bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A influência dos ativos intangíveis na criação de valor de empresas norte-americanas do setor de serviços ao consumidor
Authors: Braune Erica Sumoyama , Saliba Juliana Albuquerque , Basso Leonardo Fernando Cruz , Kimura Herbert 
Published: June 2021

As empresas estão focando nos ativos intangíveis com a intenção de obter vantagem competitiva, no entanto, não há uma forma sistemática de calculá-los. Gu e Lev (2003) propõem um modelo de mensuração dos ativos intangíveis, onde o desempenho econômico da empresa é gerado por ativos físicos, financeiros e intangíveis. Baseado nessa proposta, calculamos o intangible capital (IC), o intangibles-drive-earnings (IDE) e os índices de desempenho para empresas do setor de serviços ao consumidor dos Estados Unidos de acordo com a disponibilidade de dados no período de 1998 a 2010. Utilizamos o modelo de dados em painel, para analisarmos simultaneamente as empresas e suas variáveis ao longo do tempo. Os resultados mostram que o comprehensive value tem uma relação positiva e significante com o Valor de Mercado e que o IC e do IDE possuem uma relação positiva e significante com as variáveis de pesquisa e desenvolvimento e dispêndio de capital, variáveis de demonstrações financeiras que são comumente usadas como proxies para os intangíveis. A pesquisa pode ser ampliada para empresas publicas onde seja possível a obtenção de variáveis oriundas de balanços e para as quais seja possível calcular o valor de mercado. Empresas públicas não podem mais ser tratadas como entidades diferenciadas de empresas privadas no que concerne a avaliação de desempenho, pois a ineficiência pública vai implicar perda de eficiência para as empresas privadas. Assim modelos como os que testamos aqui poderiam ser testados no setor público para verificar se resultados semelhantes são obtidos.
Association of Differential Leukocyte Count With Incident Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Over 22.5 Years: The ARIC Study
Authors: Parikh Romil R. , Folsom Aaron R. , Poudel Kripa , Lutsey Pamela L. , Demmer Ryan T. , Pankow James S. , Chen Lin Y. , Tang Weihong 
Published: June 2021

Objective:
Leukocytes contribute to the development of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). We evaluated whether associations of differential leukocyte counts with AAA persist after accounting for traditional risk factors of AAA.

Approach and Results:
Among 11 217 adults from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, we evaluated associations of differential leukocyte counts at baseline (1987–1989) with incident AAAs over a median follow-up of 22.5 years, using Cox proportional hazards regression. Each differential leukocyte count was categorized into 5 groups—below normal, tertiles within the normal range, and above normal, with the first tertile serving as the referent. We identified 377 incident AAAs through 2011, using hospital discharge diagnoses, linked Medicare records, or death certificates. At baseline, higher neutrophil, monocyte, and eosinophil counts were associated with higher risk of AAA, independent of smoking, other differential leukocyte counts, and other traditional risk factors. The association with incident AAA was the strongest for above normal neutrophil count, with an adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) of 2.17 (1.29–3.64). Below normal neutrophil, lymphocyte, eosinophil and basophil counts were associated with higher risk of AAA with adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) between 1.86 (1.04–3.35) and 1.62 (1.10–2.39).

Conclusions:
Higher neutrophil, monocyte, and eosinophil counts in midlife are associated with higher risk of AAA, even after accounting for traditional risk factors such as smoking, obesity, and atherosclerosis. This suggests the need to identify nontraditional risk factors and treatment strategies to mitigate the residual risk of AAA conferred by midlife inflammation. Whether immunosuppression is associated with higher risk of AAA needs further investigation.
Niacin Increases Atherogenic Proteins in High-Density Lipoprotein of Statin-Treated Subjects
Authors: Ronsein Graziella E. , Vaisar Tomas , Davidson W. Sean , Bornfeldt Karin E. , Probstfield Jeffrey L. , O’Brien Kevin D. , Zhao Xue-Qiao , Heinecke Jay W. 
Published: June 2021

Objective:Niacin therapy fails to reduce cardiovascular events in statin-treated subjects even though it increases plasma HDL-C (HDL [high-density lipoprotein] cholesterol) and decreases LDL-C (LDL [low-density lipoprotein] cholesterol) and triglyceride levels. To investigate potential mechanisms for this lack of cardioprotection, we quantified the HDL proteome of subjects in 2 niacin clinical trials: the CPC study (Carotid Plaque Composition) and the HDL Proteomics substudy of the AIM-HIGH trial (Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglycerides).Approach and Results:Using targeted proteomics, we quantified levels of 31 HDL proteins from 124 CPC subjects and 120 AIM-HIGH subjects. The samples were obtained at baseline and after 1 year of statin monotherapy or niacin-statin combination therapy. Compared with statin monotherapy, niacin-statin combination therapy did not reduce HDL-associated apolipoproteins APOC1, APOC2, APOC3, and APOC4, despite significantly lowering triglycerides. In contrast, niacin markedly elevated HDL-associated PLTP (phospholipid transfer protein), CLU (clusterin), and HP/HPR (haptoglobin/haptoglobin-related proteins;P≤0.0001 for each) in both the CPC and AIM-HIGH cohorts.Conclusions:The addition of niacin to statin therapy resulted in elevated levels of multiple HDL proteins linked to increased atherosclerotic risk, which might have compromised the cardioprotective effects associated with higher HDL-C levels and lower levels of LDL-C and triglycerides.Registration:URL:https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT00715273; NCT00880178; NCT00120289.
A Common Polymorphism in the
FADS1
Locus Links miR1908 to Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Through BMP1
Authors: Beehler Kaitlyn , Nikpay Majid , Lau Paulina , Dang Anh-Thu , Lagace Thomas A. , Soubeyrand Sébastien , McPherson Ruth 
Published: June 2021

Objective:
Leveraging microRNA-Seq data and the 1000 Genomes imputed genotypes, we identified rs174561 as a strong microRNA quantitative trait loci for circulating microRNA-1908-5p with higher miR-1908-5p and reduced LDL (low-density lipoprotein)-cholesterol, fasting glucose and A1c concentrations in carriers of the rs-174561-C allele. Here, we have investigated the molecular mechanism(s) linking miR-1908-5p to LDL-C concentrations.

Approach and Results:

Transfection experiments demonstrate that the presence of the C allele significantly increases miR-1908-5p abundance relative to the T allele.
LDLR
mRNA and low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) total protein were unchanged in response to differential miR-1908-5p expression. However, the ratio of the cleaved to full-length form of LDLR decreased with miR-1908-5p mimic and increased with miR-1908-5p inhibitor treatment. BMP1 (bone morphogenetic protein 1) is a protease responsible for LDLR cleavage, and we show that miR-1908-5p mimic reduces
BMP1
mRNA. Using a reporter array, we identified the TGF-β (transforming growth factor-beta) signaling pathway activity to be reduced by miR-1908-5p mimic treatment, and this was associated with reduced
TGFB1
expression. TGF-β signaling increases BMP1, and we further demonstrate that the effect of miR-1908-5p on LDLR cleavage is abolished by exogenous TGF-β treatment.

Conclusions:

These findings uncover a mechanism whereby miR-1908-5p reduces
TGFB1
abundance resulting in lower expression of
BMP1
, ultimately leading to reduced LDLR cleavage. Cleavage of the mature LDLR is known to reduce cell surface affinity for LDL, thereby linking miR-1908-5p to lower circulating LDL-cholesterol levels.
Comparison of In Vivo Tissue Temperature Profile and Lesion Geometry for Radiofrequency Ablation With High Power–Short Duration and Moderate Power–Moderate Duration: Effects of Thermal Latency and Contact Force on Lesion Formation
Authors: Nakagawa Hiroshi , Ikeda Atsushi , Sharma Tushar , Govari Assaf , Ashton John , Maffre Jennifer , Lifshitz Alexander , Fuimaono Kristine , Yokoyama Katsuaki , Wittkampf Fred H.M. , Jackman Warren M. 
Published: June 2021

Background:
With short radiofrequency (RF) applications, tissue temperature continues to rise after RF termination (thermal latency), which may result in lesion growth after RF termination. The purpose was to compare in vivo tissue temperature profile (thermal latency), lesion size, and the incidence of steam pop and thrombus between RF ablation with very high power–very short RF (90 W/4 s), high power–short RF (50 W/10 s), and moderate power–moderate RF (30 W/30 s) in a canine thigh muscle preparation and beating heart.

Methods:

In the thigh muscle preparation (5 dogs), a 3.5-mm ablation electrode with 66 or 56 small irrigation holes (QDOT-Micro or ThermoCoolSmartTouch-SF, respectively) was held perpendicular or parallel to the muscle at 10
g
or 30
g
contact force. Total of 120 RFs were delivered at 90 W/4 s (QDOT catheter), 50 W/10 s, or 30 W/30 s (SF catheter). Electrode temperature, electrode-tissue interface temperature, and tissue temperatures at 3- and 7-mm depths were measured. In 6 closed-chest dogs, total of 72 RFs were delivered in the ventricle at 90 W/4 s, 50 W/10 s, or 30 W/30 s.

Results:

In the thigh muscle preparation, tissue temperatures and lesion size (depth, diameter, and volume) were the lowest/smallest for RFs at 90 W/4 s, followed by 50 W/10 s, and the greatest for 30 W/30 s. Thermal latency (Δtemperature and duration) was the greatest for RFs at 90 W/4 s, followed by 50 W/10 s, and the smallest for 30 W/30 s (
P
<0.01). Effective tissue heating (area under the curve ≥50 °C at 3-mm depth) was observed after RF termination in 88.0±7.6% with 90 W/4 s, 57.7±14.6% with 50 W/10 s, and only 31.9±8.5% with 30 W/30 s (
P
<0.01). In beating hearts, lesion size was also the smallest with 90 W/4 s and the greatest with 30 W/30 s RFs. Increasing contact force significantly increased lesion depth in all 3 groups. There was no significant difference in the incidence of steam pop or thrombus between 3 groups.

Conclusions:
Tissue temperatures and lesion size (depth, diameter, and volume) were the lowest/smallest for RF applications at 90 W/4 s, followed by 50 W/10 s, and the greatest for 30 W/30 s. The greater thermal latency for 90 W/4 s RF applications suggests that a significant portion of lesion is created after RF termination due to conductive tissue heating.
Discourses of Childism: How covid-19 Has Unveiled Prejudice, Discrimination and Social Injustice against Children in the Everyday
Authors: Adami Rebecca , Dineen Katy 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
Do children suffer from discriminatory structures in society and how can issues of social injustice against children be conceptualised and studied? The conceptual frame of childism is examined through everyday expressions in the aftermath of policies affecting children in Sweden, the UK and Ireland to develop knowledge of age-based and intersectional discrimination against children. While experiences in Sweden seem to indicate that young children rarely suffer severe symptoms from covid-19, or constitute a driving force in spreading the virus, policy decisions in the UK and Ireland to close down schools have had detrimental effects on children in terms of child hunger and violence against children. Policy decisions that have prioritised adults at the cost of children have unveiled a structural injustice against children, which is mirrored by individual examples of everyday societal prejudice.
Migrant Workers in Malaysia: covid-19’s Impact on the Rights of their Children and Siblings in Pakistan
Authors: Khoso Abdullah , Noor Ahmad Hilmi Mohamad 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
With the help of narratives of migrant workers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this article seeks to understands the impacts of the covid-19 (known as the 2019 novel coronavirus) pandemic on the rights of their children and children’s siblings in Pakistan. The pandemic impacted the flow of remittances to their families, which further impacted children’s right to education, livelihoods and food. They also revealed that the pandemic had impacted their children’s right to protection, play and development. Children had lost the freedom to play and go outside, socialise and learn. Migrant workers’ children and siblings with limited financial support should have been provided with adequate financial and social security support by Pakistan, but they were not. They also revealed that during the pandemic, children were also regular victims of harsh treatment and physical abuse by adult family members, reflecting the exacerbation of issues of breaches of their fundamental right to protection and emotional integrity.
“Zooming In” on Children’s Rights During a Pandemic: Technology, Child Justice and covid-19
Authors: Lynch Nessa , Kilkelly Ursula 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
The implementation of public health measures in response to the covid-19 pandemic has impacted heavily on the operation of child justice systems and places of detention, creating new challenges in the safeguarding and implementation of children’s rights. Yet, it has also been a time of innovation, particularly in the use of technology. Using case studies from Ireland and Aotearoa New Zealand, we discuss how technology has been used to maintain the balance between restrictive yet necessary public health measures and the operation of the child justice system. Examples include remote participation in remand hearings and trial and the use of “virtual visits” for children in detention.
Children’s Rights in Children’s Hearings: The Impact of covid-19
Authors: Porter Robert B. , Gillon Fern , Mitchell Fiona , Vaswani Nina , Young Emma 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
The Scottish Children’s Hearings System makes life-changing decisions regarding the care and protection of children up to 18 years of age referred due to a need for support – because of offending behaviour or a risk to their physical or emotional safety. In March 2020, due to the covid-19 crisis, Hearings underwent one of the most significant changes since their inception: proceedings shifted to an online conferencing platform (“virtual hearings”), and some procedural modifications were introduced. In June 2020, we used an online survey to gather more than 270 responses from professionals, volunteers, young people, and families who had experience of virtual hearings. These responses highlight that while there are reasonable justifications for the use of virtual hearings, including the duty to ensure orders are appropriately reviewed and renewed, concerns related to children and young people’s right to participation, privacy and representation bring into question the extent to which children’s rights are realised in virtual Children’s Hearings.
The Lightness/Pitch Crossmodal Correspondence Modulates the Rubin Face/Vase Perception
Authors: Zeljko Mick , Grove Philip M. , Kritikos Ada 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
We examine whether crossmodal correspondences (CMCs) modulate perceptual disambiguation by considering the influence of lightness/pitch congruency on the perceptual resolution of the Rubin face/vase (RFV). We randomly paired a black-and-white RFV (black faces and white vase, or vice versa) with either a high or low pitch tone and found that CMC congruency biases the dominant visual percept. The perceptual option that was CMC-congruent with the tone (white/high pitch or black/low pitch) was reported significantly more often than the perceptual option CMC-incongruent with the tone (white/low pitch or black/high pitch). However, the effect was only observed for stimuli presented for longer and not shorter durations suggesting a perceptual effect rather than a response bias, and moreover, we infer an effect on perceptual reversals rather than initial percepts. We found that the CMC congruency effect for longer-duration stimuli only occurred after prior exposure to the stimuli of several minutes, suggesting that the CMC congruency develops over time. These findings extend the observed effects of CMCs from relatively low-level feature-based effects to higher-level object-based perceptual effects (specifically, resolving ambiguity) and demonstrate that an entirely new category of crossmodal factors (CMC congruency) influence perceptual disambiguation in bistability.
“[T]hat Monstrous Machine of his”: The Machine Metaphor in John Cleland’s Memoir of a Woman of Pleasure
Authors: Uttama Choedphong 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
John Cleland’s Memoir of a Woman of Pleasure (1748–49), commonly known as Fanny Hill, is regarded as the first pornographic novel in English literature. Its description of sexual activities is explicit but its language is not coarse. It employs a wide range of metaphors to refer to both sexual acts and genitalia and the metaphor used most frequently to refer to the penis is “the machine.” The machine metaphor will be the focus of this paper, which aims to argue that the machine metaphor carries two meanings. The first is the machine as one of military metaphors common in erotica since sexual acts have long been represented as battles. Female sexual pleasure, portrayed in this novel, depends on the state of being destroyed or conquered by a large machine. The second usage of the military metaphor suggests the strong affiliation between the penis and a hydraulic machine – the hydraulic penis—as this paper will call it. That is, female sexual pleasure is not only entwined with the state of being ruined but also with a fluid flow.
Gender Identification in Language Other than Mother-Tongue: A Case of Non-Thai Listeners Deciphering a Thai Male Speaker’s Gender
Authors: Gadavanij Savitri 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
This paper explores what factors contribute to distinguishing gay sounding and straight man sounding speech; linguistic cognate or social knowledge and whether the gender of listeners also determines ability in identification. To answer these questions, 286 participants were classified by nationality into 3 groups of participants: Thai listeners as a control group, Zhuang, and Other listeners. They were asked to listen to 12 voice stimuli in Thai from straight and gay men and identify the gender of the speakers. The outcome revealed that the accuracy rate in identifying a speaker’s gender varied among the 3 groups of listeners with Thai listeners scoring the highest in gender identification, followed by the Others and Zhuang respectively. This indicates that social knowledge gained from one’s presence Thailand is more important than linguistic cognate. Gender identification may have been made based on the expectation of the ‘typical’ social scene such as the high visibility of gay men in Thailand. The results also suggest that gender of the listeners does not have a significant bearing on the ability to differentiate gay and straight male voices.
The Diffusion of Identity: A Study of Three Contemporary Thai Short Stories through the Lens of Western Narrative Conventions
Authors: Ford Sean 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
Literary works give expression to universal themes through settings, subjects, and techniques that are culturally tied. This article reviews generic conventions involving point of view, protagonist, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution that typify Western short stories in order to examine how varying patterns can illuminate cultural contrasts between Thailand and the West. Widely known stories by Katherine Mansfield and Amy Tan serve to exemplify the conventional Western pattern and its versatility and to provide a basis for discovering alternative patterns that characterize numerous contemporary Thai short stories. An analysis of stories by S.E.A. Write award winners Phaitoon Thanya, Anchan, and Ussiri Thammachot through the comparative lens of Western conventions reveals how divergent narrative techniques involving point of view and plot elucidate and corroborate divergent expressions regarding the nature of identity. Narrative patterns in these Thai short stories help produce diffusions of identity that reflect a collectivist ethos and an acceptance of uncertainty and impermanence, while adherence to the Western formula reinforces a core belief in the permanence and persistence of the individual ego over time.
Audience Development in Thai Contemporary Theatre and Dance: A Study of the Barriers to Audience-Building
Authors: Thamkulangkool Piyawat 
Published: June 2021

Abstract
This research article examines the current situation of audiences in Thailand who attend non-mainstream contemporary theatre and dance, focusing on the barriers to building audiences for this type of performance. Mixed methods were used to collect data from various target groups, including qualitative methods like in-depth interviews, and focus groups for contemporary theatre and dance companies and arts spaces, and quantitative data gathered from audience questionnaires and surveys. The study revealed that many theatre and dance companies or groups run by artists often put more emphasis on their performance-making than on their organization or management. Such a production-centered emphasis often neglects the importance of two-way interaction between artists and audiences and shows insufficient appreciation of audiences in developing their performances and programs. The inattention of many performance companies or groups to their current and potential audiences and to techniques to build and develop them is widespread, but not universal. However, a few groups have worked to create and manage their performances based on audiences’ perspectives, thus both removing barriers to performance participation as much as possible and motivating transactional relations with audiences. Audience responses from these companies has led to greater audience engagement and improved audience appreciation.
Actinodaphne lanceolata (Lauraceae), an overlooked and misinterpreted name, replaces A. hookeri, and the consequent typification of five names
Authors: CHAKRABARTY TAPAS , KRISHNA GOPAL , KUMAR ANAND 
Published: June 2021

The status of Actinodaphne lanceolata, an overlooked and misinterpreted name is clarified. It is accepted here as a distinct species with A. hookeri treated as its synonym. The differences of the species compared to A. angustifolia, with which the species has also been confused, are also elucidated. Lectotypes are designated for five names, A. angustifolia ( ≡ Litsea angustifolia), A. angustifolia var. latior, A. heterophylla, A. heterophylla var. elliptica and A. lanceolata. The name A. angustifolia ( ≡ Litsea angustifolia) is also epitypified here.