gender incongruence was measured by binary logistic regression. For the STR polymorphism, the mean number of repeats were analyzed by the Mann–Whitney U test. Measurement of linkage disequilibrium and haplotype frequencies were also performed.

Results
The C2 median repeats were shorter in the trans men population. Genotypes S/S and S/L for the C2 polymorphism were overrepresented in the trans men group (P = .012 and P = .003 respectively). We also found overtransmission of the A/A genotype (C4) in the trans men population (P = .017), while the A/G genotype (C4) was subrepresented (P = .009]. The analyzed polymorphisms were in linkage disequilibrium. In the trans men population, the T(C1)-L(C2)-C(C3)-A(C4) haplotype was overrepresented (P = .019) while the T(C1)-L(C2)-C(C3)-G(C4) was subrepresented (P = .005).

Conclusion
The ESR1 is associated with gender incongruence in the trans men population.
Procleave: Predicting Protease-Specific Substrate Cleavage Sites by Combining Sequence and Structural Information
Authors: Li Fuyi , Leier Andre , Liu Quanzhong , Wang Yanan , Xiang Dongxu , Akutsu Tatsuya , Webb Geoffrey I. , Smith A. Ian , Marquez-Lago Tatiana , Li Jian , Song Jiangning 
Published: May 2020

Abstract
Proteases are enzymes that cleave and hydrolyse the peptide bonds between two specific amino acid residues of target substrate proteins. Protease-controlled proteolysis plays a key role in the degradation and recycling of proteins, which is essential for various physiological processes. Thus, solving the substrate identification problem will have important implications for the precise understanding of functions and physiological roles of proteases, as well as for therapeutic target identification and pharmaceutical applicability. Consequently, there is a great demand for bioinformatics methods that can predict novel substrate cleavage events with high accuracy by utilizing both sequence and structural information. In this study, we present Procleave, a novel bioinformatics approach for predicting protease-specific substrates and specific cleavage sites by taking into account both their sequence and 3D structural information. Structural features of known cleavage sites were represented by discrete values using a LOWESS data-smoothing optimization method, which turned out to be critical for the performance of Procleave. The optimal approximations of all structural parameter values were encoded in a conditional random field (CRF) computational framework, alongside sequence and chemical group-based features. Here, we demonstrate the outstanding performance of Procleave through extensive benchmarking and independent tests. Procleave is capable of correctly identifying most cleavage sites in the case study. Importantly, when applied to the human structural proteome encompassing 17,628 protein structures, Procleave suggests a number of potential novel target substrates and their corresponding cleavage sites of different proteases. Procleave is implemented as a webserver and is freely accessible at http://procleave.erc.monash.edu/.
One British Thing: A Manuscript Recipe Book, ca. 1690–1730
Authors: Bouchard Jack B. , Herbert Amanda E. 
Published: May 2020

AbstractA single eighteenth-century British manuscript recipe book, bound in parchment decorated with gold tooling, can tell us an enormous amount about Britain's gastronomic and imperial ambitions. That is because this book, now known by its call number, V.a.680, and held by the Folger Shakespeare Library, contains recipes like “Indian Pickle,” which included ginger, garlic, cauliflower, mustard, turmeric, and long pepper. How did this distinctly South Asian recipe find its way into a London recipe book? In this essay, we explore how British households engaged with and circulated new ideas about food during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We analyze two remarkable recipes, one for mutton kebabs and another for sago pudding, both brought to Britain through emerging imperial projects. Although one recipe originated in the eastern Mediterranean and the other in Southeast Asia, both were changed and altered to suit British metropolitan tastes. We then examine the book itself as a material object created and altered over time, offering evidence of the ways that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century manuscripts were amended, torn apart, repaired, organized, and ultimately professionalized over multiple generations. As physical testaments to the social alliances and networks of knowledge of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britons, manuscript recipe books were tools of empire, used to appropriate, translate, and transmit the global foodways that permeated Britain's earliest colonial schemes.
“Fruits of Unrulie Multitudes”: Liberty, Popularity, and Meanings of Violence in the English Atlantic, 1623–1625
Authors: Beaver Daniel C. 
Published: May 2020

AbstractUsing neglected evidence of organized, state-like, internecine violence among English settlers in New England during the 1620s and 1630s, this essay engages with recent archipelagic approaches to the early modern English public sphere and with studies of the English state and political culture in order to argue for the existence of an important, semipublic Atlantic political discourse during the decades preceding the civil wars in the British Isles. It focuses on the distinctive political dynamics of Atlantic fishing stages during the early seventeenth century and on the violent confrontation between the Dorchester and Plymouth companies in 1625 over the control of the Cape Ann stage on Massachusetts Bay. The rumors, news, and formal reports that flowed from such incidents show how diffuse English ideologies assumed the form of opposed groups, armed and mobilized in the manner of free states, and confirmed fears of such violent episodes as threats to orderly governance in a political society conceived in Atlantic imperial terms. By examining the communication of and responses to this perceived threat during the late 1620s and 1630s, the essay reveals how an Atlantic discourse of “liberty,” “orderly commonweal,” and “popularity” influenced English political culture and policy and the institutions of Atlantic governance before the English Civil War.
Everyday Nationalism and Making Identity Count
Authors: Vucetic Srdjan , Hopf Ted 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThe literature on “everyday nationalism” foregrounds constructivist practice theory as well as interpretivist methodologies. Our project—Making Identity Count—does something similar but with an aim to advance the study of International Relations rather than the study of nationalism. Here, we suggest that these two approaches are basically complementary, and that a theoretical and methodological cross-fertilization between them may yield new insights in both fields.