bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Development, Characterization, and Biomedical Applications of PVP–AgCl Nanomaterials: Antibacterial and Anticancer Properties
Authors: Varaprasad Kokkarachedu , Jayaramudu Tippabattini , Kartikeyan Chandrasekaran , Congreve Rodrigo Cáceres , Reddy G Venkata Subba 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThe demand for smaller nanomaterials with biocompatible properties has become increasingly imperative in the quest to combat microbial infections and cancer. This requires modifying the chemical process. In this investigation, polyvinylpyrrolidone–silver chloride (PVP–AgCl) nanomaterials (NMs) were developed via a sonochemical method involving Ag+ sourced from AgNO3 metal precursor and Cl− from NaCl, with the assistance of the capping agent PVP. Synthesized NMs were characterized using XRD, FTIR, SEM/EDS, DLS and TEM. The SEM analysis indicated spindle‐like structures with star‐shaped formations at the edges, whereas TEM showed a size of ∼24 ± 3 nm. Furthermore, the PVP–AgCl NMs exhibited a zeta potential of approximately −18.34 mV, with an average hydrodynamic diameter of 127.7 ± 1.287 nm and a polydispersity index of 0.1879. The anticancer activity of PVP–AgCl NMs were tested against cervical cancer cells (HeLa). In addition, toxicity studies using fibroblast cell (L929) revealed that the PVP–AgCl NMs demonstrate significant anticancer activity while showing minimal toxicity toward L929 cells. The antimicrobial activity of PVP–AgCl NMs was tested against S. aureus and E. coli strains. The prepared NMs exhibit potential antimicrobial properties. These findings suggest that the prepared PVP–AgCl NMs are used for potential biomedicine and antimicrobial coatings applications.
Plant‐Mediated Green Synthesis of α‐Fe2O3 Nanoparticles from Chrysanthemum indicum Flower Extract: Applications in Photolytic Dextromethorphan Degradation, Dye Removal, and Antibacterial Activity Assessment
Authors: Mukherjee Shantanu , Gupta Anjali , Bhatnagar Tripti 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThe risks that dyes, drugs, and pathogenic bacterial strains bring to ecosystems and public health when they contaminate water bodies, emphasize the need for adaptable materials that can efficiently treat a wide range of contaminants. In the current investigation, α‐Fe2O3 nanoparticles were fabricated via green synthesis and utilized to degrade dextromethorphan and dyes. The α‐Fe2O3 nanoparticles were initially characterized through visual assessment of color and subsequently analyzed using UV spectroscopy, FTIR, SEM/EDS, and XRD. The TGA curve for α‐Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles shows a multi‐step weight loss pattern as temperature increases from room temperature to 700 °C. The first weight loss occurs between 50 °C and 200 °C, followed by 9% between 200 °C and 350 °C, 3% between 350 °C and 500 °C, and 5% between 500 °C and 700 °C. The photocatalytic degradation efficiency of synthesized α‐Fe2O3 nanoparticles was investigated for the degradation of dextromethorphan and two dyes, phenol red, and eosin yellow. The α‐Fe2O3 nanoparticles exhibited exceptional photocatalytic performance, achieving approximately 99% degradation of dextromethorphan and 98% and 90% degradation of phenol red, and eosin yellow respectively within 120 min. In addition, α‐Fe2O3 nanoparticles exhibited promising antibacterial activity against both gram‐negative and gram‐positive pathogenic bacteria which describes their application against resistant organisms.
Green sol–gel synthesis of biogenic B‐ZnO nanoparticles: Enhancing antibacterial activity and solar‐driven photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye
Authors: Sekar Alagan , Murugan Palaniyapillai Jothi , Shanmugam Geetha , Kazachenko Aleksandr S. , Paularokiadoss Francisxavier , Belhocine Youghourta 
Published: December 2024

AbstractBiological techniques based on plant extracts have attracted significant interest in the sustainable development era, exceeding the popularity of conventional physical and chemical synthesis methods. Current research biogenic boron‐doped zinc oxide nanoparticles (B‐ZnONPs) synthesized employing leaf extract from Lantana camara via the green synthesis approach with their inherent characteristics and solar‐driven photocatalytic activity was evaluated with chemically generated B‐ZnONPs. Numerous analytical methods, including field emission scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X‐ray diffractometry and UV–visible spectroscopy, have been applied to characterize the B‐ZnONPs, revealing the formation of monoclinic crystalline phase B‐ZnONPs. Notably, under sunlight irradiation at pH 11, the B‐ZnONPs exhibited significantly higher efficacy in the photocatalytic breakdown of methylene blue dye induced by sun radiation, achieving 96.2% photodegradation within 60 min. These results highlight the potential of L. camara leaf extract‐mediated B‐ZnONPs in solar‐based photocatalytic applications. Additionally, the biogenic B‐ZnONPs have been examined for their efficacy against gram‐positive and gram‐negative bacteria, exhibiting significant antibacterial properties.
Team Science and Infectious Disease Work: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: Alvarez Sonia , Salazar Maritza , LaBeaud A. Desiree 
Published: December 2024

AbstractCollaborative global health research has been growing rapidly for approximately three decades now. This type of collaborative research, in contrast with a sole researcher approach, predominant in the past, has called for the integration of investigators, clinicians, practitioners, and others from outside of academia, often from different nations, in search of answers to a multitude of complex health problems. Team science is a novel way to conduct scientific research on individual and public health problems. Most areas of scientific inquiry today are multi-dimensional, and so are the teams studying them. Cross-disciplinary teams search for global applications of scientific advances to alleviate or eradicate human illness and suffering. These applications require consideration of social, political, and economic contexts across geographical boundaries. Integration of various bodies of knowledge, methods, approaches, and participating institutions’ protocols demand a new set of practices and considerations to improve the integrity of researchers as they operate within teams and the quality of scientific production. This chapter includes an overview of relevant team science topics and the study of team science research. It presents evidence of practices and elements that contribute to the integration and success of research teams. Concurrently, it narrates the experience of one laboratory team in their quest to anticipate and eventually integrate team science elements into their daily scientific and social practice. The authors believe that embracing team science practices is equally time-consuming and worthwhile, as both scientific production, research impact, and team members’ professional quality of life are maintained and improved. In addition, team members experience personal satisfaction and joy in establishing and maintaining trusting relationships.
Application of Subsurface Drainage for Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategies: A Case Study of Hakgala Landslide, Sri Lanka
Authors: Jayakody S. H. S. , Kumarage Buddhika , Karunawardena Asiri 
Published: December 2024

AbstractSubsurface drainage is a common technique used to stabilize slopes and maintain sustainable water levels. This paper discusses the use of subsurface drainage to stabilize a backslope of a retaining wall located at an arterial highway in Sri Lanka that had undergone failure due to excess water pressure. The sustained loading from the failed debris on the structurally conceded wall made the rectification work more challenging. Therefore, it was necessary to adopt a cost-effective solution as a temporary measure to hold the failed debris until permanent measures were implemented. The study used field measurements and numerical modelling to analyze the effects of infiltration and groundwater flow on the slope before and after subsurface drains were employed. Introducing subsurface drains and controlled infiltration improved the slope’s stability and significantly avoided forming a perched water table. With the successful completion of this project, using non-structural measures accompanied by an accurate seepage analysis, design, and a monitoring plan proved to be a cost-effective solution for stabilizing highly saturated unstable slopes.
Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) Prioritization of Landslide-Causing Factors
Authors: Dias A. A. Virajh , Gunathilake A. A. Jagath 
Published: December 2024

AbstractPrioritization of factors responsible for a landslide trigger is an essential process in landslide susceptibility analysis. This allows the researcher to recognize how important each factor is. If time or resources are short, the least important factors may have to be left out. This paper aims to employ Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) to prioritize factors responsible for landslide susceptibility analysis. The AHP methodology will be utilized to analyze and rank the relative importance of various factors influencing landslides. This was based on old landslide data and also considering sensitivity of occurrences. The results classifying to five number of classes with the ArcGIS facility and occurrences of landslide under each category. The overall assessment is based with the 39 number of old landslides selected and verified at site. In such situation more than 84.6% of landslides fall in the category of moderate susceptibility to high susceptibility. The results will provide valuable insights into the factors that require immediate attention for mitigating landslide incidences.
Translation und Subversion. Perspektiven der Frühneuzeitforschung
Authors: Wesche Jörg , Toepfer Regina , Burschel Peter 
Published: December 2024

ZusammenfassungTranslation and subversion: how are the two related? That is the question pursued by this compilation of methodological orientations and historical studies on the Early Modern period in various geographical settings and interlingual constellations from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Bringing together a broad range of disciplines – translation studies, Romance studies, Japanology, German studies, and musicology – the volume takes a closer look at contrarieties hitherto little noticed, especially with regard to Early Modern translation cultures. In the process it focuses on subversive translation as a catalyst for intercultural resistivity as well as subversive action.
Subversion und Sprachwandel durch Translation. Benennungspraktiken, Bedeutungskonstruktion und strategischer Gebrauch kolonialer Konzepte in evangelisierenden und juristisch-notariellen Textpaaren
Authors: Schrader-Kniffki Martina , Klamp Yannic , Kneifel Malte 
Published: December 2024

ZusammenfassungThis paper analyses the translational strategies adopted by colonial missionaries for translating Christian content from Spanish into Zapotec under the concept of subversion in terms of their potential to impose both linguistic and social change in the target language and culture. The concept of subversion is understood here as the subversion of linguistic order with reality-generating consequences. On the other hand, it can be shown that terms and concepts that emerged from this kind of subversion were strategically used by the speakers of the target culture to present themselves as successfully colonised and good Christians, to assert their own goals in this way and thus to subvert colonial power relations by means of ‘subverted’ language use.
Early improvement of left ventricular dyssynchrony after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with single chronic total occlusion vessel
Authors: Liu Yanci , Wang Shaoping , Peng Hongyu , Liu Jinghua 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThe effect of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusion (CTO) on left ventricular dyssynchrony was unclear. Patients with one CTO vessel were included. Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) was used to assess the left ventricular dyssynchrony index (DI) in twelve segments before and after successful CTO PCI. Multiple regression was used to identify independent correlates of DI reduction. Ninety one patients were included with the mean age of 62.04 years. 88(96.70%) had left ventricular DI more than 33. It decreased from 69.58 ± 28.35 to 43.38 ± 17.34 (P < 0.001) after successful CTO PCI. PCI of infarct-relative CTO was associated with less percentage of DI reduction (Coefficient [Coef.], 11.13; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.33–19.93; P = 0.01). Higher initial DI was associated with more percentage of DI reduction (Coef., − 0.38; 95% CI − 0.52 to − 0.23; P < 0.001). Percentage of DI reduction was associated with ejection fraction (EF) improvement (Coef., − 1.45; 95% CI − 2.58 to − 0.33; P = 0.01). CTO PCI led to significant reduction in DI and improvement of EF, particularly in patients without myocardial infraction and severe dyssynchrony. CTO patients with evident left ventricular dyssynchrony or without a history of myocardial infarction may benefit from a more proactive revascularization strategy. The association between dyssynchrony reduction and long-term benefits of CTO PCI warrants further investigation.
A novel approach to predict the traffic accident assistance based on deep learning
Authors: Vicent José F. , Curado Manuel , Oliver José L. , Pérez-Sala Luis 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
According to the World Health Organization, thousands of people die every year in road traffic accidents. A crucial problem is the prediction of medical assistance in these accidents. For this purpose, we propose a new deep learning model whose goal is to distinguish whether a traffic accident requires medical assistance. The proposed perspective is general, so the model is valid for any dataset from any city. For this purpose, we present a model divided into three differentiated stages. In the first pre-processing stage, a general data treatment is performed, from data collection and cleaning to balancing. Secondly, the post-processing stage employs genetic and boosting algorithms to obtain the importance of all the data set variables used in the prediction. In the last stage, Model Training, a new model based on two-dimensional convolutional neural networks is applied to obtain a prediction of the need for medical assistance in traffic accidents. Finally, we test the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed model by applying it to traffic accident datasets in six different cities. The obtained experimental results show that our framework achieves higher accuracy in all cities compared to six state-of-the-art models, confirming its suitability and applicability, even in real time.
Sulfidic mine waste rock alkaliphilic microbial communities rapidly replaced by aerobic acidophiles following deposition
Authors: Johnson Anders , Lönntoft Erika , Piatek Pawel , Ronne Erik , Simons Andrew , Dopson Mark 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThe increased mining of metals required to meet future demands also generates vast amounts of waste rock that depending on the ore, can contain substantial amounts of metal sulfides. Unconstrained storage of these mining biproducts results in the release of acidic metal laden effluent (termed ‘acid rock drainage’) that causes serious damage to recipient ecosystems. This study investigated the development of 16S rRNA gene based microbial communities and physiochemical characteristics over two sampling occasions in three age classes of rock, from newly mined to > 10 years in a boreal metal sulfide waste repository. Analysis of the waste rocks showed a pH decrease from the youngest to oldest aged waste rock suggesting the development of acid rock leachate. The microbial communities differed between the young, mid, and old samples with increasing Shannon’s H diversity with rock age. This was reflected by the young age microbial community beta diversity shifting towards the mid aged samples suggesting the development of a community adapted to the low temperature and acidic conditions. This community shift was characterized by the development of iron and sulfur oxidizing acidophilic populations that likely catalyzed the dissolution of the metal sulfides. In conclusion, the study showed three potential microbial community transitions from anaerobic species adapted to underground conditions, through an aerobic acidophilic community, to a more diverse acidophilic community. This study can assist in understanding acid rock drainage generation and inform on strategies to mitigate metal and acid release.
Comprehensive Analysis of Battery Thermal Management and Energy Consumption in an Electric Vehicle: Impact of Driving Modes and Ambient Temperatures
Authors: Park Inji , Kim Charyung , Lee Hyunwoo , Myung Cha-Lee , Min Kyoungdoug 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThis study provides an in-depth analysis of how battery thermal management and energy consumption in an electric vehicle are influenced by different driving modes and ambient temperatures. It highlights the important role of the battery thermal management system (BMS) in ensuring efficient battery operation, particularly under extreme temperature conditions. At − 15 °C, energy efficiency dropped by 67% in city driving and 42% on the highway. This was mainly due to the heating system using more energy. Meanwhile, at 35 °C, energy consumption rose by 24% in city driving and 12% in highway driving, primarily due to the air conditioning system. The thermal management system helped regulate the battery’s temperature, reducing performance loss in both low and high temperature conditions. In cold environments, the heating system used 51% of the total energy in city driving and 30% in highway driving. This shows that ambient temperatures greatly affect energy use. These results stress the need to optimize both the BMS and HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning) systems. This will improve energy efficiency and ensure consistent performance in various driving conditions.
Nuclear level lifetime measurements across varied ranges using the digital INGA at TIFR
Authors: Palit Rudrajyoti , Raut Rajarshi 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThis article highlights the significance of level lifetime measurements in nuclear structure studies that principally center on probing the myriad excitation phenomena exhibited by nuclei through evolving regimes of excitations in energy, angular momentum, and isospin. The same has been illustrated through discussions on some of the measurements undertaken using the Indian National Gamma Array (INGA) set up at the BARC-TIFR Pelletron LINAC Facility (PLF) in TIFR, Mumbai. The diverse physics that could be addressed in such endeavors provides the impetus to work towards developing better facilities for spectroscopic pursuits.
Shapes in submicron ammonium sulfate particles after long-term exposure on tree leaves
Authors: Yamane Kenichi , Nakaba Satoshi , Yamaguchi Masahiro , Kuroda Katsushi , Sano Yuzou , Lenggoro I. Wuled , Izuta Takeshi , Funada Ryo 
Published: December 2024

AbstractAssessing the effects of air pollutants, including aerosols, on trees is important for protecting forests in the future. This study determined the adsorption of particles on trees after 1- or 2-year long-term exposure (for 1 or 2 h/day) to submicron-scale ammonium sulfate (AS) particles using a field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) was also used to distinguish particles resulting from exposure from those present on the leaves under natural conditions prior to the 1- or 2-year exposure. We found submicron-sized AS particles were deposited on the leaf surfaces of four tree species after long-term exposure in a growth chamber < 70% humidity. These particles occurred as individual deposits without aggregation on the abaxial and adaxial surfaces. The particle shape deposited on the leaf surface in short-term (3–30 min) exposures in a growth chamber < 70% humidity was spherical with no corners, whereas that in long-term exposures was nonspherical flattened, angular, or irregular. Few micrometers was also observed, differing from 300 to 600 nm in diameter at exposure. These differences could be caused by the possibility that the particles have been deposited for a long time or that the humidity on the leaf surface has caused them to deliquescence and change shape after deposition. We hypothesized that these particle changes facilitate the uptake of AS into the leaf interior.
Audre Lorde on the Sacred Scale of Livability: Alexis Pauline Gumbs in Conversation with Caleb Ward
Authors: Ward Caleb 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Caleb Ward interviews Black feminist writer, poet, educator, organizer, and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs about Audre Lorde’s spirituality, her ecological political praxis, her pedagogy, and the cross-generational scale of social change.
The prehistoric site of Oued Beht, Khémisset, Morocco: an interpretative report on 2021–2022 fieldwork and associated research
Authors: Broodbank Cyprian , Lucarini Giulio , Bokbot Youssef , Benattia Hamza , Bigoulimen Aïcha , Brucato Alessia , Farr Lucy , Garcia-Molsosa Arnau , Hachami Hassan , Laoutari Rafael , Lombardi Lorena , Marsilio Adelaide , Martin Louise , Martínez Sánchez Rafael M. , Mazzini Ilaria , Morales Jacob , Pelegrin Jacques , Radi Moad , Rega Francesco Michele , Sulas Federica , Wilkinson Toby 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This report presents the first in-depth publication of preliminary data from Oued Beht, northwest Morocco, a remarkable site initially identified in the 1930s and now newly investigated. It is based on fieldwork undertaken in 2021–2022 (photogrammetry, survey and excavation), and associated study and analyses. Oued Beht is shown to be a large site of ca. 9–10 hectares in main extent, with many deep pits and convincing evidence for a full package of domesticated crops and animals. Its material culture is abundant and dense, comprising ceramics (including a local painted tradition hitherto barely attested in northwest Africa but comparable to finds in Iberia), numerous polished stone axes, grinding stones and other macrolithics, and a chipped-stone industry. Radiocarbon dates so far cluster at ca. 3400–2900 BC, but there are also indications of earlier and later prehistoric activity. What social activities Oued Beht reflects remains open to interpretation, but it emerges as a phenomenon of strong comparative interest for understanding the wider dynamics of north Africa and the Mediterranean during the fourth and third millennia BC.
Authority Over Whose Head? Did Paul Instruct Wives or All Women to Cover Their Heads (1 Corinthians 11:2–16)?
Authors: Callon Callie 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThere is no scholarly consensus on whether Paul’s mandates on head coverings were directed solely to married women or to all women in the Corinthian community. I suggest the discussion can be tentatively advanced by considering two factors that have not received the attention they warrant in conjunction with this passage: first, the presence of slaves in the community, and second, that the Genesis material which Paul alludes to in these verses was understood in some ancient thought as addressing the institution of marriage rather than creation. I propose that, in view of these considerations, it is more likely that Paul directed his exhortations towards free(d) married women.