bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Causal inference under interference with prognostic scores for dynamic group therapy studies
Authors: Han Bing , Paddock Susan M. , Burgette Lane 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
Group therapy is a common treatment modality for behavioral health conditions. Patients often enter and exit groups on an ongoing basis, leading to dynamic therapy groups. Examining the effect of high versus low session attendance on patient outcomes is a research question of interest. However, there are several challenges to identifying causal effects in this setting, including the lack of randomization, interference among patients, and the interrelatedness of patient participation. Dynamic therapy groups motivate a unique causal inference scenario, as the treatment statuses are completely defined by the patient attendance record for the therapy session, which is also the structure inducing interference. We adopt the Rubin causal model framework to define the causal effect of high versus low session attendance of group therapy at both the individual patient and peer levels. We propose a strategy to identify individual, peer, and total effects of high attendance versus low attendance on patient outcomes by the prognostic score stratification. We examine performance of our approach via simulation and apply it to data from a group cognitive behavioral therapy trial for treating depression among patients in a substance use disorders treatment setting.
Design and simulation of a novel FOIMC-PD/P double-loop control structure for CSTRs and bioreactors
Authors: Kumari Shweta , Aryan Pulakraj , Raja G. Lloyds 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
The design of control methods for unstable plants is somewhat complex than that of stable plants. This is because unstable process models contain one or more poles lying on the right of the s-plane which yields unbounded closed-loop response. Further, the presence of the dead-time induces more complexity as it decreases the gain and phase margins which in turn deteriorates the closed-loop performance. The design of control strategies become more challenging for plants of unstable nature with positive zeros because they exhibit a phenomenon called inverse response. This paper suggests a method to design a double-loop scheme for unstable plants with/without inverse response. Accordingly, a proportional-derivative (PD)/proportional (P) controllers are used in the inner-loop for stabilizing the plant. A fractional order internal model controller (FOIMC) scheme is used to obtain the outer-loop controller using the stabilized plant model. The P/PD controller settings have been obtained by using the Routh-stability criteria and the maximum sensitivity approach. Procedure for selecting the outer-loop tuning parameter and fractional order is also given. Linear and nonlinear models of unstable plants including bioreactors and isothermal chemical reactors are used to demonstrate the merits of the suggested strategy. Robustness of the design and effect of measurement noise are also studied. Integrated absolute/squared error measures are also calculated. The suggested design is found to be more effective in controlling unstable processes than some reported works.
Modeling time-temperature history and sterilization value of mango puree under conventional and microwave assisted pasteurization
Authors: Oishi Tamires K. , Gut Jorge A. W. 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
Continuous pasteurization of liquid foods has to provide the desired lethality level to guarantee food safety with minimum degradation of quality attributes (sensorial and nutritional characteristics) and high energy efficiency. To optimize quality and cost, a thermal process should be modeled considering flow, heat transfer and mass dispersion principles; however, flow through helical tubes and microwave heating require a complex 3D multiphysics approach. Herein a simplified 2D approach is presented to model a hybrid pasteurization unit with conventional and microwave heating under laminar flow to predict axial and radial distributions of temperature and residual activity of a microorganism or enzyme. A study case of 20 °Brix mango puree (power law fluid) processing is used to test the model based on an existing pilot plant unit. Results were useful to compare conventional and microwave heating regarding the process sterilization value and model can be used for process analysis, design and optimization.
Reaction of •OH with CHCl=CH-CHF2 and its atmospheric implication for future environmental-friendly refrigerant
Authors: Holtomo Olivier , Rhyman Lydia , Nsangou Mama , Ramasami Ponnadurai , Motapon Ousmanou 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
In order to understand the atmospheric implication of the chlorinated hydrofluoroolefin (HFO), the geometrical structures and the IR absorption cross sections of the stereoisomers 1-chloro-3,3-difluoropropene were studied using the B3LYP/6-31G(3df) and M06-2X/6-31G(3df) methods in the gas phase. The cis-trans isomerization was assessed using the M06-2X/6-311++G(3df,p)//6-31+G(3df,p) method. The latter method was also employed for thermochemistry and the rate coefficients of the reactions of •OH with the cis- and trans-isomers in the temperature ranging from 200 to 400 K. The computational method CCSD/cc-pVTZ//M06-2X/6-31+G(3df,p) was used to benchmark the rate coefficients. It turns out that, the trans-isomer is more stable than cis-isomer and the trans- to cis-isomerization is thermodynamically unfavorable. The rate coefficient follows the Gaussian law with respect to the inverse of temperature. At the global temperature of stratosphere, the calculated rate coefficients served to estimate the atmospheric lifetime along with the photochemical ozone creation potential (POCP). This yielded lifetimes of 4.31 and 7.31 days and POCPs of 3.80 and 2.23 for the cis- and trans-isomer, respectively. The radiative forcing efficiencies gave 0.0082 and 0.0152 W m−2 ppb−1 for the cis- and trans-isomer, respectively. The global warming potential approached zero for both stereoisomers at 20, 100, and 500 years time horizons.
Exploring the pH-dependent kinetics, thermodynamics and photochemistry of a flavylium-based pseudorotaxane
Authors: Anastácio Rita , Seco André , Mateus Pedro , Parola A. Jorge , Basílio Nuno 
Published: August 2021

AbstractFlavylium-based molecular switches are attractive molecular components to devise stimuli-responsive host-guest systems such as rotaxanes and pseudorotaxanes. These compounds display a pH-dependent reaction network of several species that reversibly interconvert within different time scales. Therefore, to explore and take profit of exceptional stimuli-responsive properties of these systems, detailed kinetic and thermodynamic characterizations are often required. In this work, we present the results of such characterization for a new flavylium compound decorated with a trimethylalkylammonium substituent designed to form a pseudorotaxane with cucurbit[7]uril (CB7). The formation of the pseudorotaxane was characterized in detail, and the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the flavylium interconversion reactions in the assembly were investigated and compared with the free molecular switch.
Magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) fabricated composite microgels and their applications in different fields
Authors: Naseem Khalida 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
This article encircles the research progress of Fe3O4 NPs loaded composite microgel particles. Preparation methodologies, properties and applications of Fe3O4 NPs loaded composite microgel particles are elaborated here. The effect of different factors on the stability and tunable properties of Fe3O4 NPs loaded composite microgel particles was also investigated in detail. These composite particles have exceptional magnetic properties that make them demanding composite nano-formulation in different fields. Applications of these composite microgel particles in different fields as micro-reactor, drug delivery vehicles, and in adsorption and catalysis have also been elaborated in detail. These composite microgel particles can easily be recovered from the reaction mixture by applying an external magnet due to the presence of fabricated Fe3O4 NPs.
Phonological evidence for morpho-syntactic structure in Athapaskan
Authors: Goad Heather , Travis Lisa deMena 
Published: August 2021

AbstractAthapaskan verbal morphology appears to violate the Mirror Principle in multiple ways and, thus, the ordering of affixes in these languages has resisted a straightforward analysis. We adopt a new morphological tool of Iterative Root Prefixation, which allows for a more direct mapping from syntax to morphology in languages of this profile. Apparent violations of affix ordering that remain, namely the puzzling placement of the transitive and causative morphemes, are argued to be explained by overriding phonological constraints.
Literary Texts from the Sippar Library II: The Epic of Creation
Authors: Fadhil Anmar Abdulillah , Jiménez Enrique 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
This article presents first editions of three large manuscripts of the Epic of Creation from the “Sippar Library,” and eight smaller fragments from the British Museum’s “Babylon” and “Sippar” collections. In addition to restoring several lines of various episodes of the text, they provide an almost complete restoration of the two closing verses of the Babylonian version of the poem.
Highly photosensitized Mg4 Si6O15 (OH)2·6H2O@guar gum nanofibers for the removal of methylene blue under solar light irradiation
Authors: Ata Sadia , Naz Saba , Bibi Ismat , Mohsin Ijaz-ul , Islam Atif , Mehmood Azra , Al-Fawzan Foziah F. , Alissa Siham A. , Iqbal Munawar 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
In the present investigation, photosensitized nanofibers (NFs) based on guar gum (GG)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O (SP) (modified by 1, 4-diamminobutane [DAB]) was fabricated by electrospinning approach and same was used for the degradation of dye under solar light irradiation. For electrospinning of NFs, the acceleration voltage, nozzle flow rate and collector distance levels of 19,000 KV, 0.5 mL/h and 3 cm were optimum conditions along with 7% (w/v) blend of GG/PVA (1.4:5.6 wt/wt) and 0.01 g modified Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O. The exfoliation, intercalation and clay organophilization in GG/PVA/Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O (GG/PVA/SP) NFs were examined by FTIR analysis. The photocatalytic activity (PCA) of NF was studied under the solar light irradiation for methylene blue (MB) dye degradation. The photosensitized GG/PVA/SP2 (G3) showed promising PCA under visible light and G3 furnished higher degradation of MB dye (99.1%) within 10 min of irradiation. Results revealed that GG/PVA/SP based NFs are highly active under solar light, which can be applied for the treatment of wastewater.
Pedagogía teatral y derechos humanos: una puerta para el autoconocimiento
Authors: Burmeister G. Sandra S. 
Published: August 2021

The importance of research on human rights education through theater pedagogy is that it addresses an active methodology in the classroom that allows understanding theoretical content through individual and group experience from a daily perspective of self-knowledge. This signifies that it sensitizes the participants in human rights, addressing the conflict through theatrical play, which stimulates divergent thinking, and the controversial dialogue that develops critical thinking leading to new knowledge. The research method was qualitative, since it was worked from a legal approach and around the qualitative aspects of the subject of law. Execution was based on participant and non-participant observation, the creation of a focus group, interviews and content analysis. In this case, the chosen universe was a limited group of school education teachers. Instruments such as forms, interviews, talks and teaching practice with the age group were used to record the information obtained. In conclusion, it was an interactive and participatory investigation that fostered didactics and yielded relevant data for the systematization of human rights education through theater pedagogy.
Una lectura tanatopolítica de Bandada de pájaros: segundo ensayo sobre la memoria de Jorgelina Cerritos
Authors: Leandro Hernández Lucía 
Published: August 2021

This article makes a reading of the dramaturgical work Bandada de pájaros: segundo ensayo sobre la memoria (2016) by Jorgelina Cerritos (San Salvador, 1974) from a thanatopolitical perspective. It inquires about the power exercised by the Salvadoran State in the life of the citizens, represented by characters who, deprived of their category of person, see all their rights interrupted. These subjects are members of a community who become a potential threat to be suppressed by the State. Furthermore, it analyzes the vulnerability of women to the heteropatriarchal warlike apparatus and the possibilities of theater as a space for the construction of a memory that restores the memory and identity of the thousands of disappeared during the Salvadoran civil war.
La sirvienta y el luchador (2011) y Moronga (2018) de Horacio Castellanos Moya
Authors: Bezhanova Olga 
Published: August 2021

This article analyzes two novels by the Honduran-Salvadoran writer Horacio Castellanos Moya, La sirvienta y el luchador (2011) y Moronga (2018), and demonstrates that the author’s novelistic output represents a complex and all-encompassing whole. Readers glean information not only from the novels themselves but also from the space between these works of literature where many crucial historic events take place and the characters evolve. Each of Castellanos Moya’s novels can be read and enjoyed without having read his preceding work, yet the readers’ capacity to understand the nuance of each novel is deeply impacted by whether they have been able to access the interstices between the two novels.
Anforderung an das Verbot der Marktmanipulation in illiquiden Märkten
Authors: Mock Sebastian 
Published: August 2021

Zusammenfassung
Mit der vorliegenden Entscheidung des EFTA-Gerichtshofs hat sich erstmals ein europäisches Gericht zur Auslegung der Vorschriften zum Verbot der Marktmanipulation nach Art. 1 Abs. 2 Marktmissbrauchsrichtlinie (2003/6/EG) geäußert. Dass es sich dabei nicht um den EuGH, sondern um den EFTA-Gerichtshof handelt, mag auf den ersten Blick etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig sein, ändert aber nichts an der Relevanz für die Auslegung der Marktmissbrauchsrichtlinie und auch der diese ersetzenden Marktmissbrauchsverordnung (MAR), da die Regelungen zur Marktmanipulation nahezu unverändert in deren Art. 12, 15 übernommen wurden.
Rechenschaftspflicht des Vermögensverwalters nach schweizerischem Recht – Grundlagen, Querbezüge und Rechtsvergleich
Authors: Abegglen Sandro , Taucher Joshua R. , Härtner Stefan 
Published: August 2021

Zusammenfassung
Eine der zentralen Pflichten des Vermögensverwalters ist die Pflicht zur Rechenschaftsablage. In diesem Beitrag geben wir zunächst einen Überblick über deren Rechtsgrundlagen im schweizerischem Zivil- und Finanzmarktaufsichtsrecht. Anschließend stellen wir Querbezüge zwischen diesen beiden Rechtsgrundlagen sowie der Rechenschaftspflicht gemäß Kollektivanlagerecht und dem in der Praxis bedeutsamen datenschutzrechtlichen Auskunftsrecht her. Abgerundet wird der Beitrag mit einigen generellen rechtsvergleichenden Bemerkungen sowie ebenfalls rechtsvergleichenden Ausführungen zu ausgewählten Einzelfragen.
The diagnostic value of apparent diffusion coefficient to differentiate benign and malignant meningiomas
Authors: Marissa Risa , Rahayu Rachmi Fauziah , Wujoso Hari , Subandi Subandi , Putro Prasetyo Sarwono , Soewondo Widiastuti 
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUNDMeningiomas are the most common primary extra-axial non-glial intracranial tumors. The severe grade of meningioma, according to WHO, has the highest recurrence rate accompanied by high morbidity and mortality rates. Therefore, it is imperative to perform pre-operative assessments so the clinician can give prompt treatment to gain a better prognosis. It is a novel alternative way of predicting meningioma’s malignancy by calculating the tumor’s apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value. The objective of the study was to determine the value of ADC for differentiating benign and malignant meningiomas.
METHODSThis cross-sectional study involved 32 subjects with clinically diagnosed or histologically verified meningioma (21 benign and 11 malignant). They underwent a head-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination and biopsy. We calculated the ADC value by creating regions of interest (ROIs) on the solid part of the tumor, guided by contrast and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequence. We analyzed the ADC value with independent t-test and Bland-Altman graphs, calculated the average difference, CI 95%, limit of agreement between observers, and ROC.
RESULTSMean ADC of malignant meningiomas (0.877 ± 0.167 x 10-3 mm2/s) was significantly lower than that of benign meningiomas (0.990 ± 0.105 x 10-3 mm2/s) (p<0.05). The ADC threshold is 0.886 x 10-3 mm2/s with sensitivity 63.6%, specificity 85.7%, positive predictive value 70% and negative predictive value 81.8%.
CONCLUSIONThe ADC value measurement provides a discriminative feature to differentiate between benign and malignant meningiomas. However, the clinical applicability still needs to be elucidated, as histopathological confirmation remains the mainstay of definitive diagnosis.
Response to mutation and variants of the SARS-CoV-2 gene
Authors: Parwanto M.L. Edy 
Published: August 2021

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, our society has come to understand that the cause is the Corona Virus (2019-nCoV) or more popularly known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It has become a reality that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have died. We need to record new cases of COVID-19 in other countries, namely the UK and Germany at the end of 2020. This needs to be conveyed because both countries are showing high new cases of COVID-19. The high number of new cases of COVID-19 in the UK and Germany is thought to be related with gene mutation that resulted new strain of SARS-CoV-2. It has been reported in the UK on December 2020 that SARS-CoV-2 gene mutations resulted in a new variant called VUI-202012/01 (Variant Under Investigation, year 2020, month 12, variant 01). The British government implemented new lockdowns for England and Scotland to deal with the spread of the new VUI-202012/01 variant of SARS-CoV-2. Recent news reports that the Government of Germany is extending lockdowns on its territory until January 31th 2021. The policy regarding the prohibition of foreigners entering Indonesia in relation to the emergence of a new variant of the corona virus in the UK is regulated in the Indonesia COVID-19 Task Force Circular Letter No.4 2020. Temporary entry restriction for Foreigners to Indonesia 1-14 january 2021.
​Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Portunus trituberculatus in the Northern East China Sea based on Different Modelling Approaches
Authors: Li Xiaodong , Wang Jing , Liu Ya , Wang Yingbin 
Published: August 2021

Background: Portunus trituberculatus is an important economic crab in the East China Sea. With the increase of tonnage and power of offshore fishing vessels, fishing intensity also increases, which has caused great pressure on P. trituberculatus resources. Protecting P. trituberculatus and achieving sustainable utilisation of resources are urgent problems that need to be solved. Therefore, protection and rational development of P. trituberculatus resources are important to accurately understand its spatial and temporal distribution. Methods: In this study, the temporal and spatial distribution predictive models of P. trituberculatus in the northern East China Sea were built on the basis of three analysis methods (generalised additive model [GAM], random forest [RF] and artificial neural network [ANN]) using bottom trawl survey data and environmental data from 2006 to 2007. The fitting and prediction performances of these three models were compared. Result: Season and sea bottom temperature were the most important factors on the distribution of P. trituberculatus. The fitting performance of ANNs was better than those of GAMs and RFs, but its predictive performance was worse than those of GAMs and RFs. Therefore, RFs was the appropriate model in predicting the distribution of P. trituberculatus in the northern East China Sea. The abundance of P. trituberculatus was significantly higher in summer than in other seasons (P less than 0.01) and generally higher in the northern part of the study area than in the southern part in all seasons.
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) based Metabolomics of Promising Chickpea Genotypes against Callosobruchus chinensis (L.)
Authors: Reddy M.S. Sai , Agnihotri Meena , Divija S.D. , Belal Babita , Karthik Somala 
Published: August 2021

Background: The pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis L. is one of the main biotic threats to chickpea in both field and storage in the world. The evaluation of chickpea genotypes for pulse beetle resistance has increased motivation for the identification and application of host plant resistance as a critical component of pest management. Methods: In the present study, different chickpea genotypes were evaluated under laboratory conditions to identify the antixenosis, antibiosis and GC-MS based untargeted metabolomics of promising chickpea genotypes to the C. chinensis. Result: Genotype NBeG1004 (36.61 eggs/100 seeds) was less prone to egg laying, while ICCV14872 (180.45 eggs/100 seeds) was the most preferred. However, maximal developmental periods, minimum per cent adult emergence and growth index was observed in ICCV92944 Genotype HC1 showed substantial resistance with maximum phenolic, flavonoid and protease inhibitors content. The results revealed that presence of 9-Octadecenoic acid (Z) in HC1 conferred resistance to C. chinensis. These results show assurance for incorporation into an IPM program against C. chinensis.