bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Convergence theorems for generalized hemicontractive mapping in p-uniformly convex metric space
Authors: Ugwunnadi Godwin C. , Izuchukwu Chinedu , Mewomo Oluwatosin T. 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
In this paper, we introduce and study an Ishikawa-type iteration process for the class of generalized hemicontractive mappings in 𝑝-uniformly convex metric spaces, and prove both Δ-convergence and strong convergence theorems for approximating a fixed point of generalized hemicontractive mapping in complete 𝑝-uniformly convex metric spaces.
We give a surprising example of this class of mapping that is not a hemicontractive mapping.
Our results complement, extend and generalize numerous other recent results in CAT(0) spaces.
An Aramaic Incantation Bowl and the Fall of Hatra
Authors: Marcato Enrico 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
The present paper offers an analysis of certain Northern Mesopotamian demons attested on an Aramaic incantation bowl in square script. This object displays at its centre a list of evil entities drawn from a Mandaic forerunner, some of which are paralleled in the epigraphic corpus of Hatra and nearby sites. The analysis explores whether this may provide new evidence regarding the fate of Hatra’s inhabitants and cults in the aftermath of the fall of the city in 240/1 AD; the suggested scenario is that some Hatrenes could have been deported to Babylonia, where they encountered the Mandaean culture in its early phases and acquainted it with a part of their pantheon.
Mandatory Incident Reporting as a Means to Counter C/B Terrorism: Moving from Accident-based to Incident-based Systems
Authors: Krishnakumar Tarun 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
Terrorism involving the use of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) weapons is as dangerous a threat in practice as it is controversial a topic in national security policymaking. While none seriously dispute the destructive potential of a successful CBRN attack, the rarity of such incidents raises important and contentious questions relating to the optimal levels of resource dedication required to deter, prepare for, and respond to these threats.
The 2014 Global Health Security Agenda
Authors: Calvo Juan 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
The Global Health Security Agenda is a comprehensive and multilateral action plan that is designed to “achieve a world safe and secure from infectious disease threats, whether naturally occurring, accidental, or deliberately released.” The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) involves various organizations spanning across over 50 nations. Many of these nations also have multiple agencies that have a role in furthering the objectives of the GHSA.
Ayurvedic formulations containing benzoic and ascorbic acids as additives: benzene formation during storage and impact of additives on quality parameters
Authors: Sharma Priyanka , Maithani Mukesh , Gupta Vikas , Bansal Parveen 
Published: August 2020

Abstract

Objectives

Ayurvedic formulations are becoming the prior choice of people as health care supplements. The increasing demand for these formulations has led to extensive development of Ayurvedic pharmaceutical industries worldwide. The reaction between the preservatives (sodium benzoates and ascorbic acid) used in these formulations could generate benzene. Benzene is classified as class-1 human carcinogen and responsible for various short and long term health effects.

Methods
In this study, 25 formulations (containing ascorbic acid and sodium benzoate) of various manufacturers available as over the counter products were obtained and their benzene content were determined using gas chromatograph with flame ionization detector.

Results
The result showed that 64% of the formulations were free from benzene contamination whereas 36% of formulations were found to be contaminated with benzene. A simple, less time-consuming, economic, and validated gas chromatographic method for estimation of benzene in Ayurvedic formulations was also developed successfully in present study.

Conclusions
The data revealed that the level of benzene was within permissible limits, yet the presence of a carcinogen in the marketed formulations intended for internal use is an alarming situation.
Northernmost finding and further information on water deer Hydropotes inermis in Primorskiy Krai, Russia
Authors: Belyaev Dmitry A. , Jo Yeong-Seok 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
Although the water deer, Hydropotes inermis is one of the most common large mammals in South Korea (Republic of Korea), it had limited distribution along southwestern part of the Korean Peninsula and currently inhabits most of the peninsula after several releases in 1950s and 1960s. Currently, water deer was documented from Primorskiy Krai, Russia in the vicinity of northeastern border of North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea). The first report was a camer trapped water deer in 2019 about 45 km from North Korean border and we found the older harvest record of water deer in 2014 about 210 km from North Korea. Although the North Korean government translocated water deer from the west coast to the northeast in the 1950s and 1960s, range expansion or dispersal of water deer was not reported until these records. Further research is needed to confirm if they represent whether it’s a persistent population or transient dispersers.
The Trust Model of Children’s Rights
Authors: Pike Kenneth R. 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
Is parental control over children best understood in terms of trusteeship or similar fiduciary obligations? This essay contemplates the elements of legal trusts and fiduciarity as they might relate to the moral relationship between children and parents. Though many accounts of upbringing advocate parent-child relationship models with structural resemblance to trust-like relationships, it is unclear who grants moral trusts, how trustees are actually selected, or how to identify proper beneficiaries. By considering these and other classical elements of relationships of trust, this essay seeks to clarify and explore the trust model’s role, if any, in understanding children’s rights. Such exploration raises the possibility that another element of common law, the duty to rescue, may serve to enhance the trust model of children’s rights.
Upper bounds of some special zeros for the Rankin-Selberg L-function
Authors: Bllaca Kajtaz H. 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
In this paper, we prove some conditional results about the order of zero at central point s = 1/2 of the Rankin-Selberg L-function L(s, πf
× π͠′
f
). Then, we give an upper bound for the height of the first zero with positive imaginary part of L(s, πf
× π͠′
f
). We apply our results to automorphic L-functions.
Long time decay of 3D-NSE in Lei-Lin-Gevrey spaces
Authors: Benameur Jamel , Jlali Lotfi 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
In this paper, we prove a global well-posedness of the three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equation under initial data, which belongs to the Lei-Lin-Gevrey space

Z

a
,
σ

−
1

$\begin{array}{}
Z^{-1}_{a,\sigma}
\end{array}$

(ℝ3) and if the norm of the initial data in the Lei-Lin space 𝓧−1 is controlled by the viscosity. Moreover, we will show that the norm of this global solution in the Lei-Lin-Gevrey space decays to zero as time approaches to infinity.
Bn
-maximal operator and Bn
-singular integral operators on variable exponent Lebesgue spaces
Authors: Ekincioglu Ismail , Guliyev Vagif S. , Kaya Esra 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
In this paper, we prove the boundedness of the Bn
maximal operator and Bn
singular integral operators associated with the Laplace-Bessel differential operator Δ
Bn

on variable exponent Lebesgue spaces.
The crystal structure of (E)-1-(quinolin-2-ylmethyl)-2-((1-(quinolin-2-ylmethyl)pyridin-2(1H)-ylidene)amino)pyridin-1-ium, C30H25BrN5
Authors: Alexander Orbett T. , Roodt Andreas 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
C30H25BrN5, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 15.685(4) Å, b = 9.317(2) Å, c = 18.373(4) Å, β = 114.422(7)°, V = 2444.8(10) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0377, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0849, T = 112(2) K.
Crystal structure of tert-butyl (1S,2R,5R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-oxa-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-3-carboxylate, C17H23NO5
Authors: Caracelli Ignez , Zukerman-Schpector Julio , Garcia Ariel L. Llanes , Correia Carlos Roque D. , Tiekink Edward R.T. 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
C17H23NO5, monoclinic, P21 (no. 4), a = 6.0479(9) Å, b = 9.7032(10) Å, c = 14.711(2) Å, β = 94.174(9)°, V = 861.0(2) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0440, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1436, T = 293(2) K.
From gut feelings to memories of visceral pain
Authors: Elsenbruch Sigrid , Benson Sven , Ricarda Koenen Laura , Labrenz Franziska , Icenhour Adriane 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
The role of pain-related fear learning and memory processes, conceptually embedded within the fear-avoidance model of chronic pain, is increasingly recognized. The unique biological salience of interoceptive, visceral pain with its cognitive, emotional, and motivational facets fosters associative learning. Conditioned fear is in principle adaptive but may turn maladaptive and contribute to hypervigilance and hyperalgesia in chronic pain. This review summarizes current knowledge on the formation, extinction, and return of pain-related memories with a focus on visceral pain. It provides a conceptual background, describes experimental approaches, and summarizes findings on behavioral and neural mechanisms in healthy humans and patients with chronic pain. Future directions underscore the potential of refining knowledge on the role of associative learning in the pathophysiology and treatment of chronic visceral pain in disorders of gut–brain interactions such as irritable bowel syndrome.
Evaluation of texture in jelly gums incorporating berries and aromatic plants
Authors: Guiné Raquel P. F. , Correia Paula M. R. , Reis Cátia , Florença Sofia G. 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
In the confectionery market, jelly gums are one of the most relevant sectors, being frequently consumed by many people, from children to adults. The present work intended to evaluate the textural properties in newly developed jelly gums made with berry fruits and herbs, given the critical role of texture in products with a gel-like structure. Four types of gums were developed (Strawberry & Anise, Strawberry & Mint, Raspberry & Mint, Blueberry & Mint) and their texture was evaluated through two types of tests (compression with a 75 mm probe and puncture with a 2 mm probe) allowing to calculate several textural properties. The results showed some differences between the two faces of the jelly gums analysed, i.e. on the top and on the bottom. As for the compression test, the Strawberry & Anise gums were among the softer (25.6 N) and with lower resilience (36.3%) and chewiness (16.9 N), despite being more adhesive (−0.5 N s). As for the puncture test, the sample Strawberry & Mint had the highest adhesiveness (−2.0 N s) but the lowest stickiness (−0.38 N). Additionally, very strong correlations were encountered between some of the properties studied (r = 0.861 or r = 0.822), and the factor analysis allowed defining three factors, the first clearly associated with the puncture properties while the other two were related to the compression properties. This work allowed concluding that the jelly gums presented different textural properties, particularly when assessed through different types of measurements. Hence, the use of different types of tests for texture analysis is recommended, since the results are complementary. This is relevant when developing food products intended for industrial production and commercialization.
Influence of cellulose fibers on physicochemical properties of biodegradable films based on polysaccharide derivatives
Authors: Antosik Adrian K. , Wilpiszewska Katarzyna 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
The article presents a method of obtaining films based on carboxymethyl polysaccharide derivatives cross-linked with citric acid and reinforced with cellulose fibers (CFs). The addition of CFs to a film improves the mechanical properties of the composite. With the increase of filler content, the water solubility drops from 64 to 61%, respectively, for a system without a filler and that containing 7 wt% CFs, whereas Young’s modulus increases from 4.8 to 24.8 MPa for a film containing 5 wt% filler.
Do the determinants of food security differ in improved rice variety adoption? Evidence from Sierra Leone
Authors: Mansaray Bashiru , Jin Shaosheng 
Published: August 2020

AbstractThe Sierra Leonean government has implemented the improved rice varieties directed at enhancing more rice production to reduce food insecurity. This paper evaluates the food security effect of improved rice variety adoption using cross-sectional data collected in 2017 from a randomly selected sample of 624 rice farmers in Sierra Leone. The analysis uses the endogenous switching regression and propensity score matching (PSM) approach. The results revealed that the adoption of improved rice varieties has a significant positive effect on food security. That confirms the crucial role of improved rice variety adoption in increasing food production and food security. Therefore, the study recommended the intensification of policies that promote improved rice variety adoption, if more food production and food security are to be realized. Further, the government should continue the lead in rice variety promotion and dissemination and in enhancing an enabling environment for the effective adoption of farmers. Given the preponderant evidence of the different factors of food security, appropriate policies that seek to promote formal education, more income generation for farmers, and easy and credible access to farmland for landless farmers would enhance food security.
The predicted load balancing algorithm based on the dynamic exponential smoothing
Authors: Yan Lijie , Liu Xudong 
Published: August 2020

AbstractTo a large extent, the load balancing algorithm affects the clustering performance of the computer. This paper illustrated the common load balancing algorithms and elaborated on the advantages and drawbacks of such algorithms. In addition, this paper provides a kind of balancing algorithm generated on the basis of the load prediction. Due to the dynamic exponential smoothing model, such an algorithm helps obtain the corresponding smoothing coefficient with the server node load time series of current phrase and allows researchers to make prediction with the load value at the next moment of this node. Subsequently, the dispatcher makes the scheduling with the serve request of users according to the load predicted value. OPNET Internet simulated software is applied to the test, and we may conclude from the results that the application of such an algorithm acquires a higher load balancing efficiency and better load balancing effect.
Shared multisensory sexual arousal in virtual reality (VR) environments
Authors: Aleksandrovich Angelina , Gomes Leonardo Mariano 
Published: August 2020

AbstractThis research explores multisensory sexual arousal in men and women, and how it can be implemented and shared between multiple individuals in Virtual Reality (VR). This is achieved through the stimulation of human senses with immersive technology including visual, olfactory, auditory, and haptic triggers. Participants are invited to VR to test various sensory triggers and assess them as sexually arousing or not. A literature review on VR experiments related to sexuality, the concepts of perception and multisensory experiments, and data collected from self-reports was used to conclude. The goal of this research is to establish that sexual arousal is a multisensory event that may or may not be linked to the presence or thought of the intended object of desire (sexual partner). By examining what stimulates arousal, we better understand the multisensory capacity of humans, leading not only to richer sexual experiences but also to the further development of wearable sextech products, soft robotics, and multisensory learning machines. This understanding helps with other research related to human-robot interaction, affection, detection, and transmission in both physical and virtual realities, and how VR technology can help to design a new generation of sex robots.
Newly developed diagnostic methods for SARS-CoV-2 detection
Authors: Saatçi Ebru 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2, responsible for COVID-19 disease, has caused a substantial worldwide pandemic and has become a significant public health problem. World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 as a devastating health emergency for all countries. Public health officials continue to monitor the situation closely to control this new virus-related outbreak. In order to continue to manage this pandemic, a fast and sensitive diagnosis of COVID-19 is attempted. Emerging tests have become an essential part of the management of the COVID-19 crisis. This review article aims to provide a detailed explanation of ongoing and new diagnostic technologies for SARS-CoV-2 and a summary of method principles. Examples of new diagnostic methods for providing efficient and rapid diagnostic tests for managing the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak are also mentioned.
Chemically modified Quercus dilatata plant leaves for Pb (II), Cd (II), and Cr (VI) ions remediation from aqueous solution
Authors: Salman Syed Muhammad , Zahoor Muhammad , Shahwar Durre , Nisar Amara , Ali Asad , Khan Hizbullah , Ali Farman 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
The current investigation deals with the removal of Pb (II), Cd (II), and Cr (VI) ions by using chemically modified Quercus dilatata leaves (CMQDL) treated with nitric acid (HNO3), and calcium chloride (CaCl2). Batch biosorption experiments were performed to determine the optimal conditions of pH, biomass dose, temperature, contact time, and initial metal concentration for the utmost removal of heavy metals from water. The structural morphology and functionalities were explained by SEM and FTIR analysis. The maximum biosorption capacities for remediation of Pb (II), Cd (II), and Cr (VI) ions via CMQDL were 17.54, 20.408, 20.83 mg g−1, respectively at the optimal conditions. The Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm were applied to explore the equilibrium data however Freundlich isotherm model best evaluate the equilibrium data with high regression correlation coefficient (R2) values of 0.985, 0.826, and 0.919 for the elimination of Pb (II) Cd (II), and Cr (VI) ions, respectively. The kinetic study proposed that the remediation operation best obeyed the kinetic pseudo 2nd order model. The calculated thermodynamics functions like change in entropy (ΔS°), change in enthalpy (ΔH°) and Gibbs free energy (ΔG°) revealed that the removal of Pb (II) ions via the CMQDL was viable, exothermic and spontaneous, Cd (II) was endothermic and spontaneous and Cr (VI) was endothermic and non-spontaneous. The current study explored that CMQDL can be used for the remediation of Pb (II), Cd (II), and Cr (VI) ions, respectively.
Affective Cortical Asymmetry at the Early Developmental Emergence of Emotional Expression
Authors: Bolinger Elaina , Ngo Hong-Viet V. , Kock Vanessa , Wassen Dirk T. , Matuz Tamara , Birbaumer Niels , Born Jan , Zinke Katharina 
Published: August 2020

AbstractEmotions have an important survival function. Vast amounts of research have demonstrated how affect-related changes in physiology promote survival by effecting short-term and long-term changes in adaptive behavior. However, if emotions truly serve such an inherent function, they should be pervasive across species and be established early in life. Here, using electroencephalographic (EEG) brain activity we sought to characterize core neurophysiological features underlying affective function at the emergence of emotional expression [i.e., at the developmental age when human infants start to show reliable stimulus-elicited emotional states (4–6 months)]. Using an approach that eschews traditional EEG frequency band delineations (like theta, alpha), we demonstrate that negative emotional states induce a strong right hemispheric increase in the prominence of the resonant frequency (∼5–6 Hz) in the infant frontal EEG. Increased rightward asymmetry was strongly correlated with increased heart rate responses to emotionally negative states compared with neutral states. We conclude that functional frontal asymmetry is a key component of emotional processing and suggest that the rightward asymmetry in prominence of the resonant frequency during negative emotional states might reflect functional asymmetry in the central representation of anatomically driven asymmetry in the autonomic nervous system. Our findings indicate that the specific mode hallmarking emotional processing in the frontal cortex is established in parallel with the emergence of stable emotional states very early during development, despite the well known protracted maturation of frontal cortex.
Area 8A within the Posterior Middle Frontal Gyrus Underlies Cognitive Selection between Competing Visual Targets
Authors: Germann Jürgen , Petrides Michael 
Published: August 2020

AbstractThere are several distinct areas in the granular part of the lateral frontal cortex, and these areas provide high-level regulation of cognitive processing. Lesions of the dorsolateral frontal cortex that include area 8A in the human brain and lesions restricted to area 8A in the macaque monkey have demonstrated impairments in tasks requiring selection between visual targets based on rules, such as conditional if/then rules. These same subjects show no impairment in the ability to discriminate between visual stimuli nor in the ability to learn selection rules in general. Area 8A can be considered as a key area for the top-down control of attentional selection. The present functional neuroimaging study demonstrates that activity in area 8A that lies on the posterior part of the middle frontal gyrus underlies the trial-to-trial selection between competing visual targets based on previously acquired conditional rules. Critically, the activity of area 8A could clearly be dissociated from activity related to the performance of eye movements per se that lies posterior to it. Thus, area 8A with its rich corticocortical connections with the posterior parietal region involved in spatial processing and the multisensory temporal cortex appears to be the key prefrontal area for the higher order selection between competing stimuli in the environment, most likely by the allocation of attention.